Iain Turner

Iain Ross Turner (born 26 January 1984) is a Scottish

Iain Turner
former professional footballer, who played as a goalkeeper
and who works as goalkeeping coach at Tranmere Rovers.
He represented the Scotland under-21 team, the Scotland B
team and been selected for the full Scotland squad. Turner
previously played for Stirling Albion, Barnsley, Everton
and several other clubs on loan.

Club career
Born in Stirling, Turner arrived at Everton after impressing
with his local team, Stirling Albion, signing for £50,000 in
March 2003.[2] The Scotland under-21 international, also
capped at under-16 and under-18 level, has spent time
gaining experience on loan at Chester City[3] (where he Turner playing for Everton
won a Conference National championship medal in 2004), Personal information
Doncaster Rovers, Wycombe Wanderers[4] and Crystal Full name Iain Ross Turner[1]
Palace.[5] Date of birth 26 January 1984
Place of birth Stirling, Scotland
Turner found national fame when he was sent off after only
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
nine minutes during his Premier League debut for the
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Toffees against Blackburn Rovers, after picking up a
header from one of his own defenders, Alan Stubbs, Youth career

outside the penalty area.[6] 1996-1998 Riverside Boys Club

Senior career*
He signed for Sheffield Wednesday on a month's loan in Years Team Apps (Gls)
February 2007[7] making his debut at home in the win 2002–2003 Stirling Albion 13 (0)
against Southend United on 24 February 2007. Prior to 2003–2011 Everton 4 (0)
Turner signing for Sheffield Wednesday, the club had failed 2004 → Chester City (loan) 12 (0)
to win in nine games. His arrival at the club sparked an
2005 → Doncaster Rovers (loan) 8 (0)
upturn in form,[8] and he helped them to avoid defeat in
2005 → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 3 (0)
each of the eleven games in which he played during his
2006 → Crystal Palace (loan) 5 (0)
loan spell. In March 2009 Turner signed for Nottingham
2007 → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 11 (0)
Forest on loan until the end of the 2008–09 season.[9]
2009 → Nottingham Forest (loan) 3 (0)
During his spell at Forest, Turner saved a penalty hit by
2010 → Coventry City (loan) 2 (0)
Jamal Campbell-Ryce in a league match between Forest
2011 → Preston North End (loan) 17 (0)
and Barnsley.[10] In August 2010 he signed on a month
2011–2012 Preston North End 11 (1)
emergency loan to Coventry City as back-up to Keiren
2012 → Dunfermline Athletic (loan) 4 (0)
Westwood. Turner signed for Preston North End on a 93-
2014 Barnsley 0 (0)
day emergency loan on 9 February 2011, replacing Andy
2014–2015 Sheffield United 11 (0)
Lonergan, the regular Preston goalkeeper.[11]
2015–2017 Tranmere Rovers 1 (0)
After Lonergan left Preston to join Leeds United, [12] 2017–2018 Southport 8 (0)
Turner signed a one-year contract with Preston on 29 July Total 113 (1)
2011.[13] On 27 August 2011, Turner scored his first ever International career
career goal in the 86th minute of a league match against 2004–2005 Scotland U21 6 (0)
Notts County, sending a long ball bouncing over the head 2004 Scotland B 1 (0)
of his opposite number Stuart Nelson. [14] Turner suffered *Club domestic league appearances and goals
an injury to his foot on 3 November 2011.[15] Preston then
signed a new goalkeeper from Germany, Thorsten Stuckmann, who kept Turner out of the first team when he returned
from injury.[16] Turner was loaned to Dunfermline Athletic in January 2012,[16] but this contract was cancelled after he
suffered an injury in training.[17] In May 2012, Turner was released from the club after being told his contract would
not be renewed.[18]

On 30 January 2014, Turner signed a short-term contract with Barnsley.[19]

On 15 August 2014, Turner signed a six-month contract with Sheffield United.[20] Turner made his Blades début on 7
October 2014 as the Blades won 2–1 away at Hartlepool United in the Football League Trophy.[21] Despite being
Sheffield United's second choice goalkeeper, he made several more appearances for the Blades and made some
excellent saves in a 2–0 victory over Swindon Town in January 2015.

In July 2017 he signed for Southport as a player and goalkeeping coach.[22]

International career
Turner represented the Scotland B side in May 2009.[23] He was called up to the full Scotland squad in August 2010 as
a replacement for the injured David Marshall. He was sometimes selected for the squad under the management of Craig
Levein, but did not play.[24]

Career statistics
As of match played 26 December 2017
 Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Club Season League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals

Stirling 2002– Scottish Third

13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
Albion 03[25] Division

2003–
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
04[26]

2004–
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
05[27]

2005–
3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
06[28]

2006–
1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
07[29] Premier
Everton League
2007–
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08

2008–
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09
2009–
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10

2010–
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11

Total 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 0

Chester 2003– Football

12 0 0 0 — 0 0 12 0
City (loan) 04[26] Conference

Doncaster
2004–
Rovers League One 8 0 0 0 — 0 0 8 0
(loan) 05[27]

Wycombe 2005–
Wanderers League Two 3 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 4 0
(loan) 06[28]

Crystal 2006–
Palace Championship 5 0 0 0 — — 5 0
(loan) 07[29]

Sheffield
2006–
Wednesday Championship 11 0 0 0 — — 11 0
(loan) 07[29]

Nottingham 2008–
Forest Championship 3 0 0 0 0 0 — 3 0
(loan) 09[30]

Coventry 2010–
Championship 2 0 0 0 0 0 — 2 0
City (loan) 11[31]

Preston 2010–
North End Championship 17 0 0 0 0 0 — 17 0
(loan) 11[31]

Preston 2011–
League One 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 1
North End 12[32]

Dunfermline 2011– Scottish

Athletic Premier 4 0 0 0 0 0 — 4 0
12[32]
(loan) League

Sheffield 2014–
League One 11 0 0 0 0 0 2[a] 0 13 0
United 15[33]

Tranmere 2015– National

1 0 1 0 — 0 0 2 0
Rovers 16[34] League
 2017– National
Southport 8 0 0 0 — 0 0 8 0
18[34] League North

Career total 113 1 2 0 2 0 3 0 120 1

a. Appearances in the Football League Trophy

References
1. Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen
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3. "Chester take Turner on loan" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chester/3461773.stm).
BBC Sport. 5 February 2004. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
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401481). Leeds United A.F.C. 25 July 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
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n/9551162.stm). BBC Sport. 29 July 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
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1.stm). BBC Sport. 11 January 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
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17410145). BBC Sport. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
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22030&season_id=132). Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
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22030&season_id=133). Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
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22030&season_id=134). Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
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22030&season_id=135). Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
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22030&season_id=136). Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
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22030&season_id=138). Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
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22030&season_id=140). Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
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22030&season_id=141). Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
33. "Games played by Iain Turner in 2014/2015" (https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=
22030&season_id=144). Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
34. Iain Turner (https://int.soccerway.com/players/ian-turner/2866/) at Soccerway. Retrieved 27 December
2017.

External links
Iain Turner (https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=22030) at Soccerbase
Iain Turner (https://int.soccerway.com/players/ian-turner/2866/) at Soccerway

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