Playing Career
Born in Sheffield, where he attended Myers Grove School, he made 205 appearances for Sheffield Wednesday as a goalkeeper between 1976 and 1979, and 1988 and 1991. In between these two spells at Hillsborough, he played for Sunderland and Manchester United. He was a member of the Sunderland team that reached the final of the 1985 Football League Cup (where they lost 1–0 to Norwich City) but had more luck with Sheffield Wednesday when he played in their 1–0 victory over Manchester United in the 1991 League Cup final. He is a confirmed lifelong Wednesday fan.
Read more about this topic: Chris Turner (footballer Born 1958)
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