Chris Turner
Chris Turner is a former football player and manager whose career in the game has spanned over 30 years. A goalkeeper in his playing days, he amassed almost 500 appearances for five different club over 20 years. He made his debut in 1976 for his hometown team of Sheffield Wednesday where he would make 96 appearances over the next two and half years before a move to Sunderland in 1978.
A total of seven years were spent at Roker Park, where Chris played 195 times for Sunderland before a move to Manchester Untied in 1985. After spending 3 years at Old Trafford and playing 64 times for the Red Devils, Chris returned to Sheffield Wednesday where he spent another three years before finally finishing his career at Leyton Orient where he retired from playing in 1994 and took up the role of first team manager.
After a year in charge at Leyton Orient, Chris returned to management in 1999 when he took over at Hartlepool United, where he would spend the next three years, turning the team in to what is now League Two promotion contenders before leaving to join Sheffield Wedensday in November 2002 where he remained until the start of the 2004/2005 season.
After taking over as Stockport County manager in 2005, Chris guided the club to safety having been threatened by relegation to the Conference.
His most recent position was that of Director of Sport at Hartlepool United between 2006 and 2010 and spent 18 months in charge of the first team.
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