Dan Turner (footballer) explained

Dan Turner
Fullname:Daniel Graham Turner[1]
Birth Date:23 June 1998[2]
Birth Place:Stone, Staffordshire, England
Height:[3]
Position:Forward
Currentclub:Chester
Youthyears1:2006–2016
Youthclubs1:Port Vale
Years1:2016–2019
Clubs1:Port Vale
Caps1:34
Goals1:3
Years2:2016
Clubs2:Kidsgrove Athletic (loan)
Caps2:4
Goals2:5
Years3:2017
Clubs3:Worcester City (loan)
Caps3:1
Goals3:0
Years4:2018
Clubs4:Tamworth (loan)
Caps4:3
Goals4:0
Years5:2018
Clubs5:Falkirk (loan)
Caps5:0
Goals5:0
Years6:2019–2020
Clubs6:Hyde United
Caps6:22
Goals6:7
Years7:2020
Clubs7:Matlock Town
Caps7:1
Goals7:0
Years8:2020–2021
Clubs8:Hednesford Town
Caps8:12
Goals8:5
Years9:2021–2023
Clubs9:Leamington
Caps9:75
Goals9:26
Years10:2023–2024
Clubs10:Brackley Town
Caps10:30
Goals10:5
Years11:2024–
Clubs11:Chester
Caps11:0
Goals11:0
Club-Update:13:00, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Daniel Graham Turner (born 23 June 1998) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Chester.

Turner turned professional at Port Vale in April 2016 and played on loan at Kidsgrove Athletic and Worcester City during the 2016–17 season. He joined Tamworth on loan in January 2018. He joined Scottish Championship club Falkirk on a six-month loan at the start of the 2018–19 season, later cut short three months early. He was released by Port Vale and joined Hyde United in August 2019 before moving on to Matlock Town in March 2020. He switched to Hednesford Town in June 2020 and signed with Leamington in January 2021. He won the Birmingham Senior Cup with Leamington in 2022. He was sold to Brackley Town in June 2023 and moved to Chester 12 months later.

Career

Port Vale

Turner began his career as a youth team scholar at Port Vale, and played for the youth team in the 2014 Staffordshire Senior Cup final defeat to Rushall Olympic.[4] He made his debut in the English Football League on 23 April 2016, coming on for Theo Robinson as a late substitute in a 4–1 victory over Rochdale at Vale Park.[5] He signed his first professional contract at the end of the 2015–16 season.[6]

On 9 September 2016, he joined Northern Premier League Division One South club Kidsgrove Athletic on a one-month loan.[7] The following day he scored two goals on his debut for the "Grove" in a 5–0 home win over Chasetown.[8] He scored another two goals in his next league appearance, a 4–3 home defeat to Bedworth United.[9] On 16 January 2017, he joined National League North side Worcester City on a one-month loan, and made his debut later that night in a 1–1 draw at Curzon Ashton.[10] He returned to Vale to become a regular substitute towards the end of the 2016–17 season under caretaker manager Michael Brown.[11] He came close to scoring his first Football League goal against Oxford United on 17 April, but his headed goal was ruled out for offside.[12] He started his first league game five days later, but was forced to spend much of the game up front on his own after strike partner Rigino Cicilia was sent off.[13]

He signed a new one-year contract in May 2017, with the club preparing to start the 2017–18 campaign in EFL League Two following relegation at the end of the previous season.[14] He scored his first goal for the "Valiants" with a header in a 3–1 win at Crawley Town on 5 August.[15] Having failed to establish himself in new manager Neil Aspin's first-team plans, he joined Tamworth of the National League North one a one-month loan deal on 17 January 2018.[16] He arrived at The Lamb Ground in what was an unstable time for the "Lambs", with manager Andy Morrell losing his job due to poor results, and Turner ended up playing just three games for the club.[17]

Turner was loaned to Scottish Championship club Falkirk in June 2018 in a deal to run for the first six months of the 2018–19 season.[18] He missed the start of the league campaign due to a hamstring injury, though the "Bairns" had sacked manager Paul Hartley and replaced him with Ray McKinnon after suffering defeat in their opening three league matches.[19] The loan deal was terminated on 5 October and the terms of the loan meant that he was unable to play for anyone until January.[20] Vale manager John Askey confirmed that he would not be offering Turner a new contract on 16 May.[21]

Non-League

Turner spent time with the Stoke under-23s, Macclesfield Town and Curzon Ashton before he joined Northern Premier League Premier Division club Hyde United on non-contract terms in August 2019.[22] [23] He scored nine goals in 28 games for the "Tigers", including braces against Ashton United and Basford United. On 12 March 2020, he left Ewen Fields and joined league rivals Matlock Town.[24] However, he was only able to make one appearance for the "Gladiators" as the 2019–20 season was formally abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in England just two weeks later.[25]

On 27 June 2020, Turner signed with Southern League Premier Division Central side Hednesford Town, who were managed by former Tamworth boss Andy Morrell.[26] He scored five goals in 12 games for the "Pitmen" before the 2020–21 season was paused due to the ongoing pandemic.[27] He left Hednesford to sign with Leamington of the National League North on 12 January 2021.[28] He scored a penalty on his debut later that day in a 2–1 victory at Chorley.[29] However, the 2020–21 National League season was soon brought to a premature end due to the ongoing pandemic.[30] He scored 12 goals in 38 league games in the 2021–22 campaign. He also scored in the final of the Birmingham Senior Cup as the "Brakes" won the trophy with a 3–1 win over Stourbridge at Villa Park.[31] He scored 13 goals in 36 league games in the 2022–23 season as Leamington were relegated in 22nd-place.

In June 2023, Turner returned to the National League North following Leamington's relegation when he signed for Brackley Town for an undisclosed fee.[32] He scored five goals in 30 league games in the 2023–24 season and was an unused substitute in the play-off final defeat to Boston United.[33]

On 12 June 2024, Turner signed a one-year contract with National League North club Chester.[34]

Style of play

Speaking in April 2016, Port Vale teammate Louis Dodds described Turner as "a clever player with good vision and a very good finisher. He's very much a modern-day forward."[35]

Career statistics

ClubSeasonDivisionLeagueNational CupLeague CupOtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Port Vale2015–16League One1000000010
2016–17EFL League One160000020180
2017–18EFL League Two173101040233
2018–19EFL League Two0000000000
Total343101060423
Kidsgrove Athletic (loan)2016–17[36] Northern Premier League
Division One South
4510000055
Worcester City (loan)2016–17National League North1000000010
Tamworth (loan)2017–18National League North3000000030
Falkirk (loan)2018–19Scottish Championship0000400040
Hyde United2019–20[37] Northern Premier League
Premier Division
227101042289
Matlock Town2019–20[38] Northern Premier League
Premier Division
1000000010
Hednesford Town2020–21Southern League
Premier Division Central
125000000125
Leamington2020–21National League North1100000011
2021–22National League North38120000103912
2022–23National League North36130000203813
Total75260000307826
Brackley Town2023–24National League North305000020325
Chester2024–25National League North0000000000
Career total18251306015220653

Honours

Leamington

2022[31]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: List of players under written contract registered between 01/09/2016 and 31/09/2016 . The Football Association . PDF . 33 . 11 November 2016.
  2. Web site: FootballSquads - Port Vale - 2018/2019 . www.footballsquads.co.uk . 1 February 2021.
  3. Web site: Port Vale FC Player Profiles. Port Vale F.C.. 20 August 2016. 8 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170108102814/http://www.port-vale.co.uk/team/player-profile/dan-turner/18. dead.
  4. News: Port Vale lose Staffs Senior Cup final to Rushall. 23 April 2016. The Sentinel. 30 April 2014. 12 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140512221209/http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Port-Vale-lose-Staffs-Senior-Cup-final-Rushall/story-21036812-detail/story.html. dead.
  5. News: Port Vale 4 - 1 Rochdale. 23 April 2016. BBC Sport. 23 April 2016.
  6. News: Baggaley. Mike. Port Vale: Vale hand professional contracts to Dan Turner, Harry Pickering and James Gibbons. 26 April 2016. The Sentinel. 26 April 2016.
  7. News: Baggaley. Mike. Port Vale: Dan Turner joins Kidsgrove on loan. 9 September 2016. The Sentinel. 9 September 2016.
  8. News: Baggaley. Mike. Port Vale: Dan Turner scores twice on Kidsgrove debut. 11 September 2016. The Sentinel. 10 September 2016.
  9. News: Baggaley. Mike. Port Vale: Dan Turner scores two more for Kidsgrove. 25 September 2016. The Sentinel. 24 September 2016.
  10. News: Baggaley. Mike. Port Vale striker Dan Turner makes loan debut for Worcester City. 17 January 2017. Stoke Sentinel. 16 January 2017. 17 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170117083344/http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/port-vale-striker-dan-turner-makes-loan-debut-for-worcester-city/story-30062528-detail/story.html. dead.
  11. News: Port Vale: Youngster Dan turns heads with all-action display. 19 April 2017. Stoke Sentinel. 18 April 2017.
  12. News: Port Vale: Youngster Dan turns heads with all-action display. 22 April 2017. Stoke Sentinel. 18 April 2017.
  13. News: Baggaley. Mike. Port Vale 0, Bolton 2: Brown says harsh red card turned game. 22 April 2017. Stoke Sentinel. 22 April 2017.
  14. News: Baggaley. Mike. Port Vale complete signings of Dan Turner and Ryan Boot. 5 May 2017. Stoke Sentinel. 5 May 2017.
  15. Web site: Crawley 1-3 Port Vale . BBC Sport . 5 August 2017 . 5 August 2017 .
  16. News: Baggaley. Michael. Port Vale striker Dan Turner joins Tamworth on loan. 17 January 2018. Stoke Sentinel. 17 January 2018.
  17. News: Baggaley. Michael. Striker Dan Turner back at Port Vale after month's loan at Tamworth. 16 February 2018. Stoke Sentinel. 15 February 2018.
  18. Web site: List of SPFL summer signings . SPFL . 28 June 2018 . 29 June 2018 . 12 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140006/https://spfl.co.uk/news/article/list-of-spfl-summer-signings/ . dead .
  19. News: Baggaley . Michael . Port Vale gossip diary: Idris Kanu and Dan Turner news and new Pope milestone . 7 September 2018 . Stoke Sentinel . 7 September 2018.
  20. News: Baggaley . Michael . Dan Turner back at Port Vale from Falkirk . 6 October 2018 . Stoke Sentinel . 5 October 2018.
  21. News: Baggaley . Michael . Port Vale's retained list in full as nine players are released . 16 May 2019 . Stoke Sentinel . 16 May 2019.
  22. Web site: Hyde United Football Club . hydeunited.co.uk . 14 August 2019.
  23. News: Baggaley . Michael . Dan Turner looking forward to new challenge after 13 years at Port Vale . 21 August 2019 . Stoke Sentinel . 21 August 2019.
  24. News: Hyde forward Turner makes Matlock move Non League Daily . 27 June 2020 . nonleaguedaily.com . 12 March 2020.
  25. Web site: Coronavirus: All football below National League to end . BBC Sport . 26 March 2020 . 26 March 2020.
  26. News: Turner joins The Pitmen . 27 June 2020 . Hednesford Town FC . 27 June 2020.
  27. Web site: Player Stats 2020-2021 . pitmenweb . 20 January 2021 . en.
  28. News: Turner departs Pitmen . 20 January 2021 . Hednesford Town Football Club . 12 January 2021.
  29. Web site: StackPath . www.thenationalleague.org.uk . 14 May 2021.
  30. News: National League Statement Outcome Of Written Resolutions. Osborn. Oliver. Vanarama National League. 18 February 2021. 18 February 2021.
  31. News: Sutcliffe . Aaron . FOOTBALL – Leamington win Birmingham Senior Cup final at Villa Park . 29 May 2022 . Leamington Observer . 11 May 2022 . en.
  32. Web site: NEW SIGNING: Dan Turner signs for Brackley Town. Tymon . Chris. www.brackleytownfc.com. 15 June 2023. 16 June 2023.
  33. News: Singleton . Craig . Brackley Town 1-2 Boston United . 17 May 2024 . www.bostonunited.co.uk . 4 May 2024 . en.
  34. News: Blues swoop to sign forward Dan Turner! . 12 June 2024 . Chester Football Club . 12 June 2024.
  35. News: Baggaley. Mike. Don't worry, but Dan Turner is a bit like me, says Louis Dodds. 26 April 2016. The Sentinel. 26 April 2016.
  36. Web site: Fixtures and Results - First Team - Kidsgrove Athletic FC. www.pitchero.com. 25 September 2016.
  37. Web site: Hyde United Appearances Dan Turner Football Web Pages . www.footballwebpages.co.uk . 27 June 2020.
  38. News: Warrington Town vs Matlock Town FC - 10 March 2020 . 27 June 2020 . www.matlocktownfc.co.uk . 10 March 2020 . en.