Two honours for Shrewsbury Town’s Graham Turner
Tuesday 4th October 2011, 11:45AM BST.
On the eve of his 64th birthday, Turner was today unveiled alongside former striker Alf Wood as the last two of 10 men who will be inducted into the hall of fame at a special dinner on Thursday evening.
Defender-cum midfielder Turner made 342 League starts for Shrewsbury, but it is his managerial exploits which have guaranteed his place in folklore.
In a six year stint from 1978 to 1984, he guided Town to two FA Cup quarter-finals – creating a reputation for giant-killing acts – and won the division three title before establishing Town in the second tier of English football.
Spells in charge of Aston Villa, Wolves and Hereford – where he doubled up as chairman – followed before he returned to attempt to rekindle his glory days at Shrewsbury last summer.
The hall of fame has been completed with the induction of the popular Wood, signed initially from Manchester City as a defender in 1966 before being converted into a striker by Harry Gregg.
In six seasons at Gay Meadow, Wood scored 74 times from 283 starts.
Thursday’s celebration dinner – where Arthur Rowley, Frank Clarke, Coilin Griffin, Ken Mulhearn, Peter Dolby, Mickey Brown, Tommy Lynch and supporters figurehead Chris Smith will also be inducted into the hall of fame – takes place at the Greenhous Meadow.
By CHRIS HUDSON
UK Sport
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Well done Turner…totally deserved.
As for the loss against Southend, it will hopefully be well forgotten come the end of the season. I had hoped we could go there and sneak a win by the odd goal in a possible higher scoring game.
Defense might be our ongoing issue this season, we all know it but Turner is the one who needs to act fast to rectify it. We simply cannot afford to let such teams score against us like that…our goal difference should be much higher than it is and that’s down to problems at the back.
Keep going town…ever upwards….this needs to be our season.
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