Family affair for Graham Turner as he savours another milestone

Graham Turner insisted he took special satisfaction from sealing his sixth career promotion at the home of his first.

Saturday's rise to League One revived memories of 1979 when the then rookie boss guided Town into the Championship for the only time in the club's history.

Turner also enjoyed two promotions with Wolves and Hereford but admitted his latest triumph was another major milestone in his career, which has now spanned six decades in football.

"I was a Wolves supporter as a kid so there was always something special about managing there, especially with the plight we found them in when I went in there," said Turner.

"But this is where I started my career and in all probability I will finish it here.

"It was nice to establish ourselves as a Championship side first time round and it's equally nice to be taking the club forward again now."

Turner was joined by members of his family for Saturday's decisive success over Dagenham – and insisted they had played a part in his on-going success story.

"I think the grandchildren get bored with me telling them how good it was in the past," Turner joked.

"But you have to have the family involved and we have always done.

"There are so many sacrifices have to be made by a manager that if the extended family don't understand, you have a problem.

"They have always accepted it's time consuming and emotional but they have been football supporters for many years and they were again on Saturday."

Turner insisted there was a different feel to the latest success, adding:?"It's a good club with solid foundations and deserves to be playing at a higher level."

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