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Manager #15

Seasons:

1984-86

Games Managed:

107

Points per Game:

1.23

Win Rate:

31.78%

Graham Turner

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From:

Saturday, 25 August 1984

To:

Saturday, 13 September 1986

Seasons:

3

Graham Turner

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Seasons

1984-85
1985-86
1986-87

Age*

36
37
38

Division

D1
D1
D1

Position

10th
16th
22nd

Games

107
46
55
6

Won

34
17
16
1

Drew

30
11
19
0

Lost

43
18
20
5

Win %

32%
37%
29%
17%

Lost %

40%
39%
36%
0

Unbeaten %

60%
61%
64%
83%

Goals For

151
64
82
5

Goals Vs.

170
69
85
16

Goal diff

-19
-5
-3
-11

Goals / game

1.41
1.39
1.49
0.83

Conc / game

1.59
1.5
1.55
2.67

Clean sheets

21.50%
26.09%
20.00%
0%

Points / game

1.23
1.35
1.22
0.5

*Age on opening day of the season

FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship

Graham Turner

Full Name

Graham Turner

Birth Date

5 October 1947

Birth Place

Ellesmere Port, Cheshire

Birth Country

England

Joined Club

July 1984

Appointed Manager

August 1984

Joined From

Shrewsbury Town

Aged

36

In

July 1984

Succeeded

Tony Barton

Left Position

September 1986

Aged

39

Due to

Poor form, Sacked

Succeeded by

Billy McNeill

Key Players

1977-89 Allan Evans |
1978-88 Gary Shaw |
1978-87 Gary Williams |
1978-86 Brendan Ormsby |
1978-86 Colin Gibson |
1979-96 Nigel Spink |
1981-88 Mark Walters |
1983-91 Paul Birch |
1984-94 Tony Daley |

Supported by

Served under

1984-86
Chairman, Herbert D. Ellis
Club Secretary, Steve Stride

Previous Clubs Managed

1978-83 Shrewsbury Town, Player Manager
1983-84 Shrewsbury Town, Manager

Trophies Won

1978-79 Third Division, Shrewsbury Town

Villa Management Career

Games

107

Win Rate

31.78%

Loss Rate

40.19%

Unbeaten Rate

59.81%

Points per game

1.23

Honours

Managed the Villa

Runners Up

Villa Managerial Debut

25 August 1984, Villa 1-0 Coventry, Villa Park

Final Villa Managerial Game

13 September 1986, Villa 0-6 Forest, City Ground

League finishes

1984-85 | 10th Division One |
1985-86 | 16th Division One |
1986-87 | 22nd Division One | Relegated | (Part Season) |

FA Cup finishes

1984-85 | 3rd Round |
1985-86 | 4th Round |

League Cup finishes

1984-85 | 3rd Round |
1985-86 | Semi Final |

European finishes

n/a

Subsequent Clubs

1986-94 Wolverhampton Wanderers, Manager
1995-09 Hereford United, Manager
2009-10 Hereford United, Chairman & Director of Football
2010 Hereford United, Caretaker Manager
2010-14 Shewsbury Town, Manager

Trophies Won

1987-88 Fourth Division, Wolverhampton Wanderers
1988-89 Third Division, Wolverhampton Wanderers

Graham Turner

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