Wayne Turner – SkyBlueArchive

Position

Midfielder

Nationality

Place Of Birth

Luton

Date Of Birth

March 9, 1961

Age

Games Played

Per Game

Games Started

0.9

Per Game

Minutes

1367

80.4

Per Game

Goals

0.1

Per Game

Assists

0.1

Per Game

Don Mackay spent £75,000 in the summer of 1985 to bring Luton Town’s midfield/full-back to Highfield Road. A hard-tackling competitive player Wayne never really settled and had several injuries. His only goal was a freak lob for the winner at Oxford United. Once Mackay left the new regime of Curtis and Sillett did not fancy Turner and he was sold to Brentford for £30,000. After two years under Steve Perryman he joined non-league Barnet where he endured three successful campaigns before becoming a coach at Underhill in 1991. In 1992, Wayne returned to Kenilworth Road to become a coach under his former mentor David Pleat, who had returned for a second spell as manager. He was then promoted to the role of assistant manager in 1995 under Lennie Lawrence - a position he held for two years until he left the club in 1997. After a brief spell as assistant at Wycombe Wanderers he became the assistant manager of Peterborough United before finally getting a chance at being a manager in his own right when he was appointed as the new Stevenage Borough boss in 2002.
However, his spell at Broadhall Way was not a success and he was in charge for less than a year before being sacked.