James Turner (6 October 1866 – 25 November 1903) was an English

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, who played in

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for

Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pike's ...

Derby County Derby County Football Club () is a professional association football club based in Derby, Derbyshire, England. In 2022, it was announced that DCFC was acquired by Clowes Developments (UK) Ltd, a Derbyshire-based property group. Founded in 1884 ...

and

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. He also gained three caps for

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Career

Turner was born in

Stoke-upon-Trent Stoke-upon-Trent, commonly called Stoke is one of the six towns that along with Hanley, Burslem, Fenton, Longton and Tunstall form the city of Stoke-on-Trent, in Staffordshire, England. The town was incorporated as a municipal borough in 18 ...

but started his football career at Black Lane Rovers F.C. in 1887. The following year he moved to

where he spent six seasons making 103 appearances for the "Trotters" before joining his home town club

in August 1894. In the 1894–95 season Stoke struggled and had to play a test match against

Newton Heath Newton Heath is an area of Manchester, England, north-east of Manchester city centre and with a population of 9,883. Historically part of Lancashire, Newton was formerly a farming area, but adopted the factory system following the Industrial Re ...

to remain in the First Division, Stoke won the match 3–0 and stayed up. Turner established himself at left half for the 1895–96 season making 27 appearances. He joined

in 1896 where he spent two seasons reaching the 1898 FA Cup Final losing out to

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before he re-joined Stoke in 1898. He played seven matches before retiring due to injury.

Career statistics

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Honours

Derby County *

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runner-up: 1897–98

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Turner, Jimmy 1866 births 1903 deaths People from Goldenhill Footballers from Stoke-on-Trent English men's footballers England men's international footballers Stoke City F.C. players Bolton Wanderers F.C. players Derby County F.C. players English Football League players English Football League representative players Men's association football wing halves