Non-League Paper

TIME TO TURNER HEADS AGAIN

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
2 August 2020

NOTTS LANDING: Notts County are seeking an immediate return to the Football League. Insets: Ben Turner on Zoom and his League Cup Final goal against Liverpool
PICTURE: Dan Westwell

PERCHED on his bed, Ben Turner is logged into Zoom talking the virtually assembled media through his goal at Wembley – a one-yard goalmouth scramble that pulled Cardiff City level with Liverpool in the League Cup final in 2012.
“It came to the back post, I fouled Dirk Kuyt, got away with it and then nutmegged Pep Reina with my right foot – they’re the facts of it!” Turner...

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