Turner Disappointed At Boland Retirement

Chris Turner has expressed his sadness as Willie Boland announced his decision from football.

Boland announced his decision yesterday after 14 months out with a knee injury and Turner said he was sad his career ended in this way.

”I am very disappointed for Willie that he’s having to curtail his career earlier than he would have liked. He’s been an excellent servant to football and in a relatively short space of time he has shown his undoubted quality here at Hartlepool.”

He told the official website that his attitude during his spell on the sidelines was to be commended ”His attitude both on and off the pitch and his professionalism was first class and he will be a major loss to us because he was a very good player prior to this injury.

”It’s always sad when someone announces they are ending their playing career but he leaves with our very best wishes and I’m sure that he still has a lot to offer the game if he wants to continue his involvement in some other way.”