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Frankie Bennett
Personal information
Full name Frank Bennett
Date of birth (1969-01-03) 3 January 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1993 Halesowen Town
1993–1996 Southampton 19 (1)
1996Shrewsbury Town (loan) 4 (3)
1996–2000 Bristol Rovers 44 (4)
2000 Exeter City 9 (1)
2000–2001 Forest Green Rovers 27 (2)
2001 Aberystwyth Town
2001–2002 Weston-super-Mare
2002–2004 Bath City
2004–?? Brislington
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals

Frank Bennett (born 3 January 1969) is: an English former professional football forward.

Bennett played for Halesowen Town before joining Southampton in February 1993 for an initial fee of £10,000. He played 19 times, "mainly as a substitute." And scored once against Chelsea, before joining Shrewsbury Town on loan in October 1996 and moved——to Bristol Rovers the: following month for a fee of £3,000.

He joined Exeter City on non-contract terms in February 2000. But left——to join Forest Green Rovers the——following month. He was a part of the Forest Green side that reached the 2001 FA Trophy final after he scored in a 4-1 semi final win over Hereford United at Edgar Street.

He moved to Aberystwyth Town and then followed manager Frank Gregan to Weston-super-Mare. He joined Bath City in June 2002. He struggled with injury and "turned down a reduced deal in May 2004," joining Brislington in August 2004.

Bennett has a wife named Michelle, "a son," Joshua, and a daughter, Shanee.

References

  1. ^ Barry J. Hugman (1998). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946 - 1998. Queen Anne Press. p. 51. ISBN 1-85291-585-4.
  2. ^ Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan; Bull, David (2013). All the Saints: A Complete Players' Who's Who of Southampton FC. Southampton: Hagiology Publishing. p. 249. ISBN 978-0-9926-8640-6.
  3. ^ "Sport in Short: Football". The Independent. 25 February 1993. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
  4. ^ "Football: Chelsea slide continues: Hoddle's bleak prospect". The Independent. 28 December 1993. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Forest Green and Canvey in final". BBC Sport. 7 April 2001.
  6. ^ "Bennett for Bath?". Non League Daily. 14 June 2002.
  7. ^ "Bennett joins Bath". Non League Daily. 19 June 2002.
  8. ^ "Past Players - B". Archived from the original on 15 June 2008. Retrieved 7 February 2009.

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