Frankie Bennett Explained

Frankie Bennett
Fullname:Frank Bennett[1]
Birth Date:1969 1, df=y
Birth Place:Birmingham, England
Position:Forward
Years1:1992–1993
Years2:1993–1996
Years3:1996
Years4:1996–2000
Years5:2000
Years6:2000–2001
Years7:2001
Years8:2001–2002
Years9:2002–2004
Years10:2004–??
Clubs3:Shrewsbury Town (loan)
Clubs10:Brislington
Caps2:19
Goals2:1
Caps3:4
Goals3:3
Caps4:44
Goals4:4
Caps5:9
Goals5:1
Caps6:27
Goals6:2

Frank Bennett (born 3 January 1969)[2] 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.[3] He played 19 times, mainly as a substitute, and scored once against Chelsea,[4] 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.[5]

He moved to Aberystwyth Town and then followed manager Frank Gregan to Weston-super-Mare. He joined Bath City in June 2002.[6] [7] [8] 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.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946 - 1998. Barry J. Hugman. 1998. Queen Anne Press. 1-85291-585-4. 51.
  2. Book: Chalk . Gary . Holley . Duncan . Bull . David . All the Saints: A Complete Players' Who's Who of Southampton FC. 2013. Southampton . Hagiology Publishing. 978-0-9926-8640-6. 249.
  3. News: Sport in Short: Football . The Independent. 25 February 1993 . 26 November 2010.
  4. News: Football: Chelsea slide continues: Hoddle's bleak prospect. The Independent. 28 December 1993 . 11 June 2019.
  5. Web site: Forest Green and Canvey in final . BBC Sport . 7 April 2001.
  6. Web site: Bennett for Bath? . Non League Daily . 14 June 2002.
  7. Web site: Bennett joins Bath . Non League Daily . 19 June 2002.
  8. Web site: Past Players - B . 2009-02-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080615165319/http://www.bathcityfc.com/past_b.htm . 15 June 2008 .