Billy Bennett (footballer, born 1955)

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Billy Bennett
Personal information
Full name Billy Bennett
Date of birth (1955-07-05) 5 July 1955 (age 68)
Place of birth Newburgh, Scotland
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1973–1976 Heart of Midlothian 1 (0)
1976–1978 Berwick Rangers 69 (8)
1978–1989 Forfar Athletic 314 (7)
1989–1990 Arbroath 27 (0)
1990–1993 Cowdenbeath 23 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Billy Bennett (born 5 July 1955) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a defender. During a career spanning almost 20 years, he made more than 400 league appearances for a total of five different clubs.

Career

As a youth, Bennett played for Invergowrie Boys' Club before joining Scottish Football League First Division side Heart of Midlothian in 1973. He made his debut for the team in a friendly match away at Queens Park on 29 October 1973, scoring Hearts' fourth goal in a 5–1 victory. [1] It was then over a year before Bennett made another senior appearance, when he again scored in a 3–0 Hearts win over Berwick Rangers in the final of the East of Scotland Shield. He made his league debut for Hearts on 16 November 1974 in the 1–3 defeat away at Arbroath. [1]

Bennett left Hearts in the summer of 1976 to sign for Third Division outfit Berwick Rangers. In two seasons with The Borderers, he played 69 league matches and scored 8 goals. [2] At the start of the 1978–79 season, Bennett joined Forfar Athletic. He went on to spend 11 seasons with the team, making a total of 314 league appearances and scoring seven times. He transferred to Arbroath in 1989, and spent one season with the club. Bennett then joined Cowdenbeath, where he played for three years before moving into non-league football with Kelty Hearts in 1993. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Billy Bennett Hearts appearances". London Hearts. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Billy Bennett career statistics". Post War Players' Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
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