Elliot Benyon

Elliot Benyon

Elliot Benyon playing for Whitehawk in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Elliot Paul Benyon
Date of birth	(1987-08-29) 29 August 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	High Wycombe, England
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Hanwell Town
Number	10
Youth career
2003–2006	Bristol City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2007	Bristol City	0	(0)
2006–2007	→ St Albans City (loan)	12	(6)
2007	→ Crawley Town (loan)	15	(3)
2007–2011	Torquay United	125	(39)
2011–2012	Swindon Town	12	(1)
2011	→ Wycombe Wanderers (loan)	9	(0)
2012–2013	Southend United	21	(2)
2013	→ Torquay United (loan)	15	(4)
2013–2015	Torquay United	43	(3)
2014–2015	→ Hayes & Yeading United (loan)	12	(2)
2015–2016	Hayes & Yeading United	41	(17)
2016–2017	Wealdstone	43	(19)
2017	→ Enfield Town (loan)	4	(1)
2017–2018	Whitehawk	17	(7)
2018	Leatherhead	5	(0)
2018–2019	Hayes & Yeading United	5	(3)
2019–2022	Oxford City	64	(9)
2022–2023	Slough Town	22	(3)
2023-	Hanwell Town	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:10, 20 February 2023 (UTC)

Elliot Paul Benyon (born 29 August 1987) is an English footballer who plays for Hanwell Town as a striker.

Career

Benyon began his career as a trainee at Bristol City after being spotted playing local football in High Wycombe. ^[1] Despite making no first team appearances for the club, impressive loan spells to National Conference sides St Albans City and Crawley Town ^[2] in the 2006–07 season caught the eye of Paul Buckle, who signed Benyon in June 2007 to play for Torquay United, who had themselves just been relegated from the Football League. ^[3]

Despite struggling to gain a regular starting place in his first season with the Gulls, Benyon still managed a total of 22 appearances, scoring five times in the 2007–08 season and also made a second-half substitute appearance at Wembley in Torquay's 1–0 defeat to Ebbsfleet United in the 2008 FA Trophy final. ^[4]

Benyon found more regular places in the starting line-up for Torquay in the 2008–09 season, making a total of 36 league appearances. The season culminated with a second Wembley appearance in two years for both Benyon and Torquay United when the Gulls beat Cambridge United 2–0 in the Conference National Play-off final in May 2009 to regain a place back in the Football League. Cambridge defender Phil Bolland was sent off for a foul on Benyon. ^[5]

In July 2009, Benyon agreed a fresh one-year contract with the newly promoted Gulls ^[6] and became an important first team player as his 15 goals in all competitions helped Torquay survive a difficult first season back in League Two. ^[7] He scored 14 goals by the middle of the 2010–11 season and in January 2011 joined League One Swindon Town for an undisclosed fee, signing a two-and-a-half-year contract after The Robins sold Charlie Austin to Burnley. ^[8] He scored an injury time equaliser on his debut against Rochdale. ^[9] At the end of that season, Swindon were relegated to League Two ^[10] and on 20 June 2011, Benyon was signed on a season long loan by his home town club Wycombe Wanderers, who had themselves just been promoted to League One. ^[11] He made his debut as a 66th minute replacement for Gareth Ainsworth in a 1–1 away draw against Colchester United, and scored his first goal in the League Cup against Nottingham Forest. ^[12]

Benyon signed for League Two club Southend United in January 2012 for an undisclosed fee. ^[13] He started his first game for Southend on 2 January, against Dagenham & Redbridge, before being substituted late on for Neil Harris. He found first team opportunities limited at Southend ^[14] and in February 2013 rejoined former club Torquay United on a month's loan with an option to extend the deal to the end of the season. ^{[15] [16]} He was then released by Southend at the end of the season, ^[17] before rejoining Torquay permanently in July 2013. ^[18]

In January 2015 Benyon joined Hayes & Yeading United on loan, ^[19] signing permanently for the Conference South side at the end of the season. In the 2015–2016 season, Benyon was leading goalscorer and player of the year, despite his side suffering relegation. In May 2016 he joined Wealdstone, ^[20] before signing for league rivals Whitehawk in December 2017, ^[21] following a short loan spell at Enfield Town. ^[22] Benyon scored on his debut for The Hawks in a 4–1 victory at Eastbourne Borough on 1 January 2018. ^[23]

Leatherhead

On Tuesday 23 May 2018, Benyon joined Leatherhead .

Hayes and Yeading

On 22 December 2018, Benyon re-joined Hayes & Yeading United ^[24]

Oxford City

Benyon joined National League South side Oxford City in October 2019,scoring his first goals for the club against Hornchurch in an FA Trophy replay. ^[25]

Slough Town

In June 2022, Benyon joined Slough Town. ^[26]

Hanwell Town

In August 2023, Benyon joined Hanwell Town ^[27]

Career statistics

As of match played 28 April 2018 ^[28]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
St Albans City (loan)	2006–07	Conference Premier	12	6	0	0	—		0	0	12	6
Crawley Town (loan)	2006–07	Conference Premier	15	3	0	0	—		0	0	15	3
Torquay United	2007–08	Conference Premier	22	4	2	0	—		1 [lower-alpha 1]	0	25	4
	2008–09	Conference Premier	35	10	4	2	—		0	0	39	12
	2009–10	League Two	45	11	3	3	1	0	2 [lower-alpha 2]	1	51	15
	2010–11	League Two	23	13	3	1	1	0	2 [lower-alpha 2]	0	29	14
	Total		125	38	12	6	2	0	5	1	144	45
Swindon Town	2010–11	League One	12	1	—		—		—		12	1
Wycombe Wanderers (loan)	2011–12	League One	9	0	1	0	1	1	2 [lower-alpha 2]	0	14	1
Southend United	2011–12	League Two	16	2	—		—		1 [lower-alpha 3]	0	17	2
	2012–13	League Two	5	0	3	0	1	0	2 [lower-alpha 2]	0	11	0
	Total		21	2	3	0	1	0	3	0	28	2
Torquay United (loan)	2012–13	League Two	15	4	—		—		—		15	4
Torquay United	2013–14	League Two	37	3	1	0	1	0	1 [lower-alpha 2]	0	40	3
	2014–15	Conference Premier	6	0	0	0	—		0	0	6	0
	Total		58	7	1	0	1	0	1	0	61	7
Hayes & Yeading United (loan)	2014–15	Conference South	12	2	0	0	—		0	0	12	2
Hayes & Yeading United	2015–16	National League South	41	17	1	0	—		1 [lower-alpha 1]	1	43	18
Wealdstone	2016–17	National League South	33	16	3	2	—		4 [lower-alpha 1]	2	40	20
	2017–18		10	3	0	0	—		0	0	10	3
	Total		43	19	3	2	0	0	4	2	50	23
Enfield Town (loan)	2017–18	Isthmian League Premier	4	1	0	0	—		1 [lower-alpha 4]	0	5	1
Whitehawk	2017–18	National League South	17	7	0	0	—		1 [29]	1	18	8
Career total			369	103	21	8	5	1	18	5	413	117

1. Appearances in FA Trophy
2. Appearances in Football League Trophy
3. Appearance in League Two play-offs
4. Appearances in the Middlesex Senior Cup

References

1. Whitehawk F.C. official matchday programme v Truro City, 20 January 2018
2. "Reds have to bounce back".
3. "Buckle rejects offer for Benyon". 18 November 2010.
4. "Ebbsfleet 1-0 Torquay". 10 May 2008.
5. "Cambridge Utd 0-2 Torquay". 17 May 2009.
6. "Benyon sticks with Gulls". Sky Sports.
7. "Buckle explains Benyon absence".
8. "Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk – Elliot BENYON – Player Profile".
9. "Swindon 1 – 1 Rochdale". BBC. 5 February 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
10. "News – Latest news from Devon and the UK – Devon Live". Archived from the original on 12 September 2012.
11. "Swindon's Elliot Benyon makes Wycombe loan switch". BBC Sport. 20 June 2011.
12. "Wycombe 1 – 4 Nott'm Forest". BBC. 23 August 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
13. "Benyon makes Shrimpers switch". Yahoo! Eurosport. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
14. "Elliot Benyon joins Torquay United on loan from Southend United".
15. "Gulls clinch Benyon return".
16. "Benyon returns to Torquay on loan". BBC Sport.
17. "Five released by Southend United".
18. "Torquay capture Benyon and Tonge". BBC Sport.
19. "Benyon extends Hayes loan spell". BBC Sport.
20. "Wealdstone FC » Stones sign striker Elliot Benyon from Hayes & Yeading United". Archived from the original on 26 May 2016.
21. "Whitehawk FC (@HawksFCOfficial) / Twitter".
22. "Elliot Benyon – News – Enfield Town Football Club". Archived from the original on 16 January 2018.
23. "King: We Deserved The Win – Whitehawk FC". Archived from the original on 3 January 2018.
24. "Hayes & Yeading bring back Benyon | non League Daily". Archived from the original on 22 December 2018.
25. "Benyon Becomes a Hoop". Archived from the original on 27 October 2019.
26. "Elliot Benyon makes move to Rebels". sloughtownfc.net. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
27. https://twitter.com/hanwelltownfc/status/1686318781818101760?t=4A675kaOXtFXJdVjwqsQ6A&s=03 ^{[ bare URL ]}
28. Elliot Benyon at Soccerway. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
29. "Whitehawk FC – Welcome to the Official Whitehawk Football Club website. Get all the latest news, injury updates, tickets, player info, match stats, club store and highlights". Sussex Senior Cup

External links

• Elliot Benyon at Soccerbase
• Elliot Benyon at Soccerway