Frankie Bennett

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Frankie Bennett
Personal information
Full name Frank Bennett [1]
Date of birth (1969-01-03) 3 January 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [2]
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1992–1993 Halesowen Town
1993–1996 Southampton 19 (1)
1996 → Shrewsbury 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) [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. [8]

Bennett has a wife named Michelle, a son, Joshua, and a daughter, Shanee.[ citation needed ]

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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. 1 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. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ↑ "Bennett joins Bath". Non League Daily. 19 June 2002. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. 1 2 "Past Players - B". Archived from the original on 15 June 2008. Retrieved 7 February 2009.


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