Junior Bent

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Junior Bent
Personal information
Full name Junior Antony Bent [1]
Date of birth (1970-03-01) 1 March 1970 (age 54) [1]
Place of birth Huddersfield, England [1]
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) [2]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Preston North End (Academy coach)
Youth career
Huddersfield Town
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1987–1990 Huddersfield Town 36 (6)
1989–1990Burnley (loan) 9 (3)
1990–1997 Bristol City 183 (20)
1992Stoke City (loan) 1 (0)
1996Shrewsbury Town (loan) 6 (0)
1997–2001 Blackpool 103 (5)
2001 Kettering Town
2002–2003 Lancaster City
Total338(34)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Junior Antony Bent (born 1 March 1970) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger in the Football League for Huddersfield Town, Burnley, Bristol City, Stoke City, Shrewsbury Town and Blackpool. [3]

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Bent began his career with his hometown club Huddersfield Town playing in 44 matches and spending time on loan at Burnley before joining Bristol City in 1990. He became a regular at Ashton Gate and went on to stay for seven years making 221 appearances including short loan spells with Stoke City and Shrewsbury Town. He left Bristol City in 1997 and joined Blackpool where he stayed for three seasons before entering non-league football with Kettering Town and Lancaster City.

Career

Bent began his career as a trainee at Huddersfield Town, his hometown club, making his debut in 1987. He made 36 league appearances and scored six goals for the Terriers. During the 1989–90 season, he had a loan spell at Fourth Division side Burnley, with striker Brendan O'Connell moving in the opposite direction on a similar deal. Bent made his first appearance for Burnley on 2 December 1989 in the 1–1 draw with Grimsby Town. He went on to score three times in nine matches for the Lancashire club, including two goals in the 3–0 home win over Scarborough on 9 January 1990. [4]

In March 1990, Bent transferred to Bristol City for a £30,000 fee. He spent seven years at Ashton Gate, making almost 200 appearances and scoring 20 goals, including a last-minute winner in a League Cup tie at Bristol Rovers in his final match for the club. After loan spells at Stoke City, where he played just once, away at Torquay United he went on loan again to Shrewsbury Town, in 1992 and 1996 respectively, Bent signed for Blackpool in 1997 for a nominal fee. [1] In four years at Bloomfield Road he made just over 100 appearances and found the net on five occasions. [5] He was released in 2001, [6] and finished his career with brief spells at non-league clubs Kettering Town and, after a year out of the game, Lancaster City.

Post retirement

Bent now coaches at Preston North End. He is the Under 15s Coach. [7] [8]

Personal life

Born in England, Bent is of Jamaican descent. [9] He is a relative of the footballer Darren Bent. Bent's son Cory is also a professional footballer and plays in Canada for HFX Wanderers. [10]

Career statistics

Source: [11]

ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOther [A] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Huddersfield Town 1987–88 Second Division 7010000080
1988–89 Third Division 225310020276
1989–90 Third Division7100101091
Total366411030447
Burnley (loan) 1989–90 Fourth Division 9300000093
Bristol City 1989–90 Third Division1000000010
1990–91 Second Division202103010252
1991–92 Second Division172411000223
1992–93 First Division 203000030233
1993–94 First Division202400000242
1994–95 First Division416312000467
1995–96 Second Division402204030492
1996–97 Second Division223101030273
1997–98 Second Division2000210041
Total1832015213110022123
Stoke City (loan) 1991–92 Third Division1000000010
Shrewsbury Town (loan) 1996–97 Second Division6000000060
Blackpool 1997–98 Second Division363200030413
1998–99 Second Division391102110432
1999–2000 Second Division281202030351
Total10355041701196
Career Total3383424318220040039
A.  ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Anglo-Italian Cup, Football League play-offs and Football League Trophy.

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