Gary Bennett (footballer born 1961)
- Gary Bennett (footballer born 1961)
Football player infobox
playername = Gary Bennett
fullname = Gary Ernest Bennett
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1961|12|4|df=y
cityofbirth = Manchester
countryofbirth = England
height = height|ft=6
currentclub = Retired
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs = Ashton United
years = 1979-1981
1981-1984
1984-1995
1995-1996
1996-1998
1998-2000
2001
2001-2002
clubs = Manchester City
Cardiff City
Sunderland
Carlisle United
Scarborough
Darlington
Worksop Town
Scarborough
caps(goals) = 000 0(0)
087 (11)
369 (23)
026 0(5)
088 (18)
034 0(4)
00? 0(?)
001 0(0)
manageryears = 2000-2001
managerclubs = Darlington:"For the former striker of Chester City and Wrexham, among others, see Gary Bennett (footballer born 1962)"Gary Ernest Bennett (born 4 December 1961 in Manchester) is a former English professional footballer who is most known for playing for Sunderland from 1985 to 1996. He originally started his career with Manchester City, but moved on to Cardiff City in 1981, without making any first team appearances, on a free transfer where he linked up with his brother Dave.
He left Cardiff for £65,000 in July 1984 to join Sunderland. Bennett went on to play 369 league games with Sunderland scoring 23 goals before joining Carlisle United 11 years later. He later played in the Football League for Scarborough and Darlington (where he was also manager until being released in October 2001 [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/darlington/2003659.stm "Bennett leaves Darlington"] BBC Sport Retrieved on 3 January, 2008] ).
He now works as a radio pundit and has regularly commentates on Sunderland games. His son has recently joined the academy of Middlesbrough F.C. a local rival to his former team Sunderland
Honours
As a player
Manchester City
*FA Cup runner-up: 1980–81
Sunderland
*Milk Cup runner-up: 1984–85
*Third Division winner: 1987–88
*Second Division winner: 1989–90
Darlington
*Nationwide Division Three Play-Off Final runner-up: 1999–00
Managerial stats
References
External links
* [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=15881 Gary Bennett] at Football-Heroes.net
*soccerbase|608|Gary Bennett
*soccerbase (manager)|1619|Gary Bennett
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