Gary Bennett (footballer, born 1961)

Gary Bennett
Personal information
Full name	Gary Ernest Bennett
Date of birth	(1961-12-04) 4 December 1961
Place of birth	Manchester, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
	Ashton United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1979–1981	Manchester City	0	(0)
1981–1984	Cardiff City	87	(11)
1984–1995	Sunderland	442	(23)
1995–1996	Carlisle United	26	(5)
1996–1998	Scarborough	88	(18)
1998–2000	Darlington	34	(4)
2001	Worksop Town	?	(?)
2001–2002	Scarborough	1	(0)
Teams managed
2000–2001	Darlington
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

For the former striker of Chester City and Wrexham, among others, see Gary Bennett

Gary Ernest Bennett (born 4 December 1961 in Manchester) is a former English professional footballer who is most known for playing for Sunderland from 1984 to 1995. 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^[1]). Whilst at Sunderland, he played in the 1992 FA Cup Final where they lost to Liverpool.

He now works as a radio pundit and has regularly commentates on Sunderland games. He also does some work for 'Show Racism The Red Card'. His son has recently joined the academy of Middlesbrough, a local rival to his former team, Sunderland. He currently is the Head Coach of the University of Sunderland's Mens 1st Team.

Honours

As a player

Sunderland

FA Cup runner up : 1991–92
Milk Cup runner-up: 1984–85
Third Division winner: 1987–88

Darlington

Nationwide Division Three Play-off Final runner-up: 1999–00

As a manager

Sunderland University Women's FC

BUCS Northern 3B Division winner: 2012–2013
BUCS Northern 2B Division 4th place: 2013–2014
BUCS Northern 5C division : Sunderland men's 1st team winners!

Managerial stats

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	G	W	L	D	Win %
Darlington		August 2000	October 2001	72	22	31	19	30.6

References

↑ "Bennett leaves Darlington" BBC Sport Retrieved on 3 January 2008

External links

Gary Bennett, Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database
Gary Bennett at Football-Heroes.net
Gary Bennett career statistics at Soccerbase
Gary Bennett management career statistics at Soccerbase

Scarborough F.C. – Player of the Year

1969–70: Dunn
1970–71: Barmby
1971–72: Smethurst
1972–73: Appleton
1973–74: Dunn
1974–75: Aveyard
1975–76: Woodall
1976–77: Ayre
1977–78: Chapman
1978–79: Donoghue
1979–80: Sellers
1980–81: Sellers
1981–82: Smith
1982–83: Dennis
1983–84: Magee
1984–85: Burke
1985–86: Thompson
1986–87: Blackwell
1987–88: Kamara
1988–89: Brook
1989–90: Kamara
1990–91: Ironside
1991–92: Mooney
1992–93: Foreman
1993–94: Murray
1994–95: White
1995–96: Hicks
1996–97: Rockett
1997–98: Bennett
1998–99: Hoyland
1999–2000: Brodie
2000–01: Ellender
2001–02: Woods
2002–03: Pounder
2003–04: Hotte
2004–05: Senior
2005–06: Coulson
2006–07: Cartwright

Sunderland A.F.C. – Player of the Year

1981: Cummins
1982: Pickering
1983: Atkins
1984: Bracewell
1985: Turner
1986: Proctor
1987: Bennett
1988: Gates
1989: Gabbiadini
1990: Gabbiadini
1991: Ball
1992: Byrne
1993: Goodman
1994: Bennett
1995: Kubicki
1996: Ord
1997: Pérez
1998: Phillips
1999: Quinn
2000: Phillips
2001: Hutchison
2002: Craddock
2003: Thornton
2004: Arca
2005: McCartney
2006: Whitehead
2007: Nosworthy
2008: Jones
2009: Collins
2010: Bent
2011: Bardsley
2012: Sessègnon
2013: Mignolet
2014: Mannone
2015: Larsson

1987–88 Football League Third Division PFA Team of the Year

GK: Kevin Hitchcock DF: Roger Joseph DF: Gary Bennett DF: Dean Yates DF: Keith Dublin MF: Ray Walker MF: Geoff Pike MF: Andy Williams FW: Garry Nelson FW: Leroy Rosenior FW: Ian McParland

Darlington 1883 – managers

McIntosh (1902–11^s)
Lane (1911–12^s)
Jackson (1912–19)
English (1919–21^p)
English (1921–28)
Fairless (1928–33)
Collins (1933–36)
Brown (1936–38^p)
J. Carr (1938–42)
Surtees (1942)
English (1945–46)
Forrest (1946–50)
Irwin (1950–52)
Gurney (1952–57)
Duckworth (1957–60)
E. Carr (1960–64)
Morgan (1964–66^p)
Greenhalgh (1966–68)
Yeoman (1968–70)
Richley (1970–71)
Brennan (1971–72)
Hale (1972)
Jones (1972)
Brand (1972–73)
Conner (1973–74)
Horner (1974–75)
Madden (1975–78)
Walker (1978–79)
Elliott (1979–83)
Knowles (1983–87)
Booth (1987–89)
Little (1989–91)
F. Gray (1991–92)
Hankin (1992)
McEwan (1992–93)
Murray (1993–95)
Futcher (1995)
Hodgson & Platt (1995)
Platt (1995–96)
Hodgson (1996–2000)
Bennett (2000–01)
Taylor (2001–02)
Tait (2002–03^c)
Tait (2003)
Hodgson (2003–06)
M. Gray & Maddison (2006^c)
Penney (2006–09)
M. Gray (2009^c)
Liddle & Maddison (2009^c)
Todd (2009)
Liddle (2009^c)
Staunton (2009–10)
Liddle & Maddison (2010^c)
Davey (2010)
Kidd (2010)
Cooper (2010–11)
Liddle (2011–12^p)
M. Gray (2012–)

Sunderland university 1st league winners

Preceded by Paul Bracewell	Sunderland A.F.C. Captain 1992–1995	Succeeded by Kevin Ball

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