Gary Bennett (born 13 November 1970) is an English former professional

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. A prolific striker, he holds goalscoring records at two of his former clubs.

Career

Born in Enfield, Bennett was in the youth system at

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, but began his senior career at Colchester United, for whom he played in the

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final in 1992. In 1994, he left Colchester to join

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, and during the 1990s also played for

Dagenham & Redbridge Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club is a professional association football club based in Dagenham, Greater London, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. Often known simply as Dag ...

and

Braintree Town Braintree Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Braintree, Essex, England. They are currently members of and play at Cressing Road. History The club was formed on 24 September 1898 as Manor Works, the works team o ...

, for whom he scored a record 57 goals in one season. In the 2000s he had two spells with

A.F.C. Sudbury Amalgamated Football Club Sudbury is a football club based in Sudbury, Suffolk, England. The club was formed in 1999 by the merger of Sudbury Town and Sudbury Wanderers, the process giving rise to the name Amalgamated Football Club Sudbury. ...

, playing 253 games and scoring 172 goals,The men of AFC Sudbury since the start of the club, and all time appearances and goalscorers
AFC Sudbury and remains the club's all-time top scorer. He also played for Chelmsford City (who paid £3,000 to sign him from Sudbury in 2000), Witham Town, Ipswich Wanderers (where he was player/assistant manager) and Tiptree United. After playing a solitary match for Tiptree, Bennett stopped playing football and currently works as a postman.

Honours

Club

; Colchester United * Football Conference Winner (1): 1991–92 * Football Conference Runner-up (1): 1990–91 *

Winner (1): 1991–92

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bennett, Gary 1970 births Living people Footballers from the London Borough of Enfield People from Enfield, London English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Colchester United F.C. players Braintree Town F.C. players Brentford F.C. players Woking F.C. players Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. players A.F.C. Sudbury players Chelmsford City F.C. players Witham Town F.C. players Ipswich Wanderers F.C. players Tiptree United F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players