James Richard Bennett (born 4 September 1988) is an English former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

. He played for

Hull City Hull City Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, that compete in the . They have played home games at the MKM Stadium since moving from Boothferry Park in 2002. The club's t ...

, Lincoln City,

Darlington Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. The River Skerne flows through the town; it is a tributary of the River Tees. The Tees itself flows south of the town. In the 19th century, Darlington underwen ...

Bridlington Town Bridlington Town Association Football Club is an association football club based in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. They were founded in 1918 and currently play in the . History The club was founded in 1918 as Bridlington Centra ...

North Ferriby United North Ferriby United Association Football Club was a semi-professional football club in North Ferriby, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. At the time of their demise they were members of the Northern Premier League and played at Grange Lane. F ...

and

Scarborough Athletic Scarborough Athletic Football Club is an association football club based in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. The club was formed on 25 June 2007 as a phoenix club following the winding up of Scarborough Football Club. After spending the ...

Career

Born in

Beverley Beverley is a market town, market and minster (church), minster town and a civil parishes in England, civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, of which it is the county town. The town centre is located south-east of York's centre ...

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, Bennett started his career as a trainee with

. In December 2006 he, along with

Will Atkinson William Henry Atkinson (born 14 October 1988) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Having begun his professional career with Hull City in 2006, Atkinson spent time on loan with Port Vale, Mansfield Town, Rochdale (t ...

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and Matty Plummer, penned a two-and-a-half-year professional deal with the club. He failed to break into Phil Brown's senior team and on 26 March 2009 joined

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club Lincoln City on loan until the end of the 2008–09 season. He failed to make an appearance for the club during his loan spell, being restricted to three unused substitute appearances in the club's final three league games of the season. Bennett was one of eight players released by Hull in the summer of 2009 and joined League Two side

. He made his debut for Darlington on 29 August 2009 against

Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. From the 2021–22 season, the club compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league syst ...

coming on as a substitute. Bennett left Darlington in December 2009, having played seven league games, when manager

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released him from his contract along with two other first team players,

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and Matty Plummer. In August 2010 he signed for

debuting in the 2–1

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win at Brighouse Town on 21 August 2010. In December 2011, he moved to join

. In July 2012 he signed for

, in the Northern Counties East League.

Coaching Career

In the summer of 2018 Bennett became assistant manager to Dave Ricardo at

Barton Town F.C. Barton Town Football Club is a football club based in Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, England. They are currently members of the Northern Counties East League Premier Division and play at Marsh Lane. History The club was formed as Barton To ...

Bennett currently works as the Director of Football at a local college

Bishop Burton College Bishop Burton College is a further education land based college based in Bishop Burton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. History The college was established in 1954 as the ''Bishop Burton Farm Institute'' and was one of the first in the co ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bennett, James 1988 births Living people Footballers from Beverley English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Hull City A.F.C. players Lincoln City F.C. players Darlington F.C. players Ossett Town A.F.C. players Bridlington Town A.F.C. players North Ferriby United A.F.C. players Scarborough Athletic F.C. players Pickering Town F.C. players English Football League players