Gary Bennett
Gary Bennett, the United Kingdom defender, represented Sunderland across 1984-1995. He scored 25 goals in 427 appearances, a rate of 0.06 per game. His most prolific season in our data was 1986-87, with 5 goals.
Gary Ernest Bennett MBE (born 4 December 1961) is an English former professional footballer. A defender , he began his career with Manchester City before moving on to Cardiff City in 1981. In 1984, Bennett joined Sunderland and he went on to make over 350 appearances for the club, placing him fifth on the club's all-time appearance list. [ 4 ] He left Sunderland in 1995, after eleven years at the club, and later played for Carlisle United , Scarborough and Darlington . During his career, he made over 600 appearances in the Football League , scoring 61 times. [ 3 ] In August 2000, he was appointed manager of Darlington, having previously been in charge of the reserve team at the club. He spent 14 months in charge of the club before returning to his role as reserve team manager but left the club in May 2002. Bennett is also actively involved with the Show Racism the Red Card campaign and was inducted into the organisation's hall of fame in 2004. — Wikipedia
- Position
- DF
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Birthplace
- Manchester
- Born
- 4 Dec 1961
- Height
- 188 cm
The match record covers games in our match-by-match data (2010 onward). Full career totals above are sourced from Wikipedia and cover the player's whole Sunderland career.
By Season
| Season | Apps | Goals | Mins |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994-95 | 24 | 0 | — |
| 1993-94 | 46 | 0 | — |
| 1992-93 | 15 | 0 | — |
| 1991-92 | 46 | 3 | — |
| 1990-91 | 41 | 2 | — |
| 1989-90 | 47 | 3 | — |
| 1988-89 | 45 | 3 | — |
| 1987-88 | 41 | 2 | — |
| 1986-87 | 46 | 5 | — |
| 1985-86 | 30 | 4 | — |
| 1984-85 | 46 | 3 | — |
Appearances counted as matches started or come on as substitute. Figures from recorded season totals — we hold no match-by-match data for this era.
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