Frankie Bennett

{{short description|English footballer}}

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| fullname = Frank Bennett{{cite book|title=The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946 - 1998|author=Barry J. Hugman|year=1998|publisher=Queen Anne Press|isbn=1-85291-585-4|page=51}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1969|1|3}}

| birth_place = Birmingham, England

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}

| position = Forward

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| years1 = 1992–1993 | years2 = 1993–1996 | years3 = 1996 | years4 = 1996–2000 | years5 = 2000 | years6 = 2000–2001 | years7 = 2001 | years8 = 2001–2002 | years9 = 2002–2004 | years10 =2004–??

| clubs1 = Halesowen Town | clubs2 = Southampton | clubs3 = → Shrewsbury Town (loan) | clubs4 = Bristol Rovers | clubs5 = Exeter City | clubs6 = Forest Green Rovers | clubs7 = Aberystwyth Town | clubs8 = Weston-super-Mare | clubs9 = Bath City | clubs10 =Brislington

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Frank Bennett (born 3 January 1969){{cite book |last1=Chalk |first1=Gary |last2=Holley |first2=Duncan |last3=Bull |first3 =David |title=All the Saints: A Complete Players' Who's Who of Southampton FC| year=2013| location=Southampton |publisher=Hagiology Publishing|isbn=978-0-9926-8640-6|page=249}} is an English former professional football forward.

Bennett played for Halesowen Town before joining Southampton in February 1993 for an initial fee of £10,000.{{cite news

| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/sport-in-short-football-1475189.html

| title=Sport in Short: Football

| work=The Independent

| date=25 February 1993 | accessdate=26 November 2010}} He played 19 times, mainly as a substitute, and scored once against Chelsea,{{cite news

| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-chelsea-slide-continues-hoddles-bleak-prospect-1469678.html

| title=Football: Chelsea slide continues: Hoddle's bleak prospect

| work=The Independent

| date=28 December 1993 | accessdate=11 June 2019}} before joining Shrewsbury Town on loan in October 1996 and moved to Bristol Rovers the following month for a fee of £3,000.

He joined Exeter City on non-contract terms in February 2000, but left to join Forest Green Rovers the following month. He was a part of the Forest Green side that reached the 2001 FA Trophy final after he scored in a 4-1 semi final win over Hereford United at Edgar Street.{{Cite web| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1265879.stm |title=Forest Green and Canvey in final |publisher=BBC Sport |date=7 April 2001}}

He moved to Aberystwyth Town and then followed manager Frank Gregan to Weston-super-Mare. He joined Bath City in June 2002.{{Cite web| url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=4451 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411115820/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=4451 | url-status=usurped | archive-date=11 April 2013 |title=Bennett for Bath? |publisher=Non League Daily |date=14 June 2002}}{{Cite web| url=http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=4490 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411132156/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=4490 | url-status=usurped | archive-date=11 April 2013 |title=Bennett joins Bath |publisher=Non League Daily |date=19 June 2002}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bathcityfc.com/past_b.htm |title=Past Players - B |accessdate=2009-02-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615165319/http://www.bathcityfc.com/past_b.htm |archivedate=15 June 2008 }} He struggled with injury and turned down a reduced deal in May 2004, joining Brislington in August 2004.

Bennett has a wife named Michelle, a son, Joshua, and a daughter, Shanee.{{citation needed|date=May 2010}}