Wayne Benn

Wayne Benn
Personal information
Full name	Wayne Benn
Date of birth	7 August 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Pontefract, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Bradford City
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–1996	Bradford City
1996–2004	Bradford Park Avenue
2004	→ Halifax Town (loan)
2004	Frickley Athletic
	Emley
	Ossett Town
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wayne Benn (born 7 August 1976) is an English football manager/coach and a former professional footballer.

Playing career

Benn began his career at Bradford City before he signed for local rivals Bradford Park Avenue in 1995, upon his release from City. He played in over 400 games for the club, as a sweeper or in central midfield. He briefly played on loan at Halifax Town before returning to Avenue in September 1996. He was player of the season in 1998–99. He left on a permanent basis in January 2004, signing for Frickley Athletic. In November 2004, he left for Emley before moving to Ossett Town in the Northern Premier League.

Managerial career

Benn took over as manager of South Kirkby Colliery in July 2010. He had previously worked as the assistant manager at Guiseley and Bradford Park Avenue. He left South Kirkby Colliery at the end of the 2010–11 seasons and became the manager of Hemsworth Miners Welfare,^[2] of the Northern Counties East Football League. Benn left to become the manager at Goole in the Northern Premier League but later returned to manage Hemsworth.^[3]

References

^ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1995). Rothmans Football Yearbook: 1995–96. London: Headline. p. 413. ISBN 0-7472-7823-7. OCLC 60284604.
^ Harber, Tony. "New chairman backs Benn to take Hemsworth to next level". www.hemsworthandsouthelmsallexpress.co.uk. hemsworthandsouthelmsallexpress.co.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
^ "EXCLUSIVE & Super IN-DEPTH with Wayne Benn..."What we try and do is to try and recruit within our means so we don't pay what we cannot afford and never will!"". The Bootiful Game. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2019.

External links

Wayne Benn at Soccerbase

This biographical article related to association football in England, about a midfielder born in the 1970s, is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] Rollin, Jack, ed. (1995). Rothmans Football Yearbook: 1995–96. London: Headline. p. 413. ISBN 0-7472-7823-7. OCLC 60284604.

[2] Harber, Tony. "New chairman backs Benn to take Hemsworth to next level". www.hemsworthandsouthelmsallexpress.co.uk. hemsworthandsouthelmsallexpress.co.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2017.

[3] "EXCLUSIVE & Super IN-DEPTH with Wayne Benn..."What we try and do is to try and recruit within our means so we don't pay what we cannot afford and never will!"". The Bootiful Game. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2019.

[1]

[2]

[3]