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Jim Bentley
Personal information
Full name James Graham Bentley[1]
Date of birth (1976-06-11) 11 June 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Morecambe (manager)
Youth career
0000–1997 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2002 Telford United
2002–2011 Morecambe 298 (29)
Total 298 (29)
Managerial career
2011– Morecambe
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Graham Bentley (born 11 June 1976 in Liverpool) is an English former professional footballer, currently manager of League Two club Morecambe.

Bentley, who debuted for Telford United in 1997, moved to Morecambe in 2002.[2] He plays as a defender.

In June 2010, Bentley was appointed player-coach, having spent the previous season in a coaching role with the reserve team.

On 13 May 2011, Bentley was appointed the player-manager of Morecambe on a two-year contract, but since then he has concentrated on the managerial role and has not played a competitive match since taking on that post. He signed a two-year contract extension with the Shrimps on 10 October 2013. A further two year contract extension was agreed with Morecambe on 29 August 2015. Ken McKenna also agreed the same deal with the football league 2 club.[3]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 30 April 2016.[4]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Morecambe 13 May 2011 Present 255 80 67 108 031.4
Total 255 80 67 108 031.4

References

  1. ^ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/07/2011 and 31/07/2011" (PDF). The Football Association. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
  2. ^ http://www.morecambefc.com/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10866~20867,00.html
  3. ^ "New Shrimps Deal For Jim Bentley". League Clubs. 10 October 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  4. ^ "Managers: Jim Bentley". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
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