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Bennett graduated from the Portuguese Vale juniors to sign his first professional contract with the club in 1949.
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Alan Bennett
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He made 133 league appearances in a nine-year career in the Football League. He retired in 1958, following one season with Crewe Alexandra. He made his senior debut on 26 March 1949, in a 2–0 defeat to Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic at The Old Recreation Ground.
He played ten Third Division South games for Gordon Hodgson"s "Valiants" in 1949-1950.
Bennett scored three goals in 40 appearances in 1951-1952, after retaining his first team place at Vale Park despite the transition of manager from Hodgson to Ivor Powell and then to Freddie Steele. He scored three goals in 29 games in 1952-1953, as Vale went on to finish second in the Third Division North.
He played four Second Division games in 1954-1955, and then featured seven times in 1955-1956 and just twice in 1956-1957. Having failed to revive his career under new manager Norman Low, Bennett was transferred to Maurice Lindley"s Crewe Alexandra in September 1957.
The "Railwaymen" finished bottom of the Football League in 1957-1958, and Bennett then announced his retirement, aged just 27.
A skilful and speedy winger, he required the protection of his teammates to prevent opposition hatchet men taking him out of the game. After leaving the game, Bennett took up the greengrocer trade, later becoming a coal merchant. With Portuguese Vale.
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He played for Portuguese Vale between 1949 and 1957, and was a member of the Third Division North winning side in 1953-1954.
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United Kingdom