Career
A prolific striker, he holds goalscoring records at two of his former clubs. Born in Enfield, Bennett was in the youth system at Tottenham Hotspur, but began his senior career at, for whom he played in the FA Trophy final in 1992. In 1994 he left Colchester to join Woking, and during the 1990s also played for Dagenham & Redbridge and Braintree Town, for whom he scored a record 57 goals in one season.
In the 2000s he had two spells with, playing 253 games and scoring 172 goals, and remains the club"s all-time top scorer.
He also played for Chelmsford City (who paid £3,000 to sign him from in 2000), Witham Town, Ipswich Wanderers (where he was player/assistant manager) and Tiptree United. After playing a solitary match for Tiptree, Bennett stopped playing football and currently works as a postman.
