Don Bennett

Position
Defender
Nationality
Place Of Birth
Wakefield
Date Of Birth
December 18, 1933
Age
91
Games Played
80
-
Per Game
Games Started
80
1.0
Per Game
Minutes
7200
90.0
Per Game
Goals
0
0
Per Game
Assists
0
0
Per Game
Notes
Stats
Matches
Transfers
Gallery
Internationals

Yorkshire-born Don grew up in West London and was a prodigious sporting schoolboy. He joined the Lords groundstaff at the age of 16 and went on to make almost 400 appearances for Middlesex over 18 seasons as a right-handed middle order batsman and medium fast bowler. Football was his second love and he spent eight winters as a regular in Arsenal’s reserve team before Billy Frith signed him for City. A full-back, Don always started the season late owing to his cricket commitments and was never photographed in the pre-season team picture. After retiring from cricket in 1968 he became a coach, and was responsible for Middlesex first XI until his retirement in 1997.

Football League Third Division (England)
1961-1962
Coventry City
21
21
1890′
1960-1961
Coventry City
26
26
2340′
1959-1960
Coventry City
26
26
2340′
73
73
0
6570′
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
FA Cup (England)
1961-1962
Coventry City
2
2
180′
2
2
0
180′
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
League Cup (England)
1960-1961
Coventry City
2
2
180′
2
2
0
180′
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
Southern Professional Floodlit Cup (England)
1959-1960
Coventry City
3
3
270′
3
3
0
270′
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
Totals:
80
80
0
7200′
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
Date
For
Against
H/A
Result
Football League Third Division 1961-1962
Football League Third Division 1961-1962
Coventry City
Portsmouth
A
L 3:2
90`
Coventry City
Notts County
A
L 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Southend United
H
D 3:3
90`
Coventry City
Grimsby Town
H
W 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Newport County
A
W 1:2
90`
Coventry City
Reading
H
W 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Hull City
A
L 3:1
90`
Coventry City
Northampton Town
H
W 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Crystal Palace
H
L 0:2
90`
Coventry City
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic
A
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Queens Park Rangers
A
L 4:1
90`
Coventry City
Barnsley
H
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Bradford Park Avenue
A
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Lincoln City
A
W 1:2
90`
Coventry City
Bradford Park Avenue
H
W 3:0
90`
Coventry City
Torquay United
H
D 2:2
90`
Coventry City
Port Vale
A
L 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Brentford
H
W 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Peterborough United
H
L 1:3
90`
Coventry City
Brentford
A
L 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Shrewsbury Town
A
D 1:1
90`
FA Cup 1961-1962
FA Cup 1961-1962
Coventry City
King's Lynn
H
L 1:2
90`
Coventry City
Gillingham
H
W 2:0
90`
Football League Third Division 1960-1961
Football League Third Division 1960-1961
Coventry City
Watford
A
L 7:2
90`
Coventry City
Tranmere Rovers
A
L 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Port Vale
H
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Halifax Town
H
W 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Port Vale
A
L 3:1
90`
Coventry City
Shrewsbury Town
A
L 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Newport County
A
D 3:3
90`
Coventry City
Walsall
H
L 1:2
90`
Coventry City
Bury
A
L 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Chesterfield
H
W 3:1
90`
Coventry City
Brentford
A
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Torquay United
H
W 5:1
90`
Coventry City
Reading
A
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Hull City
H
W 4:0
90`
Coventry City
Barnsley
H
W 5:2
90`
Coventry City
Walsall
A
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Bury
H
L 1:2
90`
Coventry City
Chesterfield
A
L 4:1
90`
Coventry City
Southend United
H
W 3:0
90`
Coventry City
Bristol City
A
L 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Torquay United
A
L 3:0
90`
Coventry City
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic
A
L 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Reading
H
W 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic
H
W 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Hull City
A
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Queens Park Rangers
A
L 2:1
90`
League Cup 1960-1961
League Cup 1960-1961
Coventry City
Portsmouth
A
L 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Barrow
H
W 4:2
90`
Football League Third Division 1959-1960
Football League Third Division 1959-1960
Coventry City
Reading
H
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Colchester United
H
W 3:1
90`
Coventry City
Grimsby Town
H
L 0:2
90`
Coventry City
Southend United
A
L 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Grimsby Town
A
L 3:0
90`
Coventry City
Norwich City
H
W 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Mansfield Town
A
W 2:4
90`
Coventry City
Port Vale
A
W 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Shrewsbury Town
H
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Brentford
A
L 3:1
90`
Coventry City
Southampton
H
W 4:1
90`
Coventry City
Port Vale
H
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Barnsley
A
L 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Bury
H
L 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic
A
D 2:2
90`
Coventry City
Newport County
A
L 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Accrington Stanley
H
W 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Colchester United
A
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Chesterfield
H
W 1:0
90`
Coventry City
York City
H
W 5:2
90`
Coventry City
Wrexham
A
W 1:3
90`
Coventry City
Wrexham
H
W 5:3
90`
Coventry City
Tranmere Rovers
A
L 3:1
90`
Coventry City
Bury
A
L 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Tranmere Rovers
H
W 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic
H
W 4:0
90`
Southern Professional Floodlit Cup 1959-1960
Southern Professional Floodlit Cup 1959-1960
Coventry City
West Ham United
H
W 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Fulham
A
W 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Fulham
H
D 1:1
90`
Club Out
Club In
Transfer Date
Fee
Club Out / Club In
Transfer Date / Fee
Coventry City
Hereford United
Wed, 30 May, 1962
Released
Coventry City
Hereford United
Wed, 30 May, 1962
Released
- without club -
Coventry City
Tue, 01 Sep, 1959
- without club -
Coventry City
Tue, 01 Sep, 1959