Gordon Bennett (football)

Gordon Bennett is the Head of Youth Development at League Two side Plymouth Argyle.

Earlier in his career, Bennett was Chief Executive of Bristol Rovers and Norwich City F.C. His time at Carrow Road was significant enough that in 2003, he was made an inaugural member of the Norwich City Hall of Fame. After leaving Norwich, Bennett worked for Aberdeen F.C. and while working there he remarked, "When you have a name like mine I am bound to be latched upon".^[1]

In 1969 Bennett won an ITV/Daily Mail-sponsored fan-of-the-year competition. By answering a series of questions on his beloved Bristol Rovers, Bennett earned a trip to the Mexico World Cup and a £1,000 cheque. Personally, the prizes did not interest him. He gave the tickets away to the runner-up and presented the money as a gift to Rovers.^[1] Bennett spent his early years at Ram Hill, Coalpit Heath, near Bristol and in his playing days Bennett played amateur football for Henfield Youth AFC.

References

1 2 "It's the name of the game", Sunday Herald, December 5, 1999 – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) .

Norwich City F.C. – Hall of Fame inductees
2002	Allcock Ashman Brennan Butler Davies Deehan Forbes Gavin Gunn Hannah Keelan Lochhead Macaulay Nethercott Nutchey Peters Ramsay Roberts Robinson Ross Saunders South Stringer Varco Vinall Watling
2003	Adams Bellamy Bennett Bly Bond Bone Bowen Boyer Brown Bruce Bryceland Channon Chase Crook Cross Crossan Crowe Culverhouse Curran Drinkell Eadie Eyre Fashanu Fleck Fleming Foggo Foulkes Fox Furness Gordon Goss Hartford Hill Hollis Ga. Holt Hunt Kennon Kenton Kinsey Lewis Livermore Low MacDougall Mackay Marshall Mendham McCrohan McVeigh Megson Morgan Neighbour Newman Newsome Norman O'Neill Paddon Pickwick Polston Powell Punton Reeves Sheppard Smith Suggett Sutch Sutton Thurlow Townsend Walker Watson Williams Woods Worthington Wynn-Jones
2006	Briggs Burton Butterworth Green Halliday Howes Huckerby Machin Parker Phelan
2012	Ashton Drury Ekoku Foulger Hoolahan Gr. Holt Kirchen Lambert

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