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Joe Benjamin
Personal information
Full name Joseph John Benjamin [1]
Date of birth (1990-10-10) 10 October 1990 (age 33) [1]
Place of birth Woodford, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [1]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
West Ham United
2006–2008 Northampton Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps ( Gls)
2008–2010 Northampton Town 7 (0)
2008 → Brackley Town (loan)
2009 → Eastbourne Borough (loan) 5 (0)
2010 → Eastbourne Borough (loan) 15 (1)
2010 Ebbsfleet United 5 (0)
2010 Boreham Wood 6 (6)
2010–2011 AFC Hornchurch 5 (0)
2011 Wealdstone 6 (0)
2011 Chelmsford City 13 (0)
2012 Tonbridge Angels 17 (1)
2012 Hampton & Richmond Borough 6 (0)
2012–2013 Billericay Town 12 (1)
2012 → Hendon (dual registration) 0 (0)
2013 → Lowestoft Town (dual registration) 14 (1)
2013 St Neots Town 5 (2)
2013–2014 Billericay Town 25 (4)
2014 Grays Athletic 8 (0)
2014–2015 Bury Town 20 (0)
2015 Dulwich Hamlet 7 (0)
2015–2016 Harlow Town 39 (4)
2016 Bishop's Stortford 3 (0)
2016–2017 Harlow Town 28 (1)
2017–2018 Haringey Borough 9 (0)
2018 Northwood
2018 Barking 1 (0)
2018 Great Wakering Rovers 1 (0)
Total 257 (21)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joseph John Benjamin (born 10 October 1990) is an English footballer who last played as a striker for Great Wakering Rovers.

Career

As a boy he was with West Ham United, then came through Northampton Town's Centre of Excellence to make his debut in the Football League on 23 August 2008 as a late substitute in a goalless draw with Millwall. [2] [3] He had a spell on loan to Southern League Premier Division club Brackley Town as work experience in early 2008, [4] and signed an 18-month professional contract with Northampton in January 2009. [2]

In November 2009, Benjamin signed a one-month loan deal with Conference National club Eastbourne Borough. [5] Benjamin played six games for Eastbourne Borough, five of which were in the Conference and one in the Sussex Senior Cup, before being recalled back to Northampton in December. [6] He rejoined the same club on loan for the remainder of the season in January 2010. [7]

He was released by the club on 12 May 2010 along with five other players. [8]

In August 2010, he joined Conference South side Ebbsfleet United. [9] Benjamin left by mutual consent in September 2010 and switched to Boreham Wood, also of the Conference South. [10] He then had a short spell at AFC Hornchurch of Isthmian League Premier Division from November until January, [11] [12] before going on trial with, and later signing for Wealdstone on the turn of the year. [13]

In August 2011 he joined Chelmsford City. [14] He moved on to Tonbridge Angels, also of Conference South, in January 2012. [15]

In May 2012 he penned contract with Carshalton Athletic, [16] but after a dispute with the management he left the club before the season kick-off to sign for Isthmian League Premier Division rivals Hampton & Richmond Borough. [17]

Bejamin moved on to Billericay Town in October 2012. [18] He joined Hendon of the Isthmian League Premier Division on a dual registration basis from Billericay Town the following month, [19] but was never involved in a match. He signed on another dual registration deal in March 2013, with Lowestoft Town. [20] During the spring he made 14 appearances in the league (scoring one goal against Wingate & Finchley) before ending the season featuring in the playoff final on 6 May 2013.

In June 2013, Benjamin joined St Neots Town who play in the Southern Football League Premier Division. Following the release from the club in September 2013, [21] he re-signed for Billericay Town. [22] In June 2014 he departed the club to join Farnborough, [23] but had his contract terminated the following month after a handful of pre-season games, [24] and was then captured by Grays Athletic. [25] They released him in September 2014, and subsequently signed for Bury Town. In March 2015 he was transferred to Dulwich Hamlet. [26] He dropped down to the Isthmian League Division One North to join Harlow Town in July 2015. [27] After starting the 2016–17 season at Bishop's Stortford, he returned to Harlow Town on 18 August 2016. [28] He spent two more seasons with The Hawks, before joining Haringey Borough, [29] whom he helped earn promotion to Isthmian League Premier Division. Further moves include Northwood in March 2018, [30] and Barking ahead of the 2018–19 season. [31] He left Barking in September 2018. [32] On 25 September 2018 he was picked for the Great Wakering Rovers squad that played Canvey Island in the Isthmian League North Division, but was an unused substitute. [33]

Personal life

Benjamin is the cousin of former Arsenal prospect Paul Rodgers. [34] They played together at Northampton Town, St Neots Town, Billericay Town, Farnborough and Bishop's Stortford. [35]

At Bury Town he played alongside another cousin, Chris Benjamin. [36] [37] They were as well together at Haringey Borough and Northwood. [30] [38]

References

  1. ^ a b c Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Mainstream Publishing. ISBN  978-1-84596-474-0.
  2. ^ a b "Benjamin gets 18-month contract with Cobblers". Northampton Chronicle & Echo. 8 January 2009. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  3. ^ "23 August 2008, Northampton 0–0 Millwall". Northampton Town F.C. 23 August 2008. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  4. ^ Garbe, Joe (10 January 2008). "Emphatic victory for Brackley". Buckingham and Winslow Advertiser. Archived from the original on 15 August 2007. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  5. ^ "Eastbourne loan Cobblers striker". BBC Sport. 9 November 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
  6. ^ "Blow for Borough as loan striker departs". The Argus. 7 December 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2009.[ permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Northampton Town striker Joe Benjamin joins Eastbourne". BBC Sport. 18 January 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
  8. ^ "Northampton Town release midfielder Luke Guttridge". BBC Sport. 12 May 2010.
  9. ^ "It's all go for Joe-Joe". Ebbsfleet United FC Official Website. 13 August 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
  10. ^ "Dorchester 3 Boreham Wood 1". Borehamwood & Elstree Times. 20 September 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  11. ^ "John Mead previews Saturday's home clash". Borehamwood & Elstree Times. 26 November 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  12. ^ "AFC Hornchurch Player Profiles". AFC Hornchurch. Archived from the original on 30 October 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  13. ^ "Wealdstone FC Player Profiles". Wealdstone FC. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  14. ^ "Chelmsford City complete triple deal". BBC Sport. 1 August 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  15. ^ "Tonbridge Angels sign Joe Benjamin and Chris Piper". BBC Sport. 6 January 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  16. ^ "New Robins come to roost at Carshalton". Carshalton Athletic FC. 29 May 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  17. ^ "Joe Benjamin: I'm happy to sign for Hampton after Carshalton problems". FootballExclusives.co.uk. 15 August 2012. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  18. ^ "Benjamin Follows Taylor into Billericay". Footballconference.co.uk. 13 October 2012. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  19. ^ "Greens hope to return to action following weekend washout". Barnet Today. 29 November 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  20. ^ "Trawlerboys take Benjamin on dual terms". Pitchero Non League. 11 March 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  21. ^ "Benjamin the latest to depart St Neots". Cambridge News. 5 September 2013. Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  22. ^ "Match Preview; Blues v Bognor Regis Town". Billericay Town FC. 6 September 2013. Archived from the original on 10 September 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  23. ^ "Billiercay duo Joe Benjamin and Paul Rodgers leave club". Lancashire Telegraph. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  24. ^ "Day's little Angels bring spirit back to Farnborough". Get Hampshire. 31 July 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  25. ^ "Billericay Town's Chris Benjamin gunning for derby glory against old club". Daily Gazette. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  26. ^ "Saturday's Transfer List". Pitch Hero. 7 March 2015. Archived from the original on 23 June 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  27. ^ "Dulwich Hamlet winger among trio of signings for Hawks". Harlow Star. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  28. ^ "Benjamin departs club". Bishop's Stortford FC. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  29. ^ "Benjamin Leaves Hawks For Boro". Non-League Pitchero. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  30. ^ a b "Brothers sign on deadline day". Northwood FC. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  31. ^ "Barking announce a host of new signings and the return of seven from last campaign". Barking and Dagenham Post. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  32. ^ Ranson, Jacob (14 September 2018). "Barking boss Gardner keen to build on first win at Mildenhall". Barking and Dagenham Post. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  33. ^ "Canvey Island 0-1 Great Wakering Rovers". Canvey Island FC. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  34. ^ "Paul Rodgers in Saints move". Cambridge News. 21 June 2013. Archived from the original on 23 June 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  35. ^ "It's a family affair for boss Day as Boro add two more". Get Hampshire. 19 June 2014. Archived from the original on 23 June 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  36. ^ "Fully-fit Blues ready for a tough test against leaders". Bury Free Press. 24 January 2015. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  37. ^ "Bury Town Football Club Player Profiles 2014-2015". Bury Town FC. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  38. ^ "Fleet Town vs Northwood Match Programme" (PDF). Fleet Town FC. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Joe_Benjamin_(footballer)&oldid=1226463293"
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Joe Benjamin
Personal information
Full name Joseph John Benjamin [1]
Date of birth (1990-10-10) 10 October 1990 (age 33) [1]
Place of birth Woodford, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [1]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
West Ham United
2006–2008 Northampton Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps ( Gls)
2008–2010 Northampton Town 7 (0)
2008 → Brackley Town (loan)
2009 → Eastbourne Borough (loan) 5 (0)
2010 → Eastbourne Borough (loan) 15 (1)
2010 Ebbsfleet United 5 (0)
2010 Boreham Wood 6 (6)
2010–2011 AFC Hornchurch 5 (0)
2011 Wealdstone 6 (0)
2011 Chelmsford City 13 (0)
2012 Tonbridge Angels 17 (1)
2012 Hampton & Richmond Borough 6 (0)
2012–2013 Billericay Town 12 (1)
2012 → Hendon (dual registration) 0 (0)
2013 → Lowestoft Town (dual registration) 14 (1)
2013 St Neots Town 5 (2)
2013–2014 Billericay Town 25 (4)
2014 Grays Athletic 8 (0)
2014–2015 Bury Town 20 (0)
2015 Dulwich Hamlet 7 (0)
2015–2016 Harlow Town 39 (4)
2016 Bishop's Stortford 3 (0)
2016–2017 Harlow Town 28 (1)
2017–2018 Haringey Borough 9 (0)
2018 Northwood
2018 Barking 1 (0)
2018 Great Wakering Rovers 1 (0)
Total 257 (21)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joseph John Benjamin (born 10 October 1990) is an English footballer who last played as a striker for Great Wakering Rovers.

Career

As a boy he was with West Ham United, then came through Northampton Town's Centre of Excellence to make his debut in the Football League on 23 August 2008 as a late substitute in a goalless draw with Millwall. [2] [3] He had a spell on loan to Southern League Premier Division club Brackley Town as work experience in early 2008, [4] and signed an 18-month professional contract with Northampton in January 2009. [2]

In November 2009, Benjamin signed a one-month loan deal with Conference National club Eastbourne Borough. [5] Benjamin played six games for Eastbourne Borough, five of which were in the Conference and one in the Sussex Senior Cup, before being recalled back to Northampton in December. [6] He rejoined the same club on loan for the remainder of the season in January 2010. [7]

He was released by the club on 12 May 2010 along with five other players. [8]

In August 2010, he joined Conference South side Ebbsfleet United. [9] Benjamin left by mutual consent in September 2010 and switched to Boreham Wood, also of the Conference South. [10] He then had a short spell at AFC Hornchurch of Isthmian League Premier Division from November until January, [11] [12] before going on trial with, and later signing for Wealdstone on the turn of the year. [13]

In August 2011 he joined Chelmsford City. [14] He moved on to Tonbridge Angels, also of Conference South, in January 2012. [15]

In May 2012 he penned contract with Carshalton Athletic, [16] but after a dispute with the management he left the club before the season kick-off to sign for Isthmian League Premier Division rivals Hampton & Richmond Borough. [17]

Bejamin moved on to Billericay Town in October 2012. [18] He joined Hendon of the Isthmian League Premier Division on a dual registration basis from Billericay Town the following month, [19] but was never involved in a match. He signed on another dual registration deal in March 2013, with Lowestoft Town. [20] During the spring he made 14 appearances in the league (scoring one goal against Wingate & Finchley) before ending the season featuring in the playoff final on 6 May 2013.

In June 2013, Benjamin joined St Neots Town who play in the Southern Football League Premier Division. Following the release from the club in September 2013, [21] he re-signed for Billericay Town. [22] In June 2014 he departed the club to join Farnborough, [23] but had his contract terminated the following month after a handful of pre-season games, [24] and was then captured by Grays Athletic. [25] They released him in September 2014, and subsequently signed for Bury Town. In March 2015 he was transferred to Dulwich Hamlet. [26] He dropped down to the Isthmian League Division One North to join Harlow Town in July 2015. [27] After starting the 2016–17 season at Bishop's Stortford, he returned to Harlow Town on 18 August 2016. [28] He spent two more seasons with The Hawks, before joining Haringey Borough, [29] whom he helped earn promotion to Isthmian League Premier Division. Further moves include Northwood in March 2018, [30] and Barking ahead of the 2018–19 season. [31] He left Barking in September 2018. [32] On 25 September 2018 he was picked for the Great Wakering Rovers squad that played Canvey Island in the Isthmian League North Division, but was an unused substitute. [33]

Personal life

Benjamin is the cousin of former Arsenal prospect Paul Rodgers. [34] They played together at Northampton Town, St Neots Town, Billericay Town, Farnborough and Bishop's Stortford. [35]

At Bury Town he played alongside another cousin, Chris Benjamin. [36] [37] They were as well together at Haringey Borough and Northwood. [30] [38]

References

  1. ^ a b c Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2009). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009–10. Mainstream Publishing. ISBN  978-1-84596-474-0.
  2. ^ a b "Benjamin gets 18-month contract with Cobblers". Northampton Chronicle & Echo. 8 January 2009. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  3. ^ "23 August 2008, Northampton 0–0 Millwall". Northampton Town F.C. 23 August 2008. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  4. ^ Garbe, Joe (10 January 2008). "Emphatic victory for Brackley". Buckingham and Winslow Advertiser. Archived from the original on 15 August 2007. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  5. ^ "Eastbourne loan Cobblers striker". BBC Sport. 9 November 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
  6. ^ "Blow for Borough as loan striker departs". The Argus. 7 December 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2009.[ permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Northampton Town striker Joe Benjamin joins Eastbourne". BBC Sport. 18 January 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
  8. ^ "Northampton Town release midfielder Luke Guttridge". BBC Sport. 12 May 2010.
  9. ^ "It's all go for Joe-Joe". Ebbsfleet United FC Official Website. 13 August 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2010.
  10. ^ "Dorchester 3 Boreham Wood 1". Borehamwood & Elstree Times. 20 September 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  11. ^ "John Mead previews Saturday's home clash". Borehamwood & Elstree Times. 26 November 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  12. ^ "AFC Hornchurch Player Profiles". AFC Hornchurch. Archived from the original on 30 October 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  13. ^ "Wealdstone FC Player Profiles". Wealdstone FC. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
  14. ^ "Chelmsford City complete triple deal". BBC Sport. 1 August 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  15. ^ "Tonbridge Angels sign Joe Benjamin and Chris Piper". BBC Sport. 6 January 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  16. ^ "New Robins come to roost at Carshalton". Carshalton Athletic FC. 29 May 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  17. ^ "Joe Benjamin: I'm happy to sign for Hampton after Carshalton problems". FootballExclusives.co.uk. 15 August 2012. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  18. ^ "Benjamin Follows Taylor into Billericay". Footballconference.co.uk. 13 October 2012. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  19. ^ "Greens hope to return to action following weekend washout". Barnet Today. 29 November 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  20. ^ "Trawlerboys take Benjamin on dual terms". Pitchero Non League. 11 March 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  21. ^ "Benjamin the latest to depart St Neots". Cambridge News. 5 September 2013. Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  22. ^ "Match Preview; Blues v Bognor Regis Town". Billericay Town FC. 6 September 2013. Archived from the original on 10 September 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  23. ^ "Billiercay duo Joe Benjamin and Paul Rodgers leave club". Lancashire Telegraph. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  24. ^ "Day's little Angels bring spirit back to Farnborough". Get Hampshire. 31 July 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  25. ^ "Billericay Town's Chris Benjamin gunning for derby glory against old club". Daily Gazette. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  26. ^ "Saturday's Transfer List". Pitch Hero. 7 March 2015. Archived from the original on 23 June 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  27. ^ "Dulwich Hamlet winger among trio of signings for Hawks". Harlow Star. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  28. ^ "Benjamin departs club". Bishop's Stortford FC. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  29. ^ "Benjamin Leaves Hawks For Boro". Non-League Pitchero. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  30. ^ a b "Brothers sign on deadline day". Northwood FC. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  31. ^ "Barking announce a host of new signings and the return of seven from last campaign". Barking and Dagenham Post. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  32. ^ Ranson, Jacob (14 September 2018). "Barking boss Gardner keen to build on first win at Mildenhall". Barking and Dagenham Post. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  33. ^ "Canvey Island 0-1 Great Wakering Rovers". Canvey Island FC. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  34. ^ "Paul Rodgers in Saints move". Cambridge News. 21 June 2013. Archived from the original on 23 June 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  35. ^ "It's a family affair for boss Day as Boro add two more". Get Hampshire. 19 June 2014. Archived from the original on 23 June 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  36. ^ "Fully-fit Blues ready for a tough test against leaders". Bury Free Press. 24 January 2015. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  37. ^ "Bury Town Football Club Player Profiles 2014-2015". Bury Town FC. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  38. ^ "Fleet Town vs Northwood Match Programme" (PDF). Fleet Town FC. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Joe_Benjamin_(footballer)&oldid=1226463293"

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