Played for Tranmere, Wrexham and Preston

List of players who have played for PNE & Tranmere

869) Iain Anderson - PNE Debut 26/02/2000

630) Graham Bell - PNE Debut 04/04/1979

825) Gary Bennett - PNE Debut 30/03/1996

867) David Beresford - PNE Debut 18/12/1999

502) Les Campbell - PNE Debut 31/10/1953

553) Tony Coleman - PNE Debut 27/02/1965

312) George Cook - PNE Debut 15/11/1924

565) Paul Crossley - PNE Debut 06/05/1967

734) Simon Farnworth - PNE Debut 25/08/1990

770) Shaun Garnett - PNE Debut 12/12/1992

352) Duke Hamilton - PNE Debut 11/12/1928

840) Michael Jackson - PNE Debut 29/03/1997

647) John Kelly - PNE Debut 10/10/1981

763) Mark Leonard - PNE Debut 15/08/1992

278) Fred Marquis - PNE Debut 12/03/1921

580) John McMahon - PNE Debut 06/10/1970

709) Dave Miller - PNE Debut 07/04/1987

618) Barrie Mitchell - PNE Debut 17/08/1976

848) John Mullin - PNE Debut 14/02/1998

674) John Platt - PNE Debut 26/02/1985

831) Mark Rankine - PNE Debut 17/09/1996

276) Bernard Sharkey - PNE Debut 12/02/1921

291) Bert Shears - PNE Debut 11/02/1922

769) Barry Siddall - PNE Debut 12/12/1992

837) Shaun Teale - PNE Debut 08/02/1997

678) John Thomas - PNE Debut 17/08/1985

910) Gavin Ward - PNE Debut 19/10/2004

498) Bob Wilson - PNE Debut 14/03/1953

707) Frank Worthington PNE Debut 21/02/1987

289) Wilf Yates - PNE Debut 04/02/1922

List of players who have played for PNE & Wrexham

856) Steve Basham - PNE Debut 06/02/1999

825) Gary Bennett - PNE Debut 30/03/1996

600) Dave Carrick - PNE Debut 17/11/1973

568) Ray Charnley - PNE Debut 09/12/1967

655) Joe Hinnigan - PNE Debut 19/03/1993

275) Jack Holland - PNE Debut 22/01/1921

660) Peter Houghton - PNE Debut 08/10/1983

933) Jason Jarrett - PNE Debut 07/03/2006

452) Willie Jessop - PNE Debut 21/09/1946

515) Derek Mayers - PNE Debut 14/09/1957

715) Brian Mooney - PNE Debut 10/10/1987

387) Jack Mustard - PNE Debut 29/08/1932

782) Paul Raynor - PNE Debut 17/08/1993

675) Ian Stevens - PNE Debut 23/03/1985

801) John Vaughan - PNE Debut 15/10/1994

910) Gavin Ward - PNE Debut 19/10/2004

340) Frank Williams - PNE Debut 06/11/1926

255) Roland Woodhouse - PNE Debut 10/09/1919

Player Profile - Gary Bennett

Gary Michael Bennett was born in Kirby on 20 September 1962 and had the nickname as 'Psycho' in his playing days.

He started with his home town club, before joining Wigan on 9 October 1984. His stay was only for one season and scored 3 goals in 20 appearances. He did appear in the Latics side that beat Brentford 3-1 in the Freight Rover Trophy Final at Wembley.

In August 1985 Bennett was signed by Harry McNally and joined Chester for his first of three stays. In his first season in 1985/86 Chester were promoted as they finished runners up in the Fourth Division. Bennett finished with 13 goals and was second to top scorer and another former PNE player in Stuart Rimmer. The following season he was second to Rimmer again and scored the same amount of goals but in just 33 appearances. Although the 1986/87 season was overshadowed by an incident which left Ian Knight of Sheffield Wednesday badly injured. For the third season running Bennett reached double figures in goals and was second behind top scorer Stuart Rimmer.

After 36 goals in 126 appearances Bennett joined Third Division Southend on 11 November 1988. He did score against his former club Chester in his first month but after 16 months and 6 goals in 42 appearances he returned to Chester for a fee of £20,000 in March 1990.

The 1991/92 season saw Bennett score 11 goals, 2 behind top scorer again. One of the goals was the winner against Stoke in April 1992 which effectively sealed their safety in Division Three as they finished in 18^th position.

Bennett was released at the end of the season after a further 15 goals in 80 league appearances and joined Wrexham.

It was with Wrexham that Bennett enjoyed the most prolific spell of his career. The 1992/93 season saw Wrexham gain promotion from Division Three with 16 goals in 35 appearances, 2 behind top scorer Steve Watkin.

Although Wrexham finished mid table in 1993/94 Bennett scored 32 league goals in 41 appearances. The 1994/95 saw another mid-table finish and top scorer again with 29 goals in 45 appearances. Bennett also scored twice to win the Welsh Cup Final in a 2-1 win over Cardiff.

After 77 goals in just 121 league appearances Bennett was sold by Bryan Flynn on 13 July 1995 to First Division Tranmere for £300,000.

His stay with Tranmere was just over eight months and made 29 league appearances, netting 9 goals. He joined Third Division Preston on 27 March 2006 for a fee of £200,000, which was the record transfer fee paid by the Lilywhites at the time.

Bennett scored on his debut in a 2-1 win at Scarborough on 30 March and made a further seven appearances as Preston won the Third Division title.

Bennett suffered a shin fracture in a pre-season friendly and didn't return to October. Although struggling with fitness he did score a brace from the bench in a 3-0 win at Deepdale against Blackpool on 13 December 1996. His last appearance came in a 5-1 defeat at Luton on 22 February 1987. Bennett had scored 4 goals in 24 appearances for Preston.

Bennett returned to Wrexham on 28 February 1998 for £100,000 and scored 5 goals in 15 appearances for the remainder of the season.

On 25 July 1998 Bennett returned to Chester for a third time for a transfer fee of £50,000. He scored 12 goals in 16 appearances by November but then failed to score in his remaining 25 matches, although he did finish as top scorer for Chester for the first time.

His last season was in 1998/99 and scored his final league goal against a former club in Southend on 29 August and his final appearance was a fortnight later in a 2-0 home win against Torquay and this spell netted 13 goals in 48 appearances.

Injuries forced him to retire in August 1999 and became a landlord of a pub in Skelmersdale.