Benny Fenton

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Benny Fenton
Fenton at West Ham United in 1937
Personal information
Full name Benjamin Robert Vincent Fenton[1]
Date of birth (1918-10-28)28 October 1918[1]
Place of birth West Ham, England[1]
Date of death 29 July 2000(2000-07-29) (aged 81)
Place of death Poole, England[1]
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2]
Position(s)
wing half
Youth career
1934–1935 Colchester Town
1935–1937 West Ham United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1937–1939 West Ham United 21 (9)
1939–1947 Millwall 20 (7)
1947–1955 Charlton Athletic 264 (22)
1955–1958 Colchester United 104 (15)
Total 409 (53)
Managerial career
1955–1963 Colchester United
1963–1964 Leyton Orient
1966–1974 Millwall
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Benjamin Robert Vincent Fenton (28 October 1918 – 29 July 2000) was an English professional

the Football League for all four clubs. He managed Colchester United, Leyton Orient and spent eight years at Millwall, before holding various positions at Charlton Athletic
.

Career

Playing career

Fenton represented West Ham, Essex and London as a schoolboy.

outside-left with the east London club.[3]

He made his professional debut for West Ham United on 9 October 1937, playing alongside his older brother

wing half.[3]

Fenton joined the Essex Regiment during the Second World War.[8] He guested for former club West Ham United in November 1944,[7] and also played for Norwich City, Manchester City, Charlton Athletic, Crystal Palace, York City,[2] and Cardiff City as a wartime guest.[4][9]

Fenton never gained full international honours, but toured South Africa with the FA in 1939, making three appearances, and also represented an FA Services XI team against Switzerland on 24 July 1945.[10]

Fenton joined Charlton Athletic of the First Division in January 1947.[10] He became club captain in the 1950–51 season, and made 264 League appearances at inside forward and wing half during his nine seasons with the club,[11][12] before leaving in February 1955.[10][13]

Coaching career

In 1955, Fenton joined

1961–62.[9]

Fenton joined Leyton Orient as manager on 1 November 1963.[17] He was sacked after 56 games in charge in December 1964.[18]

He went on to take the manager role at

1972, with a point separating them from second-place Birmingham City. He left the club on 3 October 1974,[20][21] as the club's longest serving post-war manager.[22]

In January 1977, he rejoined Charlton as secretary.[23] He became assistant manager of the Addicks in March 1980 and progressed to the position of general manager in June 1981. He stayed in with the club until June 1982.[4][24]

Managerial statistics

Managerial record by team and tenure[20]
Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Colchester United 1 February 1955 31 October 1963 425 164 107 154 038.6
Leyton Orient 1 November 1963 31 December 1964 56 17 14 25 030.4
Millwall 1 May 1966 3 October 1974 391 150 113 128 038.4
Total 872 331 234 307 038.0

Outside football

Fenton also played

lawn bowls for Essex County.[3] He married wife Winnie on Christmas Day 1939, with whom he had one daughter, two grandchildren and one great grandchild. In later life, he lived in Dorset, where he died, aged 81.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Benny Fenton". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
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    ISBN 978-0-9531005-0-7
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  3. ^
    ISBN 1-903135-50-8
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  4. ^ a b c "Football Obituaries". www.11v11.com. Association of Football Statisticians. Archived from the original on 13 May 2006. Retrieved 25 January 2007.
  5. ISBN 978-0-9551176-9-5
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  6. ^ Northcutt, John. "The Letter "B"". theyflysohigh.co.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Benny Fenton". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  8. ^ Simkin, John. "Benny Fenton". spartacus-educational.com. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  9. ^ a b "Benny Fenton – Manager". www.coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  10. ^ a b c "Benny Fenton". www.11v11.com. Association of Football Statisticians. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  11. ^ "Former Addicks hero Fenton dies aged 81". ESPN. 3 August 2000. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  12. ^ "Benny Fenton". cafcfactsstats.com. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  13. ^ a b Glanville, Brian (16 August 2000). "Obituary: Benny Fenton". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  14. ^ "Colchester United 3–2 Brentford". www.coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  15. ISBN 978-1-911476-18-4
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  16. ^ "Benny Fenton". www.coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  17. ^ "Benny Fenton". League Managers Association. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  18. ^ Kaufman, Neilson. "O's Through the Years". Leyton Orient F.C. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  19. ^ "UK Soccer Roundup". The Ottawa Journal. 9 May 1966. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ a b Benny Fenton management career statistics at Soccerbase
  21. ^ "Millwall years 1960 – 1992". www.millwallfc.co.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  22. ^ "Who is Millwall's best ever manager?". www.fl125.co.uk. Football League. 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  23. ISBN 0-354-09043-7. Archived from the original on 23 January 2009.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link
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  24. ISBN 978-1-4722-4148-1
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