Player Profile

After the sale of top scorer Rory Fallon to Swansea City, targetman Benjamin was signed on loan from Peterborough United for the rest of the season, in January 2006. He made his debut as a substitute in a 1-0 win over Walsall on 31st January, but immediately succumbed to a thigh injury, that kept him out of action for almost a month.

He returned for an away match at Nottingham Forest at the end of February - and though he opened his goalscoring account for the Town, it was of little significance - the Town were already 6-0 down when he entered the fray, eventually losing the match 7-1. Benjamin was thrust into the starting line-up for the first time the following week against Tranmere, in a three-pronged attacking line-up with Lee Peacock and Jamie Cureton, but again the Town slipped to a home defeat.

In an oft-changing side, Benjamin found himself in and out of the starting line-up for the rest of his loan period - a hamstring strain keeping him out at the start of April, before he netted his second and final goal in a Town shirt from the penalty spot in a 2-1 win at Scunthorpe. Towards the end of the season, with the Town relegated, manager Iffy Onuora chose to experiment with some of the younger players - Lukas Jutkiewicz keeping Benjamin out of the team - but it looked as though Onuora would sign Benjamin permanently come the end of the season, but any deal was extinguished when Onuora was sacked in May.

Playing Record

Senior

Career details

Club	Details
Wellingborough Town Wellingborough	(youth)
Kettering Town Kettering Town	(youth)
Rushden and Diamonds Rushden	(youth)
Cambridge United Cambridge United	1995 (trainee) February 21st, 1997 (signed professional contract); transferred out (July 14th, 2000)
Leicester City Leicester City	July 14th, 2000 (transferred in , £1,300,000 ); released (January 19th, 2005)
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace	December 20th, 2001 (loan)
Norwich City Norwich City	February 8th, 2002 (loan)
West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion	March 27th, 2002 (loan)
Gillingham Gillingham	September 20th, 2003 (loan)
Rushden and Diamonds Rushden	November 14th, 2003 (loan)
Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton	January 16th, 2004 (loan); expired (March 2004)
Northampton Town Northampton Town	December 31st, 2004 (loan)
Northampton Town Northampton Town	January 19th, 2005 (unattached)
Coventry City Coventry City	February 16th, 2005 ; released (2004/5)
Peterborough United Peterborough United	July 8th, 2005
Watford Watford	September 21st, 2005 (loan)
Swindon Town Swindon	January 30th, 2006 (loan)
Boston United Boston Utd	February 9th, 2007 (loan)
Walsall Walsall	March 22nd, 2007 (loan)
Hereford United Hereford United	August 7th, 2007 (unattached); released (rptd May 19th, 2008)
Chester City Chester	July 2008 (trial)
Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Town	August 2008 (trial)
Gainsborough Trinity Gainsborough	August 2008
Gillingham Gillingham	September 2008 (trial)
Stevenage Borough Stevenage Borough	September 2008 (trial)
AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth	September 2008 (trial)
Northwich Victoria Northwich Victoria	October 2008
Hednesford Town Hednesford	November 2008
Wellingborough Town Wellingborough	December 2008
Kidsgrove Athletic Kidsgrove Athletic	February 2009
Gateshead Gateshead	July 2009 (trial)
Rushden and Diamonds Rushden	July 2009 (trial)
Lowestoft Town Lowestoft Town	July 2009 (trial)
Tamworth Tamworth	rptd August 7th, 2009 (non-contract)
Harrogate Town Harrogate Town	October 2009
Woking Woking	rptd November 20th, 2009 ; released (December 2009)
Bedlington Terriers Bedlington Terriers	December 2009
Wroxham Wroxham	March 2010 (loan)
Morpeth Town Morpeth Town	cs 2010 (loan)
Morpeth Town Morpeth Town	September 20th, 2010 (appointed player-manager)
Seaton Delaval Amateurs Seaton Delaval Amateurs	rptd March 2nd, 2012  cs 2012 (player-assistant manager)
Newcastle United Women Newcastle United WFC	rptd April 2nd, 2014 (manager)