Benny Fenton

Benny Fenton
Personal information
Full name	Benjamin Robert Vincent Fenton^[1]
Date of birth	(1918-10-10)10 October 1918
Place of birth	West Ham, England
Date of death	29 July 2000(2000-07-29) (aged 81)
Place of death	Poole, England
Playing position	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)
Teams managed
1955–1963	Colchester United
1963–1964	Leyton Orient
1966–1974	Millwall
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Benjamin Robert Vincent Fenton (10 October 1918 – 29 July 2000) was an English professional football player and manager.

Career

Playing career

Fenton signed for Colchester Town in 1934, moving to West Ham United a year later.^[2] Fenton made his professional debut for West Ham United on 9 October 1937, playing alongside his older brother Ted, as an inside forward in a match against Fulham.^[3]

Fenton later appeared for Millwall, Charlton Athletic and Colchester United, making over 400 appearances in the Football League for all four clubs.^[4]

During World War II, Fenton guested for former club West Ham United in November 1944.^[5] He also guested for Charlton Athletic, York City, Cardiff City and Manchester City.^[2]

Coaching career

Fenton managed Colchester United, Leyton Orient and Millwall.^[6]

References

↑ "Benny Fenton". Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
1 2 The Association of Football Statisticians
↑ McDonald, Tony (2007). West Ham United: The Managers. Football World. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-9551176-9-5.
↑ Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database profile
↑ West Ham Stats profile
↑ Benny Fenton management career statistics at Soccerbase

Colchester United F.C. – managers

Davis (1937–39)
Fieldus (1945–46)
T. Fenton (1946–48)
Allen (1948–53)
Meades (1953)
Butler (1953–55)
Miller & Orrin^c (1955)
B. Fenton (1955–63)
Franklin (1963–68)
Graham (1968–72)
Mochan^c (1972)
Smith (1972–75)
R. Roberts (1975–82)
Hunter (1982–83)
Lea (1983–86)
Walker (1986–87)
Foley^c (1987)
R. Brown (1987–88)
Foley^c (1988–89)
Wallace (1989)
Foley^c (1989–90)
Mills (1990)
Atkins (1990–91)
McDonough (1991–94)
Burley (1994)
D. Roberts^c (1994–95)
Wignall (1995–99)
Cook & Whitton^c (1999)
Wadsworth (1999)
Whitton (1999–2003)
Williams^c (2003)
Parkinson (2003–06)
Williams (2006–08)
Symons^c (2008)
Lambert (2008–09)
Dunne^c (2009)
Boothroyd (2009–10)
Ward (2010–12)
Dunne (2012–14)
Humes (2014–15)
Hall & McGreal^c (2015)
W. Brown^c (2015)
Keen (2015–16)
Wright^c (2016)
Ball^c (2016)
McGreal (2016–)

Leyton Orient F.C. – managers

Ormerod (1905–06)
Ivenson (1906)
Holmes (1907–22)
Proudfoot (1922–29)
Grimsdell (1929–30)
Proudfoot (1930–31)
Seed (1931–33)
Pratt (1933–34)
Proudfoot (1935–39)
Halsey (1939)
Wright (1939–45)
Hall (1945)
Wright (1945–46)
Hewitt (1946–48)
McBain (1948–49)
Stock (1949–59)
Carey (1961–63)
Fenton (1963–64)
Sexton (1965)
Graham (1966–68)
Bloomfield (1968–71)
Petchey (1971–77)
Bloomfield (1977–81)
Went (1981)
Knighton (1981–82)
Clark (1982–91)
Eustace (1991–94)
Sitton & Turner (1994–95)
Holland (1995–96)
Taylor (1996–2001)
Brush (2001–03)
Ling (2003–09)
Nugent^c (2009)
Williams (2009–10)
Slade (2010–14)
Nugent^c (2014)
Milanese (2014)
Liverani (2014–15)
Hendon (2015–16)
Hessenthaler^c (2016)
Nolan^p (2016)
Hessenthaler (2016)
Edwards^c (2016)
Cavasin (2016)
Edwards (2016–)

Millwall F.C. – managers

Kidd^s (1890–99)
Stopher^s (1899–00)
Saunders^s (1900–10)
Lipsham (1911–18)
Hunter (1918–33)
McCracken (1933–36)
Hewitt (1936–39)
Voisey (1940–44)
Cock (1944–48)
Hewitt (1948–55)
R. Gray (1956–58)
Seed (1958–59)
Smith (1959–61)
R. Gray (1961–63)
W. Gray (1963–66)
Fenton (1966–74)
Jago (1974–77)
Foley^c (1977)
Petchey (1978–80)
Long^c (1980)
Anderson (1980–82)
Kitchener^c (1982)
Graham (1982–86)
Docherty (1986–90)
Pearson^c (1990)
Rioch (1990–92)
McCarthy (1992–96)
Evans^c (1996)
Nicholl (1996–97)
Docherty (1997)
Bonds (1997–98)
Stevens (1998–99)
Stevens & McLeary (1999–2000)
Gritt & Harford^c (2000)
McGhee (2000–03)
Wise (2003–05)
Claridge (2005)
Lee (2005)
Tuttle (2005–06)
Burns & McLeary^c (2006)
Spackman (2006)
Donachie (2006–07)
Shaw & West^c (2007)
Jackett (2007–13)
Lomas (2013)
Harris & Fitzgerald^c (2013–14)
Holloway (2014–15)
Harris (2015–)

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