sentences:  He signed amateur papers in July 1968, before moving up to become a professional in November 1969.He made his debut at home to Tottenham Hotspur on 22 April 1972, and was charged with marking Martin Chivers, who was a former Saints player and had coincidentally also attended Taunton's Grammar School.Bennett was a rugged no-nonsense sort of centre-half in the same mould as John McGrath, the man he followed into the senior side.