Jim Bentley

James Graham Bentley (born 11 June 1976) is an English professional football manager and former player who played as a centre back. He was most recently manager of AFC Fylde.

This article is about the footballer & manager. For the rugby league player, see Jim Bentley (rugby league).

Jim Bentley
Personal information
Full name James Graham Bentley[1]
Date of birth (1976-06-11) 11 June 1976[2]
Place of birth Liverpool, England[2]
Position(s) Centre back[2]
Youth career
0000–1997 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2002 Telford United
2002–2011 Morecambe 298 (29)
Total 298 (29)
Teams managed
2011–2019 Morecambe
2019–2022 AFC Fylde
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Bentley, who debuted for Telford United in 1997, moved to Morecambe in 2002.[3] He played as a defender.

In June 2010, Bentley was appointed player-coach, having spent the previous season in a coaching role with the reserve team.

On 13 May 2011, Bentley was appointed the player-manager of Morecambe on a two-year contract, but since then he has concentrated on the managerial role and has not played a competitive match since taking on that post. He signed a two-year contract extension with the Shrimps on 10 October 2013. A further two-year contract extension was agreed with Morecambe on 29 August 2015. Ken McKenna also agreed the same deal with the League Two club.[4] On 13 October 2017, Bentley and McKenna agreed further contract extensions until the end of the 2019–20 season.[5]

During Morecambe's 1–2 defeat to Cheltenham on 17 December 2016, Bentley was sent off from the dugout, after reacting to Alex Kenyon's dismissal. He received a £750 fine with £250 costs and a two match touchline ban[6] from the FA after a personal hearing. At the following home game, a 4–1 victory over Notts County, Morecambe fans held a 'bucket collection' and raised the £1,000.

After the departure of Paul Tisdale from Exeter City in June 2018,[7] Bentley became the longest serving manager in the top four tiers of English football, until his resignation in October 2019[8] in order to become the new manager of AFC Fylde.[9] Bentley was sacked by the National League North club sitting in fourth place, fourteen points off of top spot.[10]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 12 February 2022[11]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
PWDLWin %
Morecambe 13 May 2011 28 October 2019 434 123 119 192 028.3
AFC Fylde 28 October 2019 4 March 2022 75 35 17 23 046.7
Total 509 158 136 215 031.0

References
  1. "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/07/2011 and 31/07/2011" (PDF). The Football Association. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
  2. "Jim Bentley". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 July 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "New Shrimps Deal For Jim Bentley". League Clubs. 10 October 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  5. "Jim Bentley: Morecambe manager signs new contract until 2020". BBC Sport. 13 October 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  6. Association, The Football. "Bentley charged". www.thefa.com. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  7. "Paul Tisdale leaves Exeter City after 12 years in charge of Devon club". BBC Sport. 1 June 2018.
  8. "Jim Bentley: Morecambe manager resigns and is set for AFC Fylde job". BBC Sport. 28 October 2019.
  9. "Fylde sack Challinor after postponement". BBC Sport.
  10. "Jim Bentley Departs As AFC Fylde Manager". www.afcfylde.co.uk. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  11. "Managers: Jim Bentley". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
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