 Anosiya Cardiff nokuda kwedare rakagadzirirwa mari ye 65,000, pamwe ne 20,000 bhonasi apo Bennett akanga aonekwa mumitambo 40 yekambani, muna July 1984 kutevera mutungamiri Len Ashurst kuSunderland, achiva wechipiri mutambi mutema kuti atambe kambani mushure meRoly Gregoire. Akaita chinangwa chekutanga chekambani paRoker Park munguva ye 3-1 kukunda Southampton, achitungamirira Peter Shilton mushure memaminitsi maviri chete. Bennett akaenderera mberi achitamba mitambo 369 yeligi neSunderland achihwina zvibodzwa makumi maviri nematatu, achionekwa mu1985 Football League Cup Final, kurasikirwa 10 kuNorwich City, uye 1992 FA Cup Final, kurasikirwa 10 kuLiverpool. Akasarudzwawo mutambi wekirabhu wemwaka wemwaka wa1986-87 na1993-94 uye vanhu vanopfuura zviuru makumi maviri nezviviri vakapinda mumutambo wake weuchapupu kuRoker Park vachipesana neRangers muna Chikunguru 1993. Akasiya Sunderland muna 1995 mushure memakore gumi nerimwe mukirabhu, achijoinha Carlisle United. 