things improved and in 1978–79, with Bennett featuring strongly, Reading won promotion. During this season Reading set a club record for clean sheets with 26 in the season including the last 11 games. Between March and August 1979, Bennett was one of the Reading back five that kept a clean sheet for 1,103 minutes - a record that stood until broken by Manchester Utd. Paul was not offered a pay increase after promotion, so, after 195 league games, he transferred to Aldershot. Aldershot Aldershot signed Bennett in August 1979, for a then club record fee of £25,000. He made over 100 appearances in three seasons at Aldershot playing in Division 4. After football After leaving Aldershot, he played for various local teams, including Salisbury City, Road-Sea Southampton and Eastleigh, while starting a full-time career in community work. He worked for four years at Oaklands School in Southampton, before moving on to the Eastpoint Centre in Thornhill, Southampton where he is now a director. In 1998, he helped organise the celebrations for Ted Bates first 60 seasons at The Dell, with a testimonial including several former Saints players such as Terry Paine, Ron Davies, John Sydenham and Tony Knapp. Bennett has also lectured Business at Southampton Solent University. References Bibliography 1952 births Living people English footballers Footballers from Southampton Association football central defenders English Football League players Southampton F.C. players Reading F.C. players Aldershot F.C. players Salisbury City F.C. players