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It has only taken a week for former Premier League star Elliott Bennett to find out what the rollercoaster of football management is all about.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
18 October 2026

It has only taken a week for former Premier League star Elliott Bennett to find out what the rollercoaster of football management is all about.
By Andy Mitchell

PREMIER CLASS: Elliott Bennett, scoring for Norwich City at Spurs and inset, playing for Shifnal
PICTURE: Alamy and Mike Sheridan

The 37-year-old former Norwich City and Shrewsbury Town wide man received the call from Shifnal Town chairman Mick Tranter last week after promotion-winning gaffer Connor Patterson, goalkeeper Andy Wycherley, Jack Hodnett and Cian Fenlon, made shock defections to Step 6 Dawley Town.
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