Neil Bennett is an English footballer who plays in the goalkeeping position.

Bennett began his career as a trainee with Sheffield Wednesday but made no League appearances before being released. He joined Ossett Town FC in the Northern Premier League First Division

Northern Premier League First Division

The Northern Premier League First Division was a football league covering the north of England. After the creation of Conference North/South in the 2004-05 season it sat at level 8 of the English football league system....

 and made a number of appearances for them during the 2000-01 season. He then moved north of the border and joined Airdrieonians in the Scottish First Division and made 11 appearances for their first team in the 2001-02 season. He signed for Barrow in August 2002 and made his debut on the opening day of the 2002-03 season at home to Hucknall Town. He was replaced by the fit again Simon Bishop after a 3-0 home defeat by Ashton United in mid September and was released in early October.

He subsequently moved to play in the League of Ireland

League of Ireland

The League of Ireland is the national association football league of the Republic of Ireland. Founded in 1921, as a league of eight clubs, it has expanded over time into a two-tiered league of 22 clubs. It is currently split into the League of Ireland Premier Division and the League of Ireland...

 with Derry City FC where he played in the UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...

 http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/matches/season=2003/round=1717/match=71315/postmatch/report/index.html. He joined Rochdale AFC in March 2003. In September 2003 he moved north of the border again joining Albion Rovers for a season before moving to Partick Thistle in the summer of 2004.