Full name James Graham Bentley 1993-1997 Manchester City Weight 82 kg Name Jim Bentley Position Defender | Playing position Role Footballer Date joined 2002 Current team Morecambe (Manager) Height 1.85 m Manages Morecambe F.C. | |
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Date of birth (1976-06-11) 11 June 1976 (age 39) Team coached Morecambe F.C. (Manager, since 2011) | ||
Place of birth Liverpool, England | ||
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James Graham Bentley (born 11 June 1976) is an English former professional footballer, currently manager of League Two club Morecambe.
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Bentley, who debuted for Telford United in 1997, moved to Morecambe in 2002. He plays 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.
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 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.
