Redbridge may refer to:

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• Redbridge, Kansas City, a neighborhood in South Kansas City, Missouri
• Redbridge, Hampshire
• Hongqiao District (meaning "Red Bridge"), a district in Tianjin, China
• Krasny Most (border post), (Red Bridge in English), the Azerbaijan-Georgia frontier post on the Tbilisi - Ganja highway

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• A gluten-free beer made by Anheuser-Busch from sorghum

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Paul Andrew Benson (born 12 October 1979) is an English footballer who plays for Swindon Town as a striker.

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Originally on the books of Southend United, Benson was signed by Daggers boss John Still on 1 July 2005, after Still saw him on the pitch for White Ensign of the Essex Olympian League, where he scored 96 goals in 59 league games (107 in 65 in all competitions) in just two seasons with the club.^[2] Benson's first season with the Daggers was frustrating, as Benson was not a regular, scored only one Conference goal, and was out for three months with a broken leg.^[3] However, the 2006–07 season was kind to Benson, as he earned a spot in Dagenham's XI, and finished the season as both the team and Conference leader in goals with 28, leading the Daggers' successful campaign for promotion to League Two. The following year, Dagenham's first in The Football League, Benson finished as second top Dagenham scorer, but he was injured for a while.

The 2008–09 season saw Benson end in the top five goal scorers in the Football League Two and come second in the player of the season poll, for Dagenham. At the end of the 2009–10 season, Benson scored a goal at Wembley as Dagenham defeated Rotherham United to clinch a place in the Football League One 2010–11 season. On 31 August 2010, Benson completed a move to League One rivals Charlton Athletic.^[4]

After making 27 appearance and scoring 10 goals for Charlton Athletic in his first season, Benson's first-team chances were limited behind Charlton strikers Paul Hayes, Bradley Wright-Phillips, Jason Euell and Yann Kermorgant. Notts County made a bid to sign Benson which Charlton accepted,^[5] although the move collapsed after they failed to agree personal terms.^[6] It was announced on 30 December 2011, that Benson would move to Swindon Town as part of a swap deal, in exchange for Leon Clarke on 2 January 2012.^[7]

On 9 March 2012, Benson was named League Two Player of the Month for February ^[8], after scoring 5 goals in 5 games and being widely praised by manager Paolo Di Canio regarding his performances and professionalism since arriving in January. Di Canio, in a post-match press conference, was quoted as saying that 'Paul Benson at 70% is better than any other striker in this league at 150%' ^[9] On 28 April 2012 he scored twice as Swindon beat Port Vale 5-0 and were crowned champions of League Two in the process.^[10]

Honours[link]

Dagenham & Redbridge

• Conference National (Level 5): 2007
• League Two play-off winners (Level 4): 2010

Swindon Town

• League Two: Champions 2011–12

References[link]

External links[link]

• Paul Benson career stats at Soccerbase

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