Graham Benstead
Born 20 August 1963 (Age 31 at debut)
Total appearances 58
(45 League, 6 FA Cup, 1 FA Trophy, 1 League Cup, 1 Championship Shield, 3 Hillier Senior Cup, 1 Maunsell Cup)
Debut:
31 July 1995 (Away
Final game:
8 February 1997 (Home Hednesford Town)
Goalkeeper Graham Benstead joined the Diamonds prior to the start of the 1995-96 season from local rivals Kettering Town, and was a key player in the Diamonds push to reach the Conference. He had enjoyed a long career in the Football League before dropping into non-league, most recently at Brentford where he made over 100 appearances - following earlier spells at Norwich and Sheffield United.
After the Diamonds poor start to life in the Conference the following season he made way for Martin Davies, and moved on at the end of that season, joining Kingstonian. He also spent a short period as assistant to Graham Westley at Stevenage Borough.
| Date | Opponent | League | Goals | Shirt |
| 19-Aug-95 | Salisbury City (H) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 21-Aug-95 | Chelmsford City (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 26-Aug-95 | Crawley Town (H) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 28-Aug-95 | Burton Albion (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 02-Sep-95 | Hastings Town (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 05-Sep-95 | Rugby Town (H) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 09-Sep-95 | Grantham Town (FA Cup) (H) | FA Cup | 0 | 1 |
| 16-Sep-95 | Worcester City (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 19-Sep-95 | Chelmsford City (H) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 23-Sep-95 | Eastwood Hanley (FA Cup) (H) | FA Cup | 0 | 1 |
| 30-Sep-95 | Cheltenham (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 07-Oct-95 | Sandwell Borough (FA Cup) (A) | FA Cup | 0 | 1 |
| 14-Oct-95 | Gresley Rovers (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 21-Oct-95 | Purfleet (FA Cup) (A) | FA Cup | 0 | 1 |
| 24-Oct-95 | Purfleet (FA Cup) (H) | FA Cup | 0 | 1 |
| 28-Oct-95 | Merthyr Tydfil (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 04-Nov-95 | Stafford Rangers (H) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 11-Nov-95 | Cardiff (FA Cup) (H) | FA Cup | 0 | 1 |
| 15-Nov-95 | Rugby Town (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 18-Nov-95 | Gravesend and Northfleet (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 21-Nov-95 | Burton Albion (H) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 25-Nov-95 | Atherstone United (H) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 28-Nov-95 | Baldock Town (H) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 02-Dec-95 | Crawley Town (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 09-Dec-95 | Dorchester Town (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 12-Dec-95 | Gloucester City (H) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 16-Dec-95 | Hastings Town (H) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 23-Dec-95 | Ilkeston Town (H) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 13-Jan-96 | Atherstone United (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 20-Jan-96 | Purfleet (FA Trophy) (H) | FA Trophy | 0 | 1 |
| 03-Feb-96 | Worcester City (H) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 10-Feb-96 | Gravesend and Northfleet (H) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 13-Feb-96 | Baldock Town (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 17-Feb-96 | Cheltenham (H) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 24-Feb-96 | Newport County (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 05-Mar-96 | Sudbury Town (H) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 16-Mar-96 | Cambridge City (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 19-Mar-96 | Halesowen Town (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 23-Mar-96 | Ilkeston Town (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 30-Mar-96 | Halesowen Town (H) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 13-Apr-96 | Newport County (H) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 16-Apr-96 | Gresley Rovers (H) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 20-Apr-96 | Gloucester City (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 24-Apr-96 | Salisbury City (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 27-Apr-96 | Stafford Rangers (A) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 04-May-96 | Merthyr Tydfil (H) | Southern Premier | 0 | 1 |
| 17-Aug-96 | Altrincham (A) | Conference | 0 | 1 |
| 20-Aug-96 | Slough Town (A) | Conference | 0 | 1 |
| 24-Aug-96 | Northwich Victoria (H) | Conference | 0 | 1 |
| 26-Aug-96 | Hayes (A) | Conference | 0 | 1 |
| 01-Feb-97 | Morecambe (H) | Conference | 0 | 1 |
| 08-Feb-97 | Hednesford Town (H) | Conference | 0 | 1 |
