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Swindon swap Leon Clarke for Charlton's Paul Benson
     

Swindon Town agree a swap deal with League One leaders Charlton Athletic to sign striker Paul Benson in exchange for Leon Clarke on 1 January.
     

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16365047.stm
     

Good work, that's a cracking bit of business.

Plus we can just give him Benyon's number, we can replace the Y with an S on his shirt, jobs a good 'un.

I imagine that's what sealed the deal for Jeremy Wray :nod:

Thought this was a wind up.....good news.

alas Benyon wasn't given a squad number this year. I wonder if Wray realises this and will still sanction the deal?

This bomb shell changes everything  :eek:

Good bit of business with the added bonus that he won't be playing against us this season anyway - at least he can't do us any damage unlike STFC rejects Saaaarfend

COYR

Top deal in getting rid of Clarke and Benyon.

Best Birthday present received today !!!

Benyon and Clarke, two of the biggest wastes of space in STFC history?

16 games, 1 goal and 2 win between them.

Although there are so so so many contenders - just from the last 18 months alone...

Not sure whether this is good business because of the predicament we have got ourselves in with Clarke, or whether it is a good piece of business in its own right? I don't know enough about Benson to tell - Although time is not on his side!

Fantastic piece of business, get's Clarke off the wage bill and means we dont have to pay anything for Benson who is a proven goal scorer at this level.

Happy Birthday.

Birthday greetings  :happybday:

cant help thinking Clarke is the better player 'tho he obviously didnt show it here.

 Essentially damage limitation, which is OK, but nothing more....Benson is definitely short term, needs to score us 10 goals before the end of the season.

How short term Reg?

Charlton fans are very complimentary about Benson...

http://www.charltonlife.com/discussion/45118/thank-you-paul-benson

No one has a bad word to say.

Clarke will get on with Paul Hart.

Pair of cunts.

I'd guess an 18 month contract given his age

Have read on forums only good reports from Dagenham fans too.

They also mentioned that Benson played there when Ritchie was on loan, lets hope they got on ok then

let's not forget that he did train with us for 3-4 days, so he must have impressed for us to go back in for him.

Depends...Benson is a 32 year old Div 4 striker, so he's been brought in to get us out of this league, if not this season, then next

No mentions of being riddled with injuries, as Bradford fans are trying to make out.

Hopefully this will turn out to be a good bit of business all round.   Getting rid of that cunt Clarke and getting in a proven striker at this level with a lot of experience.  Looking forward to seeing him play Monday!

They seem a nice bunch there. He's no Leon Clarke then which is promising, sounds like he'll be fine

That forum makes me sick. What a bunch of brown nosing cunts.

Good deal imo.  Just hope he's kept his fitness levels up because we need a decent finisher

Benson is proven at this level,hes the extra push we needed,over the moon that toss pot Clarke has gone.good player but hes a twat