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Article: Bentley's Wembley tears.
- Article from:
- Lancashire Evening Post (Preston, England)
- Article date:
- May 22, 2007
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Morecambe skipper Jim Bentley was an emotional man after steering the Shrimps into the Football League for the first time in their history.
The popular defender had to hold back the tears as his emotion overtook him following the Shrimps 2-1 victory over Exeter at Wembley on Sunday in front of a crowd of over 40,000 people.
Bentley's father Jack, himself a Wembley winner with Telford in the FA Trophy in the early 70s, was forced to miss the game through illness.
But Bentley's 11-month-old son, also called Jack, was present at the biggest game of the centre-half's career.
Said Bentley: "It was always a dream of mine to play at Wembley ...