Editing Trevor Benjamin (section)

===Cambridge United===
Benjamin grew up in [[Wellingborough]], [[Northamptonshire]], supporting [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] with [[Ian Wright]] as his idol. His first club was Wellingborough Colts where he excelled as a [[Striker (association football)|striker]], gaining representative honours with [[Northamptonshire]]. His potential was recognised and he played a friendly for [[Kettering Town F.C.|Kettering Town]], with his brother Richard. Trevor played in their youth team then started scoring regularly for the reserves.

He then signed as a trainee for [[Cambridge United F.C.|Cambridge United]] where he made his professional début as a 16-year-old, against [[Gillingham F.C.|Gillingham]] in a 0–0 draw, during his time there he scored 46 goals in 146 appearances. He also scored both goals (one in the first leg and one in the second leg) as Third Division Cambridge knocked Premier League [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]] out of the [[Football League Cup|League Cup]] 2–1 on aggregate in September 1998.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/1998/sep/22/match.sport|title=Benjamin brings the house down|work=The Guardian|date=22 September 1998|access-date=6 September 2016|archive-date=23 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923201432/https://www.theguardian.com/football/1998/sep/22/match.sport|url-status=live}}</ref> He also scored as Cambridge knocked second tier [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]] out of the [[FA Cup]] in December 1999.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/fa_cup/559006.stm |title=Palace fall as Forest held |publisher=BBC |date=10 December 1999 |access-date=6 September 2016 |archive-date=14 March 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030314033610/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/fa_cup/559006.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>