Passing Data to DB

I have a Customers Table in the DB and I have a form to pass the data but I am getting an error message when I try to save from the form

(2/2) QueryException 
SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 1364 Field 'name' doesn't have a default value (SQL: insert into `customers` (`updated_at`, `created_at`) values (2017-08-15 21:05:01, 2017-08-15 21:05:01))
in Connection.php (line 647)
at Connection->runQueryCallback('insert into `customers` (`updated_at`, `created_at`) values (?, ?)', array('2017-08-15 21:05:01', '2017-08-15 21:05:01'), object(Closure))
in Connection.php (line 607)
at Connection->run('insert into `customers` (`updated_at`, `created_at`) values (?, ?)', array('2017-08-15 21:05:01', '2017-08-15 21:05:01'), object(Closure))
in Connection.php (line 450)
at Connection->statement('insert into `customers` (`updated_at`, `created_at`) values (?, ?)', array('2017-08-15 21:05:01', '2017-08-15 21:05:01'))
in Connection.php (line 404)
at Connection->insert('insert into `customers` (`updated_at`, `created_at`) values (?, ?)', array('2017-08-15 21:05:01', '2017-08-15 21:05:01'))
in Processor.php (line 32)
at Processor->processInsertGetId(object(Builder), 'insert into `customers` (`updated_at`, `created_at`) values (?, ?)', array('2017-08-15 21:05:01', '2017-08-15 21:05:01'), 'id')
in Builder.php (line 2139)

Controller

public function store(Request $request)
    {

        $customer = new Customer;
            array(

                'name' => Input::get('name'),
                'email' => Input::get('email'),
                'number' => Input::get('number'),
                'comments' => Input::get('comments'),
                $customer -> save());

            return \Redirect::route('booking')
                ->with('message', 'Thanks for contacting us! A member of our team will contact you to discuss your project.');
    }

Route

Route::get('booking',
    ['as' => 'booking', 'uses' => 'BookingController@create']);
Route::post('booking',
    ['as' => 'booking_store', 'uses' => 'BookingController@store']);

Form

  <h1 align="center">Contact US</h1><br><hr><br>

    <ul>
        @foreach($errors->all() as $error)
            <li>{{ $error }}</li>
        @endforeach
    </ul>

    {{Form::open(array('route' => 'booking_store', 'class' => 'form')) }}





    <div class="form-group">
        {!! Form::label('Your Name') !!}
        {!! Form::text('name', null,
            array('required',
                  'class'=>'form-control',
                  'placeholder'=>'...')) !!}
    </div>
    <br>
    <div class="form-group">
        {!! Form::label('Your E-mail Address') !!}
        {!! Form::text('email', null,
            array('required',
                  'class'=>'form-control',
                  'placeholder'=>'...')) !!}
    </div>
    <br>
    <div class="form-group">
        {!! Form::label('Your Phone Number') !!}
        {!! Form::text('number', null,
            array('required',
                  'class'=>'form-control',
                  'placeholder'=>'...')) !!}
    </div>
    <br>
    <div class="form-group">
        {!! Form::label('Comments') !!}
        {!! Form::textarea('comments', null,
            array('required',
                  'class'=>'form-control',
                  'placeholder'=>'...')) !!}
    </div>
    <br>
    <div class="form-group">
        {!! Form::submit('Contact Us!',
          array('class'=>'btn btn-primary')) !!}
    </div>


    {{ Form::close() }}

Any help would be brilliant

Pól