Kevin Dennis

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Kevin Dennis
Personal information
Full name Kevin Jason Dennis [1]
Date of birth (1976-12-14) 14 December 1976 (age 47)
Place of birth Islington, England
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) [2]
Position(s) Left winger
Youth career
0000–1996 Arsenal
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996–1998 Brentford 17 (0)
1998 → Chesham United (loan)
1999 → Welling United (loan)
1999 Hampton & Richmond Borough
1999 Welling United 18 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kevin Jason Dennis (born 14 December 1976) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a left winger in the Football League for Brentford.

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Career

Brentford

Dennis began his career in the academy at Premier League club Arsenal, before being released and signing a three-month contract with Second Division club Brentford during the 1996 off-season. [3] He made the first senior appearance of his career as a 75th-minute substitute for Carl Asaba in a 2–0 defeat to Crewe Alexandra on 12 October 1996. [4] Dennis broke into the team during the latter part of the 1996–97 season and made one appearance in the Bees' unsuccessful play-off campaign. [5] He made just six appearances during 1997–98 and after the club's relegation to the Third Division at the end of the season, [6] he signed a new one-year contract. [7] Dennis was an unused substitute on one occasion during the 1998–99 season and was released in May 1999. [5] [8] Dennis made 21 appearances and scored no goals during three seasons at Griffin Park. [5]

Non-League football

During the 1998–99 season, Dennis spent time on loan from Brentford at non-League clubs Chesham United and Welling United. [8] In 1999, he briefly joined Isthmian League Premier Division club Hampton & Richmond Borough on a free transfer and then returned to Conference club Welling United, [9] for whom he played until December 1999. [8]

Personal life

In February 1994, Dennis was convicted of manslaughter together with his brother, the duo having stabbed 23-year-old Simon Geary to death in the Highbury neighbourhood. [10] In 2001, he was found guilty of the 1999 murder of 23-year-old Batatunde Oba in a fight at an Ealing nightspot. [11]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brentford 1996–97 [5] Second Division 12000003 [lower-alpha 1] 0150
1997–98 [6] Second Division5000001 [lower-alpha 2] 060
1998–99 [5] Third Division 00—000000
Total170000040210
Welling United 1999–00 [12] Conference 18210—1 [lower-alpha 3] 0202
Career total352100050412
  1. ↑ 2 appearances in Football League Trophy, 1 appearance in Second Division play-offs
  2. ↑ Appearances in Football League Trophy
  3. ↑ Appearance in Conference League Cup

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References

  1. ↑ "Kevin Dennis". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  2. ↑ Kevin Dennis at Soccerbase
  3. ↑ Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2013). The Big Brentford Book Of The Nineties. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. p. 230. ISBN   9781906796723.
  4. ↑ "Games played by Kevin Dennis in 1996/1997". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2013, p. 482-484.
  6. 1 2 "Games played by Kevin Dennis in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  7. ↑ "Around the Hive". Archived from the original on 10 June 1998. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  8. 1 2 3 Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2013, p. 417.
  9. ↑ Official Matchday Magazine Of Brentford Football Club versus Preston North End. Blackheath: Morganprint. 25 September 1999. p. 41.
  10. ↑ "Teenage killer let out to play football". Independent. 4 August 1994. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  11. ↑ "Professional Footballer Found Guilty of Murder". 3 January 2001. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Kevin Dennis in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
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