Mark Dennis (footballer)

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Mark Dennis
Personal information
Full name Mark Earl Dennis [1]
Date of birth (1961-05-02) 2 May 1961 (age 63) [1]
Place of birth Streatham, [1] Greater London
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [2]
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
Chelsea
1977–1978 Birmingham City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1978–1982 Birmingham City 130 (1)
1983–1987 Southampton 95 (2)
1987–1988 Queens Park Rangers 28 (0)
1989–1990 Crystal Palace 9 (0)
International career
1979 England Youth 8 (0)
1979–1980 England U21 3 (0)
Managerial career
2002–2003 Fleet Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mark Earl Dennis (born 2 May 1961) is an English former professional footballer who played at left-back for Birmingham City, Southampton, Queens Park Rangers and Crystal Palace. He was capped three times for England under-21s. [3] [4]

Dennis was born in Streatham, London. [3] As a player, he was a First Division runner-up with Southampton in 1983–84, [5] and won promotion from the Second Division in 1979–80 with Birmingham City. [6] He was their Player of the Year the previous season. [7] His "no nonsense attitude and tough tackling" earned him the nickname Psycho, long before this was given to Stuart Pearce; [8] Dennis was sent off 12 times in his career. [3]

He became manager of Fleet Town in September 2002 alongside Adrian Aymes, [9] but left the club at the end of the 2002–03 season. [10]

He spent time as assistant manager at Eastleigh, was a presenter on 107.8 Radio Hampshire, [8] and acted as director of football at Winchester City. [11]

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References

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  2. ↑ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1980). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1980–81 . London: Queen Anne Press. p.  62. ISBN   0362-02017-5.
  3. 1 2 3 Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 82. ISBN   978-1-85983-010-9.
  4. ↑ Courtney, Barrie (10 January 2004). "England - U-21 International Results 1976-1985 - Details". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 8 May 2009.
  5. ↑ Holley, Duncan. "Mark Dennis Southampton FC". Sporting Heroes. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Where Are They Now: Birmingham City 1979–80". The League Paper. 12 September 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Player of the Year". The Birmingham City FC Archive. 13 December 2002. Archived from the original on 28 December 2004. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  8. 1 2 "Winchester City pen pics". Match programme. Taunton Town F.C. 14 February 2009. p. 26.
  9. ↑ Hants star Aymes is Fleet boss Daily Echo, 4 September 2002
  10. ↑ History of Fleet Town Football Club FleetHants
  11. ↑ "Club Officials". Winchester City F.C. Archived from the original on 17 March 2009.


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