Mark Dennis (footballer)

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]

Mark Dennis

Personal information
Full name	Mark Earl Dennis[1]
Date of birth	(1961-05-02) 2 May 1961 (age 64)[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*
Years	Team	Apps	(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

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]