Kevin Dennis

Kevin Dennis
Personal information
Full name Kevin Jason Dennis[1]
Date of birth (1976-12-14) 14 December 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Islington, England
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Left winger
Youth career
–1996 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (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.

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
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 1996–97[5] Second Division 12 0 0 0 0 0 3[a] 0 15 0
1997–98[6] Second Division 5 0 0 0 0 0 1[b] 0 6 0
1998–99[5] Third Division 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 17 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 21 0
Welling United 1999–00[12] Conference 18 2 1 0 — 1[c] 0 20 2
Career total 35 2 1 0 0 0 5 0 41 2
  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

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. ^ a b c d e Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2013, p. 482-484.
  6. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c 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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