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.
Dennis was born in
Streatham
Streatham ( ) is a district in south London, England. Centred south of Charing Cross, it lies mostly within the London Borough of Lambeth, with some parts extending into the neighbouring London Borough of Wandsworth.
Streatham was in Surrey ...
,
London.
[ As a player, he was a First Division runner-up with Southampton in 1983–84, and won promotion from the Second Division in 1979–80 with Birmingham City. He was their Player of the Year the previous season. His "no nonsense attitude and tough tackling" earned him the nickname ''Psycho'', long before this was given to ]Stuart Pearce
Stuart Pearce (born 24 April 1962) is an English professional football manager and former player, who was most recently a first-team coach for Premier League club West Ham United. He was nicknamed "Psycho" for his unforgiving style of play.
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He became manager of ]Fleet Town
Fleet Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Fleet, Hampshire, England. The club are currently members of the and play at Calthorpe Park.
History
The club was established in 1890 under the name Fleet Football Club. ...
in September 2002 alongside Adrian Aymes, but left the club at the end of the 2002–03 season.[History of Fleet Town Football Club]
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He spent time as assistant manager at Eastleigh, was a presenter on 107.8 Radio Hampshire,[ and acted as director of football at ]Winchester City
Winchester City Football Club are an English football team based in Winchester, Hampshire and playing in the Southern Football League Division One South. Craig Davis is the current manager. The club motto is "Many in Men, One in Spirit".
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References
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1961 births
Living people
Footballers from Streatham
England men's under-21 international footballers
English men's footballers
Men's association football fullbacks
Birmingham City F.C. players
Southampton F.C. players
Queens Park Rangers F.C. players
Crystal Palace F.C. players
English Football League players
English football managers
Fleet Town F.C. managers
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