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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*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1998 Brentford 17 (0)
1998Chesham United (loan)
1999Welling 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

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Brentford

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  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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