Dennis Isherwood (footballer born 1947)

Dennis Isherwood

Personal information
Full name	Dennis Isherwood
Date of birth	20 January 1947 (1947-01-20) (age 64)
Place of birth	Brierley Hill, England
Playing position	Right back
Youth career
–	Brierley Hill Schools
1962–1964	Birmingham City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1964–1968	Birmingham City	5	(1)
1968–19xx	Bromsgrove Rovers	?	(?)
–	Kidderminster Harriers	?	(?)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Dennis Isherwood (born 20 January 1947) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Birmingham City.^[1]

Isherwood was born in Brierley Hill, Staffordshire. He played representative football for Brierley Hill Schools before joining Birmingham City when he left school in 1962.^[2] He turned professional two years later, and made his debut in the Second Division on 31 December 1966 in a 3–3 draw away to Norwich City. Ray Martin had been injured for some weeks, and Isherwood played at right back to allow Martin's regular deputy Bert Murray to switch to the left in place of the unavailable Colin Green. He had a run of four games in similar circumstances later that season, and scored the winning goal against Hull City in the first of these,^[3] but Martin's return to fitness pushed him down the pecking order. In 1968 he moved into non-league football with Bromsgrove Rovers and later played for Kidderminster Harriers.^[2]

After retiring from football, Isherwood took up tennis. He went on to win local doubles titles and has played for Hereford and Worcester county over-55s team.^[4][5]

References

1. ^ "Birmingham City : 1946/47–2007/08". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/birmingham/birmingham.htm. Retrieved 29 April 2009. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9. 
3. ^ Matthews, p. 202.
4. ^ Swingler, Pete (31 December 2002). "Ex-Blues hero still scoring" (reprint). Evening Mail (NewsBank). http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:BEMB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0F85113506BAA445&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB57AB53DF815. Retrieved 29 April 2009. 
5. ^ Swingler, Pete (26 October 2004). "A family affair for Green" (reprint). Evening Mail (NewsBank). http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:BEMB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=10603752DC6AFF61&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB57AB53DF815. Retrieved 29 April 2009. 

Persondata
Name	Isherwood, Dennis
Alternative names
Short description	Professional footballer
Date of birth	20 January 1947
Place of birth	Brierley Hill, Staffordshire, England
Date of death
Place of death