Robbie Dennison

Football player infobox2
playername= Robbie Dennison


fullname = Robert Dennison
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1963|4|30
cityofbirth = Banbridge
countryofbirth = Northern Ireland
height = height|ft=5|in=7
position = Winger
years = 1984–1985
1985–1987
1987–1997
1995
1997–1998
1998–1999
clubs = Glenavon
West Bromwich Albion
Wolverhampton Wanderers
→ Swansea City (loan)
Hednesford Town
Hereford United
caps(goals) = 00- 00 (-)
016 00(1)
293 0(40)
009 00(0)
035 00(4)
019 00(2)
manageryears = 2000
managerclubs = Warley Rangers (player/manager)
nationalyears = 1987
1988–1997
nationalteam = Northern Ireland B
Northern Ireland
nationalcaps(goals) = 003 00(0)
018 00(0)

Robert "Robbie" Dennison (born April 30, 1963 in Banbridge) is a Northern Irish former professional footballer, who spent the majority of his career at Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Career

West Bromwich Albion spotted Dennison at Irish club Glenavon and signed him on a two-year deal in September 1985. However, he failed to establish himself in the starting line-up and signed for rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers for £20,000 in March 1987. He made his debut for the club on March 14, 1987 in a 4-0 win over Swansea.

Here, the winger found his feet and was a first choice player as the team won back to back promotions from the (old) Division 4. Dennison also won a Sherpa Van Trophy winners medal, scoring in the 2-0 final win over Burnley in 1988. He also appeared for the club at Wembley in the Football League Centenary Tournament just a month earlier, scoring a long range goal against Everton. In total, he made over 300 appearances in total for Wolves, scoring 49 times.

His appearances began to become more limited with the arrival of Graham Taylor at Molineux in the mid 1990s and he went on loan to Swansea City in 1995, before moving to non-league Hednesford Town in 1997. He rejoined with one-time boss Graham Turner at Hereford United, and later became player/manager at Warley Rangers.

Dennison made 18 appearances for Northern Ireland, spread over a 10 year period. His debut came on April 27, 1988 in a goalless friendly with France.

His brother David also represented Northern Ireland, but in cricket.

Since retiring, he formed a sports trophy business and currently provides co-commentary on Wolves matches live on Beacon Radio.

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