Dennis Isherwood (footballer, born 1947)

Dennis Isherwood (born 20 January 1947) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Birmingham City.[2]

Dennis Isherwood
Personal information
Full name Dennis Isherwood[1]
Date of birth (1947-01-20) 20 January 1947[1] death 2020
Place of birth Brierley Hill, England
Position(s) Right back
Youth career
Brierley Hill Schools
1962–1964 Birmingham City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1968 Birmingham City 5 (1)
1968–19?? Bromsgrove Rovers
– Kidderminster Harriers
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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.[3] 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,[4] 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.[3]

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.[5][6]

References
  1. "Dennis Isherwood". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  2. "Birmingham City: 1946/47–2007/08". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
  3. Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  4. Matthews, p. 202.
  5. Swingler, Pete (31 December 2002). "Ex-Blues hero still scoring". Birmingham Evening Mail – via Highbeam Research.
  6. Swingler, Pete (26 October 2004). "A family affair for Green". Birmingham Evening Mail – via Infotrac Newsstand.


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