Dennis Pearce

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Dennis Pearce (born 10 September 1974 in Wolverhampton, England [1] [2]) is an English footballer of Caribbean descent [3], who formerly played at professional level and is now playing as a semi-professional. His most notable position is left-back.

He began his career as a trainee with Aston Villa on leaving school in 1991, but never made a first-team appearance and signed for local rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1995. He only made a handful of appearances at Molineux before his transfer to Notts County in 1997.

Pearce had far more chances at Notts County, who had just been relegated to Division Three. Manager Sam Allardyce gave Pearce a regular first-team place and his first season was a great success as he inspired County to Division Three title glory - in a historic season which saw County become the first English football team to win promotion before the end of March.

In four seasons at Meadow Lane, Pearce played in some 140 first-team games and was Player of the Year in his final season at the club.

He was then transferred to Peterborough United, where he managed just 16 competitive first team games in three seasons before he signed for Conference National side Northwich Victoria in September 2004. The Vics were demoted to the Conference North at the end of the 2004-05 season, and the following year he moved to Worcester City. His stay at St George's Lane lasted just 2006-07, before he was transferred to current club Halesowen Town in the Southern Premier League.

Pearce married his wife Karen, a teaching assistant at Cotwall End Primary School, in March 2000 and they have a daughter called Ramaya. They live in Sedgley, West Midlands.