Denis Mortimer

[TottonSeagull]

I always thought Mortimer was well past his best and don't remember him setting up too many goals. Very average player for us.

 

[Tony Le Mesmer]

I was fairly sure that it was Worthington who Mortimer made the goals for but could be mistaken over which striker it was. If not Frank who was it?

Just checked wiki and that is right they didnt play together. Memory is playing tricks so who was the striker in 85/86?

Big Mick Ferguson?

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Wasn't big Justin around about that time too?

Fashanu played 16 League games in 1985/86, scoring two goals. It was Cattlin's big gamble and it didn't pay off.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

You can see Dennis Mortimer's contribution to the Domesday Project in 1986:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-408000-306000/page/10

 

[colonies man]

I always thought Mortimer was well past his best and don't remember him setting up too many goals. Very average player for us.

Far from average a classy midfielder.we could do with someone like him now.

 

[ringmerseagulltoo]

Mortimer was also a great uncle figure to the young players. I remember him mentoring Ian Chapman in his debut at the age of 15(?)

 

[Seagull Stew]

We could do with somebody like Frank Lampard not getting a new contract at Chelsea and saying he has made his money and just wants to keep playing What about somebody like David Bentley could he do the job of providing Ulloa with goal chsnces?

I was also thinking Frank Lampard would be a similar equivalent today. The trouble is in those days, even though you'd need to pay more in wages for this type of player, in terms of percentage, it wouldn't be anywhere near the same increase that you'd need to pay today. It just wouldn't be good value for money for a championship club to sign such a player, hence why more top seasoned pros don't end up dropping down the leagues anymore.

 

[Dave the OAP]

I always thought Mortimer was well past his best and don't remember him setting up too many goals. Very average player for us.

Blimey.

I thought he was brilliant.

Really nice bloke too. Met him a few times.

 

[Gordon Smith's Paperboy]

Wasn't he still living in Birmingham when he played for us and just trained with the rest of the players one day a week? Think that was one of the reasons Alan Mullery didn't keep him on when he took over... and he signed Dale Jasper instead!

 

[trueblue]

Blimey.

I thought he was brilliant.

Really nice bloke too. Met him a few times.

Me too. He was classy.

I think the other striker in the year Worthington was around could have been Alan Young.

 

[Giraffe]

And Alan Biley was around as well about that time. I loved him for a while for some reason.

 

[drew]

Great player but hardly 'soon' after he was captain in the European Cup winning team. It was three years!!!!

 

[Tubby Mondays]

Wasn't he still living in Birmingham when he played for us and just trained with the rest of the players one day a week? Think that was one of the reasons Alan Mullery didn't keep him on when he took over... and he signed Dale Jasper instead!

And he wouldve been on a fair bit of poke.

Which obviously Dale wouldnt have been.

 

[BensGrandad]

Far from average a classy midfielder.we could do with someone like him now.

That is my view also but who?

 

[Postman Pat]

For a minute there I thought Dennis was no more
You have sidelined 90 percent of the current fans with that question

I thought it was more likely there was something on Football Rumours to say we were going to sign him!

 

[Curious Orange]

Mortimer was also a great uncle figure to the young players. I remember him mentoring Ian Chapman in his debut at the age of 15(?)

It won't have been Ian Chapman - he made his debut away at Birmingham in 1987, so a couple of years after Mortimer left the Albion.

 

[ofco8]

Always thought the signing of DM a great move. Always admired his talent at Villa and for England.

 

[Gazwag]

Old timers will remember that we signed Denis soon after he was captain of Villa and winning the then European Cup, he made some great goals for Frank Worthington. Who is there about now with comparative skill and experience that we could perhaps bring in to help us score more goals?

Those of us who are not old timers will question whether they played in the same team together, a quick look and Hiney's excellent programme site suggests Mortimer joined the season after Worthington

 

[kevtherev]

Closest thing to Worthington is probably Berbatov and for Mortimer mmmmm thats a bit motre tricky...English European cup winning midfielder, who controls a game....Carrick I suppose.

 

[kevtherev]

Those of us who are not old timers will question whether they played in the same team together, a quick look and Hiney's excellent programme site suggests Mortimer joined the season after Worthington

From memory I think this is correct. Mortimer played one full season and im sure it was after Worthington went to Tranmere.