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He was good enough for Johnny Giles but not for Ron Saunders.

So no disgrace there.

He arrived from Glenavon for very little money, made nine League starts and a further seven off the bench, scoring one goal.

It was a horrid season as Albion tumbled out of the First Division with a record low points-tally.

Robbie Dennison made his debut in a 4-1 defeat at Newcastle in September 1984 alongside Tony Godden, Jimmy Nicholl, Derek Statham, Clive Whitehead, Steve Mackenzie, Garth Crooks, Michael Forsyth, Colin Anderson, Gary Robson, Gerry Armstrong and Carlton Palmer.

His goal arrived three months later in a 3-1 home win over Watford in front of just 11,092 fans- one of only four League wins in the entire campaign.

Like Steve Bull he can look back with some satisfaction at having played a First Division game with Albion. In fact, he beats Bull 12-1 in the top flight appearance stakes.

The following season in the second tier under Saunders he started just two games and come off the bench twice.

His final appearance at Barnsley in late November 1986 shows just how far Albion had fallen in such a short time.

Whitehead, Palmer, Mackenzie, Anderson and Crooks were still there with Stuart Naylor, Paul Dyson, Martin Dickinson, Bobby Williamson, Barry Cowdrill and Martin Singleton the new names added.

Four cup starts took his tally to 20 appearances in a blue and white shirt before he followed three of his colleagues across the Black Country and into Staffordshire. He didn’t even know where Wolverhampton was.

(Image: Mark Thompson/Allsport)

Dennison wasted little time to etch his name into folklore with Wolverhampton Wanderers with three spectacular goals at Wembley in a matter of weeks in the Football League Centenary Tournament against Everton and two more in the Sherpa Van Trophy against Burnley.

Dennison ended up with 49 goals in 353 appearances at Molineux from 1987 to 1997.

Now he is preparing to take part in the Birmingham Irish Cycle Appeal in aid of Diabetes UK.

The now 52-year-old aim to complete a 565-mile bike ride in a week across the West Coast of Ireland.

“It’s going to be a challenge,” he said.

“A couple of friends were doing it and I’ve always wanted to do something to keep reasonably fit, so it gave me a target to aim for and reason to get out training.

“It’s for men and women of all ages and people of different standards who want to go out and raise a lot of money - that’s the main thing.”

Dennison is on course to raise his target of £1,000 having already hit £650. To support him visit his website - https://www.justgiving.com/Robbie-Dennison/