The captain of the Aston Villa team that claimed victory over Bayern Munich at the 1982 European Cup Final, Dennis also displayed his incredible skills as a leader and set himself up to be a standout figure of the clubs history. The gripping memoir and tell-all biography of Dennis Mortimer, including his decade at Villa and the team’s European Cup win. Mortimer received an honorary doctorate from the University of Worcester in 2011 for "his outstanding contribution to football".

The underprivileged in the blue corner, only now the support comes from tower blocks, against the privileged in the claret pyjama tops, followed by Royal Sutton Coldfield and Four Oaks.Mortimer joined the Football Association education coaching department in 2008 where he worked until the end of 2015. Thanks to his long-standing connection with the British football industry, including time spent as the director of coaching in the Midlands for the Professional Football Association, Mortimer has a wealth of knowledge and an intimate insight into the world of professional football; his work as a football speaker allows him to share his thoughts and experiences with like-minded audiences whilst, in his capacity as a coach and director, Mortimer has helped to develop some of the UK’s best young footballers. With his firm grip on the coveted trophy, Mortimer surprises us by holding a camera in his other hand. Mortimer was capped by England at youth [7] and under-23 level [8] and captained England B, [9] [10] but was never capped for the full England team.

He left school in Birmingham, UK, with minimal qualifications and trained as a British Gas engineer. You can change your cookie preferences at any time and find out more about our cookie policy by following this link. Dennis George Mortimer (born 5 April 1952) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder and captained Aston Villa.This article is written like a personal reflection, personal essay, or argumentative essay that states a Wikipedia editor's personal feelings or presents an original argument about a topic. He then led the team to victory in the 1982 European Cup Final; a 1–0 win against Bayern Munich in the De Kuip Stadium came courtesy of Peter Withe's goal, and made it six years in a row that English teams had lifted the trophy.