Shirt Stories: Dennis Mortimer, England v Holland 1973 (U23)

Dennis Mortimer was lauded as the next Bobby Charlton by the national press in 1973 after a brilliant performance during an England under-23 game against Holland. 

Three years before his move to Villa Park, Dennis - then with Coventry City - scored two goals and left a lasting impression with journalists who compared him with Bobby Charlton and Duncan Edwards the next morning. 

This is the shirt Dennis wore in that game at Highbury and he received even more column inches in the week, posing for photographs for the Coventry Evening Telegraph holding his match-winning Three Lions shirt.

England: A.Stevenson, J.McDowell, Mike Pejic, L.Cantello, T.Taylor, Kevin Beattie, D.Mortimer, Trevor Whymark, Ray Kennedy, Charlie George, Tony Currie