Paymaster Dennison

Paymaster Dennison
Personal information
Full name William Dennison
Date of birth (1954-09-30)30 September 1954[1]
Place of birth Mahalapye District, Bechuanaland (now Botswana)[1]
Date of death before 2007[1]
Position Right midfielder[2]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Real Swingers
–1972 Queens Park Rangers
1972–1983 Notwane
1983– Paymaster Spurs
International career
1972–1976 Botswana XI (Non-CAF) ? (1)
1976[3] Botswana 2+ (0)
Managerial career
2000[1] Botswana social welfare national team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Dennison, nicknamed "Paymaster" and also known as Willie Dennyson,[4] (30 September 1954 – before 2007) was a Motswana footballer and manager who played as a right midfielder.[2]

Early life

William "Paymaster" Dennison was born on 30 September 1954 in Mahalapye District, Bechuanaland (now Botswana) and his family moved to Gaborone shortly after. He completed his education between 1958 and 1971 at Thornhill Primary School and Gaborone Secondary School.[1]

Club career

He joined Real Swingers during the 1960s and then transferred to Queens Park Rangers.[1]

At the age of eighteen in 1972, he joined Notwane and eventually became club captain.

He won both the 1978 Botswana Premier League and was a finalist in the 1978 Botswana Challenge Cup.[5][6] He subsequently represented Notwane in the 1979 African Cup Winners' Cup where the club lost 6–6 on aggregate in the first round due to the away goals rule against Maseru United from Lesotho.[7]

In November 1983, Notwane were fifth in the Botswana Premier League[8] and Dennison left the club shortly after.

In 1983 he formed his own team Paymaster Spurs; he retired from football at Paymaster Spurs.[1]

International career

Dennison represented Botswana between 1972 and 1976,[9] and he was the captain of the national team in 1972.[1] He scored during the 4–3 victory against Swaziland on 30 September 1974,[4] and he played in the first two official matches after Botswana became a CAF member[10] which were the 7–1 and 3–0 losses against Malawi on 13 and 17 September 1976.[3]

Personal life and legacy

His nephew is "Chicken" Dennison.

Dennison was voted in 2006 by the Botswana Football Association as the best all-time player from Botswana,[11] and he was posthumously given the award by CAF in 2007.[1] In August 2021, he made the starting eleven of the IFFHS All-Time Botswana Men’s Dream Team.[2]

Honours

Notwane

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Paymaster Dennison – Botswana's biggest soccer legend ever is "missing to the world"". Sunday Standard. 6 October 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "IFFHS ALL TIME BOTSWANA MEN'S DREAM TEAM - 27". IFFHS. 11 August 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  3. ^ a b "Botswana - List of International Matches". RSSSF.
  4. ^ a b "Zebras 50-year transformation". Botswana Daily News. Gaborone: Knowledge Bylanes. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2020. On the score-sheet were legendries in Township Rollers captain, Clement 'Muller' Mothelesi, Morwalela 'Pro' Seema, also from Rollers, and Willie 'Paymaster' Dennison from Notwane
  5. ^ a b "Botswana - List of Champions". RSSSF.
  6. ^ a b "Botswana Cup Winners". RSSSF.
  7. ^ Results available on CAF Official Website
  8. ^ "Botswana 1983". RSSSF.
  9. ^ Mokganedi, Mosah (24 May 2014). "BNSC honours former stars in hall of fame". Mmegi Online. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  10. ^ "Botswana XI squad team photograph (1976)". Facebook. 26 September 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2026.
  11. ^ Football Through the Years, 1966-2006: Botswana Football Trials, Tribulations and Triumph. (2006). Botswana Football Association


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