Former Blue Dennis gets a second EFL chance
His Pompey was a huge disappointment - now he’s back in the EFL.
And it promises to be a history-making season as Louis Dennis attempts to inspire a Bromley side who have finally graduated from the non-league game.
Now aged 31, the out-of-contract winger has signed a new deal with the Ravens after helping them beat Solihull Moors in the National League play-off final.
It represents the first time they will compete in the EFL, while extending the stay of a player now enjoying his second spell with Bromley, totalling more than 250 appearances.
He originally left in May 2018 after 47 goals in 157 appearances to become Pompey’s second signing of the summer, following Ronan Curtis from Derry.
Joining on a free, he would later be joined by Craig Macgillivray, Tom Naylor and Lee Brown during a busy summer of recruitment under Kenny Jackett.
However, over the next 15 months, Dennis featured just once in the league and struggled for first-team action. His sole League One outing was at Oxford in January 2019, when he came off the bench to cross for Brett Pitman to net in a 2-1 defeat.
Otherwise, Dennis was restricted to cup outings, although he did score in a 2-0 victory at Southend in the EFL Trophy in January 2019.
In the 2019 pre-season, Jackett declared Dennis as his favoured number 10 for the campaign ahead, with the attacker netting twice in the 11-0 hammering of Irish side UCD in a friendly.
However, the following month he was sold to Leyton Orient for an undisclosed fee after eight games and one goal for Pompey.
Dennis spent two seasons with the League Two club, scoring five times in 49 appearances, before returning to Bromley on a free transfer in August 2021.