List of Brentford F.C. players

Brentford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Brentford, Hounslow, London. Between 1897 and 1920, the first team competed in the London League, Southern League and Western League.[1] Since 1920, the first team has competed in the Football League and other nationally and internationally organised competitions.[1] All players who have played in 100 or more such matches are listed below.

Left back Rico Henry was the most recent player to reach 100 appearances for Brentford.

Records and notable players

Ken Coote holds the record for the greatest number of appearances for Brentford, making 559 appearances between 1949 and 1964.[2] As of 2015, three other players have made more than 500 appearances for Brentford – Jamie Bates, Peter Gelson and Kevin O'Connor.[3] The club's goalscoring record is held by Jim Towers, who scored 163 goals in 282 appearances between 1954 and 1961.[4] Adam Forshaw, Denny Mundee, Sam Sodje and Billy Sperrin all finished their Brentford careers on 100 appearances.[5][6][7][8]

Current Brentford players who have made 100 or more appearances for the club are Sergi Canós, Henrik Dalsgaard and Rico Henry.

Key

  • Appearance and goal totals include matches in the Football League, Southern League, London League (1896–1898), FA Cup, League Cup, Football League Trophy, Anglo-Italian Cup, London Challenge Cup, Middlesex Senior Cup, London Junior Cup, Middlesex Junior Cup, West Middlesex Cup, Southern Floodlit Challenge Cup, Football League Jubilee Fund and Empire Exhibition Cup. Substitute appearances are included. Wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded.
  • "Brentford career" corresponds to the years in which the player made their first and last appearances.
  • Players listed in bold won full international caps whilst with the club.
  • Statistics are correct as of match played 30 January 2021.

Playing positions

GK Goalkeeper RB Right back RW Right winger DF Defender HB Half back IF Inside forward DM Defensive midfielder
OL Outside left LB Left back LW Left winger CB Centre back FW Forward FB Full back RM Right midfielder
W Winger MF Midfielder ST Striker WH Wing half AM Attacking midfielder CM Central midfielder LM Left midfielder
U Utility player OR Outside right SW Sweeper LH Left half RH Right half
Symbol Meaning
Brentford player in the 2020–21 season.
* Player has left Brentford but is still playing in a professional league.
Player went on to manage the club.
(c) Player captained the club.
Player holds a club record.

Players

Outside left Patsy Hendren made 308 appearances in two spells between 1907 and 1927.
While "not a great footballer",[9]Geordie Reid ended his time at Brentford as the club's record Southern League goalscorer.[10]
Full back Dusty Rhodes played for, captained and managed Brentford at varying times between 1908 and 1919.
Archie Ling was the first goalkeeper to make 100 league appearances for Brentford.
A local lad made good, full back Bertie Rosier made 127 appearances either side of the First World War.
Inside forward Jack Lane captained Brentford during many of his 234 appearances for Brentford between 1925 and 1931.
Forward Ernie Watkins was the first Brentford player to score 20 Football League goals in a season.
Captain during Brentford's 1935–1939 First Division heyday, centre half Joe James made 253 appearances.
Andrew McCulloch scored 22 goals in 45 games during the 1977–78 season to help the club to promotion from the Fourth Division.
Andy Sinton made 182 appearances between 1985 and 1989 and won 12 England caps in the early 1990s.
Dean Holdsworth scored 76 goals in 145 appearances between 1988 and 1992.
Marcus Gayle made 230 appearances across two spells with the club and represented Jamaica at the 1998 World Cup.
Ghanaian international Lloyd Owusu scored 87 goals in two spells between 1998 and 2007.
Michael Dobson made many of his 211 appearances as captain. His father George also played for the club.
Toumani Diagouraga's 246 appearances is the club record for a player born outside the British Isles.[11]

Southern League era (1898–1920)

NameNationalityPositionBrentford careerAppearancesGoals Notes Ref
Tommy Shanks Ireland FW1901–1902
1904–1906
10927
Tosher Underwood  England OF1902–190819623 [nb 1]
Jimmy Jay  England WH1903–19102255 [nb 1]
George Parsonage ♦ (c)  England HB1903–190819412
Jock Watson  Scotland FB 1903–1908 186 0
Jimmy Tomlinson  England HB/FW 1904–1908 107 2
Fred Corbett  England FW 1905–1908 102 37
Jock Hamilton  Scotland HB 1907–1908
1909–1912
119 1 [nb 2]
Steve Buxton  England FB/FW 1908–1911 106 4 [nb 3]
Patsy Hendren  England OL1908
1911–1927
30945 [nb 4]
[nb 5]
[nb 1]
Geordie Reid  Scotland IL/CF 1908–1911 105 59 [nb 5]
Phil Richards  England LH 1908–1913 151 1 [12]
Dusty Rhodes ♦ (c)  England FB1908–19152212
Archie Ling  England GK 1909–1912 118 2
Alec Barclay  England HB 1910–1915 105 5 [nb 6] [12]
Walter Spratt  England FB1911–1915
1920–1921
1231
Ted Price  England GK1912–19201180 [nb 5]
[nb 1]
Alf Amos  England WH1914–19221395
Bertie Rosier  England FB 1915–1923 127 0

Interwar era (1920–1945)

NameNationalityPositionBrentford careerAppearancesGoals

Notes

William Young  England GK1920–19251800
Charles Alton  England FB1921–19251336
Freddy Capper  England OF1921–19241066
Reginald Parker  England FW1922–192510435
Alfred Douglas  England OF1925–192910921
Jack Lane (c)  England IF1925–193123486 [nb 1]
Bill Berry  England FW1926–193214843
Ernie Watkins  England FW1926–192913059
William Hodge  Scotland FB1927–19341251
Alexander Stevenson  Scotland RB1927–19331340
Jimmy Bain ♦ (c)  Scotland FB1928–19332012 [nb 1]
Reginald Davies  England WH1928–19311230
Teddy Ware  England WH1928–19331020
Tom Adamson  Scotland FB1929–19331530
Jackie Foster  England OR1929–193315321
Billy Lane  England CF1929–193212389
Jackie Burns  England LH1931–193515216 [nb 6]
Joe James (c)  England CH1931–19392552 [nb 1]
George Robson  England IR1931–193513134
Jack Holliday  England CF1932–1939222121 [nb 1]
Idris Hopkins  Wales OR1932–194731480 [nb 1]
Duncan McKenzie  Scotland WH1932–193816010
Billy Scott  England IF1932–194729686 [nb 1]
Herbert Watson (c)  England RH1932–19361091
Charlie Fletcher  England OF1933–193610625
Arthur Bateman (c)  England FB1934–19381531 [nb 1]
Jimmy Mathieson  Scotland GK1934–19381300
George Poyser  England LB1934–19461580 [nb 1]
David McCulloch  Scotland CF1935–193812490 [nb 1]
Bobby Reid  Scotland OL1936–193910937
Buster Brown  England U1937–19471062
Joe Crozier  Scotland GK1937–19492230 [nb 1]
Bill Gorman Ireland
 Republic of Ireland
FB1938–19491440 [nb 1]

Post-war era (1945–2000)

NameNationalityPositionBrentford careerAppearancesGoals

Notes

Tom Manley (c)  England WH 1946–1950 125 0
Roddy Munro  Scotland FB1946–19532100
Wally Bragg  England CH1947–19571686 [nb 1]
Frank Latimer  England U1947–19561853
David Nelson  Scotland WH1947–19501135
Tony Harper  England WH1948–19551887
Fred Monk  England RB/FW1948–195421949 [nb 1]
Ken Coote ♠ (c)  England FB1949–1963559 ♠15 [nb 7]
Billy Dare  England CF1949–195522268
Ron Greenwood  England CH1949–19521471 [nb 8]
Jackie Goodwin  England FW1949–195413822
Alf Jefferies  England GK1949–19531210
Billy Sperrin  England IF1949–195510030
George Bristow  England WH1950–19612648 [nb 1]
Ken Horne  England WH/FB1950–19602391 [nb 1]
Ian Dargie  England CH/IR1952–19622812 [nb 1]
Johnny Rainford  England IF1953–196232449 [nb 9]
[nb 1]
Gerry Cakebread  England GK1954–19643740 [nb 1]
Dennis Heath  England OR1954–196013420
Jim Towers  England FW1954–1961282163 ♠ [nb 1]
George Francis  England CF1955–1961
1961–1962
280136 [nb 10]
[nb 1]
Billy Goundry  England WH1955–196114812
Eric Parsons  England OF1956–196012618
Tom Wilson (c)  England FB1957–19621560
George McLeod  Scotland OF1958–196323022
John Docherty  Scotland OR1960–1961
1966–1968
1970–1974
25279
Tommy Higginson  Scotland WH1960–197043516 [nb 1]
Peter Gelson  England CB/WH1961–197451618 [nb 1]
Micky Block  England OR1962–196616333
Alan Hawley (c)  England RB1962–19743454 [nb 1]
Chic Brodie  Scotland GK1963–19712240 [nb 1]
Allan Jones  Wales FB1963–19702813 [nb 1]
Gordon Phillips  England GK1963–19732270 [nb 1]
Mel Scott (c)  England WH1963–19661772
George Thomson  Scotland WH1963–19681795
Ian Lawther  Northern Ireland CF1964–196815344
Bobby Ross (c)  Scotland IF1966–197232363 [nb 1]
Alan Nelmes  England CB1967–19763502 [nb 1]
Allan Mansley  England OF1968–197110530
Gordon Neilson  Scotland OF1968–197210415
Dick Renwick  England FB1969–19711065
Paul Bence (c)  England MF1970–1977268 6 [nb 1]
Roger Cross  England FW1970–1971
1973–1977
228 61 [nb 1]
Jackie Graham (c)  Scotland MF1970–198040940 [nb 1]
Brian Turner  New Zealand MF1970–19721017
Michael Allen  England FB1971–1978255 13
Terry Scales  England DF1971–1977234 6
Paul Priddy  England GK1972–1974
1975–1977
1981
1300
Gordon Riddick (c)  England MF1973–1976
1976–1977
120 5 [nb 11]
Terry Johnson  England FW1974–1977112 30
Danis Salman  England DF1975–19853718 [nb 12]
[nb 1]
Dave Carlton  England MF1976–1980148 7
John Fraser  England FB1976–1980131 7
Andrew McCulloch  England FW1976–1979122 49
Paul Shrubb (c)  England MF/DF1976–1982198 8
Len Bond  England GK1977–19801300
Pat Kruse  England CB1977–1982201 12
Steve Phillips  England IF1977–198016769 [nb 1]
Neil Smillie  England W1977
1988–1993
22522 [nb 13]
Bob Booker  England MF1978–1988
1991–1993
322 48 [nb 1]
Jim McNichol  Scotland DF1978–1984169 23 [nb 14]
Barry Tucker  Wales FB1978–1982171 5
Terry Hurlock (c)  England CM1980–1986265 24
Gary Roberts  Wales W1980–1986226 64 [nb 15]
[nb 1]
Chris Kamara (c)  England MF1981–1985189 32
Alan Whitehead  England CB1981–1984126 4
Francis Joseph  England FW1982–1987138 56
Keith Cassells  England FW1983–198510235
Keith Millen  England CB1984–199438020 [nb 1]
Jamie Murray  Scotland LB1984–1987156 4
Gary Phillips  England GK1984–19881710
Robbie Cooke  England FW1985–1987150 64
Terry Evans (c)  England CB1985–199328530 [nb 1]
Roger Joseph  England RB1985–19881202
Andy Sinton  England LM1985–198918234
Jamie Bates (c)  England CB/FB1986–199952624
Gary Blissett  England FW1987–1993291105 [nb 1]
Keith Jones (c)  England MF1987–199121320
Roger Stanislaus  England LB1987–19901355
Richard Cadette  England FW1988–199212331
Allan Cockram  England CM1988–199111817
Marcus Gayle  Jamaica LW/FW1988–1994
2005–2006
23028 [nb 12]
[nb 1]
Kevin Godfrey  England RW/FW1988–1993191 26
Dean Holdsworth  England FW1988
1989–1992
14576 [nb 16]
[nb 1]
Simon Ratcliffe  England MF1989–199526816
Graham Benstead  England GK1990–1994
1997
133 0
Billy Manuel (c)  England LB/MF1991–19941162
Brian Statham  England RB/MF1992–19971981
Kevin Dearden  England GK1993–19992620
Martin Grainger  England LB1993–199612416
Lee Harvey  England RM/RB1993–19961287
Carl Hutchings  England MF1993–1998
2000
21410 [nb 17]
Denny Mundee  England U1993–199510018
Paul Smith  England MF1993–199719817
Barry Ashby  England CB1994–19971535
Nicky Forster  England FW1994–1997
2010–2011
16248 [nb 18]
Robert Taylor  England FW1994–199821773
Ijah Anderson  England FB1995–20022432
David McGhee  England MF1995–199814511
Andy Scott  England FW1997–200114337
Gavin Mahon  England MF1998–20021668
Lloyd Owusu  Ghana FW1998–2002
2005–2007
25087 [nb 1]
Darren Powell  England CB1998–2002
2009
1549
Rob Quinn  Republic of Ireland DF1998–20011325
Martin Rowlands  Republic of Ireland MF1998–200318623 [nb 19]
Paul Evans (c)  Wales MF1999–200215534
Ívar Ingimarsson  Iceland CB1999–200213511
Scott Partridge  England FW1999–200111123

21st century (2000–present)

NameNationalityPositionBrentford careerAppearancesGoals

Notes

Michael Dobson (c)  England RB/CB2000–20052117
Kevin O'Connor (c)  Republic of Ireland U2000–201450144 [nb 19]
[nb 1]
Stephen Hunt  Republic of Ireland MF2001–200516029
Eddie Hutchinson  England MF2001–20061369
Paul Smith  England GK2001–20041050
Jay Tabb  Republic of Ireland AM/LW2001–200615624 [nb 19]
Andy Frampton  England CB/LB2002–20071647
Stuart Nelson *  England GK2004–20071390
Sam Sodje  Nigeria CB2004–200610014
Michael Turner  England CB2004–2006 1103 [nb 20]
Karleigh Osborne  England CB/RB2005–20121856
Ryan Dickson  England LB2007–2010 1063 [nb 21]
Marcus Bean  Jamaica DM2008–201216815
Charlie MacDonald  England FW2008–201112745
Sam Wood  England LW/LB2008–20121265
Leon Legge *  England CB2009–201211510
Sam Saunders  England RM2009–201620630 [nb 1]
Myles Weston  Antigua and Barbuda LW2009–201212914
Toumani Diagouraga *  France DM2010–2016 2467 [nb 22]
Jake Bidwell * (c)  England LB2011–2016 2113 [nb 23]
Harlee Dean * (c)  England CB2011–2017 24910 [nb 24]
Clayton Donaldson *  Jamaica FW2011–201415553
Jonathan Douglas  Republic of Ireland DM2011–201518717
Shay Logan *  England RB/RM2011–20141045
Tony Craig *  England CB/LB2012–20151270
Adam Forshaw *  England CM2012–2014 10011 [nb 25]
David Button *  England GK2013–20161410
Alan McCormack *  Republic of Ireland RB/DM2013–20171043
Alan Judge *  Republic of Ireland MF2014–2019140 26 [nb 26]
Nico Yennaris *  China CM/RB2014–201815712
Yoann Barbet *  France CB 2015–2019 118 7
Sergi Canós  Spain W 2015–2016
2017–
182 28 [nb 27]
Josh McEachran  England CM 2015–2019 102 1
Ryan Woods *  England CM 2015–2018 128 3
Daniel Bentley *  England GK 2016–2019 125 0
Romaine Sawyers * (c)  Saint Kitts and Nevis AM 2016–2019 135 8
Henrik Dalsgaard  Denmark RB 2017– 148 7
Rico Henry  England LB 2017– 115 2 [nb 28]
Kamohelo Mokotjo *  South Africa DM 2017–2020 102 6
Ollie Watkins *  England FW/W 2017–2020 143 49

Captains

Years NameNationalityPosition

Notes

1889–1892 J. J. K. Curtis  England n/a
1892–1894 Hinton Bailey  England GK
1894–1897 Arthur Charlton  Scotland U
1897–1898 Herbert Edney  England HB
1898–1899 Alfred Lugg  England FB
1899–1900 Richard Dailley  England HB/FW
1900–1901 Ralph McElhaney  Scotland U
1901–1902 Bob Stormont  Scotland CF
1902–1903 Ellis Green  England HB
1903–1904 Tommy Davidson  Scotland FB
1904–1908 George Parsonage  England HB
1908–1910 Dusty Rhodes  England FB
1910–1911 George Frost  England FW
1911–1919 Dusty Rhodes  England FB
1919–1920 Patsy Hendren  England OL
1920–1921 Jimmy Hodson  England FB
1921–1922 Patsy Hendren  England OL
1922–1923 Bertie Rosier  England FB
1923–1924 Freddy Capper  England OF
1924–1926 Alex Graham  Scotland CH
1926–1927 Harry Rae  Scotland DF
1927–1928 Stephen Dearn  England WH
1928–1931 Reginald Davies  England WH
1931–1932 Jimmy Bain  Scotland FB
1932–1936 Herbert Watson  England RH
1936–1937 Arthur Bateman  England FB [nb 29]
1937–1939 Joe James  England CB
1939–1946 Tom Manley  England WH [nb 30]
1946–1948 George Paterson  Scotland WH
1948–1949 Jack Chisholm  England CH
1949–1950 Tom Manley  England WH
1950–1952 Ron Greenwood  England CB
1952–1953 Tommy Lawton  England CF
1953–1954 Fred Monk  England RB/FW
1954–1955 Frank Latimer  England DF
1955–1957 Sid Tickridge  England FB
1957–1960 Tom Wilson  England FB
1960–1964 Ken Coote  England FB
1964–1966 Mel Scott  England CB
1966 Peter Gelson  England CB
1966–1968 Bobby Ross  Scotland IF
1968–1970 Ron Fenton  England IF
1970–1972 Bobby Ross  Scotland IF
1972–1973 Alan Hawley  England RB
1973–1975 Gordon Riddick  England MF
1975–1976 Paul Bence  England MF
1976–1980 Jackie Graham  Scotland MF
1980–1981 Ron Harris  England RB/MF
1981–1982 Terry Hurlock  England CM
1982–1983 Chris Kamara  England MF
1983–1984 Ian Bolton  England CB
1984–1986 Terry Hurlock  England CM
1986 Steve Wignall  England CB
1986–1988 Wayne Turner  England MF
1988–1991 Keith Jones  England MF
1991–1993 Terry Evans  England CB
1993–1994 Billy Manuel  England LB/MF
1994–1999 Jamie Bates  England CB/FB
1999–2002 Paul Evans  Wales MF
2002–2004 Michael Dobson  England RB/CB [nb 31]
2004–2005 Stewart Talbot  England DM
2005–2006 Ricky Newman  England CM
2006–2007 Kevin O'Connor  Republic of Ireland U
2007–2008 John Mackie  England CB
2008 Matt Heywood  England CB
2008 Adam Newton  Saint Kitts and Nevis MF
2008–2015 Kevin O'Connor  Republic of Ireland U [nb 32]
2015–2016 Jake Bidwell *  England LB
2016–2017 Harlee Dean *  England CB [nb 33]
2017–2018 John Egan *  Republic of Ireland CB
2018 Leadership group
2018–2019 Romaine Sawyers *  Saint Kitts and Nevis AM
2019– Pontus Jansson  Sweden CB

Notes

  1. Member of the Brentford Hall of Fame.
  2. Returned on loan from Leeds City in November 1908.
  3. Represented the London XI.
  4. Hendren played when his cricket commitments allowed.
  5. Represented the Southern League XI.
  6. Capped by England at amateur level.
  7. Represented the London XI.
  8. Capped by England B.
  9. Represented the Third Division South.
  10. Briefly signed for Queens Park Rangers between his two spells.
  11. Retired in September 1976 and rejoined the club in October 1976.
  12. Capped by England at U18 level.
  13. Joined on loan from Crystal Palace in January 1977 and returned to sign permanently in August 1988.
  14. Capped by Scotland at U21 level.
  15. Capped by Wales at U21 level.
  16. Joined on loan from Watford in October 1988 and returned to sign permanently in September 1989.
  17. Departed in July 1998 and returned on loan from Bristol City in February 2000.
  18. Capped by England at U21 level.
  19. Capped by Republic of Ireland at U21 level.
  20. Joined on loan from Charlton Athletic in August 2004 and signed permanently in November 2004.
  21. Joined on loan from Plymouth Argyle in November 2007 and signed permanently in January 2008.
  22. Joined on loan from Peterborough United in January 2010 and signed permanently in July 2010.
  23. Joined on loan from Everton for separate spells in November 2011 and August 2012 and signed permanently in June 2013.
  24. Joined on loan from Southampton in November 2011 and signed permanently in May 2012.
  25. Joined on loan from Everton in February 2012 and signed permanently in May 2012.
  26. Joined on loan from Blackburn Rovers in January 2014 and signed permanently in June 2014.
  27. Joined on loan from Liverpool in August 2015 and returned to sign permanently in January 2017.
  28. Capped by England at U20 level.
  29. Bateman had previously served as vice-captain during the 1934–35 season.
  30. Due to Tom Manley's unavailability during much of the Second World War, the captaincy was held by other Brentford players, most notably Joe James and Billy Scott.
  31. Dobson later served as club captain during the 2005–06 season.
  32. During injury lay-offs, O'Connor was deputised as captain by Alan Bennett, Jonathan Douglas, Richard Lee and Tony Craig.
  33. Dean had previously served as vice-captain during the 2015–16 season.

References

General
  • Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. ISBN 0955294916.
  • Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Harefield: Yore Publications. ISBN 1 874427 57 7.
  • White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Oldfield Press. ISBN 0 9515262 0 0.
  • Brentford at Soccerbase.
  • Brentford at the Football Club History Database

Specific

  1. Brentford F.C. at the Football Club History Database
  2. Haynes & Coumbe, p. 38.
  3. "Brentford Club Captain Kevin O'Connor makes appearance number 500 against Stevenage at Griffin Park". www.brentfordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  4. Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 186-187.
  5. Adam Forshaw at Soccerbase
  6. Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 112.
  7. Sam Sodje at Soccerbase
  8. Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 152.
  9. White 1989, p. 97.
  10. Haynes 1998, p. 119.
  11. Wickham, Chris. "Toumani Diagouraga signs for Leeds United". Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  12. White 1989, p. 361-363.
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