List of Brentford F.C. players (25–99 appearances)
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 between 25 and 99 such matches are listed below.
Records and notable players
Jeff Taylor finished his Brentford career on 98 appearances.[2] John Dick is the highest scorer on this list, with 48 goals from 83 appearances.[3] Current Brentford players who have made between 25 and 99 appearances are Luke Daniels, Josh Dasilva, Marcus Forss, Tariqe Fosu, Saman Ghoddos, Vitaly Janelt, Pontus Jansson, Julian Jeanvier, Mathias Jensen, Emiliano Marcondes, Bryan Mbeumo, Christian Nørgaard, Ethan Pinnock, David Raya, Mads Bech Sørensen, Ivan Toney and Jan Žambůrek.
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 6 February 2021.
- Starting lineups are untraced prior to the beginning of the 1893–94 season.
Playing positions
GK | Goalkeeper | RB | Right back | RW | Right winger | DF | Defender | HB | Half back | IF | Inside forward | DM | Defensive midfielder |
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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 |
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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. |
Players
Early years (1889–1898)
Name | Nationality | Position | Brentford career | Appearances | Goals | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arthur Charlton (c) | Scotland | U | 1893–1898 | 68 | 13 | [nb 1] [nb 2] |
|
Jack Foster | England | GK | 1893–1897 | 45 | 0 | [nb 2] | [8] |
H. James | n/a | LB | 1893–1896 | 29 | 2 | [nb 2] | [8] |
Jimmy Ray | n/a | HB | 1893–1896 | 28 | 0 | [nb 2] | [8] |
Billy Steers | England | FW | 1893–1898 | 25 | 5 | [nb 2] | [8] |
Tommy Stevenson | n/a | OL | 1893–1896 | 28 | 9 | [nb 2] | [8] |
Archie Williams | England | U | 1893–1899 | 47 | 9 | [nb 2] | [8] |
Richard Dailley (c) | England | OR/HB | 1895–1900 | 93 | 22 | [nb 2] | [8] |
Herbert Edney (c) | England | CH | 1895–1900 | 53 | 1 | [nb 2] | [8] |
Charles Gillett | England | GK | 1895–1899 | 31 | 0 | [nb 2] | [8] |
Percy Swann | England | RB | 1895–1899 1900 |
51 | 5 | [nb 2] | [8] |
Oakey Field | England | IL/OL | 1896–1898 | 36 | 40 | [nb 3] [nb 2] |
|
Ernest Booth | England | CF | 1897–1899 | 42 | 22 | [nb 2] | [8] |
Thomas Knapman | England | FW | 1897–1900 | 53 | 18 | [nb 2] | [8] |
Alfred Lugg (c) | England | FB | 1897–1899 | 51 | 0 | [nb 2] | [8] |
John Richardson | England | IF | 1897–1900 | 38 | 9 | [nb 2] | [8] |
Alfred Mattocks | England | HB/FW | 1898–1901 | 55 | 1 | [nb 2] | [8] |
Southern League era (1898–1920)
Name | Nationality | Position | Brentford career | Appearances | Goals | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charlie Evans | n/a | FW | 1898–1900 | 25 | 5 | [8] | |
Billy Smith | England | FB/HB | 1898–1900 | 26 | 0 | [8] | |
E. W. Andrews | England | OL | 1899–1902 | 75 | 21 | [8] | |
Frederick Broughton | England | HB/FW | 1899–1901 | 35 | 2 | [8] | |
Harry Gilmour | Scotland | FB | 1900–1902 | 36 | 0 | [8] | |
Ralph McElhaney (c) | Scotland | U | 1900–1902 | 49 | 13 | ||
Peter Turnbull | Scotland | CF | 1900–1901 | 25 | 17 | ||
Charlie McEleny | Ireland | RH | 1901–1902 | 30 | 1 | ||
Bill Regan | England | WH | 1901–1903 | 54 | 7 | ||
David Robson | Scotland | FB | 1901–1902 | 33 | 0 | ||
Tommy Spicer | England | GK | 1901–1904 1905–1906 |
59 | 0 | ||
Bob Stormont (c) | Scotland | CF | 1901–1902 | 25 | 1 | ||
Alf Gilson | England | RB | 1902–1903 1907 |
29 | 0 | ||
Ellis Green (c) | England | CH | 1902–1903 | 27 | 0 | ||
Davie Maher | England | OR/IR | 1902–1903 | 38 | 3 | ||
Fred Nidd | England | FB | 1902–1903 | 33 | 0 | ||
Percy Turner | England | IF | 1902–1903 | 41 | 2 | ||
Tommy Atherton | England | OR | 1903–1904 | 27 | 2 | [nb 4] | |
Lawrence Bell | Scotland | FW | 1903–1904 | 28 | 4 | ||
James Bellingham | Scotland | HB/FB | 1903–1905 1906 |
47 | 1 | ||
Dave Buchanan | Scotland | RH | 1903–1904 | 33 | 6 | ||
Alex Caie | Scotland | HB | 1903–1904 | 25 | 0 | ||
Tommy Davidson (c) | Scotland | FB | 1903–1904 | 42 | 1 | ||
Fred Hobson | England | FW | 1904–1906 | 56 | 11 | ||
Thomas Howarth | England | FB | 1904–1906 | 36 | 0 | ||
Joe Warrington | England | OR | 1904–1905 | 33 | 4 | ||
Walter Whittaker | England | GK | 1904–1906 | 70 | 0 | ||
Jimmy Hartley | Scotland | IF | 1905–1906 | 27 | 5 | ||
Tom Riley | England | FB | 1905–1906 | 33 | 0 | ||
Patrick Hagan | Scotland | FW | 1906–1908 | 55 | 11 | ||
Tom McAllister | Scotland | RH | 1906–1908 | 68 | 10 | ||
Fred Pentland | England | OR | 1906–1907 | 39 | 12 | ||
Archie Taylor | Scotland | FB | 1906–1907 | 32 | 0 | ||
Charlie Williams | England | GK | 1906–1908 | 63 | 0 | ||
Adam Bowman | Scotland | IL/CF | 1907–1908 1909 |
44 | 25 | ||
Norman Brown | England | OR | 1907–1908 | 26 | 1 | ||
Andy Clark | Scotland | LB | 1907–1908 | 25 | 0 | ||
Bert Badger | England | WH | 1908–1909 1910–1911 |
54 | 1 | ||
Fred Connelly | England | IL | 1908–1909 | 34 | 12 | ||
Dave Ewing | England | FB | 1908–1909 | 34 | 0 | ||
Willie McIver | England | GK | 1908–1909 | 42 | 2 | ||
Joe Ryalls | England | OR | 1908–1909 1910–1911 |
78 | 3 | ||
Sidney Sugden | England | FW | 1908–1909 | 32 | 9 | ||
George Anderson | England | OL | 1909–1912 | 88 | 6 | ||
Albert Bartlett | England | FW | 1909–1911 | 74 | 7 | ||
Bert Hollinrake | England | FW | 1909–1911 | 49 | 12 | [9] | |
James Riley | England | HB | 1909–1910 | 30 | 1 | ||
George Kennedy | Scotland | LH | 1910–1913 | 78 | 2 | ||
Jack Sibbald | England | FW | 1910–1913 | 94 | 21 | ||
Billy Brawn | England | IR | 1911–1913 | 77 | 8 | ||
William Hickleton | England | HB/FB | 1911–1913 | 36 | 1 | [nb 5] | [9] |
Willis Rippon | England | CF | 1911–1912 | 29 | 17 | ||
Frank Bentley | England | HB | 1912–1914 | 64 | 0 | ||
Frederick Chapple | England | IF | 1912–1913 | 30 | 11 | ||
Bob McTavish | Scotland | IL | 1912–1913 | 40 | 7 | ||
Bill Smith | England | CF | 1912–1913 | 27 | 12 | ||
Jack Chapman | England | FW | 1913–1914 | 30 | 17 | ||
Bobby Jackson | England | HB | 1913–1914 | 28 | 3 | [9] | |
Joe Johnson | England | FW | 1913–1915 | 44 | 17 | ||
Tom McGovern | Ireland | WH | 1913–1920 | 67 | 2 | ||
Henry Simons | England | FW | 1913–1914 | 28 | 19 | ||
Reginald Boyne | New Zealand | CF | 1919–1921 | 50 | 23 | ||
Jack Cartmell | England | OL | 1919–1921 | 66 | 2 | [nb 1] | |
Jack Durston | England | GK | 1919–1921 | 45 | 0 | ||
Jimmy Hodson | England | FB | 1919–1921 | 69 | 0 | ||
Fred Morley | England | IF | 1919–1921 | 50 | 8 | ||
Sam Morris | England | WH | 1919–1921 | 64 | 0 | ||
Alfred Thompson | England | IF | 1919–1921 | 44 | 10 |
Interwar era (1920–1945)
Post-war era (1945–2000)
21st century (2000–present)
Notes
- Member of the Brentford Hall of Fame.
- Some appearance and goal records are untraced during the seasons in which the player played.
- Field re-signed with the club in November 1907, but did not make a first team appearance before retiring at the end of the 1907–08 season.
- On loan from Grimsby Town.
- On loan from Coventry City.
- Capped by England at amateur level.
- Represented the FA XI.
- Represented Great Britain in friendly internationals.
- Newton rejoined Brentford in July 1957, but made no appearances.
- On loan from Chelsea.
- Joined on loan from West Bromwich Albion in October 1976 and returned to sign permanently in November 1978.
- Bowles retired in May 1983 and rejoined the club in December 1983.
- Bullivant was released in May 1985 and rejoined the club on a one-year contract during the 1985–86 pre-season.
- Joined on loan from Wimbledon in March 1986 and signed permanently in July 1986.
- Joined on loan from West Ham United in January 1996 and signed permanently in August 1996.
- Capped by Republic of Ireland at U21 level.
- On loan from Blackburn Rovers.
- On loan from Arsenal.
- Capped by Wales at U21 level.
- Capped by Senegal at U23 level.
- On loan from Portsmouth. Vine later joined on loan from Queens Park Rangers in 2010, but made no appearances.
- On loan from Millwall.
- On loan from Leicester City.
- Joined on loan from Watford in March 2005 and signed permanently later that month.
- On loan from Fulham.
- Joined on loan from Bristol City in July 2006 and signed permanently in August 2006.
- On loan from Reading.
- Joined on loan from Reading for separate spells in March 2008 and August 2008 and signed permanently in July 2009.
- On loan from Bristol City.
- Joined on loan from Ipswich Town for separate spells in November 2009 and March 2010 and signed permanently in August 2010.
- On loan from Celtic.
- On loan from Norwich City.
- Capped by England at U20 level.
- On loan from Tottenham Hotspur.
- Capped by England at U21 level.
- Capped by Finland at U21 level.
- Capped by Denmark at U21 level.
- Capped by France at U21 level.
- Capped by Czech Republic at U19 level.
- Joined on loan from Amiens SC in September 2020 and signed permanently in January 2021.
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
- "Brentford FC History". brentfordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 158.
- Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 47.
- Wickham, Chris. "Brentford FC Treasure Trove". Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- Haynes 1998, p. 99.
- Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 92.
- "Saints stung by Bees recovery". SkySports. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- White 1989, p. 352-357.
- White 1989, p. 360-363.