Brentford 1919–20 football season
During the 1919–20 English football season, Brentford competed in the Southern League First Division. In the first season of competitive football since the end of the First World War in November 1918 , Brentford consolidated with a mid-table finish. It was the club's final Southern League season, as 21 of the 22 First Division clubs were voted into the new Football League Third Division in May 1920.[1]
Season summary [ ]
Despite talk that Brentford would seek election to the Football League after the wartime London Combination title success of the previous season , the directors of the club decided to remain in the Southern League Second Division. As it was, by virtue of the Southern League First Division being expanded to 22 clubs and the departures of West Ham United and Croydon Common (voted into the Football League and resigned respectively), Brentford, Merthyr Town , Swansea Town and Newport County were all elevated from the Second Division to the First Division.
Four years of war meant that secretary-manager Fred Halliday needed to rebuild and expand his squad, with prolific forwards Henry White and guest Jack Cock having left the club, in addition to full backs Jack Peart , Dusty Rhodes and half back Bill Stanton . The only survivors of Brentford's final pre-war squad who made appearance during the 1919–20 season were goalkeeper Ted Price , half back Tom McGovern and outside left Patsy Hendren .
New centre forward Reginald Boyne 's six goals in the opening six matches ensured Brentford started the season well, but once his goals dried up, due to a niggling knee injury,[4] the team was robbed of potency in attack.[5] A 10-match winless streak ended when the team went on a five-match unbeaten run through November and December 1919.[5] While manager Fred Halliday was able to field a more or less a settled XI, numerous players were tried in the centre forward position before the arrival of Bert Spreadbury in February 1920.[5] Despite scoring four goals in his first five appearances, Spreadbury failed to help the team gain any consistency and Brentford finished the season in 15th position.[5]
League table [ ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GR
Pts
13
Swindon Town
42
17
7
18
65
68
0.956
41
14
Millwall
42
14
12
16
52
55
0.945
40
15
Brentford
42
15
10
17
52
59
0.881
40
16
Brighton & Hove Albion
42
14
8
20
60
72
0.833
36
17
Bristol Rovers
42
11
13
18
61
78
0.782
35
Source:[citation needed ] Rules for classification: The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976-77 season. The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
Results [ ]
Brentford's goal tally listed first.
Legend [ ]
Southern League First Division [ ]
1
30 August 1919
Brighton & Hove Albion
H
2–1
Boyne , Morley
2
1 September 1919
Millwall
H
2–2
Boyne , Gilboy
3
6 September 1919
Newport County
A
4–2
Boyne (2), Gilboy , Morley
4
8 September 1919
Millwall
A
2–0
Boyne , Thompson
5
13 September 1919
Portsmouth
H
0–2
6
20 September 1919
Northampton Town
A
1–1
Boyne
7
24 September 1919
Exeter City
A
0–0
8
27 September 1919
Crystal Palace
H
0–0
9
4 October 1919
Southend United
H
1–3
Hendren
10
11 October 1919
Norwich City
H
1–1
Boyne
11
18 October 1919
Watford
A
0–1
12
25 October 1919
Merthyr Town
A
0–2
13
1 November 1919
Plymouth Argyle
H
0–0
14
8 November 1919
Bristol Rovers
A
1–3
Cannon
15
15 November 1919
Reading
H
1–0
Amos
16
22 November 1919
Southampton
A
1–0
Morley
17
29 November 1919
Luton Town
H
3–1
Searby, Morley , Cartmell
18
6 December 1919
Gillingham
A
2–0
Morley , Hendren
19
13 December 1919
Swansea Town
H
1–1
Hendren (pen )
20
25 December 1919
Queens Park Rangers
A
0–2
21
26 December 1919
Queens Park Rangers
H
2–1
Searby, Boyne
22
27 December 1919
Cardiff City
H
1–2
Thompson
23
3 January 1920
Brighton & Hove Albion
A
0–4
24
17 January 1920
Newport County
H
2–1
Searby, Embury
25
24 January 1920
Portsmouth
A
0–3
26
31 January 1920
Northampton Town
H
5–0
Boyne (3), Thompson , Hendren (pen )
27
7 February 1920
Crystal Palace
A
1–1
Thompson
28
14 February 1920
Southend United
H
2–0
Cartmell , Lockwood
29
21 February 1920
Norwich City
A
1–1
Spreadbury
30
28 February 1920
Watford
H
0–3
31
6 March 1920
Merthyr Town
H
3–0
Spreadbury (2), Hendren
32
13 March 1920
Plymouth Argyle
A
2–3
Thompson (2)
33
20 March 1920
Bristol Rovers
H
3–0
Hendren , Morley , Spreadbury
34
27 March 1920
Reading
A
0–1
35
2 April 1920
Swindon Town
H
2–0
Morley , Boyne
36
3 April 1920
Southampton
H
2–3
Taylor , Morley
37
5 April 1920
Swindon Town
A
1–3
Gilboy
38
10 April 1920
Luton Town
A
0–0
39
17 April 1920
Gillingham
H
1–2
Thompson
40
24 April 1920
Swansea Town
A
0–6
41
26 April 1920
Exeter City
H
2–1
Thompson , Boyne
42
1 May 1920
Cardiff City
A
0–2
FA Cup [ ]
Source: 100 Years of Brentford [5]
Playing squad [ ]
Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 1919–20 season.
Pos.
Name
Nat.
Date of birth (age)
Signed from
Signed in
Notes
Goalkeepers
GK
Jack Durston
(1893-07-11 ) 11 July 1893 (aged 26)
Queens Park Rangers
1919
Played when his cricket commitments allowed
GK
Ted Price
(1883-06-13 ) 13 June 1883 (aged 36)
Croydon Common
1912
Defenders
DF
Edward Hawkins
(1895-10-31 ) 31 October 1895 (aged 23)
Portsmouth
1919
DF
Jimmy Hodson
(1880-09-05 ) 5 September 1880 (aged 38)
Belfast Celtic
1919
DF
Bertie Rosier
(1893-03-21 ) 21 March 1893 (aged 26)
Southall
1913
DF
Fred Webster
(1887-04-03 ) 3 April 1887 (aged 32)
Unattached
1919
Midfielders
HB
Alf Amos
(1893-02-09 ) 9 February 1893 (aged 26)
Old Kingstonians
1913
HB
Herbert Ashford
(1896-02-18 ) 18 February 1896 (aged 23)
Southall
1919
HB
Sam Morris
(1886-10-23 ) 23 October 1886 (aged 32)
Unattached
1919
HB
Fred Taylor
(1884-01-03 ) 3 January 1884 (aged 35)
Unattached
1919
Forwards
FW
Reginald Boyne
(1891-11-16 ) 16 November 1891 (aged 27)
Aston Villa
1919
FW
Jack Cartmell
(1890-08-28 ) 28 August 1890 (aged 29)
Unattached
1919
FW
Sidney Embury
(1893-06-12 ) 12 June 1893 (aged 26)
Park Royal Athletic
1920
FW
Bertram Gilboy
(1894-08-15 ) 15 August 1894 (aged 25)
Unattached
1919
FW
Patsy Hendren (c )
(1889-02-05 ) 5 February 1889 (aged 30)
Queens Park Rangers
1911
Played when his cricket commitments allowed
FW
John Henery
(1895-11-07 ) 7 November 1895 (aged 23)
Houghton Rovers
1920
FW
Fred Morley
(1888-03-01 ) 1 March 1888 (aged 31)
Unattached
1918
FW
John Searby
(1897-09-02 ) 2 September 1897 (aged 21)
Atherstone Town
1919
FW
Bert Spreadbury
(1892-04-30 ) 30 April 1892 (aged 27)
Royal Ordnance Woolwich
1920
FW
Alfred Thompson
(1891-04-28 ) 28 April 1891 (aged 28)
Unattached
1919
Players who left the club mid-season
GK
Harry Dale
(1899-04-23 ) 23 April 1899 (aged 20)
Hampstead Town
1919
Transferred to Reading
DF
Walter Loveday
(1890-06-30 ) 30 June 1890 (aged 29)
Uxbridge
1920
n/a
HB
Tom McGovern
(1888-11-11 ) 11 November 1888 (aged 30)
Halifax Town
1913
Transferred to Queens Park Rangers
FW
George Cannon
(1891-02-15 ) 15 February 1891 (aged 28)
Unattached
1919
Transferred to Wimbledon
FW
Ernest Hanks
(1888-04-06 ) 6 April 1888 (aged 31)
Unattached
1919
n/a
FW
James Lockwood
(1887-02-20 ) 20 February 1887 (aged 32)
n/a
1920
n/a
FW
Robert Parr
(1899-09-04 ) 4 September 1899 (aged 19)
Unattached
1919
n/a
Sources: 100 Years of Brentford, [5] Timeless Bees,[6] Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939[7]
Coaching staff [ ]
Statistics [ ]
Appearances and goals [ ]
Brentford's highest appearance-makers in each position during the Southern League season.
Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
Source: 100 Years of Brentford [5]
Goalscorers [ ]
Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
Source: 100 Years of Brentford [5]
Victory international caps [ ]
Pos.
Nat
Player
Caps
Goals
Ref
FW
Patsy Hendren
1
0
[8]
Management [ ]
Name
Nat
From
To
Record All Comps
Record League
P
W
D
L
W %
P
W
D
L
W %
Fred Halliday
30 August 1919
1 May 1920
43
15
10
18
0 34.88 |
42
15
10
17
0 35.71
Summary [ ]
Games played
43 (42 Southern League First Division, 1 FA Cup )
Games won
15 (15 Southern League First Division, 0 FA Cup)
Games drawn
10 (10 Southern League First Division, 0 FA Cup)
Games lost
18 (17 Southern League First Division, 1 FA Cup)
Goals scored
53 (52 Southern League First Division, 1 FA Cup)
Goals conceded
64 (59 Southern League First Division, 5 FA Cup)
Clean sheets
13 (13 Southern League First Division, 0 FA Cup)
Biggest league win
5–0 versus Northampton Town , 31 January 1920
Worst league defeat
6–0 versus Swansea Town , 24 April 1920
Most appearances
37, Sam Morris (36 Southern League First Division, 1 FA Cup)
Top scorer (league)
13, Reginald Boyne
Top scorer (all competitions)
13, Reginald Boyne
Transfers and loans [ ]
References [ ]
show Brentford F.C. seasons