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, the Premier League and other nationally and internationally organised competitions.[1] All players who have played in 100 or more such matches are listed below.
Records and notable players
Ken Coote holds the record for the greatest number of appearances for Brentford, with 559 made between 1949 and 1964.[2] As of December 2023, 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 Josh Dasilva, Saman Ghoddos, Rico Henry, Vitaly Janelt, Mathias Jensen, Neal Maupay, Bryan Mbeumo, Christian Nørgaard, Ethan Pinnock, David Raya, Mads Roerslev and Ivan Toney.
Key
- Appearance and goal totals include matches in the Premier League, 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 17 December 2023.
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 2023–24 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
Southern League era (1898–1920)
Name | Nationality | Position | Brentford career | Appearances | Goals | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tommy Shanks | Ireland | FW | 1901–1902 1904–1906 | 109 | 27 | ||
Tosher Underwood | England | OF | 1902–1908 | 196 | 23 | [nb 1] | |
Jimmy Jay | England | WH | 1903–1910 | 225 | 5 | [nb 1] | |
George Parsonage ♦ (c) | England | HB | 1903–1908 | 194 | 12 | ||
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 | OL | 1908 1911–1927 | 309 | 45 | [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 | [16] | |
Dusty Rhodes ♦ (c) | England | FB | 1908–1915 | 221 | 2 | ||
Archie Ling | England | GK | 1909–1912 | 118 | 2 | ||
Alec Barclay | England | HB | 1910–1915 | 105 | 5 | [nb 6] | [16] |
Walter Spratt | England | FB | 1911–1915 1920–1921 | 123 | 1 | ||
Ted Price | England | GK | 1912–1920 | 118 | 0 | [nb 5] [nb 1] |
|
Alf Amos | England | WH | 1914–1922 | 139 | 5 | ||
Bertie Rosier | England | FB | 1915–1923 | 127 | 0 |
Interwar era (1920–1945)
Post-war era (1945–2000)
21st century (2000–present)
Captains
Years | Name | Nationality | Position |
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 | Robert 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 34] |
1937–1939 | Joe James | England | CB | |
1939–1946 | Tom Manley | England | WH | [nb 35] |
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 36] |
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 37] |
2015–2016 | Jake Bidwell * | England | LB | |
2016–2017 | Harlee Dean * | England | CB | [nb 38] |
2017–2018 | John Egan * | Republic of Ireland | CB | |
2018 | Leadership group | [nb 39] | ||
2018–2019 | Romaine Sawyers * | Saint Kitts and Nevis | AM | |
2019–2023 | Pontus Jansson * | Sweden | CB | [nb 40] |
2023– | Christian Nørgaard ‡ | Denmark | MF |
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 Member of the Brentford Hall of Fame.
- ↑ Returned on loan from Leeds City in November 1908.
- 1 2 Represented the London XI.
- ↑ Hendren played when his cricket commitments allowed.
- 1 2 3 Represented the Southern League XI.
- 1 2 Capped by England at amateur level.
- ↑ Capped by England B.
- ↑ Represented the Third Division South.
- ↑ Francis briefly transferred to Queens Park Rangers between his two spells.
- ↑ Retired in September 1976 and rejoined the club in October 1976.
- 1 2 Capped by England at U18 level.
- ↑ Joined on loan from Crystal Palace in January 1977 and returned to sign permanently in August 1988.
- ↑ Capped by Scotland at U21 level.
- ↑ Capped by Wales at U21 level.
- ↑ Joined on loan from Watford in October 1988 and returned to sign permanently in September 1989.
- ↑ Departed in July 1998 and returned on loan from Bristol City in February 2000.
- 1 2 Capped by England at U21 level.
- 1 2 3 Capped by Republic of Ireland at U21 level.
- ↑ Joined on loan from Charlton Athletic in August 2004 and transferred permanently in November 2004.
- ↑ Joined on loan from Plymouth Argyle in November 2007 and transferred permanently in January 2008.
- ↑ Joined on loan from Peterborough United in January 2010 and transferred permanently in July 2010.
- ↑ Joined on loan from Everton for separate spells in November 2011 and August 2012 and transferred permanently in June 2013.
- ↑ Joined on loan from Southampton in November 2011 and transferred permanently in May 2012.
- ↑ Joined on loan from Everton in February 2012 and transferred permanently in May 2012.
- ↑ Joined on loan from Blackburn Rovers in January 2014 and transferred permanently in June 2014.
- ↑ Joined on loan from Liverpool in August 2015 and returned to sign permanently in January 2017.
- ↑ Capped by England at U20 level.
- ↑ Joined on loan from Everton in September 2023.
- ↑ Capped by France at U21 level.
- ↑ Capped by Denmark at U21 level.
- ↑ Joined on loan from Amiens SC in September 2020 and transferred permanently in January 2021.
- ↑ Ghoddos was released in June 2023 and rejoined the club on a one-year contract as a free agent in August 2023.
- ↑ Capped by Germany at U21 level.
- ↑ Bateman had previously served as vice-captain during the 1934–35 season.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Dobson later served as club captain during the 2005–06 season.
- ↑ During injury lay-offs, O'Connor was deputised as captain by Alan Bennett, Jonathan Douglas, Richard Lee and Tony Craig.
- ↑ Dean had previously served as vice-captain during the 2015–16 season.
- ↑ Then-head coach Dean Smith opted against appointing a permanent captain, citing that "the job of a leader within the group is to help create other leaders and not followers. I think sometimes when you name that captain, he becomes that leader and people start to follow him, rather than become leaders themselves".[17]
- ↑ During injury lay-offs, Jansson was deputised as captain by successive vice-captains Henrik Dalsgaard and Christian Nørgaard. Other leadership group members Ivan Toney and David Raya acted as third and fourth captains.[18][19]
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 2 Brentford F.C. at the Football Club History Database
- ↑ Haynes & Coumbe, p. 38.
- ↑ "Brentford Club Captain Kevin O'Connor makes appearance number 500 against Stevenage at Griffin Park". www.brentfordfc.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ↑ Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 186-187.
- ↑ Adam Forshaw at Soccerbase
- ↑ Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 112.
- ↑ Sam Sodje at Soccerbase
- ↑ Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 152.
- ↑ White 1989, p. 97.
- ↑ Haynes 1998, p. 119.
- ↑ "Canós joins Valencia". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- ↑ Wickham, Chris. "Toumani Diagouraga signs for Leeds United". Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ↑ "'The ultimate honour' for Tony Craig". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ↑ "Jensen becomes club's most-capped player". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ↑ Harris, Jay; Bailey, Michael. "Sergi Canos: unlucky spell at Norwich but now a cult hero at Brentford". The Athletic. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- 1 2 White 1989, p. 361-363.
- ↑ "Brentford decide against naming club captain". Sky Sports. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ↑ Harris, Jay. "David Raya exclusive on his future, Champions League dream and dealing with errors". The Athletic. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ↑ "Tottenham vs Brentford live updates". The Athletic. 20 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.