1912–13 Brentford F.C. season

During the 1912–13 English football season, Brentford competed in the Southern League Division One. Two long losing runs led to the Bees' relegation to Division Two on the final day of the season.

Season summary

After three consecutive mid-table seasons, Southern League Division One club Brentford's directors gambled on generating extra income by also entering the Southern Alliance.^[1] Consequently, a larger squad was assembled, with many of the previous season's professionals retained.^[1] Willis Rippon was the only significant departure - sold for £250 to Hamilton Academical.^[1] Secretary-manager Fred Halliday brought in goalkeeper Ted Price, full back Tommy Fells, centre half Frank Bentley and forwards Frederick Chapple and James Morrison.^[1]

Brentford had a torrid beginning to the season, losing 12 of the first 15 matches.^[2] Of the starting forward line of Billy Brawn, Jack Sibbald, Frederick Chapple, Bob McTavish and Patsy Hendren, Chapple and Hendren were the only players to score during the period,^[2] which lead manager Halliday to sign Chelsea's Hugh Dolby and Bill Smith from non-league football.^[1] Dolby failed to score in four matches and was dropped, while Smith helped contribute to a revival in mid-November, after full back Dusty Rhodes replaced Fred Halliday as manager on 13 November 1912.^[2] Between 9 November and 5 March 1913, Brentford lost just three matches, but another loss of form and injuries to the forward line led to seven consecutive defeats in March.^[2] A crucial 4–1 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion on 5 April boosted the Bees' survival chances, but a defeat and a win in the following two matches respectively put Brentford one place above the relegation zone going into the final day, level on points with Norwich City, but ahead by virtue of a 0.774 goal average.^[1]

Brentford would play away to Merthyr Town and Norwich City away to Reading on Saturday 26 April, but torrential rain and gale force winds forced the Bees' match to be postponed twice, to the following Tuesday.^[1] Norwich City won their match 5–2, but the scoreline would not guarantee the Canaries' safety on goal average if Brentford won their match by any score.^[1] On Tuesday 29 April, Brentford conceded the opening goal to Merthyr Town, before Bill Smith equalised two minutes after half time.^[1] In the final 10 minutes, Brentford pushed forward and were hit on the break with just two minutes remaining, losing the match 2–1 and with it the club's Division One status.^[1]

League table

Main article: 1912–13 Southern Football League

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Ave¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Plymouth Argyle	38	22	6	10	77	36	2.14	50
2	Swindon Town	38	20	8	10	66	41	1.61	48
3	West Ham United	38	18	12	8	66	46	1.44	48
4	Queens Park Rangers	38	18	10	10	46	35	1.31	46
5	Crystal Palace	38	17	11	10	55	36	1.53	45
6	Millwall	38	19	7	12	62	43	1.44	45
7	Exeter City	38	18	8	12	48	44	1.09	44
8	Reading	38	17	8	13	59	55	1.07	42
9	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	13	12	13	48	47	1.02	38
10	Northampton Town	38	12	12	14	61	48	1.27	36
11	Portsmouth	38	14	8	16	41	49	0.84	36
12	Merthyr Town	38	12	12	14	42	60	0.70	36
13	Coventry City	38	13	8	17	53	59	0.90	34
14	Watford	38	12	10	16	43	50	0.86	34
15	Gillingham	38	12	10	16	36	53	0.68	34
16	Bristol Rovers	38	12	9	17	55	64	0.86	33
17	Southampton	38	10	11	17	40	72	0.56	31
18	Norwich City	38	10	9	19	39	50	0.78	29
19	Brentford	38	11	5	22	42	55	0.76	27	Relegated to Division Two
20	Stoke	38	10	4	24	39	75	0.52	24	Relegated to Division Two

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used until the 1976–77 season.}

^{2 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

Win	Draw	Loss

Southern League Division One

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorer(s)	Notes
1	4 September 1912	Crystal Palace	A	1–3	Chapple
2	7 September 1912	Reading	H	1–0	Chapple
3	14 September 1912	Norwich City	A	0–2
4	18 September 1912	Crystal Palace	H	2–1	Chapple (2)
5	21 September 1912	Gillingham	H	0–1
6	28 September 1912	Northampton Town	A	0–2
7	5 October 1912	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–2
8	9 October 1912	Watford	A	0–1
9	12 October 1912	Stoke	A	0–1
10	19 October 1912	Millwall	A	2–3	Hendren (2)
11	26 October 1912	Bristol Rovers	H	0–1
12	2 November 1912	Swindon Town	A	0–2
13	9 November 1912	Portsmouth	H	1–0	Smith
14	16 November 1912	Exeter City	A	0–1
15	23 November 1912	West Ham United	H	5–1	Sibbald (2), Chapple (3)
16	7 December 1912	Coventry City	H	2–0	Smith (2)
17	21 December 1912	Merthyr Town	H	2–0	Smith, Spratt (pen)
18	25 December 1912	Plymouth Argyle	H	2–2	Brawn, McTavish
19	28 December 1912	Reading	A	1–4	Hendren
20	4 January 1913	Norwich City	H	1–0	Hendren (pen)
21	18 January 1913	Gillingham	A	4–0	Barclay, Smith (3)
22	25 January 1913	Northampton Town	H	0–0
23	8 February 1913	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–2	Hendren (pen)
24	15 February 1913	Stoke	H	4–2	Chapple, Hendren (2, 1 pen), Smith
25	22 February 1913	Millwall	H	0–0
26	1 March 1913	Bristol Rovers	A	1–1	Sibbald
27	5 March 1913	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	2–2	Chapple, Brawn
28	8 March 1913	Swindon Town	H	0–3
29	12 March 1913	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–3		^{[nb 1]}
30	15 March 1913	Portsmouth	A	0–1
31	21 March 1913	Southampton	H	1–2	Brawn
32	22 March 1913	Exeter City	H	0–1
33	24 March 1913	Southampton	A	1–3	Brawn (pen)
34	29 March 1913	West Ham United	A	1–2	Hendren
35	5 April 1913	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	4–1	Smith (2), Chapple, Hendren
36	12 April 1913	Coventry City	A	0–3
37	19 April 1913	Watford	H	2–0	Chapple, Smith
38	29 April 1913	Merthyr Town	A	1–2	Smith

FA Cup

Main article: 1912–13 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorer
QR4	30 November 1912	Watford	H	0–0
QR4 (replay)	4 December 1912	Watford	A	1–5	McTavish

Source: 100 Years Of Brentford^[2]

Playing squad

Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 1912–13 season.

Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK	Archie Ling	(1881-03-14)14 March 1881 (aged 31)	Swindon Town	1909
GK	Ted Price	(1883-06-13)13 June 1883 (aged 29)	Croydon Common	1912
Defenders
DF	Tommy Fells	n/a	South Kirkby Colliery	1913
DF	William Hickleton	(1882-05-12)12 May 1882 (aged 30)	Coventry City	1911	On loan from Coventry City
DF	Dusty Rhodes (c)	(1882-08-16)16 August 1882 (aged 30)	Sunderland	1908
DF	Walter Spratt	(1889-04-14)14 April 1889 (aged 23)	Rotherham Town	1911
Midfielders
HB	Alec Barclay	(1885-11-01)1 November 1885 (aged 26)	Ilford	1910	Amateur
HB	Frank Bentley	(1886-10-09)9 October 1886 (aged 25)	Tottenham Hotspur	1912
HB	George Kennedy	(1882-03-12)12 March 1882 (aged 30)	Chelsea	1910
HB	Phil Richards	(1884-02-19)19 February 1884 (aged 28)	Bradford Park Avenue	1908
Forwards
FW	Billy Brawn	(1878-08-01)1 August 1878 (aged 34)	Chelsea	1911
FW	Frederick Chapple	(1884-02-03)3 February 1884 (aged 28)	Crewe Alexandra	1912
FW	Hugh Dolby	(1888-03-06)6 March 1888 (aged 24)	Chelsea	1912
FW	Thomas Graham	(1887-07-20)20 July 1887 (aged 25)	Castleford Town	1911
FW	Patsy Hendren	(1889-02-05)5 February 1889 (aged 23)	Coventry City	1911	Played when his cricket commitments allowed
FW	Bob McTavish	(1888-10-26)26 October 1888 (aged 23)	Tottenham Hotspur	1912
FW	John Morrison	1875 (aged 36–37)	West Ham United	1912
FW	Jack Sibbald	(1890-09-12)12 September 1890 (aged 21)	Wallsend Elm Villa	1910
FW	Bill Smith	(1885-02-15)15 February 1885 (aged 27)	Hickleton Main Colliery	1912

Source: 100 Years Of Brentford,^[2] Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939^[3]

Coaching staff

Fred Halliday (4 September–13 November 1912)

Name	Role
Fred Halliday	Secretary Manager
Tom Cowper	Trainer

Dusty Rhodes (13 November 1912 – 29 April 1913)

Name	Role
Dusty Rhodes	Manager
Fred Halliday	Secretary
Tom Cowper	Trainer

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Substitute appearances in brackets.

Pos	Nat	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
Pos	Nat	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK		Ted Price	37	0	2	0	39	0
GK		Archie Ling	1	0	0	0	1	0
DF		Tommy Fells	8	0	0	0	8	0
DF		Dusty Rhodes	33	0	0	0	33	0
DF		Walter Spratt	30	1	2	0	32	1
HB		Frank Bentley	31	0	2	0	33	0
HB		Alec Barclay	31	1	2	0	33	1
HB		George Kennedy	23	0	0	0	23	0
HB		Phil Richards	24	0	2	0	26	0
FW		Hugh Dolby	4	0	0	0	4	0
FW		Billy Brawn	35	4	2	0	37	4
FW		Frederick Chapple	28	11	2	0	30	11
FW		Thomas Graham	2	0	0	0	2	0
FW		Patsy Hendren	35	9	2	0	37	9
FW		Bob McTavish	26	0	2	1	28	1
FW		Bill Smith	27	12	0	0	27	12
FW		John Morrison	10	0	0	0	10	0
FW		Jack Sibbald	23	0	2	0	25	3
Players loaned in during the season
DF		William Hickleton	10	0	2	0	12	0

Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
Source: 100 Years Of Brentford^[2]

Goalscorers

Pos.	Player	SL1	FAC	Total
FW	Bill Smith	12	0	12
FW	Frederick Chapple	11	0	11
FW	Patsy Hendren	9	0	9
FW	Billy Brawn	4	0	4
FW	Jack Sibbald	3	0	3
DF	Walter Spratt	1	0	1
HB	Alec Barclay	1	0	1
FW	Bob McTavish	0	1	1
Total		42	1	43

Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
Source: 100 Years Of Brentford^[2]

Management

Name	Nat	From	To	Record All Comps					Record League
Name	Nat	From	To	P	W	D	L	W %	P	W	D	L	W %
Fred Halliday		4 September 1912	13 November 1912	7001130000000000000♠13	7000300000000000000♠3	5000000000000000000♠0	7001100000000000000♠10	7001230800000099999♠23.08\|	7001130000000000000♠13	7000300000000000000♠3	5000000000000000000♠0	7001100000000000000♠10	7001230800000099999♠23.08
Dusty Rhodes		13 November 1912	29 April 1913	7001270000000000000♠27	7000700000000000000♠7	7000600000000000000♠6	7001140000000000000♠14	7001259300000000000♠25.93\|	7001250000000000000♠25	7000700000000000000♠7	7000500000000000000♠5	7001130000000000000♠13	7001280000000000000♠28.00

Summary

Games played	40 (38 Southern League Division One, 2 FA Cup)
Games won	11 (11 Southern League Division One, 0 FA Cup)
Games drawn	6 (5 Southern League Division One, 1 FA Cup)
Games lost	23 (22 Southern League Division One, 1 FA Cup)
Goals scored	43 (42 Southern League Division One, 1 FA Cup)
Goals conceded	60 (55 Southern League Division One, 5 FA Cup)
Clean sheets	10 (9 Southern League Division One, 1 FA Cup)
Biggest league win	4–0 versus Gillingham, 18 January 1913; 5–1 versus West Ham United, 23 November 1912
Worst league defeat	3–0 on three occasions; 4–1 versus Reading, 28 December 1912
Most appearances	39, Ted Price (37 Southern League Division One, 2 FA Cup)
Top scorer (league)	12, Bill Smith
Top scorer (all competitions)	12, Bill Smith

Transfers & loans

Players transferred in
Date	Pos.	Name	Previous Club	Fee	Ref.
July 1912	GK	Ted Price	Croydon Common	n/a	^[4]
August 1912	HB	Frank Bentley	Tottenham Hotspur	n/a	^[5]
1912	FW	Frederick Chapple	Crewe Alexandra	£150	^[1]
1912	DF	Tommy Fells	South Kirkby Colliery	n/a	^[1]
1912	FW	John Morrison	West Ham United	n/a	^[1]
October 1912	FW	Hugh Dolby	Chelsea	n/a	^[1]
October 1912	FW	Bill Smith	Hickleton Main Colliery	n/a	^[1]
Players loaned in
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Date to	Ref.
1912	DF	William Hickleton	Coventry City	End of season	^[1]
Players transferred out
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Fee	Ref.
July 1912	FW	Willis Rippon	Hamilton Academical	£250	^[1]
August 1912	DF	Arthur Cleverley	Swansea Town	n/a	^[6]
August 1912	HB	Jock Hamilton	Swansea Town	n/a	^[7]
Players released
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
April 1913	FW	Billy Brawn	Retired		^[1]
April 1913	FW	Hugh Dolby	n/a	n/a	^[1]
April 1913	FW	Thomas Graham	Castleford Town	n/a	^[1]
April 1913	HB	George Kennedy	Dumfries	n/a	^[8]
April 1913	GK	Archie Ling	Retired		^[1]
April 1913	FW	Jack Sibbald	Blackpool	n/a	^[1]

Notes

↑ The match was a replay of the original fixture on 26 December 1912, which was abandoned after 49 minutes due to a waterlogged pitch. Plymouth Argyle were leading 2–0 at the time.

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 White 1989, p. 99-101.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 361. ISBN 0951526200.
↑ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. ISBN 190589161X.
↑ "Croydon Common FC - Biographies - Ted Price" (PDF).
↑ "Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United, 09 April 1912". 11v11.com. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
↑ White 1989, p. 97-99.
↑ "The Definitive History of Leeds United - Players - Jock Hamilton 1908-09". www.mightyleeds.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
↑ "George Kennedy - Chelsea, Brentford and Lincoln City". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 2016-10-31.

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