1919–20 Brentford F.C. season

During the 1919–20 English football season, Brentford competed in the Southern League Division One. 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 Division One clubs would be voted into the new Football League Third Division in May 1920.

Season summary

Despite talk that Brentford would seek election to the Football League after the London Combination title success of the previous season, the directors of the club decided to remain in the Southern League.^[1] As it was, with the resumption of the Southern League after the First World War, Brentford, Merthyr Town, Swansea Town and Newport County were elevated from Division Two to Division One by virtue of Division One having been expanded to 22 clubs, with West Ham United (voted into the Football League) and Croydon Common (resigned) having left the Southern League.^[1]

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.^[1] The only survivors of Brentford's final pre-war squad to make an appearance during 1919–20 would be goalkeeper Ted Price, half back Tom McGovern and outside left Patsy Hendren.^[2]

New centre forward Reginald Boyne ensured Brentford got off to a good start to the season, with Boyne scoring six goals in six matches.^[3] Once his goals dried up, the team was robbed of potency in attack and would go 10 matches without a win, which ended when the team went on a five-match unbeaten run through November and December.^[3] 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.^[3] Despite four goals in his first five matches, Spreadbury failed to help the team gain any consistency and Brentford finished the season in 15th position.^[3]

League table

Main article: 1919–20 Southern Football League

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²
1	Portsmouth	42	23	12	7	73	27	2.70	58
2	Watford	42	26	6	10	69	42	1.64	58
3	Crystal Palace	42	22	12	8	69	43	1.61	56
4	Cardiff City	42	18	17	7	70	43	1.63	53
5	Plymouth Argyle	42	20	10	12	57	29	1.97	50
6	Queens Park Rangers	42	18	10	14	62	50	1.24	46
7	Reading	42	16	13	13	51	43	1.19	45
8	Southampton	42	18	8	16	72	63	1.14	44
9	Swansea Town	42	16	11	15	53	45	1.18	43
10	Exeter City	42	17	9	16	57	51	1.12	43
11	Southend United	42	13	17	12	46	48	0.96	43
12	Norwich City	42	15	11	16	64	57	1.12	41
13	Swindon Town	42	17	7	18	65	68	0.96	41
14	Millwall	42	14	12	16	52	55	0.95	34
15	Brentford	42	15	10	17	52	59	0.88	40
16	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	14	8	20	60	72	0.83	36
17	Bristol Rovers	42	11	13	18	61	78	0.78	35
18	Newport County	42	13	7	22	45	70	0.64	33
19	Northampton Town	42	12	9	21	64	103	0.62	33
20	Luton Town	42	10	10	22	51	76	0.67	30
21	Merthyr Town	42	9	11	22	47	78	0.60	29
22	Gillingham	42	10	7	25	34	74	0.46	27

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up 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)
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

Main article: 1919–20 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorer
R1	10 January 1920	Huddersfield Town	A	1–5	Morris

Source: 100 Years of Brentford^[3]

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	E. Hawkins		n/a	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	Tom McGovern		n/a	Halifax Town	1913
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)	Loughborough Brush	1919
FW	Jack Cartmell		(1890-08-28)28 August 1890 (aged 29)	Unattached	1919
FW	Embury	n/a	n/a	n/a	1920
FW	Bertram Gilboy		(1894-08-15)15 August 1894 (aged 25)	Unattached	1919
FW	Patsy Hendren		(1889-02-05)5 February 1889 (aged 30)	Queens Park Rangers	1911	Played when his cricket commitments allowed
FW	John Henery		n/a	Houghton Rovers	1920
FW	Fred Morley		(1888-03-01)1 March 1888 (aged 31)	Unattached	1918
FW	J. Searby	n/a	n/a	n/a	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)	n/a	1919
DF	W. Loveday	n/a	n/a	n/a	1920
FW	George Cannon		(1891-02-15)15 February 1891 (aged 28)	Unattached	1919
FW	Ernest Hanks		1888 (aged 30–31)	Unattached	1919
FW	Lockwood	n/a	n/a	n/a	1920
FW	Parr	n/a	n/a	n/a	1919

Sources: 100 Years of Brentford,^[3] Timeless Bees,^[4] Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939^[5]

Coaching staff

Name	Role
Fred Halliday	Secretary Manager
Dusty Rhodes	Trainer

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Pos	Nat	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
Pos	Nat	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK		Harry Dale	1	0	—		1	0
GK		Jack Durston	20	0	1	0	21	0
GK		Ted Price	21	0	0	0	21	0
DF	n/a	E. Hawkins	14	0	0	0	14	0
DF		Jimmy Hodson	34	0	1	0	35	0
DF	n/a	W. Loveday	1	0	—		1	0
DF		Bertie Rosier	26	0	1	0	27	0
HB		Alf Amos	33	1	1	0	34	1
HB		Herbert Ashford	9	0	0	0	9	0
HB		Tom McGovern	28	0	1	0	29	0
HB		Sam Morris	36	0	1	1	37	1
HB		Fred Taylor	22	1	0	0	22	1
FW		Reginald Boyne	27	13	1	0	28	13
FW		George Cannon	6	1	—		6	1
FW		Jack Cartmell	35	2	1	0	36	2
FW	n/a	Embury	4	1	0	0	4	1
FW		Bertram Gilboy	19	3	0	0	19	3
FW		Ernest Hanks	1	0	—		1	0
FW		Patsy Hendren	30	6	1	0	31	6
FW		John Henery	1	0	—		1	0
FW	n/a	Lockwood	1	1	—		1	1
FW		Fred Morley	32	8	1	0	33	8
FW		Parr	1	0	—		1	0
FW	n/a	J. Searby	11	3	0	0	11	3
FW		Bert Spreadbury	10	4	—		10	4
FW		Alfred Thompson	28	8	1	0	29	8
FW		Fred Webster	11	0	0	0	11	0

Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
Source: 100 Years of Brentford^[3]

Goalscorers

Pos.	Nat	Player	SL1	FAC	Total
FW		Reginald Boyne	13	0	13
FW		Fred Morley	8	0	8
FW		Alfred Thompson	8	0	8
FW		Patsy Hendren	6	0	6
FW		Bert Spreadbury	4	—	4
FW		Bertram Gilboy	3	0	3
FW	n/a	J. Searby	3	0	3
FW		Jack Cartmell	2	0	2
HB		Alf Amos	1	0	1
FW		George Cannon	1	0	1
FW	n/a	Embury	1	0	1
FW	n/a	Lockwood	1	0	1
HB		Fred Taylor	1	0	1
HB		Sam Morris	0	1	1
Total			52	1	53

Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
Source: 100 Years of Brentford^[3]

Victory international caps

Pos.	Nat	Player	Caps	Goals	Ref
FW		Patsy Hendren	1	0	^[6]

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		30 August 1919	1 May 1920	7001430000000000000♠43	7001150000000000000♠15	7001100000000000000♠10	7001180000000000000♠18	7001348800000000000♠34.88\|	7001420000000000000♠42	7001150000000000000♠15	7001100000000000000♠10	7001170000000000000♠17	7001357100000000000♠35.71

Summary

Games played	43 (42 Southern League Division One, 1 FA Cup)
Games won	15 (15 Southern League Division One, 0 FA Cup)
Games drawn	10 (10 Southern League Division One, 0 FA Cup)
Games lost	18 (17 Southern League Division One, 1 FA Cup)
Goals scored	53 (52 Southern League Division One, 1 FA Cup)
Goals conceded	64 (59 Southern League Division One, 5 FA Cup)
Clean sheets	13 (13 Southern League Division One, 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 Division One, 1 FA Cup)
Top scorer (league)	13, Reginald Boyne
Top scorer (all competitions)	13, Reginald Boyne

Transfers & loans

Players transferred in
Date	Pos.	Name	Previous Club	Fee	Ref.
1919	FW	Reginald Boyne	Loughborough Brush	n/a	^[7]
1919	FW	George Cannon	Unattached	n/a	^[3]
1919	FW	Jack Cartmell	Unattached	n/a	^[8]
1919	GK	Harry Dale	Unattached	n/a	^[3]
1919	FW	Bertram Gilboy	Unattached	n/a	^[3]
1919	FW	Ernest Hanks	Unattached	n/a	^[3]
1919	DF	E. Hawkins	Portsmouth	n/a	^[3]
1919	DF	Jimmy Hodson	Belfast Celtic	n/a	^[9]
1919	HB	Sam Morris	Unattached	n/a	^[10]
1919	FW	Parr	n/a	n/a	^[3]
1919	HB	Fred Taylor	Unattached	n/a	^[3]
1919	FW	Alfred Thompson	Unattached	n/a	^[11]
1919	DF	Fred Webster	Unattached	n/a	^[3]
December 1919	HB	Herbert Ashford	Southall	n/a	^[3]
December 1919	GK	Jack Durston	Queens Park Rangers	n/a	^[12]
February 1920	HB	Bert Spreadbury	Royal Ordnance Woolwich	n/a	^[13]
April 1920	FW	John Henery	Houghton Rovers	n/a	^[14]
1920	FW	Embury	n/a	n/a	^[3]
1920	FW	Lockwood	n/a	n/a	^[3]
Players transferred out
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
1919	FW	George Cannon	Wimbledon	n/a	^[3]
1919	GK	Harry Dale	Reading	n/a	^[3]
1919	FW	Ernest Hanks	n/a	n/a	^[3]
1919	FW	Parr	n/a	n/a	^[3]
1920	FW	Lockwood	n/a	n/a	^[3]
1920	DF	W. Loveday	n/a	n/a	^[3]
Players released
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
May 1920	GK	Herbert Ashford	Queens Park Rangers	n/a	^[15]
May 1920	FW	Embury	n/a	n/a	^[3]
May 1920	FW	Bertram Gilboy	Gillingham	n/a	^[3]
May 1920	DF	E. Hawkins	n/a	n/a	^[3]
May 1920	HB	Tom McGovern	Queens Park Rangers	n/a	^[3]
May 1920	GK	Ted Price	Queens Park Rangers	n/a	^[16]
May 1920	DF	Fred Webster	Gainsborough Trinity	n/a	^[17]

References

1 2 3 White 1989, p. 112.
↑ White 1989, p. 362.
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 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 365. ISBN 0951526200.
↑ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920-2006. Yore Publications. ISBN 978-0955294914.
↑ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. ISBN 190589161X.
↑ "England - War-Time/Victory Internationals - Details". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
↑ Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 25.
↑ Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 35.
↑ Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 78.
↑ Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 111.
↑ Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 159.
↑ Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 51-52.
↑ "Croydon Common FC - Bertie Spreadbury" (PDF).
↑ Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 75.
↑ Joyce 2012, p. 11.
↑ Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopedia. Yore Publications. p. 104. ISBN 1 874427 57 7.
↑ Joyce 2012, p. 305.

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