1934–35 Brentford F.C. season

During the 1934–35 English football season, Brentford competed in the Football League Second Division. The Bees led the league for much of the second half of the season and were promoted as champions to the First Division for the first time in the club's history. Brentford also won the London Challenge Cup for the first time.

Season summary

Brentford manager Harry Curtis made minor additions to his squad in the 1934 off-season, his only significant purchases being left back George Poyser from Port Vale for a club record £1,150 fee and goalkeeper James Mathieson from Middlesbrough.^[1]^[2] After two years on the fringes, young right half Duncan McKenzie would break into the first team squad during the season and George Robson would return in attack, having been frozen out during the previous season.^[3] Once the season got underway, despite 1933–34's leading scorers Jack Holliday and Idris Hopkins finding the net, it was Ernest Muttitt who inspired the Bees to start the season with a seven-match unbeaten run - a run which took the club to the top of the table,^[4] with Muttitt scoring seven goals in a five-match spell.^[5]

Aside from two separate spells of three defeats in six matches in September–October 1934 and December–February 1935, Brentford went on two long unbeaten runs during the season and after a 1–0 win over Notts County on 2 March returned the Bees to the top, the team would not be toppled and won the title with two matches to spare after a 3–3 draw with Barnsley on 27 April.^[4] A loss and a win in the final two matches saw Brentford confirmed as champions, five points above nearest challengers Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United.^[4] The promotion meant that Brentford would play in the First Division for the first time in the club's history.^[6]

A number of Football League club records were set or equalled during the season, including least home defeats (0, equalling the 1929–30 team's unbeaten record), consecutive home matches undefeated (24, a run which stretched back to April 1934) and Billy Scott became the second Brentford player since the club joined the Football League to score five goals in a match,^[7] having netted five times in an 8–1 thrashing of Barnsley on 15 December 1934.^[8] He scored a further hat-trick in the return match with Barnsley on 27 April 1935.^[8] With his hat-trick versus Port Vale on 20 April 1935, Jack Holliday set a club record of 9 hat-tricks.^[9] The club record for highest winning margin in a Football League match was broken twice during the season, first in the 8–1 victory over Barnsley in December 1934 and then in the 8–0 hammering of Port Vale in April 1935.^[10] The eight-goal winning margin would stand as the club record until October 1963.^[10] A unique double was achieved during the 1934–35 season with Brentford's first-ever victory in the London Challenge Cup.^[11] Millwall were beaten 2–1 after extra time in the final at Craven Cottage.^[11]

League table

Main article: 1934–35 Football League Second Division

Pos	Team	Pld	Home					Away					F	A	GA	GD	Pts
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brentford	42	19	2	0	59	14	7	7	7	34	34	93	48	1.938	+45	61
2	Bolton Wanderers	42	17	1	3	63	15	9	3	9	33	33	96	48	2.000	+48	56
3	West Ham United	42	18	1	2	46	17	8	3	10	34	46	80	63	1.270	+17	56
4	Blackpool	42	16	4	1	46	18	5	7	9	33	39	79	57	1.386	+22	53
5	Manchester United	42	16	2	3	50	21	7	2	12	26	34	76	55	1.382	+21	50
6	Newcastle United	42	14	2	5	55	25	8	2	11	34	43	89	68	1.309	+21	48
7	Fulham	42	15	3	3	62	26	2	9	10	14	30	76	56	1.357	+20	46
8	Plymouth Argyle	42	13	3	5	48	26	6	5	10	27	38	75	64	1.172	+11	46
9	Nottingham Forest	42	12	5	4	46	23	5	3	13	30	47	76	70	1.086	+6	42
10	Bury	42	14	1	6	38	26	5	3	13	24	47	62	73	0.849	–11	42
11	Sheffield United	42	11	4	6	51	30	5	5	11	28	40	79	70	1.129	+9	41
12	Burnley	42	11	2	8	43	32	5	7	9	20	41	63	73	0.863	–10	41
13	Hull City	42	9	6	6	32	22	7	2	12	31	52	63	74	0.851	–11	40
14	Norwich City	42	11	6	4	51	23	3	5	13	20	38	71	61	1.164	+10	39
15	Bradford Park Avenue	42	7	8	6	32	28	4	8	9	23	35	55	63	0.873	–8	38
16	Barnsley	42	8	10	3	32	22	5	2	14	28	61	60	83	0.723	–23	38
17	Swansea Town	42	13	5	3	41	22	1	3	17	15	45	56	67	0.836	–11	36
18	Port Vale	42	10	7	4	42	28	1	5	15	13	46	55	74	0.743	–19	34
19	Southampton	42	9	8	4	28	19	2	4	15	18	56	46	75	0.613	–29	34
20	Bradford City	42	10	7	4	34	20	2	1	18	16	48	50	68	0.735	–18	32
21	Oldham Athletic	42	10	3	8	44	40	0	3	18	12	55	56	95	0.589	–39	26
22	Notts County	42	8	3	10	29	33	1	4	16	17	64	46	97	0.474	–51	25

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Relegated

Results

Brentford's goal tally listed first.

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Second Division

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorer(s)
1	25 August 1934	Norwich City	H	2–1	21,565	Holliday, Hopkins
2	27 August 1934	Fulham	A	2–2	26,656	Fletcher, Holliday (pen)
3	1 September 1934	Newcastle United	A	5–2	23,714	Muttitt (3), Holliday, Hopkins
4	5 September 1934	Fulham	H	1–0	23,678	Muttitt
5	8 September 1934	West Ham United	H	4–1	20,818	Holliday (3), Burns
6	15 September 1934	Blackpool	A	2–2	24,223	Muttitt, Scott
7	22 September 1934	Bury	H	2–1	13,729	Muttitt (2)
8	29 September 1934	Hull City	A	1–2	7,764	Fletcher
9	6 October 1934	Nottingham Forest	H	1–1	16,098	James
10	13 October 1934	Bradford City	A	0–3	13,132
11	20 October 1934	Notts County	H	4–1	15,313	Burns, Mills (og)
12	27 October 1934	Southampton	A	0–1	10,268
13	3 November 1934	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–0	22,322	Holliday
14	10 November 1934	Oldham Athletic	A	3–1	8,391	Robson, Fletcher, Scott
15	17 November 1934	Burnley	H	6–1	15,459	Holliday (3), Robson, Hopkins, Scott
16	24 November 1934	Swansea Town	A	4–2	10,547	Scott (2), Holliday (2)
17	1 December 1934	Manchester United	H	3–1	21,744	Hopkins, Fletcher, Holliday
18	8 December 1934	Port Vale	A	2–2	8,054	Hopkins, Robson (pen)
19	15 December 1934	Barnsley	H	8–1	11,843	Scott (5), Robson (2), Holliday
20	22 December 1934	Sheffield United	A	2–1	11,115	Fletcher, Hopkins
21	25 December 1934	Plymouth Argyle	H	0–0	23,786
22	26 December 1934	Plymouth Argyle	A	1–1	32,509	Scott
23	29 December 1934	Norwich City	A	1–2	13,371	Hopkins
24	5 January 1935	Newcastle United	H	3–0	26,079	Hopkins, Fletcher (2)
25	19 January 1935	West Ham United	A	0–2	33,788
26	26 January 1935	Blackpool	H	2–1	13,087	Holliday, Robson
27	2 February 1935	Bury	A	1–4	13,687	Hopkins
28	9 February 1935	Hull City	H	2–1	14,109	Hopkins, Holliday
29	23 February 1935	Bradford City	H	2–0	15,824	Fletcher, Hopkins
30	28 February 1935	Nottingham Forest	A	0–0	8,137
31	2 March 1935	Notts County	A	1–0	10,252	Holliday
32	9 March 1935	Southampton	H	3–2	13,111	Hopkins, Scott (2)
33	23 March 1935	Oldham Athletic	H	2–1	13,867	Holliday (2)
34	30 March 1935	Burnley	A	3–0	11,206	Robson, Scott, Hopkins
35	6 April 1935	Swansea Town	H	1–0	17,212	Holliday
36	13 April 1935	Manchester United	A	0–0	32,969
37	19 April 1935	Bradford Park Avenue	H	1–0	20,447	Holliday
38	20 April 1935	Port Vale	H	8–0	18,194	Holliday (3), Robson (3), Burns, Hopkins
39	22 April 1935	Bradford Park Avenue	A	3–2	12,729	Bateman, Hopkins (2)
40	27 April 1935	Barnsley	A	3–3	7,021	Scott (3)
41	1 May 1935	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–2	46,554
42	4 May 1935	Sheffield United	H	3–1	21,017	Fletcher, Holliday, Scott (3)

FA Cup

Main article: 1934–35 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Attendance	Result
3R	11 January 1935	Plymouth Argyle	H	24,500	0–1

Sources: Statto, 11v11, 100 Years of Brentford^[12]

Playing squad

Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 1934–35 season.

Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK	James Mathieson	(1904-05-10)10 May 1904 (aged 30)	Middlesbrough	1934
Defenders
DF	Jack Astley	(1909-12-03)3 December 1909 (aged 24)	Shelbourne	1933
DF	Arthur Bateman	(1908-04-01)1 April 1908 (aged 26)	Southend United	1934
DF	Walter Metcalf	(1910-12-15)15 December 1910 (aged 23)	Sunderland	1934
DF	George Poyser	(1910-02-06)6 February 1910 (aged 24)	Port Vale	1934
Midfielders
HB	Jackie Burns	(1906-11-27)27 November 1906 (aged 27)	Queens Park Rangers	1931	Amateur
HB	Joe James	(1910-01-13)13 January 1910 (aged 24)	Battersea Church	1929
HB	Duncan McKenzie	(1912-08-10)10 August 1912 (aged 22)	Albion Rovers	1932
HB	James Raven	(1908-03-29)29 March 1908 (aged 26)	Folkestone	1934
HB	Archie Scott	(1905-07-22)22 July 1905 (aged 29)	Derby County	1934
HB	Herbert Watson (c)	(1908-11-20)20 November 1908 (aged 25)	Middlesbrough	1932
Forwards
FW	Charlie Fletcher	(1905-10-28)28 October 1905 (aged 28)	Clapton Orient	1933
FW	Jack Holliday	(1908-12-19)19 December 1908 (aged 25)	Middlesbrough	1932
FW	Idris Hopkins	(1910-10-11)11 October 1910 (aged 23)	Crystal Palace	1932
FW	Ernest Muttitt	(1908-07-24)24 July 1908 (aged 26)	Middlesbrough	1932
FW	George Robson	(1908-06-17)17 June 1908 (aged 26)	West Ham United	1931
FW	Billy Scott	(1907-12-06)6 December 1907 (aged 26)	Middlesbrough	1932

Sources: 100 Years of Brentford,^[12] Timeless Bees,^[13] Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939^[14]

Coaching staff

Name	Role
Harry Curtis	Manager
Jimmy Bain	Assistant Manager
Bob Kane	Trainer
Jack Cartmell	Assistant Trainer
Fred Keatch	Secretary

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Pos	Nat	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
Pos	Nat	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK		James Mathieson	42	0	1	0	43	0
DF		Jack Astley	1	0	0	0	1	0
DF		Arthur Bateman	41	1	1	0	42	1
DF		Walter Metcalf	1	0	0	0	1	0
DF		George Poyser	41	0	1	0	42	0
HB		Jackie Burns	28	5	1	0	29	5
HB		Joe James	39	1	1	0	40	1
HB		Duncan McKenzie	30	0	1	0	31	0
HB		James Raven	1	0	0	0	1	0
HB		Archie Scott	2	0	0	0	2	0
HB		Herbert Watson	27	0	0	0	27	0
FW		Charlie Fletcher	42	9	1	0	43	9
FW		Jack Holliday	42	25	1	0	43	25
FW		Idris Hopkins	42	16	1	0	43	16
FW		Ernest Muttitt	14	7	0	0	14	7
FW		George Robson	27	10	1	0	28	10
FW		Billy Scott	42	18	1	0	43	18

Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
Source: 100 Years of Brentford^[12]

Goalscorers

Pos.	Player	FL2	Total
FW	Jack Holliday	25	25
FW	Idris Hopkins	26	26
FW	Billy Scott	18	18
FW	George Robson	10	10
FW	Charlie Fletcher	9	9
FW	Ernest Muttitt	7	7
HB	Jackie Burns	5	5
DF	Arthur Bateman	1	1
HB	Joe James	1	1
Total		93	93

Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
Source: 100 Years of Brentford^[12]

International caps

Full

Pos.	Nat	Player	Caps	Goals	Ref
FW		Idris Hopkins	2	1	^[15]

Amateur

Pos.	Nat	Player	Caps	Goals	Ref
FW		Jackie Burns	3	1	^[16]

Management

Name	Nat	From	To	Record All Comps					Record League
Name	Nat	From	To	P	W	D	L	W %	P	W	D	L	W %
Harry Curtis		25 August 1934	4 May 1935	7001430000000000000♠43	7001260000000000000♠26	7000900000000000000♠9	7000800000000000000♠8	7001604700000000000♠60.47\|	7001420000000000000♠42	7001260000000000000♠26	7000900000000000000♠9	7000700000000000000♠7	7001619000000000000♠61.90

Summary

Games played	43 (42 Second Division, 1 FA Cup)
Games won	26 (26 Second Division, 0 FA Cup)
Games drawn	9 (9 Second Division, 0 FA Cup)
Games lost	8 (7 Second Division, 1 FA Cup)
Goals scored	93 (93 Second Division, 0 FA Cup)
Goals conceded	49 (48 Second Division, 1 FA Cup)
Clean sheets	12 (12 Second Division, 0 FA Cup)
Biggest league win	8–0 versus Port Vale, 20 April 1935
Worst league defeat	3–0 versus Bradford City, 13 October 1934; 4–1 versus Bury, 2 February 1935
Most appearances	43, Charlie Fletcher, Jack Holliday, Idris Hopkins, James Mathieson (42 Second Division, 1 FA Cup)
Top scorer (league)	25, Jack Holliday
Top scorer (all competitions)	25, Jack Holliday

Transfers & loans

Cricketers are not included in this list.

Players transferred in
Date	Pos.	Name	Previous Club	Fee	Ref.
June 1934	FW	Charlie Drinkwater	Golders Green	Amateur	^[17]
June 1934	DF	George Poyser	Port Vale	£1,550	^[1]
1934	GK	James Mathieson	Middlesbrough	Free	^[2]
1934	FW	Gerry McAloon	St Francis	Free	^[18]
1934	GK	James Nicholls	Manchester City	Free	^[19]
1934	HB	James Raven	Folkestone	Free	^[20]
1934	HB	Archie Scott	Derby County	£1,000	^[21]
1934	FW	Les Smith	Petersham	Amateur	^[22]
Players transferred out
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Fee	Ref.
December 1933	FW	Ralph Allen	Charlton Athletic	£650	^[23]
Players loaned out
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Date to	Ref.
August 1934	FW	Les Smith	Wimbledon	1935	^[22]
Players released
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
May 1935	FW	Charlie Drinkwater	Golders Green	1935	^[17]
May 1935	HB	William Hodge	Retired		^[24]
May 1935	FW	Bert Stephens	Brighton & Hove Albion	June 1935	^[25]
May 1935	FW	Charlie Walsh	Retired		^[26]

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