1959–60 Brentford F.C. season

During the 1959–60 English football season, Brentford competed in the Football League Third Division. A strong run in the final 13 matches of the season lifted the Bees from mid-table to a 6th-place finish.

Season summary

After two strong pushes for promotion from the Third Division, Brentford manager Malky MacDonald conducted little transfer business in the 1959 off-season, with his main signing being that of former Chelsea centre half Bill Livingstone as cover for the injured Ian Dargie.^[1] However, two youngsters MacDonald signed from Scotland in June and July 1959 between them would go on to make nearly 700 appearances for the club - Tommy Higginson and John Docherty.^[1] As a testament how little the squad had changed over the previous three years, by the end of the season MacDonald had 12 players on the books who had all made over 100 appearances for Brentford - Cakebread, Wilson, Horne, Coote, Bristow, Goundry, Dargie, Parsons, Heath, Rainford, Francis and Towers.^[1]

Despite runs of one defeat in seven matches in August and September 1959 and six wins in seven matches in October, Brentford had uneven first half of the season and were rooted firmly in mid-table at the turn of the year.^[2] Jim Towers became the Bees' record Football League goalscorer courtesy of a hattrick in a 3–0 defeat of Accrington Stanley on 24 October 1959 and he had taken 19 fewer matches to pass Jack Holliday's record.^[1] Towers' strike partner George Francis followed up with a hattrick in a 4–2 derby victory over rivals Queens Park Rangers and eclipsed that performance with a four-goal haul in a 5–0 FA Cup first round victory over non-league club Ashford Town on 14 November.^[3] With the Brentford's so-so league form, the FA Cup looked to be the focus of the Bees' efforts, but they met their end in the following round versus Fourth Division club Exeter City.^[3]

Brentford welcomed the 1960s with a 2–0 defeat to the eventual-promoted side Southampton at The Dell on 2 January 1960 and continued to muddle through to March, when a 1–0 victory over Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic on the 5th of the month kicked off a strong run which would last until the end of the season.^[3] In the remaining 13 matches of the campaign, George Francis and Jim Towers each scored eight goals to fire Brentford to a 6th-place finish.^[3] Francis ended the season as top scorer with 31 goals, the second time he had managed to better his fellow "Terrible Twin" Towers' total.^[3]

League table

Main article: 1959–60 Football League Third 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	Southampton	46	19	3	1	68	30	7	6	10	38	45	106	75	1.413	+31	61
2	Norwich City	46	16	4	3	53	24	8	7	8	29	30	82	54	1.519	+28	59
3	Shrewsbury Town	46	12	7	4	58	34	6	9	8	39	41	97	75	1.293	+22	52
4	Grimsby Town	46	12	7	4	48	27	6	9	8	39	43	87	70	1.243	+17	52
5	Coventry City	46	14	6	3	44	22	7	4	12	34	41	78	63	1.238	+15	52
6	Brentford	46	13	6	4	46	24	8	3	12	32	37	78	61	1.279	+17	51
7	Bury	46	13	4	6	36	23	8	5	10	28	28	64	51	1.255	+13	51
8	Queens Park Rangers	46	14	7	2	45	16	4	6	13	28	38	73	54	1.352	+19	49
9	Colchester United	46	15	6	2	51	22	3	5	15	32	52	83	74	1.122	+9	47
10	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	46	12	8	3	47	27	5	5	13	25	45	72	72	1.000	±0	47
11	Reading	46	13	3	7	49	34	5	7	11	35	43	84	77	1.091	+7	46
12	Southend United	46	15	3	5	49	28	4	5	14	27	46	76	74	1.027	+2	46
13	Newport County	46	15	2	6	59	36	5	4	14	21	43	80	79	1.013	+1	46
14	Port Vale	46	16	4	3	51	19	3	4	16	29	60	80	79	1.013	+1	46
15	Halifax Town	46	13	3	7	42	27	5	7	11	28	45	70	72	0.972	–2	46
16	Swindon Town	46	12	6	5	39	30	7	2	14	30	48	69	78	0.885	–9	46
17	Barnsley	46	13	6	4	45	25	2	8	13	20	41	65	66	0.985	–1	44
18	Chesterfield	46	13	3	7	41	31	5	4	14	30	53	71	84	0.845	–13	43
19	Bradford City	46	10	7	6	39	28	5	5	13	27	46	66	74	0.892	–8	42
20	Tranmere Rovers	46	11	8	4	50	29	3	5	15	22	46	72	75	0.960	–3	41
21	York City	46	11	5	7	38	26	2	7	14	19	47	57	73	0.781	–16	38
22	Mansfield Town	46	11	4	8	55	48	4	2	17	26	64	81	112	0.723	–31	36
23	Wrexham	46	12	5	6	39	30	2	3	18	29	71	68	101	0.673	–33	36
24	Accrington Stanley	46	4	5	14	31	53	7	0	16	26	70	57	123	0.463	–66	27

P = 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
	Welsh Cup winners, relegated
	Relegated

Results

Brentford's goal tally listed first.

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Third Division

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorer(s)	Notes
1	22 August 1959	Barnsley	A	2–1	7,418	Francis (2)
2	25 August 1959	Wrexham	H	3–1	16,970	Francis, Rainford, Towers (pen)
3	29 August 1959	Southampton	H	2–2	15,740	Rainford (2)
4	2 September 1959	Wrexham	A	2–3	13,112	Towers, McLeod (pen)
5	5 September 1959	Reading	A	3–3	13,523	Francis (2), Heath
6	8 September 1959	Bury	H	1–1	16,000	Rainford
7	12 September 1959	Shrewsbury Town	H	2–1	12,500	Towers, McLeod
8	15 September 1959	Bury	A	0–1	13,048
9	19 September 1959	Port Vale	A	1–3	12,817	Francis
10	22 September 1959	Halifax Town	H	1–1	15,700	Francis
11	26 September 1959	Norwich City	H	3–4	21,600	Towers (2), Heath
12	28 September 1959	Halifax Town	A	0–1	7,654
13	3 October 1959	Grimsby Town	A	3–1	11,209	Francis, Rainford (2)
14	6 October 1959	Colchester United	H	2–0	14,750	Francis, Towers
15	10 October 1959	Tranmere Rovers	H	2–1	11,481	Rainford, Francis
16	12 October 1959	Colchester United	A	1–2	7,790	Francis
17	17 October 1959	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A	2–1	12,226	Towers, Hales
18	24 October 1959	Accrington Stanley	H	3–0	12,700	Towers (3)
19	31 October 1959	Queens Park Rangers	A	4–2	19,430	Francis (3), Towers
20	21 November 1959	York City	H	1–2	13,100	McLeod (pen)
21	28 November 1959	Coventry City	A	1–2	14,959	Towers
22	12 December 1959	Newport County	A	2–4	9,401	Goundry, Towers
23	19 December 1959	Barnsley	H	3–0	6,500	Towers, Francis, Parsons
24	26 December 1959	Southend United	A	0–2	11,694
25	28 December 1959	Southend United	H	3–1	11,750	Parsons (pen), Hales, Rainford
26	2 January 1960	Southampton	A	0–2	16,993
27	9 January 1960	Swindon Town	A	0–0	8,633
28	16 January 1960	Reading	H	2–2	9,200	Francis, Parsons
29	23 January 1960	Shrewsbury Town	A	1–1	6,997	Wallace (og)
30	6 February 1960	Port Vale	H	2–0	10,100	Towers, Francis
31	13 February 1960	Norwich City	A	1–2	22,388	Francis
32	20 February 1960	Grimsby Town	H	0–2	10,900
33	27 February 1960	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–2	8,053	Parsons
34	5 March 1960	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H	1–0	9,750	Francis
35	8 March 1960	Chesterfield	H	3–0	6,300	Bristow, McLeod (pen), Towers
36	11 March 1960	Accrington Stanley	A	4–3	3,500	Parsons, Towers, Francis (2)
37	19 March 1960	Coventry City	H	3–1	9,900	Francis (2), Bristow
38	26 March 1960	Chesterfield	A	0–1	4,363		^{[nb 1]}
39	2 April 1960	Swindon Town	H	2–1	8,550	Towers, Higgins (og)
40	9 April 1960	York City	A	1–0	4,608	Towers
41	15 April 1960	Mansfield Town	H	1–1	9,575	Francis
42	16 April 1960	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–1	16,000	Towers
43	18 April 1960	Mansfield Town	A	1–0	7,626	Parsons
44	23 April 1960	Bradford City	A	2–0	6,509	Francis, Goundry
45	30 April 1960	Newport County	H	1–2	7,900	Towers
46	3 May 1960	Bradford City	H	4–0	7,200	Hales, Towers (2), Francis

FA Cup

Main article: 1959–60 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorer(s)
1R	14 November 1959	Ashford Town	H	5–0	13,900	Francis (4), Towers
2R	5 December 1959	Exeter City	A	1–3	10,000	Francis

Sources: 100 Years Of Brentford,^[3] Statto

Playing squad

Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 1959–60 season.

Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in
Goalkeepers
GK	Gerry Cakebread	(1936-04-01)1 April 1936 (aged 23)	Youth	1954
Defenders
DF	Vernon Avis	(1935-10-24)24 October 1935 (aged 23)	Youth	1952
DF	Ken Coote	(1928-05-19)19 May 1928 (aged 31)	Wembley	1949
DF	Ken Horne	(1926-06-25)25 June 1926 (aged 33)	Blackpool	1950
DF	Tom Wilson (c)	(1930-07-03)3 July 1930 (aged 29)	Fulham	1957
Midfielders
HB	George Bristow	(1933-06-25)25 June 1933 (aged 26)	Youth	1950
HB	Ian Dargie	(1931-10-03)3 October 1931 (aged 27)	Tonbridge	1952
HB	Billy Goundry	(1934-03-28)28 March 1934 (aged 25)	Huddersfield Town	1955
HB	Bill Livingstone	(1929-02-08)8 February 1929 (aged 30)	Chelsea	1959
HB	Charlie McInally	(1939-02-01)1 February 1939 (aged 20)	St Roch's	1958
HB	Ron Peplow	(1935-05-04)4 May 1935 (aged 24)	Southall	1955
HB	Sid Russell	(1937-10-04)4 October 1937 (aged 21)	Jolly X	1956
Forwards
FW	George Francis	(1934-02-04)4 February 1934 (aged 25)	Youth	1955
FW	Johnny Hales	(1940-05-15)15 May 1940 (aged 19)	St Roch's	1958
FW	Dennis Heath	(1934-09-28)28 September 1934 (aged 24)	Youth	1954
FW	Tommy Higginson	(1937-01-06)6 January 1937 (aged 22)	Kilmarnock	1959
FW	George McLeod	(1932-11-30)30 November 1932 (aged 26)	Luton Town	1958
FW	Eric Parsons	(1923-11-09)9 November 1923 (aged 35)	Chelsea	1956
FW	Johnny Rainford	(1930-12-11)11 December 1930 (aged 28)	Cardiff City	1953
FW	Jim Towers	(1933-04-15)15 April 1933 (aged 26)	Youth	1954

Sources: 100 Years Of Brentford,^[3] Timeless Bees,^[4] Barry Hugman's Footballers

Coaching staff

Name	Role
Malky MacDonald	Manager
Fred Monk	Trainer
Jack Holliday	Assistant Trainer

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Pos	Nat	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
Pos	Nat	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK		Gerry Cakebread	46	0	2	0	48	0
DF		Vernon Avis	11	0	0	0	11	0
DF		Ken Coote	42	0	2	0	44	0
DF		Ken Horne	20	0	2	0	22	0
DF		Tom Wilson	19	0	0	0	19	0
HB		George Bristow	35	2	2	0	37	2
HB		Ian Dargie	20	0	0	0	20	0
HB		Billy Goundry	40	2	2	0	42	2
HB		Bill Livingstone	19	0	2	0	21	0
HB		Charlie McInally	1	0	0	0	1	0
HB		Ron Peplow	8	0	0	0	8	0
HB		Sid Russell	15	0	0	0	15	0
FW		George Francis	46	26	2	5	48	31
FW		Johnny Hales	18	3	2	0	20	3
FW		Dennis Heath	13	2	0	0	13	2
FW		Tommy Higginson	2	0	0	0	2	0
FW		George McLeod	36	4	1	0	37	4
FW		Eric Parsons	25	6	1	0	26	6
FW		Johnny Rainford	46	8	2	0	48	8
FW		Jim Towers	44	23	2	1	46	24

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

Goalscorers

Pos.	Player	FL3	FAC	Total
FW	George Francis	26	5	31
FW	Jim Towers	23	1	24
FW	Johnny Rainford	8	0	8
FW	Eric Parsons	6	0	6
FW	George McLeod	4	0	4
FW	Johnny Hales	3	0	3
HB	George Bristow	2	0	2
HB	Billy Goundry	2	0	2
FW	Dennis Heath	2	0	2
Opponents		2	0	2
Total		78	6	84

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

Management

Name	Nat	From	To	Record All Comps					Record League
Name	Nat	From	To	P	W	D	L	W %	P	W	D	L	W %
Malky MacDonald		22 August 1959	3 May 1960	7001480000000000000♠48	7001220000000000000♠22	7000900000000000000♠9	7001170000000000000♠17	7001458300000000000♠45.83	7001460000000000000♠46	7001210000000000000♠21	7000900000000000000♠9	7001160000000000000♠16	7001456500000000000♠45.65

Summary

Games played	48 (46 Third Division, 2 FA Cup)
Games won	22 (21 Third Division, 1 FA Cup)
Games drawn	9 (9 Third Division, 0 FA Cup)
Games lost	17 (16 Third Division, 1 FA Cup)
Goals scored	84 (78 Third Division, 6 FA Cup)
Goals conceded	64 (61 Third Division, 3 FA Cup)
Clean sheets	12 (11 Third Division, 1 FA Cup)
Biggest league win	4–0 versus Bradford City, 3 May 1960
Worst league defeat	2–0 on three occasions; 3–1 versus Port Vale, 19 September 1959; 4–2 versus Newport County, 12 December 1959
Most appearances	48, Gerry Cakebread, George Francis, Johnny Rainford (46 Third Division, 2 FA Cup)
Top scorer (league)	26, George Francis
Top scorer (all competitions)	31, George Francis

Transfers & loans

Players transferred in
Date	Pos.	Name	Previous Club	Fee	Ref.
27 June 1959	FW	John Docherty	St Roch's	n/a	^[5]
11 July 1959	FW	Tommy Higginson	Kilmarnock	n/a	^[5]
July 1959	DF	Jimmy Gitsham	n/a	n/a	^[6]
July 1959	HB	Bill Livingstone	Chelsea	Free	^[7]
September 1959	GK	Fred Ryecraft	Southall	Free	^[8]
February 1960	FW	Danny O'Donnell	Kirkintilloch Rob Roy	n/a	^[9]
Players transferred out
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Fee	Ref.
26 December 1959	HB	James Lafferty	St Mirren	n/a	^[5]
Players released
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
May 1960	HB	Bill Livingstone	Hastings United	n/a	^[7]
May 1960	FW	Len Newcombe	Guildford City	n/a	^[10]

Notes

↑ The original fixture on 7 November 1959 was abandoned at half time due to fog, with the score at 1–1.

References

1 2 3 4 White 1989, p. 233-236.
↑ Ltd, Statto Organisation. "Brentford results for the 1959-1960 season - Statto.com". Statto.com. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 385. ISBN 0951526200.
↑ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920-2006. Yore Publications. ISBN 978-0955294914.
1 2 3 "Scottish Football Historical Archive: Players' Transfers - 1959".
↑ "Barry Hugman's Footballers - Jimmy Gitsham". hugmansfootballers.com. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
1 2 Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 97.
↑ Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 139.
↑ "Scottish Football Historical Archive - O". p. 586.
↑ Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 116.

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