1963–64 Brentford F.C. season

During the 1963–64 English football season, Brentford competed in the Football League Third Division. Despite expectations that the club could achieve a second-successive promotion, poor form in late 1963 and early 1964 led to a mid-table finish.

Brentford
1963–64 season
ChairmanJack Dunnett
ManagerMalky MacDonald
StadiumGriffin Park
Third Division15th
FA CupFourth round
League CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Ward (19)
All: Ward (22)
Highest home attendance26,000
Lowest home attendance6,800
Average home league attendance11,883

Season summary

After a single-season stay in the Fourth Division, Brentford had returned to the Third Division as champions for the 1963–64 season.[1] A large outlay had been made on new signings during the previous 12 months and though chairman Jack Dunnett stated that the club's big-spending days were a thing of the past, he would continue to make money available to manager Malky MacDonald during the season.[1] There was very little transfer activity during the 1963 off-season, with half backs Willie Smith and Bill Slater coming in (Slater returned to Griffin Park after 11 years away) and £5,000 was spent on Liverpool full back Allan Jones as a replacement for the inexperienced Tom Anthony.[1] Redevelopment work was carried out on Griffin Park throughout the summer, with floodlight pylons erected at each corner of the ground, while new club offices and a bar were built into the Braemar Road stand.[1]

Brentford had what was perceived to be a poor start to the season and sat in mid-table after 10 matches.[1][2] Expectations had been high after the Fourth Division championship triumph at the end of the previous season, but defeat to an attractive Coventry City side (managed by former Brentford player Jimmy Hill) on 5 October 1963 highlighted the gulf between the Third and Fourth Divisions.[1] In the wake of the defeat, Brentford rapidly recovered and won six and drew two of the following 10 matches, which included a 9–0 thrashing of Wrexham at Griffin Park,[2] a result which remains as the club's record Football League win.[3] The team's form collapsed in late November 1963 and despite something of a recovery after a spell of over three months without a league win, the Bees were consigned to a 15th-place finish.[2] Some success was had in the FA Cup with a run to the fourth round, but after seeing off Second Division Middlesbrough in the third round, Fourth Division strugglers Oxford United took Brentford to a replay in the fourth round and then emerged 2–1 victors at Griffin Park.[2]

100 goals were scored during the season,[2] just two shy of the total set during the previous campaign,[4] but the team's achilles heel was the goalkeeping position, with four players vying for the position, though November 1963 signing Chic Brodie would eventually make the position his own.[5] The end of the 1963–64 season was notable for the retirement of full back and captain Ken Coote.[6] He had made 559 appearances and scored 15 goals over the course of 15 seasons for Brentford and is the club's all-time record appearance maker.[6]

A large number of record were set or equalled during the season:

  • Record Football League win: 9–0 versus Wrexham, 15 October 1963[3]
  • Most goals conceded in a home Football League defeat: 6 (2–6 versus Luton Town, 8 February 1964)[3]
  • Most consecutive matches without failing to score a Football League goal: 26 (4 March – 14 September 1963)[3]
  • Most consecutive matches without failing to score a home Football League goal: 41 (21 August 1962 – 28 March 1964)[3]
  • Most Football League away draws in a season: 10[7]
  • Most home Football League goals conceded in a season: 36[7]
  • Quickest time to reach 50 Football League goals in a season: 22 matches[8]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
14 Southend United 46 15 15 16 77 78 0.987 45
15 Queens Park Rangers 46 18 9 19 76 78 0.974 45
16 Brentford 46 15 14 17 87 80 1.088 44
17 Colchester United 46 12 19 15 70 68 1.029 43
18 Luton Town 46 16 10 20 64 80 0.800 42
Source:

Results
Brentford's goal tally listed first.

Legend
Win Draw Loss

Football League Third Division
No. DateOpponentVenueResult AttendanceScorer(s)
1 24 August 1963Notts CountyH4–1 13,200Block, Brooks, Loxley (og), McAdams
2 27 August 1963Bristol City H1–2 16,800Dick
3 31 August 1963Crewe AlexandraA1–1 6,729McLeod
4 7 September 1963Crystal PalaceH2–1 15,800Block, McAdams
5 10 September 1963Bristol CityA3–3 12,689Dick (2), Kurila (og)
6 14 September 1963WalsallA2–2 6,448McAdams, Block
7 16 September 1963Port ValeA0–3 11,559
8 21 September 1963Reading H4–2 12,360Dick (3), Block
9 28 September 1963Luton TownA2–0 7,479Dick, McAdams
10 1 October 1963Port ValeH1–2 11,900McAdams
11 5 October 1963Coventry CityH2–3 15,830Dick, McAdams
12 9 October 1963WrexhamA4–2 7,923Slater (2), McAdams, Dick
13 12 October 1963Bristol Rovers H2–5 13,400Fielding, Dick
14 15 October 1963WrexhamH9–0 10,500McAdams (2), Ward (2), Fox (og), Hales, Brooks (2), Summers
15 19 October 1963BarnsleyA1–1 6,602Brooks
16 21 October 1963Mansfield TownA2–2 12,115Dick, Ward
17 26 October 1963MillwallH3–1 15,200McAdams, Block (2)
18 29 October 1963Mansfield TownH4–0 14,900Dick, Ward (3)
19 2 November 1963Colchester UnitedA2–1 7,117Block, Dick
20 9 November 1963WatfordH1–2 17,000Dick
21 23 November 1963Peterborough United H2–0 15,900Dick (2)
22 30 November 1963Oldham AthleticA1–4 14,385Block
23 14 December 1963Notts CountyA0–2 3,744
24 21 December 1963Crewe AlexandraH2–2 7,520Fielding, Dick
25 28 December 1963Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic A0–2 7,992
26 11 January 1964Crystal Palace A0–1 16,630
27 18 January 1964WalsallH1–1 10,650Ward
28 1 February 1964ReadingA3–4 10,783Block, Lazarus, Ward
29 8 February 1964Luton TownH2–6 9,000McAdams, Lazarus
30 15 February 1964Coventry CityA2–2 22,971Dick, Ward
31 22 February 1964Bristol Rovers A1–3 8,703Block
32 29 February 1964Queens Park RangersH2–2 12,200Block, Lazarus
33 7 March 1964 Millwall A 3–1 9,140 McAdams, Ward (2)
34 14 March 1964Colchester UnitedH3–1 7,050Ward (2), Lazarus
35 16 March 1964Southend United A1–2 6,846Ward
36 20 March 1964 Queens Park Rangers A 2–2 9,351 Ward (2)
37 28 March 1964Southend UnitedH3–0 9,200Higginson, Fielding, McAdams
38 30 March 1964Shrewsbury TownH0–1 10,040
39 31 March 1964Shrewsbury TownA1–1 5,058Summers
40 4 April 1964Peterborough UnitedA0–3 5,550
41 11 April 1964Oldham AthleticH2–0 8,930Ward (2)
42 13 April 1964Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic H2–0 10,200Jones, Ward
43 18 April 1964Hull CityA0–0 6,798
44 21 April 1964 Watford A 2–2 19,279 Fielding, McAdams
45 25 April 1964 Barnsley H 1–1 8,350 Thomson
46 28 April 1964Hull City H1–3 6,800Hales

FA Cup
Main article: 1963–64 FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResult Attendance Scorer(s)
1R 16 November 1963 Margate H 2–2 12,150 Block, Dick
1R (replay) 20 November 1963 Margate A 2–0 6,212 Ward (2)
2R 7 December 1963 Gravesend & Northfleet H 1–0 11,850 Block
3R 4 January 1964 Middlesbrough H 2–1 16,100 Dick, McAdams
4R 25 January 1964 Oxford United A 2–2 15,517 Block, Ward
4R (replay)28 January 1964Oxford United H1–2 26,000 McAdams

Football League Cup
Main article: 1963–64 Football League Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResult Attendance Scorer(s)
1R (1st leg) 4 September 1963 Reading A 1–1 7,582 Block
1R (replay) 23 September 1963 Reading H 2–0 10,360 Spiers (og), McLaughlin
2R 25 September 1963 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic H 0–0 10,830
2R (replay)4 November 1963Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic A0–2 8,057

Playing squad
Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 1963–64 season.
Pos. Name Nat. Date of birth (age) Signed from Signed in Notes
Goalkeepers
GK Chic Brodie (1937-02-22)22 February 1937 (aged 26) Northampton Town 1963
GK Gerry Cakebread (1936-04-01)1 April 1936 (aged 27) Youth 1954
GK Gordon Phillips (1946-11-17)17 November 1946 (aged 16) Hayes 1963
GK Fred Ryecraft (1939-08-28)28 August 1939 (aged 23) Southall 1959
Defenders
DF Tom Anthony (1943-08-16)16 August 1943 (aged 20) Youth 1961
DF Ken Coote (c) (1928-05-19)19 May 1928 (aged 35) Wembley 1949
DF Alan Hawley (1946-06-07)7 June 1946 (aged 17) Youth 1962
DF Allan Jones (1940-01-06)6 January 1940 (aged 23) Liverpool 1963
DF George Thomson (1936-10-19)19 October 1936 (aged 26) Everton 1963
Midfielders
HB Matt Crowe (1932-07-04)4 July 1932 (aged 31) Norwich City 1962
HB Peter Gelson (1941-10-18)18 October 1941 (aged 21) Youth 1961
HB Tommy Higginson (1937-01-06)6 January 1937 (aged 26) Kilmarnock 1959
HB Hugh McLaughlin (1943-09-02)2 September 1943 (aged 19) St Roch's 1961
HB Mel Scott (1939-09-26)26 September 1939 (aged 23) Chelsea 1963
HB Bill Slater (1927-04-29)29 April 1927 (aged 36) Wolverhampton Wanderers 1963 Amateur
HB Willie Smith (1943-12-06)6 December 1943 (aged 19) Celtic 1963
Forwards
FW Micky Block (1940-01-28)28 January 1940 (aged 23) Chelsea 1962
FW John Dick (1930-03-19)19 March 1930 (aged 33) West Ham United 1962
FW John Fielding (1939-09-02)2 September 1939 (aged 23) Southport 1963
FW Johnny Hales (1940-05-15)15 May 1940 (aged 23) St Roch's 1958
FW Mark Lazarus (1938-12-05)5 December 1938 (aged 24) Queens Park Rangers 1964
FW Billy McAdams (1934-01-20)20 January 1934 (aged 29) Leeds United 1962
FW Tim Soutar (1946-02-25)25 February 1946 (aged 17) Youth 1961
FW George Summers (1941-07-30)30 July 1941 (aged 22) Shawfield 1959
FW Dai Ward (1934-07-13)13 July 1934 (aged 29) Watford 1963
Players who left the club mid-season
FW Johnny Brooks (1931-12-23)23 December 1931 (aged 31) Chelsea 1961 Transferred to Crystal Palace
FW George McLeod (1932-11-30)30 November 1932 (aged 30) Luton Town 1958 Transferred to Queens Park Rangers
  • Sources: 100 Years Of Brentford,[5] Timeless Bees[9]

Coaching staff
Name Role
Malky MacDonald Manager
Tommy Cavanagh Trainer

Statistics

Appearances and goals
Brentford's highest appearance-makers in each position during the Football League season.
Pos Nat Name League FA Cup League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Chic Brodie 25 0 4 0 — 29 0
GK Gerry Cakebread 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
GK Gordon Phillips 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
GK Fred Ryecraft 15 0 1 0 4 0 20 0
DF Tom Anthony 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF Ken Coote 19 0 1 0 4 0 24 0
DF Allan Jones 45 1 6 0 4 0 55 1
DF Alan Hawley 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
DF George Thomson 23 1 4 0 — 27 1
HB Matt Crowe 34 0 6 0 1 0 41 0
HB Peter Gelson 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
HB Tommy Higginson 37 1 5 0 1 0 43 1
HB Hugh McLaughlin 2 0 0 0 2 1 4 1
HB Mel Scott 44 0 6 0 4 0 54 0
HB Bill Slater 5 2 0 0 0 0 5 2
HB Willie Smith 13 0 1 0 4 0 18 0
FW Micky Block 35 11 6 3 4 1 45 15
FW Johnny Brooks 6 4 0 0 2 0 8 4
FW John Dick 30 18 6 2 4 0 40 20
FW John Fielding 28 4 0 0 3 0 31 4
FW Johnny Hales 9 2 3 0 0 0 12 2
FW Mark Lazarus 204— — 204
FW Billy McAdams 39 14 6 2 3 0 48 16
FW George McLeod 14 1 3 0 3 0 20 1
FW Tim Soutar 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW George Summers 9 2 0 0 1 0 10 2
FW Dai Ward 33 19 6 3 — 39 22
  • Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
  • Source: 100 Years Of Brentford[5]

Goalscorers
Pos. Nat Player FL3 FAC FLC Total
FW Dai Ward 19 3 — 22
FW John Dick 18 2 0 20
FW Billy McAdams 14 2 0 16
FW Micky Block 11 3 1 15
FW Mark Lazarus 4 — — 4
FW Johnny Brooks 4 0 0 4
FW John Fielding 4 0 0 4
FW Johnny Hales 2 0 0 2
HB Bill Slater 2 0 0 2
FW George Summers 2 0 0 2
HB Tommy Higginson 1 0 0 1
DF Allan Jones 1 0 0 1
FW George McLeod 1 0 0 1
DF George Thomson 1 0 0 1
HB Hugh McLaughlin 0 0 1 1
Opponents 3 0 0 3
Total8710 3100
  • Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
  • Source: 100 Years Of Brentford[5]

Management
Name Nat From To Record All Comps Record League
PWDLW %PWDLW %
Malky MacDonald 24 August 1963 28 April 1964 56 19 18 19 033.93 46 15 14 17 032.61

Summary
Games played56 (46 Third Division, 6 FA Cup, 4 League Cup)
Games won19 (15 Third Division, 3 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Games drawn18 (14 Third Division, 2 FA Cup, 2 League Cup)
Games lost19 (17 Third Division, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Goals scored100 (87 Third Division, 10 FA Cup, 3 League Cup)
Goals conceded90 (80 Third Division, 7 FA Cup, 3 League Cup)
Clean sheets10 (8 Third Division, 2 FA Cup, 2 League Cup)
Biggest league win9–0 versus Wrexham, 12 September 1963
Worst league defeat6–2 versus Luton Town, 8 February 1964
Most appearances55, Allan Jones (45 Third Division, 6 FA Cup, 4 League Cup)
Top scorer (league)19, Dai Ward
Top scorer (all competitions)22, Dai Ward

Transfers & loans
Players transferred in
Date Pos. Name Previous Club Fee Ref.
June 1963 HB Willie Smith Celtic Free [10]
July 1963 HB Bill Slater Wolverhampton Wanderers Amateur [11]
August 1963 DF Allan Jones Liverpool £5,000 [12]
October 1963 FW Dai Ward Watford £8,000 [13]
November 1963 GK Chic Brodie Northampton Town £10,000 [14]
November 1963 DF George Thomson Everton n/a [15]
1963 GK Gordon Phillips Hayes n/a [16]
1963 n/a John Todd n/a n/a [1]
January 1964 FW Mark Lazarus Queens Park Rangers Part-exchange [17]
Players transferred out
Date Pos. Name Subsequent club Fee Ref.
January 1964 FW George McLeod Queens Park Rangers Part-exchange [18]
January 1964 FW Johnny Brooks Crystal Palace n/a [19]
Players released
Date Pos. Name Subsequent club Join date Ref.
April 1964 DF Ken Coote Retired [6]
April 1964 HB Matt Crowe Port Elizabeth City n/a [20]
April 1964 FW Johnny Hales Retired [21]
April 1964 GK Fred Ryecraft Gravesend & Northfleet n/a [22]
April 1964 HB Graham Sawyer Bexley United 1964 [23]
April 1964 HB Bill Slater Northern Nomads n/a [11]

References
  1. White 1989, p. 250-254.
  2. Ltd, Statto Organisation. "Brentford results for the 1963-1964 season - Statto.com". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 18 March 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  3. Ltd, Statto Organisation. "Brentford scoring and sequence records - Statto.com". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
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  5. White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 387. ISBN 0951526200.
  6. Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 40-41.
  7. Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopedia. Yore Publications. pp. 78–79. ISBN 1 874427 57 7.
  8. Haynes 1998, p. 50.
  9. Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  10. Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 150.
  11. Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 146.
  12. Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 88-89.
  13. Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 164-165.
  14. Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2011). The Big Brentford Book of the Seventies. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. pp. 255–256. ISBN 978-1906796709.
  15. Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 160.
  16. Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 124.
  17. Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 96.
  18. Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 107.
  19. Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 28.
  20. Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 43.
  21. Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 71.
  22. Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 139-140.
  23. "Graham Sawyer". Retrieved 23 January 2017.
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