List of Brentford F.C. players
Brentford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Brentford, Hounslow, London. Between 1897 and 1920, the first team competed in the London League, Southern League and Western League.[1] Since 1920, the first team has competed in the Football League and other nationally and internationally organised competitions.[1] All players who have played in 100 or more such matches are listed below.
Records and notable players
Ken Coote holds the record for the greatest number of appearances for Brentford, making 559 appearances between 1949 and 1964.[2] As of 2015, three other players have made more than 500 appearances for Brentford – Jamie Bates, Peter Gelson and Kevin O'Connor.[3] The club's goalscoring record is held by Jim Towers, who scored 163 goals in 282 appearances between 1954 and 1961.[4] Adam Forshaw, Denny Mundee, Sam Sodje and Billy Sperrin all finished their Brentford careers on 100 appearances.[5][6][7][8]
Current Brentford players who have made 100 or more appearances for the club are Sergi Canós, Henrik Dalsgaard, Kamohelo Mokotjo and Ollie Watkins.
Key
- Appearance and goal totals include matches in the Football League, Southern League, London League (1896–1898), FA Cup, League Cup, Football League Trophy, Anglo-Italian Cup, London Challenge Cup, Middlesex Senior Cup, London Junior Cup, Middlesex Junior Cup, West Middlesex Cup, Southern Floodlit Challenge Cup, Football League Jubilee Fund and Empire Exhibition Cup. Substitute appearances are included. Wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded.
- "Brentford career" corresponds to the years in which the player made their first and last appearances.
- Players listed in bold won full international caps whilst with the club.
- Statistics are correct as of match played 11 February 2020.
Playing positions
GK | Goalkeeper | RB | Right back | RW | Right winger | DF | Defender | HB | Half back | IF | Inside forward | DM | Defensive midfielder |
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OL | Outside left | LB | Left back | LW | Left winger | CB | Centre back | FW | Forward | FB | Full back | RM | Right midfielder |
W | Winger | MF | Midfielder | ST | Striker | WH | Wing half | AM | Attacking midfielder | CM | Central midfielder | LM | Left midfielder |
U | Utility player | OR | Outside right | SW | Sweeper | LH | Left half | RH | Right half |
Symbol | Meaning |
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Brentford player in the 2019–20 season. | |
* | Player has left Brentford but is still playing in a professional league. |
♦ | Player went on to manage the club. |
(c) | Player captained the club. |
♠ | Player holds a club record. |
Players
Southern League era (1898–1920)
Name | Nationality | Position | Brentford career | Appearances | Goals | Notes | Ref |
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Tommy Shanks | FW | 1901–1902 1904–1906 | 109 | 27 | |||
Tosher Underwood | OF | 1902–1908 | 196 | 23 | [nb 1] | ||
Jimmy Jay | WH | 1903–1910 | 225 | 5 | [nb 1] | ||
George Parsonage ♦ (c) | HB | 1903–1908 | 194 | 12 | |||
Jock Watson | FB | 1903–1908 | 186 | 0 | |||
Jimmy Tomlinson | HB/FW | 1904–1908 | 107 | 2 | |||
Fred Corbett | FW | 1905–1908 | 102 | 37 | |||
Jock Hamilton | HB | 1907–1908 1909–1912 |
119 | 1 | [nb 2] | ||
Steve Buxton | FB/FW | 1908–1911 | 106 | 4 | [nb 3] | ||
Patsy Hendren | OL | 1908 1911–1927 | 309 | 45 | [nb 4] [nb 5] [nb 1] |
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Geordie Reid | IL/CF | 1908–1911 | 105 | 59 | [nb 5] | ||
Phil Richards | LH | 1908–1913 | 151 | 1 | [12] | ||
Dusty Rhodes ♦ (c) | FB | 1908–1915 | 221 | 2 | |||
Archie Ling | GK | 1909–1912 | 118 | 2 | |||
Alec Barclay | HB | 1910–1915 | 105 | 5 | [nb 6] | [12] | |
Walter Spratt | FB | 1911–1915 1920–1921 | 123 | 1 | |||
Ted Price | GK | 1912–1920 | 118 | 0 | [nb 5] [nb 1] |
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Alf Amos | WH | 1914–1922 | 139 | 5 | |||
Bertie Rosier | FB | 1915–1923 | 127 | 0 |
Interwar era (1920–1945)
Name | Nationality | Position | Brentford career | Appearances | Goals |
Notes |
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William Young | GK | 1920–1925 | 180 | 0 | ||
Charles Alton | FB | 1921–1925 | 133 | 6 | ||
Freddy Capper | OF | 1921–1924 | 106 | 6 | ||
Reginald Parker | FW | 1922–1925 | 104 | 35 | ||
Alfred Douglas | OF | 1925–1929 | 109 | 21 | ||
Jack Lane (c) | IF | 1925–1931 | 234 | 86 | [nb 1] | |
Bill Berry | FW | 1926–1932 | 148 | 43 | ||
Ernie Watkins | FW | 1926–1929 | 130 | 59 | ||
William Hodge | FB | 1927–1934 | 125 | 1 | ||
Alexander Stevenson | RB | 1927–1933 | 134 | 0 | ||
Jimmy Bain ♦ (c) | FB | 1928–1933 | 201 | 2 | [nb 1] | |
Reginald Davies | WH | 1928–1931 | 123 | 0 | ||
Teddy Ware | WH | 1928–1933 | 102 | 0 | ||
Tom Adamson | FB | 1929–1933 | 153 | 0 | ||
Jackie Foster | OR | 1929–1933 | 153 | 21 | ||
Billy Lane | CF | 1929–1932 | 123 | 89 | ||
Jackie Burns | LH | 1931–1935 | 152 | 16 | [nb 6] | |
Joe James (c) | CH | 1931–1939 | 255 | 2 | [nb 1] | |
George Robson | IR | 1931–1935 | 131 | 34 | ||
Jack Holliday | CF | 1932–1939 | 222 | 121 | [nb 1] | |
Idris Hopkins | OR | 1932–1947 | 314 | 80 | [nb 1] | |
Duncan McKenzie | WH | 1932–1938 | 160 | 10 | ||
Billy Scott | IF | 1932–1947 | 296 | 86 | [nb 1] | |
Herbert Watson (c) | RH | 1932–1936 | 109 | 1 | ||
Charlie Fletcher | OF | 1933–1936 | 106 | 25 | ||
Arthur Bateman (c) | FB | 1934–1938 | 153 | 1 | [nb 1] | |
Jimmy Mathieson | GK | 1934–1938 | 130 | 0 | ||
George Poyser | LB | 1934–1946 | 158 | 0 | [nb 1] | |
David McCulloch | CF | 1935–1938 | 124 | 90 | [nb 1] | |
Bobby Reid | OL | 1936–1939 | 109 | 37 | ||
Buster Brown | U | 1937–1947 | 106 | 2 | ||
Joe Crozier | GK | 1937–1949 | 223 | 0 | [nb 1] | |
Bill Gorman | FB | 1938–1949 | 144 | 0 | [nb 1] |
Post-war era (1945–2000)
Name | Nationality | Position | Brentford career | Appearances | Goals |
Notes |
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Tom Manley (c) | WH | 1946–1950 | 125 | 0 | ||
Roddy Munro | FB | 1946–1953 | 210 | 0 | ||
Wally Bragg | CH | 1947–1957 | 168 | 6 | [nb 1] | |
Frank Latimer | U | 1947–1956 | 185 | 3 | ||
David Nelson | WH | 1947–1950 | 113 | 5 | ||
Tony Harper | WH | 1948–1955 | 188 | 7 | ||
Fred Monk | RB/FW | 1948–1954 | 219 | 49 | [nb 1] | |
Ken Coote ♠ (c) | FB | 1949–1963 | 559 ♠ | 15 | [nb 3] | |
Billy Dare | CF | 1949–1955 | 222 | 68 | ||
Ron Greenwood | CH | 1949–1952 | 147 | 1 | [nb 7] | |
Jackie Goodwin | FW | 1949–1954 | 138 | 22 | ||
Alf Jefferies | GK | 1949–1953 | 121 | 0 | ||
Billy Sperrin | IF | 1949–1955 | 100 | 30 | ||
George Bristow | WH | 1950–1961 | 264 | 8 | [nb 1] | |
Ken Horne | WH/FB | 1950–1960 | 239 | 1 | [nb 1] | |
Ian Dargie | CH/IR | 1952–1962 | 281 | 2 | [nb 1] | |
Johnny Rainford | IF | 1953–1962 | 324 | 49 | [nb 8] [nb 1] | |
Gerry Cakebread | GK | 1954–1964 | 374 | 0 | [nb 1] | |
Dennis Heath | OR | 1954–1960 | 134 | 20 | ||
Jim Towers ♠ | FW | 1954–1961 | 282 | 163 ♠ | [nb 1] | |
George Francis | CF | 1955–1961 1961–1962 |
280 | 136 | [nb 9] [nb 1] | |
Billy Goundry | WH | 1955–1961 | 148 | 12 | ||
Eric Parsons | OF | 1956–1960 | 126 | 18 | ||
Tom Wilson (c) | FB | 1957–1962 | 156 | 0 | ||
George McLeod | OF | 1958–1963 | 230 | 22 | ||
John Docherty ♦ | OR | 1960–1961 1966–1968 1970–1974 |
252 | 79 | ||
Tommy Higginson | WH | 1960–1970 | 435 | 16 | [nb 1] | |
Peter Gelson | CB/WH | 1961–1974 | 516 | 18 | [nb 1] | |
Micky Block | OR | 1962–1966 | 163 | 33 | ||
Alan Hawley (c) | RB | 1962–1974 | 345 | 4 | [nb 1] | |
Chic Brodie | GK | 1963–1971 | 224 | 0 | [nb 1] | |
Allan Jones | FB | 1963–1970 | 281 | 3 | [nb 1] | |
Gordon Phillips | GK | 1963–1973 | 227 | 0 | [nb 1] | |
Mel Scott (c) | WH | 1963–1966 | 177 | 2 | ||
George Thomson | WH | 1963–1968 | 179 | 5 | ||
Ian Lawther | CF | 1964–1968 | 153 | 44 | ||
Bobby Ross (c) | IF | 1966–1972 | 323 | 63 | [nb 1] | |
Alan Nelmes | CB | 1967–1976 | 350 | 2 | [nb 1] | |
Allan Mansley | OF | 1968–1971 | 105 | 30 | ||
Gordon Neilson | OF | 1968–1972 | 104 | 15 | ||
Dick Renwick | FB | 1969–1971 | 106 | 5 | ||
Paul Bence (c) | MF | 1970–1977 | 268 | 6 | [nb 1] | |
Roger Cross | FW | 1970–1971 1973–1977 |
228 | 61 | [nb 1] | |
Jackie Graham (c) | MF | 1970–1980 | 409 | 40 | [nb 1] | |
Brian Turner | MF | 1970–1972 | 101 | 7 | ||
Michael Allen | FB | 1971–1978 | 255 | 13 | ||
Terry Scales | DF | 1971–1977 | 234 | 6 | ||
Paul Priddy | GK | 1972–1974 1975–1977 1981 | 130 | 0 | ||
Gordon Riddick (c) | MF | 1973–1976 1976–1977 |
120 | 5 | [nb 10] | |
Terry Johnson | FW | 1974–1977 | 112 | 30 | ||
Danis Salman | DF | 1975–1985 | 371 | 8 | [nb 11] [nb 1] | |
Dave Carlton | MF | 1976–1980 | 148 | 7 | ||
John Fraser | FB | 1976–1980 | 131 | 7 | ||
Andrew McCulloch | FW | 1976–1979 | 122 | 49 | ||
Paul Shrubb (c) | MF/DF | 1976–1982 | 198 | 8 | ||
Len Bond | GK | 1977–1980 | 130 | 0 | ||
Pat Kruse | CB | 1977–1982 | 201 | 12 | ||
Steve Phillips | IF | 1977–1980 | 167 | 69 | [nb 1] | |
Neil Smillie | W | 1977 1988–1993 |
225 | 22 | [nb 12] | |
Bob Booker | MF | 1978–1988 1991–1993 |
322 | 48 | [nb 1] | |
Jim McNichol | DF | 1978–1984 | 169 | 23 | [nb 13] | |
Barry Tucker | FB | 1978–1982 | 171 | 5 | ||
Terry Hurlock (c) | CM | 1980–1986 | 265 | 24 | ||
Gary Roberts | W | 1980–1986 | 226 | 64 | [nb 14] [nb 1] | |
Chris Kamara (c) | MF | 1981–1985 | 189 | 32 | ||
Alan Whitehead | CB | 1981–1984 | 126 | 4 | ||
Francis Joseph | FW | 1982–1987 | 138 | 56 | ||
Keith Cassells | FW | 1983–1985 | 102 | 35 | ||
Keith Millen | CB | 1984–1994 | 380 | 20 | [nb 1] | |
Jamie Murray | LB | 1984–1987 | 156 | 4 | ||
Gary Phillips | GK | 1984–1988 | 171 | 0 | ||
Robbie Cooke | FW | 1985–1987 | 150 | 64 | ||
Terry Evans (c) | CB | 1985–1993 | 285 | 30 | [nb 1] | |
Roger Joseph | RB | 1985–1988 | 120 | 2 | ||
Andy Sinton | LM | 1985–1989 | 182 | 34 | ||
Jamie Bates (c) | CB/FB | 1986–1999 | 526 | 24 | ||
Gary Blissett | FW | 1987–1993 | 291 | 105 | [nb 1] | |
Keith Jones (c) | MF | 1987–1991 | 213 | 20 | ||
Roger Stanislaus | LB | 1987–1990 | 135 | 5 | ||
Richard Cadette | FW | 1988–1992 | 123 | 31 | ||
Allan Cockram | CM | 1988–1991 | 118 | 17 | ||
Marcus Gayle | LW/FW | 1988–1994 2005–2006 |
230 | 28 | [nb 11] [nb 1] | |
Kevin Godfrey | RW/FW | 1988–1993 | 191 | 26 | ||
Dean Holdsworth | FW | 1988 1989–1992 |
145 | 76 | [nb 15] [nb 1] | |
Simon Ratcliffe | MF | 1989–1995 | 268 | 16 | ||
Graham Benstead | GK | 1990–1994 1997 |
133 | 0 | ||
Billy Manuel (c) | LB/MF | 1991–1994 | 116 | 2 | ||
Brian Statham | RB/MF | 1992–1997 | 198 | 1 | ||
Kevin Dearden | GK | 1993–1999 | 262 | 0 | ||
Martin Grainger | LB | 1993–1996 | 124 | 16 | ||
Lee Harvey | RM/RB | 1993–1996 | 128 | 7 | ||
Carl Hutchings | MF | 1993–1998 2000 |
214 | 10 | [nb 16] | |
Denny Mundee | U | 1993–1995 | 100 | 18 | ||
Paul Smith | MF | 1993–1997 | 198 | 17 | ||
Barry Ashby | CB | 1994–1997 | 153 | 5 | ||
Nicky Forster ♦ | FW | 1994–1997 2010–2011 |
162 | 48 | [nb 17] | |
Robert Taylor | FW | 1994–1998 | 217 | 73 | ||
Ijah Anderson | FB | 1995–2002 | 243 | 2 | ||
David McGhee | MF | 1995–1998 | 145 | 11 | ||
Andy Scott ♦ | FW | 1997–2001 | 143 | 37 | ||
Gavin Mahon | MF | 1998–2002 | 166 | 8 | ||
Lloyd Owusu | FW | 1998–2002 2005–2007 |
250 | 87 | [nb 1] | |
Darren Powell | CB | 1998–2002 2009 |
154 | 9 | ||
Rob Quinn | DF | 1998–2001 | 132 | 5 | ||
Martin Rowlands | MF | 1998–2003 | 186 | 23 | [nb 18] | |
Paul Evans (c) | MF | 1999–2002 | 155 | 34 | ||
Ívar Ingimarsson | CB | 1999–2002 | 135 | 11 | ||
Scott Partridge | FW | 1999–2001 | 111 | 23 |
21st century (2000–present)
Captains
Notes
- Member of the Brentford Hall of Fame.
- Returned on loan from Leeds City in November 1908.
- Represented the London XI.
- Hendren played when his cricket commitments allowed.
- Represented the Southern League XI.
- Capped by England at amateur level.
- Capped by England B.
- Represented the Third Division South.
- Briefly signed for Queens Park Rangers between his two spells.
- Retired in September 1976 and rejoined the club in October 1976.
- Capped by England at U18 level.
- Joined on loan from Crystal Palace in January 1977 and returned to sign permanently in August 1988.
- Capped by Scotland at U21 level.
- Capped by Wales at U21 level.
- Joined on loan from Watford in October 1988 and returned to sign permanently in September 1989.
- Departed in July 1998 and returned on loan from Bristol City in February 2000.
- Capped by England at U21 level.
- Capped by Republic of Ireland at U21 level.
- Joined on loan from Charlton Athletic in August 2004 and signed permanently in November 2004.
- Joined on loan from Plymouth Argyle in November 2007 and signed permanently in January 2008.
- Joined on loan from Peterborough United in January 2010 and signed permanently in July 2010.
- Joined on loan from Everton for separate spells in November 2011 and August 2012 and signed permanently in June 2013.
- Joined on loan from Southampton in November 2011 and signed permanently in May 2012.
- Joined on loan from Everton in February 2012 and signed permanently in May 2012.
- Joined on loan from Blackburn Rovers in January 2014 and signed permanently in June 2014.
- Joined on loan from Liverpool in August 2015 and returned to sign permanently in January 2017.
- Bateman had previously served as vice-captain during the 1934–35 season.
- Due to Tom Manley's unavailability during much of the Second World War, the captaincy was held by other Brentford players, most notably Joe James and Billy Scott.
- Dobson later served as club captain during the 2005–06 season.
- During injury lay-offs, O'Connor was deputised as captain by Alan Bennett, Jonathan Douglas, Richard Lee and Tony Craig.
- Dean had previously served as vice-captain during the 2015–16 season.
References
- General
- Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. ISBN 0955294916.
- Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Harefield: Yore Publications. ISBN 1 874427 57 7.
- White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Oldfield Press. ISBN 0 9515262 0 0.
- Brentford at Soccerbase.
- Brentford at the Football Club History Database
Specific
- Brentford F.C. at the Football Club History Database
- Haynes & Coumbe, p. 38.
- "Brentford Club Captain Kevin O'Connor makes appearance number 500 against Stevenage at Griffin Park". www.brentfordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 186-187.
- Adam Forshaw at Soccerbase
- Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 112.
- Sam Sodje at Soccerbase
- Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 152.
- White 1989, p. 97.
- Haynes 1998, p. 119.
- Chris Wickham. "Toumani Diagouraga signs for Leeds United". Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- White 1989, p. 361-363.