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, the Premier League and other nationally and internationally organised competitions.[1] All players who have played between 1 and 24 such matches are listed below.
Players who finished their Brentford careers with 24 appearances are Micky Cook, Joe Craddock, Ryan Denys, Micky Droy, Brian Etheridge, Tommy Finney, Scott Fitzgerald, John Halls, Tommy Leigh, Roddy McLeod, Sammy Moore, Sidney Mulford, Mark Peters and Harry Stott. Roddy McLeod scored 14 goals in his 24 appearances and is the highest scorer on this list.
Campbell (1895), John Cairns, Herbert Farnfield, C. W. Fox, Bernard Kelly, James Lockwood, J. McMillan, Thomas Meehan, Montell Moore, William Price, Jerrome Sobers and Bobby Wilson finished their Brentford careers having scored on their only appearance for the club. C. Ward scored 9 goals in six appearances and Richard Sloley scored seven goals in six appearances. 'A. Newman' (an alias) scored two goals on his sole appearance in 1898 and L. Ingram scored two goals in his two appearances.
Current Brentford players who have made between 1 and 24 appearances are Ellery Balcombe, Sepp van den Berg, Ethan Brierley, Fábio Carvalho, Kim Ji-soo, Yunus Emre Konak, Jayden Meghoma, Michael Olakigbe, Myles Peart-Harris, Igor Thiago, Ryan Trevitt, Hákon Valdimarsson and Tony Yogane.
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 2024–25 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. |
Name | Nationality | Position | Brentford career | Appearances | Goals | Notes | Ref |
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George Bloomer | England | FW | 1891–1892 | 2 | 3 | [nb 1] | [7] |
H. Leslie Edwardes | England | GK | 1891–1892 | 1 | 0 | [nb 1] | [7] |
Collie Bennett | England | FW | 1892–1893 | 1 | 0 | [nb 1] | [7] |
Henry Gomm | England | FW | 1892–1893 | 2 | 0 | [nb 1] | [7] |
Tom Gomm | England | HB | 1892–1893 | 2 | 0 | [nb 1] | [7] |
Arthur Harriss | England | GK | 1892–1893 | 2 | 0 | [nb 1] | [7] |
Tom Knights | England | HB | 1892–1893 | 2 | 0 | [nb 1] | [7] |
Steve Phillips | England | FB | 1892–1893 | 2 | 0 | [nb 1] | [7] |
Will Phillips | England | FW | 1892–1895 | 19 | 3 | [nb 1] | [7] |
Christopher Saunders | England | FW | 1892–1894 | 14 | 4 | [nb 1] | [7] |
W. Vaughan | England | FW | 1892–1893 | 3 | 0 | [nb 1] | [7] |
Frank Beckett | England | FB/FW | 1893–1895 | 18 | 0 | [nb 1] | [7] |
T. Holding | England | HB | 1893 | 1 | 0 | [nb 1] | [7] |
Charlie Pratley | England | FW | 1893–1895 | 12 | 9 | [nb 1] | [7] |
Alex Ward | n/a | HB | 1893–1895 | 15 | 0 | [nb 1] | [7] |
A. Adams | n/a | FW | 1894–1896 | 7 | 2 | [nb 1] | [7] |
William Clements | England | HB | 1894–1895 | 6 | 1 | [nb 1] | [7] |
Joseph Gettins | England | FW | 1894–1895 | 3 | 1 | [nb 1] | |
William Johnson | England | FW | 1894 | 6 | 5 | [nb 1] | [7] |
George Simmonds | England | FW/HB | 1894–1895 | 6 | 2 | [nb 1] | [7] |
Biggs | n/a | FW | 1895 | 1 | 0 | [nb 1] | [7] |
W. Campbell | n/a | FW | 1895 | 1 | 1 | [nb 1] | [7] |
George Hester | England | FW | 1895–1896 | 11 | 4 | [nb 1] | [7] |
George Whitmarsh | Malta | FW | 1895–1897 | 17 | 3 | [nb 1] | [7] |
Harry Williams | England | FW/FB | 1895–1898 | 15 | 8 | [nb 1] | [7] |
G. E. Bailey | England | FW | 1896–1897 | 10 | 4 | [nb 1] | [7] |
Harold Hudson | England | FW | 1896–1898 | 18 | 7 | [nb 1] | [7] |
L. Ingram | England | FW | 1896–1897 | 2 | 2 | [nb 1] | [7] |
Shields | n/a | FB | 1896 | 1 | 0 | [nb 1] | [7] |
Billy Smith | England | HB | 1896–1897 | 10 | 0 | [nb 1] | [7] |
J. Wade | n/a | FW | 1896–1898 | 13 | 11 | [nb 1] | [7] |
Batchelor | n/a | FW | 1897 | 1 | 1 | [nb 1] | [7] |
Fred Butcher | England | FW | 1897–1898 | 4 | 2 | [nb 1] | [7] |
A. E. Collins | England | FB | 1897 | 1 | 0 | [nb 1] | [7] |
George Haslen | England | HB | 1897–1898 | 5 | 0 | [nb 1] | [7] |
E. J. Osborne | England | HB/FW | 1897 | 3 | 0 | [nb 1] | [7] |
Arthur Pring | England | HB | 1897 | 1 | 0 | [nb 1] | [7] |
Hilton Saunders | England | FW | 1897 | 1 | 0 | [nb 1] | [7] |
'J. Bee' | n/a | HB | 1898 | 1 | 0 | [nb 1] [nb 2] |
[7] |
Blunt | n/a | HB | 1898 | 1 | 0 | [nb 1] | [7] |
C. W. Fox | England | FW | 1898 | 1 | 1 | [nb 1] | [7] |
W. Harrison | England | HB | 1898 | 2 | 0 | [nb 1] | [7] |
David Lloyd | England | FW | 1898 | 9 | 3 | [nb 1] | |
'A. Newman' | n/a | FW | 1898 | 1 | 2 | [nb 2] | [7] |
G. Pearce | England | HB | 1898 | 2 | 0 | [7] | |
Harry Pennington | England | GK | 1898 | 15 | 0 | [nb 1] | |
J. T. Read | England | FB | 1898 | 1 | 0 | [7] | |
James Rough | Scotland | FW | 1898 | 4 | 0 | [7] | |
W. G. Walker | England | HB | 1898–1900 | 22 | 4 | [7] | |
Arthur Yeoman | England | HB | 1898 | 4 | 0 | [7] |
Name | Nationality | Position | Brentford career | Appearances | Goals | Notes | Ref |
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'A. D. Gosling' | n/a | FB | 1898 | 2 | 0 | [nb 2] | [7] |
Frederick Johnson | England | FW | 1898–1899 | 15 | 7 | ||
Frank Lewis | Wales | FB | 1898–1899 | 8 | 0 | [7] | |
William Mehew | England | HB | 1898–1900 | 11 | 0 | [7] | |
J. McMillan | n/a | FW | 1898 | 1 | 1 | [7] | |
Trevor Owen | Wales | FW | 1898 | 1 | 0 | [7] | |
George Turner | Scotland | FB | 1898–1900 | 14 | 1 | [7] | |
C. Ward | n/a | FW | 1898 | 6 | 9 | [7] | |
William Westhead | England | HB | 1898–1899 | 23 | 1 | [7] | |
William Allwright | England | LB | 1899–1900 | 5 | 1 | [8] | |
Benjamin Asbury | England | FW | 1899–1900 | 9 | 2 | [7] | |
John Bayne | Scotland | FW | 1899 1903 |
4 | 2 | ||
Ben Brown | England | GK | 1899–1900 | 23 | 0 | [7] | |
Frank Burton | Scotland | GK | 1899 | 1 | 0 | [7] | |
J. Chambers | England | FW | 1899 | 2 | 0 | [7] | |
John Cotton | England | HB/FW | 1899 | 2 | 0 | [7] | |
F. Dean | England | HB | 1899 | 4 | 0 | [7] | |
E. H. Dicks | England | FB | 1899–1900 | 17 | 0 | [7] | |
B. Edwards | England | FW | 1899–1900 | 10 | 1 | [7] | |
Henry Gill | Scotland | GK/HB | 1899 | 3 | 0 | [7] | |
W. Hancock | England | FW | 1899 | 2 | 0 | [7] | |
Hay | n/a | HB | 1899 | 1 | 0 | [7] | |
Joseph Hood | England | U | 1899–1900 | 3 | 0 | [7] | |
Bert Lane | England | FB | 1899–1900 | 11 | 0 | [7] | |
G. Pearce | England | HB | 1899 | 7 | 0 | [7] | |
George Pollitt | England | FB | 1899 | 1 | 0 | [7] | |
J. T. Read | England | U | 1899 | 3 | 0 | [7] | |
Harry Thurston | England | FW | 1899 | 2 | 0 | [7] | |
A. Watt | England | FW | 1899–1900 | 11 | 2 | [7] | |
Bert Allen | England | FW | 1900 | 1 | 0 | [7] | |
R. Allen | England | HB/FW | 1900 | 3 | 0 | [7] | |
S. Andrews | England | GK | 1900 | 1 | 0 | [7] | |
'Bailey' | n/a | FW | 1900 | 1 | 0 | [nb 2] | [7] |
Henry Beagley | England | FW | 1900–1901 | 3 | 0 | [7] | |
Frederick Carte | England | FW | 1900 | 1 | 0 | [7] | |
Dave Clear | England | GK | 1900–1901 | 18 | 0 | [7] | |
R. Davis | England | FB | 1900 | 1 | 0 | [7] | |
P. Duncan | Scotland | HB | 1900 | 1 | 0 | [7] | |
Jack Graham | England | FB | 1900–1901 | 11 | 0 | ||
M. Granger | England | FW | 1900 | 1 | 0 | [7] | |
Billy Green | England | GK/CH | 1900–1903 | 23 | 0 | ||
William Hainsworth | England | HB | 1900–1903 | 22 | 0 | [7] | |
Louis Hare | England | GK | 1900 | 3 | 0 | [7] | |
Harry Harris | England | U | 1900–1903 | 14 | 1 | [7] | |
John Haugh | Scotland | FB | 1900 | 2 | 0 | [7] | |
William Hickman | England | FW | 1900 | 1 | 0 | [7] | |
T. Jones | Wales | FB/HB | 1900 | 7 | 0 | [7] | |
William Knight | England | FW | 1900 | 1 | 0 | [7] | |
J. Lucas | England | HB | 1900 | 3 | 0 | [7] | |
S. Marshall | England | GK | 1900 | 1 | 0 | [7] | |
Roddy McLeod | Scotland | FW | 1900–1902 | 24 | 14 | ||
Walter Neal | England | HB | 1900–1901 | 3 | 0 | [7] | |
John Pilgrim | England | FB | 1900 | 1 | 0 | [7] | |
Alfred Townsend | England | FW | 1900 | 2 | 0 | [7] | |
Joe Turner | England | FW | 1900–1901 | 21 | 11 | [7] | |
S. Vincent | England | FW | 1900 | 8 | 0 | [7] | |
Thomas Briddon | England | HB | 1901 | 1 | 0 | [7] | |
Harry Crump | England | FW/HB | 1901–1902 | 6 | 1 | ||
Francis Dexter | England | FW | 1901 | 2 | 0 | [7] | |
Tom Grieve | Scotland | OR | 1901–1902 | 22 | 1 | ||
Horace Jury | England | FW | 1901–1902 | 18 | 3 | [7] | |
Paddy Logan | Scotland | IF | 1901–1902 | 22 | 4 | ||
Ranald McSwan | Scotland | FW | 1901 | 5 | 1 | [7] | |
Henry Spawton | England | FW | 1901 | 1 | 0 | [7] | |
Henry Squires | England | FW | 1901–1902 | 4 | 0 | [7] | |
A. Wylie | Scotland | FB | 1901 | 2 | 0 | [7] | |
Ball | n/a | FB | 1902 | 1 | 0 | [7] | |
Charles Carr | England | FW | 1902 | 1 | 0 | [7] | |
William Childs | England | FW | 1902–1903 | 17 | 0 | [7] | |
Bob Crone ♦ | Ireland | FB | 1902–1903 | 2 | 0 | ||
Harry Dutfield | England | FB | 1902 | 1 | 0 | [7] | |
William Halley | Scotland | FB | 1902–1903 | 15 | 0 | ||
Bill Keech | England | HB | 1902–1903 | 21 | 0 | ||
Arthur Newsome | England | HB | 1902–1903 | 23 | 0 | [7] | |
John Parkinson | England | FW/HB | 1902 | 5 | 1 | [7] | |
George Pickering | England | FW | 1902–1903 | 15 | 2 | [7] | |
E. Roberts | n/a | HB | 1902 | 1 | 0 | [7] | |
Thomas Shufflebotham | England | HB | 1902–1903 | 16 | 0 | ||
Leonard Walker | England | FW | 1902 | 2 | 0 | [7] | |
Arnold Warren | England | FW | 1902–1903 | 22 | 2 | ||
George Bishop | England | GK | 1903–1904 | 3 | 0 | [7] | |
Ralph Brett | England | FW | 1903–1904 | 17 | 1 | ||
Joe Connor | Ireland | IR | 1903 | 12 | 2 | ||
Joe Frail | England | GK | 1903 | 15 | 0 | ||
Frederick Jordan | Ireland | FW | 1903 | 1 | 0 | [7] | |
Charles Lanham | England | FW | 1903–1904 | 4 | 0 | [7] | |
Tommy Leigh | England | FW | 1903–1904 | 24 | 4 | ||
James Swarbrick | England | FW | 1903–1905 | 21 | 1 | ||
Frederick Williams | England | HB | 1903 | 1 | 0 | [7] | |
John Barron | Scotland | FW | 1904 | 9 | 2 | ||
John Boag | Scotland | CF | 1904 | 2 | 0 | ||
Harry Fletcher | England | FW | 1904–1905 | 23 | 3 | ||
George Gates | England | RH/FW | 1904–1906 | 15 | 3 | ||
Bill Howarth | England | GK | 1904 | 1 | 0 | [7] | |
Frank Oliver | England | FW | 1904–1905 | 12 | 3 | ||
Alex Walker | Scotland | FW | 1904–1905 | 8 | 0 | ||
Bob Watson | Scotland | GK | 1904 | 6 | 0 | [7] | |
Walter Cookson | England | FW | 1905 | 2 | 0 | ||
Willie Cross | Scotland | FW | 1905–1906 | 16 | 1 | ||
Jack Dewhurst | England | FW | 1905 | 4 | 0 | ||
Chris Duffy | England | FW | 1905 | 6 | 0 | ||
William McBride | United States | GK | 1905 | 1 | 0 | [7] | |
John Moulder | England | FW | 1905 | 2 | 0 | ||
Harry Robotham | England | RH | 1905–1906 | 21 | 0 | ||
James Shinner | England | FB | 1905 | 7 | 2 | ||
David Greaves | England | FW | 1906–1907 | 10 | 6 | [7] | |
James Greechan | Scotland | IL | 1906–1907 | 12 | 2 | ||
Neve Grice | England | OR | 1906–1907 | 2 | 0 | ||
Joshua Hardisty | England | HB | 1906 | 1 | 0 | [7] | |
Robert Haworth | England | HB | 1906–1907 | 10 | 0 | ||
Lindsay Syrad | England | FW | 1906–1910 | 18 | 1 | [7] | |
Raymond Abbott | England | FB | 1907–1908 | 6 | 0 | [7] | |
Albert Bull | England | FB/HB | 1907 | 3 | 0 | [7] | |
Vince Hayes | England | FB | 1907–1908 | 13 | 0 | ||
James Lloyd-Evans | England | OF | 1907 | 2 | 0 | [9] | |
John McConnell | Scotland | FB | 1907 | 2 | 0 | ||
John McCourt | Scotland | IL | 1907 | 1 | 0 | ||
John Montgomery | Scotland | GK | 1907–1908 | 19 | 0 | ||
Alex Glen | Scotland | FW | 1908–1909 | 11 | 3 | ||
John Gordon | Scotland | HB | 1908 | 3 | 0 | ||
Gladstone Hamilton | Scotland | FW | 1908 | 3 | 0 | ||
Joe Hisbent | England | HB | 1908–1909 | 16 | 0 | ||
William Jaffray | Scotland | FW | 1908 | 4 | 0 | ||
Alex McCulloch | Scotland | FW | 1908 | 12 | 3 | ||
Arthur Nicholson | England | FW | 1908–1909 | 7 | 3 | [7] | |
George Podmore | England | HB | 1908 | 1 | 0 | [7] | |
Ernest Ramsden | England | FB | 1908–1909 | 12 | 1 | ||
Arthur Cowley | England | FW | 1909 | 2 | 0 | ||
Billy Grassam | Scotland | FW | 1909–1910 | 4 | 0 | ||
Bill McCafferty | Scotland | FW | 1909–1910 | 18 | 3 | ||
James McDonald | England | IF | 1909–1911 | 5 | 0 | [10] | |
Ronald McKenzie | Scotland | CF | 1909 | 10 | 1 | ||
George Rushton | England | OR | 1909–1910 | 16 | 2 | ||
Tommy Stewart | England | FB | 1909–1910 | 14 | 0 | ||
Alf Walker | England | OL | 1909–1910 | 14 | 3 | ||
Albert Wise | England | GK | 1909 | 1 | 0 | ||
Charlie Blackall | England | HB | 1910 | 7 | 0 | [7] | |
John Christie | Scotland | RB/LH | 1910 | 5 | 0 | [nb 3] | |
George Frost (c) | England | FW | 1910–1911 | 7 | 0 | [7] | |
Jack Land | England | HB/FW | 1910–1911 1915 |
5 | 0 | [7] | |
Walter Allen | England | HB | 1911 | 2 | 0 | [7] | |
Arthur Cleverley | England | FB | 1911–1912 | 14 | 0 | [7] | |
Harry Furr | England | GK | 1911 | 8 | 0 | ||
Thomas Graham | England | FW | 1911–1912 | 17 | 4 | ||
Henry Purver | England | FW | 1911–1912 | 2 | 0 | [11] | |
Fred Rouse | England | FW | 1911–1912 | 17 | 5 | ||
Hugh Dolby | England | FW | 1912 | 4 | 0 | ||
Willie Furr | England | FW | 1912 | 2 | 0 | ||
John Morrison | Scotland | FW | 1912–1913 | 10 | 0 | [7] | |
Charles Symes | England | FW | 1912–1914 | 4 | 0 | [7] | |
Tommy Clark | England | FW | 1913 | 4 | 3 | [7] | |
Charlie Elliott | England | FW | 1913–1914 | 20 | 2 | [7] | |
Tommy Fells | England | FB | 1913–1914 | 15 | 0 | ||
Tommy Kent | England | FW | 1913–1915 | 19 | 2 | [7] | |
Carter | England | FW | 1914 | 1 | 0 | [12] | |
Jack Cock | England | CF | 1914 | 3 | 1 | ||
George Curtis | England | HB | 1914 | 3 | 0 | [12] | |
Jack Curtis | England | OL | 1914–1915 | 16 | 1 | ||
Herbert Farnfield | England | FW | 1914 | 1 | 1 | [7] | |
Richard Fraser | England | FW | 1914–1915 | 3 | 0 | [12] | |
Charles Hibbert | England | FW | 1914–1915 | 11 | 1 | [12] | |
Percy Matthews | England | FW | 1914 | 3 | 0 | [12] | |
John Meehan | England | FW | 1914 | 1 | 1 | ||
Frank Price | England | FB | 1914–1915 | 10 | 1 | [12] | |
James Sangster | England | FW | 1914 | 2 | 0 | [12] | |
Richard Sloley | England | IR | 1914 | 6 | 7 | ||
Stephen Stonley | England | CF | 1914–1915 | 17 | 5 | ||
Henry White | England | CF | 1914–1915 | 18 | 9 | ||
Charles Allwright | England | HB | 1915 | 5 | 0 | ||
Herbert Allwright | England | FW/HB | 1915 | 2 | 0 | [13] | |
F. Arnold | England | FW | 1915 | 7 | 2 | [12] | |
Charles Bedell | England | FW | 1915 | 1 | 0 | [12] | |
Norman Carson | England | FW | 1915 | 2 | 0 | [12] | |
Walter Chalk | England | FW | 1915 | 9 | 6 | [12] | |
Harry Crane | England | HB | 1915 | 1 | 0 | [12] | |
Michael Donaghy | England | FW | 1915 | 7 | 0 | [12] | |
William Hughes | England | GK | 1915 | 1 | 0 | [12] | |
Mick O'Brien | Ireland | HB | 1915 | 9 | 3 | ||
Cecil Salisbury | England | FW | 1915 | 1 | 0 | [12] | |
Herbert Ashford | England | WH | 1919–1920 | 9 | 0 | ||
George Cannon | England | IR | 1919 | 6 | 1 | ||
Harry Dale | England | GK | 1919 | 1 | 0 | ||
Bertram Gilboy | England | FW | 1919–1920 | 19 | 3 | ||
Ernest Hanks | England | FW | 1919 | 1 | 0 | ||
Edward Hawkins | England | FB | 1919–1920 | 14 | 0 | [14] | |
Robert Parr | England | FW | 1919 | 1 | 0 | [14] | |
John Searby | England | FW | 1919–1920 | 11 | 3 | [14] | |
Fred Taylor | England | RH | 1919–1920 | 22 | 1 | ||
Fred Webster | England | FB | 1919–1920 | 11 | 0 | ||
Sidney Embury | England | FW | 1920 | 4 | 1 | [14] | |
John Henery | England | OF | 1920–1921 | 22 | 1 | ||
James Lockwood | England | FW | 1920 | 1 | 1 | [14] | |
Walter Loveday | England | FB | 1920 | 1 | 0 | [14] | |
Bert Spreadbury | England | CF | 1920–1921 | 22 | 6 |