1910–11 Brentford F.C. season

Brentford
1910–11 season
Chairman	H. Jason-Saunders
Secretary Manager	Fred Halliday
Stadium	Griffin Park
Southern League Division One	12th
FA Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Reid (21); All: Reid (21)
Highest home attendance	14,000
Lowest home attendance	3,000
	← 1909–10 1911–12 →

During the 1910–11 English football season, Brentford competed in the Southern League Division One. Despite contending for promotion during the first half of the season, injuries dropped the Bees to a mid-table finish.

Season summary

Centre forward Geordie Reid scored over half of Brentford's goals during the season.

A £315 loss on the 1909–10 season meant that there was little transfer activity for Brentford manager Fred Halliday to conduct over the course of the 1909 off-season, with half back George Kennedy, full back John Christie and returning outside right Joe Ryalls being the only signings of note.^[1] The Bees had a good first half of the Southern League Division One season, losing just five of the opening 20 matches, with Geordie Reid (Southern League XI) and Steve Buxton and John Christie (both London XI) winning representative honours.^[1] Despite the promising form, the majority of the team's goals were scored by Reid, who bagged 14 goals in a 17-match spell.^[2]

Brentford's promotion challenge was effectively ended by a 3–0 defeat to Swindon Town (champions at the end of the season) on 7 January 1911 and the team slipped from 5th position into mid-table.^[1] Injuries to George Kennedy, Joe Ryalls, Geordie Reid and George Anderson at differing times disrupted the attack and Brentford finished the season having scored 41 league goals, with Geordie Reid having scored over half the team's total (21),^[1] equalling Adam Bowman's club record for most Southern League goals in a season.^[3] Some pride was salvaged with victory over West London rivals Queens Park Rangers in the inaugural Ealing Hospital Cup in April.^[1]

League table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Swindon Town	38	24	5	9	80	31	2.58	53
2	Northampton Town	38	18	12	8	54	27	2	48
3	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	20	8	10	58	36	1.61	48
4	Crystal Palace	38	17	13	8	55	48	1.15	47
5	West Ham United	38	17	11	10	63	46	1.37	45
6	Queens Park Rangers	38	13	14	11	52	41	1.27	40
7	Leyton	38	16	8	14	57	52	1.1	40
8	Plymouth Argyle	38	15	9	14	54	55	0.98	39
9	Luton Town	38	15	8	15	67	63	1.06	38
10	Norwich City	38	15	8	15	46	48	0.96	38
11	Coventry City	38	16	6	16	65	68	0.96	38
12	Brentford	38	14	9	15	41	42	0.98	37
13	Exeter City	38	14	9	15	51	53	0.96	37
14	Watford	38	13	9	16	49	65	0.75	35
15	Millwall	38	11	9	18	42	54	0.78	31
16	Bristol Rovers	38	10	10	18	42	55	0.76	30
17	Southampton	38	11	8	19	42	67	0.62	30
18	New Brompton	38	11	8	19	34	65	0.52	30
19	Southend United	38	10	9	19	47	64	0.73	29	Relegated to Division Two
20	Portsmouth	38	8	11	19	34	53	0.64	27	Relegated to Division Two

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used until the 1976–77 season.}

^{2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

Results

Brentford's goal tally listed first.

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Southern League Division One

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorer(s)
1	3 September 1910	Exeter City	A	0–0
2	10 September 1910	Swindon Town	H	1–1	Ling (pen)
3	17 September 1910	Bristol Rovers	A	1–0	Ling (pen)
4	24 September 1910	Crystal Palace	H	2–1	Kennedy, Reid
5	28 September 1910	New Brompton	A	1–2	Ryalls
6	1 October 1910	Norwich City	H	2–0	Hollinrake, Ryalls
7	8 October 1910	Leyton	A	1–4	Reid
8	15 October 1910	Watford	H	2–0	Sibbald, Anderson
9	22 October 1910	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–2
10	29 October 1910	Southampton	H	3–2	Reid (2), Kennedy
11	5 November 1910	Southend United	A	2–0	Sibbald, Bartlett
12	12 November 1910	Coventry City	H	1–0	Reid
13	26 November 1910	Millwall	H	3–1	Reid (3)
14	3 December 1910	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–2
15	10 December 1910	West Ham United	H	3–0	Hollinrake (2), Reid
16	17 December 1910	Luton Town	A	1–1	Reid
17	24 December 1910	Portsmouth	H	2–0	Hamilton, Reid
18	26 December 1910	Northampton Town	A	0–2
19	27 December 1910	Northampton Town	H	0–0
20	31 December 1910	Exeter City	H	3–1	Reid (3)
21	7 January 1911	Swindon Town	A	0–3
22	21 January 1911	Bristol Rovers	H	3–0	Sibbald, Hollinrake, Reid
23	28 January 1911	Crystal Palace	A	1–1	Sibbald
24	11 February 1911	Leyton	H	0–0
25	18 February 1911	Watford	A	0–1
26	25 February 1911	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–2	Reid
27	4 March 1911	Southampton	A	0–2
28	11 March 1911	Southend United	H	3–1	Reid (3)
29	18 March 1911	Coventry City	A	0–2
30	25 March 1911	New Brompton	H	0–2
31	1 April 1911	Millwall	A	1–1	Sibbald
32	8 April 1911	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–1	Anderson
33	14 April 1911	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0–1
34	15 April 1911	West Ham United	A	0–2
35	17 April 1911	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1–1	Reid
36	18 April 1911	Norwich City	A	0–1
37	22 April 1911	Luton Town	H	1–0	Bartlett
38	29 April 1911	Portsmouth	A	1–2	Reid

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
R1	14 January 1911	Preston North End	H	0–1

Source: 100 Years Of Brentford^[2]

Playing squad

Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 1910–11 season.

Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK	Archie Ling	(1881-03-14)14 March 1881 (aged 29)	Swindon Town	1909
Defenders
DF	Steve Buxton	(1888-02-03)3 February 1888 (aged 22)	South Bank	1908
DF	John Christie	(1881-02-08)8 February 1881 (aged 29)	Croydon Common	1910
DF	Dusty Rhodes (c)	(1882-08-16)16 August 1882 (aged 28)	Sunderland	1908
Midfielders
HB	Bert Badger	(1882-10-04)4 October 1882 (aged 27)	Nottingham Forest	1910
HB	Alec Barclay	(1885-11-01)1 November 1885 (aged 24)	Ilford	1910	Amateur
HB	Jock Hamilton	(1879-02-28)28 February 1879 (aged 31)	Leeds City	1909
HB	George Kennedy	(1882-03-12)12 March 1882 (aged 28)	Chelsea	1910
HB	Jack Land	(1883-03-31)31 March 1883 (aged 27)	Hounslow	1910
HB	Phil Richards	(1884-02-19)19 February 1884 (aged 26)	Bradford Park Avenue	1908
Forwards
FW	George Anderson	(1879-11-29)29 November 1879 (aged 30)	Birmingham	1909
FW	Albert Bartlett	(1884-04-10)10 April 1884 (aged 26)	Bradford City	1909
FW	George Frost	(1887-12-24)24 December 1887 (aged 22)	Wallsend Elm Villa	1910
FW	Bert Hollinrake	(1890-09-26)26 September 1890 (aged 19)	South Ealing Rovers	1909	Amateur
FW	James MacDonald	(1887-10-01)1 October 1887 (aged 22)	Hanwell	1909
FW	Geordie Reid	(1882-01-30)30 January 1882 (aged 28)	Bradford Park Avenue	1908
FW	Joe Ryalls	(1881-01-03)3 January 1881 (aged 29)	Nottingham Forest	1910
FW	Jack Sibbald	(1890-09-12)12 September 1890 (aged 19)	Wallsend Elm Villa	1910

Source: 100 Years Of Brentford,^[2] Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939^[4]

Coaching staff

Name	Role
Fred Halliday	Secretary Manager
Tom Cowper	Trainer

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Pos	Nat	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
Pos	Nat	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK		Archie Ling	38	2	1	0	39	2
DF		Steve Buxton	38	0	1	0	39	0
DF		John Christie	5	0	0	0	5	0
DF		Dusty Rhodes	33	0	1	0	34	0
HB		Bert Badger	13	0	0	0	13	0
HB		Alec Barclay	6	0	0	0	6	0
HB		Jock Hamilton	37	1	1	0	38	1
HB		George Kennedy	22	2	1	0	23	2
HB		Jack Land	4	0	0	0	4	0
HB		Phil Richards	34	0	1	0	35	0
FW		George Anderson	29	2	1	0	30	2
FW		Albert Bartlett	30	2	1	0	31	2
FW		George Frost	7	0	0	0	7	0
FW		Bert Hollinrake	19	4	1	0	20	4
FW		James MacDonald	4	0	—		4	0
FW		Geordie Reid	35	21	1	0	36	21
FW		Joe Ryalls	35	2	1	0	36	2
FW		Jack Sibbald	29	5	0	0	29	5

Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
Source: 100 Years Of Brentford^[2]

Goalscorers

Pos.	Player	SL1	Total
FW	Geordie Reid	21	21
FW	Jack Sibbald	5	5
FW	Bert Hollinrake	4	4
FW	George Anderson	2	2
FW	Albert Bartlett	2	2
HB	George Kennedy	2	2
GK	Archie Ling	2	2
FW	Joe Ryalls	2	2
Total		41	41

Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
Source: 100 Years Of Brentford^[2]

Management

Name	Nat	From	To	Record All Comps					Record League
Name	Nat	From	To	P	W	D	L	W %	P	W	D	L	W %
Fred Halliday		3 September 1910	29 April 1911	39	14	9	16	035.90	38	14	9	15	036.84

Summary

Games played	39 (38 Southern League Division One, 1 FA Cup)
Games won	14 (14 Southern League Division One, 0 FA Cup)
Games drawn	9 (9 Southern League Division One, 0 FA Cup)
Games lost	16 (15 Southern League Division One, 1 FA Cup)
Goals scored	41 (41 Southern League Division One, 0 FA Cup)
Goals conceded	43 (42 Southern League Division One, 1 FA Cup)
Clean sheets	12 (12 Southern League Division One, 0 FA Cup)
Biggest league win	3–0 on two occasions
Worst league defeat	3–0 versus Swindon Town, 7 January 1911; 4–1 versus Leyton, 8 October 1910
Most appearances	39, Steve Buxton, Archie Ling (38 Southern League Division One, 1 FA Cup)
Top scorer (league)	21, Geordie Reid
Top scorer (all competitions)	21, Geordie Reid

Transfers & loans

Players transferred in
Date	Pos.	Name	Previous Club	Fee	Ref.
June 1910	FW	Joe Ryalls	Nottingham Forest	n/a	^[1]
July 1910	HB	George Kennedy	Chelsea	n/a	^[1]
September 1910	DF	John Christie	Croydon Common	n/a	^[5]
December 1910	HB	Bert Badger	Nottingham Forest	n/a	^[6]
1910	HB	Alec Barclay	Ilford	Amateur	^[2]
1910	FW	George Frost	Wallsend Elm Villa	n/a	^[2]
1910	HB	Jack Land	Hounslow	n/a	^[2]
Players released
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
April 1911	FW	Albert Bartlett	Reading	n/a	^[2]
April 1911	HB	Charlie Blackall	n/a	n/a	^[2]
April 1911	FW	George Frost	n/a	n/a	^[2]
April 1911	FW	Bert Hollinrake	n/a	n/a	^[2]
April 1911	FW	James MacDonald	Croydon Common	July 1911	^[7]
April 1911	FW	Joe Ryalls	Chesterfield Town	n/a	^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g White 1989, p. 96-97.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 361. ISBN 0951526200.
^ Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopedia. Yore Publications. p. 119. ISBN 1 874427 57 7.
^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. ISBN 190589161X.
^ "Croydon Common FC – Biographies – John Christie" (PDF). Retrieved 8 May 2018.
^ "Watford Football Club archive 1881–2017 » Players – Atkinson to Bates" (PDF). p. 10. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
^ "Croydon Common FC – Biographies – J. McDonald" (PDF). Retrieved 8 May 2018.

[FOOTNOTEWhite198996-97-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g White 1989, p. 96-97.

[100YOB-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 361. ISBN 0951526200.

[Haynes-3] Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopedia. Yore Publications. p. 119. ISBN 1 874427 57 7.

[Joyce-4] Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. ISBN 190589161X.

[Christie-5] "Croydon Common FC – Biographies – John Christie" (PDF). Retrieved 8 May 2018.

[6] "Watford Football Club archive 1881–2017 » Players – Atkinson to Bates" (PDF). p. 10. Retrieved 22 June 2018.

[McDonald-7] "Croydon Common FC – Biographies – J. McDonald" (PDF). Retrieved 8 May 2018.

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