1924–25 season of Brentford F.C.
Brentford 1924–25 football season
During the 1924–25 English football season, Brentford competed in the Football League Third Division South . After finishing in 21st place, the club successfully applied for re-election . The 41 goals scored during the season is the fewest in club history.
Season summary [ edit ] Fred Halliday took over as Brentford manager for the fourth and final time in December 1924. Brentford manager Archie Mitchell conducted an overhaul of his half back and forward lines during the 1924 off-season, releasing James Kerr , Freddy Capper , Bobby Hughes , Sidney Mulford and Henry Parkinson and signing 12 new players,[2] which included new forward Jack Allen to partner Reginald Parker in attack. Aside from a three-match winning streak in September, which lifted the club as high as 9th,[4] 10 defeats in the following 12 games saw Mitchell step down as manager after a 5–3 defeat to Isthmian League club St Albans City in the FA Cup fifth qualifying round on 29 November 1924. He was replaced by Fred Halliday , who stepped up from an administrative role to take over as Brentford manager for the third time.
At the time of Halliday's first match in charge, Brentford had been rooted to the bottom of the Third Division South for nearly a month.[4] Halliday fared little better than his predecessor, despite a 10-match spell from mid-December to early February which saw the Bees lose just three times.[4] Mid-season signings Jimmy McCree , Bert Young and new captain Alex Graham failed to strengthen the team, though four goals in 9 late-season appearances from new acquisition Jack Lane at least inspired the team to score 12 goals in the matches in which he played.[4]
Brentford finished the 1924–25 season in 21st place and successfully applied for re-election to the Football League .[8] Though statistically it was not Brentford's worst season, many Football League club records were set or equalled during the campaign, including fewest away victories (1), fewest victories (9), fewest draws (0), consecutive home draws (4), most away defeats (20), most defeats (26), fewest away goals scored (10), fewest goals scored (38) and most away goals conceded (65).[9] A 7–0 defeat to Swansea Town on 8 November 1924 is Brentford's joint-worst league defeat and together with a 7–1 defeat to Plymouth Argyle on 6 September 1924, is a joint-club record for most goals conceded in an away league loss.[9]
League table [ edit ]
Results [ edit ] Brentford's goal tally listed first. No. Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorer(s) 1 30 August 1924 Brighton & Hove Albion H 2–4 8,500 Garnish , Parker 2 3 September 1924 Gillingham A 0–1 5,000 3 6 September 1924 Plymouth Argyle A 1–7 9,000 Parker 4 8 September 1924 Gillingham H 2–1 6,000 Parker , Allen 5 13 September 1924 Bristol City H 1–0 9,000 Allen 6 15 September 1924 Newport County H 2–0 7,000 Parker (2) 7 20 September 1924 Swindon Town A 0–2 4,000 8 27 September 1924 Aberdare Athletic H 2–2 9,000 Parker , H. Williams 9 4 October 1924 Norwich City A 0–3 6,000 10 11 October 1924 Queens Park Rangers H 0–1 8,000 11 18 October 1924 Millwall H 1–0 11,000 R. Williams 12 22 October 1924 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic A 0–2 6,000 13 25 October 1924 Merthyr Town A 0–4 5,000 14 1 November 1924 Reading H 0–1 2,500 15 8 November 1924 Swansea Town A 0–7 5,000 16 15 November 1924 Exeter City H 2–5 2,500 Garnish , Parker 17 22 November 1924 Bristol Rovers A 0–2 5,000 18 6 December 1924 Southend United A 1–6 4,000 Relph 19 13 December 1924 Watford H 0–0 4,000 20 20 December 1924 Northampton Town A 2–0 6,000 Allen (2) 21 25 December 1924 Charlton Athletic A 0–3 7,000 22 26 December 1924 Charlton Athletic H 1–0 10,000 Allen 23 27 December 1924 Brighton & Hove Albion A 1–4 2,500 Parker 24 3 January 1925 Plymouth Argyle H 1–0 8,000 Graham (pen ) 25 10 January 1925 Southend United H 2–2 7,000 Garnish , V. Rowe 26 17 January 1925 Bristol City A 0–3 8,500 27 24 January 1925 Swindon Town H 0–0 7,000 28 7 February 1925 Norwich City H 1–1 7,000 Allen 29 14 February 1925 Queens Park Rangers A 0–1 10,000 30 16 February 1925 Aberdare Athletic A 1–2 3,000 Hughes 31 21 February 1925 Millwall A 0–3 14,000 32 28 February 1925 Merthyr Town H 2–2 7,000 Isaac , H. Williams 33 7 March 1925 Reading A 1–3 6,312 Allen 34 14 March 1925 Swansea Town H 3–1 9,000 Allen (2), Lane 35 21 March 1925 Exeter City A 1–5 3,000 Lane 36 28 March 1925 Bristol Rovers H 1–1 4,000 Allen 37 4 April 1925 Newport County A 0–1 5,000 38 10 April 1925 Luton Town H 3–0 7,000 Allen (2), Lane 39 13 April 1925 Luton Town A 1–3 6,000 Garnish 40 18 April 1925 Watford A 1–3 4,000 Allen 41 25 April 1925 Northampton Town H 1–3 5,000 Lane 42 2 May 1925 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic H 1–2 4,000 Allen
Sources: Statto , 100 Years of Brentford, The Complete History[11] Playing squad [ edit ] Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 1924–25 season. Sources: 100 Years of Brentford, Timeless Bees,[12] Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939[13] Coaching staff [ edit ] Archie Mitchell (30 August–2 December 1924) [ edit ] Fred Halliday (3 December 1924 – 2 May 1925) [ edit ] Statistics [ edit ] Appearances and goals [ edit ] Brentford's highest appearance-makers in each position during the Football League season.
Source: 100 Years of Brentford Goalscorers [ edit ] Source: 100 Years of Brentford Management [ edit ] Name Nat From To Record All Comps Record League P W D L W % P W D L W % Archie Mitchell 30 August 1924 29 November 1924 18 4 1 13 0 22.22 17 4 1 12 0 23.53 Fred Halliday 6 November 1924 2 May 1925 25 5 6 14 0 20.00 25 5 6 14 0 20.00
Summary [ edit ] Games played 43 (42 Third Division South , 1 FA Cup ) Games won 9 (9 Third Division South, 0 FA Cup) Games drawn 7 (7 Third Division South, 0 FA Cup) Games lost 27 (26 Third Division South, 1 FA Cup) Goals scored 41 (38 Third Division South, 3 FA Cup) Goals conceded 96 (91 Third Division South, 5 FA Cup) Clean sheets 9 (9 Third Division South, 0 FA Cup) Biggest league win 3–0 versus Luton Town , 10 April 1925 Worst league defeat 7–0 versus Swansea Town , 8 November 1924 Most appearances 42, Reginald Parker (42 Third Division South, 1 FA Cup) Top scorer (league) 14, Jack Allen Top scorer (all competitions) 14, Jack Allen
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