1910–11 Brentford F.C. season explained

Club:	Brentford
Season:	1910–11
Manager:	Fred Halliday
Chairman:	H. Jason-Saunders
Stadium:	Griffin Park
League:	Southern League First Division
League Result:	12th
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	First round
League Topscorer:	Reid (21)
Mgrtitle:	Secretary Manager
Season Topscorer:	Reid (21)
Highest Attendance:	14,000
Lowest Attendance:	3,000
Pattern La1:	_brentford early 1900s
Pattern B1:	_brentford 1910_14
Pattern Ra1:	_brentford early 1900s
Pattern So1:	_2 gold stripes
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Socks1:	0000FF
Prevseason:	1909–10
Nextseason:	1911–12

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

Season summary

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 1910 off-season, with half back George Kennedy, full back John Christie and returning outside right Joe Ryalls being the only signings of note. The Bees had a good first half of the Southern League First Division 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. Despite the promising form, the majority of the team's goals were scored by Reid, who bagged 14 goals in a 17-match spell.

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. 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), which equalled Adam Bowman's club record for most Southern League goals in a season.^[1] Some pride was salvaged with victory over West London rivals Queens Park Rangers in the inaugural Ealing Hospital Cup in April.

League table

See main article: article.

Results

Brentford's goal tally listed first.

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Southern League First Division

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

See main article: article and 1910–11 FA Cup.

• Source: 100 Years Of Brentford

Playing squad

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

Pos.	Name	Nat.	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK	Archie Ling		September 3, 1910	Swindon Town	1909
Defenders
DF	Steve Buxton		September 3, 1910	South Bank	1908
DF	John Christie		September 3, 1910	Croydon Common	1910
DF	Dusty Rhodes		September 3, 1910	Sunderland	1908
Midfielders
HB	Bert Badger		September 3, 1910	Nottingham Forest	1910
HB	Alec Barclay		September 3, 1910	Ilford	1910	Amateur
HB	Jock Hamilton		September 3, 1910	Leeds City	1909
HB	George Kennedy		September 3, 1910	Chelsea	1910
HB	Jack Land		September 3, 1910	Hounslow	1910
HB	Phil Richards		September 3, 1910	Bradford Park Avenue	1908
Forwards
FW	George Anderson		September 3, 1910	Birmingham	1909
FW	Albert Bartlett		September 3, 1910	Bradford City	1909
FW	George Frost (c)		September 3, 1910	Wallsend Elm Villa	1910
FW	Bert Hollinrake		September 3, 1910	South Ealing Rovers	1909	Amateur
FW	James MacDonald		September 3, 1910	Hanwell	1909
FW	Geordie Reid		September 3, 1910	Bradford Park Avenue	1908
FW	Joe Ryalls		September 3, 1910	Nottingham Forest	1910
FW	Jack Sibbald		September 3, 1910	Wallsend Elm Villa	1910

• Source: 100 Years Of Brentford,^[2] Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939^[3]

Coaching staff

Name	Role
Fred Halliday	Secretary Manager
Tom Cowper	Trainer

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Pos	Nat	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
			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

Goalscorers

Pos.	Nat	Player	SL1	FAC	Total
FW		Geordie Reid	21	0	21
FW		Jack Sibbald	5	0	5
FW		Bert Hollinrake	4	0	4
FW		George Anderson	2	0	2
FW		Albert Bartlett	2	0	2
HB		George Kennedy	2	0	2
GK		Archie Ling	2	0	2
FW		Joe Ryalls	2	0	2
Total			41	0	41

• Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
• Source: 100 Years Of Brentford

Summary

Games played	39 (38 Southern League First Division, 1 FA Cup)
Games won	14 (14 Southern League First Division, 0 FA Cup)
Games drawn	9 (9 Southern League First Division, 0 FA Cup)
Games lost	16 (15 Southern League First Division, 1 FA Cup)
Goals scored	41 (41 Southern League First Division, 0 FA Cup)
Goals conceded	43 (42 Southern League First Division, 1 FA Cup)
Clean sheets	12 (12 Southern League First Division, 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 First Division, 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.
12 May 1910	FW	Joe Ryalls	Nottingham Forest	n/a	^[4]
20 July 1910	HB	George Kennedy	Chelsea	n/a
July 1910	DF	William Harwood	Cubbington Albion	Amateur	^[5]
30 August 1910	DF	Arthur Cleverley	Yiewsley	n/a
16 September 1910	DF	John Christie	Croydon Common	n/a	^[6]
19 December 1910	HB	Bert Badger	Nottingham Forest	Free	^[7]
December 1910	FW	Herbert Daniels	Kingstonian	Amateur	^[8]
December 1910	HB	Dudley Page	Kingstonian	Amateur	^[9]
1910	HB	Walter Allen	Barnet & Alston	Amateur	^[10]
1910	HB	Charles Allwright	Hanwell Town	Amateur
1910	FW	Grantham Bowler	n/a	n/a
1910	HB	Alec Barclay	Ilford	Amateur
1910	FW	John Caborn	Uxbridge	Amateur
1910	FW	John Chuter	Unattached	Amateur
1910	FW	Thomas Dorey	Unattached	Amateur	^[11]
1910	FW	Raymond Edwards	Unattached	Amateur
1910	FB	Albert Hooper	Unattached	Amateur
1910	GK	A. Lovegrove	Unattached	Amateur
1910	FB	R. Middleton	Unattached	Amateur
1910	FW	R. A. Nicholls	Unattached	Amateur
1910	FW	Henry Trumper	Ealing Wednesday	Amateur
1910	FW	Harry Washington	Unattached	Amateur
10 April 1911	HB	Henry Hogarth	Burnley	n/a	^[12]
Players transferred out
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Fee	Ref.
19 May 1910	FW	James Swarbrick	Stoke	Nominal	^[13]
Players released
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
August 1910	HB	William Harwood	Cubbington Albion	n/a	^[14]
March 1911	HB	Dudley Page	Crystal Palace	16 March 1911	^[15]
April 1911	FW	Albert Bartlett	Reading	30 August 1911
April 1911	HB	Charlie Blackall	n/a	n/a
April 1911	FW	George Frost	n/a	n/a
April 1911	FW	Bert Hollinrake	n/a	n/a
April 1911	FW	James MacDonald	Croydon Common	18 July 1911
April 1911	FW	Joe Ryalls	Chesterfield Town	15 September 1911

Notes and References

1. Book: Haynes, Graham . A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopedia . 1998 . Yore Publications . 1 874427 57 7 . 119.
2. Book: 100 Years Of Brentford . Brentford FC . 1989 . 0951526200 . White . Eric . 361.
3. Book: Joyce, Michael . Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 . Tony Brown . 2012 . 190589161X . Nottingham.
4. News: 4 May 1910 . Brentford have re-signed Jock Hamilton and have also secured the return of Jimmy Ryalls from Nottingham Forest. . County of Middlesex Independent.
5. News: 30 July 1910 . W Harwood, an amateur half back, has signed from Cubbington, near Leamington. . County of Middlesex Independent.
6. Web site: Biographies – John Christie . 8 May 2018 . Croydon Common Football Club.
7. Web site: Player: Herbert Osborne Badger . 2024-05-29 . Watford Football Club Archive . en.
8. Book: The Southern Football League – Season 1910–11 – Players Registered from Dec. 1st 1910 to Jan. 13th 1911 . 1911.
9. News: 24 December 1910 . Page and Daniels have been signed from Kingstonian. . County of Middlesex Independent.
10. Book: The Southern Football League – Season 1910–11 – Players Registered from August 20th to September 20th . 1911.
11. Book: The Southern Football League – Season 1910–11 – Players Registered from July 20th to August 19th . 1911.
12. Web site: The Football Association – Season 1910–11 – Summary Of Professional Registrations . 1 January 2021 . Sky is Blue – The Chesterfield FC history resource.
13. News: 9 July 1910 . J Swarbrick has been transferred to Stoke. Brentford will profit over the deal by a small transfer fee. . County of Middlesex Independent.
14. News: 31 August 1910 . Brentford have signed Cleverly as reserve half back. W Harwood has been released. . County of Middlesex Independent.
15. News: 18 March 1911 . Page, the old Kingstonian player who was with Brentford for some months has signed as a professional with Crystal Palace. . County of Middlesex Independent.