1911–12 Brentford F.C. season

During the 1911–12 English football season, Brentford competed in the Southern League Division One. A forgettable season saw the club finish in mid-table and advance to the first round proper of the FA Cup.

Season summary

Brentford secretary-manager Fred Halliday strengthened his squad in preparation for the 1911–12 Southern League Division One season, bringing in left back Walter Spratt, outside right Billy Brawn, inside forward Patsy Hendren and centre forward Thomas Graham.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] He would later sign forwards Fred Rouse and Willis Rippon in a bid to improve the team's goalscoring,^[5]^[6] with Rippon going on to finish the season as top-scorer with 20 goals.^[4] Full back Steve Buxton was sold to Oldham Athletic on the eve of the season for a £425 fee, in a bid to settle some of the club's debts.^[7] The sale of Geordie Reid to Clyde for a club record £500 fee in September 1911 helped pay off further debts.^[7]

Brentford finished the season in 14th place and advanced to the first round proper of the FA Cup,^[8] taking Crystal Palace to a replay before going out of the competition.^[9] The 9–0 league defeat to Coventry City on 27 December 1911 is the heaviest in club history.^[10]

League table

Main article: 1911–12 Southern Football League

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Queens Park Rangers	38	21	11	6	59	35	1.69	53
2	Plymouth Argyle	38	23	6	9	63	31	2.03	52
3	Northampton Town	38	22	7	9	82	41	2.00	51
4	Swindon Town	38	21	6	11	82	50	1.64	48
5	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	19	9	10	73	35	2.09	47
6	Coventry City	38	17	8	13	66	54	1.22	42
7	Crystal Palace	38	15	10	13	70	46	1.52	40
8	Millwall	38	15	10	13	60	57	1.05	40
9	Watford	38	13	10	15	56	58	0.97	36
10	Stoke	38	13	10	15	51	63	0.81	36
11	Reading	38	11	14	13	43	68	0.62	36
12	Norwich City	38	10	14	14	40	60	0.67	34
13	West Ham United	38	13	7	18	64	69	0.93	33
14	Brentford	38	12	9	17	60	65	0.92	33
15	Exeter City	38	11	11	16	48	62	0.77	33
16	Southampton	38	10	11	17	46	63	0.73	31
17	Bristol Rovers	38	9	13	16	41	62	0.66	31
18	New Brompton	38	11	9	18	35	72	0.49	31	Changed name to Gillingham at end of season
19	Luton Town	38	9	10	19	49	61	0.80	28	Relegated to Division Two
20	Leyton	38	7	11	20	27	62	0.44	25	Left to join South Essex League at end of season

^{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	Attendance	Scorer(s)
1	2 September 1911	Reading	A	0–0	7,000
2	6 September 1911	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	2–0	n/a	Sibbald (2)
3	9 September 1911	Watford	H	4–2	7,344	Reid (3), Graham
4	16 September 1911	New Brompton	A	1–2	5,000	Sibbald
5	23 September 1911	Exeter City	H	3–1	7,400	Hendren (2), Sibbald
6	30 September 1911	Luton Town	H	0–1	5,700
7	7 October 1911	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–4	14,000
8	14 October 1911	Millwall	H	3–3	7,000	Graham, Brawn, Hendren
9	21 October 1911	West Ham United	A	4–7	6,000	Rippon (3), Hendren
10	28 October 1911	Bristol Rovers	H	2–2	5,000	Brawn, Rippon
11	4 November 1911	Swindon Town	A	0–2	n/a
12	11 November 1911	Northampton Town	H	2–2	5,000
13	25 November 1911	Stoke	H	0–1	n/a
14	9 December 1911	Leyton	H	2–0	n/a	Rippon, Rouse
15	16 December 1911	Norwich City	A	0–2	5,000
16	23 December 1911	Crystal Palace	H	1–0	5,000	Sibbald
17	25 December 1911	Southampton	H	4–0	9,627	Graham (2), Sibbald (2)
18	26 December 1911	Southampton	A	2–3	6,000	Rouse, Sibbald
19	27 December 1911	Coventry City	A	0–9	n/a
20	30 December 1911	Reading	H	0–0	4,000
21	6 January 1912	Watford	A	0–3	n/a
22	20 January 1912	New Brompton	H	7–1	3,000	Rippon (3), Rouse (2), Hendren (2)
23	27 January 1912	Exeter City	A	0–1	5,000
24	3 February 1912	Luton Town	A	0–0	n/a
25	10 February 1912	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–2	9,450	Rouse
26	17 February 1912	Millwall	A	0–2	n/a
27	2 March 1912	Bristol Rovers	A	3–1	4,000	McTavish, Rippon (2)
28	16 March 1912	Northampton Town	A	3–6	5,000	McTavish, Rippon (2)
29	23 March 1912	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1–1	2,503	Sibbald
30	27 March 1912	West Ham United	H	1–2	3,000	Sibbald
31	30 March 1912	Stoke	A	1–1	6,000	Sibbald
32	5 April 1912	Plymouth Argyle	H	4–0	8,795	Sibbald, Rippon (2), McTavish
33	6 April 1912	Coventry City	H	3–0	5,453	Brawn (2), McTavish
34	8 April 1912	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–1	3,000
35	13 April 1912	Leyton	A	1–1	2,000	McTavish
36	20 April 1912	Norwich City	H	3–0	4,000	McTavish, Wolstenholme (og), Rippon
37	24 April 1912	Swindon Town	H	2–0	n/a	Rippon (2, 1 pen)
38	27 April 1912	Crystal Palace	A	0–2	4,000

FA Cup

Main article: 1911–12 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorer(s)	Notes
QR5	18 November 1911	First Battalion King's Royal Rifles	H	1–1	1,475	Hendren
QR5 (replay)	22 November 1911	First Battalion King's Royal Rifles	A	4–1	2,600	Hendren, Rippon (3)	^{[nb 1]}
QR6	2 December 1911	Southend United	A	1–0	3,500	Brawn
R1	13 January 1912	Crystal Palace	H	0–0	8,916
R1 (replay)	17 January 1912	Crystal Palace	A	0–4	9,000

Source: 100 Years Of Brentford^[4]

Playing squad

Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 1911–12 season.

Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK	Archie Ling	(1881-03-14)14 March 1881 (aged 30)	Swindon Town	1909
Defenders
DF	Arthur Cleverley	(1885-03-28)28 March 1885 (aged 26)	Unattached	1911
DF	Dusty Rhodes (c)	(1882-08-16)16 August 1882 (aged 29)	Sunderland	1908
DF	Walter Spratt	(1889-04-14)14 April 1889 (aged 22)	Rotherham Town	1911
Midfielders
HB	Allen	n/a	n/a	1911
HB	Alec Barclay	(1885-11-01)1 November 1885 (aged 25)	Ilford	1910	Amateur
HB	Jock Hamilton	(1879-02-28)28 February 1879 (aged 32)	Leeds City	1909
HB	William Hickleton	(1882-05-12)12 May 1882 (aged 29)	Coventry City	1911	On loan from Coventry City
HB	George Kennedy	(1882-03-12)12 March 1882 (aged 29)	Chelsea	1910
HB	Phil Richards	(1884-02-19)19 February 1884 (aged 27)	Bradford Park Avenue	1908
Forwards
FW	George Anderson	1881 (aged 29–30)	Birmingham	1909
FW	Billy Brawn	(1878-08-01)1 August 1878 (aged 33)	Chelsea	1911
FW	Willie Furr	(1891-07-22)22 July 1891 (aged 20)	Hitchin Town	1912
FW	Thomas Graham	(1887-07-20)20 July 1887 (aged 24)	Castleford Town	1911
FW	Patsy Hendren	(1889-02-05)5 February 1889 (aged 22)	Coventry City	1911	Played when his cricket commitments allowed
FW	Henry Purver	(1891-05-03)3 May 1891 (aged 20)	Oxford City	1911	Amateur
FW	Willis Rippon	(1888-12-02)2 December 1888 (aged 22)	Woolwich Arsenal	1911
FW	Jack Sibbald	(1890-09-12)12 September 1890 (aged 20)	Wallsend Elm Villa	1910
FW	C. Symes	n/a	South Tooting	1912
FW	Bob McTavish	(1888-10-26)26 October 1888 (aged 22)	Tottenham Hotspur	1912
Players who left the club mid-season
GK	Harry Furr	(1887-01-13)13 January 1887 (aged 24)	Croydon Common	1911	Transferred to Croydon Common
FW	Geordie Reid	(1881-05-22)22 May 1881 (aged 30)	Bradford Park Avenue	1908	Transferred to Clyde
FW	Fred Rouse	(1881-11-28)28 November 1881 (aged 29)	Croydon Common	1911	Retired

Source: Brentford Football Club Official Handbook 1911–12,^[11] 100 Years Of Brentford,^[4] Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939^[12]

Coaching staff

Name	Role
Fred Halliday	Secretary Manager
Tom Cowper	Trainer

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Substitute appearances in brackets.

Pos	Nat	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
Pos	Nat	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK		Harry Furr	6	0	2	0	8	0
GK		Archie Ling	32	0	3	0	35	0
DF		Arthur Cleverley	14	0	0	0	14	0
DF		Dusty Rhodes	29	0	5	0	34	0
DF		Walter Spratt	31	0	5	0	36	0
HB	n/a	Allen	2	0	0	0	2	0
HB		Alec Barclay	28	0	3	0	31	0
HB		Jock Hamilton	22	0	5	0	27	0
HB		George Kennedy	28	0	4	0	32	0
HB		Phil Richards	12	0	3	0	15	0
FW		George Anderson	20	1	3	0	23	1
FW		Billy Brawn	34	4	5	1	39	5
FW		Willie Furr	2	0	0	0	2	0
FW		Thomas Graham	15	4	1	0	16	4
FW		Patsy Hendren	32	4	5	2	37	6
FW		Bob McTavish	12	6	—		12	6
FW		Henry Purver	2	0	0	0	2	0
FW		Geordie Reid	4	3	—		4	3
FW		Willis Rippon	24	17	5	3	29	20
FW		Fred Rouse	15	5	2	0	17	5
FW		Jack Sibbald	29	12	4	0	33	12
FW	n/a	C. Symes	1	0	—		1	0
Players loaned in during the season
HB		William Hickleton	24	1	0	0	24	1

Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
Source: 100 Years Of Brentford^[4]

Goalscorers

Pos.	Player	SL1	FAC	Total
FW	Willis Rippon	17	3	20
FW	Jack Sibbald	12	0	12
FW	Bob McTavish	6	—	6
FW	Patsy Hendren	4	2	6
FW	Fred Rouse	5	0	5
FW	Billy Brawn	4	1	5
FW	Thomas Graham	4	0	4
FW	Geordie Reid	3	—	3
FW	George Anderson	1	0	1
HB	William Hickleton	1	0	1
Opponents		1	0	1
Total		60	6	66

Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
Source: 100 Years Of Brentford^[4]

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		2 September 1911	27 April 1912	7001430000000000000♠43	7001140000000000000♠14	7001110000000000000♠11	7001180000000000000♠18	7001325600000000000♠32.56\|	7001380000000000000♠38	7001120000000000000♠12	7000900000000000000♠9	7001170000000000000♠17	7001315800000000000♠31.58

Summary

Games played	47 (42 Southern League Division One, 5 FA Cup)
Games won	14 (12 Southern League Division One, 2 FA Cup)
Games drawn	11 (9 Southern League Division One, 2 FA Cup)
Games lost	18 (17 Southern League Division One, 1 FA Cup)
Goals scored	66 (60 Southern League Division One, 6 FA Cup)
Goals conceded	71 (65 Southern League Division One, 6 FA Cup)
Clean sheets	13 (11 Southern League Division One, 2 FA Cup)
Biggest league win	7–1 versus New Brompton, 20 January 1912
Worst league defeat	9–0 versus Coventry City, 27 December 1911
Most appearances	39, Billy Brawn (34 Southern League Division One, 5 FA Cup)
Top scorer (league)	17, Willis Rippon
Top scorer (all competitions)	20, Willis Rippon

Transfers & loans

Cricketers are not included in this list.

Players transferred in
Date	Pos.	Name	Previous Club	Fee	Ref.
May 1911	FW	Billy Brawn	Chelsea	n/a	^[13]
1911	HB	Allen	n/a	n/a	^[7]
1911	DF	Arthur Cleverley	Unattached	n/a	^[7]
1911	FW	Thomas Graham	Castleford Town	n/a	^[7]
1911	FW	Patsy Hendren	Coventry City	n/a	^[14]
1911	FW	Henry Purver	Oxford City	Amateur	^[7]
1911	DF	Walter Spratt	Rotherham Town	Free	^[1]
September 1911	FW	Fred Rouse	Chelsea	n/a	^[6]
25 October 1911	FW	Willis Rippon	Woolwich Arsenal	£200	^[7]
October 1911	GK	Harry Furr	Croydon Common	n/a	^[15]
February 1912	FW	Willie Furr	Hitchin Town	n/a	^[16]
March 1912	FW	Bob McTavish	Tottenham Hotspur	Nominal	^[7]
1912	FW	C. Symes	South Tooting	n/a	^[16]
Players loaned in
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Date to	Ref.
1911	HB	William Hickleton	Coventry City	End of season	^[7]
Players transferred out
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Fee	Ref.
August 1911	DF	Steve Buxton	Oldham Athletic	£425	^[7]
September 1911	FW	Geordie Reid	Clyde	£500	^[7]
March 1912	GK	Harry Furr	Croydon Common	n/a	^[15]
Players released
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
February 1912	FW	Fred Rouse	Retired		^[6]
May 1912	HB	Allen	n/a	n/a	^[7]
May 1912	FW	George Anderson	Retired		^[7]
May 1912	FW	Willie Furr	Leicester Fosse	n/a	^[16]
May 1912	GK	Archie Ling	Retired		^[7]

Notes

↑ Match played at Griffin Park due to the inadequacy of First Battalion King's Royal Rifles' ground.

References

1 2 Handbook 1911, p. 25.
↑ Handbook 1911, p. 33.
↑ Handbook 1911, p. 34.
1 2 3 4 5 6 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 361. ISBN 0951526200.
↑ Group, Arsenal Media. "Willis Rippon | Arsenal.com". www.arsenal.com. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
1 2 3 "Croydon Common FC - Biographies - Fred Rouse" (PDF).
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 White 1989, p. 97-99.
↑ "England - Southern League Final Tables". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
↑ "Football Club History Database - F.A. Cup 1911-12". www.fchd.info. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
↑ Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopedia. Yore Publications. p. 119. ISBN 1 874427 57 7.
↑ Brentford Football Club Official Handbook 1911–12. Richmond. p. 20.
↑ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. ISBN 190589161X.
↑ "England Players - Billy Brawn". www.englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
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1 2 3 White 1989, p. 99-101.

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