1922–23 Brentford F.C. season

After a promising 9th-place finish at the end of the 1921–22 Third Division South season, Brentford player-manager Archie Mitchell retired from playing in order to concentrate solely on management.^[2] The squad was hit by the triple-departure of forwards Harry Anstiss, George Pither and long-serving wing half Alf Amos to league rivals Millwall in the summer of 1922, though the previous season's leading goalscorer Harry Morris was successfully retained and the money generated from the sales allowed the squad's wages to be paid through the off-season.^[3]^[4] 11 new players were transferred in, with a contingent from the North East, including full back George Kell, half backs Bill Inglis and John Haggan and forwards Gordon Johnstone, Reginald Parker, Harry Stott and John Thain.^[4] Trainer Michael Whitham was replaced by former Bees manager Dusty Rhodes.^[4]

Despite Harry Morris scoring 10 goals in an 11 match spell early in the season, Brentford were rooted in mid-table by early November 1921.^[5] A failure to convert draws into wins dropped the club down to 18th on Christmas Day and the sales of Harry Morris to Millwall and long-serving full back Bertie Rosier to Clapton Orient in February 1923 exacerbated the team's problems scoring and conceding goals.^[5]^[6]^[7] Though never looking in any danger of having to seek re-election, a run of goals from Gordon Johnstone and Reginald Parker inspired a seven match unbeaten spell from mid-March to mid-April which lifted Brentford to 14th.^[5]^[8]^[9] Three draws and two defeats in the final five matches of the season saw the Bees secure a 14th-place finish.^[5]

League table

Main article: 1922–23 Football League Third Division South

Pos	Team	Pld	Home					Away					F	A	GA	GD	Pts
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bristol City	42	16	4	1	43	13	8	7	6	23	27	66	40	1.650	+26	59
2	Plymouth Argyle	42	18	3	0	47	6	5	4	12	14	23	61	29	2.103	+32	53
3	Swansea Town	42	13	6	2	46	14	9	3	9	32	31	78	45	1.733	+33	53
4	Brighton & Hove Albion	42	15	3	3	39	13	5	8	8	13	21	52	34	1.529	+18	51
5	Luton Town	42	14	4	3	47	18	7	3	11	21	31	68	49	1.388	+19	49
6	Millwall	42	9	10	2	27	13	5	8	8	18	27	45	40	1.125	+5	46
7	Portsmouth	42	10	5	6	34	20	9	3	9	24	32	58	52	1.115	+6	46
8	Northampton Town	42	13	6	2	40	17	4	5	12	14	27	54	44	1.227	+10	45
9	Swindon Town	42	14	4	3	41	17	3	7	11	21	39	62	56	1.107	+6	45
10	Watford	42	10	6	5	35	23	7	4	10	22	31	57	54	1.056	+3	44
11	Queens Park Rangers	42	10	4	7	34	24	6	6	9	20	25	54	49	1.102	+5	42
12	Charlton Athletic	42	11	6	4	33	14	3	8	10	22	37	55	51	1.078	+4	42
13	Bristol Rovers	42	7	9	5	25	19	6	7	8	10	17	35	36	0.972	–1	42
14	Brentford	42	9	4	8	27	23	4	8	9	14	28	41	51	0.804	–10	38
15	Southend United	42	10	6	5	35	18	2	7	12	14	36	49	54	0.907	–5	37
16	Gillingham	42	13	4	4	38	18	2	3	16	13	41	51	59	0.864	–8	37
17	Merthyr Town	42	10	4	7	27	17	1	10	10	12	31	39	48	0.813	–9	36
18	Norwich City	42	8	7	6	29	26	5	3	13	22	45	51	71	0.718	–20	36
19	Reading	42	9	8	4	24	15	1	6	14	12	40	36	55	0.655	–19	34
20	Exeter City	42	10	4	7	27	18	3	3	15	20	66	47	84	0.560	–37	33
21	Aberdare Athletic	42	6	8	7	25	23	3	3	15	17	47	42	70	0.600	–28	29
22	Newport County	42	8	6	7	28	21	0	5	16	12	49	40	70	0.571	–30	27

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against;
GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	New club in the league (none)
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election (none)

Results

Brentford's goal tally listed first.

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Third Division South

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorer(s)
1	26 August 1922	Gillingham	A	0–2
2	28 August 1922	Luton Town	H	3–2	Morris (3)
3	2 September 1922	Gillingham	H	2–0	Morris, Haggan
4	4 September 1922	Luton Town	A	0–4
5	9 September 1922	Norwich City	A	2–0	Morris, Clayson
6	11 September 1922	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–3	Clayson
7	16 September 1922	Norwich City	H	1–4	Alton (pen)
8	23 September 1922	Northampton Town	A	1–1	Johnstone
9	30 September 1922	Northampton Town	H	2–1	Clayson, Morris
10	7 October 1922	Exeter City	A	2–0	Morris (2)
11	14 October 1922	Exeter City	H	0–1
12	21 October 1922	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	1–2	Capper
13	28 October 1922	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	1–2	Morris
14	4 November 1922	Merthyr Town	H	3–1	Hendren, Morris, Alton (pen)
15	11 November 1922	Merthyr Town	A	0–1
16	18 November 1922	Reading	H	1–1	Clayson
17	25 November 1922	Reading	A	0–1
18	9 December 1922	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–1	Clayson
19	23 December 1922	Bristol Rovers	H	0–1
20	25 December 1922	Watford	A	0–2
21	26 December 1922	Watford	H	2–1	Morris, Duncan
22	6 January 1923	Plymouth Argyle	H	2–0	Morris, Duncan
23	20 January 1923	Charlton Athletic	A	1–1	Hendren
24	27 January 1923	Charlton Athletic	H	0–3
25	3 February 1923	Swindon Town	A	0–3
26	10 February 1923	Swindon Town	H	3–0	Thain, Mulford, Morris
27	17 February 1923	Aberdare Athletic	A	0–0
28	24 February 1923	Aberdare Athletic	H	0–1
29	3 March 1923	Swansea Town	A	0–0
30	10 March 1923	Swansea Town	H	0–1
31	17 February 1923	Newport County	H	0–0
32	24 March 1923	Newport County	A	1–0	James
33	30 March 1923	Southend United	H	0–0
34	31 March 1923	Bristol City	H	4–0	Johnstone (2), Parker (2)
35	2 April 1923	Southend United	A	2–1	Clayson, Alton (pen)
36	7 April 1923	Bristol City	H	1–1	Johnstone
37	14 April 1923	Portsmouth	H	1–0	Parker
38	21 April 1923	Portsmouth	A	0–3
39	28 April 1923	Millwall	H	1–1	Parker
40	30 April 1923	Bristol Rovers	A	1–1	Johnstone
41	2 May 1923	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–3
42	5 May 1923	Millwall	H	1–1	Johnstone

FA Cup

Main article: 1922–23 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorer(s)
5QR	2 December 1922	Maidstone United	A	0–0
5QR (replay)	6 December 1922	Maidstone United	H	4–0	Clayson (2), Mulford, Alton (pen)
6QR	16 December 1922	Merthyr Town	H	0–1

Sources: 100 Years of Brentford,^[10] Brentford Football Club History

Playing squad

Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 1922–23 season.

Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK	Edmund Wright	(1902-03-07)7 March 1902 (aged 20)	Aston Villa	1921
GK	William Young	(1892-08-04)4 August 1892 (aged 30)	South Shields	1920
Defenders
DF	Philip Allen	(1902-11-05)5 November 1902 (aged 19)	Grenadier Guards	1922
DF	Charles Alton	(1891-12-24)24 December 1891 (aged 30)	Rotherham County	1921
DF	George Kell	(1896-07-13)13 July 1896 (aged 26)	The Wednesday	1922
Midfielders
HB	Jimmy Elliott	1891 (aged 29–30)	Tottenham Hotspur	1920
HB	Charles Fisher	(1899-06-09)9 June 1899 (aged 23)	Kidderminster Harriers	1921
HB	John Haggan	(1896-12-16)16 December 1896 (aged 25)	Sunderland	1922
HB	Cyril Hunter	1898 (aged 23–24)	Leadgate Park	1921
HB	Bill Inglis	(1899-09-04)4 September 1899 (aged 22)	Hebburn Colliery	1922
HB	Roland James	(1897-05-04)4 May 1897 (aged 25)	West Bromwich Albion	1922
HB	James Kerr	(1894-11-04)4 November 1894 (aged 27)	Blackburn Rovers	1921
Forwards
FW	Freddy Capper	8 May 1892 (aged 31)	The Wednesday	1921
FW	Billy Clayson	(1897-07-12)12 July 1897 (aged 25)	Wellingborough Town	1922
FW	Peter Duncan	(1897-10-09)9 October 1897 (aged 24)	Broxburn Rovers	1922
FW	Thomas Elliott	(1890-04-06)6 April 1890 (aged 32)	Nottingham Forest	1921
FW	Patsy Hendren	(1889-02-05)5 February 1889 (aged 33)	Queens Park Rangers	1911	Played when his cricket commitments allowed
FW	Gordon Johnstone	(1900-04-21)21 April 1900 (aged 22)	Houghton Rovers	1922
FW	Horace Jones	n/a	Ton Pentre	1922
FW	Sidney Mulford	(1896-11-23)23 November 1896 (aged 25)	Kew Association	1922
FW	Reginald Parker	(1902-07-08)8 July 1902 (aged 20)	Boldon Comrades	1922
FW	Harry Stott	(1899-04-24)24 April 1899 (aged 23)	Aston Villa	1922
FW	John Thain	(1903-02-03)3 February 1903 (aged 19)	Newcastle United	1922
Players who left the club mid-season
DF	Bertie Rosier	(1893-03-21)21 March 1893 (aged 29)	Southall	1913	Transferred to Clapton Orient
FW	Harry Morris	(1897-11-25)25 November 1897 (aged 24)	Fulham	1921	Transferred to Millwall

Sources: 100 Years of Brentford,^[10] Timeless Bees,^[11] Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939,^[12] 100 Years Of Brentford^[10]

Coaching staff

Name	Role
Archie Mitchell	Manager
Dusty Rhodes	Trainer

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Pos	Nat	Name	League		FA Cup		Total
Pos	Nat	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK		Edmund Wright	6	0	0	0	6	0
GK		William Young	36	0	3	0	39	0
DF		Philip Allen	1	0	0	0	1	0
DF		Charles Alton	42	3	3	1	45	4
DF		George Kell	17	0	0	0	17	0
DF		Bertie Rosier	24	0	3	0	27	0
HB		Jimmy Elliott	27	0	3	0	30	0
HB		Charles Fisher	6	0	0	0	6	0
HB		John Haggan	18	1	3	0	21	1
HB		Cyril Hunter	26	0	0	0	26	0
HB		Bill Inglis	25	0	3	0	28	0
HB		Roland James	20	1	1	0	21	1
HB		James Kerr	42	0	2	0	44	0
FW		Freddy Capper	38	1	3	0	41	1
FW		Billy Clayson	29	6	3	2	32	8
FW		Peter Duncan	13	2	0	0	13	2
FW		Thomas Elliott	10	0	3	0	13	0
FW		Patsy Hendren	25	2	3	0	28	2
FW		Gordon Johnstone	14	6	0	0	14	6
FW		Horace Jones	3	0	0	0	3	0
FW		Harry Morris	23	13	1	0	24	13
FW		Sidney Mulford	7	1	2	1	9	2
FW		Reginald Parker	14	4	0	0	14	4
FW		Harry Stott	24	0	0	0	24	0
FW		John Thain	5	1	0	0	5	1

Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
Source: 100 Years of Brentford^[10]

Goalscorers

Pos.	Player	FL3	FAC	Total
FW	Harry Morris	13	0	13
FW	Thomas Elliott	8	1	9
FW	Billy Clayson	6	2	8
FW	Gordon Johnstone	6	0	6
FW	Reginald Parker	4	0	4
DF	Charles Alton	3	1	4
FW	Peter Duncan	2	0	2
FW	Patsy Hendren	2	0	2
FW	Sidney Mulford	1	1	2
FW	Freddy Capper	1	0	1
HB	John Haggan	1	0	1
HB	Roland James	1	0	1
FW	John Thain	1	0	1
Total		41	4	45

Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
Source: 100 Years of Brentford^[10]

Management

Name	Nat	From	To	Record All Comps					Record League
Name	Nat	From	To	P	W	D	L	W %	P	W	D	L	W %
Archie Mitchell		26 August 1922	5 May 1923	7001450000000000000♠45	7001140000000000000♠14	7001130000000000000♠13	7001180000000000000♠18	7001311100000000000♠31.11\|	7001420000000000000♠42	7001130000000000000♠13	7001120000000000000♠12	7001170000000000000♠17	7001309500000000000♠30.95

Summary

Games played	45 (42 Third Division South, 3 FA Cup)
Games won	14 (13 Third Division South, 1 FA Cup)
Games drawn	13 (12 Third Division, 1 FA Cup)
Games lost	18 (17 Third Division, 1 FA Cup)
Goals scored	45 (41 Third Division, 4 FA Cup)
Goals conceded	52 (51 Third Division, 1 FA Cup)
Clean sheets	14 (12 Third Division, 2 FA Cup)
Biggest league win	4–0 versus Bristol City, 31 March 1923
Worst league defeat	4–0 versus Luton Town, 4 September 1922
Most appearances	45, Charles Alton (42 Third Division South, 3 FA Cup)
Top scorer (league)	13, Harry Morris
Top scorer (all competitions)	13, Harry Morris

Transfers & loans

Cricketers are not included in this list.

Players transferred in
Date	Pos.	Name	Previous Club	Fee	Ref.
May 1922	HB	Bill Inglis	Hebburn Colliery	Free	^[13]
May 1922	HB	John Thain	Newcastle United	Free	^[14]
July 1922	DF	George Kell	The Wednesday	Free	^[15]
August 1922	FW	Horace Jones	Ton Pentre	Free	^[16]
1922	DF	Philip Allen	Grenadier Guards	Free	^[17]
1922	FW	Billy Clayson	Wellingborough Town	Free	^[1]
1922	FW	Peter Duncan	Broxburn Rovers	Free	^[18]
1922	HB	John Haggan	Sunderland	Free	^[19]
1922	HB	Roland James	West Bromwich Albion	Free	^[20]
1922	FW	Gordon Johnstone	Houghton Rovers	Free	^[21]
1922	FW	Sidney Mulford	Kew Association	Free	^[22]
1922	FW	Reginald Parker	Boldon Comrades	Free	^[23]
1922	FW	Harry Stott	Aston Villa	Free	^[24]
Players transferred out
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Fee	Ref.
May 1922	DF	Alf Amos	Millwall	n/a	^[25]
May 1922	FW	Harry Anstiss	Millwall	£650	^[26]
May 1922	FW	George Pither	Millwall	n/a	^[25]
February 1923	FW	Harry Morris	Millwall	£750	^[6]
February 1923	DF	Bertie Rosier	Clapton Orient	n/a	^[7]
Players released
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
May 1923	FW	Peter Duncan	Annandale United	1923	^[18]
May 1923	FW	Thomas Elliott	Durham City	1923	^[27]
May 1923	HB	John Haggan	Preston Colliery	1923	^[19]
May 1923	FW	Harry Stott	Preston Colliery	1923	^[24]
May 1923	FW	John Thain	Peterborough & Fletton United	1923	^[14]
May 1923	GK	Edmund Wright	Retired		^[28]

References

1 2 Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 37.
↑ Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 175.
↑ Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 10.
1 2 3 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 116–117. ISBN 0951526200.
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Brentford Football Club

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Grounds	Griffin Park Brentford Community Stadium

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Rivalries	West London derby

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