1910–11_Brentford_F.C._season

1910–11 Brentford F.C. season

1910–11 season of Brentford F.C.

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.

Quick Facts Chairman, Secretary Manager ...

Brentford

1910–11 season

Chairman

H. Jason-Saunders

Secretary Manager

Fred Halliday

Stadium

Griffin Park

Southern League First Division

12th

FA Cup

First round

Top goalscorer

League: Reid (21)
All: Reid (21)

Highest home attendance

14,000

Lowest home attendance

3,000

Home colours

← 1909–10

1911–12 →

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 1910 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 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.^[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] which equalled 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

Main article: 1910–11 Southern Football League § Division One

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
10	Norwich City	38	15	8	15	46	48	0.958	38
11	Coventry City	38	16	6	16	65	68	0.956	38
12	Brentford	38	14	9	15	41	42	0.976	37
13	Exeter City	38	14	9	15	51	53	0.962	37
14	Watford	38	13	9	16	49	65	0.754	35

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976-77 season. 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 First Division

More information No., Date ...

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

Main article: 1910–11 FA Cup

More information Round, Date ...

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.

More information Pos., Name ...

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	(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 (c)	(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

More information Name, Role ...

Name	Role
Fred Halliday	Secretary Manager
Tom Cowper	Trainer

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Ling

Rhodes (c)

Buxton

Hamilton

Richards

Kennedy

Bartlett

Sibbald

Ryalls

Anderson

Reid

Brentford's highest appearance-makers in each position during the Southern League season.

More information Pos, Nat ...

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

More information Pos., Nat ...

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

More information Name, Nat ...

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 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

More information Players transferred in, Date ...

Players transferred in
Date	Pos.	Name	Previous Club	Fee	Ref.
12 May 1910	FW	Joe Ryalls	Nottingham Forest	n/a	^[5]
20 July 1910	HB	George Kennedy	Chelsea	n/a	^[1]
July 1910	DF	William Harwood	Cubbington Albion	Amateur	^[6]
30 August 1910	DF	Arthur Cleverley	Yiewsley	n/a	^[7]
16 September 1910	DF	John Christie	Croydon Common	n/a	^[8]
19 December 1910	HB	Bert Badger	Nottingham Forest	Free	^[9]
December 1910	FW	Herbert Daniels	Kingstonian	Amateur	^[10]
December 1910	HB	Dudley Page	Kingstonian	Amateur	^[11]
1910	HB	Walter Allen	Barnet & Alston	Amateur	^[12]
1910	HB	Charles Allwright	Hanwell Town	Amateur	^[12]
1910	FW	Grantham Bowler	n/a	n/a	^[12]
1910	HB	Alec Barclay	Ilford	Amateur	^[2]
1910	FW	John Caborn	Uxbridge	Amateur	^[12]
1910	FW	John Chuter	Unattached	Amateur	^[12]
1910	FW	Thomas Dorey	Unattached	Amateur	^[13]
1910	FW	Raymond Edwards	Unattached	Amateur	^[13]
1910	FB	Albert Hooper	Unattached	Amateur	^[12]
1910	GK	A. Lovegrove	Unattached	Amateur	^[12]
1910	FB	R. Middleton	Unattached	Amateur	^[12]
1910	FW	R. A. Nicholls	Unattached	Amateur	^[12]
1910	FW	Henry Trumper	Ealing Wednesday	Amateur	^[13]
1910	FW	Harry Washington	Unattached	Amateur	^[12]
10 April 1911	HB	Henry Hogarth	Burnley	n/a	^[14]
Players transferred out
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Fee	Ref.
19 May 1910	FW	James Swarbrick	Stoke	Nominal	^[15]
Players released
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
August 1910	HB	William Harwood	Cubbington Albion	n/a	^[7]
March 1911	HB	Dudley Page	Crystal Palace	16 March 1911	^[16]
April 1911	FW	Albert Bartlett	Reading	30 August 1911	^[14]
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	18 July 1911	^[14]
April 1911	FW	Joe Ryalls	Chesterfield Town	15 September 1911	^[14]

References

[1]
White 1989, p. 96-97.
[2]
White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 361. ISBN 0951526200.
[3]
Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopedia. Yore Publications. p. 119. ISBN 1 874427 57 7.
[4]
Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. ISBN 190589161X.
[5]
"Brentford have re-signed Jock Hamilton and have also secured the return of Jimmy Ryalls from Nottingham Forest". County of Middlesex Independent. 4 May 1910.
[6]
"W Harwood, an amateur half back, has signed from Cubbington, near Leamington". County of Middlesex Independent. 30 July 1910.
[7]
"Brentford have signed Cleverly as reserve half back. W Harwood has been released". County of Middlesex Independent. 31 August 1910.
[8]
"Biographies – John Christie" (PDF). Croydon Common Football Club. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
[9]
"Player: Herbert Osborne Badger". Watford Football Club Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
[10]
The Southern Football League – Season 1910–11 – Players Registered from Dec. 1st 1910 to Jan. 13th 1911. 1911.
[11]
"Page and Daniels have been signed from Kingstonian". County of Middlesex Independent. 24 December 1910.
[12]
The Southern Football League – Season 1910–11 – Players Registered from August 20th to September 20th. 1911.
[13]
The Southern Football League – Season 1910–11 – Players Registered from July 20th to August 19th. 1911.
[14]
"The Football Association – Season 1910–11 – Summary Of Professional Registrations". Sky is Blue – The Chesterfield FC history resource. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
[15]
"J Swarbrick has been transferred to Stoke. Brentford will profit over the deal by a small transfer fee". County of Middlesex Independent. 9 July 1910.
[16]
"Page, the old Kingstonian player who was with Brentford for some months has signed as a professional with Crystal Palace". County of Middlesex Independent. 18 March 1911.

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