1939–40 Brentford F.C. season

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Brentford
1939–40 season
Chairman Louis P. Simon
Manager Harry Curtis
Stadium Griffin Park
First Division 12th (abandoned)
Top goalscorer League: Boulter (1)
Holliday (1)
Saunders (1)
All: Boulter (1)
Holliday (1)
Saunders (1)
Highest home attendance 12,079
Average home league attendance 12,079
← 1938–39 1940–41 →

During the 1939–40 English football season, Brentford competed in the Football League, playing three matches before competitive football was suspended due to the outbreak of the Second World War.

Season summary

After narrowly avoiding relegation towards the end of the 1938–39 season, Brentford manager Harry Curtis released full back Joe Wilson, half backs Sam Briddon, Tally Sneddon and amateur forwards Maurice Edelston and Jackie Gibbons. Curtis signed young Sunderland inside forward Percy Saunders and brought in former Manchester United wing half Tom Mansley as his new captain.[1]

The season opened with a heavy 5–1 Football League Jubilee Trophy defeat to neighbours Chelsea on 19 August 1939.[2] Brentford began the regular season with a win, a draw and a defeat before competitive football was suspended following Britain's declaration of war on Germany on 3 September 1939.[3] Percy Saunders, who had scored on his debut on the opening day,[3] would become the only pre-war Brentford player to die on active service during the war, when his ship was torpedoed in the Indian Ocean in March 1942.[1]

League table

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Main article: 1939–40 Football League First Division
Pos Team Pld Home Away F A GA GD Pts
W D L F A W D L F A
1 Blackpool 3 2 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 5 2 2.500 + 3 6
2 Sheffield United 3 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 1 3.000 + 2 5
3 Arsenal 3 2 0 0 6 2 0 1 0 2 2 8 4 2.000 + 4 5
4 Liverpool 3 2 0 0 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 6 3 2.000 + 3 4
5 Everton 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 3 5 4 1.250 + 1 4
6 Bolton Wanderers 3 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 4 4 6 5 1.200 + 1 4
7 Derby County 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 3 1.000 ± 0 4
8 Charlton Athletic 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 4 3 4 0.750 – 1 4
9 Stoke City 3 1 0 1 5 2 0 1 0 2 2 7 4 1.750 + 3 3
10 Manchester United 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 1 1 3 5 3 1.667 + 2 3
11 Chelsea 3 1 1 0 4 3 0 0 1 0 1 4 4 1.000 ± 0 3
12 Brentford 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 3 3 1.000 ± 0 3
13 Grimsby Town 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 4 0.500 – 2 3
14 Aston Villa 3 1 0 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 3 3 1.000 ± 0 2
15 Sunderland 3 1 0 1 4 2 0 0 1 2 5 6 7 0.857 – 1 2
16 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 4 0.750 – 1 2
17 Huddersfield Town 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 2 3 0.667 – 1 2
18 Portsmouth 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 4 3 5 0.600 – 2 2
19 Preston North End 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0.000 – 2 2
20 Blackburn Rovers 3 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 3 3 5 0.600 – 2 1
21 Middlesbrough 3 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 6 3 8 0.375 – 5 1
22 Leeds United 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 – 2 1

Results

Brentford's goal tally listed first.

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

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Main article: 1939–40 Football League First Division
No. Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorer
1 26 August 1939 Everton A 1–1 30,466 Saunders
2 28 August 1939 Blackpool A 1–2 21,633 Boulter
3 2 September 1939 Huddersfield Town H 1–0 12,079 Holliday
  • Sources: A-Z Of Bees,[3] Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79[4]

Playing squad

Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 1939–40 season.
Pos. Name Nat. Date of birth (age) Signed from Signed in
Goalkeepers
GK Joe Crozier Scotland (1914-12-02)2 December 1914 (aged 24) East Fife 1937
Defenders
DF Doug Anderson Scotland (1914-03-25)25 March 1914 (aged 25) Hibernian 1937
DF Bill Gorman Republic of Ireland (1911-01-13)13 January 1911 (aged 28) Bury 1938
Midfielders
HB Buster Brown England (1910-09-06)6 September 1910 (aged 28) Huddersfield Town 1937
HB Joe James England (1910-01-13)13 January 1910 (aged 29) Battersea Church 1929
HB Tom Manley (c) England (1912-10-07)7 October 1912 (aged 26) Manchester United 1939
Forwards
FW Les Boulter Wales (1913-08-31)31 August 1913 (aged 25) Charlton Athletic 1939
FW Tommy Cheetham England (1910-10-11)11 October 1910 (aged 28) Queens Park Rangers 1939
FW Jack Holliday England (1908-12-19)19 December 1908 (aged 30) Middlesbrough 1932
FW Idris Hopkins Wales (1910-10-11)11 October 1910 (aged 28) Crystal Palace 1932
FW Percy Saunders England 1916 (aged 22–23) Sunderland 1939
FW Billy Scott England (1907-12-06)6 December 1907 (aged 31) Middlesbrough 1932
FW Les Smith England (1918-03-13)13 March 1918 (aged 21) Petersham 1934
  • Sources: Timeless Bees,[5] Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939[6]

Coaching staff

Name Role
England Harry Curtis Manager
Scotland Jimmy Bain Assistant Manager
England Bob Kane Trainer
England Jack Cartmell Assistant Trainer
England Fred Keatch Secretary

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Pos Nat Name League
Apps Goals
GK Scotland Joe Crozier 3 0
DF Scotland Doug Anderson 3 0
DF Republic of Ireland Bill Gorman 3 0
HB England Buster Brown 2 0
HB England Joe James 3 0
HB England Tom Manley 3 0
FW Wales Les Boulter 3 1
FW England Tommy Cheetham 2 0
FW England Jack Holliday 1 1
FW Wales Idris Hopkins 3 0
FW England Percy Saunders 2 1
FW England Billy Scott 2 0
FW England Les Smith 3 0

Goalscorers

Pos. Nat Player FL1
FW Wales Les Boulter 1
FW England Jack Holliday 1
FW England Percy Saunders 1
Total 3
  • Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
  • Source: A-Z Of Bees[3]

Management

Name Nat From To Record
P W D L W %
Harry Curtis England 26 August 1939 2 September 1939 3 1 1 1 33.33

Summary

Games played 8
Games won 3
Games drawn 1
Games lost 1
Goals scored 3
Goals conceded 3
Clean sheets 1
Biggest league win 1–0 versus Huddersfield Town, 2 September 1939
Worst league defeat 2–1 versus Blackpool, 28 August 1939
Most appearances 3, Doug Anderson, Les Boulter, Joe Crozier, Bill Gorman, Idris Hopkins, Joe James, Tom Manley, Les Smith
Top scorer 1, Les Boulter, Jack Holliday, Percy Saunders

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 99-100, 141.
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  4. ↑ Ian Laschke: Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane’s, London & Sydney, 1980.
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