1923–24 season of Brentford F.C.
Brentford 1923–24 football season
During the 1923–24 English football season, Brentford competed in the Football League Third Division South and finished in 17th place.
Reginald Parker scored almost half of Brentford 's goals during the season. Third Division South club Brentford decided not to conduct an overhaul of its squad during the 1923 off-season.[ 1] Goalkeeper and half backs William Young , Cyril Hunter , Bill Inglis and James Kerr were retained, as was outside forward Patsy Hendren . Up front, Bobby Hughes , Henry Parkinson and Harry Williams were signed to boost the team's strikeforce . Forwards Freddy Capper , Billy Clayson and Sidney Mulford were all retained, despite scoring just 11 goals between them during the 1922–23 season.
Aside from a six-match unbeaten run in November and December 1923, Brentford spent much of the 1923–24 season in the bottom four of the Third Division South.[ 8] Three wins in the final four matches lifted the club to a 17th-place finish.[ 8] Youngster Reginald Parker proved to be a revelation up front and became the first Brentford player to hit 20 goals in a season since the club entered the Football League in 1920. Billy Clayson also scored 10 goals, which meant Parker and Clayson accounted for 30 of the 45 goals the Bees scored during the season. Brentford failed to draw an away league match during the campaign, a joint-club record.[ 9]
Brentford's goal tally listed first. No. Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorer(s) 1 25 August 1923 Queens Park Rangers A 0–1 18,000 2 27 August 1923 Plymouth Argyle H 1–1 6,500 Hughes 3 1 September 1923 Queens Park Rangers H 0–1 12,000 4 3 September 1923 Plymouth Argyle A 1–4 10,000 Clayson 5 8 September 1923 Luton Town H 2–1 10,000 Clayson , Parkinson 6 10 September 1923 Aberdare Athletic A 2–1 6,000 Parkinson , Hughes 7 15 September 1923 Luton Town A 1–2 8,000 Hunter 8 22 September 1923 Brighton & Hove Albion H 1–2 5,000 Hunter 9 29 September 1923 Brighton & Hove Albion A 0–2 7,000 10 6 October 1923 Bristol Rovers A 0–2 10,000 11 13 October 1923 Bristol Rovers H 1–2 9,000 Mulford 12 20 October 1923 Southend United A 1–3 6,000 Capper 13 27 October 1923 Southend United H 3–1 5,000 Hughes , Parker (2) 14 3 November 1923 Portsmouth A 0–3 9,867 15 10 November 1923 Portsmouth H 1–1 9,000 Capper 16 24 November 1923 Exeter City H 1–0 4,000 Williams 17 8 December 1923 Aberdare Athletic H 1–1 6,000 Clayson 18 22 December 1923 Gillingham H 3–2 5,000 Johnstone , Clayson , Parker 19 25 December 1923 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic A 4–2 5,000 Parker (2) 20 26 December 1923 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic H 2–0 7,000 Clayson , Parker 21 29 December 1923 Millwall A 1–4 9,000 Parker (pen ) 22 5 January 1924 Millwall H 1–3 7,000 Amos (og ) 23 26 January 1924 Newport County H 0–0 5,000 24 2 February 1924 Merthyr Town A 0–2 6,000 25 9 February 1924 Merthyr Town H 0–0 3,000 26 16 February 1924 Charlton Athletic A 1–3 3,000 Parker 27 24 February 1924 Charlton Athletic H 0–0 5,000 28 1 March 1924 Norwich City A 3–2 7,000 Parker (2), Williams 29 8 March 1924 Norwich City H 3–0 7,794 Mulford , Parker , Inglis 30 15 March 1924 Swindon Town H 2–2 6,000 Alton (pen ), Parker 31 19 March 1924 Gillingham A 0–6 8,000 32 22 March 1924 Swindon Town A 1–2 6,000 Parker 33 29 March 1924 Watford H 4–1 6,500 Parker (2), Garnish , Clayson 34 2 April 1924 Exeter City A 0–1 3,500 35 5 April 1924 Watford A 1–0 4,500 Williams 36 12 April 1924 Swansea Town H 2–2 7,000 Parker , Clayson 37 18 April 1924 Reading A 0–1 11,8782 38 19 April 1924 Swansea Town A 0–4 6,000 39 21 April 1924 Reading H 4–1 5,000 Williams (2), Parker , Alton (pen ) 40 22 April 1924 Newport County A 2–3 6,000 Hughes , Parker 41 26 April 1924 Northampton Town H 1–0 3,000 Clayson 42 3 May 1924 Northampton Town A 3–2 4,000 Hughes (3)
Sources: Statto , 100 Years of Brentford, The Complete History[ 10] Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 1923–24 season. Sources: Timeless Bees,[ 11] Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939,[ 12] 100 Years Of Brentford Appearances and goals [ edit ] Brentford's highest appearance-makers in each position during the Football League season.
Players listed in italics left the club mid-season. Source: 100 Years of Brentford Players listed in italics left the club mid-season. Source: 100 Years of Brentford Name Nat From To Record All Comps Record League P W D L W % P W D L W % Archie Mitchell 25 August 1923 3 May 1924 46 14 14 18 0 30.43 42 13 12 17 0 30.95
Games played 46 (42 Third Division South , 4 FA Cup ) Games won 14 (13 Third Division South, 1 FA Cup) Games drawn 14 (12 Third Division South, 2 FA Cup) Games lost 18 (17 Third Division South, 1 FA Cup) Goals scored 45 (41 Third Division South, 4 FA Cup) Goals conceded 55 (51 Third Division South, 4 FA Cup) Clean sheets 9 (8 Third Division South, 1 FA Cup) Biggest league win 3–0 versus Norwich City , 8 March 1924; 4–1 on two occasions Worst league defeat 6–0 versus Gillingham , 19 March 1924 Most appearances 46, William Young (42 Third Division South, 4 FA Cup) Top scorer (league) 18, Reginald Parker Top scorer (all competitions) 20, Reginald Parker
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