1939–40 Brentford F.C. season

Brentford
1939–40 season
Chairman	Louis P. Simon
Manager	Harry Curtis
Stadium	Griffin Park
First Division	12th (abandoned)
Top goalscorer	League: Holliday (17); All: Holliday (17)
Highest home attendance	12,079
Average home league attendance	12,079
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 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. The club played in three unofficial wartime competitions for the remainder of the season – groups B and C of the Football League South and the Football League War Cup.

Season summary

After narrowly avoiding relegation towards the end of the 1938–39 season,^[1] Brentford manager Harry Curtis allowed full back Joe Wilson and half backs Sam Briddon and Tally Sneddon to transfer away from the club.^[2]^[3] Curtis signed young Sunderland inside forward Percy Saunders and brought in former Manchester United wing half Tom Mansley as his new captain.^[4] The season opened with a heavy 5–1 Football League Jubilee Fund defeat to neighbours Chelsea on 19 August 1939.^[5] 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.^[6] Percy Saunders, who had scored on his debut on the opening day,^[6] would be 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.^[7]

The cessation of competitive football was worrying for Brentford, with £12,000 having been spent on new players during the off-season (equivalent to £939,700 in 2024) and there was little prospect of recouping it through the turnstiles.^[5] 23 of Brentford's 30-man squad were called to arms, into the War Police Reserve or into the munitions industry.^[5] Within two weeks of the declaration of war, the Football League agreed that football could continue, in order to keep clubs in business and to raise funds.^[5]

Brentford entered Group B of the new Football League South in October 1939.^[8] The squad was augmented by three guest players who had previously played for the club – Scottish half backs Duncan McKenzie and Archie Scott and inside forward Bert Stephens.^[8] 30-year old centre forward Jack Holliday (a prolific goalscorer in the Third and Second Divisions between 1932 and 1935) experienced a renaissance, with 14 goals in 16 appearances.^[8] Brentford finished the Group B campaign in mid-table.^[9]

A further 18-match campaign followed in Group C in the first six months of 1940, with 13 players guesting, including two former international Brentford players – Scotland's David McCulloch and the United States' Jim Brown.^[8] The Bees finished 4th in the 10-team group and exited the Football League War Cup in the first round.^[8]

League tables

Football League First Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
10	Manchester United	3	1	1	1	5	3	1.667	3
11	Chelsea	3	1	1	1	4	4	1.000	3
12	Brentford	3	1	1	1	3	3	1.000	3
13	Grimsby Town	3	1	1	1	2	4	0.500	3
14	Aston Villa	3	1	0	2	3	3	1.000	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

Football League South Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	Queens Park Rangers	18	12	2	4	49	26	1.885	26
2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	18	11	2	5	52	37	1.405	24
3	Chelsea	18	9	5	4	44	37	1.189	23
4	Reading	18	10	2	6	47	42	1.119	22
5	Brentford	18	8	2	8	42	41	1.024	18
6	Fulham	18	7	4	7	50	51	0.980	18
7	Portsmouth	18	7	2	9	37	42	0.881	16
8	Aldershot	18	5	4	9	38	49	0.776	14
9	Brighton & Hove Albion	18	5	1	12	42	53	0.792	11
10	Southampton	18	4	0	14	41	64	0.641	8

Source: Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Football League South Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	Tottenham Hotspur	18	11	4	3	43	30	1.433	26
2	West Ham United	18	10	4	4	53	28	1.893	24
3	Arsenal	18	9	5	4	41	26	1.577	23
4	Brentford	18	8	4	6	42	34	1.235	20
5	Millwall	18	7	5	6	36	30	1.200	19
6	Charlton Athletic	18	7	4	7	39	36	1.083	18
7	Fulham	18	8	1	9	38	42	0.905	17
8	Southampton	18	5	3	10	28	55	0.509	13
9	Chelsea	18	4	3	11	33	53	0.623	11
10	Portsmouth	18	3	3	12	26	45	0.578	9

Source: Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Results

Brentford's goal tally listed first.

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

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

Football League South Group B

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorer(s)
1	21 October 1939	Chelsea	H	2–2	6,628	Holliday, Gorman
2	28 October 1939	Portsmouth	A	1–3	3,000	Boulter
3	4 November 1939	Southampton	H	3–1	4,757	Boulter (2), Manley
4	11 November 1939	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–1	8,000
5	18 November 1939	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	4–1	3,533	Holliday (3), Townsend
6	25 November 1939	Aldershot	A	0–1	4,000
7	2 December 1939	Reading	H	3–0	4,077	Smith, Holliday (2)
8	9 December 1939	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H	5–2	4,680	Townsend (2), McKenzie, Hopkins, Boulter
9	16 December 1939	Fulham	A	4–2	5,000	Holliday, Hopkins, Manley
10	25 December 1939	Portsmouth	H	4–0	4,811	Holliday (3), Manley
11	26 December 1939	Southampton	A	3–2	6,000	Holliday, Hopkins, Townsend
12	30 December 1939	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–7	3,942
13	6 January 1940	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	2–3	2,071	Manley (2)
14	13 January 1940	Aldershot	H	4–3	1,836	Townsend (2), W. Brown, Hopkins
15	20 January 1940	Reading	A	1–3	1,900	Hopkins
16	24 January 1940	Chelsea	A	2–3	2,000	Griffith (og), Holliday
17	27 January 1940	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	A	2–2	3,000	James, Holliday
18	14 February 1940	Fulham	H	2–5	1,885	Wilkins, McKenzie

Football League South Group C

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorer(s)
1	10 February 1940	Arsenal	A	1–3	5,000	Boulter
2	17 February 1940	West Ham United	H	4–3	1,885	Smith, Boulter, McKenzie (pen), Wilkins
3	24 February 1940	Charlton Athletic	A	2–3	7,000	Wilkins, McKenzie (pen)
4	2 March 1940	Chelsea	H	1–1	7,110	McCulloch
5	9 March 1940	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–1	9,815	Yorston
6	16 March 1940	Southampton	H	5–0	3,600	Yorston (2), Hunt
7	22 March 1940	Portsmouth	H	3–1	6,500	Wilkins, McKenzie (2)
8	23 March 1940	Millwall	A	1–4	14,490	Hunt
9	25 March 1940	Portsmouth	A	3–1	8,000	Holliday, Wilkins, Hunt
10	30 March 1940	Fulham	H	5–0	6,956	Hunt (2), Yorston, Wilkins, W. Brown
11	6 April 1940	Arsenal	H	2–4	8,000	Yorston, Doherty
12	10 April 1940	Southampton	A	1–4	4,000	Wilkins
13	13 April 1940	West Ham United	A	1–1	8,000	Hunt
14	17 April 1940	Millwall	H	1–1	5,000	Doherty
15	4 May 1940	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–3	5,521	Wilkins, Hutchins (og)
16	11 May 1940	Chelsea	H	2–0	3,168	McKenzie (pen), Hopkins
17	18 May 1940	Charlton Athletic	H	2–1	3,000	Hunt, Hopkins
18	3 June 1940	Fulham	A	5–3	1,000	Wilkins (2), Burgess (2), Holliday

Football League War Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorer
1R (1st leg)	20 April 1940	Fulham	A	1–4	12,000	Smith
1R (2nd leg)	27 April 1940	Fulham	H	1–2 (lost 6–2 on aggregate)	7,695	J. Brown

Sources: A-Z Of Bees,^[6] Rothmans Book of Football League Records 1888–89 to 1978–79,^[10] 100 Years Of Brentford^[8]

Playing squad

Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 1939–40 season.

Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK	Frank Clack	(1912-03-30)30 March 1912 (aged 27)	Birmingham	1939
GK	Joe Crozier	(1914-12-02)2 December 1914 (aged 24)	East Fife	1937	Guest for Airdrieonians
GK	Ted Gaskell	(1916-12-19)19 December 1916 (aged 22)	Buxton	1937
Defenders
DF	Jimmy Anderson	(1913-07-26)26 July 1913 (aged 26)	Queen of the South	1939	Guest for Queen of the South
DF	Bill Gorman	(1911-01-13)13 January 1911 (aged 28)	Bury	1938
DF	George Poyser	(1910-02-06)6 February 1910 (aged 29)	Port Vale	1934
Midfielders
HB	Vic Aicken	(1914-10-29)29 October 1914 (aged 24)	Glentoran	1937
HB	Buster Brown	(1910-09-06)6 September 1910 (aged 28)	Huddersfield Town	1937
HB	Joe James	(1910-01-13)13 January 1910 (aged 29)	Battersea Church	1929
HB	Tom Manley (c)	(1912-10-07)7 October 1912 (aged 26)	Manchester United	1939
Forwards
FW	Les Boulter	(1913-08-31)31 August 1913 (aged 25)	Charlton Athletic	1939
FW	Tommy Cheetham	(1910-10-11)11 October 1910 (aged 28)	Queens Park Rangers	1939
FW	Fred Durrant	(1921-06-19)19 June 1921 (aged 18)	Folkestone	1938
FW	Jack Holliday	(1908-12-19)19 December 1908 (aged 30)	Middlesbrough	1932
FW	Idris Hopkins	(1910-10-11)11 October 1910 (aged 28)	Crystal Palace	1932
FW	Johnny Kay	n/a	Unattached	1939	Amateur
FW	Ernest Muttitt	(1908-07-24)24 July 1908 (aged 31)	Middlesbrough	1932
FW	Percy Saunders	(1916-07-09)9 July 1916 (aged 23)	Sunderland	1939
FW	Billy Scott	(1907-12-06)6 December 1907 (aged 31)	Middlesbrough	1932	Guest for Newcastle United
FW	Les Smith	(1918-03-13)13 March 1918 (aged 21)	Petersham	1934
FW	Bob Thomas	(1919-08-02)2 August 1919 (aged 20)	Golders Green	1939
FW	Len Townsend	(1917-08-31)31 August 1917 (aged 21)	Hayes	1937	Guest for Plymouth Argyle
FW	George Wilkins	(1919-10-27)27 October 1919 (aged 19)	Hayes	1939
Guest players
GK	Charlie Hillam	(1908-10-06)6 October 1908 (aged 30)	Southend United	1940	Guest from Southend United
GK	John Jackson	(1906-11-29)29 November 1906 (aged 32)	Chelsea	1940	Guest from Chelsea
GK	Bill Mason	(1908-10-31)31 October 1908 (aged 30)	Queens Park Rangers	1940	Guest from Queens Park Rangers
GK	Vic Woodley	(1910-02-26)26 February 1910 (aged 29)	Chelsea	1940	Guest from Chelsea
DF	Ted Reay	(1914-08-05)5 August 1914 (aged 25)	Queens Park Rangers	1940	Guest from Queens Park Rangers
DF	Harold Shepherdson	(1918-10-22)22 October 1918 (aged 20)	Middlesbrough	1940	Guest from Middlesbrough
HB	Alec Farmer	(1908-10-09)9 October 1908 (aged 30)	Queens Park Rangers	1940	Guest from Queens Park Rangers
HB	Duncan McKenzie	(1912-08-10)10 August 1912 (aged 27)	Middlesbrough	1939	Guest from Middlesbrough
HB	Archie Scott	(1905-07-22)22 July 1905 (aged 34)	Unattached	1939	Guest
FW	Jim Brown	(1908-12-31)31 December 1908 (aged 30)	Guildford City	1940	Guest from Guildford City
FW	Harry Burgess	(1904-08-20)20 August 1904 (aged 35)	Chelsea	1940	Guest from Chelsea
FW	Peter Doherty	(1913-06-05)5 June 1913 (aged 26)	Manchester City	1940	Guest from Manchester City
FW	Douglas Hunt	(1914-05-19)19 May 1914 (aged 25)	Sheffield Wednesday	1940	Guest from Sheffield Wednesday
FW	David McCulloch	(1912-10-05)5 October 1912 (aged 26)	Derby County	1940	Guest from Derby County
FW	Bert Stephens	(1909-05-13)13 May 1909 (aged 30)	Brighton & Hove Albion	1940	Guest from Brighton & Hove Albion
FW	Benny Yorston	(1905-10-14)14 October 1905 (aged 33)	Middlesbrough	1940	Guest from Middlesbrough

Sources: Timeless Bees,^[11] Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939,^[12] 100 Years Of Brentford^[8]

Coaching staff

Name	Role
Harry Curtis	Manager
Jimmy Bain	Assistant manager
Bob Kane	Trainer
Jack Cartmell	Assistant trainer

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Gaskell

Gorman

Poyser

James

McKenzie

W. Brown

Wilkins

Manley (c)

Hopkins

Smith

Holliday

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

Pos	Nat	Name	League		League S B		League S C		L War Cup		Total
Pos	Nat	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK		Frank Clack	—		2	0	1	0	2	0	5	0
GK		Joe Crozier	3	0	1	0	—		—		4	0
GK		Ted Gaskell	—		15	0	5	0	—		20	0
DF		Jimmy Anderson	3	0	—		—		—		3	0
DF		Bill Gorman	3	0	17	1	17	0	2	0	39	1
DF		George Poyser	—		16	0	16	0	2	0	34	0
HB		Vic Aicken	—		1	0	—		—		1	0
HB		Buster Brown	2	0	15	1	12	1	1	0	30	2
HB		Joe James	3	0	16	1	14	0	1	0	34	1
HB		Tom Manley	3	0	15	5	—		1	0	19	5
FW		Les Boulter	3	1	9	4	2	1	—		14	6
FW		Tommy Cheetham	2	0	—		1	0	—		3	0
FW		Fred Durrant	—		—		—		1	0	1	0
FW		Jack Holliday	1	1	16	14	9	2	1	0	27	17
FW		Idris Hopkins	3	0	16	5	17	2	2	0	38	7
FW		Johnny Kay	—		—		3	0	—		3	0
FW		Ernest Muttitt	—		1	0	5	0	1	0	7	0
FW		Percy Saunders	2	1	5	0	—		—		7	1
FW		Billy Scott	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	7	0
FW		Les Smith	3	0	15	2	9	1	2	1	29	4
FW		Bob Thomas	—		2	0	1	0	—		3	0
FW		Len Townsend	—		6	5	2	0	—		8	5
FW		George Wilkins	—		9	1	18	6	2	0	29	7
Players guested during the season
GK		Charlie Hillam	—		—		1	0	—		1	0
GK		John Jackson	—		—		6	0	—		6	0
GK		Bill Mason	—		—		1	0	—		1	0
GK		Vic Woodley	—		—		3	0	—		3	0
DF		Ted Reay	—		1	0	1	0	—		2	0
DF		Harold Shepherdson	—		—		1	0	—		1	0
HB		Alec Farmer	—		—		—		1	0	1	0
HB		Duncan McKenzie	—		16	2	18	5	—		34	7
HB		Archie Scott	—		—		1	0	—		1	0
FW		Jim Brown	—		—		—		1	1	1	1
FW		Harry Burgess	—		—		1	2	—		1	2
FW		Peter Doherty	—		—		3	2	—		3	2
FW		Douglas Hunt	—		—		10	9	—		10	9
FW		David McCulloch	—		—		5	2	—		5	2
FW		Bert Stephens	—		1	1	—		—		1	1
FW		Benny Yorston	—		—		8	5	—		8	5

Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
Source: 100 Years Of Brentford^[8]

Goalscorers

Pos.	Player	FL1	FLB	FLC	LWC	Total
FW	Jack Holliday	1	14	2	0	17
FW	Douglas Hunt	—	—	9	—	9
FW	Idris Hopkins	0	5	2	0	7
HB	Duncan McKenzie	—	2	5	—	7
FW	George Wilkins	—	1	6	0	7
FW	Les Boulter	1	4	1	—	6
HB	Tom Manley	0	5	—	0	5
FW	Len Townsend	—	5	0	—	5
FW	Benny Yorston	—	—	5	—	5
FW	Les Smith	0	2	1	1	4
HB	Buster Brown	0	1	1	0	2
FW	Harry Burgess	—	—	2	—	2
FW	Peter Doherty	—	—	2	—	2
FW	David McCulloch	—	—	2	—	2
FW	Percy Saunders	1	0	—	—	1
FW	Jim Brown	—	—	—	1	1
FW	Bert Stephens	—	1	—	—	1
DF	Bill Gorman	0	1	0	0	1
HB	Joe James	0	1	0	0	1
Opponents		0	1	1	0	1
Total		3	42	42	2	89

Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
Source: 100 Years Of Brentford^[8]

Wartime international caps

Pos.	Nat	Player	Caps	Goals	Ref
FW		Idris Hopkins	3	0	^[13]
FW		Les Smith	1	0	^[14]

Management

Name	Nat	From	To	Record All Comps
Name	Nat	From	To	P	W	D	L	W %
Harry Curtis		26 August 1939	3 June 1940	41	17	7	17	041.46

Summary

Games played	41 (3 Football League, 18 Football League South Group B, 18 Football League South Group C, 2 Football League War Cup)
Games won	17 (1 Football League, 8 Football League South Group B, 8 Football League South Group C, 0 Football League War Cup)
Games drawn	7 (1 Football League, 2 Football League South Group B, 4 Football League South Group C, 0 Football League War Cup)
Games lost	17 (1 Football League, 8 Football League South Group B, 6 Football League South Group C, 2 Football League War Cup)
Goals scored	89 (3 Football League, 42 Football League South Group B, 42 Football League South Group C, 2 Football League War Cup)
Goals conceded	84 (3 Football League, 41 Football League South Group B, 34 Football League South Group C, 6 Football League War Cup)
Clean sheets	6 (1 Football League, 2 Football League South Group B, 3 Football League South Group C, 0 Football League War Cup)
Biggest league win	5–0 on two occasions
Worst league defeat	7–0 versus Queens Park Rangers, 30 December 1939
Most appearances	39, Bill Gorman (3 Football League, 17 Football League South Group B, 17 Football League South Group C, 2 Football League War Cup)
Top scorer (league)	17, Jack Holliday
Top scorer (all competitions)	17, Jack Holliday

Transfers & loans

Guest players' arrival and departure dates correspond to their first and last appearances of the season.

Players transferred in
Date	Pos.	Name	Previous Club	Fee	Ref.
May 1939	FW	Bob Thomas	Golders Green	n/a	^[15]
27 July 1939	DF	Jimmy Anderson	Queen of the South	n/a	^[16]
July 1939	GK	Frank Clack	Birmingham	n/a	^[17]
August 1939	HB	Tom Manley	Manchester United	n/a	^[4]
1939	FW	Percy Saunders	Sunderland	n/a	^[7]
Guest players in
Date from	Pos.	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
28 October 1939	HB	Archie Scott	Unattached	28 October 1939	^[8]
4 November 1939	HB	Duncan McKenzie	Middlesbrough	End of season	^[8]
11 November 1939	FW	Bert Stephens	Brighton & Hove Albion	11 November 1939	^[8]
24 January 1940	GK	Bill Mason	Queens Park Rangers	24 January 1940	^[8]
24 January 1940	DF	Harold Shepherdson	Middlesbrough	24 January 1940	^[8]
10 February 1940	FW	David McCulloch	Derby County	9 March 1940	^[8]
14 February 1940	DF	Ted Reay	Queens Park Rangers	17 February 1940	^[8]
9 March 1940	GK	John Jackson	Chelsea	End of season	^[8]
9 March 1940	FW	Benny Yorston	Middlesbrough	4 May 1940	^[8]
16 March 1940	GK	Charlie Hillam	Southend United	16 March 1940	^[8]
16 March 1940	FW	Douglas Hunt	Sheffield Wednesday	18 May 1940	^[8]
6 April 1940	FW	Peter Doherty	Manchester City	17 April 1940	^[8]
17 April 1940	GK	Vic Woodley	Chelsea	18 May 1940	^[8]
20 April 1940	HB	Alec Farmer	Queens Park Rangers	20 April 1940	^[8]
27 April 1940	FW	Jim Brown	Guildford City	27 April 1940	^[8]
3 June 1940	FW	Harry Burgess	Chelsea	End of season	^[8]
Players transferred out
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Fee	Ref.
10 July 1939	HB	Sam Briddon	Swansea Town	n/a	^[2]
10 July 1939	HB	Tally Sneddon	Swansea Town	n/a	^[2]
14 August 1939	DF	Joe Wilson	Reading	n/a	^[3]
Guest players out
Date from	Pos.	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
7 October 1939	FW	Billy Scott	Newcastle United	13 January 1940	^[18]
24 October 1939	GK	Joe Crozier	Airdrieonians	End of season	^[16]
16 December 1939	DF	Doug Anderson	Aberdeen	2 March 1940	^[16]
27 January 1940	FW	Len Townsend	Plymouth Argyle	27 April 1940	^[19]
n/a	DF	Jimmy Anderson	Queen of the South	n/a	^[16]
Players released
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
1939	FW	Fred Rowell	Bournemouth	September 1941	^[20]

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[1] Brentford F.C. at the Football Club History Database

[SneddonLeaves-2] "Sneddon Leaves. Brentford Transfer Two Players To Swansea. Substantial Fee. "Bees" Hope To Sign Wing-half And Full Back". The Brentford & Twickenham Times. 14 July 1939.

[NewStars-3] "New Stars Were On Show. But Two "Unknowns" Stole Trial Match Limelight. Brentford Well Equipped. New Players Impress: Brilliance Of Young Kay And Waddell: Team For To-Morrow". The Brentford & Chiswick Times. 18 August 1939.

[FOOTNOTEHaynesCoumbe200699-100-4] Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 99-100.

[FOOTNOTEWhite1989166-167-5] White 1989, p. 166-167.

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[FOOTNOTEHaynesCoumbe2006141-7] Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 141.

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