List of Brentford F.C. players (25–99 appearances)

Brentford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Brentford, Hounslow, London. Between 1897 and 1920, the first team competed in the London League, Southern League and Western League.[1] Since 1920, the first team has competed in the Football League, the Premier League and other nationally and internationally organised competitions.[1] All players who have played between 25 and 99 such matches are listed below.

Current first team central defender Kristoffer Ajer has made between 25 and 99 appearances for Brentford.

Records and notable players

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Jeff Taylor finished his Brentford career on 98 appearances.[2] John Dick is the highest scorer on this list, with 48 goals from 83 appearances.[3] Current Brentford players who have made between 25 and 99 appearances are Kristoffer Ajer, Nathan Collins, Mikkel Damsgaard, Mark Flekken, Aaron Hickey, Keane Lewis-Potter, Ben Mee, Frank Onyeka, Kevin Schade and Yehor Yarmolyuk.

  • Appearance and goal totals include matches in the Premier League, Football League, Southern League, London League (1896–1898), FA Cup, League Cup, Football League Trophy, Anglo-Italian Cup, London Challenge Cup, Middlesex Senior Cup, London Junior Cup, Middlesex Junior Cup, West Middlesex Cup, Southern Floodlit Challenge Cup, Football League Jubilee Fund and Empire Exhibition Cup. Substitute appearances are included. Wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded.
  • "Brentford career" corresponds to the years in which the player made their first and last appearances.
  • Players listed in bold won full international caps whilst with the club.
  • Statistics are correct as of match played 28 September 2024.
  • Starting lineups are untraced prior to the beginning of the 1893–94 season.

Playing positions

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GK Goalkeeper RB Right back RW Right winger DF Defender HB Half back IF Inside forward DM Defensive midfielder
OL Outside left LB Left back LW Left winger CB Centre back FW Forward FB Full back RM Right midfielder
W Winger MF Midfielder ST Striker WH Wing half AM Attacking midfielder CM Central midfielder LM Left midfielder
U Utility player OR Outside right SW Sweeper LH Left half RH Right half
Symbol Meaning
Brentford player in the 2024–25 season.
* Player has left Brentford but is still playing in a professional league.
Player went on to manage the club.
(c) Player captained the club.

Players

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Scottish half back Arthur Charlton was described as "probably the club's first great player" for his six years with Brentford in the 1890s.[4]
 
Forward Oakey Field scored 40 goals in 36 appearances in the late 19th century.
 
A rare success in the forward line during the late 1900s, Adam Bowman scored 25 goals in 44 appearances in two spells with the club.
 
The first New Zealander to play for Brentford, Reginald Boyne scored 23 goals in 50 appearances during the first two seasons of competitive football following the First World War.
 
Outside left Jack Cartmell made 66 appearances between 1919 and 1921 and later gave the club nearly 30 years' service as a trainer.
 
In May 1921, full back Jimmy Hodson became the oldest player to represent Brentford in a Football League match, aged 40 years, 8 months, 2 days.[5]
 
Harry King was the leading goalscorer in the club's debut season in the Football League and the first Brentford player to score a league hat-trick.[6]
 
Harry Morris' 30 goals in 63 appearances were a rare cause for cheer during Brentford's early seasons in the Football League.
 
One of the most prolific goalscorers in Brentford history, Jack Phillips scored 22 goals in 29 appearances before being sold in September 1928.
 
Jimmy Hill (seen left) began his professional playing career with Brentford and later became a manager and a broadcaster.
 
Former England international forward Tommy Lawton served as the Brentford's player-manager between January and September 1953.
 
Scottish wing half Matt Crowe was a vital cog in Brentford's midfield between 1962 and 1964.
 
Former England international Steve Perryman joined in 1986 and soon took over as player-manager.
 
Former Republic of Ireland international Chris Hughton was a part of Brentford's 1991–92 Third Division title-winning team.
 
Brentford's most successful youth product of the 1990s, Marcus Bent made 91 appearances, was capped by England U21 and played for eight Premier League clubs.
 
A ball-winning midfielder, Charlie Oatway made 65 appearances and was a member of the club's 1998–99 Third Division title-winning squad.
 
Signed for a club record fee, Hermann Hreiðarsson was named in the 1998–99 Third Division PFA Team of the Year and later played for five Premier League clubs.
 
Jason Pearcey kept goal in 30 matches between 1998 and 2000, when a serious leg injury forced his retirement from professional play.
 
Steve Sidwell was signed on loan from Arsenal in October 2001, to boost Brentford's Second Division promotion charge.
 
A fan-favourite, Brentford was the first of Senegalese central defender Ibrahima Sonko's six English clubs.
 
A hard-working attacking player, Isaiah Rankin scored a memorable goal away to Southampton in the fifth round of the 2004–05 FA Cup.[7]
 
Deon Burton was top-scorer during his only season at Griffin Park in 2004–05.
 
A former Premier League player with Crystal Palace, Ricky Newman captained Brentford to the 2006 League One playoff semi-finals.
 
Signed from non-League Yeading, DJ Campbell earned a move to the Premier League after a run of 8 goals in 6 games in January 2006.
 
Ben Hamer made 80 appearances across four spells on loan from Reading, a club record for a loanee.
 
Then-Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny gained experience on loan at Brentford during the 2009–10 season, making 28 appearances.
 
Marcello Trotta scored 22 goals in 69 appearances across two spells on loan from Fulham.
 
George Saville spent the 2013–14 season on loan at Griffin Park from neighbours Chelsea and won a League One runners-up medal.
 
Central defender John Egan made 71 appearances, scored seven goals, captained the club and was capped by the Republic of Ireland before his departure in July 2018.

Early years (1889–1898)

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Name Nationality Position Brentford career Appearances Goals Notes Ref
Arthur Charlton (c)   Scotland U 1893–1898 68 13 [nb 1]
[nb 2]
Jack Foster   England GK 1893–1897 45 0 [nb 2] [8]
H. James n/a LB 1893–1896 29 2 [nb 2] [8]
Jimmy Ray n/a HB 1893–1896 28 0 [nb 2] [8]
Billy Steers   England FW 1893–1898 25 5 [nb 2] [8]
Tommy Stevenson n/a OL 1893–1896 28 9 [nb 2] [8]
Archie Williams   England U 1893–1899 47 9 [nb 2] [8]
Richard Dailley (c)   England OR/HB 1895–1900 93 22 [nb 2] [8]
Herbert Edney (c)   England CH 1895–1900 54 1 [nb 2] [8]
Charles Gillett   England GK 1895–1899 31 0 [nb 2] [8]
Percy Swann   England RB 1895–1899
1900
51 5 [nb 2] [8]
Oakey Field   England IL/OL 1896–1898 36 40 [nb 3]
[nb 2]
Ernest Booth   England CF 1897–1899 42 22 [nb 2] [8]
Thomas Knapman   England FW 1897–1900 53 18 [nb 2] [8]
Alfred Lugg (c)   England FB 1897–1899 51 0 [nb 2] [8]
John Richardson   England IF 1897–1900 38 9 [nb 2] [8]
Alfred Mattocks   England HB/FW 1898–1901 55 1 [nb 2] [8]

Southern League era (1898–1920)

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Name Nationality Position Brentford career Appearances Goals Notes Ref
Charlie Evans n/a FW 1898–1900 25 5 [8]
Billy Smith   England FB/HB 1898–1900 26 0 [8]
E. W. Andrews   England OL 1899–1902 75 21 [8]
Frederick Broughton   England HB/FW 1899–1901 35 2 [8]
Harry Gilmour   Scotland FB 1900–1902 36 0 [8]
Ralph McElhaney (c)   Scotland U 1900–1902 49 13
Peter Turnbull   Scotland CF 1900–1901 25 17
Charlie McEleny   Ireland RH 1901–1902 30 1
Bill Regan   England WH 1901–1903 54 7
David Robson   Scotland FB 1901–1902 33 0
Tommy Spicer   England GK 1901–1904
1905–1906
59 0
Robert Stormont (c)   Scotland CF 1901–1902 25 1
Alf Gilson   England RB 1902–1903
1907
29 0
Ellis Green (c)   England CH 1902–1903 27 0
Davie Maher   England OR/IR 1902–1903 38 3
Fred Nidd   England FB 1902–1903 33 0
Percy Turner   England IF 1902–1903 41 2
Tommy Atherton   England OR 1903–1904 27 2 [nb 4]
Lawrence Bell   Scotland FW 1903–1904 28 4
James Bellingham   Scotland HB/FB 1903–1905
1906
47 1
Dave Buchanan   Scotland RH 1903–1904 33 6
Alex Caie   Scotland HB 1903–1904 25 0
Tommy Davidson (c)   Scotland FB 1903–1904 42 1
Fred Hobson   England FW 1904–1906 56 11
Thomas Howarth   England FB 1904–1906 36 0
Joe Warrington   England OR 1904–1905 33 4
Walter Whittaker   England GK 1904–1906 70 0
Jimmy Hartley   Scotland IF 1905–1906 27 5
Tom Riley   England FB 1905–1906 33 0
Patrick Hagan   Scotland FW 1906–1908 55 11
Tom McAllister   Scotland RH 1906–1908 68 10
Fred Pentland   England OR 1906–1907 39 12
Archie Taylor   Scotland FB 1906–1907 32 0
Charlie Williams   England GK 1906–1908 63 0
Adam Bowman   Scotland IL/CF 1907–1908
1909
44 25
Norman Brown   England OR 1907–1908 26 1
Andy Clark   Scotland LB 1907–1908 25 0
Bert Badger   England WH 1908–1909
1910–1911
54 1
Fred Connelly   England IL 1908–1909 34 12
Dave Ewing   England FB 1908–1909 34 0
Willie McIver   England GK 1908–1909 42 2
Joe Ryalls   England OR 1908–1909
1910–1911
78 3
Sidney Sugden   England FW 1908–1909 32 9
George Anderson   England OL 1909–1912 88 6
Albert Bartlett   England FW 1909–1911 74 7
Bert Hollinrake   England FW 1909–1911 49 12 [9]
James Riley   England HB 1909–1910 30 1
George Kennedy   Scotland LH 1910–1913 78 2
Jack Sibbald   England FW 1910–1913 94 21
Billy Brawn   England IR 1911–1913 77 8
William Hickleton   England HB/FB 1911–1913 36 1 [nb 5] [9]
Willis Rippon   England CF 1911–1912 29 17
Frank Bentley   England HB 1912–1914 64 0
Frederick Chapple   England IF 1912–1913 30 11
Bob McTavish   Scotland IL 1912–1913 40 7
Bill Smith   England CF 1912–1913 27 12
Jack Chapman   England FW 1913–1914 30 17
Bobby Jackson   England HB 1913–1914 28 3 [9]
Joe Johnson   England FW 1913–1915 44 17
Tom McGovern   Ireland WH 1913–1920 67 2
Henry Simons   England FW 1913–1914 28 19
Reginald Boyne   New Zealand CF 1919–1921 50 23
Jack Cartmell   England OL 1919–1921 66 2 [nb 1]
Jack Durston   England GK 1919–1921 45 0
Jimmy Hodson   England FB 1919–1921 69 0
Fred Morley   England IF 1919–1921 50 8
Sam Morris   England WH 1919–1921 64 0
Alfred Thompson   England IF 1919–1921 44 10

Interwar era (1920–1945)

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Name Nationality Position Brentford career Appearances Goals

Notes

Harry Anstiss   England IF 1920–1922 44 19
Samuel Challinor   England WH 1920–1921 32 2
Jimmy Elliott   England RH 1920–1922 69 2
Harry King   England CF 1920–1921 34 18
Thomas Elliott   England FW 1921–1923 55 9
Cyril Hunter   England CH 1921–1924 81 2
James Kerr   Scotland WH 1921–1924 91 1
Harry Morris   England CF 1921–1923 63 30
Billy Clayson   England IR 1922–1925 86 19
Bill Inglis   England HB/FB 1922–1925 87 1
Roland James   England IF/RH 1922–1924 36 1
Gordon Johnstone   England CF/WH 1922–1924 45 7
Horace Jones   England WH 1922–1925 32 0
Tom Garnish   England OF 1923–1925 46 6
George Kell   England FB 1923–1925 81 0
John Pearson   England FB 1923–1924 30 0
Harry Williams   England IF 1923–1925 56 8
Jack Allen   England CF 1924–1927 61 28
Alex Graham (c)   Scotland CH 1924–1926 49 11
Jimmy Walton   England LH 1924–1926 61 0
Jack Beacham   England HB 1925–1929 69 2
James Donnelly   Ireland FB 1925–1928 86 1
James McClennon   England FB 1925–1926 26 0
Alan Noble   England RW/RH 1925–1927 44 0
Harry Rae   Scotland DF 1925–1927 76 6
John Thomson   Scotland GK 1925–1926 42 0
Percival Whitton   England FB/CF 1925–1926 27 7
Bert Young   England OF 1925–1926 34 2
Bert Bellamy   England WH 1926–1927 39 0
Charlie Butler   England FB 1926–1928 75 0
Stephen Dearn (c)   England WH 1926–1929 89 10
James Ferguson   Scotland GK 1926–1928 74 0
Ted Winship   England FB 1926–1929 92 0
Henry Bailey   England GK 1927–1929 45 0
Jimmy Drinnan   Scotland IF 1927–1929 45 12
Albert Fletcher   England DF 1927–1928 33 1
Herbert Lawson   England OF 1927–1932 64 12
Jack Phillips   Wales CF 1927–1928 29 22
Freddie Fox   England GK 1928–1930 78 0
Baden Herod   England FB 1928–1929 30 0
David Sherlaw   Scotland FW 1928–1931 36 11
Cecil Blakemore   England IF 1929–1931 83 28
John Payne   England OF 1929–1930 53 18
Harry Salt   England WH 1929–1932 84 0
Edward Nash   England GK 1930–1932 64 0
Tom Baker   England GK 1932–1934 65 0
Arthur Crompton   England OF 1932–1933 44 14
Jack Astley   England RB 1933–1935 50 0
Ernest Muttitt   England U 1933–1939 94 25 [nb 1]
Dai Richards   Wales WH 1935–1937 58 0
Joe Wilson   England FB 1935–1938 63 3
Les Smith   England OL 1936–1939
1952
78 7 [nb 1]
George Eastham   England IF 1937–1938 50 1
Tally Sneddon   Scotland WH 1937–1939 70 2
Len Townsend   England CF 1937–1947 41 14
Jackie Gibbons   England IF 1938–1939
1947–1949
72 19 [nb 6]
[nb 7]
Gerry McAloon   Scotland IF 1938
1946
36 18
George Wilkins   England IF 1939–1947 33 7

Post-war era (1945–2000)

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Name Nationality Position Brentford career Appearances Goals Notes
Alec Blakeman   England IF 1946–1948 49 7
Archie Macaulay   Scotland IF 1946–1947 30 2 [nb 8]
Malky McDonald   Scotland RB 1946–1949 93 1
George Paterson (c)   Scotland WH 1946–1949 66 0
George Smith   England CH 1946–1947 52 1
George Stewart   Scotland IF 1946–1947 25 3
Peter Buchanan   Scotland OR 1947–1949 80 14
Jack Chisholm   England CH 1947–1949 55 1
Tommy Dawson   England IF 1947–1948 38 11
Ted Gaskell   England GK 1947–1952 38 0 [nb 1]
Dickie Girling   England OL 1947–1950 90 10
Peter McKennan   Scotland IF 1948–1949 28 9
Jimmy Hill   England IF/WH 1949–1952 86 10
Johnny Paton   Scotland OL 1949–1952 94 16
Wally Quinton   England FB 1949–1950 43 0
Reg Newton   England GK 1950–1957 90 0 [nb 9]
Tommy Lawton   England CF 1952–1953 53 19
Terry Ledgerton   England OL 1952–1954 47 9
Alan Bassham   England RB 1953–1957 45 0
Frank Dudley   England IF 1953–1957 80 35
George Lowden   England LB 1953–1956 29 0
James Robertson   Scotland OL 1953–1956 85 14
Jimmy Bloomfield   England IF 1954
1964–1965
95 6
Sonny Feehan   Republic of Ireland GK 1954–1958 36 0
Terry Robinson   England CH 1954–1957 38 1 [nb 6]
[nb 8]
George Stobbart   England IF 1954–1955 64 23
Wendell Morgan   Wales WH 1955–1957 49 6
Jeff Taylor (c)   England FW 1955–1957 98 35
Sid Tickridge   England FB 1955–1956 67 0
Len Newcombe   Wales OL 1956–1958 89 8
Ron Peplow   England WH/IF 1956–1961 66 5
Sid Russell   England LB/CB 1956–1960 54 0
Johnny Hales   Scotland OF 1959–1964 68 7
George Summers   Scotland FW 1960–1964 79 27
Jimmy Belcher   England WH 1961–1962 36 1
Johnny Brooks   England IF 1961–1963 91 36
Brian Edgley   England IF 1961–1962 45 13
Jimmy Gitsham   England LB 1961–1963 61 0
Tom Anthony   England LB 1962–1963 36 1
Matt Crowe   Scotland WH 1962–1964 83 0
John Dick   Scotland IF 1962–1964 83 48
Billy McAdams   Northern Ireland CF 1962–1964 87 39
Fred Ryecraft   England GK 1962–1963 38 0
John Fielding   England IF 1963–1965 93 21
Willie Smith   Scotland WH/IL 1963–1966 30 0
Dai Ward   Wales IF 1963–1965 54 24
Joe Bonson   England CF 1964–1966 42 15
Billy Cobb   England IF 1964–1966 81 26
Mark Lazarus   England OR 1964–1965 69 21
Tom Curley   Scotland OR 1965–1967 41 6
Eddie Reeve   England LH 1965–1967 26 0
John Richardson   England DF 1966–1969 96 9
George Dobson   England OR 1967–1970 93 10
Keith Hooker   England FW/WH 1967–1968 34 2
Ron Fenton ♦ (c)   England IF 1968–1970 97 21
Pat Terry   England CF 1968–1969 31 13
John O'Mara   England FW 1971–1972 57 28
Stewart Houston   Scotland DF 1972–1973 82 9
Alan Murray   England MF 1972–1973 48 7
Stan Webb   England FW 1972–1973 41 8
Andy Woon   England FW 1972–1975 50 12
Dave Metchick   England MF 1973–1975 65 4
Barry Salvage   England LW 1973–1975 91 8
Keith Lawrence   England CB 1974–1976 89 2
Steve Sherwood   England GK 1974–1975 64 0 [nb 10]
Dave Simmons   England FW 1974–1975 58 18
Micky French   England FW 1975–1977 73 15
Nigel Smith   England CB 1975–1978 96 0
Gordon Sweetzer   Canada FW 1975–1978
1982
85 45
Allan Glover   England IF/W 1976
1978–1980
32 2 [nb 11]
Paul Walker   England MF 1976–1983 80 6
Doug Allder   England W 1977–1980 95 3
Willie Graham   Northern Ireland MF 1977–1981 48 3
Barry Lloyd   England MF 1977–1978 31 4
Dean Smith   England FW 1978–1980 54 16
Lee Holmes   England FW 1979–1980 30 7
David Crown   England LW 1980–1981 53 10
Tony Funnell   England FW 1980–1981 35 10
Ron Harris   England RB/MF 1980–1984 76 0
Mark Hill   England LB 1980–1982 62 3
Gary Johnson   England FW 1980–1981 63 13
David McKellar   Scotland GK 1980–1982 92 0
Keith Bowen   England FW 1981–1983 58 12
Stan Bowles   England MF 1981–1983
1983–1984
95 17 [nb 12]
Terry Rowe   England RB 1981–1984 81 1
Tony Mahoney   England FW 1982–1984 58 19
Paddy Roche   Republic of Ireland GK 1982–1984 84 0
Graham Wilkins   England FB 1982–1984 46 0
Terry Bullivant   England MF 1981–1985
1985–1986
51 2 [nb 13]
Tony Lynch   England RW 1983–1986 57 5
Paul Roberts   England DF 1983–1985 76 2
Trevor Swinburne   England GK 1983–1985 69 0
Rowan Alexander   Scotland FW 1984–1986 59 14
Bobby Fisher   England RB 1984–1986 56 0
George Torrance   Scotland LM 1984–1986 44 3
Steve Wignall (c)   England CB 1984–1986 84 3
Phil Bater   Wales DF/MF 1986–1987 25 2
Robbie Carroll   England RW 1986–1988 42 10
Ian Holloway   England MF 1986–1987 36 2 [nb 14]
Paul Maddy   Wales MF 1986–1987 38 6
Steve Perryman   England FB/MF 1986–1990 63 0
Gary Stevens   England CF 1986–1987 41 14
Wayne Turner (c)   England MF 1986–1988 62 2
Andy Feeley   England RB/MF 1987–1989 89 0
Colin Lee   England U 1987–1988 35 11
Paul Buckle   England MF 1988–1994 78 1
John Buttigieg   Malta SW/RB 1988–1991 47 0
Tony Parks   England GK 1988–1991 91 0
Jason Cousins   England RB 1989–1991 28 0
Mark Fleming   England LB 1989–1991 45 1
Eddie May   Scotland MF 1989–1990 62 13
Robbie Peters   England LB/LW 1989–1994 42 2
Tony Sealy   England FW 1989
1991
36 7
Lee Luscombe   England LW 1991–1993 55 8
Wilf Rostron   England LB/MF 1991–1992 52 2
Joe Allon   England FW 1992–1994 56 28
Mickey Bennett   England RW/FW 1992–1994 59 4
Chris Hughton   England LB 1992 41 0
Shane Westley   England CB 1992–1995 80 3
Gus Hurdle   Barbados RB 1993–1998 93 0
Paul Stephenson   England W 1993–1995 83 3
Carl Asaba   England FW 1994–1997 67 27
Paul Abrahams   England RW 1995–1996 39 8
Marcus Bent   England FW/W 1995–1997 91 13
Dean Martin   England RW 1995–1996 26 1
Joe Omigie   England FW 1995–1997 30 2
Scott Canham   England MF 1996–1998 60 1 [nb 15]
Warren Aspinall   England MF 1997–1999 51 5
Derek Bryan   England RW/FW 1997–2001 59 8
Glenn Cockerill   England CM 1997–1998 25 0
Charlie Oatway   England DM 1997–1999 65 1
Kevin Rapley   England FW 1997–1999 62 15
Paul Watson   England FB 1997–1999 42 0
Danny Boxall   Republic of Ireland RB 1998–2002 84 1 [nb 16]
Tony Folan   Republic of Ireland LW 1998–2001 60 9 [nb 16]
Darren Freeman   England FW 1998–1999 30 9
Hermann Hreiðarsson   Iceland CB 1998–1999 48 8
Jason Pearcey   England GK 1998–2000 30 0
Scott Marshall   Scotland CB 1999–2003 94 7
David Theobald   England CB 1999–2002 37 0
Andy Woodman   England GK 1999–2000 67 0

21st century (2000–present)

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Name Nationality Position Brentford career Appearances Goals Notes
Paul Gibbs   England LB/LM 2000–2002 67 4
Ólafur Gottskálksson   Iceland GK 2000–2002 89 0
Jay Lovett   England RB 2000–2003 28 1
Mark McCammon   Barbados FW 2000–2003 91 15
Lorenzo Pinamonte   Italy FW 2000 26 3
Mark Williams   England RW 2000–2003 82 4
Ben Burgess   Republic of Ireland FW 2001–2002 51 18 [nb 17]
Steve Sidwell   England MF 2001–2002 35 4 [nb 18]
Jay Smith   England CM 2001–2004 60 0
Matt Somner   Wales DF 2001–2004 93 2 [nb 19]
Stephen Evans   Wales CM 2002–2004 59 5
Jamie Fullarton   Scotland MF 2002–2003 32 1
Leo Roget   England CB 2002–2004 33 0
Ibrahima Sonko   Senegal CB 2002–2004 91 11 [nb 20]
Rowan Vine   England FW 2002–2003 50 13 [nb 21]
Matt Harrold   England FW 2003–2005 39 5
Joel Kitamirike   England CB 2003–2004 25 0 [nb 10]
Ben May   England FW 2003–2004
2004–2005
59 8 [nb 22]
Alex Rhodes   England LW 2003–2007 65 6
Tony Rougier   Trinidad and Tobago RW/FW 2003–2004 34 5
Tommy Wright   England FW 2003–2004 29 0 [nb 23]
Deon Burton   Jamaica FW 2004–2005 50 10
Chris Hargreaves   England AM 2004–2005 39 3
Ryan Peters   England RW 2004–2007 47 2
Isaiah Rankin   England FW 2004–2006 97 19
John Salako   England LW/LB 2004–2005 45 5
Stewart Talbot (c)   England DM 2004–2005 64 4
Paul Brooker   England RW 2005–2007 86 4
DJ Campbell   England FB 2005–2006 28 12
Darius Charles   England LB 2005–2008 42 1
Scott Fitzgerald   England FW 2005–2006 26 6 [nb 24]
Charlie Ide   England FW 2005–2007 54 8
John Mousinho   England RB 2005–2008 72 2
Ricky Newman (c)   England CM 2005–2006 39 3
Darren Pratley *   England MF 2005
2005–2006
36 1 [nb 25]
Sam Tillen   England LB/LM 2005–2007 83 1
Adam Griffiths   Australia CB 2006–2007 39 1
Matt Heywood (c)   England CB 2006–2008 67 2 [nb 26]
Jo Kuffour   England FW 2006–2007 44 13
Thomas Pinault   France CM 2006–2007 31 1
Calum Willock   Saint Kitts and Nevis FW 2006–2007 43 4
Simon Brown   England GK 2007–2009 30 0
Alan Connell   England FW 2007–2008 47 12
Ben Hamer *   England GK 2007
2008
2008–2009
2010–2011
80 0 [nb 27]
Craig Pead   England RB 2007–2008 44 0
Glenn Poole   England LW 2007–2009 78 21
Ricky Shakes   Guyana W 2007–2008 42 4
Gary Smith   England DM 2007–2009 36 1
Alan Bennett (c)   Republic of Ireland CB 2008
2008–2010
75 2 [nb 28]
Nathan Elder   England FW 2008–2009 47 11
Adam Newton (c)   Saint Kitts and Nevis MF 2008–2009 39 1
Mark Phillips   England CB 2008–2010 60 1
Marvin Williams   England W 2008–2009 38 2
James Wilson *   Wales CB 2008
2009
30 0 [nb 29]
Pim Balkestein   Netherlands CB 2009
2010–2012
46 2 [nb 30]
Carl Cort   Guyana FW 2009–2010 34 7
Danny Foster   England RB 2009–2010 42 0
David Hunt   England MF 2009–2011 55 5
Ben Strevens   England FW 2009–2010 29 7
Wojciech Szczęsny *   Poland GK 2009–2010 28 0 [nb 18]
Gary Alexander (c)   England FW 2010–2012 77 26
Lewis Grabban   England FW 2010
2011
32 7 [nb 22]
Richard Lee (c)   England GK 2010–2014 87 0
Simon Moore *   England GK 2010–2013 77 0
Robbie Simpson   England FW 2010–2011 36 8
Michael Spillane   Republic of Ireland CB 2010–2011 32 1
Craig Woodman   England LB 2010–2012 76 1
Harry Forrester   England AM 2011–2013 69 11
Niall McGinn   Northern Ireland RM 2011–2012 41 5 [nb 31]
Jake Reeves *   England CM 2011–2014 46 1
Tom Adeyemi   England CM 2012–2013 39 3 [nb 32]
Stuart Dallas   Northern Ireland LW 2012–2015 75 8
Farid El Alagui   Morocco FW 2012–2013 30 9
Paul Hayes   England FW 2012–2013 33 6
Marcello Trotta *   Italy FW 2012–2013
2013–2014
69 22 [nb 25]
Josh Clarke   England RB/RW 2013–2019 84 5
Will Grigg *   Northern Ireland FW 2013–2014 36 5
George Saville *   Northern Ireland CM 2013–2014 44 4 [nb 10]
Andre Gray *   Jamaica FW 2014–2015 52 20
Scott Hogan *   Republic of Ireland FW 2014–2017 36 21
Jota   Spain AM 2014–2017 78 23
Moses Odubajo *   England RW/RB 2014–2015
2018–2019
84 3 [nb 33]
Alex Pritchard *   England AM 2014–2015 47 12 [nb 34]
Tommy Smith   England RW 2014–2015 32 1
James Tarkowski *   England CB 2014–2016 74 4
Jon Toral *   Spain MF 2014–2015 37 6 [nb 18]
Andreas Bjelland *   Denmark CB 2015–2018 65 1
Maxime Colin *   France RB 2015–2017 66 4
Philipp Hofmann *   Germany FW 2015–2017 33 4
Konstantin Kerschbaumer *   Austria CM 2015–2017 52 1
John Swift *   England RW 2015–2016 28 7 [nb 10]
Lasse Vibe   Denmark FW/RW 2015–2018 97 37 [nb 35]
John Egan (c) *   Republic of Ireland CB 2016–2018 71 7
Lewis Macleod   Scotland MF 2016–2019 43 4
Luke Daniels *   England GK 2017–2021 36 0
Florian Jozefzoon   Suriname W 2017–2018 62 8
Chris Mepham *   Wales CB 2017–2018 48 1 [nb 19]
Saïd Benrahma *   Algeria W 2018–2020 94 27
Marcus Forss *   Finland FW 2018–2022 74 19 [nb 36]
Julian Jeanvier *   Guinea CB 2018–2020 58 6
Ezri Konsa *   England CB 2018–2019 47 1 [nb 37]
Emiliano Marcondes *   Denmark AM 2018–2021 97 7
Mads Bech Sørensen *   Denmark CB 2018–2023 72 4 [nb 38]
Jan Žambůrek *   Czech Republic CM 2019–2021 29 0 [nb 39]
Shandon Baptiste *   Grenada MF 2020–2024 78 2
Tariqe Fosu *   Ghana LW 2020–2022 63 5
Kristoffer Ajer   Norway CB/RB 2021– 75 3
Mathias Jørgensen *   Denmark CB 2021–2024 48 2 [nb 40]
Frank Onyeka   Nigeria DM 2021– 80 1
Mikkel Damsgaard   Denmark MF 2022– 63 1
Aaron Hickey   Scotland RB 2022– 38 0
Keane Lewis-Potter   England LW 2022– 55 5
Ben Mee   England CB 2022– 60 5
Yehor Yarmolyuk   Ukraine CM 2022– 37 0 [nb 41]
Nathan Collins   Republic of Ireland CB 2023– 42 2
Mark Flekken   Netherlands GK 2023– 44 0
Kevin Schade   Germany W/FW 2023– 39 2 [nb 42]
[nb 43]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e Member of the Brentford Hall of Fame.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Some appearance and goal records are untraced during the seasons in which the player played.
  3. ^ Field re-signed with the club in November 1907, but did not make a first team appearance before retiring at the end of the 1907–08 season.
  4. ^ On loan from Grimsby Town.
  5. ^ On loan from Coventry City.
  6. ^ a b Capped by England at amateur level.
  7. ^ Represented the FA XI.
  8. ^ a b Represented Great Britain in friendly internationals.
  9. ^ Newton rejoined Brentford in July 1957, but made no appearances.
  10. ^ a b c d On loan from Chelsea.
  11. ^ Joined on loan from West Bromwich Albion in October 1976 and returned to sign permanently in November 1978.
  12. ^ Bowles retired in May 1983 and rejoined the club on non-contract terms in December 1983.
  13. ^ Bullivant was released in May 1985 and rejoined the club on a one-year contract as a free agent in August 1985.
  14. ^ Joined on loan from Wimbledon in March 1986 and transferred permanently in July 1986.
  15. ^ Joined on loan from West Ham United in January 1996 and transferred permanently in August 1996.
  16. ^ a b Capped by Republic of Ireland at U21 level.
  17. ^ On loan from Blackburn Rovers.
  18. ^ a b c On loan from Arsenal.
  19. ^ a b Capped by Wales at U21 level.
  20. ^ Capped by Senegal at U23 level.
  21. ^ On loan from Portsmouth. Vine later joined on loan from Queens Park Rangers in 2010, but made no appearances.
  22. ^ a b On loan from Millwall.
  23. ^ On loan from Leicester City.
  24. ^ Joined on loan from Watford in March 2005 and transferred permanently later that month.
  25. ^ a b On loan from Fulham.
  26. ^ Joined on loan from Bristol City in July 2006 and transferred permanently in August 2006.
  27. ^ On loan from Reading.
  28. ^ Joined on loan from Reading for separate spells in March 2008 and August 2008 and transferred permanently in July 2009.
  29. ^ On loan from Bristol City.
  30. ^ Joined on loan from Ipswich Town for separate spells in November 2009 and March 2010 and transferred permanently in August 2010.
  31. ^ On loan from Celtic.
  32. ^ On loan from Norwich City.
  33. ^ Capped by England at U20 level.
  34. ^ On loan from Tottenham Hotspur.
  35. ^ Capped by Denmark at U23 level.
  36. ^ Capped by Finland at U21 level.
  37. ^ Capped by England at U21 level.
  38. ^ Capped by Denmark at U21 level.
  39. ^ Capped by Czech Republic at U21 level.
  40. ^ Jørgensen was released in June 2022 and rejoined the club on a two-year contract as a free agent in August 2022.
  41. ^ Capped by Ukraine at U23 level.
  42. ^ Joined on loan from SC Freiburg in January 2023 and transferred permanently in June 2023.
  43. ^ Capped by Germany at U21 level.

References

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General
  • Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. ISBN 0955294916.
  • Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Harefield: Yore Publications. ISBN 1-874427-57-7.
  • White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Oldfield Press. ISBN 0-9515262-0-0.
  • Brentford at Soccerbase.
  • Brentford at the Football Club History Database.
Specific
  1. ^ a b "Brentford FC History". brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  2. ^ Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 158.
  3. ^ Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 47.
  4. ^ Wickham, Chris. "Brentford FC Treasure Trove". Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  5. ^ Haynes 1998, p. 99.
  6. ^ Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 92.
  7. ^ "Saints stung by Bees recovery". SkySports. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t White 1989, p. 352-357.
  9. ^ a b c White 1989, p. 360-363.