List of Brentford F.C. records and statistics

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 and other nationally and internationally organised competitions.^[1]

The list encompasses the major honours won by Brentford, records set by the club, their managers and their players.

Club honours and best performances

Major domestic competitions

Leagues

First Division / Premier League (level 1)

• Best performance: 5th – 1935–36^[1]

Second Division / Championship (level 2)

• Winners (1): 1934–35^[1]

Third Division / Third Division South / League One (level 3)

• Winners (2): 1932–33, 1991–92^[1]
• Runners-up (4): 1929–30, 1957–58, 1994–95, 2013–14^[1]

Fourth Division / League Two (level 4)

• Winners (3): 1962–63, 1998–99, 2008–09^[1]

Cups

FA Cup

• Best performance: Sixth Round/Quarter-Final – 1937–38, 1945–46, 1948–49, 1988–89^[1]

Football League Cup

• Best performance: Fourth Round – 1982–83, 2010–11

Football League Trophy

• Best performance: Finalists – 1984–85, 2000–01, 2010–11

European competitions

Anglo-Italian Cup

• Best performance: Semi-Final – 1992–93^[2]

Minor domestic competitions

Leagues

Southern Football League First Division / Premier Division

• Best performance: 9th – 1905–06

Southern Football League Second Division

• Winners (1): 1900–01

Western League First Division / Premier Division

• Best performance: 2nd – 1904–05

London Football League

• Best performance: 2nd – 1897–98

Cups

West Middlesex Cup

• Winners: 1894–95^[3]

London Senior Cup

• Winners: 1897–98

Middlesex Senior Cup

• Winners: 1897–98

Southern Professional Charity Cup

• Winners: 1908–09^[4]

Ealing Hospital Cup

• Winners: 1910–11^[5]

London Challenge Cup

• Winners: 1934–35, 1964–65, 1966–67

London War Cup

• Winners: 1941–42

Supporters Direct Cup

• Winners: 2004, 2008

Empire Exhibition Trophy

• Best performance: First Round – 1938^[6]

FA Amateur Cup

• Best performance: First Round – 1898–99^[7]

Southern Professional Floodlit Cup

• Best performance: Semi-Final – 1955–56, 1956–57^[8]

First Alliance Cup

• Best performance: First Round – 1988^[9]

Player records

Appearances

• Youngest debutant (all competitions): Paul Walker, 15 years, 7 months, 28 days (versus Watford, League Cup first round, August 1976)^[10]
• Youngest debutant (league): Danis Salman, 15 years, 8 months, 3 days (versus Watford, Fourth Division, 15 November 1975)^[11]
• Oldest debutant: Bill Caesar, 39 years, 10 months, 24 days (versus Fulham, Third Division South, 19 October 1929)^[12]
• Oldest player: Jimmy Hodson, 40 years, 8 months, 2 days (versus Plymouth Argyle, Third Division, 7 May 1921)^[12]
• Most consecutive appearances: 187 – Gerry Cakebread (1 November 1958 – 18 August 1963)^[13]
• Most consecutive league appearances: 168 – Gerry Cakebread (1 November 1958 – 18 August 1963)^[14]
• Most appearances in a season (all competitions): 62 – Terry Evans (1988–89)^[15]

Most appearances

As of match played 16 August 2016. Competitive matches only, includes appearances as substitute. Numbers in brackets indicate goals scored. Years are listed according to the player's first and last appearances for the club.

#	Name	Years	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Other	Total
1	Coote, KenKen Coote	1949–1963	5140(14)	350(1)	100(0)	0 (0)	5590(15)
2	Bates, JamieJamie Bates	1987–1999	4190(18)	210(2)	400(3)	44 (1)	5260(24)
3	Gelson, PeterPeter Gelson	1961–1974	4710(17)	29 (0)	170(1)	0 (0)	5160(18)
4	O'Connor, KevinKevin O'Connor	2000–2014	4250(32)	310(4)	200(4)	24 (4)	5010(44)
5	Higginson, TommyTommy Higginson	1960–1970	3880(15)	270(1)	180(0)	0 (0)	4350(16)
6	Graham, JackieJackie Graham	1970–1980	3740(38)	210(2)	140(0)	0 (0)	4090(40)
7	Millen, KeithKeith Millen	1984–1994	3050(17)	180(1)	260(6)	31 (0)	3800(20)
8	Cakebread, GerryGerry Cakebread	1954–1964	3480(0)	200(0)	60(0)	0 (0)	3740(0)
9	Salman, DanisDanis Salman	1975–1985	325 (8)	17 (0)	19 (0)	10 (0)	371 (8)
10	Nelmes, AlanAlan Nelmes	1967–1976	3160(2)	190(0)	150(0)	0 (0)	3500(2)

Goalscorers

• Most goals in a season: 38 – Jack Holliday (Third Division South, 1932–33)^[16]
• Most goals in a Football League match: 5^[17]
  • Jack Holliday (versus Luton Town, Third Division South, 28 January 1933)
  • Billy Scott (versus Barnsley, Second Division, 15 December 1934)
  • Peter McKennan (versus Bury, Second Division, 19 February 1949)
• Most goals in a London League match: 6 – Oakey Field (versus Leyton, First Division, 8 January 1898)^[18]
• Youngest league goalscorer: Richard Poole – 16 years, 9 months, 17 days (versus Bradford City, Fourth Division, 20 April 1974)
• Youngest FA Cup goalscorer: Gary Rolph – 16 years, 9 months, 26 days (versus Colchester United, second round, 20 December 1976)^[19]
• Quickest league goalscorer: 10 seconds – George Stobbart (versus Aldershot, Third Division South, 6 November 1954)^[20]
• Quickest goalscorer on debut: 4 minutes – Lee Luscombe (versus Barnet, Football League Trophy preliminary round, 17 December 1991)^[21]
• Most hattricks: 9 – Jack Holliday^[22]
• Most hattricks in one season: 5 – Jack Holliday (Third Division South, 1932–33)^[22]
• Fastest hattrick (all competitions): 3 minutes – Gary Roberts (versus Newport County, Football League Trophy Southern Area final, 17 May 1985)^[23]
• Fastest Football League hattrick: 7 minutes – Carl Asaba (versus Shrewsbury Town, Second Division, 31 August 1996)^[23]
• Numbers of consecutive matches scored in: 10 – Fred Monk (3 February–31 March 1951)^[24]
• Most own goals in Football League matches: 5 – Peter Gelson, Alan Nelmes^[11]

Top goalscorers

As of match played 16 August 2016. Competitive matches only. Numbers in brackets indicate appearances made.

#	Name	Years	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Others	Total
1	Towers, JimJim Towers	1954–1961	153 (262)	09 (17)	010(3)	0 (0)	163 (282)
2	Francis, GeorgeGeorge Francis	1955–1961 1961–1962	124 (260)	12 (18)	2 (0)	0 (0)	136 (280)
3	Holliday, JackJack Holliday	1932–1939	119 (212)	3 (10)	000(0)	0 (0)	121 (222)
4	Blissett, GaryGary Blissett	1987–1993	79 (233)	7 (14)	9 (19)	10 (25)	105 (291)
5	McCulloch, DaveDave McCulloch	1935–1938	85 (116)	5 (6)	000(0)	9 (0)	90 (124)
6	Lane, BillyBilly Lane	1929–1932	79 (112)	10 (11)	000(0)	0 (0)	89 (123)
7	Owusu, LloydLloyd Owusu	1998–2002 2005–2007	77 (215)	4 (14)	030(8)	3 (13)	87 (250)
8	Scott, BillyBilly Scott	1932–1947	083 (274)	3 (22)	000(0)	0 (0)	86 (296)
9	Lane, JackJack Lane	1925–1931	74 (215)	12 (19)	000(0)	0 (0)	86 (234)
10	Hopkins, IdrisIdris Hopkins	1932–1947	77 (293)	3 (21)	000(0)	0 (0)	80 (314)

Discipline

• First red card: Freddy Capper versus Newport County, Third Division South, 11 February 1922^[25]
• Most red cards in league matches: 6 – Jamie Bates^[11]

Other player records

• Most clean sheets in a league season: 22 – Gordon Phillips (Fourth Division, 1971–72)^[26]
• First substitute to be utilised: Hugh McLaughlin (replaced Billy Cobb versus Oldham Athletic, Third Division, 11 April 1964)^[27]
• Most Football League substitute appearances: 75 – Sam Saunders^[11]
• Most Football League matches in which substituted: 61 – Sam Saunders^[11]
• Fewest players used in a league season: 14 (Fourth Division, 1971–72)^[28]
• Most separate contracted spells with the club: 3 – John Docherty, Paul Priddy^[29][30]
• Shortest Football League career with the club: 8 minutes – Clement James^[11]

Opposition player records

• Most Football League starts against Brentford: 25 – Geoff Crudgington^[11]
• Most Football League appearances against Brentford: 31 – Steve Fletcher^[11]
• Most Football League goals against Brentford: 12 – Harold Blackmore, Dennis Westcott^[11]

International

• First capped player: Joe Connor (for Ireland versus Scotland, 21 March 1903)^[31]
• First capped player since Brentford joined the Football League:
  • Idris Hopkins (for Wales versus Scotland, 21 November 1934)
  • Dave McCulloch (for Scotland versus Wales, 21 November 1934)^[32]
• First capped player for England: Billy Scott (versus Wales, 17 October 1936)^[33]
• Most capped Brentford player while playing for the club: 22 – John Buttigieg (Malta)^[34]

Transfers

Record paid

As of 16 August 2016.

Name	Nationality	Fee paid	Transferred from	Date	Notes	Ref
Bjelland, AndreasAndreas Bjelland	Denmark	£2,100,000	Twente	2 July 2015		[35]
, JotaJota	Spain	£1,500,000	Celta Vigo	15 August 2014		[36]
Odubajo, MosesMoses Odubajo	England	Undisclosed	Leyton Orient	27 June 2014	[nb 1]	[37]
Hreiðarsson, HermannHermann Hreiðarsson	Iceland	£750,000	Crystal Palace	September 1998		[38]
Allon, JoeJoe Allon	England	£250,000	Chelsea	November 1992		[38]
May, EddieEddie May	Scotland	£167,000	Hibernian	July 1989		[38]
Ratcliffe, SimonSimon Ratcliffe	England	£100,000	Norwich City	January 1989		[38]
Whitehead, AlanAlan Whitehead	England	£78,000	Bury	July 1981		[38]
Funnell, TonyTony Funnell	England	£50,000	Gillingham	March 1980		[38]
McNichol, JimJim McNichol	Scotland	£33,000	Luton Town	October 1978		[38]
McCulloch, AndyAndy McCulloch	England	£25,000	Oxford United	March 1976		[38]
Dick, JohnJohn Dick	Scotland	£17,500	West Ham United	September 1962		[38]
Lawton, TommyTommy Lawton	England	£16,000	Notts County	March 1952		[38]
Greenwood, RonRon Greenwood	England	£9,500	Bradford Park Avenue	March 1949		[38]
Gibbons, JackieJackie Gibbons	England	£8,000	Bradford Park Avenue	August 1947		[38]
McCulloch, DaveDave McCulloch	Scotland	£6,000	Heart of Midlothian	November 1935		[38]
Poyser, GeorgeGeorge Poyser	England	£1,550	Port Vale	July 1934		[38]
Herod, BadenBaden Herod	England	£1,500	Charlton Athletic	July 1928		[38]
Watkins, ErnieErnie Watkins	England	£1,000	Southend United	January 1926		[38]

Record received

As of 16 August 2016.

Name	Nationality	Fee received	Transferred to	Date	Notes	Ref
Gray, AndreAndre Gray	England	Undisclosed	Burnley	21 August 2015	[nb 2]	[39]
Forshaw, AdamAdam Forshaw	England	Undisclosed	Wigan Athletic	1 September 2014	[nb 3]	[40]
Hreiðarsson, HermannHermann Hreiðarsson	Iceland	£2,500,000	Wimbledon	October 1999		[41]
Holdsworth, DeanDean Holdsworth	England	£720,000	Wimbledon	July 1993	[nb 4]	[42]
Sinton, AndyAndy Sinton	England	£350,000	Queens Park Rangers	March 1989	[nb 5]	[41]
Joseph, RogerRoger Joseph	England	£150,000	Wimbledon	August 1988		[41]
Hurlock, TerryTerry Hurlock	England	£95,000	Reading	February 1986		[41]
McCulloch, AndyAndy McCulloch	England	£60,000	Sheffield Wednesday	June 1979		[41]
Houston, StewartStewart Houston	Scotland	£55,000	Manchester United	December 1973	[nb 6]	[42]
O'Mara, JohnJohn O'Mara	England	£50,000	Blackburn Rovers	September 1972		[41]
Cross, RogerRoger Cross	England	£30,000	Fulham	September 1971		[41]
Docherty, JohnJohn Docherty	Scotland	£17,000	Sheffield United	March 1961		[41]
Chisholm, JackJack Chisholm	England	£16,000	Sheffield United	March 1948		[41]
McCulloch, DaveDave McCulloch	Scotland	£9,500	Derby County	October 1938		[41]
Herod, BadenBaden Herod	England	£4,000	Tottenham Hotspur	February 1929		[41]
Wiggins, JoeJoe Wiggins	England	£1,400	Leicester City	April 1928		[41]
Morris, HarryHarry Morris	England	£750	Millwall Athletic	February 1923		[41]
Shanks, TommyTommy Shanks	Ireland	£200	Woolwich Arsenal	January 1903	[nb 7] [nb 8]	[42]

Other transfer records

• Record fee paid for a teenager: £1,500,000 to Walsall for Rico Henry, 31 August 2016^[43]

Managerial records

Most matches

As of match played 16 August 2016. Competitive matches only.

#	Name	Years	Total matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Winning percentage	Notes	Ref
1	Curtis, HarryHarry Curtis	1926–1949	706	305	157	244	43.2		[44]
2	MacDonald, MalkyMalky MacDonald	1957–1965	380	160	94	126	42.11		[45]
3	Halliday, FredFred Halliday	1908–1912 1915–1921 1924–1926	334	108	70	156	32.34		[46]
4	Webb, DavidDavid Webb	1993–1997	216	85	65	66	39.35		[47]
5	Callaghan, FredFred Callaghan	1980–1984	205	69	59	77	33.66		[48]
6	Perryman, SteveSteve Perryman	1987–1990	183	71	49	63	38.8		[49]
7	Dodgin, Sr., BillBill Dodgin, Sr.	1953–1957	183	65	57	61	35.52		[50]
8	Blunstone, FrankFrank Blunstone	1969–1973 1984	181	72	39	70	39.78		[51]
9	Dodgin, Jr., BillBill Dodgin, Jr.	1976–1980	180	73	36	71	40.56		[52]
10	Scott, AndyAndy Scott	2007–2011	168	64	55	49	38.1	[nb 9]	[53]

Most wins

As of match played 16 August 2016. Competitive matches only.

#	Name	Years	Wins	Draws	Losses	Winning percentage	Total matches	Ref
1	Curtis, HarryHarry Curtis	1926–1949	305	157	244	43.2	706	[44]
2	MacDonald, MalkyMalky MacDonald	1957–1965	160	94	126	42.11	380	[45]
3	Halliday, FredFred Halliday	1908–1912 1915–1921 1924–1926	108	70	156	32.34	334	[46]
4	Webb, DavidDavid Webb	1993–1997	85	65	66	39.35	216	[47]
5	Dodgin, Jr., BillBill Dodgin, Jr.	1976–1980	73	36	71	40.56	180	[52]
6	Blunstone, FrankFrank Blunstone	1969–1973 1984	72	39	70	39.78	181	[51]
7	Perryman, SteveSteve Perryman	1987–1990	71	49	63	38.8	183	[49]
8	Callaghan, FredFred Callaghan	1980–1984	69	59	77	33.66	205	[48]
9	Holder, PhilPhil Holder	1990–1993	66	33	59	41.77	158	[54]
10	Dodgin, Sr., BillBill Dodgin, Sr.	1953–1957	65	57	61	35.52	183	[50]

Most points

As of match played 16 August 2016. League matches only, adjusted to 3 points for a win.

#	Name	Years	Points	Wins	Draws	Losses	Winning percentage	Total matches	Notes	Ref
1	Curtis, HarryHarry Curtis	1926–1949	1002	284	150	226	43.03	660		[55]
2	MacDonald, MalkyMalky MacDonald	1957–1965	533	149	86	116	42.45	351		[56]
3	Halliday, FredFred Halliday	1908–1912 1915–1921 1924–1926	321	103	68	150	32.09	321		[57]
4	Webb, DavidDavid Webb	1993–1997	275	73	56	55	39.67	184		[58]
5	Dodgin, Jr., BillBill Dodgin, Jr.	1976–1980	247	70	37	65	40.7	172		[59]
6	Blunstone, FrankFrank Blunstone	1969–1973 1984	233	66	35	62	40.49	163		[28]
7	Dodgin, Sr., BillBill Dodgin, Sr.	1953–1957	232	60	52	57	35.5	169		[60]
8	Perryman, SteveSteve Perryman	1987–1990	226	61	43	55	38.36	159		[61]
9	Callaghan, FredFred Callaghan	1980–1984	227	59	50	61	34.71	170		[59]
10	Scott, AndyAndy Scott	2007–2011	219	58	45	43	39.73	146	[nb 9]	[53]

Highest winning percentage

As of match played 16 August 2016. 75 or more competitive matches only.

#	Name	Years	Winning percentage	Wins	Draws	Losses	Total matches	Ref
1	Warburton, MarkMark Warburton	2013–2015	51.28	40	16	22	78	[62]
2	Rösler, UweUwe Rösler	2011–2013	43.8	60	40	37	137	[63]
3	Rhodes, DustyDusty Rhodes	1912–1915	43.68	38	19	30	87	[55]
4	Allen, MartinMartin Allen	2004–2006	43.55	54	36	44	124	[64]
5	Curtis, HarryHarry Curtis (secretary)	1926–1949	43.2	305	157	244	706	[44]
6	MacDonald, MalkyMalky MacDonald	1957–1965	42.11	160	94	126	160	[45]
7	Holder, PhilPhil Holder	1990–1993	41.77	66	33	59	158	[54]
8	Dodgin, Jr., BillBill Dodgin, Jr.	1976–1980	40.56	73	36	71	180	[52]
9	Sirrel, JimmyJimmy Sirrel	1967–1969	40.34	48	27	44	119	[65]
10	Blunstone, FrankFrank Blunstone	1969–1973 1984	39.78	72	39	70	181	[51]

Lowest winning percentage

As of match played 16 August 2016. Permanent managers only.

#	Name	Years	Winning percentage	Wins	Draws	Losses	Total matches	Notes	Ref
1	Rosenior, LeroyLeroy Rosenior	2006	13.04	3	10	10	23		[66]
2	Fitzgerald, ScottScott Fitzgerald	2006–2007	16.67	4	5	15	24	[nb 9]	[67]
3	Adams, MickyMicky Adams	1997–1998	21.21	7	15	11	33		[68]
4	Butcher, TerryTerry Butcher	2007	21.74	5	5	13	23		[69]
5	Dijkhuizen, MarinusMarinus Dijkhuizen (head coach)	2015	22.22	2	2	5	9		[70]
6	Lawton, TommyTommy Lawton	1953	24.24	8	10	15	33		[71]
7	May, EddieEddie May	1997	26.32	5	5	9	19		[72]
8	Everitt, MikeMike Everitt	1973–1975	28.77	21	22	30	73		[73]
9	Downes, WallyWally Downes	2002–2004	29.9	29	22	46	97		[74]
10	Jimmy Bain	1952–1953	30.43	7	5	11	23		[75]

Other manager records

• First person to win promotion with Brentford as a player and manager: Andy Scott (1998–99 Third Division as a player, 2008–09 League Two as manager)^[76]

Club records

Matches

Firsts

• First match: 1–1 versus Kew, friendly, 23 November 1889^[9]
• First FA Cup match: 6–1 versus 1st Coldstream Guards, first qualifying round, 1897–98^[77]
• First Football League match: 0–3 versus Exeter City, Third Division South, 28 August 1920^[78]
• First match at Griffin Park: versus Plymouth Argyle, Western League First Division, 1 September 1904^[79]
• First League Cup match: 4–3 versus Sunderland, second round, 25 October 1960
• First Football League Trophy match: 4–3 versus Leyton Orient, first round, 21 February 1984

Record wins

• Record Southern League win: 11–1 versus Wycombe Wanderers, Second Division, 16 February 1901^[80]
• Record league win: 9–0 versus Wrexham, Third Division, 15 October 1963^[81]
• Record league home win: 9–0 versus Wrexham, Third Division, 15 October 1963^[81]
• Record league away win:^[82]
  • 6–0 versus Southampton, Third Division, 9 March 1959
  • 7–1 versus Exeter City, Third Division, 23 April 1983
• Record FA Cup win: 8–0 versus Uxbridge, third qualifying round, 31 October 1903^[77]
• Record FA Cup away win: 6-1 vs Ilford, first round, 29 November 1930^[77]

Record defeats

• Record Southern League defeat: 0–9 versus Coventry City, First Division, 27 December 1911^[80]
• Record league defeat:^[83]
  • 0–7 versus Swansea Town, Third Division South, 8 November 1924
  • 0–7 versus Walsall, Third Division South, 19 January 1957
  • 0–7 versus Peterborough United, League Two, 24 November 2007
• Record home league defeat:^[84]
  • 1–6 versus Brighton & Hove Albion, Third Division South, 12 September 1925
  • 0–5 versus Bristol Rovers, Third Division, 5 February 1966
• Record league away defeat:^[84]
  • 0–7 versus Swansea Town, Third Division South, 8 November 1924
  • 0–7 versus Walsall, Third Division South, 19 January 1957
  • 0–7 versus Peterborough United, League Two, 24 November 2007
• Record FA Cup defeat: 1–7 versus Manchester United, third round, 14 January 1928^[83]
• Record FA Cup defeat to non-league opposition (since 1920):^[85]
  • 3–1 versus Kingstonian (first round, 18 November 2000)
  • 5–3 versus St Albans (fifth qualifying round, 29 November 1924)

Draws

• Highest scoring league draw: 5–5 versus Luton Town, Third Division South, 1 February 1933^[84]
• Highest scoring home league draw: 3–3 on 22 occasions, most recently versus Milton Keynes Dons, League One, 31 December 2011^[84]
• Highest scoring away league draw: 5–5 versus Luton Town, Third Division South, 1 February 1933^[84]
• Highest scoring League Cup draw: 6–6 after extra time versus Dagenham & Redbridge, first round, 12 August 2014^[84]

Sequences

Wins

• Consecutive league wins: 9 (30 April–24 September 1932)^[84]
• Consecutive league wins in a single season: 8 (26 November 2013 – 11 January 2014)^[86]
• Consecutive home league wins: 21 (31 August 1929 – 21 April 1930)^[11]
• Consecutive away league wins: 5^[84]
  • 21 April–29 August 1956
  • 24 October–28 December 1981
  • 20 April–24 August 1991
  • 16 October–11 December 2010

Draws

• Consecutive league draws: 5 (16 March–6 April 1957)^[84]
• Consecutive home league draws: 4^[84]
  • 10 January – 28 February 1925
  • 2 – 30 April 1927
  • 25 December 1931 – 30 January 1932
  • 3 – 22 April 1953
  • 11 April – 25 March 1961
  • 26 February – 2 April 1994
  • 21 December 1996 – 8 February 1997
• Consecutive away league draws: 6 (27 December 1980 – 7 March 1981)^[84]

Defeats

• Consecutive league defeats: 9^[84]
  • 13 April – 12 September 1925
  • 20 October – 25 December 1928
• Consecutive home league defeats: 6^[84]
  • 25 April – 26 September 1925
  • 9 January – 20 March 1993
• Consecutive away league defeats: 15 (16 September 1972 – 10 March 1973)^[84]

Without defeat

• Most league games without defeat: 26 (20 February – 16 October 1999)^[84]
• Most home league games without defeat: 29 (20 January 1996 – 4 March 1997)
• Most away league games without defeat: 12 (20 February – 2 October 1999)
• Best-ever run of league results: 16 wins, 3 draws (19 October 2013 – 22 February 2014)^[86]

Without a win

• Most league games without a win: 18 (9 September–26 December 2006)^[84]
• Most home league games without a win: 13 (5 February–16 September 2000)^[84]
• Most away league games without a win: 21
  • 24 April 1965 – 16 April 1966
  • 22 April 1997 – 3 March 1998
• Most away Southern League games without a win: 35 (1901–7 November 1903)^[87]

Without a draw

• Most league games without a draw: 27 (2 May 1998 – 30 January 1999)^[84]
• Most home league games without a draw: 25 (27 April 1929 – 17 September 1930)^[84]
• Most away league games without a draw: 44 (25 August 1923 – 5 September 1925)

Scoring

• Without failing to score a league goal: 26 (4 March – 14 September 1963)^[84]
• Without failing to score a home league goal: 41 (21 August 1962 – 28 March 1964)^[84]
• Without failing to score an away league goal: 17 (7 January – 4 November 1933)
• Without scoring a league goal: 7 (7 March – 8 April 2000)^[11]
• Without scoring a home league goal: 6 (30 January 1993 – 27 January 1993)^[84]
• Without scoring an away league goal: 9 (14 October 2006 – 20 January 2007)^[84]

League records

Wins in a season

• Most league wins in a season: 28 – 1929–30 (Third Division South), 2013–14 (League One)^[86]
• Most league away wins in a season: 12 – 1996–97, Second Division
• Least league home wins in a season: 5 – First Division, 1946–47
• Least league away wins in a season: 1 – 1921–22, 1924–25 (Third Division South), 1953–54 (Second Division), 1964–65 (Third Division)

Draws in a season

• Most league draws in a season: 19 – 1980–81 (Third Division), 1993–94 (Second Division)
• Most league home draws in a season: 11 – 1996–97 (Second Division)
• Most league away draws in a season: 10 – 1958–59, 1963–64, 1980–81 (Third Division)
• Least league draws in a season: 5 – 1929–30 (Third Division South)
• Least league home draws in a season: 0 – 1929–30 (Third Division South)
• Least league away draws in a season: 0 – 1923–24, 1924–25 (Third Division South)

Defeats in a season

• Most league defeats in a season: 26 – 1924–25 (Third Division South), 1946–47 (First Division)
• Most league home defeats in a season: 11 – 1946–47 (First Division)
• Most league away defeats in a season: 20 – 1924–25 (Third Division South)
• Least league defeats in a season: 6 – 1932–33 (Third Division South)
• Least league home defeats in a season: 0 – 1929–30 (Third Division South), 1934–35 (Second Division)
• Least league away defeats in a season: 4 – 1932–33 (Third Division South)

Goals

Scored in a match

• Most goals scored in a home league win: 9^[84]
  • 9–0 versus Wrexham, Third Division, 15 October 1963
• Most goals scored in an away league win: 7^[84]
  • 7–1 versus Exeter City, Third Division, 15 October 1963

Conceded in a match

• Most goals conceded in a home league defeat: 6^[84]
  • 1–6 versus Brighton & Hove Albion, Third Division South, 12 September 1925
  • 2–6 versus Manchester City, First Division, 3 April 1937
  • 2–6 versus Luton Town, Third Division, 8 February 1964
  • 2–6 versus Bristol Rovers, Second Division, 28 August 2000
• Most goals conceded in an away league defeat: 7^[84]
  • 1–7 versus Plymouth Argyle, Third Division South, 6 September 1924
  • 0–7 versus Swansea Town, Third Division South, 8 November 1924
  • 1–7 versus Reading, Third Division South, 1 May 1926
  • 2–7 versus Grimsby Town, Second Division, 11 November 1950
  • 0–7 versus Walsall, Third Division South, 19 January 1957
  • 0–7 versus Peterborough United, League Two, 24 November 2007

Scored in a season

• Most goals scored in a season (all competitions): 107 – 1982–83 (Third Division)^[88]
• Most league goals scored in a season: 98 – 1962–63 (Fourth Division)^[88]
• Most home league goals scored in a season: 66 – 1929–30 (Third Division South)
• Most away league goals scored in a season: 45 – 1932–33 (Third Division South)
• Least league goals scored in a season: 38 – 1924–25 (Third Division South)^[88]
• Least home league goals scored in a season: 19 – 1946–47 (Fourth Division)
• Least away league goals scored in a season: 10 – 1924–25 (Third Division South)

Conceded in a season

• Most league goals conceded in a season: 94 – 1925–26 (Third Division South)
• Most home league goals conceded in a season: 36 – 1954–55 (Third Division South), 1963–64 (Third Division)
• Most away league goals conceded in a season: 65 – 1924–25 (Third Division South)
• Least league goals conceded in a season: 39 – 1969–70 (Fourth Division), 1994–95 (Second Division)
• Least home league goals conceded in a season: 11 – 1969–70 (Fourth Division)
• Least away lPlayer of the Yeareague goals conceded in a season: 21 – 1996–97 (Second Division)

Aggregate scores

• Highest home league aggregate score: 10^[84]
  • 7–3 versus Coventry City, Third Division South, 23 October 1926
  • 8–2 versus Crystal Palace, Third Division South, 25 December 1930
  • 7–3 versus Cardiff City, Third Division South, 1 April 1933
  • 8–2 versus Bury, Second Division, 19 February 1949
  • 6–4 versus York City, Fourth Division, 9 November 1970
• Highest away league aggregate score: 10^[84]
  • 5–5 versus Luton Town, Third Division South, 1 February 1933
  • 4–6 versus Southampton, Third Division South, 21 August 1954
  • 6–4 versus Crewe Alexandra, Fourth Division, 3 September 1977
• Highest League Cup aggregate score: 12^[84]
  • 6–6 after extra time versus Dagenham & Redbridge, first round, 12 August 2014

Goalscorers

• Most goalscorers in a league season: 20 (League One, 2013–14)^[86]
• Most goalscorers in a league match: 6 – Darren Annon, Paul Smith, Robert Taylor, Nicky Forster, Denny Mundee and Lee Harvey (versus Plymouth Argyle, Second Division, 17 December 1994)^[89]
• Least goalscorers in a league season: 8 – 1933–34, 1947–48 (Second Division), 1958–59 (Third Division)^[17]

Clean sheets

• Most consecutive clean sheets: 9 (1 October – 9 November 1957)^[26]
• Most consecutive home league clean sheets: 8 (14 January – 22 April 1950)^[84]
• Most consecutive away league clean sheets: 4^[84]
  • 28 February–13 April 1935
  • 25 August–11 September 1948
  • 8 September–10 October 1979
  • 6 September–8 October 1980
  • 5 October–22 November 1991
  • 2 November–21 December 2013
• Most league games without a clean sheet: 20^[84]
  • 21 April–10 November 1923
  • 25 September 1954 – 19 February 1955
  • 29 September 1984 – 26 January 1985
  • 5 February–20 August 1994
  • 23 September 2006 – 20 January 2007
• Most home league games without a clean sheet: 16 (3 March – 20 October 1956)^[84]
• Most away league games without a clean sheet: 34 (17 March 1928 – 26 December 1929)^[84]

Points

• Most points in a league season:
  • 2 points for a win: 62 – 1932–33 (Third Division South), 1962–63 (Fourth Division)^[86]
  • 3 points for a win: 94 – 2013–14 (League One)^[86]
• Least points in a league season:
  • 2 points for a win: 25 – 1924–25 (Third Division South), 1946–47 (First Division)^[1]
  • 3 points for a win: 37 – 2006–07 (League One)
• Highest points average in a league season
  • 2.12: Division Three South, 1929–30^{[nb 10][86]}
• Best start to a league season: 27 points from opening 14 games – 1932–33, Third Division South^[90]
• Worst start to a league season: 1 point from opening 10 games – 1925–26, Third Division South^[90]

Attendances

Highest

• Highest home league attendance: 38,535 versus Arsenal (First Division, 8 September 1938)^[91]
• Highest home Southern League attendance: 13,770 versus Northampton Town (First Division, 27 December 1910)^[80]
• Highest home cup attendance: 38,678 versus Leicester City (FA Cup sixth round, 26 February 1949)^[91]
• Highest home attendance prior to joining the Football League: 21,478 versus Crystal Palace (FA Cup third round replay, 27 February 1907)^[91]
• Highest home aggregate league attendance in a season: 541,128 (1946–47, First Division)^[92]
• Highest home average league attendance in a season: 25,768 (1946–47, First Division)^[92]
• Highest attendance at any Brentford match: 69,792 (1942 London War Cup Final)^[93]

Lowest

• Lowest home league attendance: 2,002 versus Walsall (Third Division, 5 December 1927)^[11]
• Lowest home FA Cup attendance: 1,000 versus Richmond Association (third qualifying round, 28 October 1899)^[85]
• Lowest home League Cup attendance: 2,040 versus Shrewsbury Town (first round, 12 August 1997)^[91]
• Lowest home Football League Trophy attendance: 1,100 versus Swindon Town (preliminary round, 6 January 1987)^[91]
• Lowest home First Division attendance: 5,276 versus Grimsby Town (7 December 1935)^[94]

Away

• Highest away league attendance: 56,810 versus Chelsea (First Division, 23 October 1937)^[11]
• Lowest away league attendance: 894 versus Rochdale (Fourth Division, 27 March 1976)^[11]

Division records

First tier

Worst in division

• Worst home record: 1^[95]
  • 1946–47 (First Division)

• Worst home attacking record: 1^[95]
  • 1946–47 (First Division)
• Lowest home goal difference: 1^[95]
  • 1946–47 (First Division)

Second tier

Best in division

• Best home record: 1^[96]
  • 1934–35 (Second Division)
• Best away record: 1^[96]
  • 1934–35 (Second Division)
• Best away attacking record: 2^[96][97]
  • 1934–35 (Second Division)
  • 2015–16 (Championship)
• Best overall defensive record: 1^[96]
  • 1934–35 (Second Division)
• Best home defensive record: 1^[96][98]
  • 1934–35 (Second Division)
  • 1949–50 (Second Division)
• Highest away goal difference: 1^[96]
  • 1934–35 (Second Division)

Worst in division

• Worst overall attacking record: 1^[99]
  • 1948–49 (Second Division)
• Worst home attacking record: 1^[100]
  • 1953–54 (Second Division)

Third tier

Best in division

• Best home record: 6^{[101][102][103][104][105][106]}
  • 1929–30 (Third Division South)
  • 1964–65 (Third Division)
  • 1991–92 (Third Division)
  • 2001–02 (Second Division)
  • 2012–13 (League One)
  • 2013–14 (League One)
• Best away record: 4^{[107][108][109][110]}
  • 1932–33 (Third Division South)
  • 1994–95 (Second Division)
  • 1996–97 (Second Division)
  • 2005–06 (League One)
• Best overall attacking record: 3^{[103][104][111]}
  • 1982–83 (Third Division)
  • 1991–92 (Third Division)
  • 2001–02 (Second Division)
• Best home attacking record: 3^{[101][103][104]}
  • 1929–30 (Third Division South)
  • 1991–92 (Third Division)
  • 2001–02 (Second Division)
• Best away attacking record: 4^{[107][108][110][111]}
  • 1932–33 (Third Division South)
  • 1982–83 (Third Division)
  • 1994–95 (Second Division)
  • 2005–06 (League One)
• Best overall defensive record: 2^[112][113]
  • 1931–32 (Third Division South)
  • 1958–59 (Third Division)
• Best home defensive record: 2^[101][104]
  • 1929–30 (Third Division South)
  • 2001–02 (Second Division)
• Best away defensive record: 4^{[107][109][112][113]}
  • 1931–32 (Third Division South)
  • 1932–33 (Third Division South)
  • 1958–59 (Third Division)
  • 1996–97 (Second Division)
• Highest overall goal difference: 3^{[103][104][107]}
  • 1932–33 (Third Division South)
  • 1991–92 (Third Division)
  • 2001–02 (Second Division)
• Highest home goal difference: 2^[101][104]
  • 1929–30 (Third Division South)
  • 2001–02 (Second Division)
• Highest away goal difference: 5^{[103][107][108][109][110]}
  • 1932–33 (Third Division South)
  • 1991–92 (Third Division)
  • 1994–95 (Second Division)
  • 1996–97 (Second Division)
  • 2005–06 (League One)
• Highest average attendance in division: 1^[92]
  • 13,300 (1932–33, Third Division South)

Worst in division

• Worst away record: 2^[114][115]
  • 1924–25 (Third Division South)
  • 2006–07 (League One)
• Worst overall attacking record: 2^[115][116]
  • 1960–61 (Third Division)
  • 2006–07 (League One)
• Worst away attacking record: 1^[116]
  • 1960–61 (Third Division)
• Worst overall defensive record: 3^{[114][115][117]}
  • 1924–25 (Third Division South)
  • 1925–26 (Third Division South)
  • 2006–07 (League One)
• Worst home defensive record: 1^[115]
  • 2006–07 (League One)
• Worst away defensive record: 1^[114]
  • 1924–25 (Third Division South)
• Lowest overall goal difference: 1^[115]
  • 2006–07 (League One)
• Lowest home goal difference: 1^[115]
  • 2006–07 (League One)

Fourth tier

Best in division

• Best home record: 1^[118]
  • 1998–99 (Third Division)
• Best away record: 2^[119][120]
  • 1971–72 (Fourth Division)
  • 2008–09 (League Two)
• Best overall attacking record: 1^[118]
  • 1998–99 (Third Division)
• Best home attacking record: 1^[118]
  • 1998–99 (Third Division)
• Best home defensive record: 1^[120]
  • 2008–09 (League Two)
• Highest overall goal difference: 2^[119][120]
  • 1971–72 (Fourth Division)
  • 2008–09 (League Two)
• Highest home goal difference: 1^[118]
  • 1998–99 (Third Division)
• Highest away goal difference: 3^{[119][120][121]}
  • 1962–93 (Fourth Division)
  • 1971–72 (Fourth Division)
  • 2008–09 (League Two)
• Highest average attendance in division: 1^[92]
  • 11,738 (1971–72, Fourth Division)

National records

All-time

• Home league wins in a season: 21 (1929–30, Third Division South)^[122]
• Joint-highest aggregate score in a single League Cup match: 12 (6–6 after extra time versus Dagenham & Redbridge, first round, 13 August 2014)^[123]
• Highest-scoring draw in a single League Cup match: 6–6 (versus Dagenham & Redbridge, first round, 13 August 2014)^[124]
• First club to win each of the Second, Third and Fourth Division championships^[125]
• First club to occupy first place in the First Division and last place in the Fourth Division^[126]
• Quickest golden goal: 15 seconds – Robert Taylor versus Barnet (Football League Trophy second round, 7 January 1997)^[88]

One-time

• Best home record in the Football League in a calendar year: 2014^[127]

Other club records

• Longest run of matches with unchanged starting lineup: 21 (2 November 1929 – 15 March 1930)^[128]
• Longest run undefeated in home league matches: 29 (26 December 1995 – 15 March 1997)^[129]
• Best-ever run of results: 16 wins, 3 draws (26 November 2013 – 11 January 2014)^[86]
• Quickest time to reach 50 league goals in a season: 22 matches (1963–64, Third Division)^[130]

Awards

Club

• Football League Awards
  • Community Club of the Year (2): 2005–06, 2013–14^[131]
  • League Two Community Club of the Year (1): 2008–09^[131]
  • Best Club Sponsorship (1): 2006–07^[131]
  • Family Excellence Award (8): 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16^[132][133]
• Stadium Business Awards
  • Sponsorship, Sales and Marketing (1): 2013^[134]
• League Managers Association Performance of the Week
  • 3–0 vs West Bromwich Albion, League Cup first round, second leg, 18 August 1998^[135]
  • 4–0 vs Wolverhampton Wanderers, Championship, 29 November 2014^[136]

Managers

Players

Player of the Year

• Gallaghers Divisional Footballer of the Year
  • John O'Mara (1971–72, Fourth Division)^[94]
• PFA Fans' Player of the Year
  • Jordan Rhodes (2008–09, League Two)^[137]
• Football League One Player of the Year
  • Adam Forshaw (2013–14)^[138]

Team of the Year

• PFA Team of the Year:
  • Level 2
    • Alex Pritchard (2014–15, Championship)^[139]
    • Alan Judge (2015–16, Championship)^[140]
  • Level 3
    • Roger Joseph (1987–88, Third Division)^[141]
    • Terry Evans, Dean Holdsworth (1991–92, Third Division)^[94]
    • Nicky Forster (1994–95, Second Division)^[142]
    • Carl Asaba (1996–97, Second Division)^[94]
    • Paul Evans (2001–02, Second Division)^[143]
    • Sam Sodje (2005–06, League One)^[144]
    • Jake Bidwell, Adam Forshaw (2013–14, League One)^[145]
  • Level 4
    • Paul Evans, Hermann Hreiðarsson (1998–99, Third Division)^[146]
    • Craig Pead (2007–08, League Two)^[147]
• Football League Team of the Year
  • Alan Judge (2015–16, Championship)^[148]
• Football League One Team of the Year
  • Adam Forshaw, Alan McCormack (2013–14)^[149]

Player of the Month

• Football League Player of the Month:
  • Level 2
    • Andre Gray (November 2014, Championship)^[150]
    • Alan Judge (October 2015, Championship)^[151]
    • Scott Hogan (September 2016, Championship)^[152]
  • Level 3
    • DJ Campbell (January 2006, League One)^[153]
    • Sam Saunders (December 2013, League One)^[154]
  • Level 4
    • Marcus Bean (December 2008, League Two)^[155]
    • Charlie MacDonald (February 2009, League Two)^[156]
• PFA Fans' Player of the Month
  • Jordan Rhodes (March 2009, League Two)^[157]
• Football League Young Player of the Month
  • Jake Bidwell (January 2014, League One)^[158]
• Evening Standard Player of the Month
  • Jimmy Bloomfield^[94]
  • Steve Phillips (March 1978, Fourth Division)^[159]
  • Gary Roberts^[94]
  • Terry Evans (January 1989, Third Division)^[160]
  • Gary Blissett (February 1989, Third Division)^[160]
  • Dean Holdsworth^[94]
  • Jamie Bates (December 1997, Second Division)^[94]

Other awards

• Adidas Golden Boot
  • Steve Phillips (1977–78, Fourth Division)^[94]

Notes

1. ↑ Believed to be £1,000,000.
2. ↑ Believed to be £9,000,000. Approximately £1,100,000 of the fee went to Gray's previous club Luton Town.
3. ↑ Believed to be over £3,000,000.
4. ↑ Brentford received Mickey Bennett and Detsi Kruszyński from Wimbledon as part of the deal. £100,000 of the fee went to Holdsworth's previous club Watford.
5. ↑ Brentford received an additional £350,000 sell-on fee from Sinton's £2,750,000 transfer to Sheffield Wednesday in August 1993.
6. ↑ £13,000 of the fee went to Houston's previous club Chelsea.
7. ↑ £100 of the fee went to Shanks' previous club Derby County, who still held his league registration.
8. ↑ Joe Connor was also transferred to Woolwich Arsenal as part of the deal.
9. 1 2 3 Initially as caretaker manager.
10. ↑ Points total adjusted to three points for a win.

References