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. Since 1920, the first team has competed in the Football League, the Premier League and other nationally and internationally organised competitions.
The list encompasses the major honours won by Brentford, records set by the club, its managers and its players. "League" constitutes records and statistics from the 1920–21 season until the present day, during which the club has competed in League football.
Club honours and best performances
Major domestic competitions
Leagues First Division / Premier League (level 1)
Best performance: 5th – 1935–36
Second Division / First Division / Championship (level 2)
Winners (1): 1934–35 Play-off winners (1): 2021
Third Division / Third Division South / Second Division / League One (level 3)
Winners (2): 1932–33, 1991–92 Runners-up (4): 1929–30, 1957–58, 1994–95,Not promoted after defeat in the 1995 Football League Second Division play-off semi-finals. 2013–14
Fourth Division / Third Division / League Two (level 4)
Winners (3): 1962–63, 1998–99, 2008–09 Third-place promotion (1): 1971–72 Fourth-place promotion (1): 1977–78
Cups FA Cup Best performance: Sixth round/quarter-final – 1937–38, 1945–46, 1948–49, 1988–89
EFL Cup Best performance: Semi-final – 2020–21
EFL Trophy Best performance: Finalists – 1984–85, 2000–01, 2010–11
European competitions Anglo-Italian Cup Best performance: Semi-final – 1992–93
Minor domestic competitions
Leagues Southern League First Division / Premier Division
Best performance: 9th – 1905–06 Southern League Second Division Winners: 1900–01 United League Winners: 1907–08 Western League First Division / Premier Division Best performance: 2nd – 1904–05 London League First Division Best performance: 2nd – 1897–98
London League Second Division
Best performance: 2nd – 1896–97Promoted.
Cups Middlesex Junior Cup
Winners (1): 1893–94
West Middlesex Cup
Winners (1): 1894–95 London Senior Cup Winners (1): 1897–98 Middlesex Senior Cup Winners (1): 1897–98 Southern Professional Charity Cup Winners (1): 1908–09 Ealing Hospital Cup Winners (1): 1910–11 London Challenge Cup Winners (3): 1934–35, 1964–65, 1966–67 Supporters Direct Cup Winners (2): 2004, 2008 Empire Exhibition Trophy Best performance: First round – 1938 FA Amateur Cup Best performance: First round – 1898–99 Southern Professional Floodlit Cup Best performance: Semi-final – 1955–56, 1956–57 First Alliance Cup Best performance: First round – 1988
Kent Challenge Cup
Best performance: Runners-up – 1975–76
Player records
Appearances Youngest debutant (all competitions): Paul Walker – 15 years, 7 months, 28 days (versus Watford, Football League Cup first round, August 1976) Youngest League debutant: Danis Salman – 15 years, 8 months, 3 days (versus Watford, Fourth Division, 15 November 1975) Oldest player: Jimmy Hodson – 40 years, 8 months, 2 days (versus Plymouth Argyle, Third Division, 7 May 1921) Oldest debutant: Simon Royce – 39 years, 4 months, 20 days (versus Yeovil Town, League One, 29 January 2011) Oldest player to make League debut with the club: Javi Venta – 37 years, 8 months, 4 days (versus Gillingham, League One, 17 August 2013) Most consecutive appearances: 187 – Gerry Cakebread (1 November 1958 – 18 August 1962) Most consecutive League appearances: 168 – Gerry Cakebread (1 November 1958 – 18 August 1962) Most consecutive FA Cup appearance: 30 – Ken Coote (9 January 1954 – 16 November 1963) Most appearances in a season (all competitions): 62 – Terry Evans (1988–89) Most top-tier League appearances: 185 – Idris Hopkins Most Southern League appearances: 206 – Jimmy Jay Most appearances by a player born outside the British Isles (all competitions): 249 – Sergi Canós Most League appearances by a player born outside the British Isles: 225 – Sergi Canós Most seasons in which made at least one first team appearance (all competitions): 16 – Kevin O'Connor Most seasons in which made at least one League appearance: 15 – Kevin O'Connor
Most appearances
NameYearsLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherIncludes appearances in Empire Exhibition Trophy, Football League Trophy, Football League play-offs and Anglo-Italian Cup.Total1 1949–1963 514(14) 35(1) 10(0) 0 (0) 559(15)2 1987–1999 419(18) 21(2) 40(3) 44 (1) 526(24)3 1961–1974 471(17) 29 (0) 17(1) 0 (0) 516(18)4 2000–2014 425(32) 31(4) 20(4) 24 (4) 501(44)5 1960–1970 388(15) 27(1) 18(0) 0 (0) 435(16)6 1970–1980 374(38) 21(2) 14(0) 0 (0) 409(40)7 1984–1994 305(17) 18(1) 26(6) 31 (0) 380(20)8 1954–1964 348(0) 20(0) 6(0) 0 (0) 374(0)9 1975–1985 325 (8) 17 (0) 19 (0) 10 (0) 371 (8)10 1967–1976 316(2) 19(0) 15(0) 0 (0) 350(2)
Goalscoring
League
Southern League
Most Southern League goals: 58 – Geordie Reid Most goals in a Southern League season: 21 – Adam Bowman (First Division, 1907–08), Geordie Reid (First Division, 1910–11) Most goals in a Southern League match: 5 C. Ward (versus Wycombe Wanderers, Second Division, 15 October 1898) Peter Turnbull (versus Southall, Second Division, 19 January 1901)
Football League and Premier League
Most League goals: 153 – Jim Towers Most League goals in a season: 38 – Jack Holliday (Third Division South, 1932–33) Most League goals in a top-tier season: 31 – David McCulloch (First Division, 1936–37) Most League goals in a second-tier season: 31 – Ivan Toney (Championship, 2020–21) Most League goals in a third-tier season: 38 – Jack Holliday (Third Division South, 1932–33) Most League goals in a fourth-tier season: 32 – Steve Phillips (Fourth Division, 1977–78) Most top-tier League goals: 85 – David McCulloch Most second-tier League goals: 63 – Billy Dare Most third-tier League goals: 153 – Jim Towers Most fourth-tier League goals: 64 – Roger Cross Most players with 20 or more League goals in a single season: 3 – John Dick (23), Johnny Brooks (22), Billy McAdams (22) (Fourth Division, 1962–63) Most goals in a League match: 5 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) Youngest League goalscorer: Richard Poole – 16 years, 9 months, 17 days (versus Bradford City, Fourth Division, 20 April 1974) Oldest League goalscorer: Frank Broome – 38 years, 2 months, 9 days (versus Stoke City, Second Division, 19 August 1953) Quickest League goalscorer: 10 seconds – George Stobbart (versus Aldershot, Third Division South, 6 November 1954) Most own goals in League matches: 5 – Peter Gelson, Alan Nelmes
Cup
Most cup goals in a season: 14 – Dean Holdsworth (1991–92) Most FA Cup goals: 22 – Billy Scott Most FA Cup goals in a season (including qualifying rounds): 8 – Tommy Shanks (1902–03) Most FA Cup goals in a season: 6 – Gerry McAloon (1945–46) Most EFL Cup goals: 9 Gary Blissett Marcus Forss Most EFL Cup goals in a season: 6 – Dean Holdsworth (1991–92) Most goals in a EFL Cup match: 4 – Marcus Forss (versus Oldham Athletic, third round, 21 September 2021) Most EFL Trophy goals: 9 – Dean Holdsworth Most EFL Trophy goals in a season: 5 – Gary Roberts (1984–85) Most goals in a EFL Trophy match: 4 Robbie Cooke (versus Orient, southern area preliminary round, 15 December 1986) Mike Grella (versus Bournemouth, southern area quarter-final, 8 November 2011) Youngest FA Cup goalscorer: Gary Rolph – 16 years, 9 months, 26 days (versus Colchester United, second round, 20 December 1976)
Hat-tricks
Most hat-tricks (all competitions): 9 – Jack Holliday Most hat-tricks in a Southern League season: 3 – Geordie Reid (First Division, 1910–11) Most hat-tricks in a League season: 5 – Jack Holliday (Third Division South, 1932–33) Fastest hat-trick (all competitions): 3 minutes – Gary Roberts (versus Newport County, Football League Trophy southern area final, 17 May 1985) Fastest League hat-trick: 7 minutes – Carl Asaba (versus Shrewsbury Town, Second Division, 31 August 1996) Youngest hat-trick scorer: Jordan Rhodes – 18 years 11 months, 26 days (versus Shrewsbury Town, League Two, 31 January 2009) Hat-trick scored on club debut: Andy Woon (versus Port Vale, Third Division, 10 February 1973) First hat-trick scored by a substitute: Bryan Mbeumo (versus Port Vale, FA Cup third round, 8 January 2022)
Penalties
Most penalties (all competitions): 23 – Ivan Toney (20 league, 1 FA Cup, 2 play-offs) Most consecutive penalties scored (all competitions): 22 – Ivan Toney (19 league, 1 FA Cup, 2 play-offs) Most penalties in a season (all competitions): 11 – Ivan Toney, 2020–21 (9 league, 2 play-offs) Most penalties in a Southern League season: 5 – Fred Pentland (First Division, 1906–07) Most penalties in a League season: 9 – Ivan Toney (Championship, 2020–21)
Other
Fewest appearances required to reach 50 goals (all competitions): 49 – Jack Holliday Fewest appearances required to reach 10 League goals in a top-tier season: 11 – David McCulloch (1937–38) Fewest appearances required to reach 20 League goals in a top-tier season: 19 – David McCulloch (1935–36) Fewest appearances required to reach 30 League goals in a top-tier season: 38 – David McCulloch (1936–37) Fewest appearances required to reach 10 League goals in a Premier League season: 13 – Igor Thiago (2025–26) Quickest goalscorer on debut: 4 minutes – Lee Luscombe (versus Barnet, Football League Trophy preliminary round, 17 December 1991) Most consecutive matches scored in: 10 – Fred Monk (3 February – 31 March 1951) Most goals in a London League match: 6 – Oakey Field (versus Leyton, First Division, 8 January 1898) Most goals scored in a season without scoring a league goal: 6 – Marcus Forss (2021–22)Premier League record. Goalkeepers who have scored for Brentford: Archie Ling (penalty versus Swindon Town, Southern League First Division, 10 September 1910 and penalty versus Bristol Rovers, Southern League First Division, 17 September 1910) Willie McIver (two penalties versus Millwall, Southern League First Division, 3 April 1909)
Top goalscorers
NameYearsLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherIncludes appearances in Empire Exhibition Trophy, Football League Trophy, Football League play-offs and Anglo-Italian Cup.Total1 1954–1961 153 (262) 9 (17) 1(3) 0 (0) 163 (282)2 1955–19611961–1962 124 (260) 12 (18) 2 (0) 0 (0) 136 (280)3 1932–1939 119 (212) 3 (10)— 0 (0) 121 (222)4 1987–1993 79 (233) 7 (14) 9 (19) 10 (25) 105 (291)5 1935–1938 85 (116) 5 (6)— 9 (0) 90 (124)6 1929–1932 79 (112) 10 (11)— 0 (0) 89 (123)7 1998–20022005–2007 77 (215) 4 (14) 3(8) 3 (13) 87 (250)8 1925–1931 74 (215) 12 (19)— 0 (0) 86 (234)9 1932–1947 83 (274) 3 (22)— 0 (0)86 (296)10 1932–1947 77 (293) 3 (21)— 0 (0) 80 (314)
Golden Boot
Football League and Premier League Top-scorer in all competitions amongst League clubs: Steve Phillips – 36 goals (1977–78) Level 2: Ivan Toney – 31 goals (2020–21, Championship) Level 3: Jim Towers – 32 goals (1958–59, Third Division) Dean Holdsworth – 24 goals (1991–92, Third Division, tied with Iwan Roberts) Level 4: Steve Phillips – 32 goals (1977–78, Fourth Division, tied with Alan Curtis)
EFL Cup
Dean Holdsworth – 6 goals (1991–92) Marcus Forss – 5 goals (2021–22, tied with Eddie Nketiah)
Discipline First red card: Freddy Capper versus Newport County, Third Division South, 11 February 1922 Most red cards in League matches: 6 – Jamie Bates Most Brentford players sent off in a Football League match: 2 Terry Johnson and Gordon Sweetzer (versus Rochdale, Fourth Division, 6 December 1975) Jamie Bates and Colin Lee (versus Mansfield Town, Third Division, 12 December 1987) Jamie Bates and Stuart Cash (versus Tranmere Rovers, Third Division, 26 October 1990) Gary Blissett and Marcus Gayle (versus Torquay United, Third Division, 14 December 1991)