List of Brentford F.C. players

Kevin O'Connor retired in 2015 after making 501 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 and other nationally and internationally organised competitions.^[1] All players who have played in 100 or more such matches are listed below.

Records and notable players

Ken Coote holds the record for the greatest number of appearances for Brentford, making 559 appearances between 1949 and 1964.^[2] As of 2015, three other players have made more than 500 appearances for Brentford - Jamie Bates, Peter Gelson and Kevin O'Connor.^[3] The club's goalscoring record is held by Jim Towers, who scored 163 goals in 282 appearances between 1954 and 1961.^[4] The club's official highest-appearances list does not include Southern League matches and so excludes Patsy Hendren.^[2] Adam Forshaw, Denny Mundee, Sam Sodje and Billy Sperrin all finished their Brentford careers on 100 appearances.^[5][6][7][8]

Current players who have made over 100 appearances for Brentford are Jake Bidwell, David Button, Harlee Dean, Alan Judge and Sam Saunders.

Key

• Appearance and goal totals include matches in the Football League, Southern League, FA Cup, League Cup, Football League Trophy, Anglo-Italian Cup, London Challenge 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 2 April 2016.

Playing positions

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 2015–16 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.
♠	Player holds a club record.

Players

Andrew McCulloch scored 22 goals in 45 games during the 1977–78 season to help the club to promotion from Division Four.

Chris Kamara made 189 appearances and later became a successful sports broadcaster.

Andy Sinton made 182 appearances between 1985 and 1989 and won 12 England caps in the early 1990s.

Dean Holdsworth scored 76 goals in 145 appearances between 1988 and 1992.

Marcus Gayle made 230 appearances across two spells with the club and represented Jamaica at the 1998 World Cup.

Ghanaian international Lloyd Owusu scored 87 goals in two spells between 1998 and 2007.

Gavin Mahon made 166 appearances and at the heart of the midfield from 1998 to 2002.

One of several Icelandic Brentford players, Ívar Ingimarsson is the only to make a century of appearances.

Michael Dobson made many of his 211 appearances as captain. His father George also played for the club.

Paul Smith kept goal in 105 matches between 2000 and 2004.

Jay Tabb was a regular fixture in midfield between 2000 and 2006 and accrued 156 appearances.

Stephen Hunt joined the club in 2001 and made 160 appearances before departing in 2005. He later won 39 caps for the Republic of Ireland.

Michael Turner made 110 appearances between 2004 and 2006 and later played in the Premier League.

Clayton Donaldson scored 53 goals in 155 appearances between 2011 and 2014.

Adam Forshaw made 100 appearances before departing Brentford in 2014.

Toumani Diagouraga's 246 appearances is the club record for a player born outside the British Isles.^[9]

Midfielder Alan Judge is the most recent Brentford player to reach 100 appearances.

Southern League era (1898–1920)

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Name	Nationality	Position	Brentford career	Appearances	Goals	Notes
Charlton, ArthurArthur Charlton	Scotland	n/a	1892–1898	n/a	n/a	[nb 1]
McLeod, RoddyRoddy McLeod	Scotland	FW	1900–1906	n/a	n/a
Shanks, TommyTommy Shanks	Ireland	FW	1901–1903 1904–1906	n/a	n/a
Underwood, TosherTosher Underwood	England	OF	1902–1908	177	23	[nb 2] [nb 1]
Jay, JimmyJimmy Jay	England	WH	1903–1908 1909–1910	322	8	[nb 1]
Parsonage, GeorgeGeorge Parsonage ♦ (c)	England	HB	1903–1908	176	12	[nb 2]
Watson, JockJock Watson	Scotland	FB	1903–1908	168	n/a	[nb 3]
Hendren, PatsyPatsy Hendren	England	FB	1908–1927	158	18	[nb 4] [nb 5] [nb 1]
Reid, GeordieGeordie Reid	Scotland	IL/CF	1908–1911	102	58	[nb 2]
Rhodes, DustyDusty Rhodes ♦	England	FB	1908–1915	205	n/a	[nb 6]
Spratt, WalterWalter Spratt	England	FB	1911–1915 1920–1921	123	1
Price, TedTed Price	England	GK	1912–1920	110	0
Amos, AlfAlf Amos	England	WH	1913–1922	204	4
Rosier, BertieBertie Rosier	England	FB	1913–1923	100	0	[nb 7]

Interwar era (1920–1945)

Name	Nationality	Position	Brentford career	Appearances	Goals	Notes
Young, WilliamWilliam Young	England	GK	1920–1925	180	0
Alton, CharlesCharles Alton	England	FB	1921–1925	133	6
Capper, FreddyFreddy Capper	England	OF	1921–1924	106	6
Parker, ReginaldReginald Parker	England	FW	1922–1925	104	35
Douglas, AlfredAlfred Douglas	England	OF	1925–1929	109	21
Lane, JackJack Lane (c)	England	IF	1925–1931	234	86	[nb 1]
Berry, BillBill Berry	England	FW	1926–1932	148	43
Watkins, ErnieErnie Watkins	England	FW	1926–1929	130	59
Hodge, WilliamWilliam Hodge	Scotland	FB	1927–1934	125	1
Stevenson, AlexanderAlexander Stevenson	Scotland	RB	1927–1933	134	0
Bain, JimmyJimmy Bain ♦ (c)	Scotland	FB	1928–1933	201	2	[nb 1]
Davies, ReginaldReginald Davies	England	WH	1928–1931	123	0
Ware, TeddyTeddy Ware	England	WH	1928–1933	102	0
Adamson, TomTom Adamson	Scotland	FB	1929–1933	153	0
Foster, JackieJackie Foster	England	RW	1929–1933	153	21
Lane, BillyBilly Lane	England	CF	1929–1932	123	89
Burns, JackieJackie Burns	England	LH	1931–1935	152	16	[nb 8]
James, JoeJoe James (c)	England	CB	1931–1939	255	2	[nb 1]
Robson, GeorgeGeorge Robson	England	IR	1931–1935	131	34
Holliday, JackJack Holliday	England	CF	1932–1939	222	121	[nb 1]
Hopkins, IdrisIdris Hopkins	Wales	RW	1932–1947	314	80	[nb 1]
McKenzie, DuncanDuncan McKenzie	Scotland	WH	1932–1938	160	10
Scott, BillyBilly Scott	England	IF	1932–1947	296	86	[nb 1]
Watson, HerbertHerbert Watson	England	RH	1932–1936	109	1
Fletcher, CharlieCharlie Fletcher	England	OF	1933–1936	106	25
Bateman, ArthurArthur Bateman (c)	England	FB	1934–1938	153	1	[nb 1]
Mathieson, JimmyJimmy Mathieson	Scotland	GK	1934–1938	130	10
Poyser, GeorgeGeorge Poyser	England	LB	1934–1946	158	0
McCulloch, DavidDavid McCulloch	Scotland	CF	1935–1938	124	90	[nb 1]
Reid, BobbyBobby Reid	Scotland	LW	1936–1939	109	37
Brown, BusterBuster Brown	England	MF	1937–1947	106	2
Crozier, JoeJoe Crozier	Scotland	GK	1937–1949	223	0
Gorman, BillBill Gorman	Ireland  Ireland	FB	1938–1949	144	0	[nb 1]
Manley, TomTom Manley	England	WH	1939–1950	125	0

Post-war era (1945–2000)

Name	Nationality	Position	Brentford career	Appearances	Goals	Notes
Munro, RoddyRoddy Munro	Scotland	FB	1946–1953	210	0
Bragg, WallyWally Bragg	England	CB	1947–1957	168	6
Latimer, FrankFrank Latimer	England	DF	1947–1956	185	3
Nelson, DavidDavid Nelson	Scotland	WH	1947–1950	113	5
Harper, TonyTony Harper	England	WH	1948–1955	188	7
Monk, FredFred Monk	England	RB	1948–1954	219	49	[nb 1]
Coote, KenKen Coote (c) ♠	England	FB	1949–1963	559 ♠	15
Dare, BillyBilly Dare	England	CF	1949–1955	222	68
Greenwood, RonRon Greenwood	England	CB	1949–1952	147	1	[nb 9]
Goodwin, JackieJackie Goodwin	England	FW	1949–1954	138	22
Jefferies, AlfAlf Jefferies	England	GK	1949–1953	121	0
Sperrin, BillyBilly Sperrin	England	IF	1949–1955	100	30
Bristow, GeorgeGeorge Bristow	England	WH	1950–1961	264	8	[nb 1]
Horne, KenKen Horne	England	WH/FB	1950–1960	239	1	[nb 1]
Dargie, IanIan Dargie	England	CB	1952–1962	281	2
Rainford, JohnnyJohnny Rainford	England	IF	1953–1962	324	49	[nb 1]
Cakebread, GerryGerry Cakebread	England	GK	1954–1964	374	0	[nb 1]
Heath, DennisDennis Heath	England	W	1954–1960	134	20
Towers, JimJim Towers ♠	England	FW	1954–1961	282	163 ♠	[nb 1]
Francis, GeorgeGeorge Francis	England	CF	1955–1961 1961–1962	280	136	[nb 10] [nb 1]
Goundry, BillyBilly Goundry	England	WH	1955–1961	148	12
Parsons, EricEric Parsons	England	W	1956–1960	126	18
Wilson, TomTom Wilson (c)	England	FB	1957–1962	156	0
McLeod, GeorgeGeorge McLeod	Scotland	W	1958–1963	230	22
Docherty, JohnJohn Docherty ♦	Scotland	RW	1960–1961 1966–1968 1970–1973	252	79
Higginson, TommyTommy Higginson	Scotland	WH	1960–1970	435	16
Gelson, PeterPeter Gelson	England	CB	1961–1974	516	18	[nb 1]
Block, MickyMicky Block	England	RW	1962–1966	163	33
Hawley, AlanAlan Hawley (c)	England	RB	1962–1974	345	4	[nb 1]
Brodie, ChicChic Brodie	Scotland	GK	1963–1971	224	0	[nb 1]
Jones, AllanAllan Jones	Wales	FB	1963–1970	281	3	[nb 1]
Phillips, GordonGordon Phillips	England	GK	1963–1973	227	0
Scott, MelMel Scott (c)	England	CB	1963–1966	177	2
Thomson, GeorgeGeorge Thomson	Scotland	WH	1963–1968	179	5
Lawther, IanIan Lawther	Northern Ireland	CF	1964–1968	153	44
Ross, BobbyBobby Ross (c)	Scotland	IF	1966–1972	323	63	[nb 1]
Nelmes, AlanAlan Nelmes	England	CB	1967–1976	350	2	[nb 1]
Mansley, AllanAllan Mansley	England	W	1968–1971	105	30
Neilson, GordonGordon Neilson	Scotland	W	1968–1972	104	15
Renwick, DickDick Renwick	England	FB	1969–1971	106	5
Bence, PaulPaul Bence (c)	England	MF	1970–1977	268	6
Cross, RogerRoger Cross	England	FW	1970–1971 1973–1977	228	61
Graham, JackieJackie Graham	Scotland	MF	1970–1980	409	40	[nb 1]
Turner, BrianBrian Turner	New Zealand	MF	1970–1972	101	7
Allen, MichaelMichael Allen	England	FB	1971–1978	255	13
Scales, TerryTerry Scales	England	DF	1971–1977	234	6
Priddy, PaulPaul Priddy	England	GK	1972–1974 1975–1977 1981	130	0
Riddick, GordonGordon Riddick (c)	England	MF	1973–1976	120	5
Johnson, TerryTerry Johnson	England	FW	1974–1977	112	30
Salman, DanisDanis Salman	England	DF	1975–1985	371	8	[nb 11] [nb 1]
Carlton, DaveDave Carlton	England	MF	1976–1980	148	7
Fraser, JohnJohn Fraser	England	FB	1976–1980	131	7
McCulloch, AndrewAndrew McCulloch	England	FW	1976–1979	122	49
Shrubb, PaulPaul Shrubb (c)	England	MF/DF	1976–1982	198	8
Bond, LenLen Bond	England	GK	1977–1980	130	0
Kruse, PatPat Kruse	England	CB	1977–1982	201	12
Phillips, SteveSteve Phillips	England	IF	1977–1980	167	69
Smillie, NeilNeil Smillie	England	W	1977 1988–1993	225	22	[nb 12]
Booker, BobBob Booker	England	MF	1978–1988 1991–1993	322	48	[nb 1]
McNichol, JimJim McNichol	Scotland	DF	1978–1984	169	23	[nb 13]
Tucker, BarryBarry Tucker	Wales	FB	1978–1982	171	5
Hurlock, TerryTerry Hurlock (c)	England	CM	1980–1986	265	24
Roberts, GaryGary Roberts	Wales	W	1980–1986	226	64	[nb 14]
Kamara, ChrisChris Kamara	England	MF	1981–1985	189	32
Whitehead, AlanAlan Whitehead	England	CB	1981–1984	126	4
Joseph, FrancisFrancis Joseph	England	ST	1982–1987	138	56
Cassells, KeithKeith Cassells	England	ST	1983–1985	102	35
Millen, KeithKeith Millen	England	CB	1984–1994	380	20	[nb 1]
Murray, JamieJamie Murray	Scotland	LB	1984–1987	156	4
Phillips, GaryGary Phillips	England	GK	1984–1988	171	0
Cooke, RobbieRobbie Cooke	England	FW	1985–1987	150	64
Evans, TerryTerry Evans (c)	England	CB	1985–1993	285	30	[nb 1]
Joseph, RogerRoger Joseph	England	RB	1985–1988	120	2
Sinton, AndyAndy Sinton	England	LM	1985–1989	182	34
Bates, JamieJamie Bates (c)	England	CB/FB	1986–1999	526	24
Blissett, GaryGary Blissett	England	FW	1987–1993	291	105	[nb 1]
Jones, KeithKeith Jones (c)	England	MF	1987–1991	213	20
Stanislaus, RogerRoger Stanislaus	England	LB	1987–1990	135	5
Cadette, RichardRichard Cadette	England	ST	1988–1992	123	31
Cockram, AllanAllan Cockram	England	CM	1988–1991	118	17
Godfrey, KevinKevin Godfrey	England	RW/ST	1988–1993	191	26
Holdsworth, DeanDean Holdsworth	England	FW	1988 1989–1992	145	76	[nb 15] [nb 1]
Gayle, MarcusMarcus Gayle	Jamaica	FW	1989–1994 2005–2006	230	28	[nb 16] [nb 1]
Ratcliffe, SimonSimon Ratcliffe	England	MF	1989–1995	268	16
Benstead, GrahamGraham Benstead	England	GK	1990–1994 1997	133	0
Manuel, BillyBilly Manuel	England	LB/MF	1991–1994	116	2
Statham, BrianBrian Statham	England	RB/MF	1992–1997	198	1
Dearden, KevinKevin Dearden	England	GK	1993–1999	262	0
Grainger, MartinMartin Grainger	England	LB	1993–1996	124	16
Harvey, LeeLee Harvey	England	RM/RB	1993–1998	128	7
Hutchings, CarlCarl Hutchings	England	MF	1993–1998 2000	214	10	[nb 17]
Mundee, DennyDenny Mundee	England	U	1993–1995	100	18
Smith, PaulPaul Smith	England	MF	1993–1997	198	17
Ashby, BarryBarry Ashby	England	CB	1994–1997	153	5
Forster, NickyNicky Forster ♦	England	FW	1994–1997 2010–2011	162	48	[nb 18]
Taylor, RobertRobert Taylor	England	FW	1994–1998	217	73
Anderson, IjahIjah Anderson	England	FB	1995–2002	243	2
McGhee, DavidDavid McGhee	England	MF	1995–1998	145	11
Scott, AndyAndy Scott ♦	England	FW	1997–2001	143	37
Mahon, GavinGavin Mahon	England	MF	1998–2002	166	8
Owusu, LloydLloyd Owusu	Ghana	FW	1998–2002 2005–2007	250	87
Powell, DarrenDarren Powell	England	CB	1998–2002 2009	154	9
Quinn, RobRob Quinn	Ireland	DF	1998–2001	132	5
Rowlands, MartinMartin Rowlands	Ireland	MF	1998–2003	186	23	[nb 19]
Evans, PaulPaul Evans (c)	Wales	MF	1999–2002	155	34
Ingimarsson, ÍvarÍvar Ingimarsson	Iceland	CB	1999–2002	135	11
Partridge, ScottScott Partridge	England	ST	1999–2001	111	23

21st century (2000–present)

Name	Nationality	Position	Brentford career	Appearances	Goals	Notes
Dobson, MichaelMichael Dobson (c)	England	RB/CB	2000–2005	211	7
O'Connor, KevinKevin O'Connor (c)	Ireland	U	2000–2014	501	44	[nb 19] [nb 1]
Hunt, StephenStephen Hunt *	Ireland	MF	2001–2005	160	29
Hutchinson, EddieEddie Hutchinson	England	MF	2001–2006	136	9
Smith, PaulPaul Smith *	England	GK	2001–2004	105	0
Tabb, JayJay Tabb *	Ireland	AM/LW	2001–2006	156	24	[nb 19]
Frampton, AndyAndy Frampton	England	CB/LB	2002–2007	164	7
Nelson, StuartStuart Nelson * (c)	England	GK	2004–2007	139	0
Sodje, SamSam Sodje	Nigeria	CB	2004–2006	100	14
Turner, MichaelMichael Turner * (c)	England	CB	2004–2006	110	3	[nb 20]
Osborne, KarleighKarleigh Osborne * (c)	England	CB/RB	2005–2012	185	6
Dickson, RyanRyan Dickson *	England	LB	2007–2010	106	3	[nb 21]
Bean, MarcusMarcus Bean *	Jamaica	DM	2008–2012	168	15
MacDonald, CharlieCharlie MacDonald	England	FW	2008–2011	127	45
Wood, SamSam Wood *	England	LW/LB	2008–2012	126	5
Legge, LeonLeon Legge *	England	CB	2009–2012	115	10
Saunders, SamSam Saunders	England	RM	2009–	188	28
Weston, MylesMyles Weston *	Antigua and Barbuda	LW	2009–2012	129	14
Diagouraga, ToumaniToumani Diagouraga *	France	DM	2010–2016	246	7	[nb 22]
Bidwell, JakeJake Bidwell (c)	England	LB	2011–	204	2	[nb 23] [nb 24]
Dean, HarleeHarlee Dean	England	CB	2011–	192	7	[nb 25]
Donaldson, ClaytonClayton Donaldson *	England	FW	2011–2014	155	53
Douglas, JonathanJonathan Douglas * (c)	Ireland	DM	2011–2015	187	17
Logan, ShaleumShaleum Logan *	England	RB/RM	2011–2014	104	5
Craig, TonyTony Craig *	England	CB/LB	2012–2015	127	0
Forshaw, AdamAdam Forshaw *	England	CM	2012–2014	100	11	[nb 26]
Button, DavidDavid Button	England	GK	2013–	133	0
Judge, AlanAlan Judge	Ireland	MF	2014–	100	24	[nb 27]

Notes

1. Member of the Brentford Hall of Fame.
2. Figure includes Southern League appearances and goals only.
3. Figure includes Southern League appearances only.
4. Hendren played when his cricket commitments allowed.
5. Figure includes Football League and FA Cup appearances and goals between 1920 and 1927 only. Including Southern League appearances, Hendren played more than 400 matches.
6. Figure includes Southern League appearances only. Including all competitive appearances, Rhodes played more than 400 matches.
7. Figure includes Football League and FA Cup appearances between 1920 and 1923 only.
8. Capped by England at amateur level.
9. Capped by England B.
10. Briefly signed for Queens Park Rangers between his two spells.
11. Capped by England at U18 level.
12. Joined on loan from Crystal Palace in January 1977 and returned to sign permanently in August 1988.
13. Capped by Scotland at U21 level.
14. Capped by Wales at U21 level.
15. Joined on loan from Watford in October 1988 and returned to sign permanently in September 1989.
16. Capped by England at U17 level.
17. Departed in July 1998 and returned on loan from Bristol City in February 2000.
18. Capped by England at U21 level.
19. Capped by Republic of Ireland at U21 level.
20. Joined on loan from Charlton Athletic in August 2004 and signed permanently in November 2004.
21. Joined on loan from Plymouth Argyle in November 2007 and signed permanently in January 2008.
22. Joined on loan from Peterborough United in January 2010 and signed permanently in July 2010.
23. Joined on loan from Everton for separate spells in November 2011 and August 2012 and signed permanently in June 2013.
24. Capped by England at U19 level.
25. Joined on loan from Southampton in November 2011 and signed permanently in May 2012.
26. Joined on loan from Everton in February 2012 and signed permanently in May 2012.
27. Joined on loan from Blackburn Rovers in January 2014 and signed permanently in June 2014.

References

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4. Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920-2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. pp. 186–187. ISBN 0955294916.
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7. "Sam Sodje | Football Stats | No Club | Age 35 | 2001-2013 | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 2015-12-04.
8. Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 152.
9. http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk/news/article/toumani-diagouraga-signs-for-leeds-united-22.01.16-2915456.aspx