BRENTFORD FC: TOP DIVISION MISCELLANY
| HOME LEAGUE RECORD v FELLOW PREMIER LEAGUE CLUBS 2021/22 | ||||||||
| Club (First season) | P | W | D | L | F | A | Last Win | Last Home |
| Watford (1920/21) | 32 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 56 | 38 | 2021 | 1 May 2021 |
| Brighton and Hove Albion (1920/21) | 31 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 65 | 45 | 2014 | 5 Feb 2017 |
| Norwich City (1920/21) | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 52 | 33 | 2009 | 27 Oct 2020 |
| Leeds United (1935/36) | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 2019 | 11 Feb 2020 |
| Southampton (1920/21) | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 1958 | 30 Apr 2011 |
| Crystal Palace (1920/21) | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 21 | 1963 | 7 Sep 1963 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers (1935/36) | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 2016 | 26 Aug 2017 |
| Burnley (1933/34) | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 1997 | 15 Jan 2016 |
| Leicester City (1937/38) | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 1952 | 9 Jan 1993 |
| West Ham United (1933/34) | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 1954 | 20 Dec 1992 |
| Everton (1935/36) | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 1953 | 3 Oct 1953 |
| Aston Villa (1935/36) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2019 | 13 Feb 2019 |
| Arsenal (1935/36) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1938 | 26 May 1947 |
| Chelsea (1935/36) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1938 | 15 Mar 1947 |
| Liverpool (1935/36) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1938 | 17 May 1947 |
| Manchester United (1933/34) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 1937 | 12 Apr 1947 |
| Manchester City (1935/36) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1951 | 3 Mar 1951 |
| Newcastle United (1933/34) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1948 | 14 Jan 2017 |
| Tottenham Hotspur (1947/48) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1948 | 20 Aug 1949 |
| 231 | 111 | 59 | 61 | 417 | 290 | |||
| AWAY LEAGUE RECORD v FELLOW PREMIER LEAGUE CLUBS 2021/22 | ||||||||
| Club | P | W | D | L | F | A | Last Win | Last Away |
| Watford | 32 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 36 | 51 | 1977 | 15 Dec 2020 |
| Brighton and Hove Albion | 31 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 32 | 60 | 2016 | 10 Sep 2016 |
| Norwich City | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 44 | 2017 | 3 Mar 2021 |
| Leeds United | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 2015 | 21 Aug 2019 |
| Southampton | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 27 | 31 | 2010 | 11 Dec 2010 |
| Crystal Palace | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 27 | 1957 | 11 Jan 1964 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 2015 | 2 Jan 2018 |
| Burnley | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 1996 | 22 Aug 2015 |
| Leicester City | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 1953 | 19 Sep 1992 |
| West Ham United | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 1953 | 17 Apr 1993 |
| Everton | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 1946 | 24 Feb 1954 |
| Aston Villa | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 22 Aug 2018 | |
| Arsenal | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1938 | 12 Oct 1946 |
| Chelsea | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 1939 | 9 Nov 1946 |
| Liverpool | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1937 | 26 Oct 1946 |
| Manchester United | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1937 | 7 Dec 1946 |
| Manchester City | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1937 | 14 Oct 1950 |
| Newcastle United | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 1934 | 15 Oct 2016 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 17 Dec 1949 | |
| 231 | 50 | 59 | 122 | 253 | 413 | |||
Never played outside the top tier against: Arsenal; Chelsea; Liverpool
Never played in the top tier against: Brighton; Burnley; Crystal Palace; Newcastle; Norwich; Southampton; Tottenham; Watford; West Ham (9)
| TOP DIVISION RECORD AGAINST FELLOW PREMIER LEAGUE CLUBS 2021-22 | ||||||||||||||||||
| T1
Seas |
Other | Home | Away | Total | ||||||||||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||
| Arsenal | 5 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 8 |
| Chelsea | 5 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 14 |
| Liverpool | 5 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 |
| Manchester U. | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| Everton | 5 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 |
| Leeds United | 5 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 |
| Wolves | 5 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 20 |
| Aston Villa | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 20 |
| Manchester City | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| Leicester City | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 31 | 17 | 34 | 128 | 138 | ||||||||||||||
| FIRST DIVISION RESULTS 1935-1947 V PREMIER LEAGUE CLUBS 2021/22 | ||||||||||
| 1935/36 | 1936/37 | 1937/38 | 1938/39 | 1946/47 | ||||||
| H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | |
| Arsenal | W 2-1 | D 1-1 | W 2-0 | D 1-1 | W 3-0 | W 2-0 | W 1-0 | L 0-2 | L 0-1 | D 2-2 |
| Chelsea | W 2-1 | L 1-2 | W 1-0 | L 1-2 | D 1-1 | L 1-2 | W 1-0 | W 3-1 | L 0-2 | L 2-3 |
| Liverpool | L 1-2 | D 0-0 | W 5-2 | D 2-2 | L 1-3 | W 4-3 | W 2-1 | L 0-1 | D 1-1 | L 0-1 |
| Everton | W 4-1 | W 2-1 | D 2-2 | L 0-3 | W 3-0 | L 0-3 | W 2-0 | L 1-2 | D 1-1 | W 2-0 |
| Leeds United | D 2-2 | W 2-1 | W 4-1 | L 1-3 | D 1-1 | L 0-4 | L 0-1 | L 2-3 | D 1-1 | W 2-1 |
| Wolves | W 5-0 | L 2-3 | W 3-2 | L 0-4 | W 2-1 | L 1-2 | L 0-1 | L 2-5 | W 4-1 | W 2-1 |
| Aston Villa | L 1-2 | D 2-2 | L 2-4 | L 0-5 | L 0-2 | L 2-5 | ||||
| Manchester City | D 0-0 | L 1-2 | L 2-6 | L 1-2 | W 2-1 | W 2-0 | ||||
| Manchester United | W 4-0 | W 3-1 | L 2-5 | L 0-3 | D 0-0 | L 1-4 | ||||
| Leicester City | D 1-1 | W 1-0 | W 2-0 | D 1-1 | ||||||
| BRENTFORD’S FIRST DIVISION RECORD 1935/36 TO 1946/47 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
| Sea | Posn | P | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | PTS |
| 16 | 5th | 42 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 48 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 35 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 81 | 60 | 46 |
| 17 | 6th | 42 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 58 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 46 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 82 | 78 | 46 |
| 18 | 6th | 42 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 32 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 69 | 59 | 45 |
| 19 | 18th | 42 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 47 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 53 | 74 | 36 |
| 20 | 21st | 42 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 26 | 53 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 45 | 88 | 25 |
| 210 | 51 | 23 | 31 | 199 | 146 | 25 | 23 | 57 | 131 | 213 | 76 | 46 | 88 | 330 | 359 | 198 | ||
CHAMPIONS
1935/36 Sunderland
1936/37 Manchester City
1937/38 Arsenal
1938/39 Everton
1946/47 Liverpool
2021/22 Chelsea or Manchester United?
First Top Division Match: 31st August 1935: A v Bolton Wanderers W 2-0 (Jack Holliday 2)
Most Recent Top Division Home Match: 26th May 1947: v Arsenal L 0-1
Most Recent Top Division Away Match: 24th May 1947: v Sunderland L 1-2
Most Recent Home Win in Top Division: v Wolves (4-1) 18th January 1947
Most Recent Away Win in Top Division: v Leeds (2-1) 5th April 1947
Latest top division scorer: Len Townsend A v Sunderland (1-2) 24th May 1947
Latest Home scorer: George Stewart H v Liverpool (1-1) 17th May 1947
Brentford have played 3375 League matches since their last tier 1 match
Brentford have scored 4696 goals since their last tier 1 goal
782 players have made their debut in League football for Brentford since the last tier 1 match
Brentford Ambassador Marcus Gayle played 204 Premier League games (174 starts and 30 substitute appearances), just six games fewer than Brentford have played so far!
This will be Brentford’s 95th season since they were elected to the Football League in 1920
Brighton and Watford will, next season, join Grimsby and Huddersfield as the only clubs Brentford have met at all four tiers of the English game. The Bees also played Brighton and Watford in the Southern League.
When Brentford play on 13th August 2021 it will be 74 years 2 months and 18 days since the last top division match (27,108 days) and 85 years 11 months and 13 days since their first top division match (31,394 days).
CURRENT TIER 1 RECORDS
Top 10 League Appearances (1935-1947)
Dai Hopkins 185
Joe James 157
Billy Scott 149
Joe Crozier 119
Dave McCulloch 117
Duncan McKenzie 111
George Poyser 108
Bobby Reid 103
Jack Holliday 96
Bill “Buster” Brown 92
63 players have played top tier football for the Bees
Top 10 League Goalscorers (1935-1947)
Dave McCulloch 85
Billy Scott 40
Dai Hopkins 34
Bobby Reid 34
Jack Holliday 28
Gerry McAloon 12
Len Townsend 12
Duncan McKenzie 10
Tommy Cheetham 8
George Wilkins 7
33 players have scored for Brentford in the top division
Scoring
Home
6-0 Derby
5-0 Wolves
1-5 Sunderland
2-6 Manchester City
Away
4-2 Preston
3-0 Huddersfield
1-6 Grimsby/ Sheffield United
0-5 Aston Villa
TOP OF THE LEAGUE
First time 16th October 1937 to 16th February 1938 (except 23rd October 1937) – 4 months
And 31st August 1946 (first week of the season!)