1963–64_Brentford_F.C._season

1963–64 Brentford F.C. season

1963–64 Brentford F.C. season

1963–64 season of Brentford F.C.

During the 1963–64 English football season, Brentford competed in the Football League Third Division. Despite expectations that the club could achieve a second-successive promotion, poor form in late 1963 and early 1964 led to a mid-table finish.

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Season summary

After a single-season stay in the Fourth Division, Brentford had returned to the Third Division as champions for the 1963–64 season.[1] A large outlay had been made on new signings during the previous 12 months and though chairman Jack Dunnett stated that the club's big-spending days were a thing of the past, he would continue to make money available to manager Malky MacDonald during the season.[1] There was very little transfer activity during the 1963 off-season, with half backs Willie Smith and Bill Slater coming in (Slater returned to Griffin Park after 11 years away) and £5,000 was spent on Liverpool full back Allan Jones as a replacement for the inexperienced Tom Anthony.[1] Redevelopment work was carried out on Griffin Park throughout the summer, with floodlight pylons erected at each corner of the ground, while new club offices and a bar were built into the Braemar Road stand.[1]

Brentford had what was perceived to be a poor start to the season and sat in mid-table after 10 matches.[1][2] Expectations had been high after the Fourth Division championship triumph at the end of the previous season, but defeat to an attractive Coventry City side (managed by former Brentford player Jimmy Hill) on 5 October 1963 highlighted the gulf between the Third and Fourth Divisions.[1] In the wake of the defeat, Brentford rapidly recovered and won six and drew two of the following 10 matches, which included a 9–0 thrashing of Wrexham at Griffin Park,[2] a result which remains as the club's record Football League win.[3] The team's form collapsed in late November 1963 and despite something of a recovery after a spell of over three months without a league win, the Bees were consigned to a 15th-place finish.[2] Some success was had in the FA Cup with a run to the fourth round, but after seeing off Second Division Middlesbrough in the third round, Fourth Division strugglers Oxford United took Brentford to a replay in the fourth round and then emerged 2–1 victors at Griffin Park.[2]

100 goals were scored during the season,[2] just two shy of the total set during the previous campaign,[4] but the team's achilles heel was the goalkeeping position, with four players vying for the position, though November 1963 signing Chic Brodie would eventually make the position his own.[5] The end of the 1963–64 season was notable for the retirement of full back and captain Ken Coote.[6] He had made 559 appearances and scored 15 goals over the course of 15 seasons for Brentford and is the club's all-time record appearance maker.[6]

A large number of record were set or equalled during the season:

  • Record Football League win: 9–0 versus Wrexham, 15 October 1963[3]
  • Most goals conceded in a home Football League defeat: 6 (2–6 versus Luton Town, 8 February 1964)[3]
  • Most consecutive matches without failing to score a Football League goal: 26 (4 March – 14 September 1963)[3]
  • Most consecutive matches without failing to score a home Football League goal: 41 (21 August 1962 – 28 March 1964)[3]
  • Most Football League away draws in a season: 10[7]
  • Most home Football League goals conceded in a season: 36[7]
  • Quickest time to reach 50 Football League goals in a season: 22 matches[8]

League table

Main article: 1963–64 Football League Third Division

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Source: [citation needed]

Results

Brentford's goal tally listed first.

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League Third Division

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FA Cup

Main article: 1963–64 FA Cup
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Football League Cup

Main article: 1963–64 Football League Cup
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Playing squad

Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 1963–64 season.
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  • Sources: 100 Years Of Brentford,[5] Timeless Bees[9]

Coaching staff

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Statistics

Appearances and goals

Coote (c)
Brentford's highest appearance-makers in each position during the Football League season.
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  • Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
  • Source: 100 Years Of Brentford[5]

Goalscorers

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  • Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
  • Source: 100 Years Of Brentford[5]

Management

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Summary

Games played56 (46 Third Division, 6 FA Cup, 4 League Cup)
Games won19 (15 Third Division, 3 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Games drawn18 (14 Third Division, 2 FA Cup, 2 League Cup)
Games lost19 (17 Third Division, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Goals scored100 (87 Third Division, 10 FA Cup, 3 League Cup)
Goals conceded90 (80 Third Division, 7 FA Cup, 3 League Cup)
Clean sheets10 (8 Third Division, 2 FA Cup, 2 League Cup)
Biggest league win9–0 versus Wrexham, 12 September 1963
Worst league defeat6–2 versus Luton Town, 8 February 1964
Most appearances55, Allan Jones (45 Third Division, 6 FA Cup, 4 League Cup)
Top scorer (league)19, Dai Ward
Top scorer (all competitions)22, Dai Ward

Transfers & loans

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References

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    White 1989, p. 250-254.
  2. [2]
    "Brentford results for the 1963–1964 season". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 18 March 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
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    "Brentford scoring and sequence records". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
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    "Brentford results for the 1962–1963 season". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
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    White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 387. ISBN 0951526200.
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    Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 40-41.
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    Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopedia. Yore Publications. pp. 78–79. ISBN 1 874427 57 7.
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    Haynes 1998, p. 50.
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    Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. ISBN 978-0955294914.
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    Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 150.
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    Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 146.
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    Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 88-89.
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    Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 164-165.
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    Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2011). The Big Brentford Book of the Seventies. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. pp. 255–256. ISBN 978-1906796709.
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    Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 160.
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    Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 124.
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    Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 96.
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    Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 107.
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    Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 28.
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    Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 43.
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    Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 71.
  22. [22]
    Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 139-140.
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    "Graham Sawyer". Retrieved 23 January 2017.
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