1972–73 Brentford F.C. season

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Brentford
1972–73 season
Chairman
Les Davey &
Walter Wheatley
Manager
Frank Blunstone
Stadium
Griffin Park
Third Division
22nd (relegated)
FA Cup
First round
League Cup
Second round
Top goalscorer
League: Docherty,
Murray (7)

All: Docherty (8)
Highest home attendance
11,803
Lowest home attendance
6,067
Average home league attendance
8,742



During the 1972–73 English football season, Brentford competed in the Football League Third Division. The early-season departures of goalscorers John O'Mara and Bobby Ross and 15 consecutive away league defeats led to Brentford's relegation straight back to the Fourth Division.




Contents





  • 1 Season summary


  • 2 League table


  • 3 Results

    • 3.1 Legend


    • 3.2 Football League Third Division


    • 3.3 FA Cup


    • 3.4 Football League Cup



  • 4 Playing squad


  • 5 Coaching staff


  • 6 Statistics

    • 6.1 Appearances and goals


    • 6.2 Goalscorers


    • 6.3 Management


    • 6.4 Summary



  • 7 Transfers & loans


  • 8 Awards


  • 9 References




Season summary




The signing of former Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur winger David Jenkins promised much, but he left the club on loan in March 1973.


Brentford's promotion to the Third Division at the end of the 1971–72 season meant that the club would compete in the third-tier for the first time since 1965–66.[1] Self-imposed financial austerity since the club's relegation to the Fourth Division had enabled the club's large debts to be paid off, but despite promotion and increasing attendances, manager Frank Blunstone would again be forced to maintain a small playing squad.[1] Blunstone turned down the chance to become assistant manager at Everton during the off-season.[1] Released in the wake of the promotion were defender Steven Tom, midfielder Brian Turner and winger Gordon Neilson and in came amateur goalkeeper Paul Priddy, midfielders David Court and Alan Murray, winger David Jenkins and Stewart Houston's loan was turned into a permanent transfer for a £15,000 fee.[1] The Brentford youth team was also reactivated after being disbanded due to the budget cuts of 1967, with Kevin Harding, Richard Poole and Graham Pearce being taken on as apprentices.[1] Gary Huxley would win an England Youth cap during the season.[1]


Despite losing and drawing the first two league matches of the season, three consecutive wins put Brentford in 2nd position by 2 September 1972.[2] 10 days later, forward John O'Mara, the previous season's Gallagher's Divisional Footballer Of The Year, was sold to Third Division rivals Blackburn Rovers for a club-record £50,000 fee.[1] Given that Chelsea had recently paid Southend United £100,000 for 25-goal forward Bill Garner, it was felt amongst the Brentford supporters that O'Mara had been sold cheaply.[1] The loss of O'Mara's goals and the departure of captain Bobby Ross shortly afterwards contributed a great deal to Brentford's relegation at the end of the season, given that the two players had scored over half of Brentford's goals during the previous campaign.[1]


By early October 1972, Brentford were in the bottom-six of the Third Division, but a profit of nearly £80,000 from the first eight league matches of the season and the £50,000 from the sale of John O'Mara allowed manager Frank Blunstone to pay £10,000 for Carlisle United forward Stan Webb.[1] By mid-December, Blunstone had just 12 fit players available and despite spending over a further £25,000 on attackers Roger Cross, Barry Salvage and Andy Woon, Brentford's slide towards relegation continued through the early months of 1973.[1] The mid-season signings failed to help arrest the slump and Brentford were relegated after taking just two points from the final six matches of the season.[2] Aside from the lack of goals (winger John Docherty top-scored with 8), Brentford lost 15 consecutive away league matches during the season, a new club record.[3]



League table







































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Pos
Team
Pld
Home
Away
F
A
GA
GD
Pts
W
D
L
F
A
W
D
L
F
A
1Bolton Wanderers461841449779293073391.872+3461
2Notts County46174240126710273567471.426+2057
3Blackburn Rovers4612833416878233157471.213+1055
4Oldham Athletic4612744018797323672541.333+1854
5Bristol Rovers46174255203911223677561.375+2153
6Port Vale46156241216512154856690.812–1353
7Bournemouth461463441631010222866441.500+2250
8Plymouth Argyle46143643266710314074661.121+850
9Grimsby Town46162545184613224367611.098+648
10Tranmere Rovers46128338173812183556521.077+446
11Charlton Athletic46127446245414234369671.030+245
12Wrexham46119339233812163155541.019+145
13Rochdale468872226698262848540.889–645
14Southend United46136440144415214061541.130+744
15Shrewsbury Town461010331215414153346540.852–844
16Chesterfield46134637224514203957610.934–443
17Walsall46143637264415194056660.848–1043
18York City46810524145513183242460.913–441
19Watford46118432231913112543480.896–541
20Halifax Town4698629234712143043530.811–1041
21Rotherham United46124734275315173851650.785–1441
22Brentford46125633183218185151690.739–18
37
23Swansea City46115737293416144451730.699–2237
24Scunthorpe United4687818252318154733720.458–3930

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points










Key

Division Champions, promoted

Promoted

Relegated


Results


Brentford's goal tally listed first.


Legend






Win

Draw

Loss


Football League Third Division











































































































































































































































































































































No.
DateOpponentVenueResult
AttendanceScorer(s)
1
12 August 1972Halifax TownH0–1
10,164
2
19 August 1972Oldham AthleticA1–1
6,106
Houston
3
26 August 1972Blackburn RoversH4–0
9,427
Arentoft (og), Houston, O'Mara, Graham
4
28 August 1972Bolton WanderersH2–1
11,803
Allen, Murray
5
2 September 1972Plymouth ArgyleA1–0
7,833
Murray
6
9 September 1972
Swansea City
H0–2
9,986
7
16 September 1972Port ValeA0–1
4,663
8
20 September 1972ChesterfieldA0–3
6,507
9
23 September 1972BournemouthH1–1
11,100
Docherty
10
25 September 1972Bristol RoversH2–1
9,720
Docherty, Jenkins
11
30 September 1972Notts CountyA0–1
8,152
12
7 October 1972Scunthorpe UnitedA0–1
3,378
13
9 October 1972Tranmere RoversH2–0
8,154
Docherty, D'Arcy (og)
14
14 October 1972
Walsall
H2–0
9,493
Houston, Docherty
15
21 October 1972Southend UnitedA0–4
7,205
16
28 October 1972RochdaleH1–0
9,201
Docherty
17
4 November 1972
Bristol Rovers
A1–3
7,916
Houston
18
11 November 1972
Chesterfield
H3–1
8,078
Murray (pen), Webb, Houston
19
25 November 1972York CityH2–0
7,111
Webb, Graham
20
28 November 1972
Charlton Athletic
A1–2
6,192
Docherty
21
2 December 1972
Shrewsbury Town
A0–2
2,079
22
16 December 1972Grimsby TownA0–4
9,110
23
23 December 1972WrexhamH1–0
6,067
Docherty
24
26 December 1972BournemouthA2–3
14,372
Houston, Graham
25
30 December 1972Oldham AthleticH1–1
7,719
Webb
26
6 January 1973

Blackburn Rovers
A
1–2
6,534

Graham
27
13 January 1973

Rotherham United
H
1–1
7,446

Cross
28
20 January 1973Plymouth ArgyleH0–2
7,075
39
26 January 1973Swansea CityA1–2
2,119
Murray
30
2 February 1973Tranmere RoversA2–6
6,650
Court, Murray
31
10 February 1973Port ValeH5–0
6,694
Woon (3), Graham, Salvage
32
24 February 1973Grimsby TownH0–1
9,302
33
26 February 1973Charlton AthleticH1–0
9,929
Salvage
34
3 March 1973Scunthorpe UnitedH1–0
7,896
Murray
35
6 March 1973Rotherham UnitedA1–2
3,758
Webb
36
10 March 1973WalsallA0–3
4,192
37
17 March 1973
Southend United
H1–2
8,051
Cross
38
19 March 1973

Watford
H
1–1
8,232

Cross
39
24 March 1973RochdaleA1–0
1,747
Allen
40
31 March 1973
York City
A1–0
2,307
Allen
41
4 April 1973Halifax TownA2–3
970
Webb, Allen
42
7 April 1973Shrewsbury TownH1–2
6,758
Salvage
43
14 April 1973WatfordA2–2
7,813
Cross, Murray
44
20 April 1973
Notts County
H1–1
11,658
Graham
45
23 April 1973

Wrexham
A
1–4
2,611

Webb
46
28 April 1973
Bolton Wanderers
A0–2
21,917


FA Cup

















RoundDateOpponentVenueResult
Attendance
Scorer
1R18 November 1972
Yeovil Town
A1–2
9,447

Allen


Football League Cup
























RoundDateOpponentVenueResult
Attendance
Scorer
1R
16 August 1972

Cambridge United
H
1–0
7,750

Docherty
2R5 September 1972
Rotherham United
A0–2
4,996

  • Sources: 100 Years of Brentford,[4] The Big Brentford Book of the Seventies,[5]Statto


Playing squad


Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 1972–73 season.


























































































































































Pos.
Name
Nat.
Date of birth (age)
Signed from
Signed in
Notes
Goalkeepers

GK

Gordon Phillips

England

(1946-11-17)17 November 1946 (aged 25)

Hayes
1963


GK

Paul Priddy

England

(1953-07-11)11 July 1953 (aged 19)

Maidenhead United
1972

Defenders

DF

Peter Gelson

England

(1941-10-18)18 October 1941 (aged 30)
Youth
1961


DF

Alan Hawley (c)

England

(1946-06-07)7 June 1946 (aged 26)
Youth
1962


DF

Alan Nelmes

England

(1948-10-20)20 October 1948 (aged 23)

Chelsea
1967


DF

Terry Scales

England

(1951-01-18)18 January 1951 (aged 21)

West Ham United
1971

Midfielders

MF

Michael Allen

England

(1949-03-30)30 March 1949 (aged 23)

Middlesbrough
1971


MF

Paul Bence

England

(1948-12-21)21 December 1948 (aged 23)

Reading
1970


MF

David Court

England

(1944-03-01)1 March 1944 (aged 28)

Luton Town
1972


MF

John Docherty

Scotland

(1940-04-29)29 April 1940 (aged 32)

Reading
1970


MF

Jackie Graham

Scotland

(1946-07-16)16 July 1946 (aged 26)

Guildford City
1970


MF

David Jenkins

England

(1946-09-02)2 September 1946 (aged 25)

Tottenham Hotspur
1972
Loaned to Hereford United

MF

Alan Murray

England

(1949-11-05)5 November 1949 (aged 22)

York City
1972


MF

Barry Salvage

England

(1946-12-21)21 December 1946 (aged 25)

Queens Park Rangers
1973

Forwards

FW

Roger Cross

England

(1948-10-20)20 October 1948 (aged 23)

Fulham
1973


FW

Stewart Houston

Scotland

(1949-08-20)20 August 1949 (aged 22)

Chelsea
1972


FW

Stan Webb

England

(1947-12-06)6 December 1947 (aged 24)

Carlisle United
1972


FW

Andy Woon

England

(1952-06-26)26 June 1952 (aged 20)

Bognor Regis Town
1973

Players who left the club mid-season

GK

Kieron Baker

England

(1949-10-29)29 October 1949 (aged 22)

Bournemouth
1972
Returned to Bournemouth after loan

FW

John O'Mara

England

(1947-03-19)19 March 1947 (aged 25)

Wimbledon
1971
Transferred to Blackburn Rovers

FW

Bobby Ross

Scotland

(1942-05-10)10 May 1942 (aged 30)

Shrewsbury Town
1966
Released
  • Sources: The Big Brentford Book of the Seventies,[6] Timeless Bees,[7]Barry Hugman's Footballers


Coaching staff








Name
Role

England Frank Blunstone
Manager

England Eddie Lyons
Trainer


Statistics



Appearances and goals


Substitute appearances in brackets.











































































































































































































































Pos
Nat
Name
League
FA Cup
League Cup
Total
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
GK

England

Gordon Phillips
15
0
1
0
0
0
16
0
GK

England

Paul Priddy
25
0
0
0
2
0
27
0
DF

England

Peter Gelson
41 (1)
0
1
0
2
0
44 (1)
0
DF

England

Alan Hawley
43
0
0
0
2
0
45
0
DF

England

Alan Nelmes
35 (1)
0
1
0
2
0
38 (1)
0
DF

England

Terry Scales
41
0
1
0
2
0
44
0
MF

England

Michael Allen
26
4
1
1
1
0
28
5
MF

England

Paul Bence
33 (3)
0
0
0
1
0
34 (3)
0
MF

England

David Court
8 (4)
1
0
0
1
0
9 (4)
1
MF

Scotland

John Docherty
34 (2)
7
1
0
1
1
36 (2)
8
MF

Scotland

Jackie Graham
30 (1)
6
1
0
2
0
33 (1)
6
MF

England

David Jenkins
13 (5)
1
0
0
1
0
14 (5)
1
MF

England

Alan Murray
42 (3)
7
1
0
2
0
45 (3)
7
MF

England

Barry Salvage
16
3


16
3
FW

England

Roger Cross
19
4


19
4
FW

Scotland

Stewart Houston
39
6
1
0
2
0
42
6

FW

England

John O'Mara

4

1



1

0

5

1

FW

Scotland

Bobby Ross

7

0



1 (1)

0

8 (1)

0
FW

England

Stan Webb
24
6
1
0

25
6
FW

England

Andy Woon
5 (1)
3


5 (1)
3
Players loaned in during the season

GK

England

Kieron Baker

6

0





6

0
  • Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.

  • Source: 100 Years of Brentford[4]


Goalscorers







































































































Pos.
Nat
Player
FL3
FAC
FLC
Total
MF

Scotland

John Docherty
7
0
1
8
MF

England

Alan Murray
7
0
0
7
MF

Scotland

Jackie Graham
6
0
0
6
FW

Scotland

Stewart Houston
6
0
0
6
FW

England

Stan Webb
6
0
0
6
MF

England

Michael Allen
5
1
0
6
FW

England

Roger Cross
4


4
MF

England

Barry Salvage
3


3
FW

England

Andy Woon
3


3

FW

England

John O'Mara

1



0

1
MF

England

David Court
1
0
0
1
MF

England

David Jenkins
1
0
0
1

Opponents
2
0
0
2
Total511
153
  • Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.

  • Source: 100 Years of Brentford[4]


Management
































Name
Nat
From
To
Record All Comps
Record League
PWDLW %PWDLW %

Frank Blunstone

England
12 August 1972
28 April 1973

7001490000000000000♠49

7001160000000000000♠16

7000700000000000000♠7

7001260000000000000♠26

07001326500000000000♠32.65

7001460000000000000♠46

7001150000000000000♠15

7000700000000000000♠7

7001240000000000000♠24

07001326100000000000♠32.61


Summary


























Games played49 (46 Fourth Division, 1 FA Cup, 2 League Cup)
Games won16 (15 Fourth Division, 0 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Games drawn7 (7 Fourth Division, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Games lost26 (24 Fourth Division, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Goals scored53 (51 Fourth Division, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Goals conceded73 (69 Fourth Division, 2 FA Cup, 2 League Cup)
Clean sheets13 (12 Fourth Division, 0 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Biggest league win5–0 versus Port Vale, 10 February 1973
Worst league defeat4–0 on two occasions; 6–2 versus Tranmere Rovers, 2 February 1973
Most appearances48, Alan Murray (45 Fourth Division, 1 FA Cup, 2 League Cup)
Top scorer (league)7, John Docherty, Alan Murray
Top scorer (all competitions)8, John Docherty


Transfers & loans






































































































































Players transferred in
Date
Pos.
Name
Previous Club
Fee
Ref.
June 1972
MF

England Alan Murray

England Middlesbrough
Free
[8]
July 1972
MF

England David Jenkins

England Tottenham Hotspur
Free
[8]
August 1972
MF

England David Court

England Luton Town
Free
[8]
October 1972
MF

England Billy Stagg
n/a
n/a
[8]
October 1972
FW

England Stan Webb

England Carlisle United
£10,000
[8]
1972
FW

Scotland Stewart Houston

England Chelsea
£15,000
[8]
1972
FW

England Roy Cotton

England Tottenham Hotspur
n/a
[9]
January 1973
FW

England Roger Cross

England Fulham
£16,000
[8]
February 1973
MF

England Barry Salvage

England Queens Park Rangers
£9,000
[8]
February 1973
FW

England Andy Woon

England Bognor Regis Town
£1,000
[10]
Players loaned in
Date from
Pos.
Name
From
Date to
Ref.
February 1973
GK

England Kieron Baker

England Bournemouth
March 1973
[8]
Players transferred out
Date
Pos.
Name
Subsequent club
Fee
Ref.
12 September 1972
FW

England John O'Mara

England Blackburn Rovers
£50,000
[1]
Players loaned out
Date from
Pos.
Name
To
Date to
Ref.
March 1973
MF

England David Jenkins

England Hereford United
End of season
[8]
Players released
Date
Pos.
Name
Subsequent club
Join date
Ref.
October 1972
FW

Scotland Bobby Ross

England Cambridge United
October 1972
[8]
May 1973
MF

England David Court

England Barnet
1973
[8]
May 1973
MF

England Alan Murray

England Doncaster Rovers
July 1973
[8]
May 1973
GK

England Gordon Phillips

England Hillingdon Borough
1973
[8]


Awards



  • Supporters' Player of the Year: Peter Gelson[11]

  • Players' Player of the Year: Paul Bence[11]


References




  1. ^ abcdefghijkl White, p. 288-291.


  2. ^ ab "Brentford results for the 1972-1973 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 20 March 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2017. 


  3. ^ "Brentford scoring and sequence records - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2017. 


  4. ^ abc White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 392. ISBN 0951526200. 


  5. ^ Croxford, Lane & Waterman, p. 58-69.


  6. ^ Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2011). The Big Brentford Book of the Seventies. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. ISBN 978-1906796709. 


  7. ^ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. ISBN 978-0955294914. 


  8. ^ abcdefghijklmn Croxford, Lane & Waterman, p. 70-74.


  9. ^ Croxford, Lane & Waterman, p. 358.


  10. ^ Croxford, Lane & Waterman, p. 266.


  11. ^ ab Croxford, Lane & Waterman, p. 295.










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