List of Brentford F.C. seasons

Kevin O'Connor played in a club-record 16 Football League seasons.

Brentford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Brentford, Hounslow, London. Between 1892 and 1920, the first team competed in the West London Alliance, West London League, London League, Southern League and Western League. ^[2] Since 1920, the first team has competed in the Football League, the Premier League and other nationally and internationally organised competitions. ^{[2] [3]}

Statistically Brentford's best league season was 1929–30 in the Third Division South, earning 2.12 points a game (adjusted to 3 points for a win) and winning all 21 home matches. ^[4] It is a national record which still stands as of April 2024. ^[5] The 1932–33 and 1934–35 Third Division South and Second Division title-winning seasons yielded 2.10 and 2.07 points per game respectively (adjusted to 3 points for a win). ^[4] The 94 points accumulated during the 2013–14 second-place finish in League One is Brentford's record points total. ^[4] Prior to achieving promotion to the Premier League via the Championship play-offs in 2021, ^[2] Brentford's 9 failed attempts to gain promotion through the EFL play-offs was a national record. ^[6]

Brentford has never won a major cup, with the club's furthest advancement being the semi-final of the EFL Cup (2020–21) and the quarter-finals of the FA Cup (1937–38, 1945–46, 1948–49, 1988–89). ^[2] The club has reached three EFL Trophy finals (1985, 2001, 2011) and finished as runners-up on each occasion. ^[2] In 1992–93, the club reached the semi-finals of the Anglo-Italian Cup on its only entry into the competition. ^[2]

Key

Pld = Matches played W = Matches won D = Matches drawn L = Matches lost GF = Goals for GA = Goals against Pts = Points Pos. = Final position QR2 = Second qualifying round

QR3 = Third qualifying round QR4 = Fourth qualifying round QR5 = Fifth qualifying round QR6 = Sixth qualifying round IR = Intermediate qualifying round R1 = First round R1S = Southern area first round R2 = Second round R2S = Southern area second round

R3 = Third round R4 = Fourth round R5 = Fifth round QF = Quarter-finals QFS = Southern area quarter-finals GrpS = Southern area group stage SFS = Southern area semi-finals FS = Southern area finals

Symbol/colour	Meaning
↑	Promoted through the automatic promotion places
↑	Promoted through the English Football League play-offs
↓	Relegated
RU	Runners-up
#	Applied for re-election to the English Football League
‡	Qualified for the English Football League play-offs, not promoted
†	Top goalscorer in Brentford's division
♦	Top goalscorer in the English Football League
♠	Club record

Seasons

Correct as of the end of the 2023–24 season. For information on the season in progress, see 2024–25 Brentford F.C. season .

List of Brentford F.C. seasons

Season	League									FA Cup	EFL Cup	EFL Trophy	Minor cup victories	Top scorer(s) (league)		Top scorer(s) (all comps)		Average home league att.	Notes
	Division	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Pos.					Name(s)	Goals	Name(s)	Goals
1889–90	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Bonell	5	—	[nb 1]
1890–91	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	[nb 2]
1891–92	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	[nb 2]
1892–93	West London Alliance	12	10	2	0	33	6	22	1 of 7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1893–94	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Middlesex Junior Cup	—	—	—	—	—	[nb 3]
1894–95	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	West Middlesex Cup	—	—	—	—	—	[nb 2]
1895–96	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	[nb 2]
1896–97	London League Second Division ↑	16	9	6	1	42	19	24	2 of 9	QR2	—	—	—	Field	8	Field	14	—
1897–98	London League First Division	16	12	2	2	43	17	26	2 of 9	QR2	—	—	London Senior Cup, Middlesex Senior Cup	Field	11	Field	26	—	[nb 4]
1898–99	Southern League Second Division London	22	11	3	8	59	39	25	4 of 12	QR3	—	—	—	Booth Dailley C. Ward	9	Booth Dailley	12	—	[nb 5]
1899–1900	Southern League Second Division	20	5	7	8	31	48	17	9 of 11	QR3	—	—	—	E. Andrews	7	E. Andrews Dailley	7	—
1900–01	Southern League Second Division ↑	16	14	2	0	63	11	30	1 of 9	QR4	—	—	—	Turnbull	15	Turnbull	15	—	[nb 6]
1901–02	Southern League First Division	30	7	6	17	34	61	20	15 of 16	QR4	—	—	—	Shanks	9	Shanks	10	—	[nb 7]
1902–03	Southern League First Division	30	2	1	27 ♠	16	84	5	16 of 16	IR	—	—	—	Maher Underwood	3	Shanks	9	—	[nb 8]
1903–04	Southern League First Division	34	9	9	16	34	48	27	13 of 18	IR	—	—	—	Buchanan Underwood	6	Buchanan Underwood	10	—	[nb 9]
1904–05	Southern League First Division	34	10	9	15	33	38	29	14 of 18	IR	—	—	—	Shanks	7	Shanks	7	—	[nb 10]
1905–06	Southern League First Division	34	14	7	13	43	52	35	9 of 18	R3	—	—	—	Corbett	11	Corbett	15	—	[nb 10]
1906–07	Southern League First Division	38	17	8	13	57	56	42	10 of 20	R3	—	—	—	Corbett	15	Corbett	16	—	[nb 11]
1907–08	Southern League First Division	38	14	5	19	49	53	33	16 of 20	R1	—	—	—	Bowman	21	Bowman	22	—	[nb 11]
1908–09	Southern League First Division	40	13	7	20	59	74	33	21 of 21	R2	—	—	Southern Professional Charity Cup	G. Reid	18	G. Reid	18	—	[nb 12]
1909–10	Southern League First Division	42	16	9	17	50	58	41	14 of 22	QR5	—	—	—	G. Reid	17	G. Reid	19	—
1910–11	Southern League First Division	38	14	9	15	41	42	37	12 of 20	R1	—	—	Ealing Hospital Cup	G. Reid	21	G. Reid	21	—
1911–12	Southern League First Division	38	12	9	17	60	65	33	14 of 20	R1	—	—	—	Rippon	17	Rippon	20	—
1912–13	Southern League First Division ↓	38	11	5	22	42	55	27	19 of 20	QR4	—	—	—	Smith	12	Smith	12	—
1913–14	Southern League Second Division	30	20	4	6	80	18	44	3 of 16	QR5	—	—	—	Simons	19	Simons	19	—
1914–15	Southern League Second Division	24	8	7	9	35	45	23	7 of 13	QR5	—	—	—	White	7	White	7	—
1915–19	Competitive football was suspended in Britain for the duration of the First World War. [16] Brentford competed in the London Combination and won the league title in 1918–19. [17] Henry White top-scored during the war years, with 56 goals. [18]
1919–20	Southern League First Division	42	15	10	17	52	59	40	15 of 22	R1	—	—	—	Boyne	13	Boyne	13	—
1920–21	Third Division #	42	9	12	21	42	67	30	21 of 22	R1	—	—	—	King	17	King	18	8,660	[nb 13]
1921–22	Third Division South	42	16	11	15	52	43	43	9 of 22	R1	—	—	—	Morris	16	Morris	17	9,115
1922–23	Third Division South	42	13	12	17	41	51	38	14 of 22	QR6	—	—	—	Morris	13	Morris	13	8,350
1923–24	Third Division South	42	14	8	20	54	71	36	17 of 22	QR6	—	—	—	Parker	18	Parker	20	6,825
1924–25	Third Division South#	42	9	7	26	38	91	25	21 of 22	QR5	—	—	—	Allen	14	Allen	14	7,010	[nb 13]
1925–26	Third Division South	42	16	6	20	69	94 ♠	38	18 of 22	R2	—	—	—	E. Watkins	11	E. Watkins	11	9,146
1926–27	Third Division South	42	13	14	15	70	61	40	11 of 22	R5	—	—	—	E. Watkins	20	E. Watkins	24	9,713
1927–28	Third Division South	42	16	8	18	76	74	40	12 of 22	R3	—	—	—	J. Phillips	17	J. Phillips	17	7,331
1928–29	Third Division South	42	14	10	18	56	60	38	13 of 22	R2	—	—	London Charity Fund	E. Watkins	14	E. Watkins	14	8,159
1929–30	Third Division South	42	28 ♠	5	9	94	44	61	2 of 22	R1	—	—	—	W. Lane	33	W. Lane	33	12,123
1930–31	Third Division South	42	22	6	14	90	64	50	3 of 22	R4	—	—	—	W. Lane	24	W. Lane	29	8,236
1931–32	Third Division South	42	19	10	13	68	52	48	5 of 22	R4	—	—	—	W. Lane	22	W. Lane	27	11,347
1932–33	Third Division South ↑	42	26	10	6	90	49	62	1 of 22	R1	—	—	—	Holliday	38 ♠	Holliday	39 ♠	13,300
1933–34	Second Division	42	22	7	13	85	60	51	4 of 22	R3	—	—	—	Holliday	27	Holliday	27	16,377
1934–35	Second Division ↑	42	26	9	7	93	48	61	1 of 22	R3	—	—	London Challenge Cup	Holliday	25	Holliday	25	18.062
1935–36	First Division	42	17	12	13	81	60	46	5 of 22 ♠	R3	—	—	—	D. McCulloch	26	D. McCulloch	26	25,287
1936–37	First Division	42	18	10	14	82	78	46	6 of 22	R4	—	—	—	D. McCulloch	31	D. McCulloch	33	24,544
1937–38	First Division	42	18	9	15	69	59	45	6 of 22	QF ♠	—	—	—	D. McCulloch	26	D. McCulloch	29	23,335	[nb 14]
1938–39	First Division	42	14	8	20	53	74	36	18 of 22	R3	—	—	—	Cheetham	8	Cheetham	8	23,117	[nb 15]
1939–45	Competitive football was suspended in Britain for the duration of the Second World War. [21] Brentford competed in the Football League South and other regional leagues. [22] The club competed in the London War Cup in 1940–41 and 1941–42, reaching the final on both occasions and winning the latter tournament. [17] Len Townsend top-scored during the war years, with 49 goals. [22]
1945–46	—	—	—	—	~—	~—	—	—	—	QF ♠	—	—	—	—		McAloon	6	—
1946–47	First Division ↓	42	9	7	26	45	88	25	21 of 22	R4	—	—	—	Townsend	8	Townsend	9	25,768 ♠
1947–48	Second Division	42	13	14	15	44	61	40	15 of 22	R4	—	—	—	Gibbons	13	Gibbons	14	23,341
1948–49	Second Division	42	11	14	17	42	53	36	18 of 22	QF ♠	—	—	—	Monk	11	Monk	13	22,755
1949–50	Second Division	42	15	13	14	44	49	43	9 of 22	R3	—	—	—	Dare	14	Dare	14	22,613
1950–51	Second Division	42	18	8	16	75	74	44	9 of 22	R3	—	—	—	Dare	16	Dare	16	19,593
1951–52	Second Division	42	15	12	15	54	55	42	10 of 22	R4	—	—	—	Dare	14	Dare	16	23,022
1952–53	Second Division	42	13	11	18	59	76	37	17 of 22	R4	—	—	—	Lawton	13	Lawton	15	17,474
1953–54	Second Division ↓	42	10	11	21	40	78	31	21 of 22	R3	—	—	—	Dudley	10	Dudley	11	15,626
1954–55	Third Division South	46	16	14	16	82	82	46	11 of 24	R4	—	—	—	Dudley	18	Dudley	20	11,077
1955–56	Third Division South	46	19	14	13	69	66	52	6 of 24	R2	—	—	—	Towers	21	Towers	22	10,302
1956–57	Third Division South	46	16	16	14	78	76	48	8 of 24	R2	—	—	—	Francis	23	Francis	24	11,482
1957–58	Third Division South	46	24	10	12	82	56	58	2 of 24	R1	—	—	—	Towers	29	Towers	29	13,084
1958–59	Third Division	46	21	15	10	76	49	57	3 of 24	R4	—	—	—	Towers	32 †	Towers	37	13,924
1959–60	Third Division	46	21	9	16	78	61	51	6 of 24	R2	—	—	—	Francis	26	Francis	31	11,912
1960–61	Third Division	46	13	17	16	56	70	43	17 of 24	R1	R3	—	—	Towers	21	Towers	22	7,392
1961–62	Third Division ↓	46	13	8	25	53	93	34	23 of 24	R3	R1	—	—	Francis	14	Francis	15	8,483
1962–63	Fourth Division ↑	46	27	8	11	98 ♠	64	62	1 of 24	R1	R2	—	—	Dick	23	Dick	24	11,418	[nb 16]
1963–64	Third Division	46	15	14	17	87	80	44	16 of 24	R4	R2	—	—	D. Ward	19	D. Ward	22	11,883
1964–65	Third Division	46	24	9	13	83	55	57	5 of 24	R3	R1	—	London Challenge Cup	Cobb	15	Cobb	18	10,740
1965–66	Third Division ↓	46	10	12	24	48	69	32	23 of 24	R2	R2	—	—	Lawther	10	Lawther	11	8,416
1966–67	Fourth Division	46	18	13	15	58	56	49	9 of 24	R3	R2	—	London Challenge Cup	Docherty	13	Docherty	19	6,727
1967–68	Fourth Division	46	18	7	21	61	64	43	14 of 24	R1	R1	—	—	Docherty Lawther	11	Docherty	12	6,211
1968–69	Fourth Division	46	18	12	16	64	65	48	11 of 24	R2	R3	—	—	Mansley	14	Mansley	17	6,419
1969–70	Fourth Division	46	20	16	10	58	39	56	5 of 24	R1	R1	—	—	Ross	13	Ross	13	7,773
1970–71	Fourth Division	46	18	8	20	66	62	44	14 of 24	R5	R1	—	—	Ross	15	Ross	16	6,776
1971–72	Fourth Division ↑	46	24	11	11	76	44	59	3 of 24	R1	R1	—	—	O'Mara	25	O'Mara	28	11,738
1972–73	Third Division ↓	46	15	7	24	51	69	37	22 of 24	R1	R2	—	—	Docherty Murray	7	Docherty	8	8,742
1973–74	Fourth Division	46	12	16	18	48	50	40	19 of 24	R1	R1	—	—	Cross	17	Cross	17	5,063	[nb 17]
1974–75	Fourth Division	46	18	13	15	53	45	49	8 of 24	R2	R2	—	—	Simmons	12	Simmons	13	5,172
1975–76	Fourth Division	46	14	13	19	56	60	41	18 of 24	R3	R2	—	—	Cross	14	Cross	16	5,096
1976–77	Fourth Division	46	18	7	21	77	76	43	15 of 24	R2	R1	—	—	Sweetzer	23	Sweetzer	23	5,121
1977–78	Fourth Division ↑	46	21	14	11	86	54	56	4 of 24	R2	R1	—	—	S. Phillips	32 ♦†	S. Phillips	36	8,578	[nb 18]
1978–79	Third Division	46	19	9	18	53	49	47	10 of 24	R1	R1	—	—	S. Phillips A. McCulloch	14	S. Phillips A. McCulloch	14	7,455
1979–80	Third Division	46	15	11	20	59	73	41	19 of 24	R1	R1	—	—	S. Phillips	12	S. Phillips	12	7,818
1980–81	Third Division	46	14	19 ♠	13	52	49	47	9 of 24	R2	R1	—	—	Booker	7	Booker Crown Funnell	8	6,752	[nb 19]
1981–82	Third Division	46	19	11	16	56	47	68	8 of 24	R2	R1	—	—	Bowen Johnson Roberts	8	Bowen	10	5,693	[nb 19]
1982–83	Third Division	46	18	10	18	88	77	64	9 of 24	R2	R4	—	—	Joseph	24	Joseph	26	6,184	[nb 20]
1983–84	Third Division	46	11	16	19	69	79	49	20 of 24	R3	R2	R2S	—	Joseph	18	Joseph	24	4,735
1984–85	Third Division	46	16	14	16	62	64	62	13 of 24	R3	R2	RU	—	Cassells Cooke	12	Cassells Roberts	18	4,074	[nb 21]
1985–86	Third Division	46	18	12	16	58	61	66	10 of 24	R1	R2	GrpS	—	Cooke	17	Cooke	18	3,957	[nb 19]
1986–87	Third Division	46	15	15	16	64	66	60	11 of 24	R2	R1	QFS	—	Cooke	20	Cooke	25	3,918
1987–88	Third Division	46	16	14	16	53	59	62	12 of 24	R1	R1	R1S	—	Sinton	11	Sinton	12	4,581
1988–89	Third Division	46	18	14	14	66	61	68	7 of 24	QF ♠	R2	SFS	—	Cadette	12	Cadette	17	5,682
1989–90	Third Division	46	18	7	21	66	66	61	13 of 24	R1	R2	QFS	—	Holdsworth	24	Holdsworth	28	5,662
1990–91	Third Division‡	46	21	13	12	59	47	76	6 of 24	R3	R2	FS	—	Blissett	10	Blissett	15	6,144	[nb 22]
1991–92	Third Division ↑	46	25	7	14	81	55	82	1 of 24	R2	R3	R1S	—	Holdsworth	24 †	Holdsworth	38	7,156	[nb 23]
1992–93	First Division ↓	46	13	10	23	52	71	49	22 of 24	R3	R2	—	—	Blissett	21	Blissett	29	8,476	[nb 24]
1993–94	Second Division	46	13	19 ♠	14	57	55	58	16 of 24	R2	R1	QFS	—	Allon	13	Allon	17	5,611
1994–95	Second Division‡	46	25	10	11	81	39	85	2 of 24	R1	R2	R2S	—	Forster	24	Forster	26	6,536	[nb 25]
1995–96	Second Division	46	15	13	18	43	49	58	15 of 24	R4	R2	R2S	—	Taylor	11	Taylor	16	4,768
1996–97	Second Division‡	46	20	14	12	56	43	74	4 of 24	R3	R2	QFS	—	Asaba	23	Asaba	24	5,824	[nb 26]
1997–98	Second Division ↓	46	11	17	18	50	71	50	21 of 24	R1	R2	R2S	—	Taylor	13	Taylor	18	5,029
1998–99	Third Division ↑	46	26	7	13	79	56	85	1 of 24	R2	R2	QFS	—	Owusu	22	Owusu	26	5,445
1999–2000	Second Division	46	13	13	20	47	61	52	17 of 24	R1	R1	SFS	—	Owusu	12	Owusu	14	5,742
2000–01	Second Division	46	14	17	15	56	70	59	14 of 24	R1	R2	RU	—	Scott	13	Scott	15	4,644
2001–02	Second Division‡	46	24	11	11	77	43	83	3 of 24	R2	R2	R1S	—	Owusu	20	Owusu	22	6,714	[nb 27]
2002–03	Second Division	46	14	12	20	47	56	54	16 of 24	R4	R2	SFS	—	Vine	10	Vine	13	5,759
2003–04	Second Division	46	14	11	21	52	69	53	17 of 24	R2	R1	R2S	—	Hunt	11	Hunt	13	5,592
2004–05	League One ‡	46	22	9	15	57	60	75	4 of 24	R5	R1	R1S	—	Burton	10	Burton Rankin	10	6,082	[nb 28]
2005–06	League One‡	46	20	16	10	72	52	76	3 of 24	R5	R1	R1S	—	Owusu	12	Owusu	14	6,775	[nb 29]
2006–07	League One ↓	46	8	13	25	40	79	37	24 of 24	R1	R2	R2S	—	Kuffour	12	Kuffour	14	5,600
2007–08	League Two	46	17	8	21	52	70	59	14 of 24	R1	R1	R1S	—	Poole	14	Poole	14	4,469	[nb 19]
2008–09	League Two ↑	46	23	16	7	65	36	85	1 of 24	R2	R1	R2S	—	MacDonald	16	MacDonald	18	5,707
2009–10	League One	46	14	10	12	55	52	62	9 of 24	R3	R1	R1S	—	MacDonald	15	MacDonald	17	6,018
2010–11	League One	46	17	10	19	55	62	61	11 of 24	R1	R4	RU	—	Alexander MacDonald	9	Alexander	12	5,172
2011–12	League One	46	18	13	15	63	51	67	9 of 24	R2	R1	SFS	—	Alexander	12	Alexander	14	5,643
2012–13	League One‡	46	21	16	9	62	47	79	3 of 24	R4	R1	QFS	—	Donaldson	18	Donaldson	24	6,303	[nb 30]
2013–14	League One ↑	46	28 ♠	10	8	72	43	94 ♠	2 of 24	R2	R2	R2S	—	Donaldson	17	Donaldson	18	7,715
2014–15	Championship ‡	46	23	9	14	78	59	78	5 of 24	R3	R2	—	—	Gray	16	Gray	18	10,822	[nb 31]
2015–16	Championship	46	19	8	19	72	67	65	9 of 24	R3	R1	—	—	Judge Vibe	14	Judge Vibe	14	10,310
2016–17	Championship	46	18	10	18	75	65	64	10 of 24	R4	R1	—	—	Vibe	15	Vibe	16	10,467
2017–18	Championship	46	18	15	13	62	52	69	9 of 24	R3	R3	—	—	Maupay	12	Maupay	13	10,234
2018–19	Championship	46	17	13	16	73	59	64	11 of 24	R5	R3	—	—	Maupay	25	Maupay	28	10,257
2019–20	Championship‡	46	24	9	13	80	38	81	3 of 24	R4	R1	—	—	O. Watkins	25	O. Watkins	26	9,156	[nb 32]
2020–21	Championship ↑	46	24	15	7	79	42	87	3 of 24	R4	SF ♠	—	—	Toney	31 †	Toney	33	2,000	[nb 33]
2021–22	Premier League	38	13	7	18	48	56	46	13 of 20	R4	QF	—	—	Toney	12	Toney	14	17,094
2022–23	Premier League	38	15	14	9	58	46	59	9 of 20	R3	R3	—	—	Toney	20	Toney	21	17,064
2023–24	Premier League	38	10	9	19	56	65	39	16 of 20	R3	R3	—	—	Wissa	12	Wissa	12	17,082

Notes

1. Brentford played friendly matches during the season.
2. Brentford played friendly matches and in minor cups during the season.
3. Brentford entered the West London League, but withdrew before the end of the season. The club's results were expunged. ^[7]
4. Brentford were elected to the Southern League Second Division at the end of the season. ^[8]
5. Ernest Booth, Richard Dailley and C. Ward top-scored in league matches with 9 goals each. ^[9]
6. Brentford were promoted to the Southern League First Division after drawing 0–0 with Swindon Town in a promotion-relegation test match. ^[10]
7. Brentford retained its Southern League First Division status after a 0–0 draw with Grays United in a promotion-relegation test match. ^[11] The club also competed in the London League Second Division during the season. ^[12]
8. Brentford retained its Southern League First Division status after a 7–2 win over Fulham in a promotion-relegation test match. ^[13] Tosher Underwood and Davie Maher finished as joint-top goalscorers in league matches, with three goals each. ^[14] The club also competed in the Western League First Division and the London League Premier Division during the season. ^[14]
9. Brentford also competed in the Western League First Division and the London League Premier Division during the season. ^[14]
10. Brentford also competed in the Western League First Division during the season.
11. Brentford also competed in the Western League First Division A during the season.
12. Brentford also competed in the Western League First Division B during the season. ^[15]
13. Brentford were re-elected to the Football League at the end of the season.
14. Brentford topped the First Division table for 16 consecutive matches during the season. ^[19]
15. Cheetham was also Queens Park Rangers' top scorer during the 1938–39 season. ^[20]
16. The 1962–63 Fourth Division title win made Brentford the first club in English football to win each of the Second, Third and Fourth Division championships. ^[23]
17. A 4–1 defeat to Scunthorpe United on 27 October 1973 dropped Brentford to bottom place in Fourth Division, which made the club the first to occupy top and bottom places in the Football League. ^[24]
18. Phillips' 32 league goals tied him with Alan Curtis of Swansea City as the top goalscorer in the Football League. ^[25] Brentford was the only club in the top four divisions to finish the season with two players scoring over 20 league goals – Steve Phillips (32) and Andrew McCulloch (22). ^[26]
19. Brentford finished the season with a superior record away from home in league matches.
20. The 107 goals scored in all competitions during the 1982–83 season is a club record. ^[27] The club competed in the Football League Group Cup during the season and was eliminated in the group stage. ^[28]
21. Cooke was also Cambridge United's top scorer during the 1984–85 season. ^[29]
22. Brentford failed to achieve promotion after a 3–2 aggregate defeat to Tranmere Rovers in the 1991 Third Division play-off semi-finals. ^[2]
23. Holdsworth's 24 league goals tied him with Iwan Roberts of Huddersfield Town as the top goalscorer in the Third Division. ^[25]
24. Brentford competed in the 1992–93 Anglo-Italian Cup and were knocked out on away goals after drawing 5–5 on aggregate with Derby County in the semi-finals. ^[2]
25. The reduction of the Premier League to 20 clubs for the 1995–96 season required a restructuring of the league pyramid during the 1994–95 season, with only one automatic promotion place allocated to the Second Division. Brentford's finish as runners-up (which would have secured automatic promotion in any third-tier season since 1958–59) saw the club secure the top play-off place. ^[30] Brentford failed to achieve promotion after losing on penalties to Huddersfield Town in the 1995 Second Division play-off semi-finals. ^[2] Brentford was the only club in the top four divisions to finish the season with two players scoring over 20 league goals – Nicky Forster (24) and Robert Taylor (23). ^[26]
26. Brentford finished the season with a superior record away from home in league matches. ^[31] Brentford failed to achieve promotion after a 1–0 defeat to Crewe Alexandra in the 1997 Second Division play-off final. ^[2]
27. Brentford failed to achieve promotion after a 2–0 defeat to Stoke City in the 2002 Second Division play-off final. ^[2]
28. Brentford failed to achieve promotion after a 3–1 aggregate defeat to Sheffield Wednesday in the 2005 League One play-off semi-finals. ^[2]
29. Brentford failed to achieve promotion after a 3–1 aggregate defeat to Swansea City in the 2006 League One play-off semi-finals. ^[2]
30. Brentford failed to achieve promotion after a 2–1 defeat to Yeovil Town in the 2013 League One play-off final. ^[2]
31. Brentford failed to achieve promotion after a 5–1 aggregate defeat to Middlesbrough in the 2015 Championship play-off semi-finals. ^[2]
32. Brentford failed to achieve promotion after a 2–1 defeat to Fulham in the 2020 Championship play-off final. ^[2]
33. Brentford were promoted after a 2–0 win over Swansea City in the 2021 Championship play-off final. ^[2]

References

General

• Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. ISBN   0955294916.
• Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Harefield: Yore Publications. ISBN   1 874427 57 7.
• White, Eric (1989). 100 Years of Brentford. Oldfield Press. ISBN   0951526200.

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7. White 1989, p. 60.
8. White 1989, p. 71.
9. White 1989, p. 355.
10. White 1989, p. 76.
11. White 1989, p. 78.
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13. White 1989, p. 80.
14. White 1989, p. 357.
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17. Haynes 1998, p. 83-84.
18. White 1989, p. 363-365.
19. "Brentford results for the 1937–1938 season". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
20. Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 36.
21. "Remembering The Last Time Top Flight Football Was Suspended". The Sportsman. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
22. White 1989, p. 375-378.
23. Haynes 1998, p. 29.
24. Haynes 1998, p. 128.
25. "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF . Retrieved 30 August 2020.
26. Haynes 1998, p. 44.
27. Haynes 1998, p. 63.
28. "Football League Group Cup 1981–82". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
29. "Cooke, Robbie – Grantham top-scorer joined Manchester United". Grantham Matters. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
30. Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2013). The Big Brentford Book Of The Nineties. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. p. 177. ISBN   9781906796723.
31. "Brentford Complete History". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2020.