During the

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English football season,

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competed in the Southern League First Division. In its first season at

Griffin Park Griffin Park was a football ground in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow, England. It was the home ground of Brentford F.C. from its opening in September 1904 to August 2020. The ground is in a predominantly residential area and was ...

, the club finished in 14th place.

Season summary

It was a summer of fundraising for the

board during the 1904 off-season, with the club needing to raise money for the work being undertaken at its new

ground.White, p. 82-85. £600 was raised (equivalent to £ in ) to pay summer wages for the squad and manager Dick Molyneux was once again able to sign new players soon after the end of the

1903–04 Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music ...

season, with goalkeeper

Walter Whittaker Walter Whittaker (20 September 1878 – 2 June 1917) was an English football goalkeeper who played in the Football League for Newton Heath, Grimsby Town, Blackburn Rovers, Derby County, Clapton Orient and Swansea Town. Playing career Whit ...

, half back

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and forwards John Boag, Fred Hobson,

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, Alex Walker and

Joe Warrington Joseph Warrington (January 1882 – 28 July 1924) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside right and inside left in Football League for Derby County and Chesterfield. Warrington also played in the Southern League for Bren ...

being signings of note. Molyneux's biggest transfer coup was that of forward

Tommy Shanks Thomas Shanks (30 March 1880 – 1 March 1919) was an Irish footballer. Career Shanks was born in Wexford and started his playing career with local club Wexford before moving to England to play for Derby West End and then Derby County in 1898. ...

, who returned to Brentford after 18 months away and off the back of a season in which he had scored 25 goals in Woolwich Arsenal's Football League Second Division triumph. The summer wages allowed full backs

Jock Watson John Watson (28 November 1883 – 6 May 1946) was a Scottish professional footballer who made over 160 appearances as a full back in the Southern League for Brentford. He also played in the Football League for Newcastle United and Leeds City. ...

, Tommy Davidson and half backs James Bellingham,

Jimmy Jay James Jay (July 1879 – 13 March 1927) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Bristol City. He is the record Southern League appearance-maker for Brentford and was posthumously inducted into ...

and

George Parsonage George Parsonage (November 1880 – 22 May 1919) was an English professional footballer, most notable for his time as a half back and player-manager in the Southern League with Brentford. He was banned from football for life by the Football As ...

to be retained, which on paper made the Bees' 1904–05 Southern League First Division squad arguably the club's strongest yet. Though the season proved to be a slight improvement on the previous one, with two more points won, but finishing one place lower in 14th, Brentford's first season at Griffin Park was a disappointment. Though he finished the season as top scorer and became Brentford's second international player, forward Tommy Shanks could not recreate his prolific form of the previous season and scored just seven goals. The Bees reached the intermediate round of the FA Cup for the third successive season, but could not find a way past fellow First Division club Reading. Two club records were set during the season: * Most Southern League draws in a season: 9 * Most Southern League home draws in a season: 7

League table

Results

:''Brentford's goal tally listed first.''

Legend

Southern League First Division

FA Cup

* Source: 100 Years of Brentford

Playing squad

* Source: 100 Years of Brentford

Coaching staff

Statistics

Appearances

Goalscorers

*Players listed in ''italics'' left the club mid-season. *Source: 100 Years Of Brentford