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1971–72 Brentford F.C. Season
During the 1971–72 English football season, Brentford competed in the Football League Fourth Division. The club led the division for much of the first half of the season and 10 wins in the final 14 matches secured automatic promotion with a 3rd-place finish. Season summary Despite the reduction of the club's debt to a manageable level and an average attendance higher than all but the top three finishers in the Third Division, Fourth Division Brentford went into the 1971–72 season with a squad of just 14 professionals.White, p. 284-287. Long-time goalkeeper Chic Brodie was released, as was bit-part winger Brian Tawse and in came two defensive youngsters on free transfers – Terry Scales and Steven Tom. Despite the club record £30,000 departure of Roger Cross to rivals Fulham and Alan Hawley also moving to Craven Cottage on loan, Brentford's 12-man squad met pre-season expectations in the early part of the season, holding onto top spot intermittently until a minor b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brentford F
Brentford is a suburban town in West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It lies at the confluence of the River Brent and the Thames, west of Charing Cross. Its economy has diverse company headquarters buildings which mark the start of the M4 corridor; in transport it also has two railway stations and Boston Manor Underground station on its north-west border with Hanwell. Brentford has a convenience shopping and dining venue grid of streets at its centre. Brentford at the start of the 21st century attracted regeneration of its little-used warehouse premises and docks including the re-modelling of the waterfront to provide more economically active shops, townhouses and apartments, some of which comprises Brentford Dock. A 19th and 20th centuries mixed social and private housing locality: New Brentford is contiguous with the Osterley neighbourhood of Isleworth and Syon Park and the Great West Road which has most of the largest business premi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Tawse
Brian Tawse (born 30 July 1945) is a Scottish former professional footballer who made over 100 appearances in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion as a winger. Career Born in Ellon, Tawse played in the Football League for Arsenal, Brighton & Hove Albion and Brentford and made a total of 129 appearances between 1964 and 1971. He later played in South Africa for Durban City. Personal life Tawse lived in South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ... for 17 years and as of January 2018, he was living in Westdene. Career statistics References 1945 births Living people Scottish men's footballers Arsenal F.C. players Brentford F.C. players Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players Folkestone F.C. players Southern Football League players Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Allen (footballer)
Michael Allen (born 30 March 1949) is an English retired professional footballer who made over 230 appearances in the Football League, most notably for Brentford. A left back, he also played League football for Middlesbrough. Playing career Middlesbrough Born in South Shields, Allen began his career at Middlesbrough in 1966 and made his professional debut on 30 December 1967, in a 2–1 Second Division defeat to Bolton Wanderers. He scored his only goal for the club in a 1–1 FA Cup third round draw with Millwall on 4 January 1969. Allen failed to break through into the first team, with his best tally being 15 appearances during the 1969–70 season. He departed Ayresome Park a few months into the 1971–72 season, having made 38 appearances and scored one goal for Middlesbrough. Brentford Allen dropped through the leagues to join Fourth Division high-flyers Brentford in October 1971, for a £10,000 fee. Operating as a midfielder, his 33 appearances during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Utility Player
In sports, a utility player is one who can play several positions competently. Sports in which the term is often used include association football, American football, baseball, rugby union, rugby league, softball, ice hockey, and water polo. The term has gained prominence in all sports due to its use in fantasy leagues, but in rugby union and rugby league, it is commonly used by commentators to recognize a player's versatility. The use of this term to describe a player may in some circumstances be a backhanded compliment, as it suggests the player is not good enough to be considered a specialist in one position. Association football In football, like other sports, a utility player can play in several positions in the outfield. The most common dual role is when a central defender is played in the left or right fullback position. This often occurs due to injuries to the starting fullback players. As central defenders are usually taller, slower, and less technically adept in c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pre-season
In an organized sports league, a typical season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session: for example, in Major League Baseball the season lasts approximately from the last week of March to the last week of September. In other team sports, like association football or basketball, it is generally from August or September to May although in some countries - such as Northern Europe or East Asia - the season starts in the spring and finishes in autumn, mainly due to weather conditions encountered during the winter. A year can often be broken up into several distinct sections (sometimes themselves called seasons). These are: a preseason, a series of exhibition games played for training purposes; a regular season, the main period of the league's competition; the postseason, a playoff tournament played against the league's top teams to determine the league's champion; and the offseason, the time when there is no official competition. Preseason In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loan (sports)
In sports, a loan involves a particular player being able to temporarily play for a club other than the one to which they are currently contracted. Loan deals may last from a few weeks to a full season, sometimes persisting for multiple seasons at a time. A loan fee can be arranged by the parent club as well as them asking to pay a percentage of their wages. Association football Players may be loaned out to other clubs for several reasons. Most commonly, young prospects will be loaned to a club in a lower league in order to gain invaluable first team experience. In this instance, the parent club may continue to pay the player's wages in full or in part. Some clubs put a formal arrangement in place with a feeder club for this purpose, such as Manchester United and Royal Antwerp, Arsenal and Beveren, or Chelsea and Vitesse. In other leagues such as Italy's Serie A, some smaller clubs have a reputation as a "farm club" and regularly take players, especially younger players, on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craven Cottage
Craven Cottage is a football ground in Fulham, West London, England, which has been the home of Fulham F.C. since 1896.According to the club'official website The ground's capacity is 22,384; the record attendance is 49,335, for a game against Millwall in 1938. Next to Bishop's Park on the banks of the River Thames, it was originally a royal hunting lodge and has a history dating back over 300 years. The stadium has also been used by the United States, Australia, Ireland, and Canada men's national football teams, and was formerly the home ground for rugby league club Fulham RLFC. Life Pre-Fulham The original Cottage was built in 1780, by William Craven, the sixth Baron Craven and was located close to where the Johnny Haynes Stand is now. At the time, the surrounding areas were woods which made up part of Anne Boleyn's hunting grounds. The Cottage was lived in by Edward Bulwer-Lytton (who wrote '' The Last Days of Pompeii'') and other somewhat notable (and moneyed) pers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Hawley (footballer)
Alan James Hawley (born 7 June 1946) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League as a right back. He made over 340 appearances for Brentford and was added to the club's Hall of Fame in 2013. Playing career Brentford Hawley began his career at Fourth Division club Brentford as an apprentice in June 1962, earning £7 a week. When he made his debut at home to Barrow on 29 September 1962 at the age of 16 years, 3 months and 22 days, Hawley was the youngest player to make his debut for Brentford, but he was unable to break into the team on a regular basis. Hawley had to wait until the 1964–65 season to make his breakthrough and won his first piece of silverware, the London Challenge Cup. Either side of a long spell out with a cartilage problem, Hawley was an ever-present during the 1967–68 and 1969–70 seasons. After a period on the transfer list, the highlight of Hawley's career came during the 1971–72 season, when he helped the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulham F
Fulham () is an area of the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham in West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, bordering Hammersmith, Kensington and Chelsea. The area faces Wandsworth, Putney, Barn Elms and the London Wetland Centre in Barnes. on the far side of the river. First recorded by name in 691, Fulham was a manor and ancient parish which originally included Hammersmith. Between 1900 and 1965, it was the Metropolitan Borough of Fulham, before its merger with the Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith created the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (known as the London Borough of Hammersmith from 1965 to 1979). The district is split between the western and south-western postal areas. Fulham has a history of industry and enterprise dating back to the 15th century, with pottery, tapestry-weaving, paper-making and brewing in the 17th and 18th centuries in present-day Fulham High Street, and later invol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West London Derby
The West London derby is the name given to a football derby played between any two of Brentford, Chelsea, Fulham and Queens Park Rangers, all of whom are situated within West London. This particular derby is less prominent than other such derbies in English football, owing to the teams frequently being in separate divisions. Chelsea did not face Fulham between 1986 and 2001, and have played Brentford only seven times since 1950. QPR did not face Brentford between 1966 and 2001, and did not play Chelsea between 1996 and 2008. The derby's most common match, Chelsea vs Fulham, has taken place 75 times. By contrast, the North London derby has been contested almost 200 times, and the Merseyside derby over 230 times. The 2011–2012 campaign was the first instance of three of the west London clubs competing in the top flight in the same season: Chelsea, Queens Park Rangers and Fulham. However, following Fulham's promotion from the EFL Championship at the end of the 2021–22 season, Che ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Cross (footballer)
Roger George Cross (born 20 October 1948) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. Playing career Cross' association with West Ham began with his signing as an apprentice in July 1964. He was the top scorer in the reserve team for two seasons running, but failed to establish himself in the Hammers first team and was loaned to Leyton Orient in October 1968 for two months. In 1969, after 8 appearances and one goal for West Ham, he moved to Brentford for £10,000. Cross went on to play for Fulham, who signed him for £30,000 and he scored 10 goals in 45 league and cup appearances for the west London club. He had a second spell with Brentford and took his Bee's tally to 228 appearances and 79 goals. He then joined Millwall for £9,500 in January 1977. In 1977, Cross moved to the US to play for the Seattle Sounders of the North American Soccer League. Coaching and scouting career In 1979, he became youth team manager at Millwall. After a period on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Tom
Steven Tom (born 5 February 1951) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a defender in the Football League for Brentford. He later made over 150 appearances for Southern League club Barnet. Playing career Brentford Tom began his career at Queens Park Rangers and joined Fourth Division club Brentford in 1971. He made 21 appearances and scored one goal, on his debut, during the 1971–72 season, in which the Bees won promotion to the Third Division with a third-place finish. Tom was released at the end of the season. Non-league football After his release from Brentford, Tom dropped into non-League football and played for Barnet and Ilford in the Southern and Isthmian leagues respectively. Personal life After his retirement from football, Tom worked as a black cab driver. Honours Brentford * Football League Fourth Division The Football League Fourth Division was the fourth-highest division in the English football league system from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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