1909–10 Brentford F.C. season

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Brentford manager Fred Halliday assembled a small squad for the 1909–10 season, with the club having withdrawn from the Western League and United League in favour of concentrating solely on the Southern League.White, p. 94-95. A handful of the previous season's squad was retained and in came a number of new players, including goalkeeper Archie Ling and former Brentford pair Jock Hamilton and Adam Bowman. The club adopted new colours prior to the season, with the gold and blue-striped shirts being replaced by a gold shirt with a blue 'V' on the front and back.

Injury to captain Dusty Rhodes, illness suffered by Jock Hamilton and poor form from forward George Rushton contributed to Brentford's bad start to the First Division season. Manager Halliday was forced to play natural centre forward Adam Bowman at inside forward, which conflicted with centre forward Geordie Reid's role and necessitated the transfer swap of Bowman for Portsmouth inside forward Bill McCafferty in October 1909. After exiting the FA Cup in the second round at the hands of Accrington Stanley, Brentford emerged from a poor Christmas and January to win 10 and draw four of the final 17 matches of the season. The Bees finished comfortably in 14th position.

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:Brentford's goal tally listed first.

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• Source: 100 Years of Brentford{{Cite book |title=100 Years Of Brentford |publisher=Brentford FC |year=1989 |isbn=0951526200 |editor-last=White |editor-first=Eric |page=360}}

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{{Fs player|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=Archie Ling|other=|no=}}

{{Fs player|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=Albert Wise|other=|no=}}

{{Fs player|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Steve Buxton|other=|no=}}

{{Fs player|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Dusty Rhodes (c)|other=|no=}}

{{Fs player|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Tommy Stewart|other=|no=}}

{{Fs player|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Charlie Blackall|other=|no=}}

{{Fs player|nat=SCO|pos=MF|name=Jock Hamilton|other=|no=}}

{{Fs player|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Jimmy Jay|other=|no=}}

{{Fs player|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Phil Richards|other=|no=}}

{{Fs player|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=James Riley|other=|no=}}

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{{Fs player|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=George Anderson|other=|no=}}

{{Fs player|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Albert Bartlett|other=|no=}}

{{Fs player|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Arthur Cowley|other=|no=}}

{{Fs player|nat=SCO|pos=FW|name=Billy Grassam|other=|no=}}

{{Fs player|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Bert Hollinrake|other=|no=}}

{{Fs player|nat=SCO|pos=FW|name=Bill McCafferty|other=|no=}}

{{Fs player|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=James McDonald|other=|no=}}

{{Fs player|nat=SCO|pos=FW|name=Geordie Reid|other=|no=}}

{{Fs player|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Jack Sibbald|other=|no=}}

{{Fs player|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Lindsay Syrad|other=|no=}}

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{{Fs player|nat=SCO|pos=FW|name=Adam Bowman|other=to Portsmouth}}

{{Fs player|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=George Rushton|other=to Swindon Town}}

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{{Fs player|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Alf Walker|other=to Wolverhampton Wanderers}}

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• Source: 100 Years of Brentford, {{Cite web |title=The Football Association – Season 1909–10 – Summary Of Professional Registrations |url=https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LPyV34DnFBqYSa6uH68giwJOoFZsHDyR/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=115104281188819564453&rtpof=true&sd=true |access-date=1 January 2021 |website=Sky is Blue – The Chesterfield FC history resource}}

{{football squad on pitch|align = none

| GK = Ling

| LCB = Buxton

| RCB = Rhodes (c)

| LCM = Riley

| CM = Hamilton

| RCM = Richards

| RF = Bartlett

| RSS = McCafferty

| CF = Reid

| LSS = Hollinrake

| LF = Anderson

| caption = Brentford's highest appearance-makers in each position during the Southern League season.}}

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

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