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1898–99 Brentford F.C. season

During the 1898–99 English football season, Brentford competed in the Southern League Second Division London. Though the season was largely viewed as a disappointment, the Bees finished in 4th place.

1898–99 season
Bill Stephenson
Cross Roads
4th
Third qualifying round
First round
Second round
Semi-final
League: Booth,Dailley, Ward (9)All: Booth,Dailley (12)

The 1898–99 season was half back Arthur Charlton's last with Brentford, after a career stretching back to 1892.

Brentford enjoyed a meteoric rise in London amateur football during a three-year period, going from playing only friendly and cup matches in 1895–96, to being promoted through the London League and elected into the Southern League for 1898–99 season. The club paid for its success and a number of its better players were lured away during the off-season, with forwards Oakey Field and David Lloyd turning professional and signing for Sheffield United and Thames Ironworks respectively. On the financial front, attendances had consistently improved year-on-year for the previous three seasons, but the leaseholder of the club's Shotter's Lane ground took the opportunity to increase the rent to an unacceptable amount. The club, which had made a loss on the previous season, were forced to move out of Brentford to Cross Roads, an unsatisfactory patch of ground located near South Ealing tube station. To compound the financial problems, while the club remained officially amateur, it was illegally forced to pay some of its new signings more than their travelling expenses to entice them to play.

Despite the goals of Oakey Field's replacement C. Ward, Brentford had a modest start to life in the London section of the Southern League Second Division, but after the departure of Ward in early November 1898, wins over Southall and St Albans put the club top of the division late in the month. The Bees subsequently fell away badly, taking just one point from a possible 10 over the next five matches. After winning two cups during the previous season, the club experienced little joy in 1898–99, suffering early exits in the FA Cup, London Senior Cup, Middlesex Senior Cup and suffering a semi-final defeat to Harrow Athletic in the West Middlesex Cup. The club entered the FA Amateur Cup for the only time, but withdrew after progressing to the second round. Though the season was largely a disappointment, Brentford finished in a credible 4th place in the London section of the Southern League Second Division.

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2	22	13	4	5	88	43	2.047	30
3	22	14	2	6	62	35	1.771	30
4	22	11	3	8	59	39	1.513	25
5	22	10	2	10	55	57	0.965	22
6	22	11	0	11	44	55	0.800	22

Brentford's goal tally listed first.

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Win	Draw	Loss

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorer(s)
1	10 September 1898	St Albans	H	6–1	Ward (3), Booth, Dailley, Richardson
2	17 September 1898	Fulham	A	4–1	Edney, Booth (2), Knapman
3	24 September 1898	Thames Ironworks	A	1–3	Tranter (og)
4	8 October 1898	Watford	H	2–4	Dailley (pen), Booth
5	15 October 1898	Wycombe Wanderers	H	9–2	Knapman, Ward (5), Richardson, Dailley (2, 1 pen)
6	5 November 1898	Wolverton London & North Western Railway	A	2–4	Dailley, Booth
7	12 November 1898	Southall	A	3–0	Booth, Richardson, Ward
8	24 November 1898	St Albans	A	5–4	McMillan, Dailley (2, 1 pen), Booth
9	3 December 1898	Uxbridge	A	0–3
10	17 December 1898	Shepherds Bush	H	1–1	Johnson
11	24 December 1898	Watford	A	1–2	Evans
12	31 December 1898	Chesham	A	1–2	Dailley
13	11 February 1899	Thames Ironworks	H	0–2
14	18 February 1899	Maidenhead	A	3–0	Walker, Booth, Robey (og)
15	25 February 1899	Fulham	H	2–1	Evans, Johnson
16	4 March 1899	Wolverton London & North Western Railway	H	3–3	Johnson, Knapman (2)
17	11 March 1899	Uxbridge	H	0–1
18	18 March 1899	Shepherds Bush	A	2–1	Walker, Dailley
19	1 April 1899	Chesham	H	5–2	Knapman (2), Walker (pen), Westhead, Richardson
20	8 April 1899	Maidenhead	H	6–0	Evans, Johnson (2), Walker, Richardson
21	15 April 1899	Southall	H	2–1	Johnson (2)
22	22 April 1899	Wycombe Wanderers	A	1–1	Turner

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorer(s)
3QR	29 October 1898	Clapton	A	1–6	Dailley

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorer(s)
1R	14 January 1899	London Caledonians	H	1–6	Evans

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorer(s)
1R	7 January 1899	Uxbridge	H	7–0	Evans, Dailley (2, 1 pen), Booth, Knapman (2), Johnson
2R	4 February 1899	Barnet	H	1–2	Johnson

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorer(s)	Notes
1R	21 January 1899	Civil Service	H	4–3	Evans, Booth (2), Johnson
SF	18 March 1899	Harrow Athletic	N	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Johnson

Source: 100 Years of Brentford

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	Ben Brown
—	GK	SCO	Frank Burton
—	GK	SCO	Henry Gill
—	GK	ENG	Charles Gillett
—	GK	ENG	Harry Pennington
—	DF	ENG	"Gosling"
—	DF	WAL	Frank Lewis
—	DF	ENG	Alfred Lugg
—	DF	ENG	George Pollitt
—	DF	ENG	Percy Swann
—	DF	SCO	George Turner
—	DF	ENG	Archie Williams
—	MF	SCO	Arthur Charlton
—	MF	ENG	George Haslen
—	MF	ENG	Alfred Mattocks
—	MF	ENG	William Mehew
—	MF	ENG	Billy Smith
—	MF	ENG	W. Walker
—	MF	ENG	William Westhead
—	FW	ENG	Ernest Booth
—	FW	ENG	J. Chambers
—	FW	ENG	John Cotton
—	FW	ENG	Richard Dailley
—	FW		Charlie Evans
—	FW	ENG	W. Hancock
—	FW	ENG	Frederick Johnson
—	FW	ENG	Thomas Knapman
—	FW		J. McMillan
—	FW	WAL	John Owen
—	FW	ENG	John Richardson
—	FW	SCO	James Rough

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player	No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Herbert Edney (Retired)
—	FW		C. Ward

"Gosling" is an alias
Source: 100 Years of Brentford

Pos.	Nat	Player	SL2	FAC	LSC	MSC	WMC	Total
FW		Ernest Booth	9	0	0	1	2	12
FW		Richard Dailley	9	1	0	2	0	12
FW		Frederick Johnson	7	0	0	2	2	11
FW	n/a	C. Ward	9	—	—	—	—	9
FW		Thomas Knapman	6	0	0	2	0	8
FW		John Richardson	6	0	0	0	0	6
FW	n/a	Charlie Evans	3	0	1	1	1	6
HB		W. Walker	4	0	0	0	0	4
HB		Herbert Edney	1	0	—	—	—	1
DF		George Turner	1	0	—	0	0	1
FW	n/a	J. McMillan	1	0	0	0	0	1
HB		William Westhead	1	0	0	0	0	1
Opponents	2	0	0	0	0	2

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

Column 1	Column 2
Games played	28 (22 Southern League Second Division London, 1 FA Cup, 1 London Senior Cup, 2 Middlesex Senior Cup, 2 West Middlesex Cup)
Games won	13 (11 Southern League Second Division London, 0 FA Cup, 0 London Senior Cup, 1 Middlesex Senior Cup, 1 West Middlesex Cup)
Games drawn	3 (3 Southern League Second Division London, 0 FA Cup, 0 London Senior Cup, 0 Middlesex Senior Cup, 0 West Middlesex Cup)
Games lost	12 (8 Southern League Second Division London, 1 FA Cup, 1 London Senior Cup, 1 Middlesex Senior Cup, 1 West Middlesex Cup)
Goals scored	74 (59 Southern League Second Division London, 1 FA Cup, 1 London Senior Cup, 8 Middlesex Senior Cup, 5 West Middlesex Cup)
Goals conceded	58 (39 Southern League Second Division London, 6 FA Cup, 6 London Senior Cup, 2 Middlesex Senior Cup, 5 West Middlesex Cup)
Clean sheets	4 (3 Southern League Second Division London, 0 FA Cup, 0 London Senior Cup, 1 Middlesex Senior Cup, 0 West Middlesex Cup)
Biggest league win	9–2 versus Wycombe Wanderers, 15 October 1898
Worst league defeat	3–0 versus Uxbridge, 3 December 1898
Most appearances	27, Richard Dailley (22 Southern League Second Division London, 1 FA Cup, 1 London Senior Cup, 2 Middlesex Senior Cup, 1 West Middlesex Cup)
Top scorer (league)	9, Ernest Booth, Richard Dailley, C. Ward
Top scorer (all competitions)	12, Ernest Booth, Richard Dailley

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