1962–63 Brentford F.C. season

During the 1962–63 English football season, Brentford competed in the Football League Fourth Division for the first time in the club's history. 67 goals from former international forwards John Dick, Billy McAdams and Johnny Brooks helped fire the Bees to the division title and an immediate return to the Third Division.

Season summary

Brentford's 1962–63 Fourth Division championship-winning squad.

Brentford was at one of the lowest points in its history after suffering relegation for the Fourth Division at the end of the 1961–62 season.^[1] The relegation completed a 15-year fall from the First Division to the bottom tier and the average attendance at Griffin Park had fallen by 18,000 in that time.^[1] Chairman Jack Dunnett pledged that he and his directors would invest money in the first team squad, which had been ravaged by a mass clearout over the previous year in a bid to cut costs amidst the abolishment of the maximum wage.^[1] Club legend George Francis was sold to Gillingham for a £4,000 fee, ending a six-year Brentford career in which he scored 136 goals in 280 matches.^[2] Funds were made available to manager Malky MacDonald he spent £5,000 on Norwich City wing half Matt Crowe and £10,000 on Leeds United's former Northern Ireland centre forward Billy McAdams.^[1] Tommy Cavanagh was appointed as trainer to replace the departed Fred Monk.^[1]

Three wins and four defeats from the opening seven matches led to the chequebook opening again, with the £17,500 purchase of West Ham United's experienced inside left John Dick breaking Brentford's incoming transfer record.^[1] The transfer meant the Fourth Division Bees could field an ex-international forward line - Dick (Scotland), McAdams (Northern Ireland) and Brooks (England).^[1] The team showed excellent form between September 1962 and the end of the year, rising from mid-table to 2nd place.^[3] John Dick had as yet failed to live up to his status, but Billy McAdams ended the year on 15 goals and Johnny Brooks on 12.^[1] The football calendar was frozen out between late December 1962 and February 1963 due to poor weather, but as league play got back underway, Brentford solidified their position in the promotion places,^[3] especially after another £18,500 was spent on new signings John Fielding and Mel Scott in March.^[1] John Dick came into form in mid-March and supported by McAdams and Brooks,^[4] his 15 goals in the final 17 matches helped fire Brentford to the Fourth Division title.^[1] The title win made Brentford the first club to win each of the Second, Third and Fourth Division championships.^[1]

A handful of records were set or equalled during the season:

Most points in a league season: 62 (two points for a win)^[5]
Most league goals scored in a season: 98^[6]
Most consecutive league appearances: 168 – Gerry Cakebread (1 November 1958 – 18 August 1963)^[7]

League table

Main article: 1962–63 Football League Fourth Division

Pos	Team	Pld	Home					Away					F	A	GA	GD	Pts
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GA	GD	Pts
1	Brentford	46	18	2	3	59	31	9	6	8	39	33	98	64	1.531	+34	62
2	Oldham Athletic	46	18	4	1	65	23	6	7	10	30	37	95	60	1.583	+35	59
3	Crewe Alexandra	46	15	4	4	50	21	9	7	7	36	37	86	58	1.483	+28	59
4	Mansfield Town	46	16	4	3	61	20	8	5	10	47	49	108	69	1.565	+39	57
5	Gillingham	46	17	3	3	49	23	5	10	8	22	26	71	49	1.449	+22	57
6	Torquay United	46	14	8	1	45	20	6	8	9	30	36	75	56	1.339	+19	56
7	Rochdale	46	16	6	1	48	21	4	5	14	19	38	67	59	1.136	+8	51
8	Tranmere Rovers	46	15	3	5	57	25	5	7	11	24	42	81	67	1.209	+14	50
9	Barrow	46	14	7	2	52	26	5	5	13	30	54	82	80	1.025	+2	50
10	Workington	46	13	4	6	42	20	4	9	10	34	48	76	68	1.118	+8	47
11	Aldershot	46	9	9	5	42	32	6	8	9	31	37	73	69	1.058	+4	47
12	Darlington	46	13	3	7	44	33	6	3	14	28	54	72	87	0.828	–15	44
13	Southport	46	11	9	3	47	35	4	5	14	25	71	72	106	0.679	–34	44
14	York City	46	12	6	5	42	25	4	5	14	25	37	67	62	1.081	+5	43
15	Chesterfield	46	7	10	6	43	29	6	6	11	27	35	70	64	1.094	+6	42
16	Doncaster Rovers	46	9	10	4	36	26	5	4	14	28	51	64	77	0.831	–13	42
17	Exeter City	46	9	6	8	27	32	7	4	12	30	45	57	77	0.740	–20	42
18	Oxford United	46	10	10	3	44	27	3	5	15	26	44	70	71	0.986	–1	41
19	Stockport County	46	9	7	7	34	29	6	4	13	22	41	56	70	0.800	–14	41
20	Newport County	46	11	6	6	44	29	3	5	15	32	61	76	90	0.844	–14	39
21	Chester	46	11	5	7	31	23	4	4	15	20	43	51	66	0.773	–15	39
22	Lincoln City	46	11	1	11	48	46	2	8	13	20	43	68	89	0.764	–21	35
23	Bradford City	46	8	5	10	37	40	3	5	15	27	53	64	93	0.688	–29	32
24	Hartlepools United	46	5	7	11	33	39	2	4	17	23	65	56	104	0.538	–48	25

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GA = Goal average; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	New club in the league
	Re-elected
	Failed re-election (none)

Results

Brentford's goal tally listed first.

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Fourth Division

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorer(s)
1	18 August 1962	Doncaster Rovers	A	2–0	McAdams (2)
2	21 August 1962	Gillingham	H	1–2	Edgley
3	25 August 1962	Mansfield Town	H	1–3	McAdams
4	29 August 1962	Gillingham	A	4–1	Brooks (3), Block
5	1 September 1962	Workington	A	1–3	Summers
6	8 September 1962	Exeter City	H	3–1	McAdams, Dick, Hughes (og)
7	12 September 1962	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–3
8	15 September 1962	Chesterfield	A	1–1	McAdams
9	18 September 1962	Stockport County	H	2–1	Dick, McAdams
10	22 September 1962	Rochdale	H	1–0	McLeod
11	29 September 1962	Barrow	H	2–1	Dick (2)
12	2 October 1962	Hartlepools United	H	4–0	Dick (2), McAdams, Block
13	6 October 1962	Darlington	A	3–1	Brooks (2, 1 pen), Block
14	13 October 1962	Southport	H	3–3	McAdams, Brooks (2, 1 pen)
15	20 October 1962	Aldershot	A	0–0
16	27 October 1962	Newport County	H	3–1	McAdams (2), Block
17	10 November 1962	Bradford City	H	5–2	McAdams (3), McLeod, Brooks (pen)
18	24 November 1962	Stockport County	A	1–2	Block
19	1 December 1962	Lincoln City	A	3–1	Brooks, Summers, McAdams
20	8 December 1962	Oldham Athletic	H	2–1	Anthony, Brooks
21	15 December 1962	Doncaster Rovers	H	1–0	Meadows (og)
22	22 December 1962	Mansfield Town	A	2–1	Brooks (2)
23	26 December 1962	Chester	H	2–1	Dick, McAdams
24	16 February 1963	Barrow	A	1–1	Summers
25	23 February 1963	Darlington	H	1–3	Dick
26	2 March 1963	Southport	A	0–1
27	4 March 1963	Tranmere Rovers	A	2–1	Summers (2)
28	9 March 1963	Aldershot	H	4–2	Brooks (2, 1 pen), Henry (og), McAdams
29	12 March 1963	Torquay United	H	2–2	Block, Brooks
30	16 March 1963	Newport County	A	4–1	McAdams, Dick (2), Brooks (pen)
31	20 March 1963	Rochdale	A	5–3	Dick (3), McAdams, Brooks
32	23 March 1963	Oxford United	H	4–0	Block, Higginson, McAdams (2)
33	29 March 1963	Torquay United	A	1–1	McAdams
34	3 April 1963	Chester	A	2–1	Dick (2)
35	6 April 1963	Tranmere Rovers	H	4–0	McLeod (2), Dick, Brooks (pen)
36	12 April 1963	York City	A	1–1	Brooks (pen)
37	13 April 1963	Bradford City	A	1–2	Dick
38	15 April 1963	York City	H	2–1	Dick (2)
39	20 April 1963	Lincoln City	H	3–2	Dick, Block, McAdams
40	22 April 1963	Hartlepools United	A	1–2	Dick
41	27 April 1963	Oldham Athletic	A	1–2	Brooks
42	30 April 1963	Crewe Alexandra	H	3–1	Brooks (pen), Dick
42	4 May 1963	Chesterfield	H	2–1	Dick, Fielding
44	11 May 1963	Oxford United	A	1–2	Summers
45	18 May 1963	Exeter City	A	2–2	Hales, Scott
46	23 May 1963	Workington	H	4–3	Fielding (2), Hales, Brown (og)

FA Cup

Main article: 1962–63 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
1R	3 November 1962	Aldershot	A	0–1

Football League Cup

Main article: 1962–63 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorer(s)
1R	4 September 1962	Wrexham	H	3–0	Summers, McAdams, Edgley
2R	26 September 1962	Sheffield United	H	1–4	Dick

Sources: 100 Years Of Brentford,^[4] Statto

Playing squad

Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 1962–63 season.

Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in	Notes
Goalkeepers
GK	Gerry Cakebread	(1936-04-01)1 April 1936 (aged 26)	Youth	1954
GK	Fred Ryecraft	(1939-08-28)28 August 1939 (aged 22)	Southall	1959
Defenders
DF	Tom Anthony	(1943-08-16)16 August 1943 (aged 19)	Youth	1961
DF	Ken Coote (c)	(1928-05-19)19 May 1928 (aged 34)	Wembley	1949
DF	Jimmy Gitsham	(1942-05-12)12 May 1942 (aged 20)	Youth	1959
DF	Alan Hawley	(1946-06-07)7 June 1946 (aged 16)	Youth	1962
Midfielders
HB	Matt Crowe	(1932-07-04)4 July 1932 (aged 30)	Norwich City	1962
HB	Ian Dargie	(1931-10-03)3 October 1931 (aged 30)	Tonbridge	1952
HB	Peter Gelson	(1941-10-18)18 October 1941 (aged 20)	Youth	1961
HB	Tommy Higginson	(1937-01-06)6 January 1937 (aged 25)	Kilmarnock	1959
HB	Mel Scott	(1939-09-26)26 September 1939 (aged 22)	Chelsea	1962
Forwards
FW	Micky Block	(1940-01-28)28 January 1940 (aged 22)	Chelsea	1962
FW	Johnny Brooks	(1931-12-23)23 December 1931 (aged 30)	Chelsea	1961
FW	John Dick	(1930-03-19)19 March 1930 (aged 32)	West Ham United	1962
FW	John Fielding	(1939-09-02)2 September 1939 (aged 22)	Southport	1963
FW	Johnny Hales	(1940-05-15)15 May 1940 (aged 22)	St Roch's	1958
FW	Billy McAdams	(1934-01-20)20 January 1934 (aged 28)	Leeds United	1962
FW	George McLeod	(1932-11-30)30 November 1932 (aged 29)	Luton Town	1958
FW	George Summers	(1941-07-30)30 July 1941 (aged 21)	Shawfield	1959
Players who left the club mid-season
FW	Brian Edgley	(1937-08-26)26 August 1937 (aged 24)	Cardiff City	1961	Transferred to Barnsley

Sources: 100 Years Of Brentford,^[4] Timeless Bees,^[8] Barry Hugman's Footballers

Coaching staff

Name	Role
Malky MacDonald	Manager
Tommy Cavanagh	Trainer

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Pos	Nat	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
Pos	Nat	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK		Gerry Cakebread	28	0	1	0	2	0	31	0
GK		Fred Ryecraft	18	0	0	0	0	0	18	0
DF		Tom Anthony	33	1	1	0	1	0	35	1
DF		Ken Coote	46	0	1	0	2	0	49	0
DF		Jimmy Gitsham	16	0	0	0	2	0	18	0
DF		Alan Hawley	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
HB		Matt Crowe	39	0	1	0	2	0	42	0
HB		Ian Dargie	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
HB		Peter Gelson	29	0	1	0	1	0	31	0
HB		Tommy Higginson	46	1	1	0	2	0	49	1
HB		Mel Scott	17	1	—		—		17	1
FW		Micky Block	42	8	1	0	2	0	45	8
FW		Johnny Brooks	39	22	1	0	1	0	41	22
FW		John Dick	38	23	1	0	1	1	40	24
FW		Brian Edgley	4	1	—		1	1	5	2
FW		John Fielding	7	3	—		—		7	3
FW		Johnny Hales	4	2	0	0	0	0	4	2
FW		Billy McAdams	34	22	1	0	2	1	37	23
FW		George McLeod	46	4	1	0	2	0	49	4
FW		George Summers	15	6	0	0	1	1	16	7

Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
Source: 100 Years Of Brentford^[4]

Goalscorers

Pos.	Player	FL4	FAC	FLC	Total
FW	John Dick	23	0	1	24
FW	Billy McAdams	22	0	1	23
FW	Johnny Brooks	22	0	0	22
FW	Micky Block	8	0	0	8
FW	George Summers	6	0	1	7
FW	George McLeod	4	0	0	4
FW	John Fielding	3	—	—	3
FW	Brian Edgley	1	—	1	2
FW	Johnny Hales	2	0	0	2
HB	Mel Scott	1	—	—	1
DF	Tom Anthony	1	0	0	1
HB	Tommy Higginson	1	0	0	1
Opponents		4	0	0	4
Total		98	0	4	102

Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
Source: 100 Years Of Brentford^[4]

Management

Name	Nat	From	To	Record All Comps					Record League
Name	Nat	From	To	P	W	D	L	W %	P	W	D	L	W %
Malky MacDonald		18 August 1962	23 May 1963	7001490000000000000♠49	7001280000000000000♠28	7000800000000000000♠8	7001130000000000000♠13	7001571400000000000♠57.14	7001460000000000000♠46	7001270000000000000♠27	7000800000000000000♠8	7001110000000000000♠11	7001587000000000000♠58.70

Summary

Games played	49 (46 Fourth Division, 1 FA Cup, 2 League Cup)
Games won	28 (27 Fourth Division, 0 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Games drawn	8 (8 Fourth Division, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup)
Games lost	13 (11 Fourth Division, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Goals scored	102 (98 Fourth Division, 0 FA Cup, 4 League Cup)
Goals conceded	69 (64 Fourth Division, 1 FA Cup, 4 League Cup)
Clean sheets	8 (7 Fourth Division, 0 FA Cup, 1 League Cup)
Biggest league win	4–0 on three occasions
Worst league defeat	3–0 versus Crewe Alexandra, 12 September 1962
Most appearances	49, Ken Coote, Tommy Higginson, George McLeod (46 Fourth Division, 2 FA Cup, 3 League Cup)
Top scorer (league)	23, John Dick
Top scorer (all competitions)	24, John Dick

Transfers & loans

Players transferred in
Date	Pos.	Name	Previous Club	Fee	Ref.
1962	DF	Alan Hawley	n/a	n/a	^[9]
July 1962	HB	Matt Crowe	Norwich City	£5,000	^[10]
July 1962	FW	Billy McAdams	Leeds United	£10,000	^[11]
September 1962	FW	John Dick	West Ham United	£17,500	^[12]
March 1963	FW	John Fielding	Southport	£7,000	^[13]
March 1963	HB	Mel Scott	Chelsea	£12,500	^[14]
Players transferred out
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Fee	Ref.
9 June 1962	FW	Dick Lowrie	Morton	n/a	^[15]
August 1962	FW	George Francis	Gillingham	£4,000	^[2]
1 September 1962	FW	Danny O'Donnell	Brechin City	n/a	^[15]
November 1962	FW	Brian Edgley	Barnsley	n/a	^[16]
Players released
Date	Pos.	Name	Subsequent club	Join date	Ref.
May 1963	HB	Ian Dargie	Yiewsley	1963	^[17]
May 1963	DF	Jimmy Gitsham	Romford	1963	^[18]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 White 1989, p. 246-249.
1 2 Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 186-188.
1 2 Ltd, Statto Organisation. "Brentford results for the 1962-1963 season - Statto.com". Statto.com. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
1 2 3 4 5 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 387. ISBN 0951526200.
↑ Wickham, Chris. "Brentford FC 2013/14 squad break a string of Club Records". www.brentfordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
↑ Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopedia. Yore Publications. p. 63. ISBN 1 874427 57 7.
↑ Haynes 1998, p. 10.
↑ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920-2006. Yore Publications. ISBN 978-0955294914.
↑ Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 73-74.
↑ Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 43.
↑ Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 102.
↑ Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 47-48.
↑ Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 56.
↑ Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 142.
1 2 "Scottish Football Historical Archive - Player's Transfers - 1962".
↑ Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 52.
↑ Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 45.
↑ Haynes & Coumbe 2006, p. 65.

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