Brentford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Brentford, Hounslow, London. Between 1897 and 1920, the first team competed in the London League, Southern League and Western League. Since 1920, the first team has competed in the Football League, the Premier League and other nationally and internationally organised competitions. All players who have played between 25 and 99 such matches are listed below.

Records and notable players Jeff Taylor finished his Brentford career on 98 appearances. John Dick is the highest scorer on this list, with 48 goals from 83 appearances. Current Brentford players who have made between 25 and 99 appearances are Sepp van den Berg, Aaron Hickey, Michael Kayode, Caoimhín Kelleher, Dango Ouattara and Igor Thiago.

Key Appearance and goal totals include matches in the Premier League, Football League, Southern League, London League (1896–1898), FA Cup, League Cup, Football League Trophy, Anglo-Italian Cup, London Challenge Cup, Middlesex Senior Cup, London Junior Cup, Middlesex Junior Cup, West Middlesex Cup, Southern Floodlit Challenge Cup, Football League Jubilee Fund and Empire Exhibition Cup. Substitute appearances are included. Wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded. "Brentford career" corresponds to the year(s) in which the player made their first and last appearances. Players listed in bold won full international caps whilst with the club. Statistics are correct as of match played 18 September 2026. Starting lineups are untraced prior to the beginning of the 1893–94 season.

Playing positions GKGoalkeeperRBRight backRWRight wingerDFDefenderHBHalf backIFInside forwardDMDefensive midfielderOLOutside leftLBLeft backLWLeft wingerCBCentre backFWForwardFBFull backRMRight midfielderWWingerMFMidfielderSTStrikerWHWing halfAMAttacking midfielderCMCentral midfielderLMLeft midfielderUUtility playerOROutside rightSWSweeperLHLeft halfRHRight half

SymbolMeaningBrentford player in the 2026–27 season.*Player has left Brentford but is still playing in a professional league.♦Player went on to manage the club.(c)Player captained the club.

Players

Early years (1889–1898)

NameNationalityPositionBrentford careerAppearancesGoalsNotesRef (c)U1893–18986813Some appearance and goal records are untraced during the seasons in which the player played. GK1893–1897450 n/aLB1893–1896292 n/aHB1893–1896280 FW1893–1898255 n/aOL1893–1896289 U1893–1899479 (c)OR/HB1895–19009322 (c)CH1895–1900541 GK1895–1899310 RB1895–18991900515 IL/OL1896–18983640Field re-signed with the club in November 1907, but did not make a first team appearance before retiring at the end of the 1907–08 season. CF1897–18994222 FW1897–19005318 (c)FB1897–1899510 IF1897–1900389 HB/FW1898–1901551

Southern League era (1898–1920)

NameNationalityPositionBrentford careerAppearancesGoalsNotesRef n/aFW1898–1900255 FB/HB1898–1900260 OL1899–19027521 HB/FW1899–1901352 FB1900–1902360 (c)U1900–19024913 CF1900–19012517 RH1901–1902301 WH1901–1903547 FB1901–1902330 GK1901–19041905–1906590 (c)CF1901–1902251 RB1902–19031907290 (c)CH1902–1903270 OR/IR1902–1903383 FB1902–1903330 IF1902–1903412 OR1903–1904272On loan from Grimsby Town. FW1903–1904284 HB/FB1903–19051906471 RH1903–1904336 HB1903–1904250 (c)FB1903–1904421 FW1904–19065611 FB1904–1906360 OR1904–1905334 GK1904–1906700 IF1905–1906275 FB1905–1906330 FW1906–19085511 RH1906–19086810 OR1906–19073912 FB1906–1907320 GK1906–1908630 IL/CF1907–190819094425 OR1907–1908261 LB1907–1908250 WH1908–19091910–1911541 IL1908–19093412 FB1908–1909340 GK1908–1909422 OR1908–19091910–1911783 FW1908–1909329 OL1909–1912886 FW1909–1911747 FW1909–19114912 HB1909–1910301 LH1910–1913782 FW1910–19139421 IR1911–1913778 HB/FB1911–1913361On loan from Coventry City. CF1911–19122917 HB1912–1914640 IF1912–19133011 IL1912–1913407 CF1912–19132712 FW1913–19143017 HB1913–1914283 FW1913–19154417 WH1913–1920672 FW1913–19142819 CF1919–19215023 OL1919–1921662Member of the Brentford Hall of Fame. GK1919–1921450 FB1919–1921690 IF1919–1921508 WH1919–1921640 IF1919–19214410

Interwar era (1920–1945) NameNationalityPositionBrentford careerAppearancesGoalsNotes IF1920–19224419 WH1920–1921322 RH1920–1922692 CF1920–19213418 FW1921–1923559 CH1921–1924812 WH1921–1924911 CF1921–19236330 IR1922–19258619 HB/FB1922–1925871 IF/RH1922–1924361 CF/WH1922–1924457 WH1922–1925320 OF1923–1925466 FB1923–1925810 FB1923–1924300 IF1923–1925568 CF1924–19276128 (c)CH1924–19264911 LH1924–1926610 HB1925–1929692 FB1925–1928861 FB1925–1926260 RW/RH1925–1927440 DF1925–1927766 GK1925–1926420 FB/CF1925–1926277 OF1925–1926342 WH1926–1927390 FB1926–1928750 (c)WH1926–19298910 GK1926–1928740 FB1926–1929920 GK1927–1929450 IF1927–19294512 DF1927–1928331 OF1927–19326412 CF1927–19282922 GK1928–1930780 FB1928–1929300 FW1928–19313611 IF1929–19318328 OF1929–19305318 WH1929–1932840 GK1930–1932640 GK1932–1934650 OF1932–19334414 RB1933–1935500 U1933–19399425WH1935–1937580 FB1935–1938633OL1936–19391952787 IF1937–1938501 WH1937–1939702 CF1937–19474114 ♦IF1938–19391947–19497219Capped by England at amateur level.Represented the FA XI. IF193819463618 IF1939–1947337

Post-war era (1945–2000) NameNationalityPositionBrentford careerAppearancesGoalsNotes IF1946–1948497IF1946–1947302Represented Great Britain in friendly internationals. ♦RB1946–1949931 (c)WH1946–1949660 CH1946–1947521 IF1946–1947253 OR1947–19498014 CH1947–1949551 IF1947–19483811 GK1947–1952380 OL1947–19509010 IF1948–1949289 IF/WH1949–19528610 OL1949–19529416 FB1949–1950430 GK1950–1957900Newton rejoined Brentford in July 1957, but made no appearances. ♦CF1952–19535319 OL1952–1954479 RB1953–1957450 IF1953–19578035 LB1953–1956290 OL1953–19568514 IF19541964–1965956 GK1954–1958360 CH1954–1957381 IF1954–19556423 WH1955–1957496 (c)FW1955–19579835 FB1955–1956670 OL1956–1958898 WH/IF1956–1961665 LB/CB1956–1960540 OF1959–1964687 FW1960–19647927 WH1961–1962361 IF1961–19639136 IF1961–19624513 LB1961–1963610 LB1962–1963361 WH1962–1964830 IF1962–19648348 CF1962–19648739 GK1962–1963380 IF1963–19659321 WH/IL1963–1966300 IF1963–19655424 CF1964–19664215 IF1964–19668126 OR1964–19656921 OR1965–1967416 LH1965–1967260 DF1966–1969969 OR1967–19709310 FW/WH1967–1968342 ♦ (c)IF1968–19709721 CF1968–19693113 FW1971–19725728 DF1972–1973829 MF1972–1973487 FW1972–1973418 FW1972–19755012 MF1973–1975654 LW1973–1975918 CB1974–1976892 GK1974–1975640On loan from Chelsea. FW1974–19755818 FW1975–19777315 CB1975–1978960 FW1975–197819828545 IF/W19761978–1980322Joined on loan from West Bromwich Albion in October 1976 and returned to sign permanently in November 1978. MF1976–1983806 W1977–1980953 MF1977–1981483 MF1977–1978314 FW1978–19805416 FW1979–1980307 LW1980–19815310 FW1980–19813510 RB/MF1980–1984760 LB1980–1982623 FW1980–19816313 GK1980–1982920 FW1981–19835812 MF1981–19831983–19849517Bowles retired in May 1983 and rejoined the club on non-contract terms in December 1983. RB1981–1984811 FW1982–19845819 GK1982–1984840 FB1982–1984460 MF1981–19851985–1986512Bullivant was released in May 1985 and rejoined the club on a one-year contract as a free agent in August 1985. RW1983–1986575 DF1983–1985762 GK1983–1985690 FW1984–19865914 RB1984–1986560 LM1984–1986443 (c)CB1984–1986843 DF/MF1986–1987252 RW1986–19884210 MF1986–1987362Joined on loan from Wimbledon in March 1986 and transferred permanently in July 1986. MF1986–1987386 ♦FB/MF1986–1990630 CF1986–19874114 (c)MF1986–1988622 RB/MF1987–1989890 U1987–19883511 MF1988–1994781SW/RB1988–1991470 GK1988–1991910 RB1989–1991280 LB1989–1991451 MF1989–19906213 LB/LW1989–1994422 FW19891991367 LW1991–1993558 LB/MF1991–1992522 FW1992–19945628 RW/FW1992–1994594 LB1992410 CB1992–1995803RB1993–1998930 W1993–1995833 FW1994–19976727 RW1995–1996398 FW/W1995–19979113 RW1995–1996261 FW1995–1997302 MF1996–1998601Joined on loan from West Ham United in January 1996 and transferred permanently in August 1996. MF1997–1999515 RW/FW1997–2001598 CM1997–1998250 DM1997–1999651 FW1997–19996215 FB1997–1999420 RB1998–2002841Capped by Republic of Ireland at U21 level. LW1998–2001609 FW1998–1999309CB1998–1999488 GK1998–2000300 CB1999–2003947 CB1999–2002370 GK1999–2000670

21st century (2000–present) NameNationalityPositionBrentford careerAppearancesGoalsNotes LB/LM2000–2002674 GK2000–2002890 RB2000–2003281 FW2000–20039115 FW2000263 RW2000–2003824 FW2001–20025118On loan from Blackburn Rovers. MF2001–2002354On loan from Arsenal. CM2001–2004600 DF2001–2004932Capped by Wales at U21 level. CM2002–2004595 MF2002–2003321 CB2002–2004330 CB2002–20049111Capped by Senegal at U23 level. FW2002–20035013On loan from Portsmouth. Vine later joined on loan from Queens Park Rangers in 2010, but made no appearances. FW2003–2005395 CB2003–2004250 FW2003–20042004–2005598On loan from Millwall. LW2003–2007656 RW/FW2003–2004345 FW2003–2004290On loan from Leicester City.FW2004–20055010 AM2004–2005393 RW2004–2007472 FW2004–20069719 LW/LB2004–2005455 (c)DM2004–2005644 RW2005–2007864 FB2005–20062812 LB2005–2008421 FW2005–2006266Joined on loan from Watford in March 2005 and transferred permanently later that month. FW2005–2007548RB2005–2008722 (c)CM2005–2006393MF20052005–2006361On loan from Fulham. LB/LM2005–2007831 CB2006–2007391 (c)CB2006–2008672Joined on loan from Bristol City in July 2006 and transferred permanently in August 2006. FW2006–20074413 CM2006–2007311 FW2006–2007434 GK2007–2009300 FW2007–20084712GK200720082008–20092010–2011800On loan from Reading. RB2007–2008440 LW2007–20097821 W2007–2008424 DM2007–2009361 (c)CB20082008–2010752Joined on loan from Reading for separate spells in March 2008 and August 2008 and transferred permanently in July 2009. FW2008–20094711 (c)MF2008–2009391 CB2008–2010601 W2008–2009382 *CB20082009300On loan from Bristol City. CB20092010–2012462Joined on loan from Ipswich Town for separate spells in November 2009 and March 2010 and transferred permanently in August 2010. FW2009–2010347 RB2009–2010420 MF2009–2011555 FW2009–2010297 *GK2009–2010280 (c)FW2010–20127726FW20102011327 (c)GK2010–2014870 *GK2010–2013770 FW2010–2011368 CB2010–2011321 LB2010–2012761AM2011–20136911RM2011–2012415On loan from Celtic. *CM2011–2014461 CM2012–2013393On loan from Norwich City.LW2012–2015758 FW2012–2013309 FW2012–2013336FW2012–20132013–20146922 RB/RW2013–2019845 *FW2013–2014365 *CM2013–2014444FW2014–20155220 *FW2014–20173621AM2014–20177823 *RW/RB2014–20152018–2019843Capped by England at U20 level.AM2014–20154712On loan from Tottenham Hotspur.RW2014–2015321 *CB2014–2016744 *MF2014–2015376CB/LB2015–2018651 *RB2015–2017664 *FW2015–2017334CM2015–2017521 *RW2015–2016287FW/RW2015–20189737Capped by Denmark at U23 level. (c) *CB2016–2018717MF2016–2019434GK2017–2021360W2017–2018628 *CB2017–2018481 *W2018–20209427FW2018–20227419Capped by Finland at U21 level.CB2018–2020586 *CB2018–2019471Capped by England at U21 level. *AM2018–2021977 *CB2018–2023724Capped by Denmark at U21 level. *CM2019–2021290Capped by Czech Republic at U21 level. *MF2020–2024782LW2020–2022635CB2021–2024482Jørgensen was released in June 2022 and rejoined the club on a two-year contract as a free agent in August 2022. *DM2021–2025901 RB2022–722CB2022–2025685 *GK2023–2025770 CB/RB2024–730 AM2024–368 FW2024–5527 *DM2025–2026341 RB2025–632Joined on loan from Fiorentina in January 2025 and transferred permanently in May 2025.Capped by Italy at U21 level. GK2025–430 RW2025–446

Notes

References General

Brentford at Soccerbase. .

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