1970–71 Brentford F.C. season

Brentford
1970–71 season
Chairman	Walter Wheatley; (until January 1971); Eric Radley-Smith; (from January 1971)
Manager	Frank Blunstone
Stadium	Griffin Park
Fourth Division	14th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Ross (15); All: Ross (16)
Highest home attendance	10,058
Lowest home attendance	4,176
Average home league attendance	6,776
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1969–70 1971–72 →

During the 1970–71 English football season, Brentford competed in the Football League Fourth Division. A forgettable league season was chiefly remembered for a run to the fifth round of the FA Cup, the furthest the Bees had progressed in the competition since 1948–49.

Season summary

After taking over halfway through an encouraging 1969–70 season, Brentford manager Frank Blunstone went into the 1970–71 Fourth Division season with the belief that the club would be able to finish one place higher and gain automatic promotion.^[1] Five players were released (including ageing defensive stalwarts Tommy Higginson and Allan Jones) and three were transferred in – midfielder Jackie Graham from Guildford City,^[2] utility player Paul Bence from Brighton & Hove Albion and Chelsea youth defender Michael Maskell.^[1] Due to financial constraints, Blunstone's squad was limited to just 16 players for the fourth consecutive season,^[1] but the youth team was reactivated after being disbanded due to budget cuts in 1967.^[3]

A failure to win any of the opening 9 matches of the season in all competitions set a new post-war club record.^[4] The loan signing of former Busby Babe Alex Dawson from Brighton & Hove Albion in September 1970 helped improve matters, with the forward scoring 7 goals in 11 appearances and inspiring a five-match winning streak in October and November.^[5] Frustratingly, a £7,000 deal to buy him fell through and he left the club after his loan expired.^[6] While the team slowly pulled itself away from the relegation zone and finished comfortably in mid-table, the FA Cup gradually became the main focus of the season.^[7]

Third Division clubs Gillingham Walsall were beaten in the second round, but the third round draw failed to produce a money-spininng tie and instead an away trip to fellow Fourth Division club Workington.^[7] A John Docherty goal was enough to see off Workington and the fourth round draw produced another away tie, this time to Second Division club Cardiff City.^[5] Over 23,000 watched Brentford run out 2–0 winners at Ninian Park, courtesy of goals from Jackie Graham and John Docherty.^[5] Brentford also faced Second Division opponents in the fifth round, Hull City.^[8] Victory would have made Brentford the second Fourth Division club to reach the last-eight of the FA Cup.^[8] Brentford took the lead through Bobby Ross at Boothferry Park, but two late goals from the Tigers ended the Bees' run.^[8]

Significantly for the long-term future of Brentford, the FA Cup run generated £8,000, which helped boost the profit on the season to £20,000 and enabled the final instalment of the club's 1967 £104,000 loan (equivalent to £1,856,800 in 2024) to be paid off.^[1] A 6–4 victory over York City on 9 November 1970 equalled the club record for highest aggregate score in a Football League match.^[9]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
12	Darlington	46	17	11	18	58	57	1.018	45
13	Aldershot	46	14	17	15	66	71	0.930	45
14	Brentford	46	18	8	20	66	62	1.065	44
15	Crewe Alexandra	46	18	8	20	75	76	0.987	44	Qualified for 1971 Watney Cup^[a]
16	Peterborough United	46	18	7	21	70	71	0.986	43

Source: rsssf.com
Notes:

^ The two teams who scored the most goals in each division, and did not qualify for Europe and were not promoted, qualified for the Watney Cup.

Results

Brentford's goal tally listed first.

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Pre-season and friendlies

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorer(s)
1 August 1970	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–2	n/a
3 August 1970	Yeovil Town	A	2–2	n/a	Docherty, Hawley
8 August 1970	Hillingdon Borough	A	1–1	n/a	Cross
10 August 1970	Bristol Rovers	H	1–1	3,900	Docherty
11 November 1970	West Ham United	H	0–3	5,950
21 April 1971	Guildford City	A	1–0	n/a	Moore

Football League Fourth Division

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorer(s)
1	15 August 1970	Chester	H	1–2	6,477	Docherty
2	22 August 1970	Lincoln City	A	0–2	6,813
3	29 August 1970	Southport	H	0–1	5,324
4	31 August 1970	Cambridge United	A	0–1	6,654
5	5 September 1970	Oldham Athletic	A	1–5	4,866	Tawse
6	12 September 1970	Peterborough United	H	1–1	4,176	Ross
7	19 September 1970	Notts County	A	0–0	10,281
8	23 September 1970	Crewe Alexandra	A	3–5	1,909	Cross, Gater (og), Turner
9	26 September 1970	Darlington	H	1–0	4,841	Docherty
10	28 September 1970	Stockport County	A	0–1	4,387
11	3 October 1970	Northampton Town	A	0–1	6,282
12	10 October 1970	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	H	1–2	5,965	Graham
13	17 October 1970	Chester	A	2–1	5,834	Dawson, Cross
14	19 October 1970	Aldershot	H	2–3	7,648	Dawson, Ross
15	24 October 1970	Southend United	A	3–4	6,052	Docherty, Dawson, Ross
16	31 October 1970	Exeter City	H	5–0	5,267	Docherty (2), Cross, Graham, Ross
17	7 November 1970	Newport County	A	1–0	2,407	Dawson
18	9 November 1970	York City	H	6–4	5,955	Dawson, Cross (2), Docherty (3)
19	14 November 1970	Grimsby Town	H	2–0	5,497	Dawson, Ross (pen)
20	28 November 1970	Colchester United	A	0–4	4,673
21	5 December 1970	Barrow	H	2–1	5,632	Cross, Ross
22	19 December 1970	Lincoln City	H	2–1	5,966	Graham, Bence
23	26 December 1970	Scunthorpe United	A	1–1	4,736	Cross
24	9 January 1971	Stockport County	H	3–0	7,340	Docherty, Ross, Cross
25	16 January 1971	Aldershot	A	0–1	7,533
26	6 February 1971	Barrow	A	1–0	2,338	Bence
27	20 February 1971	York City	A	0–0	3,366
28	24 February 1971	Hartlepool	H	1–0	9,246	Graham
29	27 February 1971	Exeter City	A	0–1	3,892
30	6 March 1971	Southend United	H	4–2	6,348	Cross, Ross (2, 1 pen)
31	8 March 1971	Crewe Alexandra	H	3–1	7,631	Bence, Neilson, Ross
32	13 March 1971	Grimsby Town	A	5–1	3,336	Cross, Bence, Ross (2) Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=1970–71_Brentford_F.C._season Text je dostupný za podmienok Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 Unported; prípadne za ďalších podmienok. Podrobnejšie informácie nájdete na stránke Podmienky použitia. Navigácia: Veda > Analytika Antropológia Aplikované vedy Bibliometria Dejiny vedy Encyklopédie Filozofia vedy Forenzné vedy Humanitné vedy Knižničná veda Kryogenika Kryptológia Kulturológia Literárna veda Medzidisciplinárne oblasti Metódy kvantitatívnej analýzy Metavedy Metodika Metodológia vedy Náboženstvo a veda Náučná literatúra Podvody vo vede Popularizácia vedy Potravinárstvo Prírodné vedy Pseudoveda Scientometria Spoločenské vedy Teórie Teatrológia Technické vedy Technika Terminológia Umenie Výskum Veda Veda a technika podľa štátu Veda a technika podľa kontinentu Veda a technika podľa roka Veda v kozme Vedci Vedecká literatúra Vedecké databázy Vedecké experimenty Vedecké konferencie Vedecké metódy Vedecké ocenenia Vedecké organizácie Vedecké parky Vedeckí spisovatelia Vzdelávanie Záhady Príbuzné výrazy: Text je dostupný za podmienok Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 Unported; prípadne za ďalších podmienok. Podrobnejšie informácie nájdete na stránke Podmienky použitia. www.astronomia.sk \| www.biologia.sk \| www.botanika.sk \| www.dejiny.sk \| www.economy.sk \| www.elektrotechnika.sk \| www.estetika.sk \| www.farmakologia.sk \| www.filozofia.sk \| Fyzika \| www.futurologia.sk \| www.genetika.sk \| www.chemia.sk \| www.lingvistika.sk \| www.politologia.sk \| www.psychologia.sk \| www.sexuologia.sk \| www.sociologia.sk \| www.veda.sk I www.zoologia.sk

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