1917–18 Brentford F.C. season
Appearance
6th | |
Top goalscorer | League: Cock (27) All: Cock (27) |
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Highest home attendance | 6,000 |
Lowest home attendance | 1,500 |
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During the 1917–18 English football season,
First World War
. In a patchy season, the Bees finished in mid-table.
Season summary
half back George Kennedy was killed on the Western Front
in November 1917.The wartime
Half back Bill Stanton, previously with Watford, was a rare wartime signing and he too would be regularly available.[1]
Manager Fred Halliday struggled to field a settled side during the opening months of the season and Brentford suffered six defeats in eight matches between mid-September and mid-November 1917.Clapton Orient and 5–2 versus Tottenham Hotspur) and crushing defeats (7–1 versus Millwall, 6–1 versus Tottenham Hotspur; 8–3, 7–3, 7–2 versus West Ham United and 4–0 on two occasions).[2]
A number of former Brentford players were killed during the season:[4]
- died of wounds suffered during the Battle of Langemarck on 25 August 1917, while serving with the Highland Light Infantry.[5][6]
- Canadian Infantry Corps.[7]
- Private William Kirby, killed during the Battle of Passchendaele on 3 October 1917, while serving with the Royal Engineers. He had appeared as a guest during the 1916–17 season.[8]
- Bombardier William Allwright, served with the Royal Field Artillery and died of a stroke in Britain on 12 April 1918, having returned to convalesce.[9]
- Private Leicestershire Regiment and was killed near Voormezeele, West Flanders on 6 June 1918.[10]
League table
London Combination
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 | Arsenal | 36 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 76 | 57 | 1.333 | 37 |
6 | Brentford | 36 | 16 | 3 | 17 | 81 | 94 | 0.862 | 35 |
7 | Crystal Palace | 36 | 13 | 4 | 19 | 54 | 83 | 0.651 | 30 |
Source: Football and the First World War
Results
- Brentford's goal tally listed first.
Legend
Win | Draw | Loss |
London Combination
No. | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorer(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 September 1917 | Clapton Orient |
H | 1–0 | Keenor |
2 | 8 September 1917 | Millwall | A | 3–1 | Hendren, Gregson (2) |
3 | 15 September 1917 | Tottenham Hotspur | H | 5–2 | Hendren (2), White (3) |
4 | 22 September 1917 | Chelsea | A | 1–3 | Hendren |
5 | 29 September 1917 | Crystal Palace | A | 0–4 | |
6 | 6 October 1917 | Arsenal | H | 2–2 | Gregson, Sloley |
7 | 13 October 1917 | West Ham United | A | 3–8 | Heydenrick, Green, Stanton |
8 | 20 October 1917 | Fulham | H | 1–3 | Chester |
9 | 27 October 1917 | Clapton Orient |
A | 3–1 | White (2), Stanton |
10 | 3 November 1917 | Millwall | H | 0–4 | |
11 | 10 November 1917 | Tottenham Hotspur | A | 1–6 | Chester |
12 | 17 November 1917 | Chelsea | H | 1–0 | Hooper |
13 | 24 November 1917 | Crystal Palace | H | 3–0 | Cock (3) |
14 | 1 December 1917 | Arsenal | A | 1–4 | Cock |
15 | 8 December 1917 | West Ham United | H | 3–2 | Cock, Denyer, White |
16 | 15 December 1917 | Fulham | H | 0–2 | |
17 | 22 December 1917 | Clapton Orient |
H | 5–0 | Edwards, White, Cock (2), Hendren |
18 | 25 December 1917 | Queens Park Rangers | H | 1–1 | Cock |
19 | 26 December 1917 | Queens Park Rangers | A | 4–0 | Hendren, Hanney, Stanton, White |
20 | 29 December 1917 | Millwall | A | 1–7 | Cock |
21 | 5 January 1918 | Tottenham Hotspur | H | 2–3 | White, Cock |
22 | 12 January 1918 | Chelsea | A | 1–4 | Cock |
23 | 19 January 1918 | Crystal Palace | A | 4–3 | Chester, E. Rhodes (3) |
24 | 26 January 1918 | Arsenal | H | 3–2 | Cock (2), White |
25 | 2 February 1918 | West Ham United | A | 2–7 | Corless, Chester |
26 | 9 February 1918 | Queens Park Rangers | H | 6–1 | White (2), Cock (3), Hooper (pen) |
27 | 16 February 1918 | Clapton Orient |
A | 1–1 | Cock |
28 | 23 February 1918 | Millwall | H | 3–1 | Cock (2), Sloley |
29 | 2 March 1918 | Tottenham Hotspur | A | 0–3 | |
30 | 9 March 1918 | Chelsea | H | 0–1 | |
31 | 16 March 1918 | Crystal Palace | H | 0–2 | |
32 | 23 March 1918 | Arsenal | A | 3–1 | Cock, Chalmers, Cockerill (og) |
33 | 29 March 1918 | Fulham | H | 2–3 | Chester, Hooper |
34 | 30 March 1918 | West Ham United | H | 3–7 | White (2, 1 pen), Chester |
35 | 1 April 1918 | Fulham | A | 6–4 | Cock (2), Allwright, White (2), Chester |
36 | 6 April 1918 | Queens Park Rangers | A | 6–2 | Cock (5), White |
- Source: 100 Years Of Brentford[2]
Playing squad
- Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 1917–18 season.
Pos. | Name | Nat. | Date of birth (age) | Signed from | Signed in | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Goalkeepers | ||||||
GK | Ted Price | ![]() |
13 June 1883 (aged 34) | Croydon Common | 1912 | |
Defenders | ||||||
DF | Alf Amos | ![]() |
9 February 1893 (aged 24) | Old Kingstonians | 1913 | |
DF | Jack Peart | ![]() |
13 October 1884 (aged 32) | Croydon Common | 1916 | |
DF | Frank Price | ![]() |
28 February 1885 (aged 32) | Shepherds Bush
|
1914 | |
DF | Dusty Rhodes (c) | ![]() |
16 August 1882 (aged 35) | Sunderland | 1908 | Trainer |
Midfielders | ||||||
HB
|
Charles Allwright | ![]() |
11 June 1888 (aged 29) | Kingston upon Thames | 1914 | |
HB
|
George Curtis | ![]() |
22 October 1888 (aged 28) | Kingston upon Thames | 1914 | |
HB
|
Mick O'Brien | ![]() |
10 August 1893 (aged 24) | Celtic | 1915 | |
HB
|
Bill Stanton | ![]() |
9 May 1890 (aged 27) | Watford | 1917 | |
Forwards | ||||||
FW | Albert Chester | ![]() |
17 March 1886 (aged 31) | Millwall | 1916 | |
FW | Patsy Hendren | ![]() |
5 February 1889 (aged 28) | Queens Park Rangers | 1911 | Played when his cricket commitments allowed |
FW | Richard Sloley | ![]() |
20 August 1891 (aged 26) | Cambridge University | 1914 | Amateur |
FW | Henry White | ![]() |
8 August 1895 (aged 22) | Whamcliffe Athletic | 1913 | Amateur |
Guest players | ||||||
GK | Fred Craig | ![]() |
16 January 1891 (aged 26) | Plymouth Argyle | 1917 | Guest from Plymouth Argyle |
GK | W. Griffiths | n/a | n/a | West Ham United | 1917 | Guest from West Ham United |
GK | Jimmy Morris | ![]() |
n/a | Clapton Orient
|
1917 | Guest from Clapton Orient
|
GK | Walter Scott | ![]() |
21 January 1886 (aged 31) | Worksop Town | 1917 | Guest from Worksop Town |
DF | Fred Bullock | ![]() |
1 July 1886 (aged 31) | Huddersfield Town | 1917 | Guest from Huddersfield Town |
HB
|
Sam Blott | ![]() |
19 June 1886 (aged 31) | Plymouth Argyle | 1917 | Guest from Plymouth Argyle |
HB
|
Jimmy Brandham | ![]() |
22 January 1890 (aged 27) | Fulham | 1918 | Guest from Fulham |
HB
|
Walter Frisby | ![]() |
8 March 1893 (aged 24) | Southampton | 1917 | Guest from Southampton |
HB
|
Ted Hanney | ![]() |
19 January 1889 (aged 28) | Manchester City | 1917 | Guest from Manchester City |
HB
|
E. Heydenrick | ![]() |
n/a | Unattached | 1917 | Guest |
HB
|
Bill Hooper | ![]() |
20 February 1884 (aged 33) | Southport Central
|
1917 | Guest from Southport Central |
HB
|
George Hunter | ![]() |
1 June 1885 (aged 32) | Manchester United | 1917 | Guest from Manchester United |
HB
|
James Lockwood | ![]() |
20 February 1887 (aged 30) | Queens Park Rangers | 1918 | Guest from Queens Park Rangers |
HB
|
Mansell | ![]() |
n/a | The Wednesday
|
1917 | Guest from The Wednesday
|
HB
|
J. Mee | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1917 | Guest |
HB
|
Sam Morris | ![]() |
20 October 1886 (aged 30) | Bristol Rovers | 1917 | Guest from Bristol Rovers |
HB
|
Robert Nash | ![]() |
n/a | Unattached | 1917 | Guest |
HB
|
Cecil Rhodes | ![]() |
1 April 1894 (aged 23) | Stockton | 1918 | Guest |
HB
|
T. Roberts | n/a | n/a | Luton Town | 1917 | Guest from Luton Town |
HB
|
T. Smith | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1917 | Guest |
HB
|
Talbot | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1918 | Guest |
HB
|
Maurice Woodward | ![]() |
12 October 1891 (aged 25) | Southend United | 1917 | Guest from Southend United |
HB
|
Billy Yenson | ![]() |
1880 (aged 36–37) | Croydon Common | 1917 | Guest from Croydon Common |
FW | Billy Brawn | ![]() |
1 August 1878 (aged 39) | Unattached | 1917 | Guest |
FW | David Chalmers | ![]() |
22 July 1891 (aged 26) | Grimsby Town | 1918 | Guest from Grimsby Town |
FW | Jack Cock | ![]() |
14 November 1893 (aged 23) | Huddersfield Town | 1917 | Guest from Huddersfield Town |
FW | Albert Corless | ![]() |
25 April 1886 (aged 31) | West Ham United | 1918 | Guest from West Ham United |
FW | Jack Curtis | ![]() |
13 December 1888 (aged 28) | Stockport County | 1917 | Guest from Stockport County |
FW | A. Davis | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1917 | Guest |
FW | Bertie Denyer | ![]() |
9 April 1893 (aged 24) | Swindon Town | 1917 | Guest from Swindon Town |
FW | James Dillimore | ![]() |
19 December 1894 (aged 22) | n/a | 1917 | Guest |
FW | Billy Edwards | ![]() |
24 October 1895 (aged 21) | n/a | 1917 | Guest |
FW | W. Elliott | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1918 | Guest |
FW | Thomas Graham | ![]() |
20 July 1887 (aged 30) | Castleford Town | 1917 | Guest from Castleford Town |
FW | John Green | ![]() |
4 October 1893 (aged 23) | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1917 | Guest from Wolverhampton Wanderers |
FW | Alf Gregson | ![]() |
2 March 1889 (aged 28) | Grimsby Town | 1917 | Guest from Grimsby Town |
FW | W. Harrison | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1917 | Guest |
FW | H. James | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1918 | Guest |
FW | A. Jones | n/a | n/a | Unattached | 1917 | Guest |
FW | Fred Keenor | ![]() |
31 July 1894 (aged 23) | Cardiff City | 1917 | Guest from Cardiff City |
FW | W. Ramsay | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1917 | Guest |
FW | B. N. Sidney | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1917 | Guest |
- Sources: 100 Years of Brentford,[2] Timeless Bees,[11] Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939[12]
Coaching staff
Name | Role |
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Secretary-Manager |
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Trainer |
Statistics
Appearances and goals
Pos | Nat | Name | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Apps | Goals | |||
GK | ![]() |
Ted Price | 20 | 0 |
DF | ![]() |
Alf Amos | 8 | 0 |
DF | ![]() |
Jack Peart | 26 | 0 |
DF | ![]() |
Frank Price | 1 | 0 |
DF | ![]() |
Dusty Rhodes | 23 | 3 |
HB | ![]() |
Charles Allwright | 3 | 1 |
HB | ![]() |
George Curtis | 1 | 0 |
HB | ![]() |
Mick O'Brien | 2 | 0 |
HB | ![]() |
Bill Stanton | 25 | 3 |
FW | ![]() |
Albert Chester | 30 | 7 |
FW | ![]() |
Patsy Hendren | 34 | 6 |
FW | ![]() |
Richard Sloley | 1 | 0 |
FW | ![]() |
Henry White | 24 | 17 |
Players guested during the season | ||||
GK | ![]() |
Fred Craig | 1 | 0 |
GK | n/a | W. Griffiths | 1 | 0 |
GK | ![]() |
Jimmy Morris | 11 | 0 |
GK | ![]() |
Walter Scott | 3 | 0 |
DF | ![]() |
Fred Bullock | 6 | 0 |
HB | ![]() |
Sam Blott | 1 | 0 |
HB | ![]() |
Jimmy Brandham | 9 | 0 |
HB | ![]() |
Walter Frisby | 2 | 0 |
HB | ![]() |
Ted Hanney | 10 | 1 |
HB | ![]() |
E. Heydenrick | 1 | 1 |
HB | ![]() |
Bill Hooper | 22 | 3 |
HB | ![]() |
George Hunter | 17 | 0 |
HB | ![]() |
James Lockwood | 1 | 0 |
HB | ![]() |
Mansell | 1 | 0 |
HB | n/a | J. Mee | 1 | 0 |
HB | ![]() |
Sam Morris | 5 | 0 |
HB | ![]() |
Robert Nash | 1 | 0 |
HB | ![]() |
Cecil Rhodes | 1 | 0 |
HB | n/a | T. Roberts | 1 | 0 |
HB | n/a | T. Smith | 1 | 0 |
HB | n/a | Talbot | 1 | 0 |
HB | ![]() |
Maurice Woodward | 7 | 0 |
HB | ![]() |
Billy Yenson | 15 | 0 |
FW | ![]() |
Billy Brawn | 1 | 0 |
FW | ![]() |
David Chalmers | 1 | 1 |
FW | ![]() |
Jack Cock | 23 | 27 |
FW | ![]() |
Albert Corless | 2 | 1 |
FW | ![]() |
Jack Curtis | 3 | 0 |
FW | n/a | A. Davis | 1 | 0 |
FW | ![]() |
Bertie Denyer | 2 | 1 |
FW | ![]() |
James Dillimore | 1 | 0 |
FW | ![]() |
Billy Edwards | 10 | 1 |
FW | n/a | W. Elliott | 1 | 0 |
FW | ![]() |
Thomas Graham | 1 | 0 |
FW | ![]() |
John Green | 9 | 1 |
FW | ![]() |
Alf Gregson | 5 | 3 |
FW | n/a | W. Harrison | 1 | 0 |
FW | n/a | H. James | 2 | 0 |
FW | n/a | A. Jones | 1 | 0 |
FW | ![]() |
Fred Keenor | 9 | 1 |
FW | n/a | W. Ramsay | 1 | 0 |
FW | n/a | B. N. Sidney | 1 | 0 |
- Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
- Source: 100 Years of Brentford[2]
Goalscorers
Pos. | Nat | Player | Total |
---|---|---|---|
FW | ![]() |
Jack Cock | 27 |
FW | ![]() |
Henry White | 17 |
FW | ![]() |
Albert Chester | 7 |
FW | ![]() |
Patsy Hendren | 6 |
FW | ![]() |
Alf Gregson | 3 |
HB | ![]() |
Bill Hooper | 3 |
DF | ![]() |
Dusty Rhodes | 3 |
HB | ![]() |
Bill Stanton | 3 |
HB | ![]() |
Charles Allwright | 1 |
FW | ![]() |
David Chalmers | 1 |
FW | ![]() |
Albert Corless | 1 |
FW | ![]() |
Bertie Denyer | 1 |
FW | ![]() |
Billy Edwards | 1 |
FW | ![]() |
John Green | 1 |
HB | ![]() |
Ted Hanney | 1 |
HB | ![]() |
E. Heydenrick | 1 |
FW | ![]() |
Fred Keenor | 1 |
Opponents | 1 | ||
Total | 81 |
- Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
- Source: 100 Years of Brentford[2]
Management
Name | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P | W | D | L | W % | ||||
Fred Halliday | ![]() |
1 September 1917 | 6 April 1918 | 36 | 16 | 3 | 17 | 44.44 |
Summary
Games played | 36 |
Games won | 16 |
Games drawn | 3 |
Games lost | 17 |
Goals scored | 81 |
Goals conceded | 94 |
Clean sheets | 5 |
Biggest win | 5–0 versus Clapton Orient , 22 December 1917
|
Worst defeat | 7–1 versus Millwall, 29 December 1917 |
Most appearances | 39, Patsy Hendren |
Top scorer | 27, Jack Cock |
Transfers & loans
- Guest players' arrival and departure dates correspond to their first and last appearances of the season.
Players transferred in | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Date | Pos. | Name | Previous Club | Fee | Ref. |
1 September 1917 | HB | ![]() |
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Free | [2] |
Guest players in | |||||
Date from | Pos. | Name | Previous Club | Date to | Ref. |
1 September 1917 | DF | ![]() |
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6 October 1917 | [2] |
1 September 1917 | FW | ![]() |
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24 November 1917 | [2] |
1 September 1917 | FW | ![]() |
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6 October 1917 | [2] |
1 September 1917 | DF | ![]() |
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End of season | [2] |
1 September 1917 | HB | ![]() |
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19 January 1918 | [2] |
1 September 1917 | FW | ![]() |
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23 March 1918 | [2] |
1 September 1917 | GK | ![]() |
Clapton Orient
|
1 April 1918 | [2] |
22 September 1917 | FW | ![]() |
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5 January 1918 | [2] |
22 September 1917 | FW | A. Jones | Unattached | 22 September 1917 | [2] |
22 September 1917 | HB | T. Roberts | ![]() |
22 September 1917 | [2] |
22 September 1917 | GK | ![]() |
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6 October 1917 | [2] |
13 October 1917 | GK | W. Griffiths | ![]() |
13 October 1917 | [2] |
13 October 1917 | HB | ![]() |
Unattached | 13 October 1917 | [2] |
13 October 1917 | HB | J. Mee | n/a | 13 October 1917 | [2] |
13 October 1917 | FW | B. N. Sidney | n/a | 13 October 1917 | [2] |
13 October 1917 | HB | T. Smith | n/a | 13 October 1917 | [2] |
20 October 1917 | HB | ![]() |
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26 December 1917 | [2] |
20 October 1917 | HB | ![]() |
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End of season | [2] |
3 November 1917 | FW | ![]() |
Unattached | 3 November 1917 | [2] |
3 November 1917 | FW | W. Harrison | n/a | 3 November 1917 | [2] |
3 November 1917 | HB | ![]() |
The Wednesday
|
3 November 1917 | [2] |
3 November 1917 | HB | ![]() |
Unattached | 3 November 1917 | [13] |
10 November 1917 | HB | ![]() |
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10 November 1917 | [2] |
10 November 1917 | GK | ![]() |
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10 November 1917 | [14] |
10 November 1917 | FW | ![]() |
n/a | 10 November 1917 | [2] |
10 November 1917 | FW | W. Ramsay | n/a | 10 November 1917 | [2] |
17 November 1917 | FW | ![]() |
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8 December 1917 | [2] |
17 November 1917 | FW | ![]() |
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17 November 1917 | [2] |
17 November 1917 | FW | ![]() |
Southport Central
|
End of season | [2] |
24 November 1917 | FW | ![]() |
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End of season | [2] |
24 November 1917 | HB | ![]() |
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30 March 1918 | [15] |
1 December 1917 | FW | A. Davis | n/a | 1 December 1917 | [2] |
8 December 1917 | HB | ![]() |
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15 December 1917 | [2] |
15 December 1917 | FW | ![]() |
n/a | 23 March 1918 | [2] |
5 January 1918 | FW | H. James | n/a | End of season | [2] |
12 January 1918 | HB | ![]() |
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12 January 1918 | [2] |
19 January 1918 | HB | Talbot | n/a | 19 January 1918 | [2] |
2 February 1918 | FW | ![]() |
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16 February 1918 | [2] |
2 February 1918 | FW | W. Elliott | n/a | 2 February 1918 | [2] |
16 February 1918 | HB | ![]() |
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1 April 1918 | [2] |
23 February 1918 | HB | ![]() |
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23 February 1918 | [2] |
23 March 1918 | FW | ![]() |
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23 March 1918 | [2] |
Guest players out | |||||
Date from | Pos. | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
1917 | HB | ![]() |
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1918 | [16] |
References
- ^ a b c d e White 1989, p. 108-109.
- ^ ISBN 0951526200.
- ^ White 1989, p. 101-103.
- ^ Bees Review: Brentford Official Matchday Programme vs Hull City. Milton Keynes: Regal Sports Press. 3 November 2015. pp. 61–67.
- ^ "James Greechan | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ^ "The Magazine of Highams Park Baptist Church – October/November 2017" (PDF). p. 21. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ^ "Casualty Details: George William Kennedy". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ "William Kirby" (PDF). Croydon Common Football Club. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "Casualty Details: William Allwright". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ^ "Casualty Details: Harry Dutfield". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ISBN 978-0955294914.
- ISBN 190589161X.
- ^ "Robert Nash" (PDF). Croydon Common Football Club. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ Scallan, Trevor. "Fred Craig". www.greensonscreen.co.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- ^ "William Yenson" (PDF). Croydon Common Football Club. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.