1991–92 Brentford F.C. season


During the 1991–92 English football season, Brentford competed in the Football League Third Division. The club finished the season as champions to seal second-tier football for the first time since 1953–54. In 2013, it was voted as Brentford's best ever season by the club's supporters.

Season summary

After defeat to Tranmere Rovers in the 1991 Third Division play-offs, Brentford manager Phil Holder made just one addition to his squad prior to the beginning of the 1991–92 season, in the shape of £60,000 defender Billy Manuel from Gillingham. Two wins from the opening two league matches of the season put Brentford in the automatic promotion places, but three successive defeats dropped the club back to 16th by early September 1991. Aided by on-fire forward Dean Holdsworth, the Bees won 13, drew three and lost three of the following 19 matches, losing just once in the league. Having reached the top spot in the Third Division after a 4–0 victory over Wigan Athletic on 9 November, the club stayed at the summit until 8 February 1992, when a fifth defeat in 9 matches dropped the club back to third.
Brentford vied with Birmingham City and Stoke City in the automatic promotion places between mid-February and mid-March, but four successive defeats and two draws dropped the Bees back to 4th. Six wins in the final six matches of the season saw Brentford claim the Third Division championship on the final day, after a Gary Blissett goal was enough to beat Peterborough United at London Road. Dean Holdsworth's 24 league goals tied him with Huddersfield Town's Iwan Roberts as the top scorer in the Third Division and Holdsworth's total of 38 in all competitions was one goal short of Jack Holliday's club record, set during the 1932–33 season, when Brentford had last been promoted out of the Third Division.

League table

Results

Legend

Pre-season

Football League Third Division

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorer
R118 November 1991GillinghamH3–35,830Holdsworth, Blissett
R1 26 November 1991GillinghamA3–17,328Holdsworth, Sealy
R27 December 1991BournemouthA1–26,538Bates

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorer
R1 20 August 1991BarnetA5–52,416Cadette, Godfrey, Holdsworth
R1 27 August 1991BarnetH3–1 5,583Holdsworth, Godfrey, Evans
R2 24 September 1991Brighton & Hove AlbionH4–14,927Godfrey, Cadette, Holdsworth
R2 4,502Cadette, Holdsworth
R330 October 1991Norwich CityA1–47,394Manuel

Football League Trophy

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorer
PR22 October 1991AldershotA2–01,348Sealy
PR17 December 1991BarnetH3–61,871Luscombe, Holdsworth
SR121 January 1992Leyton OrientA2–31,861Holdsworth

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Summary

Transfers & loans

Kit

Awards