# 2010–11 Brentford F.C. season

During the 2010–11 English football season, Brentford competed in Football League One. The mid-table season was memorable for runs to the final of the Football League Trophy and the fourth round of the League Cup.

## Season summary

After an impressive 9th-place finish at the end of the Brentford's first season in League One since 2006–07, manager Andy Scott signed almost an entirely new team. Released were centre back Mark Phillips and forward Steve Kabba and six players were transferred out during the off-season, with the most notable departures being left back Ryan Dickson to Championship club Southampton and captain Alan Bennett to League Two Wycombe Wanderers. 11 players were transferred in before the end of the summer transfer window, including two goalkeepers (Richard Lee, Simon Royce), four defenders (Pim Balkestein, David McCracken, Michael Spillane, Craig Woodman), two midfielders (Nicky Adams, Toumani Diagouraga) and forwards Gary Alexander and Kirk Hudson, with Nicky Forster returning to Griffin Park for the first time since his departure in 1997. Huddersfield Town forward Robbie Simpson was signed on a season-long loan.
Brentford opened the league season with a run of just two wins from the opening 11 matches, which left the club bottom of the table by late September 2010. However, some cheer was had in the League Cup, with the Bees progressing to the fourth round to equal the club record for its furthest progression in the competition. After seeing off League Two club Cheltenham Town in the first round, the Bees beat Championship side Hull City 2–1 at Griffin Park in the second round, clinching victory with an 88th-minute diving header from Marcus Bean. The victory set up a third round tie at with Premier League club Everton at Griffin Park. Gary Alexander cancelled out Séamus Coleman's early goal and the teams were locked together until full-time and through the extra time period. Goalkeeper Richard Lee was Brentford's hero in the penalty shootout, helping the club win the first of the four shootouts it would compete in during the season. The Bees took Premier League club Birmingham City to a shootout at St Andrew's in the fourth round after a 1–1 draw, but were knocked out.
Brentford recovered its form in League One between 2 October 2010 and 1 January 2011, winning 8 and losing just two matches of an 11-match spell, but manager Andy Scott was moved to complain to the press of the "negativity" surrounding the club, despite the run being achieved with players missing through injury and including a club-record equalling five consecutive away league wins. By early January the Bees had also progressed to the Southern Area finals of the Football League Trophy, but a draw in the first leg versus Exeter City was one of only two draws secured during an 8-match winless run which kicked off 2011. A 4–1 away defeat to bottom-place club Dagenham & Redbridge on 1 February led to calls from the Brentford supporters for the removal of Andy Scott as manager. Two days after the match, Scott and assistant manager Terry Bullivant were sacked. Captain Kevin O'Connor remarked that the blame led with the players, for "making far too many individual mistakes".
Forward Nicky Forster was named as caretaker manager on 3 February 2011 and Brentford owner Matthew Benham brought in Mark Warburton as first team coach. An unbeaten run in his first six matches in all competitions led to Forster being named as manager until the end of the season. The run included a 2–1 away victory over Exeter City in the Football League Trophy Southern Area final second leg, which set up a Wembley final versus Carlisle United on 3 April. The Bees won four and lost three of the seven league matches preceding the final, which included a 2–1 victory over Carlisle United at Griffin Park. Brentford's third Football League Trophy final appearance ended with a 1–0 defeat, in which the Bees' "domination failed to yield a single shot on target" and midfielder Toumani Diagouraga was sent off for two bookable offences. In the aftermath of the defeat, Brentford meandered through the remainder of the league season to finish in 11th place.

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Rochdale | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 63 | 55 | +8 | 68 |
| 10 | Colchester United | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 57 | 63 | −6 | 62 |
| 11 | Brentford | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 55 | 62 | −7 | 61 |
| 12 | Carlisle United | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 60 | 62 | −2 | 59 |
| 13 | Charlton Athletic | 46 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 62 | 66 | −4 | 59 |

## Results
### League One
#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | D | L | W | D | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | L | L | W | D | D | L | D |
| Position | 21 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### Matches
### FA Cup
### Football League Trophy
## Playing squad

    Players' ages are as of the opening day of the 2010–11 season.
| No | Position | Name | Date of birth (age) | Signed from | Signed in | Notes |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||
| 1 | GK | Richard Lee | (1982-10-05)5 October 1982 (aged 27) | Watford | 2010 | |
| 21 | GK | Simon Royce | (1971-09-09)9 September 1971 (aged 38) | Gillingham | 2010 | |
| 31 | GK | Simon Moore | (1990-05-19)19 May 1990 (aged 20) | Farnborough | 2009 | Loaned to Basingstoke Town |
| Defenders ||||||||
| 3 | DF | Craig Woodman | (1982-12-22)22 December 1982 (aged 27) | Wycombe Wanderers | 2010 | |
| 5 | DF | David McCracken | (1981-10-16)16 October 1981 (aged 28) | Milton Keynes Dons | 2010 | Loaned to Bristol Rovers |
| 6 | DF | Pim Balkestein | (1987-04-29)29 April 1987 (aged 23) | Ipswich Town | 2010 | |
| 12 | DF | Michael Spillane | (1989-03-23)23 March 1989 (aged 21) | Norwich City | 2010 | |
| 17 | DF | Ryan Blake | (1991-12-08)8 December 1991 (aged 18) | Youth | 2009 | Loaned to Woking & Ebbsfleet United |
| 22 | DF | Karleigh Osborne | (1988-03-19)19 March 1988 (aged 22) | Youth | 2004 | |
| 24 | DF | Stephen Wright | (1980-02-08)8 February 1980 (aged 30) | Unattached | 2010 | |
| 25 | DF | Chris Bush | (1992-06-12)12 June 1992 (aged 18) | Youth | 2010 | Loaned to Woking, AFC Wimbledon and Thurrock |
| 27 | DF | Robbie Neilson | (1980-06-19)19 June 1980 (aged 30) | Leicester City | 2011 | On loan from Leicester City |
| 32 | DF | Leon Legge | (1985-07-01)1 July 1985 (aged 25) | Tonbridge Angels | 2009 | |
| 33 | DF | Nathan Byrne | (1992-06-05)5 June 1992 (aged 18) | Tottenham Hotspur | 2011 | On loan from Tottenham Hotspur |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| 2 | MF | Kevin O'Connor (c) | (1982-02-24)24 February 1982 (aged 28) | Youth | 2000 | |
| 4 | MF | Marcus Bean | (1984-11-02)2 November 1984 (aged 25) | Blackpool | 2008 | |
| 7 | MF | Sam Saunders | (1983-08-29)29 August 1983 (aged 26) | Dagenham & Redbridge | 2009 | |
| 11 | MF | Myles Weston | (1988-03-12)12 March 1988 (aged 22) | Notts County | 2009 | |
| 13 | MF | David Hunt | (1982-09-10)10 September 1982 (aged 27) | Shrewsbury Town | 2009 | Loaned to Crawley Town |
| 16 | MF | Sam Wood | (1986-08-09)9 August 1986 (aged 23) | Bromley | 2008 | |
| 20 | MF | Toumani Diagouraga | (1987-06-20)20 June 1987 (aged 23) | Peterborough United | 2010 | |
| 26 | MF | Adam Reed | (1991-05-08)8 May 1991 (aged 19) | Sunderland | 2011 | On loan from Sunderland |
| 34 | MF | Jake Reeves | (1993-05-30)30 May 1993 (aged 17) | Youth | 2011 | Loaned to St Albans City |
| 36 | MF | Charlie Adams | (1993-05-30)30 May 1993 (aged 17) | Youth | 2011 | |
| 37 | MF | Manny Oyeleke | (1992-12-24)24 December 1992 (aged 17) | Youth | 2011 | |
| Forwards ||||||||
| 8 | FW | Nicky Forster | (1973-09-08)8 September 1973 (aged 36) | Brighton & Hove Albion | 2010 | Manager |
| 10 | FW | Charlie MacDonald | (1981-02-13)13 February 1981 (aged 29) | Southend United | 2008 | |
| 14 | FW | Kirk Hudson | (1986-12-12)12 December 1986 (aged 23) | Aldershot Town | 2010 | Loaned to AFC Wimbledon |
| 19 | FW | Lewis Grabban | (1988-01-12)12 January 1988 (aged 22) | Millwall | 2009 | Loaned from Millwall before transferring permanently |
| 23 | FW | Robbie Simpson | (1985-03-15)15 March 1985 (aged 25) | Huddersfield Town | 2010 | On loan from Huddersfield Town |
| 29 | FW | Gary Alexander | (1979-08-15)15 August 1979 (aged 30) | Millwall | 2010 | |
| 30 | FW | Jeffrey Schlupp | (1992-12-23)23 December 1992 (aged 17) | Leicester City | 2011 | On loan from Leicester City |
| 35 | FW | Luke Hacker | (1993-06-30)30 June 1993 (aged 17) | Youth | 2011 | |
| Players who left the club mid-season ||||||||
| 9 | FW | Carl Cort | (1977-11-01)1 November 1977 (aged 32) | Norwich City | 2009 | Retired |
| 18 | MF | Nicky Adams | (1986-10-16)16 October 1986 (aged 23) | Leicester City | 2010 | Loaned to Rochdale, transferred to Rochdale |
| 18 | FW | Nicholas Bignall | (1990-07-11)11 July 1990 (aged 20) | Reading | 2011 | Returned to Reading after loan |
| 27 | MF | Marc Laird | (1986-01-23)23 January 1986 (aged 24) | Millwall | 2011 | Returned to Millwall after loan |
| 27 | FW | Rowan Vine | (1982-09-21)21 September 1982 (aged 27) | Queens Park Rangers | 2010 | Returned to Queens Park Rangers after loan |
| 28 | MF | Owain Tudur Jones | (1984-10-15)15 October 1984 (aged 25) | Norwich City | 2011 | Returned to Norwich City after loan |
| 41 | GK | Trevor Carson | (1988-03-05)5 March 1988 (aged 22) | Sunderland | 2011 | Returned to Sunderland after loan |
| 41 | GK | Alex McCarthy | (1989-12-03)3 December 1989 (aged 20) | Reading | 2010 | Returned to Reading after loan |
| 51 | GK | Ben Hamer | (1987-11-20)20 November 1987 (aged 22) | Reading | 2010 | Returned to Reading after loan |
* Source: Soccerbase

## Coaching staff
### Andy Scott (7 August 2010 – 3 February 2011)

| Name | Role |
| Andy Scott | Manager |
| Terry Bullivant | Assistant Manager |
| Simon Royce | Goalkeeping Coach |

### Nicky Forster (3 February – 7 May 2011)

| Name | Role |
| Nicky Forster | Manager |
| Mark Warburton | First Team Coach |
| Simon Royce | Goalkeeping Coach |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    Substitute appearances in brackets.
| No | Pos | Nat | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | FL Trophy | Total | Total |
| No | Pos | Nat | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | | Richard Lee | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 2 | MF | | Kevin O'Connor | 39 (2) | 2 | 1 (1) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 (1) | 0 | 49 (4) | 2 |
| 3 | DF | | Craig Woodman | 40 (1) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 53 (1) | 2 |
| 4 | MF | | Marcus Bean | 32 (5) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 (1) | 1 | 4 (1) | 0 | 40 (7) | 4 |
| 5 | DF | | David McCracken | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Pim Balkestein | 17 (3) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 (3) | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | Sam Saunders | 18 (3) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 3 (1) | 1 | 22 (5) | 3 |
| 8 | FW | | Nicky Forster | 6 (12) | 1 | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 (14) | 1 |
| 9 | FW | | Carl Cort | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (4) | 0 |
| 10 | FW | | Charlie MacDonald | 28 (2) | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 (1) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 35 (4) | 10 |
| 11 | MF | | Myles Weston | 33 (9) | 3 | 1 (1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 | 41 (11) | 3 |
| 12 | DF | | Michael Spillane | 18 (6) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 24 (7) | 1 |
| 13 | MF | | David Hunt | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (5) | 0 |
| 14 | FW | | Kirk Hudson | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (4) | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Sam Wood | 13 (7) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 (2) | 0 | 18 (9) | 2 |
| 18 | MF | | Nicky Adams | 3 (4) | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 (4) | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Lewis Grabban | 13 (9) | 5 | — | — | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 13 (12) | 5 |
| 20 | MF | | Toumani Diagouraga | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 (1) | 0 | 42 (1) | 1 |
| 21 | GK | | Simon Royce | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 |
| 22 | DF | | Karleigh Osborne | 41 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 50 (1) | 1 |
| 24 | DF | | Stephen Wright | 9 (2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 12 (2) | 0 |
| 29 | FW | | Gary Alexander | 37 (1) | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 46 (1) | 12 |
| 31 | GK | | Simon Moore | 9 (1) | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 (1) | 0 |
| 32 | DF | | Leon Legge | 27 (3) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 37 (3) | 3 |
| 34 | MF | | Jake Reeves | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |
| 35 | FW | | Luke Hacker | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 |
| Players loaned in during the season ||||||||||||||
| 18 | MF | | Nicholas Bignall | 1 (5) | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 (6) | 0 |
| 23 | FW | | Robbie Simpson | 11 (16) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 (1) | 2 | 3 (1) | 2 | 18 (18) | 8 |
| 26 | MF | | Adam Reed | 8 (3) | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 9 (3) | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Marc Laird | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 27 | DF | | Robbie Neilson | 15 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | | Owain Tudur Jones | 4 (2) | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 4 (2) | 0 |
| 30 | FW | | Jeffrey Schlupp | 6 (3) | 6 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 7 (3) | 6 |
| 33 | DF | | Nathan Byrne | 4 (7) | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 4 (7) | 0 |
| 41 | GK | | Trevor Carson | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | GK | | Alex McCarthy | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 |
| 51 | GK | | Ben Hamer | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
* Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
* Source: Soccerbase

### Goalscorers

| No | Pos | Nat | Player | FL1 | FAC | FLC | FLT | Total |
| 29 | FW | | Gary Alexander | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 10 | FW | | Charlie MacDonald | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 23 | FW | | Robbie Simpson | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 30 | FW | | Jeffrey Schlupp | 6 | — | — | 0 | 6 |
| 19 | FW | | Lewis Grabban | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | | Marcus Bean | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 32 | DF | | Leon Legge | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | MF | | Myles Weston | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | | Sam Saunders | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | MF | | Kevin O'Connor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | MF | | Sam Wood | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | DF | | Craig Woodman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 | MF | | Marc Laird | 1 | — | — | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | Pim Balkestein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | | Toumani Diagouraga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | | Nicky Forster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | | Karleigh Osborne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | | Michael Spillane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 55 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 67 |
* Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
* Source: Soccerbase

### Discipline

| No | Pos | Nat | Player | FL1 | FL1 | FAC | FAC | FLC | FLC | FLT | FLT | Total | Total | Pts |
| 4 | MF | | Marcus Bean | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 32 | DF | | Leon Legge | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 20 | MF | | Toumani Diagouraga | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 22 | DF | | Karleigh Osborne | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | DF | | Michael Spillane | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | DF | | Craig Woodman | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 29 | FW | | Gary Alexander | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | DF | | Pim Balkestein | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | GK | | Richard Lee | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 26 | MF | | Adam Reed | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | MF | | Sam Wood | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | | Sam Saunders | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 | FW | | Robbie Simpson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | DF | | Stephen Wright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | | Charlie MacDonald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | MF | | Kevin O'Connor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | | Myles Weston | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 33 | DF | | Nathan Byrne | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | | Marc Laird | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | DF | | Robbie Neilson | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | | Lewis Grabban | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | GK | | Simon Moore | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | | Nicky Forster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 51 | GK | | Ben Hamer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | | Nicholas Bignall | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 51 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 70 | 3 | 82 |
* Players listed in italics left the club mid-season.
* Source: ESPN FC

### Management

| Name | Nat | From | To | Record All Comps | Record All Comps | Record All Comps | Record All Comps | Record All Comps | Record League | Record League | Record League | Record League | Record League |
| Name | Nat | From | To | P | W | D | L | W % | P | W | D | L | W % |
| Andy Scott | | 11 August 2012 | 19 May 2013 | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 042.11 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 033.33 |
| Nicky Forster | | 3 February 2011 | 7 May 2011 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 042.86 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 042.11 |

### Summary

| Games played | 59 (46 League One, 2 FA Cup, 4 League Cup, 7 Football League Trophy) |
| Games won | 21 (17 League One, 0 FA Cup, 2 League Cup, 2 Football League Trophy) |
| Games drawn | 17 (10 League One, 1 FA Cup, 2 League Cup, 4 Football League Trophy) |
| Games lost | 21 (19 League One, 1 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 1 Football League Trophy) |
| Goals scored | 67 (55 League One, 1 FA Cup, 6 League Cup, 5 Football League Trophy) |
| Goals conceded | 72 (62 League One, 2 FA Cup, 4 League Cup, 4 Football League Trophy) |
| Clean sheets | 13 (10 League One, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 3 Football League Trophy) |
| Biggest league win | 3–0 versus Tranmere Rovers, 16 October 2010 |
| Worst league defeat | 3–0 on two occasions |
| Most appearances | 53, Kevin O'Connor (41 League One, 2 FA Cup, 4 League Cup, 6 Football League Trophy) |
| Top scorer (league) | 9, Gary Alexander, Charlie MacDonald |
| Top scorer (all competitions) | 12, Gary Alexander |

## Transfers & loans

Players transferred in :
| Date | Pos. | Name | Previous Club | Fee | Ref. |
| 1 July 2010 | FW | Nicky Forster | Brighton & Hove Albion | Free | |
| 1 July 2010 | FW | Kirk Hudson | Aldershot Town | Undisclosed | |
| 1 July 2010 | GK | Richard Lee | Watford | Free | |
| 1 July 2010 | GK | Simon Royce | Gillingham | Free | |
| 1 July 2010 | DF | Craig Woodman | Wycombe Wanderers | Undisclosed | |
| 2 July 2010 | DF | Michael Spillane | Norwich City | Undisclosed | |
| 5 July 2010 | DF | David McCracken | Milton Keynes Dons | Undisclosed | |
| 16 July 2010 | MF | Toumani Diagouraga | Peterborough United | Undisclosed | |
| 5 August 2010 | FW | Gary Alexander | Millwall | Undisclosed | |
| 5 August 2010 | DF | Pim Balkestein | Ipswich Town | Undisclosed | |
| 19 August 2010 | MF | Nicky Adams | Leicester City | Undisclosed | |
| 29 October 2010 | DF | Stephen Wright | Unattached | Free | |
| 25 January 2011 | FW | Lewis Grabban | Millwall | Free | |
| Players loaned in ||||||
| Date from | Pos. | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 6 August 2010 | FW | Robbie Simpson | Huddersfield Town | End of season | |
| 12 August 2010 | GK | Alex McCarthy | Reading | 31 August 2010 | |
| 31 August 2010 | GK | Ben Hamer | Reading | 5 January 2011 | |
| 8 October 2010 | FW | Lewis Grabban | Millwall | 8 November 2010 | |
| 25 November 2010 | FW | Rowan Vine | Queens Park Rangers | 5 January 2011 | |
| 4 January 2011 | MF | Marc Laird | Millwall | 30 January 2011 | |
| 21 January 2011 | MF | Owain Tudur Jones | Norwich City | 27 April 2011 | |
| 31 January 2011 | FW | Nicholas Bignall | Reading | 20 April 2011 | |
| 16 February 2011 | DF | Robbie Neilson | Leicester City | End of season | |
| 21 February 2011 | DF | Nathan Byrne | Tottenham Hotspur | End of season | |
| 21 February 2011 | MF | Adam Reed | Sunderland | End of season | |
| 14 March 2011 | FW | Jeffrey Schlupp | Leicester City | End of season | |
| 24 March 2011 | GK | Trevor Carson | Sunderland | 20 April 2011 | |
| 24 March 2011 | FW | Jonathan Cosgrove | Fulham | n/a | |
| Players transferred out ||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | Subsequent club | Fee | Ref. |
| 1 July 2010 | GK | Nikki Bull | Wycombe Wanderers | Free | |
| 1 July 2010 | DF | Ryan Dickson | Southampton | £125,000 | |
| 1 July 2010 | DF | Danny Foster | Wycombe Wanderers | Free | |
| 1 July 2010 | FW | Ben Strevens | Wycombe Wanderers | Free | |
| 1 July 2010 | MF | Cleveland Taylor | St Johnstone | Free | |
| 23 July 2010 | DF | Alan Bennett | Wycombe Wanderers | Free | |
| 1 January 2011 | MF | Nicky Adams | Rochdale | Undisclosed | |
| Players loaned out ||||||
| Date from | Pos. | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 31 August 2010 | DF | Chris Bush | Woking | 20 September 2010 | |
| 21 September 2010 | DF | Chris Bush | AFC Wimbledon | 10 January 2011 | |
| 23 September 2010 | MF | Pelayo Gomez Pico | St Albans City | 24 January 2011 | |
| 1 October 2010 | DF | Ryan Blake | Woking | n/a | |
| 1 October 2010 | FW | Kyle Vassell | Woking | n/a | |
| 9 October 2010 | GK | Simon Moore | Basingstoke Town | 5 January 2011 | |
| 14 October 2010 | MF | Nicky Adams | Rochdale | 1 January 2011 | |
| 1 January 2010 | FW | Kirk Hudson | AFC Wimbledon | End of season | |
| 1 January 2010 | MF | David Hunt | Crawley Town | End of season | |
| 10 January 2011 | DF | Ryan Blake | Ebbsfleet United | End of season | |
| 18 January 2011 | DF | David McCracken | Bristol Rovers | End of season | |
| February 2011 | MF | Jake Reeves | St Albans City | n/a | |
| February 2011 | FW | Kyle Vassell | St Albans City | n/a | |
| 22 March 2011 | DF | Chris Bush | Thurrock | n/a | |
| Players released ||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | Subsequent club | Join date | Ref. |
| 24 January 2011 | FW | Carl Cort | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 10 August 2012 | |
| 22 June 2011 | DF | David McCracken | St Johnstone | 1 July 2011 | |
| 30 June 2011 | DF | Chris Bush | AFC Wimbledon | 1 July 2011 | |
| 30 June 2011 | MF | David Hunt | Crawley Town | 1 July 2011 | |
| 30 June 2011 | FW | Lewis Grabban | Rotherham United | 4 July 2011 | |
| 30 June 2011 | FW | Kyle Vassell | St Albans City | 12 October 2011 | |
| 30 June 2011 | DF | Stephen Wright | Hartlepool United | 2 September 2011 | |

## Kit

The 2010–11 Brentford kit designs were chosen by the club's supporters and launched on 9 July 2010.
Supplier: Puma Sponsor(s): Hertings (home), Bathwise (away & third)
| Home | Away | Third |
Source: brentfordfc.co.uk
| Goalkeeper | Goalkeeper |
Source: brentfordfc.co.uk

## Awards

* Supporters' Player of the Year: Richard Lee
* Community Player of the Year: Leon Legge
* Football League One Manager of the Month: Andy Scott (October 2010)
* Football League Family Excellence Award