Footballers who have played league football for both PNE & Brentford
A-F
913) Patrick AGYEMANG
PNE 122 apps; 21 goals
Bees 12 apps 0 goals
PNE Debut 19/11/2004 v Cardiff (A) – Won 1-0
390) Billy BROADBENT
PNE 2 apps; 0 goals
Bees 17 apps 0 goals
PNE Debut 29/10/1932 v Lincoln (A) – Lost 1-2
861) Neil CLEMENT
PNE 4 apps; 0 goals
Bees 8 apps; 0 goals
PNE Debut 02/04/1999 v Colchester (A0 – Lost 0-1
539) Alex DAWSON
PNE 199 apps; 114 goals
Bees10 apps; 6 goals
PNE Debut 128/10/1961 v Rotherham (A) – Drawn 2-2
285) Fred FOX
PNE 3 apps; 0 goals
Bees74 apps; 0 goals
PNE Debut 01/10/1921 v Manchester United (A) – Drawn 1-1
Player Profile – Fred Fox
Frederick Samuel Fox was born in Highworth on 22 November 1898. Fox was a goalkeeper and started his career with his local club Swindon during the First World War.
After the end of the War, Fox joined Abertillery before joining Preston in the summer of 1921. He made 3 appearances for the Lilywhites in October 1921 but was not on the winning side once. His debut was in a 1-1 draw at Manchester United on 1 October; his next appearance was a week later with the same score at home to Liverpool. On 15 October was his a third and final appearance was in a return match at Liverpool with the home side winning 4-0.
He joined Gillingham in 1922 and made his Gills debut in a 3-0 defeat at Brighton on 7 August. A week later in the return fixture saw his first league win and clean sheet with a 2-0 victory. His first season saw 11 clean sheets in 29 matches with 12 clean sheets in 41 league appearances in 1923/24.His last two matches for the Gills saw goalless draws and made 106 appearances for the club in his three seasons.
In 1925 Fox joined Millwall and made 28 appearances for the club in two seasons and 8 clean sheets. His debut was a 2-1 win at Crystal Palace on 29 August 1925. In both seasons the club finmatch on Boxing Day with a 5-1 win against Brighton finished third in Division Three South.
Fox then moved to Halifax for one season in 1927/28, making 17 appearances and one clean sheet in a 0-0 draw at Bradford.
He then joined Division Three South side Brentford for the 1928/29 season. His debut for the Bees came in a 2-0 defeat at Walsall and after three defeats Fox had to wait for his fourth game with a 4-1 win at home in the FA Cup against fellow Division Three South Brighton. His first league win came on his fifth league appearance with another large victory over Brighton, this time 5-1. He made 13 appearances in his first season for the Bees with two clean sheets, the first on his seventh league match in a 1-0 home win over Southend on 5 January 1929.
The 1929/30 campaign saw Fox an ever present for the Bees playing in all 42 matches with a third being clean sheets,
Fox stayed with Brentford for three seasons and made 74 league appearances in total. Brentford finished second in 1929/30 and third in 1930/31 in Division Three South, but missed out on promotion as only the Champions were promoted to Division Two. His last three matches for the club came on consecutive days. The matches against Crystal palace on Christmas and Boxing Day saw 16 goas in the two games, and 8-2 home win and a 5-1 away defeat. His final league game on 27 December was a 1-0 defeat at home to Luton. He then returned to non-league in 1931, this time with Truro City.
Internationally he received one England Cap in 1925 in a 3-2 victory over France, which saw him get injured in the match when he was barged into the net.
Fred Fox died in 1968.