Brentford manager
Harry Curtis made two big-money signings during the 1934 off-season –
left back George Poyser from
Port Vale for a club record £1,550 fee (equivalent to £ in ) and
centre half Archie Scott from
Derby County for £1,000.
Jim Brown was signed from
Manchester United as
outside right cover for
Idris Hopkins and new first-choice
goalkeeper James Mathieson was signed on a
free transfer from
Middlesbrough. with Muttitt scoring seven goals in a five-match spell. A unique
double was achieved with Brentford's first-ever victory in the
London Challenge Cup, in which
Millwall were beaten 2–1
after extra time in the final at
Craven Cottage. A number of
Football League club records were set or equalled during the season, including: • Least home defeats (0, equalling the
1929–30 team's unbeaten home record) • Most consecutive home matches undefeated (24, a run which stretched back to April 1934) • The club record for highest winning margin in a Football League match was broken twice during the season, firstly in a 8–1 victory over
Barnsley in December 1934 and then in the 8–0 hammering of Port Vale in April 1935. The eight-goal winning margin stood as the club record until October 1963.
Billy Scott became the club's second Football League-era player to score five goals in a match, with five goals in the 8–1 win over Barnsley. He scored a
hat-trick in the return match on 27 April 1935. With his hat-trick versus Port Vale on 20 April 1935, Jack Holliday set a club record of 9 hat-tricks. ==League table==