After
Brentford's promotion to the
Third Division at the end of the previous season, manager
Bill Dodgin Jr. stated that his squad would only need one or two more new players to be able to compete during the club's first season in the third tier since
1972–73. He managed to keep prolific
forwards Steve Phillips and
Andrew McCulloch at
Griffin Park, Aside from
goalkeeping trialist
Trevor Porter (brought in to cover for
car crash-victim
Len Bond and the
suspended Graham Cox), Dodgin made no significant signings. Fears that Brentford's largely-unchanged squad would be out of its depth in the Third Division were heightened after the season began with a 7–1 aggregate defeat to fellow third-tier side
Watford in the first round of the
League Cup. led manager Bill Dodgin Jr. to act in the transfer market. A failure to win any of the following four matches dropped the Bees back to 18th position, but a strong run of 9 wins in 12 matches to close out the season elevated the club to a 10th-place finish. == League table ==