William Brown

Forward · 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England

81st all-time scorer188th for appearances

Born: 22 Aug 1900Hetton-le-Hole, County Durham
Shirt: #8, #10, #9
Debut: 14 Sept 1907at Swindon Town, aged 7
Last game: 16 Feb 1924at Huddersfield Town, aged 23

The West Ham career

all competitions, matches with line-up data

Appearances

90 starts, 0 from the bench

Goals

0.24 per game

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Assists

not recorded

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Minutes

not recorded

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Cards

not recorded

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Average rating

not rated

Best season for goals: 1922/23, 10 in 33 appearances.

Playing Time by season, league

	Playing Time	Starts	Subs		Team Success
Season	MP	Starts	Subs	unSub	PPM	onG	onGA	+/-	+/-90	On-Off
1923/24	26	26	0	0	1.08
1922/23	26	26	0	0	1.31
1921/22	7	7	0	0	0.43
1920/21	1	1	0	0	1.00
Career	60	60	0	0	1.10

Same definitions as the season Players tab. Shots exclude blocked shots; on/off figures are approximate. Hover a heading for its meaning. Detailed numbers exist from 2015/16; older seasons show appearances, goals and cards where recorded. The Career row adds the seasons shown.

Goals

22 for West Ham

At home

Away

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Penalties

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Open play

Hat-tricks

By competition

Second Division	9	34 apps
First Division	6	26 apps
Southern League Division One	4	20 apps
FA Cup	3	10 apps

Scored against most

When he scores

No goal minutes recorded.

First goal: 14 Mar 1908, at Leyton 2–2

Latest goal: 12 Jan 1924, v Aberdare Athletic 5–0

With him, without him

14 Sept 1907 to 16 Feb 1924

When he played

1.08

points per game

36 W 25 D 29 L

90 games · 1.14 scored · 1.03 conceded

40% wins

When he didn't

1.11

points per game

117 W 70 D 88 L

275 games · 1.39 scored · 1.08 conceded

43% wins

All competitions, between his first and last appearance, using matches with a recorded line-up. Injuries, rotation and who the opposition were all affect this, so treat it as context, not proof.

Milestones

14 Sept 1907Debutat Swindon Town 1–1 1907/08
14 Mar 1908First goalat Leyton 2–2 1907/08
19 Mar 192310th goalv Southampton 1–0 1922/23
30 Mar 192350th appearancev Bury 0–0 1922/23
16 Feb 1924Last appearanceat Huddersfield Town 1–1 1923/24

Based on matches with line-up data (1900/01–1914/15, 1919/20–1938/39, 1945/46–2009/10 and 2015/16–2026/27); not a full career record.

By season and competition

Season	Competition	Apps	Starts	Mins	G	A
1923/24	FA Cup	3	3	–	2	–
1923/24	First Division	26	26	–	6	–
1922/23	FA Cup	7	7	–	1	–
1922/23	Second Division	26	26	–	9	–
1921/22	Second Division	7	7	–	0	–
1920/21	Second Division	1	1	–	0	–
1908/09	Southern League Division One	2	2	–	0	–
1907/08	Southern League Division One	18	18	–	4	–

Appearances

Date	Comp	Opponent	Score	Res	G
16 Feb 1924	D1	at Huddersfield Town	1–1	D
6 Feb 1924	FAC	at Leeds United	0–1	L
2 Feb 1924	FAC	Leeds United	1–1	D
19 Jan 1924	D1	at Blackburn Rovers	0–0	D
12 Jan 1924	FAC	Aberdare Athletic	5–0	W	2
5 Jan 1924	D1	Liverpool	1–0	W
1 Jan 1924	D1	at Sheffield United	2–0	W	1
29 Dec 1923	D1	at Liverpool	0–2	L
26 Dec 1923	D1	Aston Villa	1–0	W
25 Dec 1923	D1	at Aston Villa	1–1	D
22 Dec 1923	D1	Nottingham Forest	3–2	W
15 Dec 1923	D1	at Nottingham Forest	1–2	L
8 Dec 1923	D1	Bolton Wanderers	0–1	L
1 Dec 1923	D1	at Bolton Wanderers	1–1	D	1
24 Nov 1923	D1	Burnley	0–0	D
17 Nov 1923	D1	at Burnley	1–5	L
10 Nov 1923	D1	at Birmingham City	0–2	L
3 Nov 1923	D1	Birmingham City	4–1	W	1
27 Oct 1923	D1	Chelsea	2–0	W	1
20 Oct 1923	D1	at Chelsea	0–0	D
13 Oct 1923	D1	at Newcastle United	0–0	D
6 Oct 1923	D1	Newcastle United	1–0	W	1
29 Sept 1923	D1	at Middlesbrough	1–0	W
22 Sept 1923	D1	Middlesbrough	1–1	D	1
15 Sept 1923	D1	at Cardiff City	0–1	L
8 Sept 1923	D1	Cardiff City	0–0	D
1 Sept 1923	D1	Sunderland	0–1	L
27 Aug 1923	D1	Arsenal	1–0	W
25 Aug 1923	D1	at Sunderland	0–0	D
5 May 1923	D2	Notts County	0–1	L
30 Apr 1923	D2	at Sheffield Wednesday	2–0	W	1
28 Apr 1923	FAC	at Bolton Wanderers	0–2	L
21 Apr 1923	D2	Fulham	1–0	W
18 Apr 1923	D2	at Notts County	0–2	L
16 Apr 1923	D2	at Barnsley	0–2	L
14 Apr 1923	D2	at Fulham	2–0	W
9 Apr 1923	D2	Hull City	3–0	W	2
7 Apr 1923	D2	Crystal Palace	1–1	D
2 Apr 1923	D2	at Bury	5–2	W
31 Mar 1923	D2	at Crystal Palace	5–1	W	1
30 Mar 1923	D2	Bury	0–0	D
19 Mar 1923	FAC	Southampton	1–0	W	1
17 Mar 1923	D2	at Hull City	1–1	D
14 Mar 1923	FAC	Southampton	1–1	D
10 Mar 1923	FAC	at Southampton	1–1	D
3 Mar 1923	D2	Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	W	1
24 Feb 1923	FAC	Plymouth Argyle	2–0	W
17 Feb 1923	D2	Barnsley	0–0	D
15 Feb 1923	D2	at Leicester City	6–0	W
10 Feb 1923	D2	Leicester City	2–2	D	1
7 Feb 1923	FAC	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–0	W
3 Feb 1923	FAC	at Brighton & Hove Albion	1–1	D
26 Dec 1922	D2	Manchester United	0–2	L
25 Dec 1922	D2	at Manchester United	2–1	W	1
23 Dec 1922	D2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	W
16 Dec 1922	D2	at Wolverhampton Wanderers	4–1	W	2
9 Dec 1922	D2	at South Shields	0–0	D
2 Dec 1922	D2	South Shields	1–0	W
25 Nov 1922	D2	at Leyton Orient	2–0	W
18 Nov 1922	D2	Leyton Orient	1–0	W
14 Oct 1922	D2	at Southampton	0–2	L
30 Sept 1922	D2	at Stockport County	1–2	L
29 Apr 1922	D2	Blackpool	0–2	L
22 Apr 1922	D2	at Fulham	0–2	L
17 Apr 1922	D2	at Leyton Orient	0–0	D
15 Apr 1922	D2	Fulham	1–0	W
3 Oct 1921	D2	at Coventry City	0–2	L
1 Oct 1921	D2	at South Shields	0–1	L
27 Aug 1921	D2	at Stoke City	0–2	L
7 May 1921	D2	at South Shields	0–0	D
24 Apr 1909	SL1	at Reading	0–1	L
10 Oct 1908	SL1	Portsmouth	3–1	W
25 Apr 1908	SL1	at Plymouth Argyle	0–2	L
20 Apr 1908	SL1	at Queens Park Rangers	0–4	L
18 Apr 1908	SL1	Southampton	4–2	W	2
17 Apr 1908	SL1	at New Brompton	0–3	L
11 Apr 1908	SL1	at Northampton Town	0–4	L
4 Apr 1908	SL1	Norwich City	3–0	W
28 Mar 1908	SL1	at Watford	3–2	W
25 Mar 1908	SL1	at Brighton & Hove Albion	1–3	L
21 Mar 1908	SL1	Reading	2–1	W
14 Mar 1908	SL1	at Leyton	2–2	D	2
7 Mar 1908	SL1	Bristol Rovers	0–0	D
29 Feb 1908	SL1	at Brentford	0–4	L
22 Feb 1908	SL1	Millwall	0–2	L
15 Feb 1908	SL1	at Bradford Park Avenue	1–0	W
8 Feb 1908	SL1	Portsmouth	2–1	W
16 Nov 1907	SL1	Leyton	0–2	L
28 Sept 1907	SL1	at Luton Town	3–0	W
14 Sept 1907	SL1	at Swindon Town	1–1	D

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