ne ux ' s ▁biggest ▁transfer ▁coup ▁was ▁that ▁of ▁forward ▁Tommy ▁Sh anks , ▁who ▁returned ▁to ▁Br ent ford ▁after ▁ 1 8 ▁months ▁away ▁and ▁off ▁the ▁back ▁of ▁a ▁season ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁had ▁scored ▁ 2 5 ▁goals ▁in ▁W ool wich ▁Ar sen al ' s ▁Football ▁League ▁Second ▁Division ▁triumph . ▁The ▁summer ▁w ages ▁allowed ▁full ▁back s ▁J ock ▁Watson , ▁Tommy ▁David son ▁and ▁half ▁back s ▁James ▁B elling ham , ▁Jimmy ▁Jay ▁and ▁George ▁Par son age ▁to ▁be ▁retained , ▁which ▁on ▁paper ▁made ▁the ▁Be es ' ▁ 1 9 0 4 – 0 5 ▁Southern ▁League ▁First ▁Division ▁squad ▁arg u ably ▁the ▁club ' s ▁strong est ▁yet . ▁ ▁Though ▁the ▁season ▁proved ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁slight ▁improvement ▁on ▁the ▁previous ▁one , ▁with ▁two ▁more ▁points ▁won , ▁but ▁finishing ▁one ▁place ▁lower ▁in ▁ 1 4 th , ▁Br ent ford ' s ▁first ▁season ▁at ▁Griff in ▁Park ▁was ▁a ▁disappoint ment . ▁Though ▁he ▁finished ▁the ▁season ▁as ▁top ▁sc orer ▁and ▁became ▁Br ent ford ' s ▁second ▁international ▁player , ▁forward ▁Tommy ▁Sh anks ▁could ▁not ▁re create ▁his ▁pro l ific ▁form ▁of ▁the ▁previous ▁season ▁and ▁scored ▁just ▁seven ▁goals . ▁The ▁Be es ▁reached ▁the ▁intermediate ▁round ▁of ▁the ▁FA ▁Cup ▁for ▁the ▁third ▁success ive ▁season , ▁but ▁could ▁not ▁find ▁a ▁way ▁past ▁fellow ▁First ▁Division ▁club ▁Reading . ▁ ▁Two ▁club ▁records ▁were ▁set