[1] As in the past two off-seasons, Brentford manager Harry Curtis elected to bring in youngsters to supplement his squad, with left half Tally Sneddon and forwards George Eastham and Maurice Edelston being the only new outfield summer signings that would appear during the season.

[2] With forward David McCulloch in outstanding goalscoring form,[3] the Bees went on a six-match undefeated run, which took them from 13th to the top of the table on 16 October.

[4] With Bobby Reid and Billy Scott also supplementing McCulloch's goals up front,[3] Brentford remained unmoved from the top of the table between 30 September 1937 and 19 February 1938.

[4] During the run, Brentford advanced to the sixth round of the FA Cup for the first time in club history and exited after a 3–0 defeat to Preston North End,[4][5] which was played in front of a then-club record crowd of 37,586 at Griffin Park.

[7] The Bees took part in the one-off Empire Exhibition Trophy after the season, replacing Arsenal (who had dropped out of the competition), but the team fell at the first hurdle, with a 1–0 defeat to Heart of Midlothian at Ibrox.