Career
He is best remembered for his time with Brentford, making over 200 appearances. He was posthumously inducted into the in May 2015. Guildford City After leaving school, Monk joined the reserve team at Southern League side Guildford City prior to the outbreak of the Second World War.
After the war, Monk broke into the first team and scored 29 goals in the 1946/47 season.
He bagged another 17 goals in the 1947/48 season, before departing in March 1948. Brentford Monk joined Division Two side Brentford in March 1948, making his debut in a 2-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur at Griffin Park on 20 March.
He was Brentford"s top scorer during the 1948/49 season. A centre forward by trade, Monk moved to right back during the 1949/50 season, but returned to his forward role in January 1951 and set a club record by scoring in ten consecutive games between January and March 1951.
Towards the end of the 1951/52 season, he again reverted to his right back role.
Monk departed Brentford at the end of the 1953/54 season, after the club"s relegation to the Division Three South was confirmed. He made 219 appearances and scored 49 goals for the Bees. Aldershot Monk joined Division Three South side Aldershot in the summer of 1954, making 49 appearances before retiring in 1956.
Monk was an England Schoolboy international.
After his retirement from football, Monk returned to Brentford and worked as the first team"s trainer between 1957 and 1965.
