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BRENTFORD 2 IPSWICH TOWN 0

Bill Hagerty sees the Bees return to winning ways in a lacklustre Griffin Park encounter.It was hardly a night to remember. Indeed, following the thrills of the high-scoring draw against Derby, the despairing visit to Griffin Park of the Tractor Boys might well have been forgotten before one reached the...
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BRENTFORD 3 DERBY COUNTY 3

Bill Hagerty celebrates a return to form that produced a point from a thrilling Griffin Park encounter.This is a tale of guts and nerve; a story of how the Bees, their season written off by many following a 3-0 drubbing at Swansea, resurrected it by three times responding to goals...
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SWANSEA CITY 3 BRENTFORD 0

Stewart Purvis was one of the Bees fans who returned to Swansea hoping for revenge but only got a reprise.Away at Swansea Brentford went down to their biggest defeat of the season since they were last away at Swansea. They conceded a goal in the first minute for the first...
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WHAT’S THERE TO LOOK FORWARD TO?

BU Board member and blogger Greville Waterman is upbeat about what's still to play for this season. It’s the beginning of April and at the start of the season I, along with many other supporters, was hoping with no little justification that by this stage of the season we would...
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WIGAN ATHLETIC 0 BRENTFORD 0

Stewart Purvis reports on how Brentford came away with a point and were still disappointed.A smell of manure wafted across the DW Stadium and got increasingly worse as the game went on. Nobody was sure if a spectator had walked through an extremely large cowpat on his way to the...
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BRENTFORD 0 WBA 1

Bill Hagerty reflects on a game of might-have-beens where three points were gone with the wind.If just one, but preferably two, of a cluster of first-half chances had been accepted… If West Brom hadn’t chosen this football tutorial to demonstrate their first class honours degree in time-wasting… If the fourth...
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SHEFFIELD UNITED 2 BRENTFORD 0

Stewart Purvis was back in Sheffield for another Tuesday evening that fell flat.On a windy wasteful night in South Yorkshire Brentford missed an opportunity to win away for the second time in four days and close the gap on the Championship play-off zone. After a frustrating game against one of...
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MIDDLESBROUGH 1 BRENTFORD 2

Stewart Purvis was one of the lucky Bees fans to witness a historic win. This was something very special. Brentford earned their second away victory of this season and their first at Middlesbrough since 1938 by keeping their heads after an early setback and playing better football than a ‘big...
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STEWART PURVIS’S MESSAGE TO BU MEMBERS

Bees United has earned a special place in the history of Brentford FC and as the club enters an exciting new stage in its future I am honoured to have been appointed as BU’s Chairman and its representative on the BFC Board.
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DAVID MERRITT’S MESSAGE TO BU MEMBERS

I am writing to you as one of my final acts as Chairman of Bees United. I am a few weeks away from reaching my twelve year anniversary on the Board of BU (and only a little more away from the same on the Board of Brentford Football Club). The...
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BEES UNITED AND BRENTFORD FC BOARD CHANGES

David Merritt has stepped down from his position on the Brentford FC Board of Directors after more than 11 years in the role. David was appointed to the Board in late 2007 when he took over as Chairman of Bees United, the Brentford FC Supporters’ Trust – which owned the...
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SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 2 BRENTFORD 0

Stewart Purvis sees the Bees fail again on the road. Maybe it was over before it began. Just as the Bees warmed up at Hillsborough with every player back in their right position after Canos’s matches as an emergency wing back, a key man was withdrawn. Kamo Mokotjo told the...
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