Bill Hagerty marvels as Benrahma puts a tiger in Bees’ tank to sink a downcast Hull at Griffin Park. Bang the drums, wave the flags, to celebrate the birth of a superstar. Said Benrahma, the Algerian-born winger who has indelibly stamped his presence on the shifting sands of Brentford’s season,...
Donald Kerr was among the disappointed Bees fans in the Liberty Stadium. It’s difficult to know where to start with a report on our defeat in Swansea. Given that it was on BBC Wales, there can be few fans that weren’t either there at the Liberty Stadium or didn’t watch...
Bill Hagerty sees Bees score a last-gasp winner to ruin Dean Smith’s return to Griffin Park. How to describe never-say-die Brentford’s performance as they dumped play-off contenders Aston Villa on their optimistic back-sides: sensational, astounding, thrilling, breathtaking, magnificent, incredible? No, it was better than that.
Stewart Purvis sees Brentford’s unbeaten run of ten games come to an end. Yet another early defensive slip-up cost the Bees a game they could have at least drawn. Clear winners in the stats in every category but goals, Brentford started too casually and left the comeback too late. Nottingham...
Bill Hagerty sees Brentford dismiss those other Bees to reach the fifth round in another exciting FA Cup-tie. A lesson learned the previous Saturday, when Brentford conceded two goals inside seven minutes before regrouping to thrash Blackburn Rovers, is fundamental: get your retaliation in first. When rugby legend Willie John...
Bill Hagerty sees the Bees avert disaster and swamp a startled Blackburn on a memorable afternoon at Griffin Park. It was an honour to attend Sergi Canos's birthday party, even though the celebrant himself didn’t turn up until late in the proceedings. The Spaniard’s contribution was joyous after the most...
Bill Hagerty sees a firecracker of a Cup-tie in which Brentford’s battle with the other Bees ends in stalemate and a return engagement at Griffin Park. It ain’t over till it’s over, said baseball legend Yogi Berra, for it to be echoed worldwide ever since. And this action-packed, error-strewn Cup-tie...
Stewart Purvis was one of the 606 Bees fans who had an unusually good day out in Rotherham. Passengers on the last London train out of Rotherham on Saturday night looked somewhat startled as ‘We Won Away’ echoed through the carriages. It was explained to them that this was indeed...
Brentford FC historian and BU Board member, Greville Waterman, gives a personal view on what may, and may not, be about to happen in the remaining days of the January 2019 window.
Stewart Purvis was among the fans and the scouts who saw the Bees at their best. Almost five months to the day Brentford went to Stoke, outclassed them but only got a draw. This weekend they didn’t just go one better but a whole lot better, totally demolishing a team...
At Griffin Park Stewart Purvis has a vision of a frightening future which he hopes will never happen. If you woke up the morning after this transfer window closes and found your worse nightmares had come true and Brentford had sold Chris Mepham, Romaine Sawyers and Neal Maupay you might...
Bill Hagerty sees the Bees maintain a proud Bank Holiday record while putting the frighteners on Championship high flyers Norwich. What a difference a New Year’s Day makes. Having never been beaten in a League match at Griffin Park when played on this date, Brentford produced a first-half performance as...
Donald Kerr reports on how Brentford’s defence proved once and for all they are not a soft touch as they come away from St Andrews with a clean sheet. If ever there was a game of two halves, this was it. At his Thursday press conference, Thomas Frank had forecast...
Donald Kerr takes heart from a trip to Bristol where the Bees ‘got their mojo back’. Were there any of the 500 plus fans travelling to the game at Ashton Gate not wondering whether the Bees had turned a corner with the win against Bolton, or was it, like the...
Bill Hagerty cheers Brentford’s first win in seven outings but worries that a poor Bolton side should have been despatched more clinically. The tension could almost be seen slipping from the shoulders of Thomas Frank. Following the final whistle he visited the Bees’ fans at the Ealing Roadend before accepting...
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