Did you know that a former Bees player attended no fewer than 9 World Cups ? Just one of the fascinating facts Jonathan Burchill, author of ‘A Pub on Each Corner’, came up with when we asked him for links -the more tenuous the better - between Brentford and the...
Brentford historian and BU Contributing Editor Greville Waterman pauses for breath to review our first 15 games and consider what is to come after Christmas.
In their first game at the Gtech Stadium Brentford Women beat Watford Ladies Development team 4-2 in front of a record crowd of 5,116. We spoke to Amy Crook who with her father Roger has been involved with the team for over 30 years.
Former BU Chairman Brian Burgess has found a souvenir in his loft of the days when Bees fans put their hands in their pockets and donated in collecting tins and buckets. Current BU Board member Ron Cooper looks back on his own role in the fund-raising.
To get a fan’s eye view from the away end at the Etihad as the Bees beat Manchester City we couldn’t do better than one of our own board members. He’s the one without a shirt.
In our latest dip into Dave Vernacular's amazing archive of Bees memorabilia we see what our predecessors looked like on match days a century ago, long before the arrival of selfies.
Former Brentford favourite Jota has explained why he has turned down a lucrative deal to play in Saudi Arabia and retired from football at the age of only 31. In an interview he talked about Bees, horses and the tattooing business.
A request from Bees United to Brentford FC for a minute's applause to mark the passing of a member led to a series of tributes including a mention on BBC Match of the Day.
Brentford being drawn against Gillingham in the EFL Cup in November has brought back memories of many battles in the lower leagues, the most recent in 2014. Our memorabilia collector , 'Dave Vernacular' has found evidence that for one reserve game against the 'Gills' Brentford left the team selection a...
30th September, was the anniversary of the day in 2005 when Bees United announced a ‘huge step forward in their plans to take-over the Club from the current owner, Ron Noades’. Brian Burgess, then the Chairman of BU, remembers it well.
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