World Cup blog: Beesotted in Russia. Part 1 – The Games Have Begun
Beesotted are heading off to Russia for the World Cup. Against all advice, Billy Grant has packed his bags and will be following England as they aim to upset the applecart and bring back a trophy back home - whilst remaining fairly under the radar - for the first time...
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Stand Up For Choice. Exclusive Podcast from The Fans’ Standing Debate at The Houses Of Parliament With Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP
Football fans and politicians met up at The House of Commons to discuss the choice to stand at football. Dr Rosena Allin-Khan - Shadow Sports Minister - met up with over 60 fans from 41 football clubs to get their views on standing at football matches. Beesotted were...
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Brentford Buzz: Bjelland Unhappy. Judge Delighted. Bees Lead On Football Standing
As we move into mid close-season, Sara Loewenthal gives the lowdown on what’s been happening in and around Griffin Park over the last few weeks in the Brentford Buzz. International News: Bjelland Unhappy With Omission From World Cup Squad. Alan Judge Scores Debut Goal...
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The Brentford High School End Of Year Reports
Beesotted’s supply teacher, Condorman, casts his eye back over the class of 2017/2018. The dust has now settled on another enjoyable year at Brentford High School with the pupils again setting some high standards against other places of learning who often have a...
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Beesotted on BBC Radio 5 Live Talking World Cup Russia and Racism
Billy Grant from Beesotted talks on the BBC Five Live drive time show alongside Pavel Klymenko, The Eastern Europe Correspondent from FARE (Football Against Racism in Europe), and journalist Ivan Kalashnikov (Иван Калашников) from Sports.ru about the forthcoming World...
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Comedian Nathan Caton on the Beesotted Love Sport Radio Brentford Fans’ Show – Thur 24th May
It's the final radio show of the season as the Beesotted crew Billy Grant and Dave Lane alongside Aaron are joined by Comedian Nathan Caton to discuss the finer points of Fulham's clappers at Wembley plus they look forward to their trip to Russia at the World Cup and...
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Five Things You Need To Know About Brentford Click Bait
Beesotted regular, and seasoned jouro, Jim Levack, gets all-of-a-click about the latest raft of bargain basement stories about the Bees 'supposed' transfer targets. It’s gonna be a long summer of transfer twaddle from the click-bait kings! I’m a journalist. Not a...
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Financial Fair Play Isn’t Actually Fair. Brentford Fans’ Show on Love Sport Radio
After a hectic week involving the Beesotted End of Season Podcast and the Football Blogging Awards, it's time for the Beesotted crew to kick back and reflect on the week just gone and the season. In the Love Sport Radio studio with Joe - Billy Grant, Dave Lane and...
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Brentford Full Back Ilias Chatzitheodoridis Guests on End Of Season Show
Brentford full back Ilias Chatzitheodoridis joins the Beesotted crew in the studio (er pub) tonight for the traditional raucous Beesotted End of Season Podcast. In typical end-of-season stylee, the Beesotted crew discussed various random issues including what would...
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Last Chance to Vote for Brentford FC Show
Beesotted have been shortlisted in the Best Podcast category of the Football Blogging Awards. You only have a few more days left to cast your votes. We're up against tough competition with the likes of Villa and other so called bigger clubs in the frame. But we'll...
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Brentford Fans’ Show Love Sport Radio – Thur 10th May
The season is over. The Beesotted crew could now chill and reflect on yet another top 10 finish for Brentford. In the studio with Aaron - Billy TheBee Grant, Dave Laney Lane and Edwood The Headwood chat Championship final day malarkey. Whether it is better to be...
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Dean Smith Talks About West Bromwich Albion Manager Rumours
The last few weeks has been riddled with Dean Smith Stories? Is he staying is he going? No one knows. However, there’s no doubting he’s done a great job for Brentford. After Brentford threw two points at Hull – showing the softer side of Brentford which has seen us...
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Hull City preview and pub guide: Tigers’ visit wraps up Brentford’s season
Hull have had a difficult first season back in the Championship but have done enough to live to fight another day. They are one of many clubs to change managers this season - with Leonid Slutsky, the first Russian to manage an English side, leaving in early December...
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One Step Beyond For Brentford At Barnsley
So, the playoff long-shot dream is over, and what we all knew in our heart of hearts has been clarified - Brentford are almost, but not quite good enough to be considered genuine promotion candidates. The defeat at Barnsley was a disappointing, and unexpected, end to...
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“We’ve made it Difficult for Ourselves” – Barnsley Fans’ Eye View
As the Bees travel up to South Yorkshire, it’s a must win for both teams. Brentford needing a win to keep their playoff flame flickering. Whereas Barnsley need a win to ensure that their relegation battle goes right down to the wire. Billy Grant caught up with Lucy...
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Barnsley Or Bust – pre-Tykes podcast from the Pub
Two games to go. Its looking pretty tight. And with Derby winning Tuesday night, its completely out of Brentford’s hands now as their search for a last minute playoff place turns to the Barnsley match at the weekend. The Beesotted crew met up at The Drayton Court...
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QPR preview and pub guide: Inconsistent Rangers in mid-table again
Inconsistency and a poor away record are the reasons why QPR are going to spend another season in the Championship in 2018/19. Only Birmingham and Bolton have a worse overall away record than our near neighbours in the division this season, while Rangers’ home record...
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Holloway’s Big Day Out – QPR pre-match podcast from the pub
It’s a case of the two cup finals in seven days .. apparently. And whilst Fulham may claim our Craven Cottage day out was Brentford’s cup final, there is no doubt in knowing who’s cup final it is on Saturday (small guess .. .the team's name starts with Q). The...
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Ian Holloway’s Brentford Cup Final – QPR Boss Gives His Game Away
Queens Park Rangers boss, and former Brentford reject, Ian Holloway, has spiced things up ahead of this weekend’s West London derby with a fresh string of comments that clearly show how much a win against the Bees means to him at the end of another disappointing...
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Priceless Maupay In The Last Minute – Fulham Stung Again By Brentford
Scoring a critical, last-gasp, goal against your fierce local rivals and being part of the wave of elation that erupted in the Craven Cottage away section (again) was absolutely priceless, and having spent a chunk of Sunday afternoon watching the game back, the pride...
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“It’s a totally different game this year. Brentford won’t beat us” – Fulham Fans’ View
With the West London Derby approaching and with many Brentford and Fulham Fans disgusted at the £35 ticket price being charged by both sets of fans for this match - some so disgusted they will be making sure they buy no food or drink inside the ground in protest - we...
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Fulham Pre-Match Podcast From The Pub
Another two wins for Brentford against Ipswich and Nottingham Forest sets us up nicely for the West London Derby at Craven Cottage on Saturday where Fulham will be vying for that second automatic promotion place and Brentford will bedding all they can to keep their...
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Zain Westbrook Impresses On Coventry City Trial
Highly rated Brentford prospect, Zain Westbrook, impressed Coventry City coaches in a trial match for the Sky Blues at the Ricoh Arena – the highly rated midfielder, who made his first team debut at Fulham, was B team captain and player of the season last year and has...
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Love Sport Radio Brentford Radio Show – Ipswich and Nottingham Forest
Bank Holiday weekend successful. Full steam ahead to the next match as Ipswich come down to visit Griffin Park. This week Billy Grant, Dave Lane, Jimmy Mac and Love Sport Radio host Aaron Paul chat Sheffield United and Bristol City games. Dean Smith West Brom rumours....
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Playoff boom or bust – Ipswich pre-match podcast from the pub
Just when Brentford fans thought chances of reaching the playoffs were scuppered, the Bees only went and won at Bristol City to reignite the faintest hopes of a trip to Wembley in May. And with Mick McCarthy having handed in his resignation at Ipswich, Brentford will...
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Ipswich preview and pub guide: Mick McCarthy’s long goodbye
The announcement that long-serving manager Mick McCarthy will be leaving Ipswich in the summer has been the dominant news from Portman Road in the past couple of weeks. As the club meanders towards the end of another mid-table season, the thought that there will be a...
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Dean Smith Linked With West Brom Vacancy – Is Brentford Boss Really In The Frame?
According to many newspapers and online reports, Brentford manager, Dean Smith, is in the frame for the West Bromwich Albion job following Alan Pardew’s departure from The Hawthrorns yesterday. Relegation favourites Albion are ten points from Premiership survival with...
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Sheffield United preview and pub guide: Blades find cutting edge
Sheffield United have impressed on their first season back in the Championship since 2010/11 and have been in and around the promotion places for the entire campaign. They went top of the table in late October after winning at Leeds and returned there in mid-November...
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Beesotted Easter Bunnies – Pre Sheffield United and Bristol City Podcast
The Beesotted Bunnies head into the Easter program with two key matches on the horizon – at home to Sheffield United on Good Friday, then away to Bristol City on Easter Monday. After the international break, The Bees reconvene to gun for another top ten finish, with...
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Brentford Start New Stadium Construction – Podcast From The Launch
This was an important week in the life of Brentford FC as the club announced that it was going to break ground at the site of the club’s new stadium at Lionel Road. At a gathering held at One Over The Ait Pub on Kew Bridge - a venue which pretty much marked the spot...
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Friday Night Is Brentford B Team Night – Bees Take On Anderlecht In Special Exhibition
On Friday April 13, the Brentford B Team are to host Anderlecht in a Special Exhibition match at Griffin Park. The match is being funded by The Brentford Lifeline Society who, after 32 years in existence, continue to support and promote the future of Brentford...
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Raise Your Glass To Our Future New Stadium…. But Never Forget The Past
Today, on a frozen and exposed triangle of waste land near Kew Bridge station, around 150 people will gather, shivering, to witness a genuine landmark – the very start of the construction of Brentford Football Club’s new stadium. Today’s event comes after almost two...
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Pests From The West Draw With Beasts From The North East – Brentford 1 Middlesbrough 1
Griffin park looked a real picture in the snow on Saturday afternoon, and although the bumper crowd shivered due the sub zero temperatures, the Bees put on a performance that would have warned the cockles of most fans. Lewis Macleod was handed a rare start and really...
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Pre- Middlesbrough Brentford Fan Show on Love Sport Radio
Beesotted are getting into he groove with their second radio show on Love Sport Radio broadcast this week. Billy TheBee Grant, Dave Lane and Edwood the Headwood join Aaron Paul to hit the studio and chat all things Brentford. They talk Millwall, Cardiff and whether...
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Surely It’s Time For Brentford To Beat Boro? – pre-match Podcast
Billy The Bee and Dave Lane knock their heads together in the Virtual Boozer after two defeats on the spin, against Millwall and Cardiff, and along with the fans after the games, share their thoughts on where the Bees’ season goes from here - including the mach...
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Middlesbrough preview and pub guide: Can Brentford beat our bogey side?
Middlesbrough have marched into the play-off zone and, with a two-point lead over the chasing pack, know that their chances of staying in the top six are in their own hands. They are currently on an unbeaten five-game run and have won their last three matches in their...
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Tarkowski England Call Up Triggers Brentford Windfall
Former Brentford defender James Tarkowski’s call-up to the England squad for the forthcoming friendlies against Holland and Italy will be news to Brentford’s ears… for no other reason than it will earn our club a tasty financial windfall of around £500,000 – a figure...
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“Traore Is Our Brentford Weapon” – Boro Fans’ Eye View
After the sucker blow of losing to Millwall and Cardiff in a week, Brentford face another tough, organised side in Tony Pulis' Middlesbrough this weekend. Billy Grant caught up with Rob from Fly Me To The Moon fanzine (FMTTM) to get the lowdown on what is going down...
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Cardiff City preview and pub guide: The Warnock factor
*This article has been updated since the postponement to reflect Cardiff's last two games. Cardiff have been in the running for promotion all season and despite a wobble over Christmas they are in pole position to finish the job. With 10 games remaining they are...
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New Brentford Fan Show Launches on Radio
Beesotted broadcast their first radio show on Love Sport Radio this week. Billy TheBee Grant, Dave Lane & Lord Lou Can hit the studio chatting all things Brentford. Plus a special appearance from Brentford legend Carl Hutchings telling us the song that most reminded...
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Hand Grenade Found At Griffin Park – Millwall Memories
With Brentford taking on Millwall at The Den this weekend, we thought we'd look back at a couple of classic Millwall-Bees moments from yesteryear... in what is one of London's longest running cross-city derbies. There may not be any real local rivalry attached to this...
read moreThe Big Six-Pointer – Millwall Pre-Match Podcast From The Pub
Big game in South East London as Brentford take on Millwall at the New Den looking to build on the three points gained a Burton in a match which sees two teams potentially vying for the last play-off place pitted against each other. The Beesotted crew met in The...
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Bees Burton Win But Brewers Droop – Burton 0 Brentford 2
Brentford came away from Burton with a hard fought, but well deserved, 2-0 win over the struggling Brewers thanks to a second half own goal and a daisy-cutter clincher from Ollie Watkins. The Bees were on top throughout in reality, but it was a frustrating first half...
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Burton 0 Brentford 2 – post-match podcast from the pub
Brentford came away from Burton with a hard fought but well deserved 2-0 win over the struggling Brewers thanks to a second half own goal and a clincher from Ollie Watkins. Subscribe to Beesotted podcasts by clicking on the icons here MORE RECENT CONTENT MOST READ...
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Martin Allen and Ian Stone Interview Beesotted on LoveSport Radio (558 AM) pre-Burton Match
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Kev O’Connor and Bob Taylor Live at Fuller’s Brewery
Brentford Legends Kev O'Connor and Bob Taylor were special guests at the Beesotted's December Bees-Up at Fullers' Brewery. A quality night saw 80 Brentford fans thoroughly entertained with ex Bee Marcus Gayle - alongside Billy Grant and Dave Lane - embarking on an 'in...
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Martin Allen Joins Brentford Fans For A Night To Remember
Join Brentford legend Martin Allen on Friday 4th May for the Beesotted Pride of West London End of Season Bees-Up Martin plus special guests and fans will be at the fantastic Drayton Court Hotel in Ealing on Bank Holiday Friday 4th May (two days before the final...
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Heckingbottom Has Given Leeds Confidence. Brentford Will Find It Tough – Fans’ Eye View
Next up - a trip to Yorkshire for Brentford - hoping to make it three wins on the spin against a Leeds side without a win since Boxing Day. Billy Grant caught up with Ryan Wilson (@RYAN_PIGEONS) from Proper Sport Station (@ProperSport) to talk Heckingbottom, Leeds'...
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Leeds Won’t Be Seeing My Money This Season. Forty’s Naughty
I’m not going to Leeds United this weekend. As a hardcore Brentford fan, it really pains me to admit that I won’t be off to my beloved Yorkshire (I love going to Yorkshire) on one of my favourite awaydays. But after examining the prices that Leeds were charging away...
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Brentford’s Day Dream Believers – Brummy Fall Out and Pre-Leeds Podcast From The Pub
A mere 24 hours after The Bees’ magnificent win over Birmingham City, three Brentford fans – Dave Lane, Marvellous Matt and Robin Hood – reconvened at the Prince Blucher on Twickenham to chew the fat over the previous nights game, have a little sing song, weigh up our...
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