Coventry City preview: Brentford hoping to avoid the (Sky) Blues
Coventry have not been regular opponents for Brentford in recent years - in fact Saturday will only be the fifth meeting between the sides since the mid-1960s. Because of the Sky Blues' ground problems in recent years, the Brentford Community Stadium will be the...
Said Goodbye? The Benrahma To West Ham Saga Podcast
The on-off-on-off transfer of Said Benraham to West Ham United (it's never straight forward when they come sniffing) takes centre stage in this international break podcast. Dave 'Laney' Lane, Matt 'The Allard' Allard and The Dutchman chew that fat over this week's...
Top, Top Award For Brian Burgess
If they dished out honours for speaking your mind, my old man would have had one decades ago. It didn’t always end well, but he was forthright, wore his heart on his sleeve and you always knew where you stood with him. Unfortunately in the modern, corporate world the...
Forget the PNE result – This is the Push Up Brentford film Special Podcast
A BUMPER international window podcast as the Beesotted crew of Billy The Bee Grant, Dave Laney Lane and Savvy Bee Kyriacou met in the virtual joint to discuss load and loads. International caps for Jenssen, Fosu, Ghoddos and Said amongst others. How kind was...
Push Up Brentford Film & Final Memory Of Griffin Park Offer
There’s been two cracking launches in the past week or so, both of which celebrate the unique place Griffin Park and Brentford Football Club holds in our hearts and should be very well received.PUSH UP BRENTFORD FILMFirst up is the superb new film entitled ‘Push Up...
Preston, Brentford & Fulham fans on the TERRACES – Pre-PNE match preview podcast LIVE from Corinthian Casuals
Preston fans headed down to London to link up with Brentford fans at Corinthian Casuals for beer whilst watching real, live FA Cup football from the terraces And needless to say ... we recorded LIVE from the terraces .. capturing the atmosphere that we have all been...
Preston preview: Faltering North End next up for Brentford
Preston's form has fallen away since the Championship restarted in the summer. Going into the lockdown break, Sunday's visitors were holding on to sixth place, but on the resumption they only won two of their final nine matches to finish ninth - four points outside...
So Lets Get That Playoff Final Monkey Off Our Back Then – Beesotted meets Fulhamish Pre-League Cup Match Podcast
With a point on the board at The Den, Brentford next face West London rivals Fulham for the first time since the playoff defeat at Wembley in July. Will Brentford’s B plus team be any match for their Premier League rivals - who still have to register a point on the...
Fulham preview: Brentford bidding for cup history
Brentford are aiming to reach the League Cup quarter-finals for the first time in the club's history when we take on Fulham on Thursday evening in the first-ever floodlit game at the Brentford Community Stadium. The Bees are in the fourth round for only the third time...
Season Ticket Options Announced Following Fan Consultation
Brentford Football Club have unveiled its plans to tackle the reality of the Corona Virus’ impact on the game, and its fans’ ability to attend matches at the new stadium this season, by offering season ticket refund and deferral options for the 20/21 and 21/22...
No More Waiting for Ghoddos – Millwall v Brentford pre-match podcast
Two wins in four days for Brentford as they despatched Huddersfield in the first match at New Griffin Park at Lionel Road before going on to knock last season’s promotion rivals West Brom out of the League Cup on penalties Billy Grant, Dave Lane and Matt Allard cozy...
Saints and Winners – Post Southampton Pre-Huddersfield Match Podcast
Brentford opened the season with a loss against Birmingham City. But an impressive victory against Premier League Southampton in the midweek made some amends. The Beesotted crew Billy The Bee Grant, Dave Laney Lane and Matt The Allard Allard met in the virtual joint...
Huddersfield Town preview: Terriers start new era under Corberan
Huddersfield will be hoping to have a go at returning to the Premier League this season, after a disappointing couple of years, and will be Brentford's first league visitors in our new stadium. The Terriers won a dream promotion to the top flight by beating Reading in...
Watkins To Villa. Raya to Arsenal? – Birmingham v Brentford Pre-Match Podcast from The Pub
The Championship is back. And the Beesotted crew of Billy The Bee Grant, Dave Laney Lane and Matt The Allard Allard hooked up in the Sussex Arms for their first pub-cast for six months. And lots to discuss Ollie Watkins' transfer to Aston Villa Brentford season warm...
OLLIE WATKINS LEAVES WITH BRENTFORD FANS’ BLESSINGS AFTER MAMMOTH VILLA TRANSFER
Has there ever been a less contentious and fan-enraging transfer of a top striker in Brentford Football Club’s history than Ollie Watkins’? In days gone by there would have been uproar from supporters that the previous season’s leading scorer had been shipped off to...
The Dawn Of A New Era – Our New Stadium’s First Match
Beesotted’s Jim Levack was one of the fortunate journalists who were at the bank spanking new Brentford stadium to witness the first-ever competitive match… here’s what he thought of the experience. So the new era has dawned and it wasn’t as painful as feared. Yes, it...
Wycombe preview: New stadium set for first competitive game
History will be made on Sunday when the first competitive game kicks off at the Brentford Community Stadium, as the Bees face Wycombe in the Carabao Cup. After many years of talking about a new stadium for Brentford, plans to move the club anywhere from Feltham to...
Ivan Toney Shuns Celtic and Signs For Brentford
Exciting times as Brentford have finally signed striker Ivan Toney from Peterborough. Billy Grant takes a closer look on what we can expect from the powerful frontman - analysing the stats and asking Peterborough fans how good is he really? Brentford have signed...
Brentford Football Analytics Special. Interview with Ted Knutson from Statsbomb. Brentford’s Season – Success or Failure?
Billy Grant and Matt Allard from Beesotted sat down with football analyst Ted Knutson from Statsbomb to discuss how analytics has improved Brentford over the years and what the future looks like for The Bees. They also asked the question whether Brentford’s season -...
Fulham Defeat Ranked Not Worst by Bees Fans Looking Forward To Positive Bounce-Back Next Season
After yet another playoff defeat, Billy Grant asks Bees fans to rate their worst and least worst playoff losses in order to get a feel for where the Fulham game sat amongst the nine defeats. No one likes to lose a match. Even worse, no one likes to lose to your...
Nazi Germany Tour Sparked Four Generations Of Brentford Support
Whether your support of Brentford Football Club was forged by simply supporting your local team… has been inherited as part of your family traditions… or is really random and doesn’t quite make sense to even yourself… that shared collective pride is something that...
Bottled It Or Yet Another Step Closer for Bees? – Football Experts’ Views: Championship Playoff Final Review Podcast
With the pain of losing the Championship Playoff Final subsided somewhat, the Beesotted crew of Billy Grant, Dave Lane, Matt Allard and Jo Whelan assembled in court - the old Brentford Magistrates Court aka Verdict Cafe to be precise - to mull over the past few weeks...
Brentford 1 Fulham 2. Bees Miss Out On Premier League Promotion To West London Rivals.
Brentford suffered another cruel bout of Wembley failure, losing the Championship play-off final 2-1 to bitter rivals Fulham and missing out on promotion to the Premier League. Beesotted contributor Paul Harrison reflects on a painful night for all Brentford fans, and...
Play-off final preview: Brentford v Fulham – the ultimate Wembley contest
Fulham finished the Championship season on the same number of points as Brentford - 81 - after a good campaign following their relegation from the Premier League. The Cottagers, who were promoted two years ago, only to come straight back down to the Championship, have...
Whose Cup Final Is it Now? – Brentford v Fulham Championship Playoff Final Podcasts Part 1 and 2
Brentford are heading to Wembley. To play in the Championship Playoff Final. And to top it up, they're playing none other than their West London rivals Fulham. With no fans at the stadium, West London is going to be jumping as TW8 and SW6 will be hosting parties...
HOW AND WHERE WILL YOU BE WATCHING ON TUESDAY?
So how and where will you be watching on Tuesday? It’s a really tough one for me living well away from Griffin Park, but at the end of the day if I wasn’t with my two lads the day we finally did it, I’d never forgive myself. We’ve a few beers planned and we’ll have a...
Saying Goodbye To Griffin Park
Beesotted's Jim Levack looks back at an emotional night at Griffin Park and pays his respects to our proud old stadium.As goodbyes go, it was pretty much perfect. A resounding win with Brentford back to their high tempo best, a glaring injustice righted and the reward...
Brentford 3 Swansea 1 (3-2 agg.). Bees Give Griffin Park Stylish Send Off.
In the final ever match at Griffin Park, Brentford booked a place in the Championship play-off final at Wembley by overturning a one goal deficit from the first leg against Swansea. Beesotted contributor Paul Harrison goes through the highs of a night for the history...
GET YOUR NAME IN THE FINAL UPDATED GRIFFIN PARK EDITION BOOK
A limited edition print run of the updated Griffin Park book will be produced that includes the final two seasons at our proud old stadium – featuring photographs and memories from the club’s stunning 5-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday that proved to be the last...
Swansea City preview: This really is Farewell Griffin Park
Swansea are the surprise final visitors to Griffin Park in our beloved ground's last match after 116 years, after they snatched a play-off place on the last day of the season. The Swans played their part in a six-goal turnaround by winning 4-1 at Reading as rivals...
Swansea 1 Brentford 0. Bees Fall Behind In Controversial Play-Off First Leg
Brentford head into the second leg of the play-off semi-final one goal behind Swansea, in a match stained by a controversial Rico Henry red card. Beesotted contributor Paul Harrison reflects on a frustrating evening in South Wales. Andre Ayew's superb strike gifted...
Championship Playoff Special Part 1 – Swansea v Brentford Pre-Match Podcast
Brentford are in the playoffs - their ninth playoff appearance to top of the highest league finish for over 70 years After a disappointing 2-1 defeat to Barnsley - with the Bees needing a win to gain automatic promotion - Brentford are back to exactly where they...
Come On You Bees!
Wednesday night was a proper kick in gnads, but like most true Brentford fans, Jim Levack has dusted himself down, had a long, hard think, and is ready to get behind his team and 'go again' against Swansea City on Sunday. Come On You Bees! Anyone doubting the desire...
Brentford 1 Barnsley 2 – Bees Settle For Play Offs On Dramatic Final Day
Brentford missed out on automatic promotion on the final day as they were beaten by Barnsley's injury-time winner - that goal saving the Yorkshire side from relegation at the death. Beesotted contributor Paul Harrison reports on a crazy final day in the Championship....
Barnsley preview: Farewell Griffin Park….or is it?
Griffin Park has played host to many, many memorable moments over the years - could it be about to stage its biggest in modern times on Wednesday night? The stakes could not be higher as Barnsley come to west London. A win or a draw for Brentford could see us promoted...
Brentford – We Can Do This. Nostradamus Said
Billy Grant gets philosophical after Brentford's defeat to Stoke. And recalls his meeting with Brentford Director of Football Phil Giles back in January where he amazingly predicted that Brentford would be in exactly this position - battling with West Brom for a place...
Judgement Day for Brentford – Barnsley pre-match Podcast
It's the final day of the season. And as predicted, it's gone down to the wire Brentford need to win (realistically) to stand any chance of promotion to the Premier League. But it's not in their hands. Because they also are relying on West Brom not winning. A draw...
Stoke 1 Brentford 0 – Bees (Pretty Much) Blow Automatic Promotion
Brentford failed to seize the moment and climb above West Brom into 2nd - the Bees were beaten 1-0 by Stoke in a season-defining game. Beesotted contributor Paul Harrison reflects on an agonising afternoon and looks ahead to the opportunities for redemption. A 38th...
Keep Calm And Carry On Brentford
Beesotted's Jim Levack urges the players to keep calm and carry on after West Brom's defeat handed the Bees the chance to pounce! Just before the Huddersfield game kicked off, I read a short tweet that put things very firmly into a perspective that we must try to...
Brentford Four Points From Premier League – Beesotted Round Up
Beesotted contributor Paul Harrison rounds up the key stories and talking points ahead of Brentford's momentous final two league games. WEST BROM DEFEAT SEES BRENTFORD FOUR POINTS FROM PREMIER LEAGUE West Brom suffer a shock 2-1 defeat to relegation-threatened...
Squeaky Bum Time for Brentford and West Brom – Stoke City Pre-Match Podcast
Brentford go into this weekend one point behind 2nd place West Bromwich Albion. The Baggies play Huddersfield on Friday night whilst Brentford play Stoke on Saturday. It's D-Day for The Bees as they look to keep the pressure on West Brom. Billy Grant, Dave Lane and...
Brentford 1 Preston North End 0 – post-match podcast from the pub
An Ollie Watkins goal saw Brentford win their eight straight match against Preston at Griffin Park. Twenty goals scored and two conceded in that run Brentford are now just one point behind West Brom who play Huddersfield on Friday. The pub erupted when Watkins' shot...
Bees Heap Pressure On Wobbling West Bromwich Albion
Jim Levack looks back on Wednesday's win over Preston, which heaps the pressure back on a spluttering, flat West Bromwich team that could be one more wobble away from imploding. Most people who know me will confirm that I’m seldom lost for words. But as I scoured my...
Brentford 1 Preston 0. Bees Grind Out Yet Another Win
Brentford were made to work hard by a battling Preston side, but an early goal from Ollie Watkins was enough to secure the three points. Beesotted contributor Paul Harrison looks back at the Bees' 8th win in a row. THE MATCH It's been a strange week to be a Brentford...
Preston North End preview: PNE desperate to revive play-off hopes
Preston have found it hard to regain their early-season form since the Championship restarted and are in danger of missing out on a play-off spot for which they seemed favourites earlier in the campaign. Going into the lockdown break, North End were holding on to...
Will Fulham Put Bees in Promotion Driving Seat? – Brentford v Preston Pre-Match Podcast
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Derby 1 Brentford 3 – Post-Match Podcast from the Pub
A brace from Said Benrahma and a goal from Ollie Watkins saw Brentford take all three points against Wayne Rooney's Derby County at Pride Park in a game that was Brentford win their 7th match in a row - and a clean sweep post-lockdown. We spoke to fans in the...
BEES MAKE FOOTBALL HISTORY – EVERY HOME LEAGUE MATCH WON AT GRIFFIN PARK THIS SEASON
Following Liverpool's failure to beat Burnley at Anfield yesterday, Brentford's proud and long-standing record of winning every home game in a season remains in tact – no team has match this record since Harry Curtis' team achieved the feat way back in 1930. Today we...
Derby 1 Brentford 3. Bees are buzzing after seven wins in a row
In what was billed as their toughest test remaining, Brentford picked up ANOTHER win and brushed off Derby County without breaking sweat. Derby cancelled out Ollie Watkins' opener with an equaliser before half-time. But two strikes from Said Benrahma and a bit of good...
Championship Round Up – Promotion Race Predictions. Rooney Looks To Sting Bees. Frank Wins Award
Beesotted contributor Paul Harrison rounds up the week's key stories and talking points ahead of the Championship run-in. Next Stop - Derby With just four games left of the regular season, this weekend in particular looks crucial in determining who finishes where....