PUSH UP BRENTFORD PART FIVE – SIDELINES & BYLINES
This episode is called ‘Sidelines and Bylines’ and talks to some of the people that have worked in and aroun the club. Huw Powell served his apprenticeship as a photo journalist with the Surrey Comet before going on to work for several local newspapers from the mid...
BRENTFORD’S CUP FINAL WIN: KEEPING HARRY WAITING
Today we commemorate the anniversary of one of Brentford's most famous victories – the War Cup Final win over Portsmouth that took place at a packed Wembley Stadium on Saturday, 30 May, 1942. The club's iconic manager, Harry Curtis, described the day, and leading his...
Paul Shrubb – Thanks For The Memories
Brentford fans will regret to hear of the passing of former Bees player Paul Shrubb, who had been bravely fighting Motor Neurone Disease. On a personal note, Paul was a central part of the team that I first watched as a Bees fan – an exciting and talent bunch of...
PUSH UP BRENTFORD PART THREE – “WHO ARE YA?”
This episode is called “Who Are Ya?” Fans discuss how others have viewed their support for Brentford, often as eccentric, frequently with sympathy. They also remember some of the characters in the crowd as well as the importance of fanzines. There is an exploration of...
PUSH UP BRENTFORD PART TWO – THE BIG MATCH
This episode is called “The Big Match” and covers some of the ups and downs of supporting Brentford. You’ll hear stories of memorable games, home and away, along with a few people would rather forget. Rainy afternoons in Stockport, chocolate bars raining down on the...
Push Up Brentford Part One – The Kick Off
The project is run by volunteers, many of them Brentford fans, and supported by Arts and Education charity, digital:works. This episode is called “The Kick Off”. It explores the early years of people’s support for Brentford, their family history, some going back to...
Griffin Park, Me and Joe – Griffin Park Isn’t Gone
December 4 1993… FA Cup Round Two… Brentford 1 Cardiff City 3 Were you at this game? There’s no real reason you’d remember being part of the 4,845 crowd, but I do. I was there and so was my dad, Joe. It was the last time I saw him alive. He was proper Brentford, my...
Championship Straight to Playoffs? Canos Questions Season Resumption. Farewell Griffin Park – Beesotted Lockdown Round Up
Billy Grant looks at the news in and around The Championship and gives a lockdown lowdown Farewell Griffin Park? Today - Saturday May 2nd - should have been the final league match at Griffin Park with Brentford playing hosts to Barnsley in a game. Who knows what the...
We Are The Bees in Black (£20m to be precise) – The Beesotted No Football Lockdown Podcast No 2
The Beesotted crew Billy TheBee Grant. Dave Laney Lane. Liberal Nick Carthew and Greville The Water Man hooked up mid-lockdown in The Virtual Joint to discuss more non-football football bits and pieces. Is there light at the end of the football-free tunnel? Could The...
The Beesotted No Football Lockdown Podcast. Episode One. When Will The Season Restart?
After a few weeks in lockdown hibernation, the Beesotted crew of Billy the Bee Grant. Dave Laney Lane. Matt The Allard Allard. Liberal Nick Carthew and Savvy Bee Kyriacau met up in the virtual joint to discuss the past weeks of no football. Plus they talked about...
Push Up Brentford!
In the second instalment of our historical mini-pods, where we talk about some of the great projects currently underway to celebrate Griffin Park and our club's proud history, we talk to Savvy Bee, one of the people behind Push Up Brentford! It's a great Bees oral...
Fifty Years Ago
Fifty years ago this week, The Bees were in a similar race for promotion as they were before this season was put on pause - and although there were no play-offs back then - the league table was tight at the top with six clubs slogging it out at the top. A lot was...
Recolouring Brentford – If You Know Yer History
The first Beesotted 'If You Know Yer History' mini-podcast has just been uploaded, which we will publish over the next few months in and around the main Pride of West London podcasts. This edition we speak to Brendan Nevin, the magician behind the brilliant...
Free Brentford Book Offer To Help Local Food Bank
Firstly, we hope you and your family are safe and well. Beesotted are proud to support our local Foodbox charity and today we are asking Brentford fans to donate to their critical work, in exchange for a free Brentford book. A real no-brainer... helping a fantastic...
Judgement Day At Craven Cottage – Pre-Fulham Podcast From the Pub
Brentford travel to Craven Cottage on Friday for the big West London Derby against Fulham With the coronavirus scare hitting pandemic levels, the word on the Beesotted streets made the crew question whether the match would take place this weekend. But it's game on...
Beesotted Round Up – Brentford Beat Rangers; Jansson Is Back; Final Match Sell Out?
Brentford Beat Rangers The B team concluded their tour of Cyprus with a rousing 3-0 win over Russian 3rd division side Rodina Moscow with goals from Christian Tue Jensen, Julien Carre, and Jaden Brissett - his third in two games. On Tuesday night, Brentford...
Fulham, Are You Listening… To The Beesotted Radio Show?
This week’s Beesotted crew are Dave Lane and Gary GP Paul who, like everyone else at Griffin Park at the weekend, were treated to a real Five Star Brentford performance, with The Bees dispatching of Sheffield Wednesday with relative ease… the win really does set up...
Brentford 5 Sheffield Wednesday 0 – post-match podcast from the pub
Brentford were back at Griffin Park after dropping two points at Cardiff. The desperately needed three points against Sheffield Wednesday to get back on track and solidify their place in the playoffs. And Brentford dominated the match from start to finish. Three nil...
Thomas Frank and Ollie Watkins Winners: London Football Awards
Brentford Head Coach, Thomas Frank, and Bees’ striker Ollie Watkins were big winners at the London Football Awards on Thursday evening, after picking up trophies in their respective categories. lt was a proud night for Brentford, with David Raya (London Goalkeeper)...
Sheffield Wednesday preview and pub guide: Rollercoaster ride for Owls
Sheffield Wednesday have had a real up and down season and look to have too much to do to force their way into the play-offs. With 10 games to go, they have to play five of the top six - including the Bees and sixth-placed Preston, who they trail by eight points....
The Precautionary No Handshake Pre Sheffield Wednesday Podcast
The Beesotted crew met to chew the fat over a busy week of news at One Over The Ait, the epicentre of Brentford history past, present and future. With the Coronavirus spreading significantly there is talk that football matches may need to be played behind closed...
Memories Of Griffin Park – Jim Levack Shares Some Golden Recollections
Just six league games remain at Griffin Park and the start of an exciting new chapter in our history. So rather than recalling his favourite ever or first game at our home of more than a century, Jim Levack wanted to share a few memories. Bees fans… what are yours?...
Beesotted Round Up – Pontus Jansson is Back. Nearly. Mbuemo Magic. That Trotta Moment
With the weekend well and truly behind us, Beesotted contributor Paul Harrison gives a round up of events happening in and around Griffin Park and The Championship. Pontus is back. Hello. Hello The two goals conceded at Cardiff ultimately boiled down to a lack of...
Cardiff 2 Brentford 2 – post-match podcast from Wales
Brentford went to Cardiff in search of three points to get their playoff push back on track And two goals up things were looking good for the Bees But Cardiff hit back with two late first half goals. And could have got all three points We spoke to Brentford and...
Brentford got a lotta bottle? – Cardiff pre-match podcast
The Beesotted crew Billy The Bee Grant, xG Dave Anderson and Robin Hood McMichael met in The Virtual Joint to discuss the Luton Loss. Pontus Jansson. Where is he? When is he coming back? And the upcoming crucial catch at Cardiff which Brentford need to win (or at...
Luton 2 Brentford 1 – post-match podcast in the snow
Brentford went to Luton in search of three points. What they got was a fight. That they lost We spoke to Bees & Luton fans straight after the match
Hatters Matters Midweeker – Beesotted Radio Show
We look back at Saturday’s blustery 2-2 draw with Blackburn and ask 'does the loss of points wave goodbye to a reaslistic chance at automatic promotion with West Brom and Leeds both winning', or are we being dragged into a premature ‘run-in-panic-room’? There’s a...
The Calm After The Storm (Dennis) – Blackburn Pre-Match Podcast From The Pub
's another early kick off as Brentford entertain Blackburn Rovers in front of the Sky TV cameras The Beesotted crew met in the George IV pub in Chiswick to shoot the Brentford breeze (aka storm Dennis) - chatting Birmingham City result. Ticket sales for the Barnsley...
Blackburn preview and pub guide: In-form Rovers next up for Bees
Blackburn arrive for Saturday's televised lunchtime kick-off at Griffin Park as the Championship's joint most in-form team. Tony Mowbray's side have picked up 14 points from their last seven games, with four victories and two draws, to move within three points of the...
Top Six Championship Teams’ Fans Discuss Promotion Race – Beesotted LoveSport Radio Show
After securing a point at Birmingham in the wake of storm Dennis, Billy Grant joined George Riley in the Lovesport Studio to discuss the match at the weekend including discussing views from the fans on the St Andrews terraces and Brentford Head Coach Thomas Frank....
It’s Even Tighter at The Top – Pre Birmingham City Podcast
It’s the day after the Lord Mayor’s show. Leeds are back up in Yorkshire after an evening of pinging the ball around out in West London with only a point to show for it. Meanwhile Brentford are sitting back thinking “That was a point we would have not picked up last...
Looking Back At Leeds – A Weird, Strange And Different Night?
Regular Beesotted contributor, Jim Levack, looks back at Tuesday night's top of the table clash between Brentford and Leeds United and asks what we learned from the encounter. “Weird”, “strange”, “different” – if we created a word cloud after the draw with Leeds, all...
Nailbiter Alert ! – Pre-Leeds United Lovesport Brentford Radio Show
Brentford ground out a well needed win against Middlesboro at the weekend which set up a huge size pointer against Leeds at Griffin Park very nicely indeed. The Beesotted crew of Dave Laney Lane and Billy TheBee Grant hooked up in the Lovesport Studio to discuss the...
Leeds United preview and pub guide: Can Bielsa get his side over the line?
Leeds are going through a tough time at the moment, and the once almost impregnable lead that they and West Brom had at the top of the table has been whittled away by the chasing pack. Two months ago on 10 December, they beat Hull 2-0 at Elland Road to swap places...
Cautious Leeds Anxious To Reverse Bad Form At Griffin Park
In the run in to the massive six pointer between Brentford and Leeds United, Billy Grant catches up with Andrew ‘LUFC Stats’ Dalton to get the lowdown on United’s promotion campaign Leeds had a great start to this season. You must have been delighted with the way your...
Brentford 3 Boro 2 – post-match podcast from the pub
Boro came to Griffin Park with an unbeaten record at Brentford stretching back years. But it was Brentford who came off best as a late Ollie Watkins winner saw the Bees take all three points for The Bees' first ever double over Boro We spoke to both Bees fans &...
Hoodoo Schmoodo – Brentford v Boro pre-match podcast from the pub
Brentford put the defeat agains Nottingham Forest behind them to rack up a 5-1 victory up at Hull. The Beesotted crew met in The Distillers Pub in Hammersmith to discuss all things Brentford including: How good was the Hull defeat in reality 100% Brentford. Have the...
Middlesbrough preview and pub guide: Woodgate’s Boro not safe yet
Middlesbrough have had a disappointing season so far, and despite a revival over the festive period are still not out of danger. Former player Jonathan Woodgate took over as manager during the summer, but did not get off to the best of starts, with only two wins in...
Mauled By The Brentford – The Beesotted Radio Show
Beesotted’s Robin Hood and xG Dave hosted the radio show this week… looking back at the close of the transfer window, which saw our squad boosted rather than decimated, they talk about the brilliant win at Hull City on Saturday and the side’s bounce-back-abiity, we...
‘Je Taime Papa’ – Said Benrahma’s Day As Bees Hit Five At Hull
Brentford bounced back from the Forest defeat in impressive style... smashing Hull for five with Said Benrahma notching an emotional hat-trick, which he dedicated to his father, who sadly passed away recently. In truth, the scoreline could have been even more...
Baptiste and Fosu – The Last Pieces of The Brentford Promotion Jigsaw?
Billy Grant met Brentford Director of Football Phil Giles at the beginning of the transfer window. He looks back at what transpired over the next few weeks as Brentford signed two highly rated players from the lower leagues. The transfer window slams shut. Bees fans...
Brentford 0 Nottingham Forest 1 – post-match podcast from the pub🍻
Brentford played their first six-pointer of the season. After resting their first team against Leicester in the cup, the first string team was back to hopefully bag the three points Brentford was banking on. But it didn't go to plan as Forest came out winners with a...
Six-Pointer Alert – Pre-Nottingham Forest Lovesport Radio Show
After losing to Leicester in the FA cup on Saturday, it's back to the league where The Bees are set to play their first six-pointer of the season - against Forest. The Beesotted crew Billy The Bee Grant and Robin Hood McMichael linked up with Matt Beadle in the...
Nottingham Forest preview and pub guide: Forest on fire in promotion shake-up
Nottingham Forest are in the thick of the promotion race as they prepare to visit Griffin Park on Tuesday night. In a bonus floodlit game in our final GP season, they arrive with a superb away record of six wins, six draws and only two defeats. Forest are currently on...
Sweet FA 2020 – What Did We Learn?
Brentford supporting journalist, Jim Levack, looks back at the weekend's FA Cup tie with Leicester City, to see what we learned from this season's flirt with the cup. Zamburek will play at the highest level The young midfielder didn’t look out of place against the...
Up For The Cup? – Leicester FA Cup pre-match podcast from the pub
Time to forget the league for a few days as Brentford welcome Premier League Leicester to Griffin Park on Saturday. And the Beesotted crew met in The Lamb and Flag pub in Covent Garden to discuss whether they were up … for the cup. We looked back on the draw to...
Leicester City preview and pub guide: Will Brentford be up for the cup?
Leicester's visit in the FA Cup fourth round on Saturday once again poses the question - will this will be the last cup tie at Griffin Park? The high-flying Foxes are having another successful season and the FA Cup is just one of three fronts on which they are chasing...
Our Thoughts Are With Said Benrahma – The Beesotted Radio Show
We send our very best wishes to Said Benrahma and his family following the sad new regarding his father's death... we look back to last Saturday's draw at Huddersfield in depth and hear live as West Brom go 1-0 down at home to Stoke City! It's the FA Cup this weekend,...
Citizens of Brentford. All Aboard – Pre-Huddersfield Town Podcast From The Pub
With the QPR match done. And Brentford flying high in the Championship, we turned our focus on what next for The Bees. How do Brentford approach this next set of matches? How important is the FA Cup in the bigger scheme of things? We get down the George IV pub in...
So QPR done. Who’s next? – Beesotted Brentford LoveSport Fan Show
QPR were beaten at Griffin Park for the fifth time in a row this weekend https://audioboom.com/posts/7477493-so-qpr-done-who-s-next-beesotted-brentford-lovesport-fan-show The Beesotted crew of Billy TheBee Grant and Edwood the Headwood dragged themselves from their...