There were reports over the weekend suggesting that the possible redevelopment of Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge stadium could lead to the Premier League leaders moving to Twickenham Stadium for a year, which would have a massive affect on Brentford Football Club if allowed.
The BBC’s website ran the following; “The RFU said: “We have had an enquiry from Chelsea FC but have not had any discussions of any substance.”… “Chelsea announced in June that they are looking at possible expansion plans for their 41,800 capacity stadium – but the club has not set a date for any work to begin.”… “Redeveloping Stamford Bridge into a 60,000 capacity stadium would boost match-day revenue and help Chelsea meet Uefa’s Financial Fair Play guidelines.”
The crowded West London football landscape is a confusing one, with fans of all clubs mixed together in the suburbs, but there are still clear boundaries and areas which are absolutely defined. Twickenham, approximately three miles from Griffin Park, is firmly Bees territory and the club and community trust are working hard to build our fan base out along the A316 – Chelsea’s arrival, however temporary, would have devastating affects at a time when we are looking to establish our Championship status and grow into a new stadium at Lionel Road.
If the reasons they are considering this is due to ‘Fair Play’… then look elsewhere.
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Pathetic article
Can’t see what’s pathetic about it personally, unless you’ve picked up on the usage of Effect/Affect? :S
Brentford and all clubs have a ‘sphere of influence’ so to speak, and Twickenham most certainly falls into ours.
We have a decent relationship with Chelsea at the moment,so if this ever comes to pass (which I doubt it will), I would have thought Chelsea would look to help us out in some way or another… because there would be no way Brentford could tolerate a premier league club moving in at Twickenham.
i’m sorry, but i just don’t see how Chelsea playing at Twickenham would in ANYWAY affect Brentford.
Let’s take into consideration your RIDICULOUS “sphere of influence” or “territory” argument, Chelsea would look to have pretty much the same fanbase travelling from Stamford Bridge to Twickenham, theyre not looking to start community programs in the local area or trying to drum up new fans, they’re just looking for a home for 1 or 2 seasons…
they’ll sell the same amount of season tickets, same amount of match day tickets, with increased sales for what would of been sold out games at SB.
Even from a transport perspective, Chelsea going to twickers will have almost NO impact for us, their fans would most likely use the district line to Richmond (if they travelled from the SB area, but lets face it, their a top Premier League side with millions of fans EVERYWHERE) or turning off onto Kew Bridge on their way to Twickenham… Even if there was any potential for extra congestion on transport routes usually those incharge of setting up the fixtures will have arrangements made (like how fulham and chelsea never play their home games at the same time or event tottenham and arsenal)
Just because we are the most south western team in London does not mean every person within that area MUST support Brentford or anyone outside of that area can’t, let’s be real about this… We’re a growing club, I’ve met fans of ours in Hackney, I’d better jump on the overground now and inform them that they’re on Leyton Orient’s “turf” so they better start supporting them…
Seems you’ve not grasped the point. If Chelsea doubled their capacity with tenancy at Twickenham they would obviously try and fill it with discounted schemes… Which could affect us badly. As for bees fans living elsewhere in London, of course that is normal, what is not normal is if BFC proposed to move into Orients patch just as West Ham will do, and we’ve seen how fiercely the Os are rightfully fighting that.