So now we know who is going to be filling the huge boots Thomas Frank left behind in the Gtech dugout and just as when the great man took over from Dean Smith, Matthew Benham has delved into the boot room for our next great Head coach. For anyone unfamiliar with the idea of aContinue reading “Brentford’s Boot Room”
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Half A Decade Confirmed
When I started this blog in September 2021, with the aim of keeping it going as long as my beloved Brentford remained in the Premier League, I didn’t dare hope that I would be continuing it for half a decade but with the Bees now busy preparing for their 5th season in the top tierContinue reading “Half A Decade Confirmed”
Frankly… GOOD LUCK!
So my fellow Bees, the day we knew would come is now upon us. The great Thomas Frank has left us for North London and the lure of Champions League football next season, taking his full coaching staff with him. Thomas will forever be a legend in our part of West London for not onlyContinue reading “Frankly… GOOD LUCK!”
London Leading The Way
As a proud Londoner currently living up in the frozen wastes of the north, also known as Manchester, with an overwhelming passion for football that infuriates the friends I’ve made up here, there are few things in the universe that bring me greater joy than seeing a team from London smashing other teams off theContinue reading “London Leading The Way”
Cottagers Comeback
2025 has been one giant mess for me and because of that it had been 5 months since I last made it south to see my beloved Bees in action. Things are still a mess and may be for a while yet, but there was never any question of me missing the final home gameContinue reading “Cottagers Comeback”
EAGLES SOAR ABOVE CITIZENS
At the end of last season I wrote quite the despondent blog about the rise of a new dynasty within the English domestic game. Thankfully that proved to be anything but prophetic. So as we draw to the end of this 24/25 season let me tell the story of how some lowly Eagles, from theContinue reading “EAGLES SOAR ABOVE CITIZENS”
Final Questions Answered
So this weekend the 2024/25 EFL season was slammed shut and up and down the country fans found out the final fate of the team they love and in some cases live for. For many of those fans they already knew which league their team would be playing in next season, but for the luckyContinue reading “Final Questions Answered”
The Pursuit of 111
Many of the matters across the EFL have been settled with baring miracles in League Two, only relegation from the Championship an open question on the final day. In the second division of the EFL there is at least something for the Blues to play for on their final day trip down to The AbbeyContinue reading “The Pursuit of 111”
What The Walsall??
Football in the West Midlands has been on fire this season. Aston Villa have made it to the Champions League Quarter-Finals and beat Southampton 3-0 this weekend despite failing to score 2 penalties. West Bromwich Albion and Coventry City stand at 6th and 7th in the Championship, with the formers incredible goal difference and theContinue reading “What The Walsall??”
3rd of May… Destiny Day
So the day we could see coming a thousand miles away finally arrived last Sunday as The Saints finally fell through the Premier League trapdoor after a 3-1 loss at White Hart Lane. Blimey Southampton, as if securing the earliest relegation in Premier League history wasn’t bad enough you had to have it confirmed atContinue reading “3rd of May… Destiny Day”
The Football tourist 