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Saturday 20th May 2023: Premier League: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium: Spurs vs Brentford As the end of the season hooves into view Brentford are in the privileged position of having nothing to worry about. Fears of succumbing to second season syndrome were banished months ago and our hopes of going on a European tour next seasonContinue reading “Getting Spursy”

Tonight Sheffield Wednesday booked their place in the League One playoff final at Wembley Stadium on Monday 29th May 2023. If you had written a script for how they managed it and submitted it to a movie studio they would have thrown it out without a second though, cause ‘no-one would ever believe it’ butContinue reading “The Miracle Of Hillsborough”

Saturday 14th May 2023: Premier League: Gtech Community Stadium: Brentford vs West Ham United Having beaten AZ Alkmaar 2-1 in the 1st leg of the Europa Conference semi-final less than 72 hours ago Hammer’s fans made the short trip to west London rivals Brentford in extremely high spirits. They left with their spirits significantly loweredContinue reading “Broken Hammers”

Saturday 6th May 2023: Premier League: Anfield: Liverpool vs Brentford As a football mad young boy there was nothing higher on my Christmas wish list that going to Anfield. On the King Charles III was coronated that dream came true… and became a nightmare. The home fans showed their Jekyll and Hyde nature before theContinue reading “The Great Disappointment”

Despite the last 2 days seeing the final games of the League One, Championship and League Two regular seasons I had been fastidiously ignoring football to sort out other areas of my life. Then I checked the scores when I returned to my flat tonight and my attention was snapped back onto the sport. ItContinue reading “More Than A Score”

Saturday 22nd April 2023: Premier League: Gtech Community Stadium: Brentford vs Aston Villa It’s never a good feeling to travel to see your team when they’ve lost the last 3 games on the trot. Even worse news for me as I made the journey was that Aston Villa were on fire, having won 7 ofContinue reading “2 Points Dropped”

Any team that cycles through three or more managers in a single season clearly has issues, ask Southampton. Leeds United clearly have more than most though. The man they have turned too in their fight against relegation this season is none other than disgraced ex-England manager Sam Allardyce. This is the manager sacked by theContinue reading “Desperation”

Saturday 29th April 2023: Premier League: Gtech Community Stadium: Brentford vs Nottingham Forest Following Brentford over the past few months has been a trying endeavour. Lacklustre performances and a run, since the hard fought derby win, that had seen them win just between 6th March and 26th April have made it difficult for me toContinue reading “Forest Felled”

This Premier League has seen a record 20 managerial changes since the start of the season and most of them have barely been blips on my radar. Today however, two from the last month have turned into blaring beacons as Palace moved beat West Ham United 4-3 to overhaul what had been a 12-point chasmContinue reading “Hodgson vs Lampard”

Rochdale A.F.C. are situated on the edge of Greater Manchester abutting the foothills of the peak district. They play their home games at Spotland Stadium, a long uphill trek out of the centre of town. Now they have a long uphill task ahead of them to get back into the Football League, after a 1-0Continue reading “102 Years”