In May 2024, as last season drew to a close I published the following blog, https://the-football-tourist.com/2024/05/22/the-threat-of-dynasties/, warning of the threat that Man City posed to the competitive nature of football as they crowned a dynasty that looked unassailable. I needn’t have worried, it seems City are determined to destroy their dynasty all by themselves. TheContinue reading “Collapse of a Dynasty”
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Double Sucker Punch
Some things in life just aren’t meant to be, like Manchester City holding onto a lead. Two late goals worked out really well for us last week as we came from 2-0 down to claim a draw against the 4-time defending champions who are currently in the worst crisis of their Guardiola era. Within thatContinue reading “Double Sucker Punch”
The Law of Manchester
Sometimes in great cities there exist great divides that can only ever be bridged by Great Men; Manchester is one such place, City-United one such divide and Denis Law was one of very few such men ever to have lived. Born is the northern suburbs of Aberdeen in February 1940, whilst the world was busyContinue reading “The Law of Manchester”
Christmas Gifts
Just 10 days till Christmas and the powers that be at the Premier League decided to give a few lucky fanbases an early Christmas present… a battle with their local rivals for festive bragging rights. Annoyingly for me, the only home team to accept this gift were Brentford’s hosts for the day. By the timeContinue reading “Christmas Gifts”
The Fortress Stands
The scale of the challenge facing Brentford’s unbeaten home record became crystal clear when the Magpies clattered one off the bar less than 2 minutes after kick-off. Newcastle United are a Champions League level team now and they had come to our fortress to knock us down to size. They forgot one very important thingContinue reading “The Fortress Stands”
A Ruud Awakening
1,700 partisan fans in full voice cheering you on having travelled south for hours to support you and you new manager watching on, that would be enough motivation for most players to put in their best performance Leicester City missed that memo… Brentford played them off the park from minute 1 to minute 101, thereContinue reading “A Ruud Awakening”
Indefensible
Since my last blog I’ve been to two more matches and yet this blog is going to be about neither of them. Instead I’m going to highlight a trend that is undermining the great ascent of my team. Thomas Frank was right to say, after Brentford’s 4-3 victory over Ipswich Town 10 days ago, thatContinue reading “Indefensible”
De Ja Vu, Again!!
At half-time the home team were being booed down the tunnel, with chants of “you’re getting sacked in the morning” hounding the heels of Erik Ten Hag. At full-time the same team were riding a wave of euphoria down the tunnel, with Ten Hag being hailed as the second coming by the home faithful. IfContinue reading “De Ja Vu, Again!!”
Unleash The Swarm!
My passion for 430-mile round trip to home games had been coming under strain through the back end of last season and the early games this season too. When I was more likely to see injuries than victories what keeps me coming back? HOPE Hope that one day soon things will turn around for usContinue reading “Unleash The Swarm!”
Fast Starts
I’ve missed the last 2 Bees games due to illness and injury, something us Brentford fans have become far too familiar with over the last few seasons, but today I kept up my 100% record at home league games this season as the Bees looked to maintain theirs against a West Ham team who hadContinue reading “Fast Starts”
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