Across the Seas but Forever Bees - An American Brentford Podcast

Glenn Houlihan and Greville Waterman are on this week to discuss the continuing joy of the Gtech (and frustration on the road).  A historic first win against Newcastle is prologue to an away adventure to a talented and firing on all cylinders Chelsea. Text the pod! I'd love to hear from you directly as well - please email me at timsearls@hotmail.com.

Sunday 3pm at Bedfont...It's Fulham in the FA Cup.  We need to get ourselves there in huge numbers to carry this worthy club we love over the line in this 3rd round match.   In studio to discuss the highs and other highs of the woman's club are Richard Merritt and Gary Instone, who really do know the team and are a delight to talk with.   Be aware that the match is free but all ticket, w...

The Leicester City match on Saturday really had me thinking about not just how far the journey has been for this club, but just how far we might still go, and how sustainable this Premier League experience feels.   For my American listeners:  This is not normal.  It's hard to even find a comparable story in the football league's history, though Greville does a quite smart job of finding...

VAR ruins football, and we saw a glaring example of how.  But as Jon Mates tells us, that second half was some of the most inspired Brentford play of the season so far.  Never has a goalless draw filled me with as much pride.  Greville Waterman is in studio as well to discuss the ins-and-outs of a very busy week in West London. Leicester next, managed by....err.  Here's to Jon Mate's pre...

Nations League, huh?  It's been too long since Bournemouth.  Way too long.  It's good to have a Saturday of football up in Liverpool to look forward to, in the form of a once-again struggling Everton. Glenn Houlihan and Greville Waterman discuss the Bees on international duty, with some frankly shocking trivia pressure put on Tim and Glenn.  See if you can name the Brentford all-time Dan...

...and then we talk about Fulham.  A bit of PTSD, but healthy to get it out and discussed, they say.   We are one crazy team at home, the most entertaining club in the world right now.  Sometimes you watch between your fingers, but it's never dull.  Long may it go on. A happy return to podcasting for the whole crew here at Across the Seas but Forever Bees.  Thanks for being patient with our h...

Glenn Houlihan visits again from Iowa, and along with Greville Waterman, we discuss the loss to Manchester United.  It says a lot about us that we're this disappointed.   There's a match and a squad to be proud of, and hopefully we'll take it out on Ipswich and Sheffield Wednesday over the next week. Hope you enjoy.  All feedback is very gratefully received! Text the pod! I'd lo...

I'll never get used to the feeling of looking at the fixture list and realizing we have Manchester United next in the league.  Just typing it seems surreal.   This week Greville and I welcome Chris Fries to the studio to have a talk about his Indiana Brentford fandom.  Chris adds some real insight into where we've been this season, and what he sees ahead.   Cannot wait for Saturday! Text...

Jay Altair is the real Boston Bee, and he joins us from his current spot in West London.  Jay has made his first trip to the Gtech a memorable one by getting to both West Ham a week prior and then Wolves this week.  And he got to Belfont to see the Brentford Woman...with less success.  It's all a story enthusiastically told, and well worth your time. Greville and I join Jay for his story and...

Shades of last January come around again as a once-in-a-lifetime injury crisis is back for a second season.  We pick up a point though and look forward to Thomas Frank's 3 dimensional chess to get us past Wolves on Saturday. Eli is here, all the way from Canada (via West London) to discuss with Greville Waterman and me a remarkable draw against West Ham and to strategize how we find 11 fit fo...

We are lucky to coax Michel Cowdrey into the studios to talk about his weekend in Chicago.  You have to listen to it to understand, but once again and for the millionth time it makes me proud to be a Brentford fan.  Class, humility and respect seem to permeate everything the club does.   Greville Waterman is in the help with any worry you might have after a loss at Spurs.  Honestly, there's a...

New York's own Charlie Corr makes the trek to the ASFB studios to discuss life around the Red Lion and to weigh in on one of the most fun weeks of the Premier era.  Yes, we lost one of the two matches this week...but there's losing and there's losing.  We won against Man City, 1-2.  If you know what I mean. Leyton Orient gives us a chance to play the kids, and to coin a phrase:  The...

I've wanted to talk about the Brentford Woman's team for a great while, so it was a thrill and an honor to have Gary Enstone and Richard Merritt in the studio to share their experiences and their passion.  The woman are an exciting and engaging story that is appallingly underappreciated by the larger Brentford community.   But it is my hope that people will listen to the podcast and head...

Martin O'Brien agrees to return to the studio for a discussion of a very satisfying Saturday down at the Gtech.  Southampton seemed determined to gift us goals and we were kind enough to accept.   An upcoming Cup match against old friends Leyton Orient leads to a trip back to 2014 and 2006, years when we were on the steep rise...and on the steep decline, respectively.  Pivotal matches in thei...

Despite some headaches from the production crew, which will be dealt with internally at ASFB, we bring you the big Summer Spending Spree podcast! Martin O'Brien joins Greville Waterman and myself for a discussion of one of the most consequential, good or bad, windows since 2019.  Youth and potential are as ever the motif, while some long-serving members of the Brentford squad have moved on. ...

The season heats up fast, doesn't it?!?  From the relative calm of a first week win we're suddenly playing three matches in 7 days.  Liverpool and Colchester were lessons for Thomas Frank and warning shots for us all that there's a lot of drama coming in this 'dangerous forth season'. Apparently Ivan Toney is still at the club...well he was when I typed this - he may be go...

What a first match.  Palace was a perfect first opponent, and evidence from a small sample size is that...we're okay. Glenn Houlihan visits the ASFB Towers all the way from Ames, Iowa to look back and to look forward to a difficult match at Liverpool. Text the pod! I'd love to hear from you directly as well - please email me at timsearls@hotmail.com.

I know it's the 4th time at this level, but I still get lightheaded looking at the schedule and seeing who we play on a regular basis.  Lincoln City wasn't that long ago that it doesn't still feel like I'm in a dream. It starts again!  The terrifying thrill ride that is being a minnow (but a smart minnow) in this big pond starts Sunday against Crystal Palace.  Surely it's...

Football, bloody hell.   Greville Waterman and I look back at a tumultuous season.  It promised so much in the heat and humidity of Washington DC in July, and in the end we hung on.  16th at Christmas and 16th at the end, Brentford Football Club were never boring but you did watch some of the matches through your fingers.  Admit it. We look forward as well.  There are big decisions to make and the...

Glenn Houlihan joins me as we look back at Fulham, and specifically...well, you know who we discussed.  And we look ahead to Bournemouth.   What a season it has been, but I'm proud of who Brentford is and how they've conducted themselves throughout this often insanely challenging year.  Top to bottom, the club has made me proud this season.   Even that one player we discussed so much in...

Old friend Lev Riley joins Tim and Greville this week in the ASFB studios for a really fascinating conversation.   Lev tells us of his first trip to the Gtech, with side-trips to The Griffin pub and to the spot of old Griffin Park.  It's (rightly) a bit of a sacred pilgrimage now for a visiting American Bees fan.   The Gtech is great n'all...but I miss the old girl. It is the 10th year a...

What a season.   The Luton victory says as much about this lost season of such high expectations as any match could.   Now that we are back to a near first team (ok...without Rico, Norgaard, Toney and DaSilva!!) we are rampant against a Luton side that really couldn't afford to be beaten.   What could have been... This week Adam Harder and Greville Waterman join me in the ASFB studios.  Adam...

Tempting fate, I'm declaring us 'safe' for another glorious season in the rarified air of the Premier League after a professional defeat of Sheffield United.  Greville Waterman is along to tell me that Luton remains a 'must win' and if not it's 'squeeky bum time'.   But, really? The free-flowing conversation includes a review of the match (it was never a fou...

Could any three matches have such competing stories as the draws against ManU, Brighton and Villa?   Each tell a different version of the season:  So much ability and potential in the first, so much exhaustion in the second, so much chaos in the third. Michel Cowdry was at the Gtech for the first two, and was at Fan Fest in Nashville for the third.  He's just one of the best guests ever (we&a...

What a joy it was to speak with Marcus Gayle and with Megan Bespolka, who is the International Marketing Manger for Brentford Football Club.  We talk the Nashville Fan Fest as well as about international membership for American fans - and how to plan your journey to the GTech.   Along with Greville Waterman I get a chance to ask Marcus about some of the memories he has of his two spells at Brentfo...