Across the Seas but Forever Bees - An American Brentford Podcast

What an honor to talk with two true legends of Brentford football Club.  Gary Blissett and Marcus Gayle, both in the Brentford Hall of Fame, serve as Ambassadors for the three matches in America.  And they were kind enough to join us for a discussion of their careers and their experiences here in the States this week.  They're great players and great people. I want to thank Brentford Football...

Brentford have landed on the shores (and specifically in Washington DC)!  We talk with club legend and Club Ambassador Marcus Gayle about the first impressions as the squad prepares for a match Sunday with old friends Fulham. We're honored to also have Steve Watts , the Marketing Services Director, as well as Marketing Executive Megan Bespolka on to talk about the off-the-field activities aro...

Hello again!  The podcast Across the Seas but Forever Bees is back for its third season!! Greville and I get re-acquainted and discuss the ins and outs of a busy (but obviously not finished) summer of ins-and-outs.   Greville gives his reaction to the first pre-season game at Boreham Wood.  And we of course look forward to the imminent visit to the States of Brentford!! We here at the offices of A...

This week we get a two-fer, as our wonderful guest is Marc Melfi who represents Bees fans both in South Carolina and in Colorado.  Marc tells us about his experiences as a Brentford supporter, including a discussion of the supporters group forming in Colorado and his trip to the Gtech to see Brentford v Newcastle back in April.   In a season of high highs and even higher highs, last weekend versus...

I think it's time to say it without reservation:  This is the best season in Brentford's history since Harry Curtis was in charge.  Smashed both the Manchester sides, beat Chelsea without getting out of second gear, Liverpool defeated.  Liverpool!  Ruined Arsenal's chances of a title back in February.  And last weekend took another 3 points from West Ham.  This Premier League's...

Finally.  Finally we get to speak with Charlie Corr, he of the famed Red Lion watch parties.  Turns out he's a really good guy, and a really informed and interesting guest.   This week we discuss all things Bees, including but not exclusively Liverpool and West Ham, and the conversation takes us to all sorts of unexpected topics.  All my favourite podcasts do this, and I think this is amongst...

We beat Chelsea away at Stamford Bridge, beat Forest at home,  and have a league match at Anfield coming up.  Still can't believe I'm writing sentences like that.   The always brilliant Glenn Houlihan, all the way from Iowa, and the always brilliant Greville Waterman join the pod to talk not just about Forest but where we go from here.    Text the pod! I'd love to hear from you direc...

A lot about the last decade has changed around West London.   I promise you, if you asked any fan on 27 April 2013 if we'd be casually brushing aside Chelsea in 10 years time they'd...well, they'd be in no condition to answer frankly. Hope you enjoy the podcast! Text the pod! I'd love to hear from you directly as well - please email me at timsearls@hotmail.com.

We're grateful to have Dustin Senor here in the studio all the way from New Hampshire, who relates his story about being part of the increasingly famous watch-along parties at the Red Lion in New York City. An anniversary, of sorts, is 'celebrated'...before we discuss the Wolves loss in the context of a 5th place baseball team playing out the string in September.   Should we be full...

We're so lucky to have Steve D'Amico to come on and talk about...Brentford's summer trip to the United States!  Pretty hard to believe.  Steve talks about the experience of Fan Fest as well, which encourages me to get to the next one. Ok.  We lost twice, but this has been one hell of a season and we're realistic about how far we've come and at what cost.  Greville Waterman...

 Brighton and Manchester United, followed by Newcastle at the Gtech.  It's good to be a Bee.  In another universe we're anxiously looking at these daunting fixtures as being well above our station but, as Greville Waterman asks, what if these 'big' clubs now are starting to look at us as the massive hurtle.  We've come a long, long way. This week we're lucky to have J...

The formal relationship between Brentford Football Club and their overseas fans is starting to become more organized.  It will give fans from abroad a better access to things around the Gtech and in turn allow Brentford to be more in tune with our fandom.   It will also allow American supporters to find each other, both in the places we live and in places we go. To discuss the USA Brentford Suppor...

Glenn Houlihan is back to talk about Fantasy Football, and how being a Brentford works out really well right.  But before that there is a match against Fulham that will live long in the memory.  What a match, and what a result.  This truly is Wonderland for any fans of Brentford Football Club.   Everton will be a lot harder than you might think, looking at the table.  We talk options for how we pl...

After a week away, ASFB is back and better than ever.  This week features Glenn Houlihan all the way from Iowa and Greville Waterman calling from North London.  And it's one of the best conversations this podcast has ever had. The basic plot is we're trying to discuss Fulham, but each attempt takes us to another derby day or another glittering memory.  It was such fun to remember some of...

North Carolina's own Joe Taylor visits ASFB Towers this week for a great review of a wild Saturday in North London.  We might have caught them unaware of us last season, this season the Arsenal battled hard just so as to escape with a point.   It's a surreal time to be a Bee.   We look forward to a home match with Crystal Palace and discuss the riches of talent Thomas Frank has to choose...

This week we are honored to as our guest Walter Zurowski, all the way from sunny Buffalo, who tells us about how he first became a Brentford fan.  Walter spurs a really, really (really) interesting conversation regarding analytics.  No wait, come back, it's quite interesting.    Walter is the latest in a long line of incredibly insightful and engaging guests.   He's really good.   I cann...

A football-less week coincides with the approximate midpoint in the season, so it was the logical time to look back at the first half of the season.  Joining me this week is the extraordinarily talented Taylor Dawson (who really should be doing this for a living).  This week features a discussion on the first half as a whole for Brentford including the comings, and the goings (I'm not crying,...

Will Clarke joins us from Kansas City to discuss his discovery of Brentford back when Championship football was new and exciting, and the pain of a playoff final defeat.   Will, Greville and Tim try to make sense of a slightly crazy, definitely frustrating day at Elland Road last Sunday.   Leeds is just infuriating - especially (topically for this pod) the Americans. The January window is about to...

This is a special episode, with the father and son duo of David Holmes and David Holmes.  They're relationship with Brentford stretches back to the Second World War, and is a story to hear!   For fans of horror stories, the name Trotta comes up...but we can laugh now, right?   (If you're a new fan, definitely YouTube that name.  If you're an older fan, I do apologize!) We look back...

The Magic of the Cup!  Or, not.  It's hard to tell exactly if Thomas Frank made the right decisions regarding prioritizing the FA Cup, and so we try to make sense of a frustrating weekend.  This week we're joined by absolutely exceptional Glenn Houlihan, direct from Iowa City (via Ealing) to discuss a game we probably wanted to win, might of tried harder to win, and possibly wanted to ta...

What a week it has been.  If only all of 2023 could maintain this level of joy... The podcast is joined by Shawn Danhauser, straight out of Chicago, to discuss memorable wins firstly away at West Ham and then back home at the Gtech against the once mighty Liverpool.  This season just gets better and better and better. Are there any fans anywhere as blessed as Brentford's?  We have our heads o...

Let this season's Second Half...begin!  In this week's podcast the ASFB team asks (for about the fifth time this season), "was it a point gained or two points lost?".   Nothing seems to make sense, as Brentford fans come to grips with the very notion of 'disappointment' at only getting a draw against Tottenham.   It has been a crazy decade in TW8. The podcast is honor...

We're back!  Fresh off a World Cup hangover and trying to remember where we left off the podcast finally responds to the  ASFB administration, which has been screaming for more content.  This week the usual suspects are joined by John Kunkel, and what a story he has to tell.  Who falls in love with a football team after watching them play Crawley Town?  John does, and it's a fascinating...

Relief as Across the Seas but Forever Bees gets to discuss maybe (maybe) the greatest win in Brentford's modern era.  There's been so many great days in the last few years.  Ivan and Rico show Southgate what he's missing with masterclasses, but really everyone played a part in a historic victory over Manchester City. Pittsburgh's own Matt Rapp joins Tim and Greville to look bac...

The World Cup break comes at about the right time, but there's reasons to be cheerful:  A return of Christian Norgaard, a full run-out for Mikkel Damsgaard, KLP gets some important minutes...we pick up a point.  err... A weekend that saw us drop two points to bottom of the table Forest, on a goal that was at best a bit questionable, is followed by a strong Brentford side crashing out of the L...