The Beesotted Brentford Pride of West London Podcast

Brentford went to Craven Cottage - first game back after a three month break - and beat Fulham by two goals to nil. Marcondes came on in the second half to notch the Bees up a gear - and tear Fulham apart We spoke to both Brentford & Fulham fans straight after the match #ffc #BrentfordFC Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The season is back. And the Beesotted crew of Billy Grant, Dave Lane and Darren Coyle hooked up - socially distanced of course - hooked up in the back garden to discuss the season restart on Saturday with Brentford’s travelling to Craven Cottage to play Fulham.  We also talked about: Brentford FC’s new anti discrimination video featuring players, fans and staff The pre-restart friendlies -  victor...

Man City and Blackburn Welcome to Beesotted Reloaded - a series of podcasts, YouTube videos and articles where we take a look back on the most exciting, unusual and memorable periods in Brentford Football Club history. In this three-episode series of Beesotted Reloaded, Brentford legend Allan Cockram joins us to look back to the year 1988 when Third Division club Brentford FC were set to embark on...

Martin Allen became manager towards the end of the 2003-4 season and was tasked with saving the club from relegation from the third tier with just nine games to play. After what became known as The Great Escape, the following two seasons saw the club achieve two play-off places, both ending in semi-final defeats. A character on and off the field, Allen still holds a special place in the hearts of...

Cooped up for far too long, the Beesotted crew dared to venture out ... setting up their first ever socially distanced podcast in a Park in West London Billy Grant, Dave Lane, Martin The Dutchman and Matt The Allard quite literally sat around and shot the breeze discussing all sorts ... The season restart. The choc-a-block TV schedule. Division One and Two finishing their Leagues on a points per p...

Welcome to Beesotted Reloaded - a series of podcasts, YouTube videos and articles where we take a look back on the most exciting, unusual and memorable periods in Brentford Football Club history. In this three-episode series of Beesotted Reloaded, Brentford legend Allan Cockram joins us to look back to the year 1988 when Third Division club Brentford FC were set to embark on their most exciting cu...

The Championship is back. In principal anyway. Clubs up and down the country are getting ready for a season restart on the weekend 19th/20th/21st June. The Beesotted crew of Billy TheBee Grant. Dave Laney Lane. And Matt The Allard Allard reconvened in The Virtual Joint - with chirpy birds - to discuss the forthcoming matches. And with a shout from the joint that "All bets were off" and "Teams were...

This episode is called ‘Sidelines and Bylines’ and talks to some of the people that have worked in and around the club.   Huw Powell served his apprenticeship as a photo journalist with the Surrey Comet before going on to work for several local newspapers from the mid 1980s until 2015. He covered Brentford Football Club over those years, sitting on the touchline come rain or shine, developing frie...

This episode is called “Ballots and Buckets” and focuses on the many ways in which supporters have come together over the years to fight for their club. It starts with fans talking about the establishment of one of the first blind supporters schemes going back to the 1950s.  Next, fans discuss the key battles that established Brentford as a community club with supporters groups who fought investor...

This episode is called “Who Are Ya?”  Fans discuss how others have viewed their support for Brentford, often as eccentric, frequently with sympathy. They also remember some of the characters in the crowd as well as the importance of fanzines.  There is an exploration of the less pleasant side of football, the violence, racism and homophobia but also how the crowd has changed in recent years, comin...

Push Up Brentford is an oral history project set up to commemorate the last year the club will play at Griffin Park, their home for 116 years.  We have interviewed fans, young and old, as well as players and managers to uncover their personal stories. We have created a fascinating living history of Brentford Football Club, starring the people who have made it such a special place over the years. T...

Push Up Brentford is an oral history project set up to commemorate the last year the club will play at Griffin Park, their home for 116 years.    We have interviewed fans, young and old, as well as players and managers to uncover their personal stories.   We have created a fascinating living history of Brentford Football Club, starring the people who have made it such a special place over the year...

The Beesotted crew Billy TheBee Grant. Dave Laney Lane. Liberal Nick Carthew and Greville The Water Man hooked up mid-lockdown in The Virtual Joint to discuss more non-football football bits and pieces.  Is there light at the end of the football-free tunnel? Could The Championship be back on track within the next few months? With accounts just filed and the Bees declaring a £20m profit last season...

After a few weeks in lockdown hibernation, the Beesotted crew of Billy the Bee Grant. Dave Laney Lane. Matt The Allard Allard. Liberal Nick Carthew and Savvy Bee Kyriacau met up in the virtual joint to discuss the past weeks of no football.  Plus they talked about Director of Football Phil Giles' recent GPG Zoom fan conference and ask the question - when realistically will we see Brentford play ag...

Welcome to the second instalment of these historical mini-pods, where we talk about some of the great projects currently underway to celebrate Griffin Park and our club's proud history. This week we talk to Savvy Bee, one of the people behind Push Up Brentford! It's a great Bees oral history project, funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund and due to be launched in September. Sav was generous...

This edition we speak to Brendan Nevin, the magician behind the brilliant @beesincolour and the Brentford Reimagined book project. In this week's chat, Brendan tells us how he does it, what's been done so far, what can be expected and how you can support the project by getting your name, or the name of Bees supporting loved one, printed in the Bees Fan Dedications section. To pre-order the book, j...

Football is cancelled for the foreseeable future. Robin Hood McMichael and xG Dave Anderson join Miles Blumsom in the LoveSport studio to discuss the current state of football.  But back to football ON the pitch, the Beesotted crew reminisce on the Greatest Goals to ever grace Griffin Park.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brentford are due to travel to Craven Cottage on Friday for the big West London Derby. Or are they? With the coronavirus scare hitting pandemic levels, the word on the Beesotted streets made the crew question whether the match would take place this weekend.  The Beesotted crew assembled in enemy territory - The Distillers Pub in Hammersmith (on the border of Fulham) - to discuss The Sheffield Wedn...

This week’s Beesotted crew are Dave Lane and Gary GP Paul who, like everyone else at Griffin Park at the weekend, were treated to a real Five Star Brentford performance, with The Bees dispatching of Sheffield Wednesday with relative ease… the win really does set up Friday night’s West london derby with Fulham perfectly from a Brentford point of view… the Cottagers will be wary of what could happen...

Bees. Back at Griffin Park. Needed three points against Wednesday.  Bees. Three nil up at HT. Five nil up at FT. The Bees are back on track We spoke to both Brentford & Wednesday fans in the pub straight after the match Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Beesotted crew met to chew the fat over a busy week of news at One Over The Ait, the epicentre of Brentford history past, present and future. With the Coronavirus spreading significantly there is talk that football matches may need to be played behind closed doors... surely Griffin Park's final ever match won't be played out in an empty stadium? We talk Sheffield Wednesday fan Dean Reynolds ab...

Billy TheBee Grant and xG Dave Anderson joined Matt Beedle in the Lovesport studio to discuss the Cardiff Match. Two points lost or one point gained? Plus they ask - are poor officials ruining the game? What could be introduced to ensure the officiating of matches is improved. And with ten games to go until the the final league match at Griffin Park, we discussed the first in our Brentford GREATES...

Brentford went to Cardiff in search of three points to get their playoff push back on track And two goals up things were looking good for the Bees But Cardiff hit back with two late first half goals. And could have got all three points We spoke to Brentford and Cardiff fans straight after the match Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Beesotted crew Billy The Bee Grant. xG Dave Anderson and Robin Hood McMichael met in The Virtual Joint to discuss the Luton Loss. Pontus Jansson. Plus Tom Taylor from Sport Addict Corner joins them to discuss Cardiff Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brentford went to Luton in search of three points. What they got was a fight. That they lost We spoke to Bees & Luton fans straight after the match Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.