The Beesotted Brentford Pride of West London Podcast

It’s international week. Time to recouperate after a mad Saturday in Boro. The Beesotted crew met in The George IV pub in Chiswick High Road to shoot the breeze talking more missed opportunities. Discussing Phil Giles’ bold statement that Brentford were a better team this season than last. Who will fill Rico Henry’s boots now that he’s on the long term injury list. Plus we talk about the forthcomi...

Brentford DoF Phil Giles joins us on the post match podcast this match. Bees lost 6 games out of the last 6 against Boro. Surely today was the day ? Despite playing some great football again, Brentford were pegged back twice. Going ahead twice. But drawing 2-2. Boro fans taking on this podcast Brentford should have had all three points today. We spoke to #boro & Brentford fans in the pub after...

Brentford are now well and truly in the ‘we can judge the team’ period - having played 10 league games this season. The fact that they have only won ONE of those games is a point for concern for many fans as they have opened up on social media over the past few weeks and criticised Brentford’s current form. The Beesotted crew met in The Lamb and Flag pub in Covent Garden to get over the malaise of...

Derby came to Griffin Park and parked their bus on the pitch. Brentford passed around them - 84% possession at one stage - but couldn't find a way through. Until the 86th minute. Derby's football was described as one fan as anti-football. Fans in the pub discussed that point plus lots more. #dcfc Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Two more games played. Still no wins. Things are starting to get desperate. After a 1-1 draw against Reading - where Brentford should have bad the game wrapped up after 45 minutes - the Bees put out a much changed side against Norwich and were well and truly turned over. The fans weren’t happy. How much longer can this go on for. The Beesotted came together for a solemn session in The Distillers p...

League Cup. Winnable match on paper. Brentford go into 'wholesale changes' mode with 7 changes from Saturday's team including B team grad Chris Mepham making his first start. And it looked like the Bees hadnt played together as Norwich pretty much passed them off the park. Even being gifted a penalty, Brentford still couldn't take advantage of the situation. Eventually Norwich ran...

A must win game for the Bees to instil confidence. Once again played Reading off the park in the first half going in one up. But true to form, a silly penalty got Reading back into the game. And that was it. Another 2 points dropped. We spoke to Bees and Reading fans in the pub post-match #readingfc #brentfordfc Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Still no wins after 7 matches. An unlucky draw against Aston Villa and an unlucky loss against Sheffield Wednesday. Bees fans are starting to get nervous with the team sitting in 23rd position. The Beesotted crew met up yet again in the Cross Keys pub in Stamford Brook, Hammersmith to shoot the breeze and pontificate on whether Brentford were plain unlucky … or just rubbish in front of goal. In th...

Brentford needed a win under their belt. And when they went 1-0 up with a Yennaris long ranger in a first half that the Bees dominated, it looked like Brentford were finally going to get the win they wanted. But an injury time goal in the first half followed by a second half Wednesday goal ensured that the Bees once again went away without swim despite at times playing some great football. We spok...

Aston Villa were played off the park for large parts of this game but the Villa keeper was man of the match - saving at least three clear cut chances in the second half. Brentford were to rue those misses as they failed to score. We chat to Villa & Bees fans in the pub after the match #avfc #brentfordfc Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are Brentford Punching? Do they have the staying power to see off their rivals? So the window has closed. But what impact did it have on Brentford? We lost some. We gained more. But the timing of our outgoing players made it feel like a bit of a body blow. For a while anyway. This week we’ve gone for a change of style … we thought after last week’s madness of Deadline Day .. where there were liter...

Final day of the transfer window. Jota to Birmingham. Dean to Birmingham. Colin to Birmingham. We knew it was too good to last. The front end of the transfer window had Bees fans potty for the season. Highly rated Ollie Watkins. The lively Neal Maupay. Midfield general Kamo Mokotjo were just a few of the quality signings for Brentford earlier in the window. But there was always going to be some di...

With Brentford FC recently announcing changes in plans to the proposed new Brentford stadium at Lionel Road, Beesotted, BIAS (Brentford Independent Supporters Organisation), Bees United and the Griffin Park Grapevine decided it would be incredibly beneficial for fans and club execs to meet up to discuss the changes. The forum would give an opportunity for fans to ask questions to the club on the r...

Brentford needed three points against Wolves. It was a hard fought game in which both sides could have taken the points. But the game ran out as a stalemate with cloth sides missing gilt-edged chances. Brentford and Wolves fans discuss the match in the pub after the game. #wwfc #brentfordfc Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brentford came away from enemy territory with an impressive 4-1 League Cup victory over Queens Park Rangers thanks mainly to a devastating first half performance in which the Bees gave Rangers a footballing lesson. After going in 3-1 up at the break (OG, Egan, Maupay) Brentford allowed Rangers to come back into it during the second period, however, the Bees notched another goal (Clarke) to give th...

“The football league, is upside down, the football league is upside down…” was heard several times on the train back to London yesterday, and if only that were true. Four games in and the first, elusive win has still to be achieved, despite bossing the game for large parts, Brentford were undone by savvy Ipswich at Portman Road and now prop of the division. Here’s the thoughts of Brentford and Ips...

The club announcements regarding the amended plans to the new stadium design and the implications of a reduced capacity and layout of the Lionel Road Stadium is the hot top of the week. The Beesotted crew talks at length and air their personal thoughts on a significant story and share their honest hopes and fears about leaving Griffin Park. There are also details of the joint fans forum hosted by...

Brentford scored three. But let in four goals at Griffin Park. Two games. No points. Not exactly the start to the season they were expecting. After going one up and being in command, the Bees allowed forest to go 2-1 up at half time. It was all downhill from then. We spoke to Bees fans, Forest fans and Football on 5's Colin Murray in the pub after the match. #nffc #brentfordfc Hosted on Acast....

With one league game and one cup game under their belt, Brentford fans have more idea of what to expect this season. Or do they? The Beesotted crew met in The Olde Packhorse Pub in Chiswick High Road, to discuss the trips to Bramall Lane and Kingsmeadow, more transfer rumours, the latest on Lionel Road new stadium development and the elephant in the room - Nottingham Forest coming to Griffin Park...

Brentford, eventually, came through a tough League Cup clash at AFC Wimbledon – fighting back from a goal down to win 3-1 after extra time – thanks to goals from Romain Sawyers, Ollie Watkins and Justin Shaibu. Here's the thoughts of Bees fans after the game. There will be full length podcast recorded Wednesday evening and published Thursday morning. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

The Bees and the Blades locked horns. The Blades - fair play - restricted the Bees' game and ran out 1-0 winners. We spoke to Bees n Blades fans post-match Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Billy Grant, Dave Lane and a load of Bees fans pull together an impromptu pre-match podcast discussing the forthcoming season's expectations. Wether the pundits have written us off again (as we discussed where the newspapers from The Times to Sky to When Saturday Comes predicted Brentford would finish). Plus we discuss the forthcoming Sheffield United match. #twitterblades #brentfordfc #sufc H...

The season is approaching. The Beesotted crew met in the virtual joint to discuss the pre-season friendlies of the past week. How have the new players been shaping up? What players are being rumoured to being tracked by our rivals? What are the thoughts of the fans in the run-in to the new season? How are the Hong Kong Bees feeling for this next campaign. And what do we have to look forward to at...

Beesotted headed West this week and had to settle for a pint in a bowling alley rather than a lovely pub, but taking in the Bees’ friendly game at Oxford allowed us to watch some live footy while doing the Pride of West London Podcast once again. Not only is there some really insigntful thoughts and news shared by the Bees faithful about on field issues, we catch up with the Brentford Football Clu...

A must-listen-to edition of the Pride of West London Beesotted Podcast in which we talk about the looming first fixtures, hear a personal message from Peter Gilham about the overwhelming reaction from Brentford fans after his cancer diagnosis and the wonderful Brentford family… Red and White Hot transfer news from Billy The Bee and Chinese Gary (including Exeter City’s Ollie Watkins and Saint Etie...