The Ealing Road Podcast

Luke Robinson from the UTV Fan Channel joins Mike ahead of Aston Villa's trip to the Gtech for Brentford's first home game of the season. Villa - in a similar way to Brentford - were uninspiring in their season opener against Newcastle, but still managed to pick up a point despite former Bee Ezri Konsa's second half red card. We walk through that game, why Unai Emery's system needs tweaking agains...

On this week’s episode, Mike, Craig, Dan and Callum reflect on opening day defeat after Brentford lost 3-1 against Nottingham Forest. Keith Andrews start to life as head coach was a tough watch. 3-0 down at half-time with next to no cohesion across the pitch has unsurprisingly sparked a fair bit of headloss. We gather to, hopefully, quell some of that. We discuss the lineup, Igor Thiago’s performa...

The Athletic's Nick Miller joins Mike ahead of Brentford's season opener against Nottingham Forest on Sunday. We chat about a messy summer Forest which culminated in Nuno Espirito Santo's team being promoted into the Europa League following Crystal Palace's demotion to the Conference League. Forest's owner Evangelos Marinakis has been central to much of the drama - we dissect his role at the club,...

On this week’s episode, Mike, Craig and Dan preview Brentford’s fifth consecutive season in England’s top flight. Firstly, we chat about potential incomings ahead of the closure of the transfer window, following reports that Bournemouth’s Dango Ouattara could be West London-bound. We then reflect on pre-season games against Gil Vicente, Queens Park Rangers and Borussia Monchengladbach, and look at...

Two episodes in two days! Football finance expert and host of the Price of Football Podcast Kieran Maguire joins Mike for a discussion around Brentford securing new investment. On Tuesday, it was announced that philanthropist and former exec of Belron Gary Lubner, alongside filmmaker Sir Matthew Vaughn, have secured a minority stake in Brentford Football Club. Matthew Benham, Phil Giles, Jon Varne...

On this week’s episode, Mike and Craig reflect on ANOTHER dramatic couple of weeks for Bees fans. First, we had Keith Andrews’ backroom staff appointments in the shape of Mehmet Ali from Arsenal, Martin Drury from Valencia, and Neil MacFarlane from Brentford B.  Antoni Milambo’s arrival from Feyenoord was then confirmed, and not long after that, it broke that Brentford had ‘won the race’ to sign 3...

On this week’s episode, Mike, Craig and Dan reflect on another turbulent week for Brentford fans, starting with reports that Keith Andrews is set to succeed Thomas Frank as Brentford manager. The Irishman was part of Frank’s backroom staff last season serving as set piece coach, but has no experience as a first team coach at any level. We chat about the appointment, Phil Giles and Matthew Benham,...

On this week’s episode, The Athletic’s Jay Harris joins Mike and Dan to bring us up to speed on Brentford’s next managerial appointment, and to look back on Thomas Frank’s time as Bees manager. Keith Andrews has emerged as a frontrunner for the vacant Brentford head coach position - Jay talks us through other candidates under consideration, as well as how Thomas Frank’s move to Spurs came about. W...

On this week's episode, Mike, Craig, Dan and Callum react to the news that Thomas Frank will be leaving Brentford for Spurs in the coming days... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week’s episode - the last episode of the regular season - Mike, Craig and Dan look back on the 1-1 draw against Wolves on the final day, as well as the campaign as a whole. We walk through Bryan Mbeumo hitting the 20-goal mark in the Premier League, but was that his last goal and appearance in a Brentford shirt? We address the rumours linking Bryan to Manchester United, and where we’d like...

On this week’s episode, Mike and Dan reflect on derby day defeat at the Gtech - a result that put a dent in the already-dented European hopes following Man City’s defeat against Crystal Palace in the FA Cup final. We talk about watching the FA Cup on Saturday and the emotions that every Brentford fan would’ve been feeling, that were unfortunately compounded by defeat against Fulham in the derby. B...

In a special bonus episode, Sam Tabuteau of the Hounslow Herald joins Mike and Craig to reflect on the season so far, and look ahead to what it could become… We talk through what has been Brentford’s best season in the Premier League to date, touching on the campaigns of Mikkel Damsgaard, Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa. We also chat about the signings of Fabio Carvalho and Igor Thiago, and whether w...

On this week’s episode, Mike and Craig reflect on our fourth win on the spin - this time, away at Ipswich. A first half header from Kevin Schade was enough to secure all three points and, at the same time, keep our European hopes alive. If Manchester City beat Crystal Palace in the FA Cup final on Saturday, a place in the Conference League will be in our hands… We run through the game, discuss the...

On this week's episode, Mike and Dan reflect on Brentford's 4-3 win over Manchester United at the Gtech. The visitors had gone ahead through Mason Mount, but a Kevin Schade brace, Yoane Wissa's 18th goal of the season and an own goal from Luke Shaw meant Thomas Frank's side climbed to ninth in the table, just a point off Bournemouth in eighth. We talk about the MASSIVE win against Nottingham Fores...

On this week’s episode, Mike and Dan reflect on Brentford’s 4-2 win over Brighton. To keep our faint hopes of European football alive, the game against the Seagulls was a must-win, and Thomas Frank’s side duly obliged. A brace from Bryan Mbeumo - taking his tally to 18 for the season - along with goals from Yoane Wissa and Christian Norgaard took Brentford onto 46 points, and ensured we remained w...

On this week’s episode, Mike and Craig reflect on a point gained at The Emirates. Brentford travelled to North London to face an Arsenal side that had, in their previous outing, put three past Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-final. In light of their second leg against the European Champions, Mikel Arteta made several changes to his side for Saturday’s match, but it was the home side th...

Elliot aka @YankeeGunner from the Arsenal Vision Podcast joins Mike to preview Brentford's trip to The Emirates on Saturday night. The Gunners come into the game after a MASSIVE performance in the Champions League in midweek. Two wonderstrikes from Declan Rice and a well-taken goal from Mikel Merino saw Mikel Arteta's side take a three-goal lead into their quarter-final second leg against Real Mad...

On this week’s episode, a full house reflects on the 0-0 draw against Chelsea at the Gtech, extending Brentford’s winless run at home to 10 matches. The Bees had big chances in the game, but failed to secure what would’ve been a first home win against their West London rivals in the Premier League. The draw did earn us our first clean sheet of the season at home, though, and we are now mathematica...

Football’s back and so are we. Mike, Craig and Dan reflect on the 2-1 defeat at Newcastle on Wednesday night. Bryan Mbeumo had pulled Brentford back into the game from the penalty spot after Alexander Isak’s first half opener, but an extraordinary goal from Sandro Tonali meant Newcastle secured all three points. We walk through the goals, analyse the performance of the front three, and look ahead...

On this week's episode, Mike, Craig and Dan reflect on another huge performance away from home, this time on the south coast against Bournemouth. You have to go all the way back to 2014 for Bournemouth's last league win against Brentford, and the hoodoo continued at The Vitality on Saturday. Goals from Yoane Wissa and Christian Norgaard completed the turnaround, after Vitaly Janelt's unfortunate o...

On this week’s episode, Mike and Dan reflect on the narrow home defeat against Aston Villa, extending Brentford’s winless run at home to eight matches in all competitions. Ollie Watkins returned to Brentford to haunt his former side once more. His second half effort - enough to hand Villa the three points - was his sixth goal in seven games against his old employers. We break down the goal, go thr...

Luke from the UTV Fan Channel joins Mike to preview Saturday night's clash at the Gtech against Aston Villa. Villa come into the game in decent form, having booked their place in the FA Cup quarter-final, and all but securing their passage to the last eight of the Champions League as well after a comfortable 3-1 victory away at Club Brugge. A win for Brentford would be huge considering Villa's pla...

On this week’s episode, Mike, Craig and Dan reflect on a big win against Leicester away from home, but a disappointing night against an in-form Everton side at the Gtech, in which a late Jake O’Brien goal rescued a deserved points for the Toffees. Everton’s red-hot Beto will be wondering how he didn’t add to his impressive tally under David Moyes after Ethan Pinnock handed the striker three one-on...

On this week's episode, Mike, Craig and Dan reflect on another three points on the road, this time away at West Ham. When Teams Like Brentford come to town, West Ham (and other big clubs) normally expect three points... but we're not quite sure why Hammers fans in particular are so entitled considering our record against them! We walk through the performance of the front three and why we should've...

On this week's episode, Mike and Dan reflect on another disappointing day at home, this time against an out-of-form Spurs side. An own goal from Vitaly Janelt set up another frustrating afternoon at the Gtech in another game where the Bees failed to break down a side who were comfortable to defend for 90 minutes. We take a look at Thomas Frank's game management, the ensuing injury crisis, and a tr...