Blow for Brentford as Brighton claim unexpected win at the Gtech
Match day at the Gtech Premier League Brentford (0) 0 Brighton (2) 2 Gomez 30, Welbeck 45+1 Brentford’s European hopes have been dented by a home defeat against Brighton & Hove Albion. Two first half goals gave the Seagulls their second win in sixteen games. The visitors were led by the 40-year-old James Milner, who played his 654th Premier League game, a record. After the game, the Brighton midfielder was embraced by former Liverpool teammate Jordan Henderson, Trying to stop

By Patrick van Ijzendoorn


Brentford reach FA Cup last 16 for first time in seven years after avoiding upset at Macclesfield
Macclesfield (0) 0 v Brentford (0) 1 Heathcote (og) 70 By Kaz Mochlinski at Moss Rose FA Cup Fourth Round Brentford escaped an extremely embarrassing FA Cup upset by Macclesfield at Moss Rose but it needed a heart-breaking late own-goal to prevent the non-league team from adding to their previous giant-killing heroics. Having unforgettably knocked-out Crystal Palace in the third round last month to create one of the biggest shocks ever in the FA Cup, the sixth-tier side came

By Kaz Mochlinski


One at home, two away and an east v west derby - the FA Cup fate for London's survivors
Picture: Wikimedia Commons March 7/8: FA Cup 5th Round Fulham v Southampton Mansfield Town v Arsenal Wrexham v Chelsea West Ham v Brentford Other ties: Port Vale/Bristol City v Sunderland Newcastle v Man City Leeds v Norwich City Wolves v Liverpool Brentford's slender Monday night win at non-league giant killers Macclesfield has earned them a fifth round tie at West Ham - a clash which will leave the winners one game away from a semi-final at Wembley. The teams met in the th

By Yann Tear


Mikel Arteta’s prayers not quite enough to overcome Keith Andrews’ brave Brentford
Brentford (0) 1 v Arsenal (0) 1 Premier League Matchweek 26 Talking Points By Kaz Mochlinski at the Brentford Community Stadium Mikel Arteta admitted that “you have to pray” when you play against Brentford, and he revealed that he informed his players of the need to defend with their lives before securing a 1-1 away draw which keeps Arsenal clear at the top of the Premier League. Two throw-ins produced the two second half goals from two fine headers, with Arsenal scoring on t

By Kaz Mochlinski


Brentford give title chasers Arsenal a bloody nose in helter-skelter encounter that underlines their own ambitions
The programme for tonight Premier League Brentford (0) 1 Lewis-Potter 71 Arsenal (0) 1 Madueke 61 Brentford's ever-increasing belief in the possibility of reaching Europe got another massive boost as they recovered after trailing to put a severe dent in the Arsenal title bid. The Gunners saw their lead at the top of the Premier League whittled down to three points after Man City's dramatic late win at Liverpool and badly wanted to reassert their six-point lead with three poin

By Yann Tear at the Gtech Community Stadium


Weekend roundup: Big away wins just the ticket for Bees, Hammers, Palace, Millwall and Bromley
Picture by @YTJourno A first win at Newcastle since 1934 has given a huge boost to Brentford 's growing ambition to qualify for Europe. They moved up to seventh in the Premier League table after their brilliant 3-2 victory at St James' Park which was sealed with a late strike from Dango Ouattara. Vitaly Janelt had a great game, clearing off the line before heading home an equaliser to cancel Sven Botman's opener at a corner. Igor Thiago then put the Bees ahead from the spot a

By Yann Tear


Did Endrick's Ligue 1 hat-trick push Igor Thiago further down the Brazil pecking order?
By Alessandro Schiavone Igor Thiago's dream to be called up for Brazil's World Cup squad has just become a bit harder to realize. And not only because the uncapped Samba star drew two consecutive blanks against the likes of Chelsea and Nottingham Forest. Sixteen goals in 23 Premier League are still the stuff dreams are made of for someone who was still playing in Bulgaria's top-flight a couple of years ago. But Endrick might have just stolen a march on the Brentford striker a
By Alessandro Schiavone


Surprise Forest fire extinguishes dull Brentford to frustrate Andrews
Bees v Tricky Trees BRENTFORD 0 NOTTINGHAM FOREST 2 Flat, loose, a lack of vibrancy and colour. It turned out to be one of those days for Brentford. The Bees remain at relatively soaring Premier League altitude – but there was nothing remotely high about this display, as they slumped to surprising home defeat against resourceful Nottingham Forest. A goal in each half, from Igor Jesus and another, late on by substitute Taiwo Awoniyi, were examples of a Forest outfit, largely u

Julian Taylor at Brentford Community Stadium


Exclusive! Brentford, Kayode: 'Inter and Juve want me? I am a happy Bee who targets the World Cup and UCL'
Exclusive by Capital Football Reporter Ahead of the trip across west London to face Chelsea today, Capital Football have caught up exclusively with Michael Kayode. Here is what he said. Michael, after your convincing win over Sunderland last week, Brentford are fifth against all expectations in the Premier League standings. Can you stay there until the end of the season? “We hope we can stay up there. There’s still a big chunk of the season to be played but we’re doing well i
By Football Reporter


Only Arsenal get home draw as London's other FA Cup survivors are all handed away days
There is still plenty of capital interest in the FA Cup, but little action will take place on London on the weekend of the fourth round ties - February 15/15. Arsenal are the only ones to get a home tie - with League One Wigan Athletic being handed a clash with the Gunners at Emirates Stadium. For the rest of our teams, travel is involved. Brentford's reward for a comfortable 2-0 win at Championship dead men Sheffield Wednesday is a clash against the darlings of the competi
By Yann Tear











