Brentford F.C.

Griffin Park aerial view.

• Clifden Road (1889–1891)[2]
• Benn's Field (1891–1895)[2]
• Shotter's Field (1895–1898)[2]
• Cross Roads (1898–1900)[2]
• York Road (1900–1904)[2]
• Griffin Park (1904–2020)[3]
• Brentford Community Stadium (2020–present)[4]

As of 22 September 2020[7]

First team

Name	Role
Thomas Frank	Head Coach
Brian Riemer	Assistant Head Coach
Kevin O'Connor	Assistant First Team Coach
Manu Sotelo	Goalkeeper Coach
Vacant	Head of Set Pieces and Individual Development
Neil Greig	Head of Medical
Chris Haslam	Head of Athletic Performance
Luke Stopforth	Head of Performance Analysis
Bernardo Cueva	Tactical Statistician

Brentford B

Name	Role
Neil MacFarlane	Head Coach
Allan Steele	Assistant Coach & Technical Lead
Sam Saunders	Assistant Coach
Jani Viander	Goalkeeper Coach
Matt Bramhall	Strength and Conditioning Coach
James Purdue	Strength and Conditioning Coach
Liam Horgan	Physiotherapist
Richard Potts	Physiotherapist
Vacant	Analyst

As of 12 August 2019[8]

Name	Role
Matthew Benham	Owner
Cliff Crown	Chairman
Donald Kerr	Vice-Chairman
Jon Varney	Chief Executive
Lisa Skelhorn	Club Secretary
Lorna Falconer	Head of Football Operations
Rasmus Ankersen	Co-Director of Football
Phil Giles	Co-Director of Football
Lee Dykes	Head of Recruitment
Monique Choudhuri	Director
Stewart Purvis	Director
Mike Power	Director
Nity Raj	Director

Brentford's nickname is "The Bees".[9] The nickname was unintentionally created by students of Borough Road College in the 1890s, when they attended a match and shouted the college's chant "buck up Bs" in support of their friend and then-Brentford player Joseph Gettins.[9] Local newspapers misheard the chant as "Buck up Bees" and the nickname stuck.[10]

Brentford's predominant home colours are a red and white striped shirt, black shorts and red or black socks.[11] These have been the club's predominant home colours since the 1925–26 season, bar one season – 1960–61 – when yellow (gold) and blue were used, unsuccessfully.[12] The colours on entering the Football League, in 1920–21, were white shirts, navy shorts and navy socks.[11] Away kits have varied over the years, with the current colours being a black shirt with black shorts, both with yellow detailing, along with yellow socks. Brentford have had several badges on their shirts since it was formed in 1889.[13] The first one, in 1893, was a white shield, with 'BFC' in blue and a wavy line in blue, which is thought to represent the river and the rowing club, who founded the football club.[13] The next known badge, the Middlesex County Arms, was on shirts donated by a club supporter in 1909.[13] The Brentford and Chiswick arms, as a badge, was used just for the one season, in 1938–39.[13] The next badge wasn't until 1971–72 when a shield, formed into quadrants, which had a hive and bees in one, 3 seaxes in another and the other two with red and white stripes.[13] In 1972, the club organised a competition to design a new crest, which was won by Mr BG Spencer's design, a circle with a bee and stripes with founded 1888. This was introduced in 1973 and used until May 1975, when it was brought to the club's attention, via Graham Haynes, that the club was formed in 1889 and not in 1888. Therefore, a new badge, reputedly designed by Dan Tana – the club's chairman at the time – was introduced for the 1975–76 season and continued until 1994 when the current badge was introduced.[13] In 2011 Russell Grant claimed to have designed the badge in a BBC interview,[14] however it was in fact designed in 1993 for two season tickets by supporter Andrew Henning, following a request from Keith Loring the then chief executive.[12] In 2017, the club redesigned its crest to a more modern, uncluttered, design with the flexibility for use in two tone colour print.[13] The design is a double roundel with the club name and year founded in white on a red background and a large central bee.[13]

• Football League Awards
  • Community Club of the Year (2): 2005–06, 2013–14[27]
  • League Two Community Club of the Year (1): 2008–09[27]
  • Best Club Sponsorship (1): 2006–07[27]
  • Family Excellence Award (8): 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16[28][29]
• Stadium Business Awards
  • Sponsorship, Sales and Marketing (1): 2013[30]
• Littlewoods Giant Killers Award
  • 2–1 vs Norwich City, FA Cup third round, 6 January 1996[31]

Brentford's main rivals are Fulham and Queens Park Rangers.[32] Brentford have a long standing rivalry with Fulham.[33] In the past this fixture has been marred by crowd violence.[34] Brentford's rivalry with Queens Park Rangers intensified in 1967, when Rangers failed in an attempted takeover of Brentford, a move which, had it succeeded, would have seen Rangers move into Griffin Park and Brentford quit the Football League.[35][36] As with the Fulham rivalry, this fixture sees passions run high amongst both sets of supporters with local pride at stake.[37]

In February 2013, it was announced that Brentford had entered into partnership with Icelandic 1. deild karla club UMF Selfoss, which would enable Brentford to send youth and development squad players to Iceland to gain experience.[38] The partnership also sees the two clubs exchanging coaching philosophies and allows Brentford to utilise UMF Selfoss' scouting network.[38] In May 2013, the Brentford staff forged links with Ugandan lower league club Gulu United as part of the "United for United" project, aimed at forming the region's first youth training camp and identifying talented players.[39] Brentford owner Matthew Benham became majority shareholder in Danish club FC Midtjylland in 2014 and the staff of both clubs share ideas.[40]

• Brentford FC is mentioned often on the BBC comedy People Just Do Nothing DJ Beats often wears a Brentford jacket, and Angel's room is full of Brentford memorabilia.

• Actor and comedian, Bradley Walsh was a professional at the club in the late 1970s, but never made the first team squad.[43]
• Dan Tana, Hollywood actor and restaurateur, served on the club's board and was chairman.[44]
• Model Stephen James played for the club's youth team prior to his release in 2008.[45]
• Entertainer Vic Oliver served as the club's vice-president in the early 1950s and was later president of the Brentford Supporters' Club.[46]
• Politician Jack Dunnett served as club chairman between 1961 and 1967.[47]

• List of fan-owned sports teams

• Brentford FC – the club's website
• Griffin Park Grapevine – Largest and Busiest Unofficial Brentford FC Website
• Bees United – The Brentford Supporters' Trust and owners of the majority of shares in BFC
• BIAS – Brentford Independent Association of Supporters