Saturday 19 April 2014

BUSY BEES INTO THE CHAMPIONSHIP

Congratulations to Brentford FC for winning promotion to the Championship. The defeat of close rivals Preston 1-0 on VERY Good Friday secured a place in the second behind Wolves. 
Founded in 1889, so the local rowing club could have a winter past time, the club enjoyed much success at the local level, winning the West London Alliance. They have been playing at Griffin Park since 1904. When they joined the Football League third division in 1920, there was tough opposition and they struggled, coming second from bottom. The following year the third division was reformed into North and South divisions. Brentford came 9th, playing "southern" clubs such as Aberdare Athletic, Merthyr Town from Wales and more familiarly, Portsmouth, Plymouth and Northampton. By 1930 Brentford found themselves higher up the division, coming top in 1932-3, winning the Second division in 1934-5 and holding their own in Division One until the War. Even then, Brentford won the London War Cup at Wembley in front of nearly 70,000 spectators in 1941. 
After the War, great footballers such as Tommy Lawton, Jimmy Hill and Ron Greenwood, played for the club during the 1950s. However times were hard and in 1962 the club was lounging in the new 4th Division. Ownership by Ron Noades gave the club a bit of a leg up and more recently, bravely going through ownership by the Supporters’ Trust Bees United, the Bees are on an even keel. With significant investment available through Matthew Benham's take over, there is a planned move to a new stadium in 2016 and maybe the Premiership?

http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk/club/history/index.aspx

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