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?
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