With Bournemouth in the Premier League,
playing in a stadium of only 12,000 capacity, another minnow has a
chance of joining the south coast side and Watford in the top league
next season. Brentford now play at Griffin Park another small venue,
with a capacity of 12,300, hardly enough seats to pay the club's way.
The ground is unique with originally a pub at every corner of the
ground. Now there are only three. The Princess Royal pub was once run
by the club.
Founded in 1889 the club formed after
the local council opened “a place for recreation in the town”. A
vote by members at the Oxford and Cambridge Pub in October that year
decided to play soccer and not rugby, the first match taking place in
November against a Kew XI. In 1904 as members of the Southern League
the club moved to Griffin Park.After the war the club joined the
Football League Division Three and quickly they found themselves in
Division One just before World War 2.
After various successes and failures,
the Club was bought by the Supporters' Trust, only to be bought out
by Matthew Benham in 2012. The club has announced a move to a new
20,000 Stadium on a 7.6 acre at a regeneration site in Lionel Road,
by 2016. Having joined the Championship in 2013-14 manager, Mark
Warburton, has seen his team gain considerable success, though his
future is not entirely secure. Considering his success, he should be
given a knighthood.
Let's see how Brentford fare in the
play offs.
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