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Brentford's nickname is "The Bees". [89] 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. [89] Local newspapers misheard the chant as "Buck up Bees" and the ...
Brentford's most memorable wartime moment came on 30 May 1942, when two Les Smith goals gave the Bees a 2–0 victory over Portsmouth in the London War Cup final at Wembley Stadium. [47] During 1945–46 , the final season of wartime football, Brentford reached the sixth round of the FA Cup for the second time in club history and at the end of ...
Brentford reached the sixth round of the FA Cup and the semi-finals of the Football League Trophy in 1988–89 and despite Perryman's shock resignation on the eve of the 1990–91 season, [27] his assistant Phil Holder took over and led the Bees into their first playoff campaign in May 1991 and to promotion to the second-tier as champions 12 ...
With Brentford in the play-off places, [33] Frank and his assistant Brian Riemer signed new 3 + 1 ⁄ 2-year contracts in January 2020. [ 28 ] [ 34 ] After the season restart , [ 35 ] an unbeaten June won Frank the Championship Manager of the Month award and he oversaw Brentford's run to the 2020 Championship play-off final , [ 36 ] which ...
Prior to achieving promotion to the Premier League via the Championship play-offs in 2021, [2] Brentford's 9 failed attempts to gain promotion through the EFL play-offs was a national record. [ 6 ] Brentford has never won a major cup, with the club's furthest advancement being the semi-final of the EFL Cup ( 2020–21 ) and the quarter-finals ...
Brentford began the season as one of the top teams in League One, with five wins from the opening eight league matches putting the club at the top of the table. [6] A 3–2 defeat to Huddersfield Town on 17 September led to a dip in form and a run of two wins in 9 matches in all competitions dropped the Bees dropped to 4th place.
During the 1935–36 English football season, Brentford competed in the Football League First Division for the first time in the club's history. A torrid run in the opening half of the season left Brentford in the relegation places, but after a number of key signings were made, just two defeats from Christmas Day 1935 through to the end of the season elevated the Bees to an impressive 5th ...
Defensive midfielder Christian Nørgaard is Brentford's most-capped international player, with 32 caps for Denmark. Brentford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Brentford, Hounslow, London. Between 1897 and 1920, the first team competed in the London League, Southern League and Western League. [1]