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Current first team forward or winger Yoane Wissa is the most recent player to reach 100 appearances for Brentford. 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]
The "initial" €33,000,000 Brentford paid for forward Igor Thiago in February 2024 is the club's incoming transfer record. [1] 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. [2]
Brentford spent 14 seasons in the Third Division after gaining promotion in 1977–78 and went on to win the Third Division title in 1991–92, though were relegated again in 1993. Brentford were relegated into the fourth tier in 1998 and won promotion as champions in the 1998–99 campaign.
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's 1946–47 squad, for the first competitive season after the Second World War, was propped up by the ageing core of the 1939–40 pre-war squad, though Jack Holliday, Joe James (both retired), Les Smith, Tommy Cheetham and George Poyser had by then left the club and free-scoring Bob Thomas could not be convinced to remain. [59]
Brentford won five of the six games in which he played. Former Republic of Ireland international goalkeeper Gerry Peyton made 22 appearances in two spells during the 1992–93 season. Former England international left back Kenny Sansom was signed in March 1993 in a bid to shore up the defence, but Brentford succumbed to relegation from First ...
In June 2018, Henrik Dalsgaard became Brentford's first contracted player to play at a major international tournament, when he started in Denmark's opening match at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. [11] By 2024, Brentford players had also made appearances at the European Championship, the Africa Cup of Nations, the Asian Cup and the Copa América.
The 2018–19 season was Brentford's 129th year in existence and fifth consecutive season in the Championship. [1] Along with competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019 and was their penultimate at Griffin Park.