Heritage

Looking back at the Bees
Bees United is now the lawful custodian of the Brentford FC collection of items, programmes and overall archive. We are building completely new catalogues for all the items and objects. We are building the BU collection too. More news to follow and we will keep you posted

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CARTOONING THE COTTAGERS

Down in the archives our man Dave Vernacular has found that cartoons were an essential part of Brentford programmes in the pre-war years. The Club had a resident cartoonist and he loved to put Fulham in its place.
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HOW FANS AND MANAGERS CONNECTED BEFORE ZOOM Q&As

Ahead of two big home games against Spurs and Liverpool Thomas Frank has answered your questions live on a zoom and the CEO and DoF joined him for a Fans Forum where the only questions were online. Our man in the archives, Dave Vernacular, found the famous Bees manager Harry...
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ANDY SCOTT AND ‘THE BRENTFORD REVOLUTION’

A new book on the ‘Brentford Revolution’ pinpoints Andy Scott’s appointment under Bees United's ownership as caretaker manager 15 years ago this month as the start of the on-the-pitch recovery before Matthew Benham's full involvement. Tim Street explains why he and fellow co-author Dave Lane believe Scott has been one...
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‘WOULD YOU LIKE A GAME VERSUS GILLINGHAM TOMORROW?’

Brentford being drawn against Gillingham in the EFL Cup in November has brought back memories of many battles in the lower leagues, the most recent in 2014. Our memorabilia collector , 'Dave Vernacular' has found evidence that for one reserve game against the 'Gills' Brentford left the team selection a...
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THE DAY NOADES SOLD OUT TO BU

30th September, was the anniversary of the day in 2005 when Bees United announced a ‘huge step forward in their plans to take-over the Club from the current owner, Ron Noades’. Brian Burgess, then the Chairman of BU, remembers it well.
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