Brentford

The club

Brentford were founded on 10 October 1889 and are based in Brentford, west London. They played at Griffin Park from 1904 until August 2020, 116 years, in a ground that held 12,300 at the end and was known for being the only Football League ground in England with a pub on each corner: the Griffin, the Princess Royal, the New Inn and the Brook. Since 1 September 2020 they have played at the Brentford Community Stadium on Lionel Road South, sponsored as the Gtech Community Stadium, capacity 17,250, next to Kew Bridge station. London Irish shared the ground from its opening until the rugby club went into administration in 2023. Brentford are the Bees, a name that dates from the 1890s when Borough Road College students misheard a chant of "buck up Bs" as "buck up Bees". They play in red and white striped shirts with black shorts, the scheme used every season since 1925/26 bar 1960/61. Matthew Benham is the owner.

Recent seasons

Brentford were third in the Championship in 2019/20 with 81 points and lost the play-off final, then third again in 2020/21 with 87 points and won it, beating Swansea City 2-0 to reach the top flight for the first time since 1946/47. That was at the tenth attempt: nine previous EFL play-off campaigns had ended in failure. In the Premier League they finished 13th in 2021/22 with 46 points, ninth in 2022/23 with 59, 16th in 2023/24 with 39, tenth in 2024/25 with 56, and ninth in 2025/26 with 53 points from 38 games, 14 wins, 11 draws and 13 defeats, 55 scored and 52 conceded. Igor Thiago scored 22 league goals in 2025/26 and 25 in all competitions, and the club reached the FA Cup fifth round and the EFL Cup quarter-finals.

Honours and landmarks

Brentford have never won a major national trophy. Their honours are the Second Division title in 1934/35, third-tier titles in 1932/33 and 1991/92, fourth-tier titles in 1962/63, 1998/99 and 2008/09, and the Championship play-off in 2021. The highest league finish is fifth in the First Division in 1935/36, so the ninth places of 2022/23 and 2025/26 are the best of the modern era but not the club record. Record attendance is 38,678 against Leicester City in the FA Cup sixth round on 26 February 1949 at Griffin Park, a game Brentford lost 0-2; that figure still stood as of mid-2026. The record at the new stadium is 17,224 against Arsenal on 12 February 2026. Ken Coote holds the appearance record with 559 competitive games between 1949 and 1963. Jim Towers is the leading scorer with 163 goals between 1954 and 1961. The record fee paid is £42.5m for Dango Ouattara from Bournemouth on 16 August 2025; the record received is £65m for Bryan Mbeumo to Manchester United on 21 July 2025, both in the same summer.

Notable scorelines

Record win is 9-0 against Wrexham in the Third Division at Griffin Park on 15 October 1963, still the club's record Football League victory; Brentford finished only 16th that season. The best FA Cup win is 7-0 against Windsor in a preliminary round on 20 October 1888. Record league defeat is 0-7 against Walsall in Division Two on 29 December 1933. The heaviest defeat in any competition is 1-9 against Middlesbrough in Division One on 17 December 1927. Recent results of note: 3-1 at home to Manchester United on 27 September 2025 and 3-2 at home to Liverpool on 25 October 2025, and 5-0 away at Grimsby Town in the EFL Cup on 28 October 2025.

Head-to-head notes

Brentford do not publish all-time head-to-head records on their own website, and no reliable all-time series figure could be established for any 2026/27 opponent from the sources read, including the west London clubs. Treat any such number as unverified: the Fulham and Chelsea series records are specifically not established here. Recent meetings are on record. In 2025/26 Brentford lost 1-3 at Nottingham Forest on 17 August, beat Aston Villa 1-0 at home on 23 August, lost 1-2 at Sunderland on 30 August, drew 2-2 with Chelsea at home on 13 September, lost 1-3 at Fulham on 20 September, beat Manchester United 3-1 at home on 27 September, lost 0-1 at home to Manchester City on 5 October, beat Liverpool 3-2 at home on 25 October and lost 0-2 at Crystal Palace on 1 November. The season's heaviest defeat was 0-3 at Manchester City on 9 May 2026. Results against Tottenham, Arsenal, Newcastle, Everton, Brighton, Bournemouth and Leeds could not be read from the sources consulted, and no meetings with the promoted clubs, Coventry City, Ipswich Town or Hull City, could be confirmed.

Right now (2026/27)

Keith Andrews is head coach, appointed on 27 June 2025 after Thomas Frank left for Tottenham Hotspur. Andrews had joined Brentford as set-piece coach in July 2024, from Sheffield United, and had no previous head coach role. He signed an extension on 26 February 2026 running to 2032, with the club then seventh and in contention for Europe; they finished ninth.

Summer 2026 business to 31 July. In: centre-back Jannik Schuster from Red Bull Salzburg on 1 July for £12m plus £4m in add-ons; right-back Joseph Wheeler-Henry from Chelsea on 2 July for an undisclosed fee; winger Jaidon Anthony from the relegated Burnley on 7 July for £15m plus £2m in add-ons; striker Callum Wilson from the relegated West Ham United on a free on 9 July; midfielder Sam Sene-Richardson from Chatham Town on 20 July for an undisclosed fee. Out: Ethan Laidlaw to Falkirk on 15 June, Tony Yogane to Aberdeen on 19 June, both undisclosed; Frank Onyeka to Coventry City on 29 June for £6.8m; Jordan Henderson released by mutual consent on 29 July. Loaned out: Michael Olakigbe to WSG Tirol on 30 June, Romelle Donovan to Sheffield United on 8 July, Ben Krauhaus to Falkirk on 13 July, Matthew Cox to Barnet on 25 July. Josh Dasilva, Rico Henry and Mathias Jensen were all extended to June 2027 on 1 June; Michael Kayode signed to 2032 and Benjamin Fredrick to 2030.

Pre-season is light and late: a 3-2 win over AFC Wimbledon behind closed doors at the training ground on 15 July, then Rennes away on 8 August and Eintracht Frankfurt at home on 15 August. The Premier League season starts on 21 August 2026 and Brentford open at home to Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday 22 August, kick-off 17:30 BST.

Note on sourcing: brentfordfc.com returned no usable content to automated fetches, so the club's own site could not be read; everything here comes from Wikipedia and cross-checks between its articles.

Sources

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