Across the Seas but Forever Bees - An American Brentford Podcast

Nations League, huh?  It's been too long since Bournemouth.  Way too long.  It's good to have a Saturday of football up in Liverpool to look forward to, in the form of a once-again struggling Everton.

Glenn Houlihan and Greville Waterman discuss the Bees on international duty, with some frankly shocking trivia pressure put on Tim and Glenn.  See if you can name the Brentford all-time Danes and full internationals better than we do!

Everton can be beat.  They should be beatable.  But Sean Dyche just does something to us on a regular basis.  

...It's good to be thinking about football again.

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...and then we talk about Fulham.  A bit of PTSD, but healthy to get it out and discussed, they say.  

We are one crazy team at home, the most entertaining club in the world right now.  Sometimes you watch between your fingers, but it's never dull.  Long may it go on.

A happy return to podcasting for the whole crew here at Across the Seas but Forever Bees.  Thanks for being patient with our hiatus.

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Glenn Houlihan visits again from Iowa, and along with Greville Waterman, we discuss the loss to Manchester United.  It says a lot about us that we're this disappointed.  

There's a match and a squad to be proud of, and hopefully we'll take it out on Ipswich and Sheffield Wednesday over the next week.

Hope you enjoy.  All feedback is very gratefully received!

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I'll never get used to the feeling of looking at the fixture list and realizing we have Manchester United next in the league.  Just typing it seems surreal.  

This week Greville and I welcome Chris Fries to the studio to have a talk about his Indiana Brentford fandom.  Chris adds some real insight into where we've been this season, and what he sees ahead.  

Cannot wait for Saturday!

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Jay Altair is the real Boston Bee, and he joins us from his current spot in West London.  Jay has made his first trip to the Gtech a memorable one by getting to both West Ham a week prior and then Wolves this week.  And he got to Belfont to see the Brentford Woman...with less success.  It's all a story enthusiastically told, and well worth your time.

Greville and I join Jay for his story and for a celebration of a wonderful demolition of Wolves.  We can be quite good, when the cylinders are all firing.  

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Shades of last January come around again as a once-in-a-lifetime injury crisis is back for a second season.  We pick up a point though and look forward to Thomas Frank's 3 dimensional chess to get us past Wolves on Saturday.

Eli is here, all the way from Canada (via West London) to discuss with Greville Waterman and me a remarkable draw against West Ham and to strategize how we find 11 fit footballers hat can beat a already a bit desperate Wolverhampton.  You know, someday when everyone's back next Spring...we'll be a really, really impressive football team.

ASFB insider tip:  There's a secret extra bit hidden after the closing sting music that I think is worth finding.

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We are lucky to coax Michel Cowdrey into the studios to talk about his weekend in Chicago.  You have to listen to it to understand, but once again and for the millionth time it makes me proud to be a Brentford fan.  Class, humility and respect seem to permeate everything the club does.  

Greville Waterman is in the help with any worry you might have after a loss at Spurs.  Honestly, there's a lot to like about who we are and who we'll be if some established starters can get out of the treatment room.  The kids once again are learning and proving that they're getting minutes on merit.  There's a lot to like about this season, one I think will have far, far more highs than lows.

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New York's own Charlie Corr makes the trek to the ASFB studios to discuss life around the Red Lion and to weigh in on one of the most fun weeks of the Premier era.  Yes, we lost one of the two matches this week...but there's losing and there's losing.  We won against Man City, 1-2.  If you know what I mean.

Leyton Orient gives us a chance to play the kids, and to coin a phrase:  The Kids are Alright.

A really interesting talk, and if you listen to the end you'll know the story of The Beast.  It's a Brentford story.

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I've wanted to talk about the Brentford Woman's team for a great while, so it was a thrill and an honor to have Gary Enstone and Richard Merritt in the studio to share their experiences and their passion.  The woman are an exciting and engaging story that is appallingly underappreciated by the larger Brentford community.  

But it is my hope that people will listen to the podcast and head down to Belfont Sport to support the mighty Bees.  This is an important podcast for me, and I can only hope that it starts a conversation about how great we have it with not just one club to be proud of, but also a woman's club that should make us all proud to call ourselves Brentford.

This may well be a promotion season for the Woman - don't miss the chance to learn about and see this team on the rise!

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Martin O'Brien agrees to return to the studio for a discussion of a very satisfying Saturday down at the Gtech.  Southampton seemed determined to gift us goals and we were kind enough to accept.  

An upcoming Cup match against old friends Leyton Orient leads to a trip back to 2014 and 2006, years when we were on the steep rise...and on the steep decline, respectively.  Pivotal matches in their own ways, in Brentford history.  

I suspect they still hate us.

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