The Beesotted Brentford Pride of West London Podcast

The period after Mark Warburton left Brentford in 2015 was one of huge change at the club

Marinus Dijkhuizen arrived as Brentford embraced a new way of working, but his time in charge lasted only a matter of months. Dean Smith took over in November 2015, with Thomas Frank later joining the coaching set-up, as the Bees continued to develop the model that Matthew Benham believed could take the club forward

This Beesotted episode which was the podcast's 1000th is a great snapshot as we discussed that period and helps join the dots between the end of the Warburton era and what came next

We look back at the changes, the bumps in the road and the evolution under Smith and Frank as Brentford gradually established themselves as a Championship side with a clear identity and a very different way of doing things

In hindsight, this period feels hugely important. Warburton, Dijkhuizen, Smith and Frank were very different chapters, but together they tell the story of Brentford working out exactly what sort of football club it wanted to become

Part of Beesotted Reloaded: The Years That Shaped Brentford.

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Original description

Beesotted is 1000 episodes old. Happy birthday to us. And in good old Beesotted style, the Beesotted crew went down the pub - The Castle Inn in Ealing - to celebrate fully

And what a bumper podcast we have for your. Starting off with the first podcast recorded on the train from Middlesborough to London on Saturday 24th September 2014 after The Bees got spanked 4-0, the show - which will run over two episodes - navigates Brentford's journey through the Championship and into the Premier League

Billy The Bee Grant and Dave Laney Lane are joined by a plethora of characters both in the pub and in the virtual joint with members of the original podcast crew of Matt The Allard Allard, Martin The Dutchman Holland and Sav Savvy Bee Kyriacou joining us for a few swift halves. Also joining us were relative newbies Dan The Man Mann and Liberal Tom Fidler

Plus joining us from the virtual joint were a plethora of podcast contributors including:

Liberal Nick

xG Dave

Will The Spreadsheet Winker

Russty Bee

Jonathan JB Burchill

Lord Lou Can

The Gowler

Gerry the Cabbie

Robin Hood and

Katie Bee

as we weaved through the last 9 years of Beesotted podcast in which we discussed:

Brentford's amazing first season in The Championship where they reached the Playoff Semi-Final against all odds

The 'sacking' of Mark Warburton

The madness of the Dijkhuizen era which lead to stability of Dean Smith

The Thomas Frank era

We listen back to interviews with:

Thomas Frank

Dean Smith

Rob Rowan

plus we hark back to magical podcast moments of old such as:

The crashing of a couple's blind date at a podcast recorded in Hammersmith

Mark Warburton telling us that he did not agree with Benham's approach to signing players and running his club

Rob Rowan giving us his vision of the B team

Thomas Frank telling us how he wasn't quite sure when he was offered a downgrade of a role to become Dean Smith's assistant at Brentford

In episode two we will look at:

The Pandemic and how that changed everything

Coming out of the pandemic which co-insided with Brentford's promotion to the Premier League at Wembley

The Premier League Years with Brentford's new global fanbase and outlook on football

Where next?

Episode TWO will be out on PrideOfWest.London

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Producer and Edited by Billy Grant

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Beesotted 999th podcast alert as Brentford come back from Forest disappointed that they were not able to secure all three points. Forest down to ten men. Two penalty decisions not given for the Bees. Conceding a well taken goal that would have gone in another two times in 99 tries (statistically). Dominating the second half. It just wasn’t to be for the Bees. 

The Beesotted crew of Billy The Bee Grant (@BillyTheBee99), Dave Laney Lane (@Beesotted100), Ali Mullalley (@alimullaley), and Gary GP Paul (@GaryPaul73) hooked up in the virtual joint to discuss VAR, the Forest match, Laney making opposition fans cry plus much more.

On the show today: 

🌳Views from home and away fans in the stands and the pub after the Forest match

🎶Jonathan JB Burchill (@Jonathan77777) with some interesting facts and funk

📊Jacob Gowler from @BeesBreakdown gives us the statistical lowdown of the Forest match and looks forward to Man United game

👹Devin from The United Hour podcast (@manutdcaribbean) tells us what is going down at Manchester United

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Lively match which saw Forest go down to ten men. Bees take the lead. Forest equalise. Then the alamo as Brentford threw the kitchen sink at forest

we spoke to Bees and Forest fans in the stands and the pub straight after the match

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Two games in four days saw two defeats for The Bees. But the two losses could not be further from each other. Everton was a complete disaster. Whereas Arsenal could consider themselves lucky to have got away with not being knocked out the cup. 

The Beesotted crew of Billy The Bee Grant (@BillyTheBee99), Ali Mullalley (@alimullaley), Lewis ‘Sherlock’ Holmes and Matt The Allard Allard (@TheMattAllard) got together to discuss all things Brentford

Jonathan JB Burchill (@Jonathan77777) gave some interesting League Cup facts and funk

We heard from fans straight after the final whistle of the Everton and Arsenal matches

Jacob Gowler from @BeesBreakdown gives us the statistical lowdown of the Everton match and looks forward to Forest

Plus Adam Wiklow from Red Side of the Trent (@RedSideTrent) tells us exactly what’s going down in Forest land

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A game of two halves as Brentford went out to Arsenal in the League Cup due to a defensive error

We spoke to Bees fans and Arsenal fans straight after the match

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Bees were looking for three points after the loss at Newcastle

They didnt get them

We spoke to very unhappy fans after the match

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Everton travel to West London winless. Brentford return from Newcastle winless and with the devastating news that Rico Henry picked up an injury that would have him our for the rest of the season

The Beesotted crew of Billy The Bee Grant (@Billythebee99), Matt The Allard Allard (@theMattAllard) and Lewis The Cog Coghlin met up in the virtual joint to discuss all things Brentford.

In the show today:

🤕Rico Henry. How disastrous is the news of his injury? How will Brentford adapt?

💷Ivan Toney linked to Arsenal for £80m. Who could we get in his place from them?

📊We discussed Thomas Frank's very interesting interview on Monday night football

⚫️We look back on the Newcastle match

🎶JB gives us North East related facts and funk

🔵Connor from Toffee Blues podcast gives us the lowdown on Everton

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Brentford went to Newcastle looking for three points. They played well but fell to a sucker penalty from Callum Wilson

We spoke to fans in the pub after the match

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Unbeaten Brentford travel to Newcastle to try and get their first three points from the Geordies in many attempts.

Billy the Bee Grant is back from his travels and joins Laney in the virtual joint as they discussed the international break, Neal Maupay's return, Ivan Toney back at training, The Bournemouth match and look forward to the match at the weekend

Plus Kris from the Gallowgate Shots (@GallowgateShots) podcast give us the lowdown on Newcastle United

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