The Beesotted Brentford Pride of West London Podcast

Push Up Brentford is an oral history project set up to commemorate the last year the club will play at Griffin Park, their home for 116 years. 
We have interviewed fans, young and old, as well as players and managers to uncover their personal stories.
We have created a fascinating living history of Brentford Football Club, starring the people who have made it such a special place over the years.
The project is run by volunteers, many of them Brentford fans, and supported by Arts and Education charity, digital:works.
This episode is called “The Big Match” and covers some of the ups and downs of supporting Brentford. 
You’ll hear stories of memorable games, home and away, along with a few people would rather forget. 
Rainy afternoons in Stockport, chocolate bars raining down on the pitch, picnics on sparse terraces, the joy of a chipped keeper and tales of some of Brentford's great rivalries over the years. 
The music was written and performed by Robb Johnson.
The project was funded by National Lottery Heritage Fund and supported by Brentford Football Club.
Produced by digital:works.
Listen to the full interviews and find out more about the project at www.pushupbrentford.org.uk/

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Push Up Brentford is an oral history project set up to commemorate the last year the club will play at Griffin Park, their home for 116 years.  We have interviewed fans, young and old, as well as players and managers to uncover their personal stories. We have created a fascinating living history of Brentford Football Club, starring the people who have made it such a special place over the years. The project is run by volunteers, many of them Brentford fans, and supported by Arts and Education charity, digital:works. This episode is called “The Kick Off”.  It explores the early years of people’s support for Brentford, their family history, some going back to the 1920s, others who had to cope with being the only Brentford fan in a family of QPR supporters.  There are stories of bunking in over turnstiles, of grandfathers banned from pubs around the ground, and hand-knitted bobble hats and scarves.  People also recall their first ever match at Brentford, of 9-0 victories, huge crowds and the towering Royal Oak stand, but also of humiliating defeats and dwindling numbers on the terraces.  The music was written and performed by Robb Johnson. The project was funded by National Lottery Heritage Fund and supported by Brentford Football Club. Produced by digital:works. Listen to the full interviews and find out more about the project at www.pushupbrentford.org.uk/

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The Beesotted crew Billy TheBee Grant. Dave Laney Lane. Liberal Nick Carthew and Greville The Water Man hooked up mid-lockdown in The Virtual Joint to discuss more non-football football bits and pieces. 

Is there light at the end of the football-free tunnel? Could The Championship be back on track within the next few months?

With accounts just filed and the Bees declaring a £20m profit last season, will Brentford's strong financial showing put them in better shape than most post-coronavirus?

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After a few weeks in lockdown hibernation, the Beesotted crew of Billy the Bee Grant. Dave Laney Lane. Matt The Allard Allard. Liberal Nick Carthew and Savvy Bee Kyriacau met up in the virtual joint to discuss the past weeks of no football. 

Plus they talked about Director of Football Phil Giles' recent GPG Zoom fan conference and ask the question - when realistically will we see Brentford play again?

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Welcome to the second instalment of these historical mini-pods, where we talk about some of the great projects currently underway to celebrate Griffin Park and our club's proud history. This week we talk to Savvy Bee, one of the people behind Push Up Brentford! It's a great Bees oral history project, funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund and due to be launched in September. Sav was generous enough to share some of the recorded footage, which is just the tip of the iceberg of that is to follow. 

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This edition we speak to Brendan Nevin, the magician behind the brilliant @beesincolour and the Brentford Reimagined book project. In this week's chat, Brendan tells us how he does it, what's been done so far, what can be expected and how you can support the project by getting your name, or the name of Bees supporting loved one, printed in the Bees Fan Dedications section.

To pre-order the book, just click here https://www.legendspublishing.net/product/brentford-reimagined

In the next 'If You Know Yer History' mini-podcast we'll be talking to Savvy Bee about the Push Up Brentford oral history project and sharing a few of the highlight's he's recorded from Bees fans.

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Football is cancelled for the foreseeable future. Robin Hood McMichael and xG Dave Anderson join Miles Blumsom in the LoveSport studio to discuss the current state of football. 

But back to football ON the pitch, the Beesotted crew reminisce on the Greatest Goals to ever grace Griffin Park. 

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Brentford are due to travel to Craven Cottage on Friday for the big West London Derby. Or are they? With the coronavirus scare hitting pandemic levels, the word on the Beesotted streets made the crew question whether the match would take place this weekend. 
The Beesotted crew assembled in enemy territory - The Distillers Pub in Hammersmith (on the border of Fulham) - to discuss The Sheffield Wednesday trouncing. How coronavirus is likely to affect the football league over the next few months. Plus Fulham fan Abdul joined us in the pub to discuss all things Fulham and Benrahma’s winking.
In the pub
Billy TheBee GrantDave Laney LaneMatt The Allard AllardDr Katie Bee GrahamAbdul from Fulham

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