The Brentford Gazette
Match5 Nov 2026
A statement in Europe from Brentford
3‑0 against ND Gorica, and a performance that will change how the rest of the competition talks about this club. Reputations in continental football are built in single evenings and this was one.
Squad9 Nov 2026
A fracture rules Kristoffer Ajer out for 82 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Brentford will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Both of them Thiago's — 9.13
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 9.13, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Vintage Callum Wilson — 8.08
At 34 every good afternoon gets called a throwback, and this one was: 8.08, and nobody on the pitch better.
Market9 Nov 2026
Rico Henry raises the bar for Brentford
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Brentford heard it as anything else.
Market9 Nov 2026
Mathias Jensen has his eye on Europe
It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Brentford can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.
Match8 Nov 2026
Tottenham take the points off Brentford
Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The terraces9 Nov 2026
One of their own: Michael Kayode
He is 22 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Jaidon Anthony beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 18. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
In brief
- Player ratings Ninety minutes of Dango Ouattara at his very best
- Match Tottenham end the Brentford run at 4
- Squad Tempers go at Brentford