The Brentford Gazette
Squad23 Aug 2027
Keane Lewis-Potter keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Brentford may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market23 Aug 2027
Vitaly Janelt attracts admirers
The name of Vitaly Janelt has come up in conversations Brentford were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Caoimhin Kelleher signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Caoimhin Kelleher commits to Brentford for another 5 years.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Kevin Schade in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Brentford this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Real improvement from Charlie Webster at Brentford
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Charlie Webster is 23, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Brentford
6 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Nobody could get near Dango Ouattara
Successful dribbles: 20. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market23 Aug 2027
Brentford promote Nicholas Hill from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nicholas Hill has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market23 Aug 2027
Brentford promote George Ward from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. George Ward has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Brentford promote Anthony Butler from within
- Match Point won or two lost for Brentford?
- Player ratings The pass was always on for Antoni Milambo