The Brentford Gazette
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
Curtis Jones 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
Words at Brentford training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Yehor Yarmoliuk is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Brentford
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad23 Aug 2027
A late step up for Fábio Carvalho
At 24 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Market23 Aug 2027
One of our own: Thomas Wright joins the Brentford first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Thomas Wright is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market23 Aug 2027
Jack Barnes steps up from the Brentford academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jack Barnes has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market23 Aug 2027
Brentford promote Daniel Marshall from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniel Marshall 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 Alexander Henderson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Alexander Henderson 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
- Boardroom A promise the Brentford board did not keep
- Loan watch Ethan Laidlaw counts the days
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Kevin Schade