The Brentford Gazette
Market24 Apr 2028
Martinelli hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Brentford can pretend not to have heard.
Player ratings24 Apr 2028
Abdoul Ouattara was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 30. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Market24 Apr 2028
Only the photograph left for Abdoul Ouattara
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Abdoul Ouattara will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Brentford the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Match22 Apr 2028
No end in sight to Brentford's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Brentford has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad24 Apr 2028
Michael Kayode falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad24 Apr 2028
Words exchanged at Brentford
Kerem Aktürkoğlu and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Match22 Apr 2028
Brentford come up short against Coventry City
Coventry City left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market24 Apr 2028
Joseph Murphy steps up from the Brentford academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Joseph Murphy 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.
Market24 Apr 2028
One of our own: Liam Atkinson joins the Brentford first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Liam Atkinson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- The dugout Edward Ellis faces the questions
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Romelle Donovan
- The dugout When it matters, Dango Ouattara plays