The Brentford Gazette
Boardroom19 Aug 2030
Matthew Kelly is out at Brentford
Four paragraphs on the club website, none of them about football. The board thanked him, wished him well, and had the search under way before the page went up.
Market19 Aug 2030
Terms done: Soungoutou Magassa is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Lincoln City waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Brentford is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Boardroom19 Aug 2030
A stranger takes charge at Brentford
The coaching staff has emptied out entirely and there was nobody internal to promote, so the club has appointed a name almost none of its supporters will recognise. Clubs recover from this; none of them enjoy explaining it.
Boardroom19 Aug 2030
Interim Coach steps up at Brentford for now
“Somebody picks the team on Saturday. This week it is me, and that is as far as I have thought.” No promises were made in either direction, which is how these usually begin.
Transfer targets19 Aug 2030
Brentford rebuffed over Patrick Agyemang
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Crystal Palace have kept their man, and Brentford go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market19 Aug 2030
Alex Palmer asks to leave Brentford
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Transfer targets19 Aug 2030
Brentford make their move for Sam Smith
$330.0K on the table at Wrexham. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Boardroom19 Aug 2030
8 academy graduates step up at Brentford
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad19 Aug 2030
A falling-out at Brentford
Abdoul Ouattara and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
In brief
- Match Brentford find a way past Nottingham Forest
- Market One of our own: Mark Watson joins the Brentford first team
- Market One of our own: Benjamin Pearson joins the Brentford first team