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Brentford

Founded: 1889 (136 years ago)

Stadium: Brentford Community Stadium (Capacity: 17,250) • London, England

Nickname: The Bees

League: Premier League

League History
Season Division Pos P W D L GF GA GD Pts
2024-25 Premier League 10th 38 16 8 14 66 57 +9 56
2023-24 Premier League 16th 38 10 9 19 56 65 -9 39
2022-23 Premier League 9th 38 15 14 9 58 46 +12 59
2021-22 Premier League 13th 38 13 7 18 48 56 -8 46
2020-21 Championship 3rd 46 24 15 7 79 42 +37 87
2019-20 Championship 3rd 46 24 9 13 80 38 +42 81
2018-19 Championship 11th 46 17 13 16 73 59 +14 64Brentford awarded a 1-0 over Bolton Wanderers due to Bolton's inability to hold the fixture.
2017-18 Championship 9th 46 18 15 13 62 52 +10 69
2016-17 Championship 10th 46 18 10 18 75 65 +10 64
2015-16 Championship 9th 46 19 8 19 72 67 +5 65
2014-15 Championship 5th 46 23 9 14 78 59 +19 78
2013-14 League One 2nd 46 28 10 8 72 43 +29 94
2012-13 League One 3rd 46 21 16 9 62 47 +15 79

Top Goalscorers
Country Player Season Appearances Goals GpG
DR Congo Yoane Wissa 2024-25 39 20 0.51
Cameroon Bryan Mbeumo 2024-25 42 20 0.48
DR Congo Yoane Wissa 2023-24 36 12 0.33
England Ivan Toney 2022-23 35 21 0.60
England Ivan Toney 2021-22 37 14 0.38
England Ivan Toney 2020-21 52 33 0.63
England Ollie Watkins 2019-20 50 26 0.52
France Neal Maupay 2018-19 49 28 0.57
France Neal Maupay 2017-18 46 13 0.28
Denmark Lasse Vibe 2016-17 36 16 0.44
Denmark Lasse Vibe 2015-16 42 14 0.33
Republic of Ireland Alan Judge 2015-16 39 14 0.36
Jamaica Andre Gray 2014-15 50 18 0.36
Jamaica Clayton Donaldson 2013-14 48 18 0.38
Jamaica Clayton Donaldson 2012-13 56 24 0.43

All-time Appearances
Country Player Years Appearances Goals
1. England Ken Coote 1949-63 559 15
2. England Jamie Bates 1987-99 526 24
3. England Peter Gelson 1961-74 516 18
4. Republic of Ireland Kevin O'Connor 2000-14 501 44
5. Scotland Tommy Higginson 1960-70 435 16
6. Scotland Jackie Graham 1970-80 409 40
7. England Keith Millen 1984-94 380 20
8. England Gerry Cakebread 1954-64 374 0
9. England Danis Salman 1975-85 371 8
10. England Alan Nelmes 1967-76 350 2

All-time Goalscorers
Country Player Years Appearances Goals GpG
1. England Jim Towers 1954-61 282 163 0.58
2. England George Francis 1955-61, 1961-62 280 136 0.49
3. England Jack Holliday 1932-39 222 121 0.55
4. England Gary Blissett 1987-93 291 105 0.36
5. Scotland Dave McCulloch 1935-38 124 90 0.73
6. England Billy Lane 1929-32 123 89 0.72
7. Ghana Lloyd Owusu 1998-02, 2005-07 250 87 0.35
8. England Jack Lane 1925-31 234 86 0.37
= England Billy Scott 1932-47 296 86 0.29
10. Wales Idris Hopkins 1932-47 314 80 0.25

Club Profile
Founded:
1889 (136 years ago) - Brentford, Middlesex was home to the Brentford Rowing Club and Boston Park Cricket Club. After the opening of a new recreation ground on 17 October, members of the two clubs met at the Oxford & Cambridge pub and agreed to form a football club. On 16 October 1889, they officially voted to establish Brentford Football Club to play association football.
Address:
Brentford Football Club
Vantage London
Great West Road
Brentford, London
TW8 9AG
Stadium:
Clifden Road (1889–91)
Benn's Field (1891–95)
Shotter's Field (1895–98)
Cross Roads (1898–00)
York Road (1900–04)
Griffin Park (1904–20)
Gtech Community Stadium (2020 – present)
Rivals:
Fulham
Queens Park Rangers
Chelsea
Brighton & Hove Albion
Nickname:
The Bees - in the 1890s, students from Borough Road College shouted "buck up Bs" to support their friend Joseph Gettins during a Brentford match. Local newspapers misheard it as "Buck up Bees," and the nickname has stuck ever since.

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