No sooner has the league campaign begun than we are straight into cup action. As such, today we’ll take a look at the top ten Brentford cup performances of the last 30 years (and there’s also a rather special ‘caption competition’ to close) but firstly, the weekend.
As ever, if you want the minutiae of what happened on pitch then Chris Wickham or Beesotted are your best bets – and a splendid job they both do, for the record. The Last Word is about ‘the other stuff’. So what did we learn?
Firstly, those of us unfortunate enough not to travel had the small consolation of the BeesPlayer show; the highlight of which was ‘doughnut-gate’. Whilst special guest pundit Stuart Dallas had the will power (or fear or Uwe’s wrath – delete as applicable) to resist the tray of cakes on offer from the Port Vale hospitality team, one member of club staff was unable to display the same discipline. I’ll spare this particular chap’s blushes – if you were listening you’ll know who – but anchorman Mark Burridge reckoned it was at least three.
As Shakespeare famously wrote, “Our bodies are our gardens to the which our wills are gardeners”. On Saturday, the gardener was definitely not sitting in the press box.
The top ten Brentford cup performances of the last 30 years.
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And that kev is how you kill a sheep
Si: These premiership boots sponsership deals are not what i expected
Kev: yeah i only get a deal on flip flops in league one
That’s it Simmo – give it some welly………….
Gaffer said I should, “lob one over the bar”, so here goes.
After last years success of London 2012 there was a massive disapointment by the anniversary games.
KOC: “Come on Si – everyone knows Uwe has said I am the club’s welly boot thrower!”
Si: let’s see if he can catch this one…
Kev: Uwe… Fetch!
Kev, you aim for Lewis and I’ll aim for Marshall. Then I’m first choice.
Kev lets Simon have one last chance to beat Ole Gottskalksson’s 2001 record.
If I wang it further than you Kev, I get the donut!
To celebrate his move to Cardiff, Si finally gets rid of the boots left for him by Stuart Nelson…
When asked for the art of taking the perfect penalty King Kev says, give it some welly. Simon, upon hearing this, takes his advice literally
Run that past me again, Kev. It’s five points for Buzz, ten for Buzzette but how many for Mark……?
PLEASE NOTE – we now have a winner . Thank you for all your entries. Some crackers in there. The winning caption will be revealed in the Sheff United edition , which is going up soon.