Brentford travel to Carrow Road today for a Championship encounter in a weekend that is already threatening to spill over into fever pitch levels of excitement. After the tepid pain of the third round, things got off to a bang last night as Louis van Gaal and his Manchester United side were held to a 0-0 draw by League 2 Cambridge United in the FA cup.
It was a stunning achievement and whilst (cliché alert) I can console myself that, at the least, we are free to concentrate on the league part of me was massively jealous that we are next up against Norwich City in the Championship rather than Arsenal in the Cup.
To read the rest of this article, season 2014/15 is now available to download onto Kindle (and other electronic reading device) in full. Containing additional material and even some (poor) editing, you can get it here for less than the cost of a Griffin Park matchday programme or Balti Pie.
Thanks for reading and all your comments over the course of the season. For now, I need to make more space on the site for any follow up. However, ‘close season’ will continue in full, further on.

Adrian Chiles and team fall victim to a rogue sprinkler
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No Chiles and no smiles but what awaits the Bees?
24 JanBrentford travel to Carrow Road today for a Championship encounter in a weekend that is already threatening to spill over into fever pitch levels of excitement. After the tepid pain of the third round, things got off to a bang last night as Louis van Gaal and his Manchester United side were held to a 0-0 draw by League 2 Cambridge United in the FA cup.
It was a stunning achievement and whilst (cliché alert) I can console myself that, at the least, we are free to concentrate on the league part of me was massively jealous that we are next up against Norwich City in the Championship rather than Arsenal in the Cup.
To read the rest of this article, season 2014/15 is now available to download onto Kindle (and other electronic reading device) in full. Containing additional material and even some (poor) editing, you can get it here for less than the cost of a Griffin Park matchday programme or Balti Pie.
Thanks for reading and all your comments over the course of the season. For now, I need to make more space on the site for any follow up. However, ‘close season’ will continue in full, further on.
Adrian Chiles and team fall victim to a rogue sprinkler
Tags: 0-0, 2013/14, Adrian Chiles, Alan Judge, Alex Ferguson, Alex Pritchard, anchor, Arsenal, Balint Bajner, Bees, Beesotted, Betinho, blog, book, Bournemouth, Brentford, Brentford FC, Brighton, Cambridge United, Carrow Road, celebrated, Celebrating like they'd won the FA Cup, Championship, Chris Long, comments, david button, diary, Eddie Howe, Everton, excuses, FA Cup, Facebook, Fergie, football, Fulham, Gary Lineker, Griffin Park, Harlee Dean, Hungary, Ipswich Town, ITV, James Tarkowski, Jim Rosenthal, Jon Toral, Jonathan Douglas, José Ignacio Peleteiro Ramallo, Jota, just don’t mention that penalty, kindle, Lewis Macleod, Luis Van Gaal, Manchester United, Marcello Trotta, Marcos Tébar Ramiro, Mark Pougatch, Mark Warburton, Matthew Benham, Moses Odubajo, Natalie Sawyer, Nick Bruzon, Nick Proschwitz, Norwich, Norwich City, Oliver Holt, penalty, presenter, Rangers, Roy Keane, Russell Slade, Sam Saunders, Sky bet Championship, Stuart Dallas, Toumani, Trotta, Twitter, upset, Warbs, Wenger, World Cup