Floodlights! Cameras!! Action!!! It can only be Brentford

Like many Brentford fans, earlier this month I spent Friday night in front of the TV watching the Gillingham v Wolves game, optimistically hoping for the favour of a draw and being blown away by the home side’s last minute victory.

Three weeks later and the roles are reversed. With the Sky cameras at Griffin Park tonight, it is the likes of Wolves, Leyton Orient and, to a lesser extent Preston, who will be hoping for a similar favour from Gillingham.

To read the rest of this article, season 2013/14 is now available to download onto Kindle, in full. Containing previously unseen content, you can do so here for less than the cost of one matchday programme.

 Thanks for reading over the course of the campaign. For now I need to make space on this page for any follow up.  The ‘close season’ / World Cup columns continue in full, further on in this site.

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Magic of the cup? Real tans, bad jumpers and great results

I love the FA Cup.  Unlike Paul Lambert at Aston Villa, I’m not going to pretend that our Brentford could do without it. Last year’s excitement proved how much this tournament still means to supporters and, as such, I probably wasn’t alone in allowing myself a little smile when Villa were dumped out by League One Sheffield United yesterday.

Whilst Lambert’s Villa outfit struggled against United, the same could be said for Martin Allen’s studio outfit on the ITV highlight’s package later that evening. He was always known for his tops at Griffin Park but this one was less ‘tank’ and more an entire squadron.

To read the rest of this article, season 2013/14 is now available to download onto Kindle, in full. Containing previously unseen content, you can do so here for less than the cost of one matchday programme.

 Thanks for reading over the course of the campaign. For now I need to make space on this page for any follow up.  The ‘close season’ / World Cup columns continue in full, further on in this site.