Frank hails ‘incredible’ Brentford stars after play-off win

Thomas Frank has heaped praise on his Brentford squad following their promotion to the Premier League. The Bees will play in the competition for the first time next season after beating Swansea 2-0 in the play-off final. Ivan Toney and Emiliano Marcondes scored to give them a comfortable victory in front of 12,000 fans at […]

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Brentford are Premier League: Moneyball and a broken jinx

Throw those flatcaps in the air, twang those braces and pass the beard oil – it’s victory for the hipster xG nerds. Brentford are a Premier League football team. They’ve avoided ‘La Decima’; broke their jinx to win the play-offs at the tenth time of asking. They won it in 20 devastating minutes. Freddie Woodman […]

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Brentford 2-0 Swansea: Bees secure promotion to the Prem

Brentford made it 10th time lucky as they beat Swansea 2-0 in the Championship play-off final to reach the Premier League for the first time. Goals from Ivan Toney and Emiliano Marcondes saw the Bees finally break their play-off hoodoo after all nine of their previous attempts had ended in failure. It was swift redemption […]

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Brentford, Swansea given 1,000 more play-off final tickets each

Brentford and Swansea City have been allocated an extra 1,000 tickets each for this weekend’s Championship play-off final. Having failed to persuade the Government to use the game and its League One and Two counterparts as pilot events, the English Football League has secured an increased capacity of 12,000 for the second tier showdown as […]

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Brentford, Swansea call for increased capacity at play-off final

Brentford and Swansea City have called for more of their fans to be allowed into Wembley for the Championship play-off final. Both clubs have questioned the 10,000-capacity limit set for the match, compared to the 21,000 who were present as Leicester beat Chelsea in the FA Cup final earlier this month. Brentford chief executive Jon […]

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