Brentford - The season so far

Brentford, like Arsenal, started their pre-season with a friendly against Boreham Wood.

Boreham Wood 1 Brentford 2

The pre-season continued with some foreign visitors and a friendly against Karlsruher.

Brentford 1 Karlsruher 2

The pre-season continued as follows:

Wycombe Wanderers 0 Brentford 1

Shrewsbury 2 Brentford 3

Tottenham 2 Brentford 1

Brentford 1 Watford 2


The Football League Championship started with a bang and Rotherham were on the receiving end.

Brentford 5 Rotherham 1

Brentford remained unbeaten over the next four games including their Carabao Cup match against Southend United.

Stoke 1 Brentford 1

Southend United 2 Brentford 4

Brentford 2 Sheffield Wednesday 0

Aston Villa 2 Brentford 2

The first defeat came on the long road trip to Blackburn.

Blackburn 1 Brentford 0

Next up came the Second Round of the Carabao Cup.

Brentford 1 Cheltenham 0

There were four more matches in the League before Brentford met Arsenal in the Carabao Cup.

Brentford 2 Nottingham Forest 1

Brentford 2 Wigan 0

Ipswich 1 Brentford 1

Derby County 3 Brentford 1

Arsenal 3 Brentford 1

The next three matches were draws and the following three were defeats. During the month of October the Brentford manager Dean Smith left the club for a better job at Aston Villa where he gets to work with John Terry.

Brentford 2 Reading 2

Brentford 1 Birmingham 1

Leeds United 1 Brentford 1

Brentford 0 Bristol City 1

The next one is worth a viewing.

Preston North End 4 Brentford 3

Norwich 1 Brentford 0

After the month of October, a bad one, Brentford have returned to winning ways.

Brentford 2 Millwall 0


This places Brentford firmly in a mid table position, nine points from the top and eleven points from the bottom.