We can now reveal that @TheBuzzBlog1 will be following the managerial career of Darren Powell for the time he is at Hampton & Richmond Borough.
This will start tomorrow night when HRBFC take on QPR.
We hope to bring you regular score updates! #VivaLaBeaver
Thursday, 11 July 2013
Buzz Blog exclusive interview with Darren Powell
The Buzz Blog spoke to former Bee, Darren Powell after Hampton And Richmond Borough vs. Canvey Island in the Ryman Premier
This was Darren's first game as official first team manager along side Paul Barry
I asked him how it felt 'I don't want wanna cliche it but it was a game of two halves, we weren't really happy so we had a few words at half time' this appeared to pay off and Darren added 'we should of won in the end'
Hampton came back from 2-0 down at half time to draw 2-2
I then asked him about being a player manager and whether its something he had experienced before? 'Never, just a player. It is an experience but I'm enjoying it. Me and Paul [Paul Barry] are on the same kind of wavelength and are enjoying it at the moment'
Next question asked was how Darren thinks he compares to the likes of Paul Ince and the managers he played under? 'Its early days at the moment, I'm kinda laid back when I've got something to say I will say it, I haven't fallen into a category yet'
We then went on to talk about Brentford, and Powelly [as he is known at the Bev] talked about his 2 spells at the club 'Second spell was a bit short, going back to Griffin Park is a good experience for me, I enjoyed it and enjoyed the first time more but yeah, its always good going back there'
The only player left from Darren's time at the club is Kevin O'connor so I asked how Darren thinks King Kev fits in at Griffin Park 'There gonna bury him on the pitch or under the pitch aren't they, hes been there from day one'
I asked about how he thinks the Bees have been performing to which he replied 'I always look out for there results and all so hopefully they will do it'
I ended the interview by asking Darren's aims for management 'I think one step at a time and me and Paul would like to get the team up next season'
The Buzz Blog would like to wish Darren and the team at Hampton And Richmond Borough the very best of luck for the future!
This was Darren's first game as official first team manager along side Paul Barry
I asked him how it felt 'I don't want wanna cliche it but it was a game of two halves, we weren't really happy so we had a few words at half time' this appeared to pay off and Darren added 'we should of won in the end'
Hampton came back from 2-0 down at half time to draw 2-2
I then asked him about being a player manager and whether its something he had experienced before? 'Never, just a player. It is an experience but I'm enjoying it. Me and Paul [Paul Barry] are on the same kind of wavelength and are enjoying it at the moment'
Next question asked was how Darren thinks he compares to the likes of Paul Ince and the managers he played under? 'Its early days at the moment, I'm kinda laid back when I've got something to say I will say it, I haven't fallen into a category yet'
We then went on to talk about Brentford, and Powelly [as he is known at the Bev] talked about his 2 spells at the club 'Second spell was a bit short, going back to Griffin Park is a good experience for me, I enjoyed it and enjoyed the first time more but yeah, its always good going back there'
The only player left from Darren's time at the club is Kevin O'connor so I asked how Darren thinks King Kev fits in at Griffin Park 'There gonna bury him on the pitch or under the pitch aren't they, hes been there from day one'
I asked about how he thinks the Bees have been performing to which he replied 'I always look out for there results and all so hopefully they will do it'
I ended the interview by asking Darren's aims for management 'I think one step at a time and me and Paul would like to get the team up next season'
The Buzz Blog would like to wish Darren and the team at Hampton And Richmond Borough the very best of luck for the future!
Monday, 8 July 2013
New season, new start, new squad!!
Hello and welcome back to the Buzz Blog!
We have plenty of new stuff of our own to bring you but first we turn our attention to matters closer to home...
Ever since that penalty and the play-of final, Brentford have only ever looked positive about the coming season!
We have now signed a number of players and all looks good...except we have lost Harry Forrester to a unconfirmed club but we fear that he has gone to Doncaster!? But, hey onwards and upwards!
Brentford have since signed Will Grigg from Walsall. He is a striker and scored a rather impressive 19 goals in 41 league 1 games last season!
This is a superb signing for the Bees who have also signed Chelsea midfielder George Saville on loan until January and completed the signing the signing of defender Alan Mccormack from Swindon Town and goal keeper Jack Bonham from Watford.
Was anyone else slightly surprised to see Paul Hayes remain at Griffin Park?
Just a side thought. Anyways...
In other news, the Bees have released pictures of the new home & away kits for the season and I think they have received mixed reviews...
The home shirt is obviously red and white:
Griffin Park will certainly be colourful next season & for once it won't just be the stewards!
That's all for now! Feel free to tweet us your opinions.
We have plenty of new stuff of our own to bring you but first we turn our attention to matters closer to home...
Ever since that penalty and the play-of final, Brentford have only ever looked positive about the coming season!
We have now signed a number of players and all looks good...except we have lost Harry Forrester to a unconfirmed club but we fear that he has gone to Doncaster!? But, hey onwards and upwards!
Brentford have since signed Will Grigg from Walsall. He is a striker and scored a rather impressive 19 goals in 41 league 1 games last season!
This is a superb signing for the Bees who have also signed Chelsea midfielder George Saville on loan until January and completed the signing the signing of defender Alan Mccormack from Swindon Town and goal keeper Jack Bonham from Watford.
Was anyone else slightly surprised to see Paul Hayes remain at Griffin Park?
Just a side thought. Anyways...
In other news, the Bees have released pictures of the new home & away kits for the season and I think they have received mixed reviews...
The home shirt is obviously red and white:
And the away kit (in my opinion the nicer of the 2) is yellow and blue:
Griffin Park will certainly be colourful next season & for once it won't just be the stewards!
That's all for now! Feel free to tweet us your opinions.
Thursday, 9 May 2013
Buzz Blog Exclusive-Best form of defence is attack
Brentford vs. Swindon report
After the first leg of the play-offs it was all level between the Bees and Swindon.
Right from kick off, Brentford seemed to be the stronger side and went ahead through an Adam Rooney own goal in the 20th minute which was followed up by Clayton Donaldson's first of 2 goals in the match.
Swindon pulled a goal back just before half time but the Bees faithful stayed proud and loud!
A couple of songs from Ealing Road made us laugh, the first being directed at the Swindon Town fans ''Paolo Di Canio, he left 'cause your sh*t'' and then a favorite was ''He comes, from Italy, he missed a penalty but he's going to Wembley!'' I'm sure we all know who that was aimed at...
Back to game, the second half began and after just 2 second half minutes-Clayton Donaldson scored with a delightful chip over the Swindon keeper to send Ealing Road into hysterics! Chants of ''Que sera sera' rang loud and true
But this game was not won yet, the Bees defense seemed a tad frail as Swindon scored again to make it 3-2.
After that, the Bees seem to dominate but in added time Swindon equalized to send the game into added time...
Added time was fairly un-eventful apart from former Brentford loan signing Nathan Byrne appeared to fall on the ball and handled it then received his marching orders from the referee for a second bookable offence. But the 10 men of Swindon held on and the match went to penalties...
0-1 Devera [Swindon]
1-1 Sam Saunders [Bees]
1-2 Flint [Swindon]
2-2 Paul Hayes [Bees]
2-3 Collins [Swindon]
3-3 Harley Dean [Bees]
PENALTY SAVE-Simon Moore [Bees]
4-3 Tony Craig [Bees]
4-4 Roberts [Swindon]
5-4 Adam Forshaw [Brentford]
The Bees win on penalties!
The Buzz Blog man of the match goes to number 11 Marcello Trotta who was superb throughout but did'nt take a penalty...
The Bees seem to have fantastic fire power going forward but a lack of defensive consistency.
Brentford will go on to play Yeovil Town in the play-off final at Wembley Stadium on the 19th May
The Bees have beaten Yeovil just once in the last 10 encounters.
Anyways, to end. We have a caption competition...
Tweet us your entries to @TheBuzzBlog1
After the first leg of the play-offs it was all level between the Bees and Swindon.
Right from kick off, Brentford seemed to be the stronger side and went ahead through an Adam Rooney own goal in the 20th minute which was followed up by Clayton Donaldson's first of 2 goals in the match.
Swindon pulled a goal back just before half time but the Bees faithful stayed proud and loud!
A couple of songs from Ealing Road made us laugh, the first being directed at the Swindon Town fans ''Paolo Di Canio, he left 'cause your sh*t'' and then a favorite was ''He comes, from Italy, he missed a penalty but he's going to Wembley!'' I'm sure we all know who that was aimed at...
Back to game, the second half began and after just 2 second half minutes-Clayton Donaldson scored with a delightful chip over the Swindon keeper to send Ealing Road into hysterics! Chants of ''Que sera sera' rang loud and true
But this game was not won yet, the Bees defense seemed a tad frail as Swindon scored again to make it 3-2.
After that, the Bees seem to dominate but in added time Swindon equalized to send the game into added time...
Added time was fairly un-eventful apart from former Brentford loan signing Nathan Byrne appeared to fall on the ball and handled it then received his marching orders from the referee for a second bookable offence. But the 10 men of Swindon held on and the match went to penalties...
0-1 Devera [Swindon]
1-1 Sam Saunders [Bees]
1-2 Flint [Swindon]
2-2 Paul Hayes [Bees]
2-3 Collins [Swindon]
3-3 Harley Dean [Bees]
PENALTY SAVE-Simon Moore [Bees]
4-3 Tony Craig [Bees]
4-4 Roberts [Swindon]
5-4 Adam Forshaw [Brentford]
The Bees win on penalties!
The Buzz Blog man of the match goes to number 11 Marcello Trotta who was superb throughout but did'nt take a penalty...
The Bees seem to have fantastic fire power going forward but a lack of defensive consistency.
Brentford will go on to play Yeovil Town in the play-off final at Wembley Stadium on the 19th May
The Bees have beaten Yeovil just once in the last 10 encounters.
Anyways, to end. We have a caption competition...
Tweet us your entries to @TheBuzzBlog1
Saturday, 4 May 2013
A tale of 2 penalties...
Last Saturday, Brentford had the chance to go out and get the biggest 3 points in the clubs history...
The Bees had to win vs. Doncaster Rovers to gain promotion t the NPower Championship. The game had 0-0 written all over it and until the 95th minute, that was the case...in the 5th of 5 minutes of stoppage time, Brentford where awarded a penalty and it looked like King Kev O'Connor would get the chance to fire Brentford to the promised land but no...the penalty was taken by Marcello Trotta...he hit the cross bar and Donny went down to the other end and tapped the ball home to become NPower League 1 champions.
So Brentford where placed into the play-offs and where to play Swindon Town. The first leg match was played at the County Ground and at half time neither team looked the likelier to take the lead but in the second half, Town took the lead with a well taken goal. This left Brentford with it all to do...
Swindon continued to dominate the 2nd half but in the 93rd minute, the last minute of added time [remind you of anything?] the Bees where awarded a penalty and life-line...
This time there was no argument among Brentford players and Mr Brentford himself, King Kev O'Connor had the chance to score from the spot and he did not fail!
Final score at the County Ground-Swindon Town 1 Brentford 1
The Buzz Blog's man of the match goes to Simon Moore, the young shot stopper kept Rosler's men in the game
So here's the maths for you...
Brentford are 90 minutes from Wembley, 180 minutes and 2 goals from the NPower Championship! Get behind the boys and Beelive!!!
Friday, 26 April 2013
Brentford vs. Doncaster preview
So its come down to this...
Brentford's chances of automatic promotion have come down to the last game of the season at Griffin Park vs. Doncaster Rovers who could be promoted as league 1 champions on Saturday [if other results go there way] but of course, we 'beelive' the Bees are going up!
Here is how I think Brentford will line up:
Now the Bees have a history of being at home and getting promoted on the last day of the season as under Andy Scott in 2009 we beat Luton Town at a packed out Griffin Park
The only player left at Griffin Park from the league 2 title team is Kevin O'Connor and after a injury hit season, King Kev is back and ready to be part of the squad for Saturday and I think he could well be influential both on the pitch and in the changing rooms and may well play a big role in getting the Bees up to the promised land of the championship...
So with all that said, I am going for a nail biting 2-1 Bees win on Saturday with Clayton getting the double and then a mass pitch invasion afterwards
Saturday, 20 April 2013
Hartlepool 1 Brentford 1 and the the run in
Hello and welcome back to the Buzz Blog
We have been away for a while but we are back!
Today [20th April] saw Brentford draw 1-1 with Hartlepool United and with other results it means the Bees must win their last game against Doncaster on April 27th. This game looks certain to be a sell out and I hope that will encourage Uwe and the team to do the business...
Marcello Trotta was on the score sheet late in
the first half to draw level after and early goal for the doomed Hartlepool. This result means Brentford's destiny is still in their own hands so c'mon you Bees
In other news, today saw AFC Bournemouth promoted to the NPower Championship so congrats to former Bee Lewis Grabban and the lads at AFC Bournemouth
To close, I would encourage all you Bees fans to get behind and the boys and make as much noise as you can next Saturday, lets get Griffin Park bouncing and propel Brentford into the Championship!!!
We have been away for a while but we are back!
Today [20th April] saw Brentford draw 1-1 with Hartlepool United and with other results it means the Bees must win their last game against Doncaster on April 27th. This game looks certain to be a sell out and I hope that will encourage Uwe and the team to do the business...
Marcello Trotta was on the score sheet late in
the first half to draw level after and early goal for the doomed Hartlepool. This result means Brentford's destiny is still in their own hands so c'mon you Bees
In other news, today saw AFC Bournemouth promoted to the NPower Championship so congrats to former Bee Lewis Grabban and the lads at AFC Bournemouth
To close, I would encourage all you Bees fans to get behind and the boys and make as much noise as you can next Saturday, lets get Griffin Park bouncing and propel Brentford into the Championship!!!
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