The Buzz and Hampton and Richmond Borough.

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

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!

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:

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.

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

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!!!

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 

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!!!

Brentford 1 Preston North End 0

Brentford entered into this game on the back of a 2-1 win vs. promotion rivals Swindon Town whilst PNE traveled down to Griffin Park off the back of wins vs. Stevenage and Notts County.

I predicted a 2-0 win for the Bees in this game but that wasn't to be.

The game started well for the Bees and dominated large parts of the game but did everything but score. There where a few star performances from Brentford players including Tom Adeyemi and Bradley Wright-Phillips but it was Sam Saunders who stood out.

It was Saunders who got the 3 points for Brentford after he was brought down by former Bee John Mousinho inside the penalty area, Sam Saunders then stepped up to take the penalty and smashed home in the 93rd minute to keep the 3 points at Griffin Park.

After the game Uwe Rosler spoke about going 2nd and said it was too early to think about it, they must be there at the end of the season...

I hope we the team can go forth and play with the mindset we used for the Chelsea home game and play in a relaxed but determined attitude and I would add that the trip to Sheffield United may well be decisive to our success.

Brentford vs. Stevenage preview

Brentford travel to tomorrows game on the back of a 1-0 win over Scunthorpe United at Griffin Park on Saturday. Tom Adeyemi scored in the second half to earn the Bees all 3 points.

This win moved the Bees upto 4th place in the league 1 table.

Stevenage lost 2-0 to Colchester United on Saturday and sit in 15th in the league.

When Brentford hosted Stevenage the Bees won 2-0 with goals from Marcello Trotta and Tom Adeyemi.

I predict the same score as back in Febuary with Jake Reeves starting and potentialy playing a key role as he did on Saturday, Rosler has plenty of young talent at his disposal so may well rotate his squad as he did on Saturday...

Brentford to win 2-0, Bradley W-P and Trotta to score.

Brentford 1 Scunthorpe United 0

This was a match that seemed destined to be a close game score wise and form tables suggested that Scunthorpe where favourites despite league standing.

Before the match the club welcomed Volunteer Police Cadets into the ground on a kind of recruitment drive. Interestingly the leaflet said 'Volunteer with us. Be part of building the future of London' think of this what you will...

Also before the match the club welcomed Abbey Rangers under 11's to be the flag bearers for the teams entrance. Whilst waiting to go on to the hallowed turf, the team where delighted when Brentford's number 1 goalkeeper Richard Lee and number 7 Sam Saunders popped over for quick photo with the young lads.

I think the community spirit of the club is something that really needs to be applauded as it is fantastic that unlike certain other big London clubs, Brentford players are often seen having photos with and signing autographs for fans of all ages! I do hope that this continues as the club moves up the leagues...

Now, back to the match...

The first half started off close with Scunny having the better of proceedings early on. After this Brentford mounted on the pressure and went close through Sam Saunders from a free kick after a blatent hand ball by the Scunthorpe keeper who couldnt seem to catch a ball.

The second half was much the same as the 1st, Brentford seemed to dominate with occasional attacks from Scunny who briefly called Simon Moore into action.

 The crucial blow occured in the 70th minute when substitute Tom Adeyemi pounced on a loose ball inside the box and fired home! BEES 1 SCUNNY 0

After the goal Brentford continued to dominate with Bradley Wright-Phillips going close and the Bees had other chances created by substitute Stuart Dallas. There was no comeback from the visitors, even with former Bee, Mike Grella coming on as a late sub.

The match finished Brentford 1 Scunthorpe United 0.

The Buzz Blog man of the match goes to Brentford midfielder JAKE REEVES.

Brentford move up into 4th spot and Scunny go down to 20th.

Brentford vs. Scunthorpe preview.

Brentford will line up against Scunthorpe United at Griffin Park on Saturday on the back of a 2-1 win away at Crawley Town on Tuesday night, thanks to goals from Sam Saunders and Clayton Donaldson.

This was a much needed win as the Bees need to make there most of their games in hand in the run to end of the season, after all we still have a chance of winning the league this season...

I am not predicting a high scoring match on Saturday as in the last the 3 meetings of these sides there have been just 2 goals and they where both scored in October of 2012 this season.

Current form tables [last 6 games] would suggest that Scunthorpe to be the favored side. If the NPower League 1 season started on the 5th of February then Scunny would be in 4th, Brentford in 10th and Hartlepool United would be top of the league and MK Dons would be bottom.

However, the league started in August 2012 and Scunthorpe sit in 19th so are in touching distance of the drop zone, Brentford are the complete opposite-the Bees are in touching distance of automatic promotion in 5th place.

With all this said, I still think Brentford will get the better of Scunny and I predict a 2-1 win.

I look back on previous line ups and form and I would think Rosler will select the following line up:

Moore, Logan, Tony Craig, Harlee Dean, Bidwell, Forrester, Adeyemi, Jonathan Douglas, Trotta, Bradley Wright-Phillips, Clayton Donaldson. I think the Bees will play the 4-4-1-1 formation so both Bradley W-P and Clayton can have a free moving role up top.

Brentford 0 Walsall 0

This game was billed as a game that could be full of goals, and this was with good reason as Brentford had completed the loan signing of Bradley Wright-Phillips from Charlton Athletic. So would the game live up to expectation?

The game started off brightly with both sides putting pressure on and it had more of the look of a basketball match as the ball constantly went from one end to the other.

 

The stalemate went on for the rest of the 1st half so there wasn't a lot for the masses to talk about apart from exactly what meat is in their pies...

 

 

Whilst the fans where filling up on a variety different products and different meats, the substitutes where feeling the benifits of several hot water bottles that Bees staff filled up to and I quote 'Warm their toes up'...

 

Most supporters would of seen the male Walsall fan with no shirt on for the duration of the game so I say the Brentford players need to man up!

 

To pledge your support for the sanity of the topless Walsall fan please tweet #ShirtForTheWalsallFan

 

 

Anyhow, back to the action...

 

I am afraid there is not much else to report so I won't waste your valuable reading time. The game finished 0-0.

 

Brentford had 18 shots in the match [equal split on and off target]. This fact was reported to Jonathan Douglas on Bees Player after the match and he was asked why we didn't win-to which he replied in one sentance ''We didn't score''

 

Dont you just love a hard hitting awnser!

 

The Buzz Blog man of the match goes to Shaleum Logan.

 

Every game is a cup final for Brentford now so get behind the lads!

Brentford vs. Walsall

Tomorrow, Brentford are to host Walsall in NPower League 1.

So, whats happened in the last week at Griffin Park?

On Sunday, Brentford played away at near neighbors Chelsea in the F.A Cup 4th round replay, the Bees and the Bees fans performed impressively throughout the tie but the European Champions class shown through and it was indeed Chelsea who went through by a somewhat flattering 4 goals to 0. The Buzz Blog will have a special report on the game in the coming days...

On Tuesday the club announced the loan signing of Bradley Wright-Phillips from Charlton Athletic. Bradley's career started at Manchester City where he played 32 times scoring just 2, he then moved on to Southampton played 111 times scored 22, next stop was Plymouth Argyle [17 in 32]. His next stop was Charlton from which he joins the Bees. Last season Bradley scored 22 goals in 42 appearance's to help Charlton win the NPower League 1 title. The signing of B.W-P is clear sign of Uwe Rosler's intentions for the club to go on and succeed.

Brentford have also brought in Liam Moore from Leicester City. Liam is defender by trade and comes in with Championship experience so the future is looking bright for Uwe Rosler's Barmy Army!

Yesterday, Stefan Tomasevic from the Bees youth team has received a call up onto a Montenegro under 19 training camp. Congratulations to Stefan

Keeping with the youth team, they have made the Middlesex cup final after a 5-4 penalty win against Harefield United


So, moving on to the game tomorrow...

I see it and all the games remaining in the league campaign as a cup final. We currently sit in 7th in the league table and Walsall are in 9th.

The Bees have 1 or 2 games in hand over all the up and down around us right down to MK Dons in 12th.

Walsall have been relieved of their hosting duties against the Bees as they have done that twice this season in the Capital 1 cup and league 1. Brentford lost 1-0 in the Capital 1 cup, to which I add in good luck to Npower League 2 underdogs Bradford City for the final vs. Swansea City for this weekends final at Wembley Stadium!

The league match away at the Bank's Stadium finished 2-2.

I hope that Brentford will now focus on their league campaign and really push for at least the play-off's!

I am predicting a 2-0 Bees win with Bradley W-P to start and score first then Harry Forrester to round things off