Heritage

Looking back at the Bees

Bees United is now the lawful custodian of the Brentford FC collection of items, programmes and overall archive. We are building completely new catalogues for all the items and objects. We are building the BU collection too. More news to follow and we will keep you posted

Our Heritage Articles

The Battle of Brentford 12th November 1642

12th November 1642 the people of Brentford faced a terrifying ordeal. Civil War had broken out and it was brutal! Geoff Buckingham shares the detail.

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The deadly Somme offensive

A handshake of thanks for Paul Briers. Here are some more stories of our Brentford players who were at the Battle of the Somme

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UNIQUE BFC AND BRENTFORD HISTORY

We have been very lucky to have received this special, unique donation from Dave Twydell for the BU archive - an old Air Raid warning rattle and it's a good Bees story!

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What’s next for Griffin Park

Bees United asked to meet ECOWORLD recently to learn how the plans for GP were progressing after quite some time with little real news or updates

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Our new Heritage shirt is instore May 2nd!

Brentford FC took advantage of new technology in the 1890's and the shirts changed from solid claret to stripes - claret and blue, with a new club crest. This is the second heritage shirt

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The unique Stan Bowles

Each player would prepare in different ways. Stan Bowles was a late changer, never putting his kit on before 2.30pm and often not until 2.40. Fred Callaghan let them do their own thing. Jonathan Burchill has compiled this collection of facts and figures to remind us that Stan was unique

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Heritage

Our Heritage Articles

The Battle of Brentford 12th November 1642

The deadly Somme offensive

UNIQUE BFC AND BRENTFORD HISTORY

What’s next for Griffin Park

Our new Heritage shirt is instore May 2nd!

The unique Stan Bowles