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SWANSEA CITY 4 BRENTFORD 1

Donald Kerr was among the disappointed Bees fans in the Liberty Stadium. It’s difficult to know where to start with a report on our defeat in Swansea. Given that it was on BBC Wales, there can be few fans that weren’t either there at the Liberty Stadium or didn’t watch...
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BRENTFORD 1 ASTON VILLA 0

Bill Hagerty sees Bees score a last-gasp winner to ruin Dean Smith’s return to Griffin Park. How to describe never-say-die Brentford’s performance as they dumped play-off contenders Aston Villa on their optimistic back-sides: sensational, astounding, thrilling, breathtaking, magnificent, incredible? No, it was better than that.
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NOTTINGHAM FOREST 2 BRENTFORD 1

Stewart Purvis sees Brentford’s unbeaten run of ten games come to an end. Yet another early defensive slip-up cost the Bees a game they could have at least drawn. Clear winners in the stats in every category but goals, Brentford started too casually and left the comeback too late. Nottingham...
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BRENTFORD 3 BARNET 1

Bill Hagerty sees Brentford dismiss those other Bees to reach the fifth round in another exciting FA Cup-tie. A lesson learned the previous Saturday, when Brentford conceded two goals inside seven minutes before regrouping to thrash Blackburn Rovers, is fundamental: get your retaliation in first. When rugby legend Willie John...
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BRENTFORD 5 BLACKBURN ROVERS 2

Bill Hagerty sees the Bees avert disaster and swamp a startled Blackburn on a memorable afternoon at Griffin Park. It was an honour to attend Sergi Canos's birthday party, even though the celebrant himself didn’t turn up until late in the proceedings. The Spaniard’s contribution was joyous after the most...
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BARNET 3 BRENTFORD 3

Bill Hagerty sees a firecracker of a Cup-tie in which Brentford’s battle with the other Bees ends in stalemate and a return engagement at Griffin Park. It ain’t over till it’s over, said baseball legend Yogi Berra, for it to be echoed worldwide ever since. And this action-packed, error-strewn Cup-tie...
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