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BEES UNITED NEWSLETTER
JANUARY 2022
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‘WATCH THIS SPACE’

The words of Brentford Chairman Cliff Crown at the Bees United AGM sum up the anticipation among fans at the potential signing of Christian Eriksen. This month we’ve got that video clip and the other AGM highlights and we hear from one of Brentford’s existing ‘Danish colony’ and our Swedish captain on what it is like living near a bus stop in Hounslow. We also remember a BU stalwart and 30 years on from the famous 1992 promotion thriller we find out how one squad member has ended up living in El Dorado.
 

IS ERIKSEN BOUND FOR THE BEES?
It was a busy Monday. The Club released the accounts for last season, Bees United held its AGM and The Athletic reported; ‘Brentford have offered Christian Eriksen a six-month contract with the option for a further year'. The former Tottenham mid-fielder suffered a cardiac arrest during Denmark’s European Championships and has not played since. At the Bees United AGM Stewart Purvis asked Brentford FC Chairman Cliff Crown about the report.

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BU’s David Anderson of Bees Tactical wrote an article for the BBC on how the arrival of Eriksen, if it happened, would help Brentford.

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WELCOME TO THE ‘DANISH COLONY’?
Part of the attraction of Brentford to Eriksen could be that we have Danish coaches and he could play alongside fellow Danish internationals Norgaard and Jensen. There are also the younger Danes seen celebrating at Wembley : Bidstrup, Roerslev, Racic and Sorensen, and now Jonas Lossl too. Mads Roerslev recently talked to a Danish podcast who wanted to know about life inside the 'Danish colony' at Brentford. We have an exclusive translation.

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Mads Roerslev also talked about his roller coaster career.

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‘BRENTFORD IS MY PASSION’
Brentford captain Pontus Jansson has signed for another season with the Bees. He has been telling a Swedish newspaper of his love for the club and how he originally phoned Brentford looking for a transfer.

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CLIFF CROWN ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS
Bees United members gathered at the stadium and in front of their computers in 15 different countries for the annual AGM. They approved the BU accounts and heard that because there are more candidates for board membership than vacancies there will be an election. The full minutes will appear on the BU website. Cliff Crown answered questions from members on a wide range of issues. Stuart Hughes has made a video of some of the highlights.

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REMEMBERING PETE HAYWARD
On the 67th minute of the game against Manchester United Bees fans from both clubs paid tribute to Pete Hayward who died this month aged 67. Paul Stedman, who knew him well, has written this moving tribute for Bees United.

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BFC ACCOUNTS GET GOOD REVIEWS
The Brentford FC accounts for last season have been crawled over by the two leading experts on football finance; Kieran Maguire tweeting as Price of Football and Kieron O'Connor otherwise known as 'Swiss Ramble'. Here's some of what they made of the numbers.

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BRENTFORD 1 MANCHESTER UNITED 3
It was definitely a night for heads in hands. Brentford missed chance after chance during a dominant display in the first half. Bill Hagerty was there.

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HOW ARE WE DOING SO FAR?
Earlier this month Brentford historian Greville Waterman, who is writing a book about this season, took stock at the half way point. Here’s what he has made of our Premier League story so far.

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MEET THE BEE WHO IS BIG IN EL DORADO


Paul Buckle was one of the Brentford squad that won promotion 30 years ago. Now he lives in California, runs a successful soccer consultancy business and is married to a sports TV star.

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NOW THERE’S A PLAY ABOUT BRENTFORD


There’ve been books, a TV documentary, podcasts and an exhibition but now there’s also a play about the history of Brentford FC. And again it is the work of a fan. Geoff Buckingham, one of the founders of Bees United, has written ‘A TRAM STOP IN HOUNSLOW-The Founding Of Brentford Football Club’.

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WHAT HAS BEES UNITED EVER DONE?


The Bees United AGM got Greville Waterman thinking about why BU was created, what it has achieved and what its role is today. He looks back to ‘Heroic supporters rattling their collecting boxes to help stave off disaster for another week’.

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BEES NEWS IN BRIEF

MISSING GNOMES REPORT

On 3 January 2022 a person entered the ‘fan-shed’ in the BU/BFC exhibition at the London Museum of Water and Steam and removed the two gnomes last seen in the right hand corner of the display. If you have any information please email admin@beesunited.org.uk.

Any new versions of jokes about contacting the Gnome Office etc are welcome. The exhibition continues with or without the gnomes until the end of the season. The best time to go is before a home game like the Wolves game on Saturday 22 January when there is a special discount for match-ticket holders.

COMMUNITY SPORTS TRUST

The Trust is running a traineeship programme aimed at 16-18 year olds to enhance their skills and opportunities. The programme is a full-time 12 week course with 15 hours a week of work placements, 12 hours a week of employability, including workshops on money management, diversity, inclusion, and health and nutrition. More details are available.
 

IMAGE OF THE MONTH

A serious one this month. Mas Patel is a lawyer and Liverpool fan who lives in London. Travelling back on the train from Anfield he and his son were racially abused by a group of Brentford fans. But another fan defended him against the group. Can you help Mr Patel find him to thank him?

 

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