Hello everyone and welcome back to my Brentford story. First of all I'm sorry about there being no pictures in this post because every time I go to upload one apparently the files too big even though it was allowing me to upload pictures previously? If anyone has any idea of how to get round this or any other suggestions they would be much appreciated.
Anyway, after a quiet pre season at Griffin Park it was time to start pushing onwards and upwards and that's exactly what we did.
Carling CupI'm not overly bothered about this cup if II'm honest as it just piles up the fixture list with no real financial reward so I was quite happy that we didin't go far. Anyway, in the first round we eventually overcame a resilient Aldershot side 3-1 in the end with goals from Diagourage, Deen and Hayes. In the next round we then got a rampant Reading side who demolished us four nil after an abject performance from the Bees.
JPTAgain this is a cup I don't care much for and we only had one game in it this month and that was against League 2 side Barnet. However, my boys didn't get complacent and smashed them 4 - 0 after a goal from Hayes and a superb hattrick from our star man Clayton Donaldson who netted the perfect hattrick. In the next round of this we will face Stevenage at Griffin Park so a potentially tricky tie is in store.
League 1Well what can I say. We started off storming out of the blocks collecting 18 out of a possible 24 points before slipping up in our final two games.
VS Leyton OrientA comfortable opening day victory for us as we saw off the challenge of the O's. Hayes and Donaldson, who seem to form a very good partnership at this level, both netted. However the game was marred by a sending off for our left back Tony Craig and disciplinary issues would soon become an unwanted feature of our play.
Final Score: Brentford 2-0 Leyton Orient
VS YeovilA trip to the east country followed the Orient game and it looked like all the travelling had to us as Yeovil netted in the first minute. We equalised soon after though as Farid El Alaugi raced clear to slot home in the tenth minute. Unfortunately we then conceded again in the 15th minute and a afrantic opening was rounded off when Jonathan Douglas saw red leaving us a man short for 70 odd minutes. The game was then dull to the final ten minutes when our talisman Donaldson decided enough was enough and scored twice to send our fans delirious before missing a penalty. We had showed a lot of character here and I was proud of the lads.
Final Score: Yeovil 2-3 Brentford
VS CreweBack at Griffin Park we welcomed Crewe who were in shock at the final whistle as we ran riot. That man Donaldson helping himself to a hattrick and Diagouraga and Barron also scored. We were completely dominant and the scoreline could and should have been higher but for Crewes goalie who performed miracles. Crewe did score two consolations but never threatened.
Final Score: Brentford 5-2 Crewe
Vs WallsallWhen Walsall came to town we were the clear favourites and were 2-0 to the good at the break. Unsurprisingly Donaldson netted and so did summer signing Del Nero, a great moment for the lad. However, by the final whistle we us and our distraught fans were left speechless as Walsall scored in the last 2 minutes. We didn't deserve this but we had to bounce back quickly with a trip to Carlisle looming.
Final Score: Brentford 2-2 Walsall
VS CarlisleAgain we made this ggame far harder for ourselves when Sam Saunders decided to try and snap someone and saw red in the 7th minute. This left me fearing the worst and sure enough Carlisle soon took the lead. With them pushing forward two long balls allowed Donaldson to net twice, once aftert their goalie dropped the ball at his feet
. The problem was our goalie did the same and that resulted in a late equaliser for the cumbrians.
Final Score: Carlisle 2-2 Brentford
VS Bournemoth and VS Scunthorpe.II have decide to do these together as they were both rather uneventful and had the same outcome. We won both 1-0 with late goals. Diagouraga neted against bournemouth after a drilled cross from Lichaj and Donaldson (surprisingly) sprung to our rescue with a thumping header against Scunthorpe.
Final Scores: Brentford 1-0 Bournemouth Brentford 1-0 Scunthorpe
VS ColchesterOur trip to essesx proved to be nearly disastrous as we were totally outplayed by our hosts. They scored one should have had 3 or 4. However, we hung in there and got our reward as some lapse marking allowed Donaldson to poke home.
Final Score: Colchester 1-1 Brentford
VS Tranmere and CrawleyAgaint these two reslults were exactly the same and our own two league losses to date. We deserved to get beat by Crawley but the Tranmere game stuck in my throat as it could have gone either way but a wonder goal settled two evenly matched teams. The Crawley game was a scrappy onw ith us sitting back and trying ot hold on for a point. They got the goal the deserved but I hope this is just a minor blip for my side.
Final Score: Tranmere 1-0 Brentford Crawley 1-0Brentford
After all that we currently sit 4th in the league 2 points of the shock leaders Leyton Orient. I feel confident about the play offs as a little gap of 4 points has sperated us from 7th so hopefully that can keep expanding. Sorry theres so much writing but as this is my first ever blog I'm a bit confused on the picture front so any advice would be great. Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!
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