Brentford Football Club - new season starts today!
Today sees the start of the 08/09 footie season so I am back urging any disillusioned/out-of-practice/latent Brentford supporters to head down to Griffin Park on August 16th for the first home game of this campaign. I've put a bit about ticket purchases at the end of this post but please note we have a Family Ticket which covers 2 adults and up to 3 children for £20. Yes, that is correct - £20 and 5 people get through the turnstiles. Lots of new signings during the close season, some players known to me and others not (cut and paste this into your browser for a look at the squad: http://www.brentfordfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/TeamHome/0,,10421,00.html). I saw the Bees in action against Ipswich and Watford in pre-season friendlies and although the scores are pretty meaningless, it did provide a flavour of what football is going to look like at GP over the next 9 months. Nathan Elder, our huge centre-forward who can jump like Les Ferdinand, has recovered from knee surgery; Alan Connell was full of his trickery and skills; Gary Smith seems to have spent the past month bossing the midfield every time he has played; Craig Pead has scored fantastic goals; one of our new boys, Marcus Bean, looks a very exciting prospect - very fast and good positional sense; and Marvin Williams, a right winger, scares me with his speed so what he will do to the opposition's defence doesn't bear thinking about. Ben Hamer is back from Reading on a season's loan and Ian Pearce (yes, THE Ian Pearce) may be playing as a centre back for us alongside the ever-improving Karleigh Osborne.If you want to investigate season tickets, please cut and paste the link below into your browser and you'll go straight through the the right page on the Brentford FC website(http://www.brentfordfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/SeasonTickets/0,,10421~1287528,00.html).Information about matchday ticket prices can be found here (http://www.brentfordfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/AdmissionPrices2007-08/0,,10421~1070650,00.html) and you can buy tickets online, over the phone or in person. Chelsea's adult tickets are £35 a pop, by the way. I know we are not Chelsea but that's one of the attractions as far as I am concerned: we are not Chelsea.A 65, E2 or E8 bus will drop you right by the ground where you can browse in the club shop, wet your whistle at any one of the 4 pubs at the corners of the ground, grab food at The Princess Royal or a delicious burger at The Griffin (with bacon, cheese and onions if you are very hungry), have a sit-down lunch at the great greasy spoon cafe in Leyton Road, get a curry at The Watermans Arts Centre or delicious chips at The Albany Fish Bar. Food and drink is also available inside the ground (Pukka pies, hot dogs - all the usual suspects and very enjoyable too).Hope to see you there!
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