Brentford F.C.

Brentford Football Club are a professional football club based in Brentford, Greater London. The team compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. The club was founded in 1889 and played home matches at Griffin Park from 1904 before moving to Brentford Community Stadium in 2020. Brentford have a poor record in finals, finishing as runners-up in three Associate Members’ Cup Football League Trophy finals and losing four play-off finals.

About Brentford F.C. in brief

Summary Brentford F.C.Brentford Football Club are a professional football club based in Brentford, Greater London, England. The team compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. The club was founded in 1889 and played home matches at Griffin Park from 1904 before moving to Brentford Community Stadium in 2020. Brentford initially played amateur football before they entered the London League in 1896. They won the Southern League Second Division in 1900–01 and were elected into the Football League in 1920. They spent five seasons in the First Division, reaching a peak of fifth in 1935–36, before three relegations left the club in the Fourth Division by 1962.

The nickname was unintentionally created by students of Borough Road College in the 1890s, when they attended a match and shouted the college’s chant ‘buck up Bs’ Brentford have a poor record in finals, finishing as runners-up in three Associate Members’ Cup Football League Trophy finals and losing four play-off finals. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. In 2017, the club redesigned its crest to a more modern, uncluttered design with the flexibility for use in two tone colours. The design is a double roundel with a red and white roundel on the year on the club name.