The Beesotted Brentford Pride of West London Podcast

With Thomas Frank having now left Brentford, a wave of emotion has swept through the fanbase. His departure marks the end of an era that saw the Bees rise to the Premier League and earn respect across English football for their style, spirit, and smart recruitment. Understandably, fans are feeling a mixture of gratitude, sadness, and anxiety about what comes next. In this special “therapy edition” of the Besotted podcast, the crew headed to the pub to process the news, discuss how this week’s developments might affect the club’s direction, and share hopes—and worries—for the future. From memories of Frank’s touchline passion to concerns over maintaining the club’s identity, the episode captures a fanbase at a crossroads. With Dave Lane this week are Matt “The Allard” Allard, Lewis “Sherlock” Holmes, Charlie Briggs, and Robin Hood—plus a deep dive into the current bookies’ favourites to take over as head coach.

With Thomas Frank’s departure to Tottenham Hotspur all but confirmed Billy The Bee Grant and Dave Laney Laney got together in the Beesotted Emergency Bunker to discuss the head coach situation at Brentford Football Club. The press has been in overdrive the past few days and the inevitablity of Frank’s move from West to North London seems a matter of when rather than if… As Brentford fans we are focussed on how developments affect our club, but the two Beesotted editors also discuss how they feel the likeable Dane will cope under Daniel Levy compared to Matthew Benham; who may come next at The Gtech, will it be Justin Cochrane or Jurgen Klopp; as well as whether Frank’s relationship with the Brentford fans will be compromised by the way the departure has played out so far. Thomas Frank’s track record at Brentford can never be questioned but, at these moments, all Bees fans share a mixed sense of concern, fear and uncertainty about the future… we hope this edition of the podcast reflects the views of most fans.

Final match of the season. Brentford need win plus a miracle to qualify for Europe. In the end they had to settle for a draw but in the comfort that Chelsea's win against Forest meant that they would have not have qualified anywayWe spoke to Bees and Wolves fans in the stands and the streets straight after the match

After a disappointing loss to Fulham, Brentford enter the last weekend of the season clinging on to faint hopes of European qualification A win against Wolves plus a catalogue of other results elsewhere in the league and in Europe are required for Brentford to pack their bags for a European tour next season Billy Grant and Dave Lane hooked up to talk FA Cup Finals, Player of the Year Awards, Ivan Toney for England plus we looked back to the Fulham game and ahead to the Wolves match Plus Bees Breakdown gives a tactical and statistical lowdown on the both the Fulham match and the Wolves match And Jonathan JB Burchill gives us more facts and funk

The Beesotted crew sauntered down to the swanky Player of the Year Awards show at Richmond TheatreWho won what? They recapped on the awRd show and all things Brentford in the pub after the event

Bees lost to Fulham. That is allwe spoke to fans in the stands straight after the match

Bees beat Ipswich at the weekendto keep the European Tour dream alive. Next up - West London rivals FulhamBillyTheBee Grant, Dave Laney Lane and Matt The Allard Allard hooked up by the river in Richmond to shoot the breeze chatting losing ones trousers, end of season player awards, when Canos lost his shirt against Leeds, the last time Brentford played Fulham on the 2nd last match of the season on a Sunday after winning their previous 4 matches plus lots moreWe look back at the Ipswich gameJacob The Gowler Gowler gives the statistical and tactical lowdown on the Ipswich and Fulham matchesJonathan JB Burchill gives us more facts and funkAnd Elisabeth from Fulhamish tells us what has been going down in the Fulham camp

The European tour is on. Schade’s one goal at Portman Road was good enough to keep Bees European tour dreams alivewe spoke to bees and ipswich fans straight after the match

After the drubbing of Manchester United (the 4-3 scored flattered them), the Beesotted crew of BillytheBee Grant, Dave Laney Lane and Matt The Allard Allard decided to head BACK to Ted Lasso-land in Richmond where they had so much fun last week and record this week's podcastThis week they discussed the big non 1st team match just been or coming up - Brentford Womens team winning the league. The U21s in the final of the Premier League Cup away to QPR on 15th May. Apparently Brentford - according to a new stats survey - are now the 20th best team in Europe. No sorry the World apparentlyPlus we discuss a potential new transfer which has been whispered about.Plus Bees Breakdown give us more statistical and tactical breakdowns. JB gives us more facts and funkPlus Jim from TWTV.co.uk and TWTV fanzine/website and YouTube channel gives us the lowdown on Ipswich’