The Beesotted Brentford Pride of West London Podcast

First game of the season. Bees needed to get three points on the table with a few tricky away matches coming up. No Ivan Toney as rumours of his impending move to Saudi Arabia increaseSo it was up to Mbuemo, Wissa and co to step up to the plate. And they did just that as Brentford surfed a few rocky waves to beat Palace 2-1We spoke to Bees fans and Palace fans in the stands and the pub after the match

Premier League football is BACK. And Brentford kick off their season with a match against South London rivals Crystal Palace - a team that the Bees have never beaten in the lifetime of most Bees fansIn season opening celebratory style, the Beesotted crew of Billy TheBee Grant, Dave Laney Lane, Matt The Allard Allard, Ali Mullalley and Lewis Sherlock Holmes met at The Globe pub to reminisce over their summer and look forward to the season aheadIn fact this was a podcast with not ONE Holmes but THREE with the crew being joined by Brentford Womens Captain Mollie Holmes and also Crystal Palaces' very own Lee Holmes to give their views on various thingsIn the show this week: Suzanne Rowan, wife or late Brentford technical director Rob Rowan - the spearhead of the Brentford B-team, talks to us about the Heart of West London partnership, a collaboration of charities and medical professionals who have come together to help save lives by highlighting and tackling heart problems https://www.brentfordfc.com/en/the-heart-of-west-londonThe full podcast from the Heart of West London event will be live w/c 20th AugustWe discuss Brentford's transfer window. Neil from Liverpool podcast The Anfield Wrap talks to us about the signing of midfielder Cavilerho and tells us why he believes the attacking midfielder's move is win-win for both parties (catch the full podcast here https://pod.fo/e/25e424)The latest Igor Thiago who was signed then injured immediately in true Brentford style Whatever happened to Jens Cajuste. Literally just about to pull on a shirt and parade around the stadium the he was on his way packing back to ItalyWhatever happened to Archie Gray? Deal was supposedly done. Leeds fans got upset. Then it seems their bosses got cold feet sending him across to West London Rumours that Wolves are looking at Yoanne Wissa with a price of £25m being toutedIs Ivan Toney really going to Saudi Arabia for lots and lots of money?We caught up with Millie Holmes and Regan Graver from Brentford Womens team on the eve of their first match against Leatherhead. Plus we look forward to the Crystal Palace match with Lee Holmes from Palace Podcast and blog Five Year Plan giving us the lowdown on PalaceBuy us a beer at Beesotted.com/beer

Brentford have signed Fabio Carvahlo from Liverpool for a fee of around £20m. The transfer has upset Fulham fans, where Fabio was a favourite of the Putney faithful in his time there, and has also irked a fair few Liverpool fans who saw Carvalho, only 21 years old, as one of the future stars of MerseysideBilly Grant chatted to Neil from The Anfield Wrap, who saw Carvahlo score three times in Liverpool's pre-season matches in the USA, to give us his low down on Bees new superstar-in-waitingBuy us a beer at beesotted.com/beer

It’s the big one the European Championships semi-final that sees England pitted against the Dutch. And what a match up150,0000 Dutch arrived in Dortmund incredibly confident of beating the “rubbish” (as they called them) English. And when they went one up with a well taken goal, they were setting their sat navs for BerlinBut England struck back. A penalty for Harry Kane followed by a last-minute winner from late substitute Ollie Watkins saw England through to the finalBilly TheBee Grant spoke to both English and Dutch fans in the streets, stands and trains straight after the match

England - One nil down to Slovakia in the knockouts. Ivan Toney comes on with two minutes to go. It's 90th plus 4 minutes. Toney clears the way for Jude Bellingham to score a peach of a goal to level the game up with the last kick of the gameThen 1 minute into extra time, a Toney flick-on is headed in by Kane to spark pandemonium in the standsEngland are in the quarter finals. but it wasnt all plain sailingWe speak to fans straight after the match in the street and on the trains in and around Gelsenkirchen

England qualified for euro 2024 knockouts after a 0-0 draw with Sloveniabut fans were not happy at all with lots of post match booing and arguing in the standsBilly Grant spoke to fans in the stands and bars straight after the match in Cologne

England drew 1-1 to Denmark to remain top of the group being pinned back after going ahead to a Harry Kane goalThere was a a LOT of unhappiness in and around the ground after the game as England fans spoke of their frustration of England's inept performanceTactics?Players?Manager?We spoke to English and Danish fans in the stands and straight outside the stadium after the game

It's the night before England take on Denmark in FrankfurtGermany have just secured their place in the knockout stages with a likely top of the group finishDenmark need a point but ideally three points against England after a disappointing opening draw against SloveniaEngland would love a win but a draw against the Danes would set them up nicely for the final matchBilly TheBee Grant was wandering the streets of Frankfurt talking to lots and lots of Danish and England fans the night before the big game on what turned out to be a rather lively eveningDanes - nervousEngland fans- relaxedLets see how it all pans out