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‘ Brentford FC ‘

Tue Aug 25, 2020 11:53 am

Brentford’s new ground completed

London Irish (2020–present) Brentford Community Stadium is a stadium in Brentford, West London that will be the new home of Brentford F.C. and London Irish rugby club from 2020.


It has a capacity of 17,250 and will be used in both Association Football and Rugby Union matches.
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Re: ‘ Brentford FC ‘

Tue Aug 25, 2020 1:25 pm

Forever Blue wrote:Brentford’s new ground completed

London Irish (2020–present) Brentford Community Stadium is a stadium in Brentford, West London that will be the new home of Brentford F.C. and London Irish rugby club from 2020.


It has a capacity of 17,250 and will be used in both Association Football and Rugby Union matches.

Only 17K? Thought it would be a bit bigger than that. That's smaller than the Liberty!

Re: ‘ Brentford FC ‘

Tue Aug 25, 2020 2:03 pm

JJ1927 wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:Brentford’s new ground completed

London Irish (2020–present) Brentford Community Stadium is a stadium in Brentford, West London that will be the new home of Brentford F.C. and London Irish rugby club from 2020.


It has a capacity of 17,250 and will be used in both Association Football and Rugby Union matches.

Only 17K? Thought it would be a bit bigger than that. That's smaller than the Liberty!


Yes, I'm amazed at that.

You'd think they'd want to be ale to house crowds of at least 20K is they are ambitious about getting into the Prem and staying there ?

Is there any room for expansion like with our stadium ?

Re: ‘ Brentford FC ‘

Tue Aug 25, 2020 2:14 pm

It's a well run club. Obviously 17k must be the crowd they can attract?

Financial stability. Wealthy and sensible owner.

Re: ‘ Brentford FC ‘

Tue Aug 25, 2020 4:02 pm

Big Hill Blue wrote:It's a well run club. Obviously 17k must be the crowd they can attract?

Financial stability. Wealthy and sensible owner.



Exactly, they'd rather a stadium full rather than half empty like ummm... us!

Re: ‘ Brentford FC ‘

Tue Aug 25, 2020 5:26 pm

JJ1927 wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:Brentford’s new ground completed

London Irish (2020–present) Brentford Community Stadium is a stadium in Brentford, West London that will be the new home of Brentford F.C. and London Irish rugby club from 2020.


It has a capacity of 17,250 and will be used in both Association Football and Rugby Union matches.

Only 17K? Thought it would be a bit bigger than that. That's smaller than the Liberty!


They will always be a very small club, originally 25,000 then they decided over a yr ago 17,000 and to be fair they haven’t got the support .

Re: ‘ Brentford FC ‘

Tue Aug 25, 2020 5:31 pm

Forever Blue wrote:
JJ1927 wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:Brentford’s new ground completed

London Irish (2020–present) Brentford Community Stadium is a stadium in Brentford, West London that will be the new home of Brentford F.C. and London Irish rugby club from 2020.


It has a capacity of 17,250 and will be used in both Association Football and Rugby Union matches.

Only 17K? Thought it would be a bit bigger than that. That's smaller than the Liberty!


They will always be a very small club, originally 25,000 then they decided over a yr ago 17,000 and to be fair they haven’t got the support .



True indeed. Playing in the Premiership next season though. Well done to them

Re: ‘ Brentford FC ‘

Tue Aug 25, 2020 5:33 pm

Forever Blue wrote:
JJ1927 wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:Brentford’s new ground completed

London Irish (2020–present) Brentford Community Stadium is a stadium in Brentford, West London that will be the new home of Brentford F.C. and London Irish rugby club from 2020.


It has a capacity of 17,250 and will be used in both Association Football and Rugby Union matches.

Only 17K? Thought it would be a bit bigger than that. That's smaller than the Liberty!


They will always be a very small club, originally 25,000 then they decided over a yr ago 17,000 and to be fair they haven’t got the support .


I'd say that's a tad unfair, since their promotion to the championship in 2014 they've averaged over 10k crowds every season. Considering Griffin Park only has a capacity of 12k I would assume they sell out the home stands almost every game. Considering they've got a new stadium and have seen a lot of recent success I would be imagine, if had crowds been permitted next season, they would easily be selling out the new stadium.

Re: ‘ Brentford FC ‘

Tue Aug 25, 2020 6:32 pm

JJ1927 wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:Brentford’s new ground completed

London Irish (2020–present) Brentford Community Stadium is a stadium in Brentford, West London that will be the new home of Brentford F.C. and London Irish rugby club from 2020.


It has a capacity of 17,250 and will be used in both Association Football and Rugby Union matches.

Only 17K? Thought it would be a bit bigger than that. That's smaller than the Liberty!




no doubt they have researched it thoroughly..

Re: ‘ Brentford FC ‘

Tue Aug 25, 2020 6:48 pm

WestCoastBlue wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:
JJ1927 wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:Brentford’s new ground completed

London Irish (2020–present) Brentford Community Stadium is a stadium in Brentford, West London that will be the new home of Brentford F.C. and London Irish rugby club from 2020.


It has a capacity of 17,250 and will be used in both Association Football and Rugby Union matches.

Only 17K? Thought it would be a bit bigger than that. That's smaller than the Liberty!


They will always be a very small club, originally 25,000 then they decided over a yr ago 17,000 and to be fair they haven’t got the support .


I'd say that's a tad unfair, since their promotion to the championship in 2014 they've averaged over 10k crowds every season. Considering Griffin Park only has a capacity of 12k I would assume they sell out the home stands almost every game. Considering they've got a new stadium and have seen a lot of recent success I would be imagine, if had crowds been permitted next season, they would easily be selling out the new stadium.


They probably average 8-8500 (home fans) as most teams take loads to your likes of Brentford/Fulham and QPR.

They will be extremely limited to what they can attract by what's on their doorstep and realistically they probably know their time if at all in the top tier would be limited.

I reckon they have got it bang on the money to be fair

Re: ‘ Brentford FC ‘

Tue Aug 25, 2020 6:58 pm

RV Casual wrote:
WestCoastBlue wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:
JJ1927 wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:Brentford’s new ground completed

London Irish (2020–present) Brentford Community Stadium is a stadium in Brentford, West London that will be the new home of Brentford F.C. and London Irish rugby club from 2020.


It has a capacity of 17,250 and will be used in both Association Football and Rugby Union matches.

Only 17K? Thought it would be a bit bigger than that. That's smaller than the Liberty!


They will always be a very small club, originally 25,000 then they decided over a yr ago 17,000 and to be fair they haven’t got the support .


I'd say that's a tad unfair, since their promotion to the championship in 2014 they've averaged over 10k crowds every season. Considering Griffin Park only has a capacity of 12k I would assume they sell out the home stands almost every game. Considering they've got a new stadium and have seen a lot of recent success I would be imagine, if had crowds been permitted next season, they would easily be selling out the new stadium.


They probably average 8-8500 (home fans) as most teams take loads to your likes of Brentford/Fulham and QPR.

They will be extremely limited to what they can attract by what's on their doorstep and realistically they probably know their time if at all in the top tier would be limited.

I reckon they have got it bang on the money to be fair


Aye I'm sure they've put a lot of thought into it but just seems slightly unambitious to only add 5k seats and with no way of expanding the stadium further.

Re: ‘ Brentford FC ‘

Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:12 pm

17k full or 30 odd half empty?

Re: ‘ Brentford FC ‘

Tue Aug 25, 2020 7:46 pm

WestCoastBlue wrote:
RV Casual wrote:
WestCoastBlue wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:
JJ1927 wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:Brentford’s new ground completed

London Irish (2020–present) Brentford Community Stadium is a stadium in Brentford, West London that will be the new home of Brentford F.C. and London Irish rugby club from 2020.


It has a capacity of 17,250 and will be used in both Association Football and Rugby Union matches.

Only 17K? Thought it would be a bit bigger than that. That's smaller than the Liberty!


They will always be a very small club, originally 25,000 then they decided over a yr ago 17,000 and to be fair they haven’t got the support .


I'd say that's a tad unfair, since their promotion to the championship in 2014 they've averaged over 10k crowds every season. Considering Griffin Park only has a capacity of 12k I would assume they sell out the home stands almost every game. Considering they've got a new stadium and have seen a lot of recent success I would be imagine, if had crowds been permitted next season, they would easily be selling out the new stadium.


They probably average 8-8500 (home fans) as most teams take loads to your likes of Brentford/Fulham and QPR.

They will be extremely limited to what they can attract by what's on their doorstep and realistically they probably know their time if at all in the top tier would be limited.

I reckon they have got it bang on the money to be fair


Aye I'm sure they've put a lot of thought into it but just seems slightly unambitious to only add 5k seats and with no way of expanding the stadium further.



its not clear in the pictures above but i doubt the site they bought could acomodate anything much bigger as its hemmed in by railway tracks and a pretty odd shape.{ which is why the ground is an unusual shape } . plus they have never had great support so suppose it makes sense.. 2 poor seasons and they could be back to 5/6 k ?
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Re: ‘ Brentford FC ‘

Wed Aug 26, 2020 12:46 am

Big Hill Blue wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:
JJ1927 wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:Brentford’s new ground completed

London Irish (2020–present) Brentford Community Stadium is a stadium in Brentford, West London that will be the new home of Brentford F.C. and London Irish rugby club from 2020.


It has a capacity of 17,250 and will be used in both Association Football and Rugby Union matches.

Only 17K? Thought it would be a bit bigger than that. That's smaller than the Liberty!


They will always be a very small club, originally 25,000 then they decided over a yr ago 17,000 and to be fair they haven’t got the support .



True indeed. Playing in the Premiership next season though. Well done to them


They are NOT playing in the premier league, you are confusing them with fulham. :thumbup: :old: :bluebird:

Re: ‘ Brentford FC ‘

Wed Aug 26, 2020 6:04 am

Big Hill Blue wrote:17k full or 30 odd half empty?

Or half full...... I' m just that kind of guy. How long will it be before " 17 k but they are real fans not glory hunters" shite appears :oops:

Re: ‘ Brentford FC ‘

Wed Aug 26, 2020 8:17 am

bluesince62 wrote:
Big Hill Blue wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:
JJ1927 wrote:
Forever Blue wrote:Brentford’s new ground completed

London Irish (2020–present) Brentford Community Stadium is a stadium in Brentford, West London that will be the new home of Brentford F.C. and London Irish rugby club from 2020.


It has a capacity of 17,250 and will be used in both Association Football and Rugby Union matches.

Only 17K? Thought it would be a bit bigger than that. That's smaller than the Liberty!


They will always be a very small club, originally 25,000 then they decided over a yr ago 17,000 and to be fair they haven’t got the support .



True indeed. Playing in the Premiership next season though. Well done to them


They are NOT playing in the premier league, you are confusing them with fulham. :thumbup: :old: :bluebird:


My mistake, as usual.