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Brentford F.C. are an English association football club from the town of Brentford, West London and are currently playing in Football League One.

1 Overview

The red and white army or Bees, as they are known, were formed in 1889.

Since joining the Football League, the club has reached the top flight of English football, at the time it was the First Division.
However, since the Second World War, with a depleted team, Brentford spent the next 45 years in the bottom two divisions. This ended in the 1991/ 92 season, when they won promotion to the new Division One for its inaugral season after winning the Third Division. They were relegated the following season and within a few years were relegated again to the new Division Three.

Brentford won promotion again in the 1998/ 99For the album by Prince, see 1999 (album 1999 is a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the UN. Events Kosovo War Former child star Gary Coleman files for bankruptcy Y2K prep season, but currently find themselves again playing for survival from relegation back to Division Three. There is optimism amongst fans of a bright future, with a new manager, Martin "Mad Dog" Allen in charge of a squad of very young players.

2 Famous Players

Famous players, past and present, include;

• Doug Alder
• Marcus BentMarcus Bent (born 19 May 1978 in Hammersmith) is an English footballer, who in a short career has managed to play for several different professional sides. He attended St Paul's College in Sunbury-on-Thames and graduated through the Brentford F. youth ran
• Gary Blissett
• Stan Bowles
• Chic Brodie
• Richard Cadette
• Ken Coote
• Terry Evans
• Les FerdinandLes Ferdinand (born 8th December 1966) is an English footballer. Born in London, he currently plays for Bolton Wanderers. He was capped 17 times for England and scored 5 goals. He started his career in non-league football, first at Southall and then movin
• Marcus Gayle
• Jimmy Hill
• Dean Holdsworth
• Stewart Houston
• Terry Hurlock
• Francis Joseph
• Tommy LawtonTommy Lawton ( October 6, 1919 November 6, 1996) was an English association footballer. Playing career Born in Bolton, Lawton's precocious talent won him a trial for the England schoolboy team in which he scored a hat trick but never which never led to a
• Andy McCulloch
• Paul Merson
• Steve Phillips
• Andy Sinton
• Neil Smillie
• Rod Stewart (who, fortunately, decided to switch careers early on)
• Gordon Sweetzer