Across the Seas but Forever Bees - An American Brentford Podcast
The fifth season of the Brentford Football Club podcast, by and for American fans. Each week guests will join us to discuss things around the GTech as we navigate a difficult fifth season in the Premier League.
They're all difficult.
Episodes
135 episodes
The Break comes at just the right time
A beleaguered Brentford gets a point at Elland Road - a remarkable feat of some brave and determined athletes at the end of their limits. We get to that match eventually, but first lets have a wonderful conversation with Bruce Muni (he of...
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Episode 27
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1:13:50
A Cup Hangover
Brentford appear to be staggering a bit, with an injury-hit squad and some weary legs after a grueling season. But not here at ASFB Towers, where we have the luxury of bringing Glenn Houlihan in off the bench, which strengthens us incredi...
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Episode 26
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59:32
Focus on the league
Yah, I'd rather be us. But being so, so close to a semi-final (you know we'd have beaten Leeds at home!) and a trip to Wembley in the FA Cup... Still, I'd rather be us.We are so lucky to get Michel Cowdrey back into ASF...
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Episode 25
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59:45
You can see how good we've been all the way from Texas
Michael White joins Tim and Greville in the studio to embark on a conversation about the crazy win against Burnley and then the meek draw at Bournemouth. But this podcast is much more than that. What you'll hear is a free-flow...
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Episode 24
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57:13
Arsenal and Cup shocks avoided. Just.
Thanks for tuning in as we range over a busy week of football, from the Thursday match against the top rated team in all of English football to four days later doing combat with the seventh best team in the National League North; from Champions...
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Episode 23
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1:06:27
Bees vs Saltdean!
The Brentford women have a season that in many ways has exceeded even their own lofty expectations! The woman are out in front in their league and looking at the possibility of promotion. This Sunday they play #2 in Saltdean, and i...
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Episode 22
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1:06:19
Villa and Newcastle jobs done, it's on to Arsenal
The pure fantasy continues unabated as we follow a gutsy win at Villa Park with our first win at Newcastle since 1934. Greville Waterman and Tim Searls are in studio to look back at a match at St. James Park that had more improbable twist...
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Episode 21
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1:09:24
The Alamo
Dustin Senor is back in the studio finally, and along with Greville Waterman we're talking the crazy and memorable events that occurred at Villa Park last Sunday. It had a bit of everything, this one!
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Episode 20
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1:21:46
Trotta!! Yes, we're going there (but not where you think)
On the 13th anniversary of a memorable day at Griffin Park we remember the Rosler team that almost pulled off a remarkable Cup shock for the ages. New York's own Charlie Corr is here to add much needed expertise to a discussion of a...
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Episode 19
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1:05:12
Victory in Defeat
I've been asking since the start of the season "who are we", and this week we found out: We're quite good. Has there been a more gloriously played defeat in our history? We battered Chelsea 0-2! The rest of this season w...
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Episode 18
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1:00:36
Up for the Cup
Adam Bishop is in the studio with Greville Waterman and Tim Searls this week. What a week it's been. A thorough demolition of Sunderland, and a smooth win at Hillsborough in the FA Cup. Brentford is just so much fun to support...
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Episode 17
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1:11:29
A Very Festive Season
What a difference a few weeks makes. After the capitulations at Spurs and Man City it could have gone so wrong. Yet here we are in the new year 7th after the demolition of Everton in their new building.In the studio to discus...
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Episode 16
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1:18:09
Three points makes all things right
Forget it's Wolves, forget the capitulation at City. Three points, 12th, looking down at Spurs, 10 points from trouble. What blip?To discuss the changing emotions a win brings are Glenn Houlihan and Greville Waterman.<...
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Episode 15
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1:10:34
Knives out?
Blip? Worrying trend? Managerial crisis? All of those? Something entirely else? History only will judge, but to try to make sense of this draw with Leeds the pod reaches out to our expert from Iowa Glenn Houlihan.&...
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Episode 14
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59:51
Don't Panic
Seasons have highs and lows. Will Canu and Greville Waterman join to find a host of silver linings and reasons to be cheerful after a tough, tough week. We probe the psychology of home and away mindsets, we think about squad depth a...
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1:01:53
The North London derbies, with North London Bee
Burnley swept aside (though it didn't feel that easy for about 85 minutes!), we look ahead to the small matter of a week featuring Arsenal and "Thomas Frank's Spurs". Somehow the Brentford Miracle is rolling again, and we're starting to l...
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Season 5
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Episode 12
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59:12
The Quarter-Pole Podcast
Greville and Tim have to discuss a disappointing Saturday down in South London, but then we're on to a bigger conversation about what we know about Brentford Football Club after a quarter of the season gone. Are we on the right tra...
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Season 5
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Episode 11
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1:03:07
What a week
You follow up wins against Liverpool and Grimsby Town with an amazing, fantastic, engaging guest who describes it all with insight and character. A podcaster's dream!Alison Roberts is in the studio to talk about her Brentford exper...
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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1:19:55
Liverpool next!
Abhi Goyal from the NYC Massive down at the Red Lion visits the pod to talk with Greville and Tim about the surprisingly comfortable win against West Ham, the state of the Bees, and a look forward to Liverpool and Grimsby.Just discussing...
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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1:07:08
The great 'who are we' debate rages on
A week of reflection and anticipation, as the international hiatus finally gives way to a Monday of Brentford. Greville and I are equal parts eager and anxious as we look ahead to West Ham. No question, after all the players o...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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50:42
Beating up on the Minnows
Michel Cowdrey is in the studios to talk Fan Fest (with a bit of Josh DaSilva gossip thrown in!), and along with the ubiquitous Greville Waterman we get to glory in this great club taking it to the hapless Manchester United. They really d...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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1:16:11
Who are we?
Glenn Houlihan checks in from Iowa to discuss the difficult transition that Brentford Football Club is making from the 'Thomas Frank Era' to who we are now. Along with Tim Searls and Greville Waterman an attempt is made to make sen...
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Episode 6
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1:12:12
STINKER!
Our long club-wide nightmare is finally over. Tarky and Rowlands now have a third musketeer of shame. Rob Pittman is the most Bees-tastic guest maybe ever! Rob and Greville and Tim look back at a frustrating evening up ...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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1:02:40