Thousand turn out to try and save Brentford

IF the enthusiasm and fervour of Brentford Football Club's hard core of some 3,5000 thick and thin supporters could save the club, then the red and white shirts would assuredly be seen at Griffin Park when August comes round.Read

Sands of Time: Lawther saves a point - but who will save the Bees?

Even an hour before kick-off time on Saturday, only a moron could have failed to feel that there was much more hanging over Griffin Park than the result of the afternoon’s game with Southend. Read

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Sands of Time: Landmark for legend Francis

IN A recent column, we recovered a piece from January 1960 in which Brentford legend Jim Towers was about to make his 100th consecutive appearance for the club.Read

Sands of Time: Ground number 80

IN THIS column, from April 8, 1960, George Sands prepares to chalk off ground number 80 as he, and Brentford, limber up for their first-ever visit to York City, despite both teams having been members of the Football League for three decades.Read

Sands of Time: A milestone for Bees legend Coote

IN THE last column, we rediscovered a Round and About column George Sands wrote in the January 22, 1960, issue of the Middlesex Chronicle.Read

Sands of Time: When the Referee Walked off the Field

THIS column, taken from the Middlesex Chronicle of January 22, 1960, is a column with a bit of a difference. Sports Editor George Sands pens a Round and About piece, in which he takes an off-beat look at sporting issues in the area, including some strange goings-on at Griffin Park, and a forthcoming landmark for a Brentford legend. Read

Sands of Time: Jimmy Towers sends up the hundred

THIS column, taken from the Middlesex Chronicle of January 22, 1960 is about the landmark of a Brentford legend.Read

Sands of Time: When the referee walked off the field

THIS column, taken from the Middlesex Chronicle of January 22, 1960, is a column with a bit of a difference. Sports Editor George Sands pens a Round and About piece, in which he takes an off-beat look at sporting issues in the area, including some strange goings-on at Griffin Park.Read

Sands of Time: One of Brentford's best-ever performances

This report comes from earlier the same season, when Brentford produced one of their best-ever performances to hammer Norwich City 7-1 at Griffin Park, with Middlesex Chronicle legend George Sands again at his eloquent best.Read

Sands of Time: When bad luck and bribery broke Bee's hearts

THIS report comes from the Middlesex Chronicle of Friday, May 2, 1958. Brentford were pipped to the sole promotion spot in Division Three (South) after title rivals Brighton beat Watford 6-0 in their final game.Read

Sands of Time: George was a Brentford FC legend

Welcome to a new addition to the website which pays tribute to not only a Middlesex Chronicle legend, but a Brentford FC legend, the late much-loved sports reporter George Sands.Read