DAVID OHL REFLECTS ON BEING A LIFELONG BRENTFORD FAN. AND THE CHANGES HE’S SEEN OVER MORE THAN 60 YEARS...

Good old days: Brentford’s former Griffin Park home

BRENTFORD now have a pretty impressive training ground, situated in picturesque Osterley, known as the Robert Rowan Performance Centre. These facilities befit a Premier League club, with a large entourage of staff supporting the players.
The club have been around for 135 years and, apart from recent years and a short spell either side of the Second World War, have nearly always played in the lower divisions. I...