Brentford Football: The Bees Squad, Fixtures and African Kick Off Times

Brentford are a football club from Brentford in West London, founded on 10 October 1889, nicknamed the Bees and known for red and white striped shirts with black shorts. They play at the Gtech Community Stadium, won promotion to the Premier League through the 2021 Championship play off final, and Keith Andrews succeeded Thomas Frank as head coach in June 2025. For soccer readers in South Africa, and for EPL followers in Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and Uganda, what follows is the Brentford squad by position with the African players flagged, the club's story from the 1930s to now, and kick off times in your own zone.

Brentford's African connections include South Africa international Kamohelo Mokotjo, who joined in 2017, Ghana international Tariqe Fosu, who arrived in 2020, and Nigeria international Frank Onyeka, who signed in 2021. Mokotjo, Fosu and Onyeka offer African supporters three distinct routes into Brentford's football heritage.

How Is the Brentford Squad Set Out?

The squad module shows registered players and their nationalities this season. Position groups help you find a player, while the accompanying entries provide shirt numbers and ages. Registration changes and African player flags belong in that updating module. Historical African connections include Kamohelo Mokotjo's arrival from South Africa in 2017, Tariqe Fosu's signing in 2020 and Frank Onyeka's move in 2021.

Who Manages Brentford?

Keith Andrews was named Brentford head coach in June 2025, succeeding Thomas Frank, who left that month to manage Tottenham Hotspur. In February 2026, Andrews agreed a new contract running to 2032. Under Thomas Frank, Brentford finished 13th in 2021 to 2022, 9th in 2022 to 2023, 16th in 2023 to 2024 and 10th in 2024 to 2025. His own record is tracked match by match in the results module, and that is the fairer place to judge any coach, because the numbers move every weekend while the contract date stays put.

Where Do Brentford Play, and What Happened to Griffin Park?

Brentford play at the Gtech Community Stadium, which opened in August 2020 with a capacity of 17,250. Before that, the club spent 116 years at Griffin Park, their home from 1904 until 2020, a ground generations of West London supporters still talk about with real affection. The first competitive match at the new ground was a League Cup tie against Wycombe Wanderers on 6 September 2020, played without spectators. Its August 2020 opening and 17,250 capacity mark the move from Griffin Park. If you hear commentators call it the Brentford Community Stadium, it is the same ground under its original name.

How Do You Follow Brentford Fixtures, Results and the Table From Africa?

The Brentford fixtures list, the results and the league table all sit in data modules that update after every match, with kick off times already converted to your zone. So, read a fixture by its competition, venue and local time together, because a Premier League evening game and a cup tie on a weeknight land very differently on your evening. The table (the log, as many South Africans say) ranks clubs on points first and goal difference after that, and for a club of Brentford's size the useful question each season is where they sit against the clubs around them rather than against the giants. Results show the score, the scorers and the date, which is enough to read a run of form without anyone writing it up.

Who Are Brentford's Key Players, and What Is the Brentford Model?

The key players and top scorers module ranks the squad by goals, assists and minutes played, and it refreshes after each match, so it always shows who is carrying the side this season. My advice is to read goals and minutes together. A forward with fewer goals but far fewer minutes may be the sharper finisher, and a midfielder high on minutes is usually the one the coach trusts most. It is the same logic you would use judging a danfo driver: the one who makes the trip every day is worth more than the one who is brilliant once a week.

Matthew Benham took full ownership of Brentford in June 2012. The club subsequently won promotion to the Championship in 2014 and the Premier League in 2021. African recruitment connections include South Africa international Kamohelo Mokotjo, signed in 2017, and Nigeria international Frank Onyeka, signed in 2021. Bees United, the supporters' trust, kept a place on the club board after Benham's takeover, so the fans still have a voice in the room.

Who Are Brentford, the Bees of West London?

Brentford Football Club was founded on 10 October 1889 in Brentford, West London, and has been known as the Bees since the 1890s. The home kit is red and white striped shirts with black shorts, a look that makes them easy to spot even on a small screen in a crowded viewing centre. Matthew Benham has owned the club fully since June 2012, and the Bees United supporters' trust holds a seat on the board, an arrangement that keeps the club close to the people who stood on the terraces at Griffin Park for decades.

Brentford’s main rivals are Fulham and Queens Park Rangers.

From the 1930s to the Premier League: Brentford's History in Brief

Brentford's first great era came in the 1930s, and it moved quickly. They won the Third Division South in 1932-33, when Jack Holliday scored a club record 39 goals, and then won the Second Division in 1934-35 to reach the First Division. In 1935-36 they finished 5th, which remains the highest league finish in the club's history, and in my opinion it is one of the more remarkable climbs in English football before the war.

After the top flight season of 1946-47, the Bees spent a very long time in the lower divisions, rebuilding patiently. The modern rise started in earnest with automatic promotion to the Championship in 2014 under Mark Warburton, two years after Benham took full control.

Brentford's 2-0 victory over Swansea City in the 2021 Championship play off final stands as a landmark in the Bees' history, securing their return to England's top division after an absence stretching back to 1946-47. That afternoon ended a wait of seventy four years. For readers exploring that rise through the records module, compare seasons within the same division and distinguish automatic promotion from promotion through the play offs.

Which African Players Are at Brentford, and Why Do the Bees Matter Here?

Use the African player flags alongside position groups to find the players you want to follow, then read their minutes and appearances together in the player records. Nigerian defender Benjamin Fredrick joined Brentford on loan from Simoiben in August 2023 and signed permanently in April 2024 on a contract running to 2028. Other dated African connections include South Africa international Kamohelo Mokotjo, who joined in July 2017, and Ghana international Tariqe Fosu, who signed in January 2020. Nigeria international Frank Onyeka arrived in July 2021. For African supporters, Mokotjo, Fosu, Onyeka and Fredrick connect the Bees' story with national teams and football communities across the continent.

How Do You Watch Brentford From Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana and Uganda?

Premier League television coverage is distributed through territorial broadcasting rights, so viewing options depend on the country. The fixture module lists the broadcaster for each country beside every match; check that listing for Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana or Uganda before choosing a television or streaming service. Weekend games usually fall in the afternoon or evening across Africa, which suits the viewing centre crowd well. The thing to watch is the clock change in England. When the UK is on GMT, from late October to late March, Ghana matches London exactly and Nigeria sits one hour ahead, with South Africa two hours ahead and Kenya and Uganda three.

When the UK moves to summer time, every African kick off comes an hour earlier against the London clock, so a 15:00 game in England starts at 15:00 in Lagos. The table below shows the most common Premier League slots in each zone. So, before you set off to your usual spot, check the time in the fixture module, which already does the conversion for you.