Beesotted Reloaded: April 2014 - The Day Brentford Unexpectedly Won Promotion to the Championship

Part of Beesotted Reloaded: The Years That Shaped Brentford

Go back to the moments that helped change the club forever - the Doncaster heartbreak, promotion, Lionel Road, Warburton’s departure, Matthew Benham’s vision, the B Team and the arrival of Thomas Frank

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April 2014. Preston came to Griffin Park for their annual Gentry Day, dressed up to the nines. Brentford were hoping for another important win in the promotion race - but very few Bees fans arrived that afternoon expecting to be celebrating promotion by the end of it

Alan Judge’s penalty gave Brentford the victory and, with results elsewhere going our way, suddenly it was official. Brentford were promoted to the Championship

And Beesotted was there to capture the celebrations

This brilliant video takes us from Griffin Park to the pub, chatting to owner Matthew Benham, manager Mark Warburton, CEO Cliff Crown, Sporting Director Alan McParland and a host of the players as everyone tried to take in what Brentford had just achieved

Click here to read the story of The Years That Shaped Brentford and listen to all 11 original podcasts from 2013 to 2019 in one place https://beesotted.com/beesotted-reloaded-the-years-that-shaped-brentford/

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After the heartbreak of Doncaster and the play-offs just 12 months earlier, the Bees had come straight back and finished the job

Watching it again now, there’s something brilliant about seeing the owner, manager and players celebrating and chatting with supporters down the pub

Go back to the moments that helped change the club forever - the Doncaster heartbreak, promotion, Lionel Road, Warburton’s departure, Matthew Benham’s vision, the B Team and the arrival of Thomas Frank

As we said at the time: “Wouldn’t happen in the Premier League…”

Little did we know.

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