Brentford: Premier League new boys buzzing for the next adventure

Perhaps '#teamslikeBrentford' isn't such a bad hashtag after all. The Premier League new boys have shown how to go from small acorn to giant oak, says lifelong supporter Chris Hatherall

On Friday Brentford will become the 50th club to host Premier League football when they host Arsenal. Picture: Alex Burstow/Getty Images

It's 1978, there’s a smell of pipe tobacco in the air and the natives at Griffin Park are drumming their feet on the wooden floor of the main stand as boisterous colleagues pummel their palms against a corrugated iron wall.

I can’t remember who Brentford were playing or even if they won; but I do know this was the moment when a schoolboy from west London fell in love with the Bees, thanks to an invitation from Uncle Mike to see a ‘real football match’.