Brentford Football Club was formed in 1889 as a way for members of the local rowing club to keep fit during the winter months.
After making their footballing bow in 1889, the club turned professional in 1900 after being fined and suspended for a month by the FA for paying some of their “amateur” players. Four years later the club moved to their existing home Griffin Park.
The Bees set a Football League record in the 1929-30 season, which still stands today, be winning all their home games, scoring 66 goals and conceding just 12, but, surprisingly, that effort was not good enough to earn promotion – although they did win promotion to Division Two three years later.
They are also one of only a handful of clubs to have played in every division of the Football League
Brentford reached the FA Cup quarter final in 1938, losing to eventual winners Preston, and again in 1949, beaten this time by Leicester.
A lengthy spell in the lower divisions almost ended with the demise of the club in 1967, when they survived a takeover bid from local rivals QPR thanks to a new board and a loan of £104,000 to keep them afloat.
The club made a dramatic return to the second tier of English football in 1992 after a 45-year-gap thanks to a dramatic late run of wins that saw Brentford promoted as champions.
However, they were relegated the following year and more near misses over the next 15 years followed under a variety of managers, including Dave Webb, Steve Coppell and Martin Allen.
But things improved dramatically last season in the 2008/09 season as rookie manager Andy Scott guided the club to the League Two title, winning the division by an impressive six points.
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