When was Brentford last in the top division?

When was Brentford last in the top division?

Brentford have a poor record in finals, finishing as runners-up in three Associate Members’ Cup / Football League Trophy finals (1985, 2001 and 2011) and losing four play-off finals (the 1997 Second Division final, 2002 Second Division final, 2013 League One final and 2020 Championship final).

Has Brentford FC been in the Premiership?

Brentford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Brentford, Hounslow, London. Since 1920, the first team has competed in the Football League, the Premier League and other nationally and internationally organised competitions.

Who promoted to Premier League 2021?

The promoted teams are Norwich City, Watford (who both return to the top flight after a year’s absence) and Brentford (who return to the top flight after a seventy-four year absence). This is also Brentford’s first season in the Premier League.

What teams have never been in the Premier League?

Since the establishment of the Premier League as the successor-competition to the English First Division in 1992, only a small number of clubs can claim never to have been relegated from the league. They are: Manchester United, Arsenal, Tottenham, Liverpool, Everton and Chelsea.

How many times has Brentford been in the Premier League?

They survived for three seasons, becoming one of the original Premier League clubs, before going down in 1994 – the same season in which they came within a minute of the FA Cup final. They have never really threatened to get back and are currently in their fourth successive campaign in League Two.

Which team has spent the longest in the Championship?

Currently, Nottingham Forest and Derby County hold the longest tenure in the Championship, last being out of the division in the 2007–08 season.

Why are Brentford the bees?

It was also during the 1894–95 season that Brentford’s original nickname of “The Bs” originated, when friends of amateur forward Joseph Gettins chanted Borough Road College’s war-cry “buck up Bs” at a match. The local press interpreted the nickname as “the Bees”, which stuck and came to be Brentford’s nickname.