Bee Loud Bee Proud – Wear Red And White
Brentford’s plans for a big atmosphere against Tottenham on Saturday are well underway… starting with the fan groups all pulling in the same direction.
The thinking has been laid out in the latest Besotted podcast: get inside the ground by 5pm, wear red and white, and make some noise in the half-hour before kick-off, with a fan march setting off from Kew Bridge around 4.30pm.
TW8 Casuals have put together a Fan March and Flag Display on Saturday, leaving Kew Green – by the cricket club – at 4.30pm and arriving at the ground around 4.45 to 5pm. The message from TW8 is the same one Beesotted are pushing: get in your seat for 5pm so the team can feel the noise during the warm-up, not just after kick-off.
Anyone in the West Stand who finds a flag waiting on their seat is being asked to wave it from 5pm right through until the game starts, and TW8 are still after volunteers to help set the flags up pre-match – reach out to them directly if you can spare half an hour beforehand.
Bees United, the official Supporters’ Trust, have also joined the call, billing Saturday as a “Bees Uniform Day” and asking everyone – home end, corporate seats, the lot – to wear red and white for Keith and the boys. Their social posts did the rounds with a shot of the new home shirt on a hanger, the message simple enough: watch for the flags, and wear the colours.
Three separate groups, one instruction. Whether you’re marching from Kew Green, meeting down the Steam Packet beforehand for the quiz then heading in early, or just getting the bus straight to the ground, the request is the same: be in red and white, be in your seat by 5pm, and be loud from the moment the players walk out for the warm-up rather than waiting for the whistle. And throughout the match!
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