Brentford followers have needed to stage an extended goodbye than many had first imagined.
In September 2020 the Bees formally stated goodbye to their house of 116 years, Griffin Park, because it was closed following a Championship play-off semi-final win over Swansea.
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Demolition work began quickly after, but new pictures from COPA90 present that issues haven’t progressed a lot since.
Photographs from a gap in a fence subsequent to the bottom present one stand nonetheless up, whereas the remainder of the outdated stadium appears to be like like a derelict constructing web site.
Griffin Park, which is greatest recognized amongst EFL followers for having ‘a pub on each nook’ was transferred to builders EcoWorld London in 2020, however little has modified since early demolition.
In November 2024, The Solar claimed that EcoWorld have been nonetheless chasing planning permission for his or her plans to develop 149 new properties in west London.
It was claimed that 41 of these can be new homes, with the remaining house blocks, whereas 1,770 sq. meters of public inexperienced area would even be produced.
That might be a stark transformation from its unique use as an orchard.
The bottom was initially owned by the Fuller, Smith and Turner brewery in 1904 and Brentford leased it to start out enjoying video games that yr.
Its standing capability reached 38,00 whereas it survived World Struggle II bombing and a fireplace to take the staff to the highest flight within the Nineteen Thirties.
But Griffin Park narrowly missed out on Brentford’s wonderful return to the highest of the soccer pyramid, because it was with their new house that they first competed within the Premier League.
Thomas Frank’s aspect moved into the Gtech Neighborhood Stadium in the summertime of 2020, and averted the play-off last heartbreak of the earlier season by downing Swansea at Wembley.
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Brentford have remained within the prime flight ever since, ending as excessive as ninth through the 2022/23 season.
The 17,250 seater Gtech is now a Premier League common, and has additionally hosted the Girls’s European Championship in 2022.
Followers nonetheless look again fondly on Griffin Park, although, significantly as they have been by no means in a position to correctly say goodbye.
The stadium was closed through the peak of the COVID pandemic, pre-vaccinces in the summertime of 2020.
Which means one in all world soccer’s oldest stadiums by no means acquired a thanks, however locals can clearly nonetheless pop alongside for a spot of nostalgia.