Today sees the official launch of the new Brentford home strip, sponsored by Hertings. The team will be wearing the strip for the first time whilst the new home replica kit will be on sale, from midday today, in The Bees Superstore.

The kit will be available in all sizes with adults shirts costing £29.99, ladies shirts also £29.99 and children's shirts £24.99. There is also a long sleeve option available at £32.99. Shorts are £17 for adults (ladies and gents) and £13 for children, whilst Socks are £9 and £8 respectively. Finally there are baby kits also available for 3 to 6 months up to 3 to 4 years at £26.99 per kit.

The match against Watford kicks off at 3pm and admission, which is reduced, is £10 for adults, £5 for seniors, and £1 for juniors under the age of 16. Please note that the Braemar Road turnstiles will be open for home fans, allowing access onto the Ealing Road Terrace and the Braemar Road Stand, whilst the Brook Road Stand will be open for away fans.

Brentford go into the game buoyed by their last two performances against AFC Wimbledon and Staines Town which spurred Manager Andy Scott into saying that he felt that the players are ahead of where he thought they would be at this stage. He refers to this fact in today`s matchday programme and goes on to say: "as a result it allows the coaching staff a bit more time to sharpen things up on the training ground rather than having to concentrate solely on stamina and general fitness."

Being the last home friendly, and against League opposition, The Bees may be expected to field a strong side which will not be too distant from that which will take to the field in two weeks time when our League campaign kicks off away to Bury.

On the playing front, Karleigh Osborne has signed an extended contract through until June 30^th 2010.

Back to the game and Season Tickets will again be available for collection from the Sponsors Lounge together with match tickets for the ALL TICKET Carling Cup 1^st Round tie at Swansea on Tuesday 12^th August.

So there we have it. As Andy says as he signed off in his programme notes for today`s game: "Remember to be as vocal as possible and to get behind us - this is your pre-season as well!