We are pleased to announce two more pre-season friendlies as follows:
Tuesday 27th July away to Woking, kick off 7.45pm.
Blue Square South side Woking play at The Kingfield Stadium, Kingfield, Woking Surrey GU22 9AA.
Wednesday 28th July away to Hendon, kick off 7.45pm.
Isthmian League Premier Division side Hendon groundshare with Wembley FC at Vale Farm, Watford Road, Wembley, Middlesex HA0 3HG
Pre Season Friendlies already announced are:
Wednesday 14th July at home to Fulham, kick off 8pm
Saturday 17th July away to Tonbridge Angels, kick off 3pm
Tuesday 20th July at home to Wycombe Wanderers, kick off at 8pm
Friday 30th July at home to Crystal Palace, kick off at 8pm.
Supporters will note that the kick off times for the three home friendlies are 8pm. Chief Executive Andrew Mills says: "Following successful trials in both the Premier and Champions League's throughout last season our Pre Season schedule gives us the perfect opportunity to experiment with Kick Off times. Whilst there are various opinions on the benefits of playing slightly later or even slightly earlier than the normal 7.45 Kick Off tends to be dependent on the individual circumstances of any particular football club and therefore is extremely difficult to judge.
"So whilst we are by no means sure of the scale of the benefit that changing the Kick Off times might offer we certainly think it is in the Football Clubs interest to carry out its own review. The popular consensus is that mid week fixtures do not attract a sizeable junior crowd and so the impact of the game finishing slightly later is minimised. Due to the locality of Griffin Park the crowd numbers for Mid Week fixtures might be adversely affected by the difficulty of getting home from work and into the stadium for the standard 7.45 kick off time. An 8pm kick off might well result in a slightly more relaxed journey and hopefully increased numbers at the turnstiles although the point of the exercise is to be able to say it with a better degree of certainty.
"Supporters are invited to email their thoughts and comments following our last Pre Season Home fixture to enquiries@brentfordfc.co.uk marked 'Kick Off times' "
