News about Brentford FC
This weekend it was reported that clubs at the top of the Premier League had been planning, in secret, to pursue a wide-ranging restructure of the English footballing pyramid named “Project Big Picture”. Whilst we recognise that within these proposals there are individual ideas of merit, we believe that the overall package presented through the… Read More Project Big Picture – A BIAS View
Last week BIAS met with Jon Varney, CEO Brentford Football Club to understand the Club’s plans for the new season. This proved to be a very open and productive meeting where we were able to share ideas and concerns with Jon. BIAS had already collated feedback from Supporters and shared these with the Club. Jon… Read More Getting Ready for the New Season – A Brief Update
BIAS will be meeting with Jon Varney on Tuesday 7th May. … Read More BIAS Meeting with Jon Varney
BIAS attended the Bee Together event on 4 April at the Novotel Brentford, as part of the Kick It Out Week of Action.… Read More #BeeTogether – Challenging Racism and Discrimination in Football.
The New Stadium focus group on Technology took place on the 4th March. We were introduced to Mike Morris who has been appointed as Head of Technology and currently works at Twickenham Stadium for the RFU, his start date is the 1st April, Mike stated that he is keen just to make things as simple… Read More Feedback from Technology focus group
The ‘Farewell Griffin Park’ focus group meeting was held on 11th March. This topic, which covers the full season rather than just the final match, was largely seen at the moment as a ‘blank piece of paper’. So the Club is open to ideas, some of which will be funded, some facilitated but not funded,… Read More Feedback from the Farewell to Griffin Park Focus Group
The Diversity and Inclusion Focus Group saw a good discussion about current and future ways the club can improve work in this area. Representatives from the club spoke of the desire to be best in class in terms of inclusion and diversity in football, and the steps that are being taken to do this, including… Read More Feedback from Diversity and Inclusion Focus Group
BIAS is pleased that the Club have listened to fans views and made changes to the lounge names for the new Lionel Road stadium. This follows the joint work of BIAS, Beesotted and the Griffin Park Grapevine in asking the Club to reconsider names that were more reflective of the Clubs history. This was confirmed… Read More Update on Lounge Names at the New Lionel Road Stadium
On Thursday 10th January, BIAS attended the second Focus Group for the new stadium at Lionel Road. This meeting focused on ticket sales for the new stadium for general admission (excluding premium or ‘posh’ seating). BIAS are pleased to report that with the larger capacity at Lionel Road and current attendance levels at Griffin Park,… Read More Feedback from ticketing focus group
BIAS attended the first New Stadium Focus Group at Griffin Park (chaired by Cliff Crown) on 8th January 2019 to discuss the proposed Food and Beverage offering for the GA (General Audience)[ attending the new Lionel Road stadium. The meeting was positive and BIAS hopes that this sets a good precedent for the upcoming Focus… Read More Feedback from Food and Drink focus group
