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Richard Merritt
BIAS Chair
Residence Hayes, Middlesex
Occupation Media Materials Manager
Where can you be found on matchdays? In the Griffin, In the Paddock, Stripes at Half time
What do you see as BIAS's role? To be a voice for Brentford fans, to listen to their concerns, to serve its membership, to grasp the general consensus, to unify - and to seek continuous improvement
What's the best thing about being a Brentford fan? Wishing your life away for Saturday to come, feeling on top of the world, knowing so many other fans
What's the worst thing about being a Brentford fan? The belief of others thinking football revolves around Man Utd, Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea
Where do you see Brentford FC in ten years time? Being relatively successful whilst living within our means at Lionel Road
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Adam Lowe
Secretary
Residence Bournemouth / Camberley
Where can you be found on matchdays? Depends how I'm feeling! Usually with family in New Road or with friends in Braemar Road / Ealing Road
What do you see as BIAS's role? Giving a voice to supporters to air their concerns and general feelings towards the club
What's the best thing about being a Brentford fan? Having lots of family that support the same team.
What's the worst thing about being a Brentford fan? Constant bad luck when every other league team in the local area seems to get blessed with constant good luck!
Where do you see Brentford FC in ten years time? With a new stadium.... Europa League
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David Gathergood
Finance Officer
Residence West End, Surrey
Where can you be found on matchdays? Bees United Stand D
What do you see as BIAS's role? To be the fans' voice to BFC. To continually strive to get a large cross section of supporters views to put to the club to seek to improve all aspects of the club to the benefit of all.
What's the best thing about being a Brentford fan? To go to each match in the belief that things are improving.
What's the worst thing about being a Brentford fan? Listening to a small section of the fans continually moaning and expecting things to change immediately
Where do you see Brentford FC in ten years time? Hopefully to be in the Championship with a healthy bank balance.
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Darrell Goddard
Membership Benefits
Residence Brentford
Occupation Travel Planner
Where can you be found on matchdays? Waterman's Arms pre-match then the Bill Axbey stand
What do you see as BIAS's role? BIAS's role is presenting the views and concerns of fans to the Club. Being independent ensures we can put our views without feeling we have to 'toe the official line'
What's the best thing about being a Brentford fan? Attending matches and feeling part of a big football family
What's the worst thing about being a Brentford fan? After the wonderful 'highs', the inevitable 'lows.' Hopefully that is now changing!
Where do you see Brentford FC in ten years time? A championship side and holding its own in that league.
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John Hirdle
Profile coming soon.
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Phil Marchant
Membership Secretary / Lionel Road Stadium Action Group
Residence Brentford
Occupation Local Government
Where can you be found on matchdays? The Griffin or The Nelson prior to standing on the Ealing Road
What do you see as BIAS's role? Independent association seeking the best for BFC and its supporters. This involves monitoring the Club (and Bees United) to ensure they are giving a good service to the fans. We can campaign in the interests of the fans. BU are to be congratulated for their takeover of the Club, as I feel that supporter ownership is the best way forward for BFC. However survival is still a huge struggle, and we need to play our part in ensuring that BU are doing the best job possible.
What's the best thing about being a Brentford fan? Knowing lots of people who like a beer. And the spirit around the Club is generally an excellent one, despite all our problems.
What's the worst thing about being a Brentford fan? No money, ongoing problems, having to work hard just to exist.
Where do you see Brentford FC in ten years time? Lower end of the Championship or top end of League one, in a new stadium at Lionel Road (keep the faith!), having come through the bad times thanks to the skill and sheer determination of the supporters.
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Tom Moore
Press & Communications Officer / Match Reports
Residence Ealing
Occupation Trainee Journalist
Where can you be found on matchdays? The Griffin / Ealing Road
What do you see as BIAS's role? Bringing Brentford fans together and holding the club to account as an independent body.
What's the best thing about being a Brentford fan? The bond between Brentford fans is incredible and is almost like a second family.
What's the worst thing about being a Brentford fan? We never get the credit we deserve by people in the press
Where do you see Brentford FC in ten years time? Hopefully in Lionel Road competing in the Championship
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Carey Payton
Profile coming soon.
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Jan Smith
Residence Isleworth
Where can you be found on matchdays? Ealing Road
What do you see as BIAS's role? I see BIAS as the voice of Bees fans, supporting the club while remaining independent.
What's the best thing about being a Brentford fan? We are as happy with an away win at Wycombe or Bournemouth as Ch*lsea fans are when they win the Premier League. What's the worst thing about being a Brentford fan? The long trips home after losing at a distant lower league hellhole.
Where do you see Brentford FC in ten years time? That BFC will have passed Queens Park R*ngers, F*lham and Ch*lsea going in the oposite direction. Not that long ago I would have replied that I hope we would still exist, but now I'm genuinely hoping for some good days ahead.
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Allison Franklin
FSF rep
Residence Ealing
Occupation Manager, Educational Resources
Where can you be found on matchdays? Bill Axbey Stand
What do you see as BIAS's role? To represent Brentford fans individually and collectively and to be a critical friend to Bees United
What's the best thing about being a Brentford fan? Other Brentford fans (some of the friendliest, wittiest people you could wish to meet), the accessability of the team, staff and Directors, the amazing and wonderful shabbiness of Griffin Park and the eternal fight against relegation/administration (delete as applicable)
What's the worst thing about being a Brentford fan? The amount of time and energy it takes just to keep the doors open
Where do you see Brentford FC in ten years time? The Championship and Round 10 of the FA Cup
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David Powell
Website
Residence Nailsea, Somerset
Occupation Environmental Campaigner
Where can you be found on matchdays? When I make the trip - increasingly rare - I'll be in the Bill Axbey.
What do you see as BIAS's role? Getting a fair deal for Brentford fans and doing all we can do make sure the club is in safe hands and is sustainable
What's the best thing about being a Brentford fan? Real people supporting a real team in a real place - not for glory or honour but just because it seems like the right thing to do.
What's the worst thing about being a Brentford fan? Not having a real local rival, in the sense that no team that we hate really hates us, because we're too small and sweet.
Where do you see Brentford FC in ten years time? Although I think Lionel Road will probably happen, it's going to be a rocky road getting there and things may happen a bit slower than first thought. If still afloat, league-wise we could be playing anything from Droylsden to Derby, so liquid is life outside the Premiership.
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Kath Richardson
Community Liason Officer
Residence Brentford
Occupation Squeezing in various jobs in between bringing up my sons
Where can you be found on matchdays? In the Paddock, usually swapping ends at half time, followed by the Griffin
What do you see as BIAS's role? To ensure the voice of Brentford fans is always heard and that their support is never undervalued.
What's the best thing about being a Brentford fan? The highs of success, the comradeship that shared experience brings.
What's the worst thing about being a Brentford fan? Uncertainty of the future - are we going to win, do we have any money, are we getting a new ground?
Where do you see Brentford FC in ten years time? Solvent, hopefully
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Paul Stedman
Away Travel Guides
Residence Whitton, Surrey
Where can you be found on matchdays? Ealing Road terrace;
for the 40+ seasons previous, New Road
What do you see as BIAS's role? to be a vociferous, unrepresentative vocal minority.
What's the best thing about being a Brentford fan? thriving in the face of adversity.
What's the worst thing about being a Brentford fan? the overwhelming feeling that the dice are weighted against you.
Where do you see Brentford in ten years time? Probably not much different to today, a small town on the north banks of the
Thames.
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James Walsh
Away Travel Coordinator
Residence Ickenham
Occupation Accountant
Where can you be found on matchdays? Bill Axbey Stand
What do you see as BIAS's role? I would hope everyone associated with Brentford Football Club wants the best for the Club. I believe BIAS effectively provides a "seat at the table" for the fans with the club - getting across the views and representing the interests of the fans.
What's the best thing about being a Brentford fan? The sense of belonging really is special. There is a real bond among the fans and generally that bond is shared with the players. When we do have our moments of success the joy shared by all involved with the club - fans, players, staff - is unmatched.
What's the worst thing about being a Brentford fan? As a club I don't think we've sold ourselves anywhere near as well as we can. There is a lot of goodwill for Brentford FC and we must tap into it.
Where do you see Brentford FC in ten years' time? That's a good question. On the pitch, I genuinely believe we'll be an established Championship club. Where that pitch will be is another matter. I love Griffin Park and the memories it holds but we need to be at a new stadium to maximise the potential of the club. Within ten years Lionel Road (or similar) will have become a reality - surely!! Hopefully it will manage to retain the character that makes Griffin Park special - part of that is us, the fans!
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Greville Waterman
Match Reports
Residence North West London - a bit too close to Underhill!
Where can you be found on matchdays? Generally New Road, occasionally consorting with the old farts in D
Block Braemar Road
What do you see as BIAS's role? To act as the conscience of the Brentford fans and to ask the questions
of the club that we all need answering
What's the best thing about being a Brentford fan? The cameraderie and togtherness
What's the worst thing about being a Brentford fan? Knowing that the mistakes made by past regimes will make it ever so hard if not impossible to rise too high in the football pyramid
Where do you see Brentford FC in ten years time? Lionel Road in the Championship
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Procurement
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Graphic Designer
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GP Jazz Club
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