Across The Seas But Forever Bees NYC Bees supporters and visitors have frequently taken part in this USA-based Brentford FC podcast.
May 6, 2025: NYC Bees Co-Founder Charlie Corr
spoke with the crew following Brentford's impressive showing against Manchester United, and prior to securing the club's first four-game winning streak in the Premier League!
Feb. 18, 2025: The podcast invited back Abhi Goyal in the role of Tim Searls'
show sidekick to discuss Brentford's win over West Ham and look ahead to a matchup at Leicester City.
Feb. 6, 2025: Abhi Goyal of the NYC Bees made his debut on the show to
delve into his back story of supporting the Bees and chat some Brentford football as the club competes in its fourth Premier League season.
Jan. 16, 2025: From January Transfer Window chatter to banned apparel at The Red Lion, NYC Bees Co-Founder Charlie Corr spoke with the podcast
after their long holiday break.
Sept. 19, 2024: NYC Bees Co-Founder Charlie Corr
rejoined the podcast following Brentford's successful week that included a hard-fought match at Man City and Carabao Cup advancement against Leyton Orient.
April 23, 2024: Adam Harder of the NYC Bees
made his first appearance on the show and spoke about the roots of his Brentford fandom during the later stages of the club's Championship tenure.
April 10, 2024: Show host Tim Searls
spoke about his visit to NYC and The Red Lion on April 6 as part of their program (approximately 22 minutes in). NYC Bees Charlie Corr and Levar Riley, who both have been on the show, finally caught up with Tim in person!
March 1, 2024: Our upstate neighbor, Brian O'Connell of the Saratoga Bees,
made his debut on the podcast. O'Connell and his supporters joined the NYC Bees at The Red Lion for the 2022-23 season finale victory against Manchester City.
Feb. 6, 2024: NYC Bees Co-Founder Charlie Corr
joins the group for a third time to discuss the Bees' play heading into a difficult six-game stretch, following a match against defending league champions Manchester City.
Oct. 5, 2023: Host Tim Searls opens this episode with a
shoutout to NYC and The Red Lion, as well as an important reminder for USA-based Bees supporters to reach out to him to promote your respective stateside watch events.
Aug. 17, 2023: Longtime Brentford expert and show co-host Greville Waterman provides
his perspective on the American Bees, with recognition to Brentford USA's John Kenkel and NYC Bees' Charlie Corr on the watch party and supporter movement stateside.
Sept. 2022: NYC Bee Levar Riley of Newark, N.J.,
discusses his Bees fandom. Riley was the first member of the NYC group to join this podcast.
"The scale and the center of gravity that they've been able to pull ... theirs is the model with which we want to replicate."
-- John Kenkel, Brentford USA, on the NYC Bees
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NYC Bees supporters and visitors have connected with the highly-touted West London-based podcast.
Aug. 14, 2023: Billy "The Bee" Grant
spoke to a bevy of NYC Bees during his visit at The Red Lion for Brentford's opener against Tottenham on Aug. 13. NYC Bees in order of conversations: Charlie Corr, Lev Riley, Adam Harder, Miles Dilworth, Brandi Daniels, Charles Daniel, Sarah Muni and Bruce Muni, followed by some repeat interviews.
July 24, 2023: NYC Bee Lev Riley, two-time Red Lion visitor Sophie Holmes and NYC Bees Co-Founder Charlie Corr spoke with Beesotted's Dave "Laney" Lane
following Brentford's preseason match against Fulham, in Philadelphia.
"A must-go venue for any Bees fans visiting NYC."
-- Billy 'The Bee' Grant, Beesotted Podcast
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BrentfordFC.com and official Brentford outletsOct. 25, 2025: NYC Bees Co-Founder Charlie Corr was included in a full-page feature in Brentford's
official game day program for Brentford v. Liverpool! The Q&A discusses the NYC fan group, his fandom back story and much more.
April 30, 2025: The NYC Bees were included in Brentford's
Fan Spotlight Series, sponsored by Visit Tampa Bay. Our imagery was incorporated in several of these promos throughout the 2024-25 season.
April 18, 2025: The NYC Bees were prominently featured in a USA Bees promo for the club's
Fan Spotlight Series, which was shared on many of Brentford's social media channels.
Sept. 20, 2024: The NYC Bees were featured in
Brentford FC's Fan Spotlight, a day before the club's match against Tottenham. "Our New York City Bees meet rain or shine to cheer on the team from across the pond!"
2024-25 season: Brentford requested some imagery from a
disposable camera, which was included in some of their marketing, including a photo in the September spotlight promotion on our fan group.
Aug. 29, 2023: During the Carabao Cup broadcast, Mark Burridge and Marcus Gayle dedicated much of the pregame toward the
growth of American support. The segment included a mention of NYC Bees Co-Founder Charlie Corr, Brentford USA's John Kenkel and Across the Seas but Forever Bees' Tim Searls.
March 23, 2023: The club's official site, BrentfordFC.com,
featured the NYC Brentford fan group and spoke with NYC Bees Co-Founder Charlie Corr about the rapid supporters growth taking place across the pond.
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The NYC Bees have been featured frequently on the NBC or USA Network broadcasts throughout Brentford's Premier League tenure.
Our most successful stretch of NBC national acclaim was during the 2023-24 season:
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Premier League FanFest Live NYC Bees Co-Founder Charlie Corr has been a regular guest on the show, which is the USA's pre-game supporter platform during the Premier League season and the PL Summer Series.
Dec. 26, 2024: Even though Brentford didn't play on Boxing Day, we landed a segment on the
FanFest Live show to preview our match against Brighton the following day. Corr was our guest and well known Manchester City supporter Crunk hosted the 1-hour, 45-minute program.
Dec. 17, 2023: The 8-minute opening segment led with Chelsea Cabarcas' conversation with Corr
about the NYC Bees and featured the group from their home base, The Red Lion.
Dec. 10, 2023: The show's
third segment included Corr and the NYC Bees during Week 16 of the Premier League season.
Dec. 3, 2023: As part of the Premier League's Festive Fixtures campaign, FanFest kicked off a series of shows featuring mostly American supporters. Corr of the NYC Bees was part of this panel, and the Brentford NYC group
received rave reviews from the nearby Manchester City supporters.
July 26, 2023: This 30-minute show took part before the Brentford-Brighton preseason match, part of the PL Summer Series. Corr was
one of FanFest Live's guests, and the show featured the 5-A-Side Pod, Elischa Edouard and Chelsea Cabarcas.
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Premier League Fanzone, live on PeacockThe international PL Fanzone is broadcast live on Mondays and Fridays in the USA via Peacock's PL channel. Shows are not archived or available online, but we give advance notice when we are aligned for an appearance.
Feb. 21, 2025: NYC Bee Charlie Corr
joined a group discussion to preview Brentford at Leicester City with the Friday Fanzone program.
Oct. 18, 2024: Charlie Corr spoke with the
Friday Fanzone crew to talk about the ongoing Thomas Frank coaching rumor mill as Brentford was preparing for a bout with Manchester United.
Sept. 20, 2024: Dan Mitzelman, who has been with the NYC Bees since our second Premier League season,
made his Fanzone debut to cap off the show's supporter commentary heading into the weekend's Brentford-Tottenham match.
Sept. 16, 2024: The NYC Bees and The Red Lion
were featured prevalently in our first Monday appearance on Fanzone. The show included some footage of our pub in Greenwich Village, followed by an interview with NYC Bees Co-Founder Charlie Corr, conducted by host Anita Nneka Jones and Leroy Rosenior.
Sept. 13, 2024: We
made a cameo appearance prior to the Man City-Brentford match, with NYC Bees Co-Founder Charlie Corr answering a couple questions, and host Will Perry providing a little teaser for the following week's NYC Bees watch events feature and interview.
March 29, 2024: NYC Bees Co-Founder Charlie Corr reflected on striker Ivan Toney's international history with the England national team and spoke about Brentford-Manchester United
on Premier League Fanzone.
March 15, 2024: NYC Bees Co-Founder Charlie Corr
made a cameo appearance to preview Brentford-Burnley on the Premier League Fanzone program.
Jan. 19, 2024: NYC Bees Co-Founder Charlie Corr
returned to Premier League Fanzone to discuss the long-awaited return of Ivan Toney. For a second straight appearance, a Brentford victory was correctly predicted, as well!
#PLFans #PLFanzone
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Jan. 30, 2025: The podcast's LIT Stream included NYC Bees Co-Founder Charlie Corr, who delved into a variety of topics such as the transfer deadline, clubs undervaluing potential sale of Bees players, and manager Thomas Frank who always seems to come up on these discussions.
Jan. 13, 2025: Prior to Brentford's come-from-behind draw against Manchester City, NYC Bees Co-Founder Charlie Corr spoke on the Breaking Bread series to preview the match. The first 15 minutes are available for free; those interested in the full podcast and Shades of Blue's exclusive content, sign up for their Patreon.
Sept. 10, 2024: NYC Bees Co-Founder Charlie Corr connected with Crunk Chocolate and Lando Martinez to preview the first Manchester City-Brentford matchup of the 2024-25 season. Topics ranged from Brentford's transfer window grade to the aspects of the Bees' play that have made for such a difficult matchup in Manchester City's eyes.
July 12, 2024: NYC Bees Co-Founder Charlie Corr joined Shades of Blue for the podcast's Brentford End Of Season Report episode. The show featured an assortment of grading assignments, ranging from the players and coaches, to even the Brentford kits.
March 28, 2024: NYC Bees Co-Founder Charlie Corr was invited for the Shades of Blue's LIT Stream, hosted by FanFest Live. Our segment (which starts approximately 30 minutes into the show) delved into Ivan Toney's international goal and accomplishments for England and his club future, Brentford's front-line talent and Thomas Frank.
Feb. 19, 2024: NYC Bees Co-Founder Charlie Corr rejoined the America-based Manchester City show, Shades of Blue, heading into the rematch against the defending champs. The discussion included a nice range of Brentford topics, from the club's affinity toward manager Thomas Frank to the blueprint for posting a strong result against City.
Feb. 2, 2024: NYC Bees Co-Founder Charlie Corr made a live debut with Shades of Blue: Breaking Bread, a Manchester City-based show. Corr and Shades of Blue host Crunk Chocolate had prevalently featured on the Premier League FanFest Live Show during the holidays.
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Whole Lotta Wolves
Sept. 30, 2024: NYC Bees Co-Founder Charlie Corr connected with the podcast to chat Brentford prior to the Bees' 5-3 victory over Wolves (approximately 18 minutes into the show).
Feb. 6, 2024: NYC Bees' Abhi Goyal made a second appearance on Whole Lotta Wolves to provide the Brentford perspective heading into the Bees' final meet-up with Wolves (approximately 39 minutes into the show).
Jan. 3, 2024: Abhi Goyal of the NYC Bees joined the USA-based Wolves podcast in previewing the FA Cup 3rd Round matchup between Brentford and Wolves (approximately 45 minutes into the show).
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Don't Know Much About Football Nov. 16, 2024: NYC Bees Alison Roberts and Abhi Goyal were featured in this new show, which focuses on American-based Premier League fans and gets into the origins of their support. Alison and Abhi delved into their growing interest in Brentford and provided some wonderful color about their fandom, the NYC Bees, The Red Lion experience and much more.
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Men in Blazers
Jan. 21, 2025: NYC Bees Abhi Goyal and Charlie Corr were invited to a special live Men in Blazers event at New York's Football Factory. We made a few appearances on the broadcast and social media as hosts Roger Bennett and Herculez Gomez discussed the U.S. Men's National Team in the build-up to the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America.
Hounslow Herald
May 30, 2024: The London Borough of Hounslow publication ran an abridged version of the NYC Bees' piece focusing on the NYC Bees' stateside growth.
The Ealing Road Podcast
June 22, 2023: During the podcast's show with Brentford's Allen Tillyard (marketing) and Stu Wakeford (content), the staff gave kudos to the pockets of American watch parties, including New York City and Chicago.
The Anfield Wrap
Aug. 18, 2023: On the Liverpool-focused podcast, Beesotted's Billy "The Bee" Grant was invited on and talked about his time
watching with the NYC Bees in The Red Lion for Brentford-Tottenham (approximately 9 minutes into the show).
Fulham FC Matchday Programme Aug. 19, 2023: NYC Bee Adam Harder, 2023 Red Lion visitor Billy "The Bee" Grant and Brentford USA's John Kenkel were among the Brentford FC supporters who took over the pages of Fulham FC's official match day guide. Brentford went on to beat Fulham 3-0 at Craven College.
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