One of the big highlights was all of our take regarding the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which we will be hosting in a matter of months.
A fun show as always, and we'll chat again next year!
Thursday, December 18, 2025
NYC Bees chat all things football on live Shades of Blue LIT Stream
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Breaking Bread: Previewing Brentford at Man City, Carabao Cup
The show previewed Brentford's quarterfinal match against Manchester City, with topics mostly focusing on the current state of the Bees under new manager Keith Andrews.
The above link is a short segment of the show; for the full hourlong program, subscribe to Shades of Blue's Patreon!
Sunday, November 30, 2025
Newsletter: Busy December, red-hot Thiago, PL in USA hits, WC qualifying
Packed December at The Red Lion
Our busiest month of the season is on tap at The Red Lion, 151 Bleecker St. We will be meeting up in Greenwich Village for SIX matches: five Premier League games and a Carabao Cup match this December! We start off with a weekday clash against Arsenal on Wednesday, Dec. 3 (2:30 p.m. ET kickoff). Outside of our hectic league schedule, we also travel to the Etihad to take on Manchester City on Wednesday, Dec. 17, in the quarterfinals of the Carabao Cup (2:30 p.m. ET). See the graphic for our full meet-up schedule.
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We try our best to ignore the critics and pundits out there who thought we'd suffer in the attack with the departure of several key cogs. That said, it is with some satisfaction that Brazilian forward Thiago is delivering for us so far this season! Following an injury-riddled 2024-25, the 24-year-old is leading the attack with 11 goals in 13 matches. That places him second in the Premier League Golden Boot race. He recorded a brace en route to a 3-1 victory against Newcastle on Nov. 9, earning Premier League Team of the Week accolades in the process. Most recently, he tallied two more during our 3-1 win over Burnley on Nov. 29, setting a new Brentford standard by reaching double-figure goalscoring just 13 matches into a single PL campaign.
Hickey, Scotland bound for World Cup: Brentford outside back Aaron Hickey and his Scotland side are headed to the 2026 FIFA World Cup! Hickey started for Scotland during its 4-2 win on Nov. 18 against Denmark to book a place in next year's competition in North America. It will be Scotland's first trip to the World Cup in 28 years:
Brentford FC International Roundup
Long throw-ins become the norm: Sorry Bees fans, we're not much of a secret when it comes to Michael Kayode and our goalscoring from long throw-ins! The Premier League decided to amplify that fact on Nov. 14, producing a graphic showing how Brentford easily leads the PL in most goals from throw-ins since the start of the 2024-25 season.
Quick hits: The draw for the 2026 FIFA World Cup is taking place on Friday, Dec. 5, from the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. In addition to the intrigue of our Brentford players and respective national teams, our supporters' group will have some content coming out for this stretch via Because Football (Andrew Baggaley joined us at The Red Lion earlier this season). Stay tuned! ... Bees United had an interesting "this date in history" piece recently: Nov. 15, 2005, tracing back to the start of the Matthew Benham era. Good stuff! ... Ashley Cheatley's bicycle kick during the first round of last season's Adobe Women's FA Cup has been nominated for the 2025 FIFA Marta Award!
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If you ever have any thoughts, feel free to email (brentfordnyc@gmail.com) or chat with me anytime! #COYB!
Charlie
Saturday, November 29, 2025
New York City Bees: Brentford FC Media Hits (2021-present)
The New York City Bees have garnered nearly a hundred media hits and special features since Brentford's rise to the Premier League in 2021. Learn more about us below:
July 19, 2023: The NYC Bees are prevalently featured on this Premier League Productions series. NYC Bees Co-Founder Charlie Corr is interviewed (and does the introductory team voice overs) to provide some insight on the NYC fandom. On Peacock, the feature is PL Stories: Season 2, Episode 61. NBC Sports posted the feature on its YouTube page for North American-based viewers, but the video has recently been set to private. HERE is the segment uploaded to our drive; the audio and background music has been altered, but the interview discussion is clear. (Peacock is a subscription media outlet.)
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Feb. 20, 2023: NYC Bees Charlie Corr (Manhattan) and Levar Riley (Newark, N.J.) are interviewed by The Athletic's Brentford beat writer, Jay Harris, for a piece focusing on the American Bees support. Corr discusses his draw to the club in 2015 and the growth of the fan group at The Red Lion, and Riley talks about his search for a footballing club back in 2019, and how Brentford checked all the boxes for what he wanted in a team. (The Athletic is a subscription media outlet.)
"The next-best thing to being at the Gtech."
-- The Athletic comments, on NYC's Red Lion
Oct. 5, 2025: During pregame of Brentford FC's road match against Manchester City, NYC Bees Co-Founder Charlie Corr spoke with host Delyth Lloyd and football reporter George Addo on BBC Radio's live Sunday Sportsworld pre-game panel. Key topics included new manager Keith Andrews, Thiago and the new-look Bees attack, season predictions and more! This was our third spot on the program, which has a global audience of 188 million.
May 25, 2025: NYC Bees Co-Founder Charlie Corr was invited to BBC Radio's live Sunday Sportsworld program prior to Brentford's season finale against Wolves. This was our second appearance on the program. The conversation centered on Brentford's long-shot odds of qualifying for European competition, the futures of Bryan Mbeumo and manager Thomas Frank and the exciting goal-scoring campaign.
Aug. 25, 2024: NYC Bees Co-Founder Charlie Corr joined BBC Radio's Sunday Sportsworld for a live panel appearance to help preview the fixture between Brentford and host side Liverpool. The panel discussion was presented by Nishat Ladha alongside football reporter George Addo. Topics included the club's play, recent signings, Brentford stateside fandom and more. The BBC World Service feed is available here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_world_service
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_world_service
"If I could make a blueprint for what I wanted the panel to be like, that was it."
--Jake Katborg, BBC Sunday Sportsworld Producer
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Jan. 6, 2025: The NYC Bees took part in this COPA90-produced feature that highlighted the NYC Bees. Hosted by Nakeira West, the piece included chats with NYC Bees Co-Founder Charlie Corr from nearby Washington Square Park, conversations with Dan Mitzelman and Alison Roberts, and a drop-in of our Brentford-Chelsea watch event on Dec. 15, which drew more than 30 fans. The PL filtered this video throughout their social media channels, including Instagram (76.5 million followers), X (45 million) and YouTube (7.9 million subscribers). We also had a couple cameos in a Jan. 24 series montage.
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The NYC Bees connected with Two Circles, the Premier League's marketing agency that promotes the PLinUSA social media channels (which have a couple million followers). In the final months of the 2024-25 PL season and the opening months of 2025-26, a handful of our supporters were featured in the league's content, stemming from our conversations outside The Red Lion in Manhattan.
Nov. 25, 2025: NYC Bees Alison Roberts and Lev Riley gave some recommendations on celebrations they'd like to see from the Premier League contingent. The video was distributed by both the #PLinUSA and #NBCSportsSoccer Instagram channels.
Nov. 18, 2025: NYC Bee Abhi Goyal earned a spot on a Premier League best hairstyle segment to fill the content void during an international break.
Aug. 26, 2025: NYC Bee Alison Roberts was asked to describe what dog breed represents Brentford FC on #InternationalDogDay. Jack Russell seemed like a perfect choice!
July 15, 2025: NYC Bees friend Reggie Gee (from Florida) made a cameo on a lighthearted "wedding season" segment.
May 24, 2025: It was a fourth appearance for NYC's Alison Roberts when she was included in PLinUSA's MVP conversation, with Liverpool's Mo Salah the resounding choice.
May 20, 2025: NYC Bees Lev Riley and Alison Roberts named Mikkel Damsgaard as Brentford MVP in the latest Run In video series segment.
May 1, 2025: Supporter Alison Roberts spoke about goalkeeper Mark Flekken on PLinUSA's biggest surprise segment.
April 7, 2025: NYC's Alison Roberts and Florida-based fan Reggie Gee appeared in PLinUSA's "Hot Takes" segment.
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Aug. 4, 2025: As part of the Athlon Sports 2025-26 Premier League Preview issue, football writer Michael Lewis spoke with NYC Bees co-founder Charlie Corr for the piece, Examining the Premier League's Booming American Fandom. Lewis would later feature the NYC Bees as part of a drop-in at The Red Lion in September of 2025, with a future piece on his Substack channel, View From The Front Row.
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Oct. 23, 2025: About a half dozen of us spoke with North American football writer Michael Lewis for a feature on View From The Front Row: A Saturday afternoon at The Red Lion. With about 20 of us on hand for a Brentford-Fulham match, Lewis soaked in the experience and reactions to tell the story of the NYC Bees, in the midst of their fifth season setting up shop in Manhattan.
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Charlie Corr has regularly submitted articles for Bees United's newsletter.
May 23, 2024: Stateside Perspective: Establishing our International Bees Voice | Corr recaps a significant 2023-24 season off the pitch that included substantial media attention and growth among the stateside fan base.
Dec. 30, 2023: International Greetings | Corr wrote on behalf of American-based supporters for Bees United's 2023 reflections piece.
Aug. 12, 2023: Bees in the States: Partying Like It's 1889 | Corr looks back at the event surrounding Brentford's participation in the Premier League Summer Series in America.
June 10, 2023: Webb's Undertaking to Prove VAR Works in EPL | Corr, a former colleague of PGMOL's Howard Webb during his tenure at MLS, weighs in on Webb's role in Video Assistant Review in the UK.
April 29, 2023: USA Bees: The NYC Experience | Corr describes the Red Lion experience in Greenwich Village, home of the NYC Bees, and making the pub feel like an extension of Gtech and West London.
"We're 'Just a subway stop in The Village.'"
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NYC Bees supporters and visitors have frequently taken part in this USA-based Brentford FC podcast.
Oct. 29, 2025: NYC Bee Alison Roberts made her Forever Bees podcast debut, chatting about how she became a Brentford supporter shortly after moving to New York City.
Oct. 24, 2025: NYC Bee Abhi Goyal joined Tim Searls and Greville Waterman in the build-up to the next day's big match between Brentford and defending champion Liverpool.
Aug. 5, 2025: To kick off the 2025-26 season, the Forever Bees crew invited back NYC Bees Co-Founder Charlie Corr to get up to speed on the Bees heading into Brentford's fifth Premier League campaign.
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. 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.
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.
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| Lev Riley, Charlie Corr, Tim Searls (L-R) |
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 champion 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.
July 28, 2023: NYC Bees Co-Founder Charlie Corr returns during the PL Summer Series, to chat about Brentford and the heavy supporters growth in NYC.
May 9, 2023: NYC Bees Co-Founder Charlie Corr makes his first appearance.
April 19, 2023: New Hampshire resident Dustin Senor spoke about his NYC experience after visiting The Red Lion for a midweek match.
March 13, 2023: Brentford USA's John Kenkel touts the growth of USA Bees support, with a nice shoutout about the NYC group playing a big role in this trend.
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.
Oct. 25, 2025: Following Brentford's win against defending champion Liverpool, NYC Bees Co-Founder Charlie Corr caught up with Billy "The Bee" Grant for Beesotted's postgame reaction podcast outside The Steam Packet in West London. Fellow NYC Bee Kate McNally also makes a cameo. The chat with our group starts approximately 20 minutes into the episode.
Aug. 11, 2023: Billy "The Bee" Grant and Beesotted talked about the NYC Bees and The Red Lion, where Grant presided for the 2023-24 season opener, during their preseason podcast episode.
April 22, 2023: Beesotted gave a great shoutout to the NYC Bees after making an unannounced drop-in at the pub.
"(The Red Lion is) a must-go venue for any Bees fans visiting NYC."
-- Billy 'The Bee' Grant, Beesotted Podcast
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Oct. 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.
August of 2022: On the Brentford LinkedIn channel, NYC Bees Co-Founder Charlie Corr discussed the start of his Bees fandom and the building of the New York City supporters group.
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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:
April 27, 2024: Brentford-Everton (2x)
March 9, 2024: Brentford-Arsenal
Nov. 11, 2023: Birthday wishes to Rebecca Lowe (video)
Sept. 23, 2023: Brentford-Everton
Sept. 16, 2023: Brentford-Newcastle
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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.
June 11, 2025: In a joint FanFest Live and Shades of Blue production, NYC Bees Co-Founder Charlie Corr joined a Brentford recap show following the 2024-25 campaign.
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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The 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 or feature.
Oct. 27, 2025: Fanzone utilized our Brentford v. Liverpool footage (courtesy of Charlie Corr) from Gtech Community Stadium for a vlog segment on their Monday program.
Feb. 21, 2025: NYC Bee Charlie Corr joined a group discussion to preview Brentford at Leicester City with the Friday Fanzone program.
Nov. 4, 2024: In the buildup to the Brentford-Fulham derby, Charlie Corr joined the Monday Fanzone show to discuss the Bees and the club's upward trajectory this season.
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. 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!
Nov. 3, 2023: NYC Bees Co-Founder Charlie Corr made an appearance on the Premier League Fanzone program in the build-up toward Brentford's match against West Ham, which ultimately resulted in the Bees' third consecutive victory.
#PLFans #PLFanzone
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June 11, 2025: In a joint FanFest Live and Shades of Blue production, NYC Bees Co-Founder Charlie Corr joined a Brentford recap show following the 2024-25 campaign.
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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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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Nov. 13, 2025: NYC Bee Abhi Goyal joined the podcast for a second time -- first occasion of the 2025-26 season -- in the show's International Break Roundtable Bonanza. The show included a discussion on Brentford's expectations, managerial thoughts, transfer front and much more.
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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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.
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).
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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Tuesday, November 25, 2025
NYC Bees recommend goal celebrations: PLinUSA, NBC Sports
Alison Roberts, a Philadelphia native, teed things off with Jason Kelce's celebration with the Eagles, while Lev Riley pinpointed Steph Curry's "night, night" as an emotion that deserves to be brought to the pitch.
The video was distributed on Nov. 25, on both PLinUSA's Instagram channel (1.2 million followers) and the NBCSportsSoccer Instagram feed (150,000-plus followers). With a few more clips, the NYC Bees potentially could be a part of 10 videos on the PLinUSA outlets over a one-year span!
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
NYC Bee Abhi Goyal included in latest Premier League in USA piece
The clip went live on PLinUSA's Instagram channel, which has 1.2 million followers! We've had about a half dozen spots on their social feeds since the league interviewed a group of us NYC Bees in the second half of the 2024-25 season. Thanks as always for including us!
Thursday, November 13, 2025
NYC Bees' Goyal on international break roundtable bonanza
The show covered some good ground, focusing on the team's expectations, managerial thoughts, things to look ahead to on the transfer front, season predictions and much more!
Thanks to the show for having Abhi back!
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Newsletter: Beating the champs, NYC at Gtech, Front Row, venue change
Hi NYC Bees, this has been quite a memorable stretch! We're solidly in the middle of the league table after beating defending Premier League champion Liverpool, the club continues to move on in the Carabao Cup, and we've had some stellar promotional opportunities for our group both locally and abroad! There was a little hitch in our upcoming schedule, but things are perfectly sorted out. Here's a roundup of the latest Brentford happenings, and what we've got to look forward to in November!
We will be meeting for all four matches in November, but with a little twist. The opening road match against Crystal Palace (Nov. 1) will take place at Dog & Bone, 338 3rd Ave., as a private event caused us to change venues. We have a group reservation, so hopefully you can join us! The remaining three November fixtures will all take place at our main home, The Red Lion, 151 Bleecker St. The Red Lion will open early for the 9 a.m. ET kickoff against Newcastle (Nov. 9); the odds of us facing Yoane Wissa are up in the air, but if he sets foot in Gtech Community Stadium, the "boo birds" should be out (and deserved!). See the graphic for our full meet-up schedule.
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As part of the big Brentford win against Liverpool, I had the opportunity to be at Gtech Community Stadium to take it all in! While filming a little bit of the surroundings, Premier League Fanzone was interested in running some footage, so we landed a segment on the Oct. 27 program! (which aired live on Peacock in the states)
During this stretch, we got some NYC Bees signage near the old Brentford grounds at The Griffin, I was fortunate to land a full-page article in the official game day program, and we were flagged down to join Beesotted, approximately 20 minutes into the post-match podcast. It was amazing to connect with some new and old faces on this journey!
Football writer Michael Lewis, well known for his extensive stateside and international coverage of the sport, decided to spend an afternoon with the NYC Bees when Brentford visited Fulham on Sept. 20. We were featured heavily in his Substack channel, View from the Front Row, on Oct. 3! With about 20 of us at The Red Lion, Michael soaked in the experience and reactions to tell our story. Thank you for making the trek from Long Island to paint the picture of this supporters' group! We wish Brentford didn't have one of its poorer performances, but it was nice to see him capture some of the components of our weekly gatherings!
Related content:
Athlon Sports: Examining the EPL's Booming American Fandom
Bees sink defending champion Liverpool: The signature moment of the season to this point surely is Brentford's 3-2 win against defending Premier League champion Liverpool on Oct. 25. Thiago's 60th-minute penalty kick proved to be the game-winner, but many of the fireworks took place in a shot-heavy first half. Off a patented long throw-in from Michael Kayode, Dango Ouattara put the Bees on the scoreboard in the fifth minute, and Mikkel Damsgaard set up Kevin Schade for a two-goal advantage in the 45th minute.
Kayode earned Premier League Team of the Week honors, and manager Keith Andrews also was recognized after this feat. With a respectable 13 points through nine league games, hopefully there are fewer naysayers out there!
Bees advance to Carabao Cup Quarterfinals: Brentford easily ousted the Cinderella Story of the Carabao Cup, Grimsby Town, with a 5-0 road victory on Oct. 28. The win puts the Bees into the tournament's quarterfinals. Mathias Jensen and Keane Lewis-Potter scored clinical goals in the 22nd and 26th minutes, respectively, and really never looked back. Reiss Nelson had an impactful game, setting up KLP's tally and scoring a goal of his own late in the first half. Brentford's Cup run resumes in mid-December, when the Bees visit Manchester City.
Milambo out for season: On Oct. 15, the club announced that Antoni Milambo will miss the remainder of the 2025-26 season. He suffered an ACL injury on international duty with the Netherlands U21s. The 20-year-old Milambo started in a pair of Carabao Cup wins earlier this season.
Quick hits: Former Brentford player Alan Hawley passed away in early October. He was 79. Hawley is 11th on the club's all-time appearances list (343) and he was inducted into the Brentford Hall of Fame in 2013. ... The Brentford Women were eliminated from the Adobe Women's FA Cup on Oct. 26, falling in a 4-3 shootout against Sutton United. Esme Alaneme tallied her first Bees goal during regulation, which ended at 1-1 before going to the shootout. ... Among our other NYC Bees media opportunities, Abhi Goyal made his return to Across the Seas but Forever Bees in the build-up to Brentford-Liverpool, followed by Alison Roberts' debut after our Liverpool and Carabao Cup wins! We appreciate all these opportunities to join the guys at Forever Bees. I took part in another edition of Breaking Bread, a series on the Man City-focused Shades of Blue Network. The opening minutes of my Brentford v Man City conversation are available for free, and the remainder is a Patreon exclusive segment.
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If you ever have any thoughts, feel free to email (brentfordnyc@gmail.com) or chat with me anytime! #COYB!
Charlie
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