Bees less busy as Brentford delays move into new stadium

By Hamish Champ2018-08-29T06:00:00

West London club cites complexity and ‘normal delays and problems’ of scheme being built by Buckingham

Brentford football club is delaying a move out of its Griffin Park home in west London until the end of the 2019/20 season as it awaits completion of its new 17,250-seat ground just over a mile away.

The club, currently lying eighth in the Championship, had been planning to start playing games at the new ground, being built on land adjacent to Kew Bridge railway station, halfway through next season.

With completion originally set for the early part of next year Buckingham Group started building work on the stadium four months ago.

But Brentford now says issues around the new stadium’s construction meant it made more sense to delay the opening and remain at its 12,700 capacity Griffin Park ground where it has been since 1904.

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