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Brentford\u2019s home ground opened in 1904 and has numerous links to pubs in its history. To start with, it took its name from a nearby pub called The Griffin. It was also famous as being the only ground in the Football League with a pub on each of its corners until The Royal Oak closed recently. Fuller\u2019s Brewery, whose logo features a griffin, also once owned the ground on which the stadium was built. The Griffin pub was used as the club\u2019s dressing rooms for a time, too.<\/p>\n

The club played at five different grounds between 1889, when it was formed, and 1904 before finally settling at Griffin Park. The stadium has had its fair share of trouble over the years since Brentford moved in. It was hit by two separate bombs during the Second World War and in 1983 a fire tour through The Braemer Road Stand, causing \u00a3150,000 worth of damage. Thankfully no one was injured on either occasion.<\/p>\n

The 2019\/20 season was Brentford’s last at their home of more than 100 years, as it was finally time for a new stadium to be built for them to bring them into line with other more modern stadia. You can read about Brentford’s new ground here<\/a><\/p>\n

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Griffin Park Stats<\/th>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n
Year Opened<\/td>\r\n 1904<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Capacity<\/td>\r\n 12300<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Average Attendance<\/td>\r\n 10257<\/td> \r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Record Attendance<\/td>\r\n 38678 (Brentford v Leicester (1949))<\/td>\r\n <\/tr> \r\n \r\n \r\n
Pitch Size<\/td>\r\n 100 x 67 (6700)<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Nickname<\/td>\r\n The Griffin<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n
Owner<\/td>\r\n Brentford F.C.<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n
Clubs Hosted<\/td>\r\n Brentford F.C., London Broncos, Chelsea F.C. Reserves<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
First Fixture<\/td>\r\n Brentford v Plymouth Argyle (01\/09\/1904)<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Final Fixture<\/td>\r\n Brentford v Swansea (29\/07\/2020)<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n

Griffin Park Photos<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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\r\n \"Away\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n Away terrace at Griffin Park\r\n \r\n
\r\n Martin Thirkettle [CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>]<\/em>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\n \"View\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n View from stands\r\n \r\n
\r\n By yellow book (Griffin ParkUploaded by Kafuffle) [CC BY 2.0<\/a>]<\/em>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\n \"View\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n View of the stands\r\n \r\n
\r\n Half price<\/a> at English Wikipedia<\/a> [CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a> or GFDL<\/a>]<\/em>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\n \"Match\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n Match Abandoned\r\n \r\n
\r\n John Paul Dantanus \/ Flikr.com<\/em>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\n \"Griffin\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n Griffin Park Entrance\r\n \r\n
\r\n Jim Linwood \/ Flikr.com<\/em>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\n \"Brentford\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n Brentford Home Game\r\n \r\n
\r\n Paul Wilkinson \/ Flikr.com<\/em>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\n\r\n

Griffin Park Seating Plan and Where to Sit<\/h2>\r\n \r\n
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Paul Wilkinson \/ Flikr.com<\/div>\r\n \r\n \r\n

Griffin Park has four separate stands. The New Road Stand is currently named the Bill Axbey Stand after the clubs oldest supporter and features the dug-outs, The Ealing Road Terrace is a standing section that occasionally houses the away supporters, whilst The Braemer Road Stand houses the dressing rooms and the club’s offices and has two-tiers, with the lower being known as ‘The Paddock’. The Brook Road Stand is known to the locals as \u2018The Wendy House\u2019 and has two-tiers, with the top seating and bottom a terraced section.<\/p>\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\n\r\n

Getting To Griffin Park<\/h2>\r\n

Brentford is in Greater London, so you have the travel options provided by the capital. Here are some of the more typical options you might go for:<\/p>\n

Train<\/strong> – Brentford Railway Station and Kew Bridge Station are both within walking distance of the ground. Gunnersbury and South Ealing Underground stations are both a little further afield but close enough to walk within about 30 minutes.<\/p>\n

Bus<\/strong> – The E8 runs from Hanwell, the E2 runs from West Ealing, the 65 runs from South of the river and the numbers 237, 267 and H29 run along the Kew Bridge Road. All stop within easy walking distance of Griffin Park.<\/p>\n

Car<\/strong> – From outside the M25 get onto it and exit at Junction 15 onto the M4. Leave that at Junction 2 onto the A4 then stay on here until the Chiswick High Road. Take the A315 not Ealing Road then follow the signs. From South London take the Kew Bridge and follow the signs from there. <\/p>\n

By Air<\/strong> – London is served by a host of airports with the nearest to West London being Heathrow. Brentford is the closest professional club to the biggest airport in London.<\/p>\n

Taxi<\/strong> – Getting a taxi from a central London location such as Euston out to Griffin Park would take about 30 mins but cost in the region of \u00a340.<\/p>\n\r\n \r\n

Parking Near Griffin Park<\/h3>\r\n

There is no parking at the ground itself but you might be able to park on surrounding streets if there are no restrictions in place. There are also numerous paid parking areas in Brentford.<\/p>\n\r\n