QPR fans didn’t mean it as a compliment. When Hoops supporters began chanting “you’re just a bus stop in Hounslow” at their Brentford counterparts at a game a few years back, what they intended as a slight on the Bees’ modest history instead just gave them ammunition.
Brentford reclaimed the phrase to boast how they’ve punched above their weight perhaps more so than any club in England of late, moneyballing their way to the Premier League and now preparing for their fifth straight top-flight campaign. Now, though, comes a defining moment for the club.
