Those Were The Days; 19th July 1995

[Les1949]

THOSE WERE THE DAYS
19th July 1995

Pre-Season Friendly

Hampton 0 Brentford 7 (Taylor 3, Ashby 2, Grainger,pen, Statham ) Att; 1,200

Hampton;-
Mark Russell; Jon Reilly, Kevin Duffell, Dave Sutton, Brian Bere, Dave Rattue, Mick Beadle, Barry Moore, Jim Wigmore, Jimmy Brown, Simon Rollinson.
Subs; Fascione, Warren Bayliss, Tom Maloney, Grant Hutchinson, Steve Cheshire, Peter Wood, Steve Latuske.

Brentford;-
Kevin Dearden; Brian Statham, Martin Grainger, Barry Ashby, Jamie Bates, David McGee, Carl Hutchins, Paul Smith, Nick Forster, Paul Stephenson, Robert Taylor.
Subs; Craig Ravenscroft, Paul Abrahams, Joe Omigie, Darren Annon, Jamie Southon.

Whilst the Hampton Treasurer was counting the takings from a bumper crowd for the visit of Brentford, the Bees were showing no mercy to Hampton, Division 2, Isthmian (Diadora) League. Brentford won at a canter, and were 4-0 up by half-time. In the 11th minute Barry Asby headed in Martin Grainger’s corner, the second goal came from the same combination. Grainger scored from the spot in the 25th minute and then just before the interval, Nick Forster laid on a goal for Brian Statham. Early in the second half, Robert Taylor was substituted off (at Referee Keegan’s request) after he lashed out at Maloney. Forster picked up the slack and scored three goals in a fifteen-minute spell. Hampton were reliant on their keeper, Russell, to keep the score within bounds. The large group of Brentford fans went happy – but not as happy as the home club’s Treasurer!


The Old Historian

[TW3 Beaver]

That's an extremely strong Brentford side, with only Jamie Southon, who was on the bench, and had a decent Non League career, the only one not to make any first team appearances.