After the Christmas break Brentford FC Futsal Club returned to the court this week preparing for an ‘A’ and ‘B’ team fixture against Norwich City today, Wednesday January 7, at SportHouse in Barking.
The ‘A’ team fixture has particular importance as the seedings for The Sky Sports Soccer AM Cup are dependent on each team’s league position after this round of fixtures.
Brentford know that only a win will ensure that they are in Pot Two for the draw, which takes place tomorrow, Thursday January 8.
With the event featuring on Sky Sports Saturday morning from the Second Round onwards the Brentford scholars will be keen to give themselves the best possible chance to get through Round One.
From the training sessions to date it would appear that the players heeded Luis Melville’s words not to over indulge and have looked sharp.
Prior to Christmas the BTEC students assisted at the ‘Meet The Players’ event which proved a valuable work experience opportunity to see how Club, Community and participants come together.
Good news followed for the second successive month with Harman Sandhu being selected in The South East Division December Team of The Month following on from Kyle O’Neill previously.
With unbeaten Chelsea playing fourth placed Southend United this represents a good chance for The Bees to claim third spot and put pressure on Brighton and Hove Albion who play pointless Leyton Orient.
Peterborough United and Crawley Town face off against each other in the other League One match.
In League Two, it’s Norwich who are the pacesetters with maximum points from their six games and the battle for second spot to secure a place in the end of season play offs is starting to hot up.
Two points separate Chelsea, Brighton and the TW8 Scholars.
Brentford know that their previous encounter back in October, when they lost 4-2 to The Canaries, was just as much about being wasteful in front of goal as conceding sloppy goals.
Chelsea play bottom placed Southend with Brighton going head to head with Peterborough in the other League Two match.
Fixtures, tables and results can be seen
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