Brentford had two London derbies to look forward to in early March but, as it proved, there wasn’t to be much joy to be had as The Bees failed to pick up a point. First up at Griffin Park were relegation candidates Charlton Athletic, who travelled across the capital in desperate need of points as they looked to stay in the second tier. Things couldn’t have started worse for The Bees as Callum Harriott netted after just 19 seconds but Yoann Barbet’s first goal in red and white stripes saw the teams go in level at the break. In the second-half Brentford couldn’t find a second goal and were then struck by a sucker punch from Harriott late on as the points headed East.
A week later and there was a chance to do the double over local rivals Queens Park Rangers as the team, backed by more than 3,000 fans, made the four mile trip to Loftus Road. Things didn’t go at all to plan for The Bees as Junior Hoilett curled Rangers into a first-half lead and the points were wrapped up with two goals in four second-half minutes: Sebastian Polter and Tjaronn Cherry the men on target for the home side.
Wins were also proving elusive for the Academy teams as Birmingham City ran out 2-0 winners over the Youth Team at Jersey Road, Ronan Hale scoring both, while Millwall took the points from their clash with Flemming Pedersen’s Under-21 after a 3-0 victory. Jon De Souza’s Under-18’s looked to be heading back from Cheshire with at least a point from their match against Crewe Alexandra but a pair of sublime injury-time free-kicks from Owen Dale and Harry Pickering meant it was a long journey home after a 4-2 defeat. The Crewe pair had twice put The Railwaymen ahead, only for Josh Bohui and Shawkat Tahir to level, but they struck late on to condemn The Bees to a fourth straight defeat. The Development Squad did at least pick up a point from their local derby with QPR after a goalless draw. It should have been more but Joe Lumley in the home goal made a string of fine saves to thwart Pedersen’s side.
A link to Brentford’s history ended on 10 March as the last surviving player from our Division One days, Walter Bragg, died. Wally played 168 games for Brentford in a ten-year association with The Bees and was the last living member of our final Division One squad from 1946/47. March would see the final International Break of the season and in preparation for Spain’s Under-19 European Championship qualifiers, Sergi Canos earned his second cap in a 2-1 friendly win over Serbia. The London Football Awards saw midfielder Alan Judge and the club's Community Sports' Trust named as runners-up in the Football League Player of the Year and Community Project of the Year categories.