Brentford’s match against Blackburn Rovers was dedicated to the local community and young people played a special role as children from Brentford FC Community Sports Trust’s projects had important matchday roles. Youngsters took over as Head Coach, Club Photographer, Referee and Club Shop Manager among many other roles and got involved with a matchday. Here's
From the start of the day, our young helpers were straight into the action.
Today's Head Coaches#BeesCTO pic.twitter.com/AqzfYXYjlZ
— Brentford FC (@BrentfordFC) February 2, 2019
Rueben, who benefits from our Short Breaks project for children with disabilities, working in @BrentfordFC Club Shop #BeesCTO pic.twitter.com/jEbEIlemEo
— Brentford FC CST (@BrentfordFCCST) February 2, 2019
Mia, who is part of our Young Carers project, being @BrentfordFC photographer for today’s match #BeesCTO pic.twitter.com/XujUAzdhWz
— Brentford FC CST (@BrentfordFCCST) February 2, 2019
Interviewing the gaffer
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Researching with @iFBrentford
Filling in the teamsheet with @Boblar10
Photos around the ground
Our Community Takeover in full swing#BEESCTO | #BREBLA | #BrentfordFC pic.twitter.com/T0L33KSbxB
Our Community Takeover referee for today, Dajahn, leading out the teams#BeesCTO pic.twitter.com/Y8r7gCNrbX
— Brentford FC (@BrentfordFC) February 2, 2019
🙌🙌 Our young @BrentfordFC matchday announcer announcing that the goal is for @BrentfordFCCST #BeesCTO pic.twitter.com/2nlx8IctPk
— Brentford FC CST (@BrentfordFCCST) February 2, 2019
Leah tweets out our equaliser this afternoon
— Brentford FC (@BrentfordFC) February 2, 2019
15 minutes on updates and a goal - top work#BeesCTO pic.twitter.com/aTxTf4JtAa
It was certainly an unforgettable day for all those involved.
Loving what @BrentfordFC are doing today. Those kids will never forget these experiences! Amazing football club. #BeesCTO
— Loreen Herzig (@FohlenBee) February 2, 2019
I can honestly say I am so proud to be working for @BrentfordFCCST being part of the Trust community takeover day! What a great experience! Super proud of our GDC player Eira, what a great head coach alongside Thomas Frank today! 🐝💛 #BeesCTO
— Amber (@LloydAmber) February 2, 2019
👏👏👏@nealmaupay18 making young Head Coach Eira's day even more special as part of our Community Takeover#BeesCTO | #BrentfordFC | #BREBLA pic.twitter.com/O9mOTYpOuC
— Brentford FC (@BrentfordFC) February 2, 2019
Our hero!! 👏👏👏
— Tony Griffiths (@tonegriff) February 2, 2019
Thanks @nealmaupay18 💪🔥
.#BeesCTO #BREBLA pic.twitter.com/lMD9dCPUhE
Immensely proud of @BrentfordFC for today's #BeesCTO. That and the absolute thrashing we gave Blackburn made it a great day for the Bees.
— 𝕃𝕖𝕖 𝕄𝕔𝔸𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕟 (@LeeMcAllen) February 2, 2019
What a great way 2 get young fans involved in games #BeesCTO 👏👏 https://t.co/YwsXiknZkH
— sandra frain (@sandraf007) February 2, 2019
Amazing initiative by @BrentfordFC involving the young ones on match day duties #BeesCTO
— Dan Mbeti (@Danny_mbeti) February 4, 2019
Very proud of this young man helping out @Boblar10 today as the mini kit man as part of the @BrentfordFCCST community take over at @BrentfordFC pic.twitter.com/EbqmevLoYe
— Matt Wilkins (@rederic72) February 2, 2019