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Brentford 3 Konsa Maupay, Forss Preston North End 0
Brentford line-up: Daniels, Henry, Canos (Forss, 79), Maupay, Watkins (Oksanen, 79), Dasilva, Emiliano, Dalsgaard, Jeanvier, Konsa, Racic. Subs not used: Gunnarson, Ogbene, Zamburek, Archibald.

PNE line-up: Ripley, Rafferty, Fisher, Johnson, Storey, Davies, Maguire (Ginnelly, 75), Gallagher, Stockley (Nmecha, 46), Browne, Robinson (Moult, 61). Subs not used: Rudd, Earl, Huntington, O’Reilly.

Attendance: 11,289 (812 PNE fans)

Referee: Mr J Linington

Was it worth the 3.45 am alarm well the team certainly didn't match the supports effort but that is why you support them through thick and thin over the recent weeks it has been very thin but come next August everybody will be refreshed and we will do it all over again.
Amazing away support again visited the three of the four pubs that were open some dressed as Peaky Blinders and one poor sod who was apparently on his stag do sported full Blackpool kit.
Given our early start 5.30 we arrived a good 2 and a halh hours before kick off so wandered round Brentford had a butchers at their new ground when finished could well be very impressive situated next to Kew Gardends tube station

https://youtu.be/wIkMJZin7U4

As usual terrace veiw old school football
As for the match an early injury defender Jeanvier who was knocked out meant we had a 10 minute delay whilst they dealt with the stricken defender, he was well enough to wander round the ground in the Bees end of season walk round the ground

Probably looked the better side for the first couple of minutes untilBrentford hit their stride and when they did it was Franz Klammer territory downhill all the way

Both full backs were getting acres of space, Maupey missed a chance which personal view he should have buried, Ripley then try to out football lost the ball but managed to dive on it and a fine team move let in Henry he should have scored dragged it wide.
Robinson had an effort pushed away by Daniels in a rare North End attack.
Difference between the two sides they attacked at pace and we were ponderous. When they eventually scored we didn't defend brilliantly Ripley flapped at a cross ,the ball was returned into the box didn't deal with it and Konsa fired home from 8 yards.
Survived at 1 down at half time following another long stoppage due to a home supported who was taken ill near the dugouts.
Neal's usual end of season half time bollocking did spark a bit of a response but a sustained bit of home pressure brought a second Canos causing chaos ball across easy for Maupay and effectively game over.
Substitutions for us came and went made a slight difference but Bees substitute Forss basically scored with one of his first touches advanced on goal towards a retreating defence fired through a defenders legs past the unsighted Ripley into the bottom corner and given the delay we had had probably scored the last goal of the regular season.
Ripley made a great stop to prevent a bigger defeat and right at the end Ginnelly was denied by a defender and Daniels and there it was gone.
No complaints about the result they wanted it more than we did.

Brentford head coach Thomas Frank told BBC London:

"I'm pleased that we finished well, not only today but in general.

"It's a privilege to give debuts to young players - it was so nice to give a debut to Jaakko (Oksanen) but also Marcus scoring his first league goal is big.

"We know he's a talented striker that had a difficult season with a long-term injury - now he's coming back, so that's promising."

Preston boss Alex Neil told BBC Radio Lancashire:

"I'm naturally disappointed - I didn't think we really threatened Brentford that much.

"When we're going forward it amounts to nothing really, and when they're going forward they're getting shots on target, corners and applying pressure.

"We didn't do basics in the game well enough - our use of the ball was quite safe and pedestrian, we didn't move it quickly enough."