Brentford Women Football Club is an English women's football club based in West London, that plays in the London and South East Women's Regional Football League. They are affiliated with the men's team Brentford FC. Brentford Women play at Bedfont Recreation Ground, in Feltham. [1]
| Nickname(s) | The Bees |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1990 |
| Ground | Bedfont Recreation Ground, Feltham |
| Owner | Matthew Benham |
| Chairman | Roger Crook |
| Manager | Vacant |
| League | London and South East Women's Regional Football League |
| 2024–25 | 1st of 12 [2] |
| Website | brentfordfc.com/womens |
Brentford Women was founded by Roger Crook as an under-14s team in July 1990 when his daughter needed somewhere to compete. [3] [4] After playing in various local youth leagues they merged with SmithKline Beecham to form the senior team Brentford Beechams, who played in the Greater London Women’s Football League. [5] In 2005–06 the team merged again, this time with Viking Ladies. [5]
In the 2022–23 season, Brentford Women broke the record for a tier six women's game with an attendance of 5,116 at the Gtech Community Stadium, against Watford on 13 November 2022. [6] [3]
On 4th May 2025, on their penultimate game of the 2024-25 season, Brentford Women won the London & South East Regional Women's Division 1 North, winning the first 21 games of their 22 game season.
The first team was managed by Karleigh Osborne from 2018 until the end of the 2024–25 season, during which he led Brentford Women to the LSE Division One North title and promotion to tier five. Osborne stepped down ahead of the 2025–26 campaign. [7]
The B Team play in the Greater London Women's Football League Division One North. The head coach is Tommy Ryan-Maynard, and Assistant Head Coach is former player Charlotte Tanner. [1]