Brentford Community Stadium

[John Webb] Brentford Football Club – one of west London’s leading teams, mid-table in The championship – with creditable Premier League aspirations are building a new stadium. For a year or so now I have been following progress in my sketchbooks.

The club have recognised this and arranged limited site access but sufficient to get interesting viewpoints. Full PPE - hard hat, boots, hi vis and gloves (!).  There is a special page with an honourable mention for London Urban Sketchers on their website.

The series of sketches so far can be seen on my website.
Here’s my latest:

Brentford Community Stadium

Brentford Football Club/Brentford Community Stadium

[John Webb] 

Brentford have a long and distinguished history in west London. Once in the top league, they have been through many difficult times but more recently seen huge progression upwards through League 2, League 1, and now a consistent top half finisher in the Championship – in 2015 we made a serious challenge to get to the Premier League by reaching the Championship playoffs.

This progression includes plans for a new stadium. Whilst longer in the planning than construction, at last the site has been cleared and construction is well under way.

As my son and I have been season ticket holders for a few years it was a natural instinct to draw it as it happens, documenting the progress towards what will be one of the most significant moments in the club’s history.

BFC and their development partner Be have arranged site access so I can make an artist-eye view of the journey towards our new era at Lionel Road.

Site clearance  April – July 2017

Groundworks & piling  April – June 2018

Brentford Football Club/Brentford Community Stadium