Brentford B and Academy squads, training staff and pre-season updates

Brentford Academy can confirm their B team and Under-18 teams for the 2025/26 season, along with an update on pre-season plans for both sides.

There are also updates to the coaching departments for both squads.Brentford B can confirm their squad list for the 2025/26 project.

Sam Saunders will take the reins of the B group after six years of working as assistant coach, after Neil MacFarlane’s promotion to the first team.

There will likewise be the introduction of a human performance coach in Alex Davis, in addition to the consultation of an assistant coach in due course.Cameron Tucker-White will move into the B group staff setup as an athletic development coach, having previously held the very same role for the Under-9s to Under-16s. Jani Viander will remain on in his function as goalkeeping coach.Reggie Rose and Marley Tavaziva stay on from last term in between the sticks, whilst protectors Caelan Avenell, Chanse Headman, Conor McManus, Josh Stephenson and Valentino Adedokun likewise stay with the young Bees. Midfielders Ben Krauhaus, Andre Grey and Riley Owen will remain in the team for the

25/26 season, with brand-new finalizing Theo Mawene likewise signing up with them.After an outstanding season in front of objective, Iwan Morgan stays in Saunders’side, along with last year’s top assister Isaac Holland. Ethan Laidlaw will also be in the team as he recuperates from injury. Michael Olakigbe returns from a season that included loan spells at

Wigan and Peterborough, the latter in which he included in the League One play-offs. Ollie Guard signed his first professional contract at the back end of the

24/25 season, having actually invested the project with the title-winning B team.Defender Gregory Asemokhai, goalkeeper Connor Wolfheimer, and forward Michael McSorley signed their first professional deals to make the action up from the Under-18s. Matas Klimas will also make the step up to form the B team squad for the upcoming project. Ethan Brierley and Tony Yogane have gone out on loan to Exeter City and Dundee, respectively.

They are presently the only confirmed departures.SQUAD LIST Goalkeepers Reggie Rose Marley Tavaziva Connor Wolfheimer Defenders Val Adedokun Gregory Asemokhai Caelan Avenell Benjamin Fredrick Chanse

Headman Matas Klimas Conor McManus OllieShield Josh Stephenson Midfielders Ethan Brierley(out on loan)

Andre Grey Ben Krauhaus Theodore Mawene Riley Owen Forwards Isaac Holland Ethan Laidlaw

Michael McSorley Iwan Morgan Michael Olakigbe Emeka Peters Tony Yogane(out on loan)

Brentford Academy Under-18s can validate

their team for the 2025/26

season. Gary McDermott will organize his

very first season as head coach of the Under-18s

, after signing up with the

club ten months

earlier as head coach for the

Under-13s/ 14s. Kieron Driscoll joinsthe young Bees as assistant coach,

with Daniel Hill and Kimmy Edwards continuing their functions

as goalkeeping coach and athletic development coach, respectively.There will be an introduction of a human efficiency coach in due

course, whilst Jon-Paul Pittman

will stay with the Under-18s

as a private development efficiency coach, having organized

the Under-18s in an

interim capability

last term.Defenders Aidan Golding

, Archie Trimboli and Staitham

Bowen will complete the second year of their scholarship in McDermott’s side. Last season’s Under-18s Player of the Year Otis Honor stays with the Bees, whilst Luka Bentt also stays on in the centre of the park.Midfielders Isaiah Powis and Adam Poliakov will also complete their second-year scholarship with

the Under-18s, alongside forwards Michel Boni, Domeiro Bobb-Semple, Naeem Giscombe, Yerime Outtara, Nedved Owusu and Enrique Roca.New scholars Jai Bansoodeb, Chris Cohalan, Micaiah Fanoiki, Jovan Kasujja, Reuben Lawal, Felix Lyon, Layton Nicholls, Nathaniel Ogungbemi, Josh Oladapo-Gamu, Beau Redknapp and Josh Zetter-Plummer finish this season’s team.SQUAD LIST Goalkeepers Felix Lyon Layton Nicholls Protectors Staitham Bowen Micaiah Fanoiki Aidan Golding Reuben Lawal Nate

Ogungbemi Josh Oladapo-Gamu Archie Trimboli Josh Zetter-Plummer Midfielders Jai Bansoodeb Luka Bentt Chris Cohalan Otis Honor Adam Poliakov Isaiah Powis Beau Redknapp Forwards Domeiro Bobb-Semple Michel Boni Naeem Giscombe Jovan Kasujja Yerime Ouattara Nedved Owusu Enrique Roca Pre-season components Brentford Academy can likewise confirm their pre-season schedule for the 2025/26 campaign. The B group will start their pre-season away at Slough on Tuesday 15 July, with a 7.45 pm kick-off at Arbour Park. Tickets for that game can be discovered here.They then play their 2nd game

in a week away against an unnamed challenger on Saturday 19 July. Following a training school in Wales, they then take on Cheltenham Town at 1pm on Monday 28 July. Brentford B then end up with a final pre-season game on Sunday 10

August in which our opponent
will stay unnamed.The Under-18s
start their
preparations for
the upcoming season
with a home fixture against
Leicester City. Kick-off is scheduled for 12pm at Jersey Road, however
the game will be
behind closed doors.
They will then play
two 60-minute games against
Middlesborough and Reading on Saturday 26 July at Loughborough University
. McDermott’s side then face
an exciting
tour to Portugal
where they will handle
Gil Vicente U19s(Wednesday 30 July,	5pm kick-off)
and Porto U17s(
Saturday
2 August, 4pm kick-off). The last scheduled pre-season game for the
U18s sees them host Bristol
Rovers on Tuesday 12
August, with place
and kick-off time to
follow in due course.