We often get asked who we are and what we do so here is a brief summary.
You can find out a lot more on our website -
BIAS – The Brentford Independent Association of Supporters.
Established in 1997, BIAS represents the views of our members and by extension all supporters of Brentford FC. We are formed under Football Supporters Association (FSA) guidelines and are recognised by the Club as an official Brentford fan group.
People sometimes ask what is the difference between BIAS and Bees United (another Brentford fan group)? BIAS actually came up with the idea to create a supporters trust which eventually became Bees United in 2001. You can read about the history on our website
here. Bees United remains a supporters trust with a place on the Brentford FC board. As such it has additional responsibilities to protect the heritage of Brentford FC. BIAS would recommend all fans are members of both groups.
We decided to retain BIAS as a separate supporters’ group in order to ensure that BIAS could always be completely independent of the club and act solely in the interests of fans. BIAS’s sole commitment is to work with the club to get the best possible experience for fans.
BIAS and Bees United jointly chair the Fan Advisory Board.
Fan Advisory Board | Brentford FC
If you are interested in joining our committee and would like to know more please contact us here
[email protected]someone will be happy to talk to you about what it involves.
We will be electing new committee members at our next AGM in November.
The current members of the BIAS executive committee are:
Angelo Basu – Chair – Season Ticket Holder (West)
David Minckley – Vice Chair and Finance Officer – Season Ticket Holder (West)
Sarah Todd – Secretary – Season Ticket Holder (West)
Adam Hobbs – Season Ticket Holder (West)
Taylor Dawson – Member
Peter Edward – Season Ticket Holder (North)
Richard Nabarro – Season Ticket Holder (West)
Jordan Nugara – Season Ticket Holder (West)
Chris Ritchings – Season Ticket Holder (South – but currently working abroad)
Panit Torkildsen – Season Ticket Holder (West)
Matthew White – Season Ticket Holder (Family stand)
Ally Woyak – Member (ST holder in West from 25/26)
The committee members divide themselves between various working groups which we regularly attend with the club and outside groups and agencies. Amongst these groups are the following:
Fan Advisory Board
Ticketing Policy (pricing, match categories, TAPs, Every Seat Counts etc.)
Ticketing Technical (move to digital, ticket sales processes etc.)
Food and Drink
Retail and Merchandise
Away games and away travel
Fan atmosphere
Women and Girls Forum (including Violence Against Women and Girls initiatives)
Fan safety and behaviour
Met Police Independent Advisory Group on fan safety (along with representatives of other London Clubs fan groups)
Football Supporters Association
FAB chairs group (meeting of all Premier League chairs of FABs)
Various occasional Premier League meetings for fan groups
Ad hoc club meetings for issues not covered by the main working groups
Regular catch ups with the Fan Engagement director
You can find our social media channels here:
Facebook
X/Twitter
You can also find our messages on here on various topics under
@BIAS
We will use this GPG page to post items of interest from time to time but if you have any individual problems you would like help with then you can contact us at feedback
@bias.org.uk - we are a membership organisation and we prioritise giving help to our members.
The more members we have the louder our voice with the club is so please join here
Join BIAS – BIAS. Membership is free.
