Hi all, I've known for a few weeks that the sale of Underhill was going through and plans being drawn up for a school on the site but waited for it to be more generally known by Barnet fans before posting it here. If you look on the Barnet forum you will see that those in the know are under the impression that the bulldozers arrive on 15th December.

I do not know what this currently means to where Broncos train but if I hear anything I will let you know

Surely some mistake.......the set in stone 2013 2year deal is not being altered at all. The delay in 2015 ticket info must be because hughes was awaiting his compensation cheque from AK for breach of contract

Quote: gutterfax "Surely some mistake.......the set in stone 2013 2year deal is not being altered at all. The delay in 2015 ticket info must be because hughes was awaiting his compensation cheque from AK for breach of contract You are bloody tedious. The agreement to play at the Hive in return for ticket revenue and the rental of Underhill until development of the Hive is complete have always been separate. Anyway the news is now public regarding the sale and Barnet FC's plans for South underhill. Would be great if anyone fancies signing one of the petitions www.barnetsociety.org.uk/compone ... uld-return

Quote: gutterfax "Surely some mistake.......the set in stone 2013 2year deal is not being altered at all. The delay in 2015 ticket info must be because hughes was awaiting his compensation cheque from AK for breach of contract You are bloody tedious. The agreement to play at the Hive in return for ticket revenue and the rental of Underhill until development of the Hive is complete have always been separate. Anyway the news is now public regarding the sale and Barnet FC's plans for South underhill. Would be great if anyone fancies signing one of the petitions www.barnetsociety.org.uk/compone ... uld-return

Hmmm....more of the key negotiating skills that made the club what it is today. Why would Brentford want to move to Barnet

I'll happily sign the petition if you promise never to refer to Barnet as the Bees ever again?

There is only one team in London that play in Black and Amber and that's the Bees. All others are either forgeries or colour blind

Brentford are the bees. Barnet don't even play in Barnet FFS

Where we play doesn't determine our nickname. Brentford are only called the B' s because that's how far their fans got with spelling where they come from. They liked the pretty animal picture next to the letter but sadly used the wrong pen in their attempts to colour it in.

It's ok, we don't hold it against them.

SPEAK UP MATE. YOU LOT ARE THAT FAR BEHIND US WE CAN'T HEAR YOU!!!

Oh dear me, no. Brentford have been the Bees since they were founded in 1888 as the winter sports section of the Brentford rowing Club, whose nickname it was.

Not seen that one, this is my reference to Brentford getting their name

To be pedantic, the newspaper quote's from 1900 - the club were denied promotion to the top division of the Southern league that year due to promotion be decided by the 'Test match' play-off system (sound familiar to anyone?). You may well be right about the nickname's origin as according to Graham Haynes and Geoff Buckingham's 'The Brentford Story 1889 - 1979' ( the club played its first game in November 1889 and may well have been founded in that year and not 188icon_cool.gif they were known as the Bonny Boys in the early 1890s.

Back to the original post. Work has just started on the West stand extension. The increased space may mean there will be room for Broncos HQ to move.

Um, your original post was about Underhill, but the stand extension must be at The Hive, so you mean Broncos could move offices (yet again!)?

Still nothing on training facilities. Maybe they'll just stick to Hampstead Heath?