{"id":112150,"date":"2025-05-18T16:39:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T16:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/112150\/"},"modified":"2025-05-18T16:39:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T16:39:13","slug":"brentford-vs-fulham-stopped-by-unofficial-drone-flying-over-the-pitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/112150\/","title":{"rendered":"Brentford vs Fulham stopped by unofficial drone flying over the pitch"},"content":{"rendered":"

The second half of Brentford’s crunch clash against Fulham was delayed due to a drone.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thomas Frank’s side emerged from the break with a valuable 2-1 lead over their west London rivals.<\/p>\n

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A drone was flown above the Gtech Community Stadium and caused a delayCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

However, both sides were moved to the side of the pitch for safety reasons after the drone was spotted hovering on the outside of the Gtech Community Stadium.<\/p>\n

Remarkably, it’s not the first time a Brentford fixture has been impacted by a drone.<\/p>\n

The Bees’ clash Wolves in January 2022 was paused<\/a> for 15 minutes after a drone was flown across the pitch.<\/p>\n

Both players were instructed to depart the field when the drone appeared during the first half.<\/p>\n

But Brentford and Wolves players soon re-emerged and underwent a brief warm-up before the contest resumed, which Wolves went on to win 2-1.<\/p>\n

“It was the same for both teams,” Frank said following the loss.<\/p>\n

“I guess if they find the person, he or she will get fined because they disrupted a match.”<\/p>\n

It was Fulham who took the lead at the Gtech Community Stadium via Raul Jimenez in the 16th minute.<\/p>\n

However, the Bees hit back via Bryan Mbuemo jut six minutes later for his 19th league goal of the campaign.<\/p>\n

The Cameroonian star had the chance to double the home side’s advantage shortly after when Brentford were awarded a penalty.<\/p>\n

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Referee Jarred Gillett brought both sets of players off to the side of the pitchCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

But Mbuemo had his spot kick attempt saved by Bernd Leno.<\/p>\n

Frank’s side would soon have the lead when Yoane Wissa struck two minutes before half-time.<\/p>\n

Wissa was on hand to poke home from close range thanks to Christian Norgaard’s header.<\/p>\n

But the home supporters were left stunned as the Cottagers hit back with two goals in as many minutes midway through the second half.<\/p>\n

Tom Cairney, who appears destined to join Wrexham<\/a> at the end of the season, bagged the equaliser in the 68th minute.<\/p>\n

Harry Wilson, who struck a dagger into Brentford’s hearts in the reverse fixture at Craven Cottage, then restored Fulham’s lead shortly after.<\/p>\n

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Wilson scored the winner for Fulham in both of their matches against Brentford this termCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

The Welshman’s goal proved to be the winner as Brentford’s hopes of an unlikely European place took a hit.<\/p>\n

Although the Bees remain eighth on 55 points, they can be overtaken by ninth-placed Brighton who are equal on points but boast a game in hand.<\/p>\n

As for Fulham, the win brought them up to 10th on 54 points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The second half of Brentford’s crunch clash against Fulham was delayed due to a drone. Thomas Frank’s side…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[9310,50874,31239,94,8641,1625,2998,101,79,16,15,8642],"class_list":{"0":"post-112150","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-brentford","9":"tag-delay","10":"tag-drone","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-football-news","13":"tag-fulham","14":"tag-latest","15":"tag-premier-league","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-updates"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114529826598602035","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}