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THIS BENTLEY OOZES CLASS

Bees keeper won’t live in the shadow

By Daniel Blackham
AS A Brentford goalkeeper, you could do worse than emulate David Button – but Daniel Bentley has always wanted to be his own man.
With almost 150 appearances, a promotion from League One and 39 league clean sheets in a three-year spell with Brentford, it’s easy to see why Button’s gloves were so hard to fill following his departure for rivals Fulham last summer.
But Bentley made the move to Griffin Park from Southend and has already clocked up ten clean sheets – just one fewer than Button managed in his fi...

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