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Bees Babes come of age to ko the Potters

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The LeaguePaper Team
5 January 2020

By David Lenny

STAR MAN EMILIANO MARCONDES Brentford
PROUD Thomas Frank hailed his “Brentford Babes” as one of the club’s youngest-ever sides eased past an experienced Stoke outfit.
The Bees featured only one regular first-teamer and included seven B-team products against a Potters side which included seven regulars, but edged it 1-0 courtesy of Emiliano Marcondes’ first-half set-piece.
Frank said: “That was absolutely fantastic.
My wish for this game was totally completed because I wanted a win, important minutes for a lot of players and to show that we ...

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