{"id":492053,"date":"2026-02-26T17:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T17:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/492053\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T17:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T17:59:09","slug":"breaking-news-brentford-head-coach-keith-andrews-signs-new-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/492053\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking news: Brentford head coach Keith Andrews signs new contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brentford head coach Keith Andrews has signed a new long-term contract.<\/p>\n<p>Under Andrews\u2019 guidance, the west Londoners sit seventh in the top flight this term, having reached the new year with a club-record <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/en\/competition\/premier-league-9\/fixtures\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premier League<\/a> points total for that stage of a season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Keith accepted the job last summer, he signed a three-year contract, but the intention was always that we\u2019d review this at the earliest opportunity,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/en\/team\/brentford-671\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brentford<\/a> director of football Phil Giles. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven our progress this season, I\u2019m really happy that we have agreed this extension within the first nine months. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cKeith has done an outstanding job, the team are playing well and the things we thought we could be better at this season have all improved. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is a really good fit for the club and the way we like to work, as he is able to bring the best out of both players and staff alike. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone at <a href=\"https:\/\/onefootball.com\/en\/team\/brentford-671\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brentford<\/a> will be pleased to hear that Keith will be with us for many years to come, and I\u2019m excited by what we can all achieve together in the coming seasons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleBlockquote_blockquote__text__nQkvW\">\u201cHe is a really good fit for the club and the way we like to work, as he is able to bring the best out of both players and staff alike&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He initially joined the club as set-piece coach in July 2024, departing Sheffield United, where he had been part of the coaching set-up under Chris Wilder.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to that, the 45-year-old was assistant manager to Stephen Kenny during the Dubliner\u2019s three-year spell as Republic of Ireland boss (2020-2023) and served as MK Dons\u2019 assistant manager for the 2015\/16 Championship campaign.<\/p>\n<p>A midfielder, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brentfordfc.com\/en\/teams\/profile\/keith-andrews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\">Andrews<\/a> represented clubs including Wolverhampton Wanderers, Hull City, MK Dons and Blackburn Rovers during a 16-year playing career which began in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>Andrews earned 35 caps for the Republic of Ireland and featured at UEFA Euro 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brentford head coach Keith Andrews has signed a new long-term contract. Under Andrews\u2019 guidance, the west Londoners sit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":492054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-492053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}