Does anyone know if they had any resentment from any Irish fans who have supported them from the Reading area? I hear there are Brentford supporters who are not happy at the ground share.
I know they've been in Reading for a long time, but they have remained
London Irish, and have been playing in a rented stadium while continuing to train in Sunbury, so a move back to London can't have come as that much of a shock. Both grounds are within sight of the M4, so not a particularly arduous journey (Compared to Sudbury to Coventry via Shepherd's Bush and High Wycombe for example!) and the Brentford site is much better served by public transport than the Mad Stad.
I can fully understand Brentford fans' reservations about the state of the pitch with a rugby team carving up their immaculate, brand new playing surface every other week, but I guess the commercial benefits outweighed them. Not sure what the pitch composition is, and too early to know how well it will hold up.
And on the thread title, Irish have obligingly replaced the one "Not" element of their nickname with George Nott in their second row.