Marco Djuricin scored the goal that ended Brentford's 50-year wait to beat Queens Park Rangers in a west London derby. His strike secured a 1-0 victory at Griffin Park on Friday 30 October 2015, a landmark moment for the club and its supporters.
Djuricin had joined the Bees on a season-long loan from Red Bull Salzburg just two months earlier. He made an immediate impact, scoring on his debut in a 1-1 draw at Leeds United before netting the historic winner against QPR. The Austrian forward described the profound emotional reaction from long-serving stadium announcer Peter Gilham.
"Peter Gilham had tears in his eyes when he came to me and said, 'Marco, you don't know what you did'," Djuricin recalled. He said the moment and the respect from fans at Griffin Park made him feel a deep connection to the club, contrasting the atmosphere positively with his experiences in Germany.
His time in west London was later disrupted by an ankle ligament injury sustained away at Blackburn Rovers, which kept him out for over two months. Djuricin returned in a 1-0 FA Cup defeat to Walsall in January 2016 and featured in eight of the ten Championship games he was available for after his recovery. He provided an assist in a 4-1 win at MK Dons and played a full 90 minutes in a 2-0 loss at Hull City before retiring from professional football aged 33.
That historic derby win remains a cherished memory as the modern Brentford side, now sitting sixth in the Premier League with 11 points from eight games, prepares for its next challenge. Thomas Frank's team, who have scored 14 goals this season, host Nottingham Forest at the Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday. The current team has two wins and five draws from its eight league matches, leaving them ten points behind the leaders Manchester City. Their recent form shows one win, two draws and two defeats from the last five outings. They come into the match following a 3-2 loss at Sunderland last Wednesday, where late goals from Callum Wilson and Igor Thiago provided a consolation, and a 1-1 draw at Hull City the previous Saturday, with Dango Ouattara on the scoresheet. They face a Nottingham Forest side currently in 18th place.
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