 The season was punctuated by bizarre motivational challenges set by Allen, which stretched from ordering the players to prepare their own lunch to swimming in rivers before cup ties.Brentford opened the season with three wins and three losses and though the Bees exited the League Cup and the Football League Trophy at the first attempts, a run of five wins in eight matches through to mid-October had the club rooted in the automatic promotion places in League One.Though Brentford won just four matches in all competitions during the final two months of 2004, the club managed to remain in the top 10 in League One.