Brentford B 6 Tottenham Hotspur U21s 1: Hickey scores as young Bees lift Robert Rowan Invitational trophy | OneFootball

Brentford B beat Tottenham Hotspur Under-21s 6-1 to take home the Robert Rowan Invitational trophy for the third year in a row at Gtech Community Stadium.

Aaron Hickey scored in the first half whilst Yunus Emre Konak, Gustavo Nunes, and Matthew Cox all played their part as the Bees cruised to victory over Spurs to keep their 100 per cent record in the fixture in place.

Michael Olakigbe had the first chance for the Bees, beating his full-back with a stepover before flashing a cross-shot across goal which had the Spurs keeper Aaron Maguire scrambling as the ball flew just over the crossbar.

It didn't take long for the west Londoners to take the lead, as Andre Grey capitalised on a sloppy pass from Maguire on eight minutes before he calmly slotted home into the bottom-left corner.

On 18 minutes, Nunes almost set up a superb goal; Cox got Brentford on the counter attack with an excellent throw before the Brazilian's outside-of-the-boot pass found Max Dickov on the edge of the box. He connected well with the header, which floated over the rooted Maguire, but landed the wrong side of the post.

Cox was called into action for the first time midway through the first 45, tipping an effort around the post from Tyrese Hall.

Grey nearly had his second of the game just before the half-hour mark after Vonnte Williams' backheel freed up Olakigbe, who squared the ball to the penalty spot but the midfielder spurned his right-footed effort.

Brentford deserved to double their lead and did so on 31 minutes when Olakigbe's in-swinging cross was nodded home by Chanse Headman.

Moments later, Cox made a good save from Reiss Russell-Denny's attempt to keep Neil MacFarlane's side two-goal lead intact.

Hickey rounded off an exceptional first half for the Bees on 42 minutes, selling his defender with a clever feint on his left foot, before rolling a difficult finish made look easy into the bottom corner to put Brentford in control at the break.

The visitors came back out fighting, and within seconds of the restart had found a way back into the game as Ellis Lehane picked out the top corner excellently from distance to make it 3-1. Cox then made a full-stretch diving save two minutes later.

With 25 minutes left to play, Hall drove into the box and forced another good save from Cox as he bent his effort towards the bottom-right corner, before Oliver Irow fired over from close range moments later.

The Bees struggled to create chances until late in the second half when winger Emeka Peters broke through from Ollie Shield's reverse pass on 79 minutes. He took his time and lifted a mature finish over Maguire to seal the victory.

Substitute Michel Boni had a chance to make it five shortly afterwards but placed his strike too close to the Spurs goalkeeper after some tenacious work.

Nedved Owusu topped off a five-star display from the Bees as he tapped home from close range from Freddie Taylor's cross on 88 minutes.

The young Bees were not finished there. Boni was fed by Peters in the box as the game entered stoppage-time, and he smashed his effort into the back of the net to complete the scoring.

It was an excellent performance from MacFarlane's side in an important fixture, with all proceeds being donated to the club’s Heart of West London initiative.

A shirt signed by the entire Brentford B squad is available at auction thanks to MatchWornShirt in support of Heart of West London. It is available here.

The Under-21s are next in action on Wednesday 21 May as they travel to AFC Bournemouth Under-21s in the Professional Development League play-off final (7pm kick-off BST). You can buy tickets for the fixture here.

Brentford B: Cox (Tavaziva 77), Hickey (Boni 62); Williams (Taylor 85), Avenell (Asemokhai 77); Headman, Konak, Olakigbe (Owusu 77); Grey (Bobb-Semple 85), Dickov (Honor 77); Shield, Nunes (Peters 46)

Booked: Konak 52, Avenell 63

Tottenham Hotspur U21s: Maguire (Bloedorn 46); Ashcroft, Robson (Andiyapan 77), Rowswell (Bryne 72); Arganese-McDermott, Casanova (Logan 72); Akhamrich, Russell-Denny (Kyerematen 62); Lehane (Adewole 63); Hall (Dan Batty 77); Crow

Subs not used: Chenery, Hall, Thompson

Attendance: 1,037

MacFarlane: It was an amazing night

Brentford B head coach Neil MacFarlane was full of praise for his side following their 6-1 triumph over Tottenham Hotspur Under-21s in the Robert Rowan Invitational.

The team featured a mix of first team, B team and Under-18 players, with players from each group scoring on the night.

"It was an amazing night... we wanted to do Rob proud and do his family proud and to a man they were absolutely exceptional," said MacFarlane.

"We saw what the club's all about in many respects. We had players like Aaron Hickey who's played many, many games stepping down from our first team, players that have progressed in the first team and then players that have done so well for us within the B team project.

"Then towards the end there to see the amount of U18s coming onto the pitch and doing so well; it was just a really fitting night and a fitting end to our home season in many respects because it's been a sensational season."