Montell Moore

Youth years (2003–2014)

Growing up in Chiswick,^[2] Moore joined the local Brentford Community Sports Trust at age seven and impressed enough to be offered a place at the club's Centre of Excellence.^[3][4] A broken leg and a year out of football failed to halt his progression through the ranks and he made his debut for the club's youth team during the 2011–12 season,^[5] making eight appearances.^[6] Moore signed scholarship forms in July 2012.^[7] Over the course of his two-year scholarship, he scored 14 goals in 36 appearances for the youth team and finished as top scorer in the 2013–14 season.^[8][9] On 30 June 2014, Moore signed a one-year professional contract to be a part of the Development Squad for the 2014–15 season.^[10]

Breakthrough (2014–2016)

After featuring for the first team during pre-season and scoring in a 5–1 rout of Barnet,^[11] Moore was called into the senior squad for the opening game of the 2014–15 Championship season against Charlton Athletic, but remained an unused substitute.^[12] He made his professional debut in the following match, starting in a League Cup first round tie with Dagenham & Redbridge.^[13] With the score at 4–4, Moore scored his first senior goal seven minutes into extra time and Brentford won the match on penalties after an incredible 6–6 draw.^[13] He also set up two goals for Stuart Dallas.^[14] Moore signed a new three-year contract on 15 August,^[4] but lost his place in the squad due to the arrival of Betinho on loan and the resurgence of Toumani Diagouraga.^[12][15] He continued to appear regularly for the Development Squad and spent the second half of the 2014–15 season out on loan.^[16]

Moore failed to feature at all for the first team during the first six months of the 2015–16 season and his contract was cancelled by mutual consent on 1 February 2016.^[17] He made one first team appearance and scored 9 goals in 31 matches for the Development Squad during 18 months as a professional at Griffin Park.^{[18][19][20][21][22]}

Burnham (loan)

Moore and Brentford Development Squad teammate George Pilbeam joined Southern League Premier Division strugglers Burnham on loan on 11 February 2014.^[23] In a spell affected by the weather, Moore made just one appearance for the Blues, as a late substitute in a 4–2 defeat to St Neots Town on 15 February.^[24]

Midtjylland (loan)

On 19 January 2015, Moore joined Danish Superliga leaders Midtjylland on loan until May 2015.^[25] He made 8 U19 and two reserve team appearances and helped the U19 team to the U19 Ligaen title.^[16] He returned to Griffin Park after his loan expired.^[16]