sentences:  Ron Greenwood, then playing for Second Division club Brentford, knew of Coote and recommended to manager Jackie Gibbons that Brentford sign him.Coote joined the Bees as an amateur on 26 March 1949 and signed a professional contract on 9 May 1949.He made his debut for the club in a 4–1 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur at Griffin Park on the opening day of the 1949–50 season.