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According to their website, festival founder Giles Peterson wanted to join "the musical dots between soul, hip hop, house, afro, electronica, jazz and beyond".

There is unquestionably an element of a gamble in leaving the comfort zone and sound structure of Brentford under owner Matthew Benham and director of football Phil Giles.

The event's famous 'Dream Mile', won in the past by greats such as Seb Coe, Steve Ovett, Steve Cram and Jakob Ingebrigtsen, this time went to Portugal's Isaac Nader in 3:48.25, with Britain's Elliot Giles setting a personal best of 3:49.16 in seventh.

"We have scouted him in the past and were aware that he had a year to go on his contract with Liverpool this summer," said Brentford director of football Phil Giles.

"Mark has proven to be a seamless replacement for David Raya, who set an extremely high standard during his years with us," added Giles.