on 17 January 2012. After his loan spell ended, Waddock insisted he had no hard feelings about Trotta choosing to test himself at a higher level. Trotta made eight appearances for Wycombe and scored eight goals. Watford (loan) On 23 February 2012, Trotta joined Championship club Watford on a one-month youth loan. He made his debut in a 3–0 league defeat to Southampton two days later. He started the match and was brought off after 59 minutes for Joe Garner. He was an unused substitute for the following three games and returned to Fulham after his loan expired having made only one appearance for the club. Brentford (loan) On 22 November 2012, Fulham confirmed that Trotta would join League One club Brentford on loan, initially until 13 January 2013. Two days later, he made his debut for the club, coming on as a substitute for Lee Hodson, in a 2–0 win against Sheffield United. He scored twice before setting up a goal for Harry Forrester, in a 4–2 FA Cup second round replay win over Bradford City on 18 December. He scored his first league goal for the club in a 3–1 win over Colchester United on Boxing Day. Fulham confirmed on 14 January that Trotta would stay with Brentford until the end of the 2012–13 season. On 27 January 2013, Trotta scored the opening goal of a memorable 2–2 FA Cup fourth round draw against Chelsea. He scored in bursts over the remainder of the season, scoring two in two games against Bury and Stevenage in February and three goals in four games in April. Doncaster Rovers penalty incident Brentford's final game of the regular season came against Doncaster Rovers at Griffin Park on 27 April 2013. With the score at 0–0 and Brentford needing to win to secure automatic promotion to the Championship, the Bees were handed a lifeline when they won a penalty in the fourth of five minutes' injury time. Defender Kevin O'Connor was manager Uwe Rösler's designated penalty taker, but Trotta wrestled the ball from O'Connor, with the intention of taking the penalty. Trotta slammed the spot-kick against the crossbar and Doncaster scored from the resulting breakaway, winning the game 1–0 and consigning Brentford to the end-of-season playoffs. Rösler stated after the game that he had not wanted him to take the penalty, saying "I am not going to hold anyone out to dry. We