Macauley Bonne10. Leyton Orient’s home fixtures at the Breyer Group Stadium will revert to being behind-closed-doors. During this time, the club furloughed all players and staff to reduce the financial burden on the club due to the pandemic.[25][26]. St Albans City games are broadcast online via YouTube with significant viewing figures. The original manager and chairman was Keith Fortt, who passed the reins to Ben Archibald in 2007. Goalkeeper Dean Brill is handed the number 1 shirt having signed a new two-year-deal in February, while fellow goalkeepers Charlie Grainger and Sam Sargeant will wear 12 and 24 respectively. Following Fulham's promotion to the Premier League they became the oldest London club playing in the Football League. The club had moved to Leyton in 1937, though again there was another team called Leyton F.C. David Mooney11. NEWS: Squad Numbers confirmed for 2018/19. Among Orient's main rivals are Southend United, with whom they contest the A13 derby. The O’s first signing of the summer, Dale Gorman will wear the number 17 for the 2018/19 campaign. The rivalry came about after a period of Southend being Orient's geographically closest league rivals between 1998 and 2005. Highlights of a goal scored by the team in 2018/19 achieved over 1.4 million views by football fans and also feature on the BT Sport weekly National League highlights show. Jake Caprice. However, the following season (2016â17) saw another disastrous slump, under five different managers,[15] as well as off-pitch turmoil, including a winding-up hearing against Becchetti for unpaid taxes. ... Leyton Orient: 2018-19 (National League) ... Ireland name six uncapped players in 35-man squad for Six Nations Transfers: Overview of all signed and sold players of club Leyton Orient for the current season. The stadium was demolished in the 1970s.[35]. Whittle's Athletic Ground was originally a whippet racing ground later known as Millfields and Clapton Orient played there until 1930. 2018-19: Moved to Hull City for the 2018-19 Championship season, finishing 13th. They defeated Peterborough United to advance to the playoff final at Wembley,[13] but lost in the final to Rotherham United via a penalty shoot-out. Orient finished one place but six points away from a League Two play-off place in the 2015â16 season. [2] They have played home matches at Brisbane Road since 1937, having previously played at Millfields and Lea Bridge Road. With even less time to save Orient from relegation than Williams before him, Slade managed to bring about a change in form that saw Orient finish in 17th place, just one point but four places clear of relegation. The initial plans, dubbed Orient 2000 by the club, were revealed in the mid-1990s. He enjoyed a very positive start, winning seven of his first nine matches and moving Orient up to 15th. In 1978 the club was indirectly responsible for the album Variations composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber for his brother, the cellist Julian Lloyd Webber. He died on 8 June 2019, aged 49. Charlie Grainger14. Grimsby's manager that season was Russell Slade, who would later become Orient's manager. The Orient fans were still celebrating this when just 14 seconds later, Lee Steele scored to confirm Orient's promotion. Craig Clay9. Alex Lawless5. The club also reached the final of the FA Trophy, but were defeated by AFC Fylde. ... Lee has asked to take the number 22. Nigel Travis took over running the club in 2017 and appointed Justin Edinburgh as manager, and under this stable leadership the club went on to reach the 2019 FA Trophy final and win promotion back into the Football League as champions of the National League in 2018â19. Squad … A farewell parade was also hosted but not before the O's had won 2â0. By beating Colchester United away, in the first round of the Football League Cup, they earned a home second round fixture against Premier League Club, Stoke City. Leyton Orient were originally formed by members of the Glyn Cricket Club in 1881, many of whom were former students of the Independent College, Homerton in nearby Hackney (now Homerton College in Cambridge); an annual fixture is still held between the club and the college. In 1972 Orient achieved one of the most famous results in their history â coming back from 2â0 down to beat Chelsea 3â2 in the FA Cup fifth round. He is midfielder who can score goals,and he was a mainstay of the Leyton Orient Under 18’s team during the 2017-18 season. The modernisation of the East Stand happened during the break between the season of 2013/14 and 2015/16. On Saturday evening Tottenham legend David Ginola paid his … 2017-18: Finished 17th in the Championship with Forest, his final season with the club. Either side of the Arsenal games, Leyton Orient achieved a club record-equalling 14 games unbeaten, putting the team just outside the play-off positions. This reached No.2 in the pop album charts. Leyton Orient Official Name: Leyton Orient Football Club Formed: 1881 Ground: The Breyer Group Stadium (9,271) Manager: Justin Edinburgh [ENG] Leyton Orient were Division Three South champions in the 1955â56 season and spent 20 of the next 25 years in the Second Division, before being relegated at the end of the 1981â82 season. The Supporters club is the official supporters representative although there is a smaller group called Leyton Orient Fans Trust. As Orient was only a tenant and facing high rents and competition with other events at Millfields Road, Orient owners left Millfields Road for another racing ground across Hackney Marshes soon after, having stayed for 30 years. The wyvern symbol was introduced in 1976 and is believed to incorporate Orient's links with the City of London â the wyvern is the symbol of the Thames, in mythology is the defender of the Thames â and with the sea, through the old Orient Shipping Company. Some players were released, some declined new contracts and the club's longest-serving player Matthew Lockwood was re-signed but later moved in pre-season to Nottingham Forest. [37] On 6 March, Barry Hearn stated that he would mount another legal challenge as he believed that the rules set out by the LLDC had not been followed. Leyton Orient Trust; Supporters Club; Fans Trust; Orient Rewards; PA announcements; Theo’s Family; Customer Charter; More arrow_drop_down. The 2017–18 season is the 119th season in the history of Leyton Orient Football Club, and their first in the National League after being relegated from the Football League for the first time in 112 years.. Marvin Ekpiteta22. The home of Leyton Orient on BBC Sport online. This was the first official visit to the Orient war graves for 90 years. Orient beat Swansea 2â1 to set up a glamour fifth round tie against Premier League giants Arsenal at Brisbane Road, which finished in a 1â1 draw thanks to a late Jonathan Téhoué equaliser for the O's. Theo first appeared in the 2000â01 season. The National League consists of 24 clubs. Orient's first match held there was a 3â1 win over Newport County on 4 September 1930, in front of a crowd of 5,505. © 2020 Leyton Orient FC. During the 2008â09 season, Leyton Orient changed the name of the South Stand in honour of the late Orient top-scorer, Tommy Johnston and is known simply as the Tommy Johnston Stand. Brisbane Road has undergone many changes since Orient's arrival. Orient's crest is made up of two wyverns facing each other over a football. Other local rivals include West Ham United, Millwall, Brentford, Dagenham & Redbridge and Barnet. Dale Gorman18. 2018/19 Squad Numbers Announced Share this With the first team squad reporting back for the first day of pre-season today, we can now announce our squad numbers for the coming season… The plans were ambitious, as they involved rotating the pitch and developing all four sides. 10% from the sale of every shirt is allocated to the charity named on the front. [40][41] Leyton's legal challenge was ended when a confidential agreement between Orient and the Premier League was reached.[42][43]. Myles Judd15. Beccehetti saw continued criticism for his ownership, which resulted in a pitch invasion and protest against him on 29 April, resulting in the game being called off. The team struggled in the top flight and were relegated after just one season. James Dayton will wear the number 11 while James Brophy takes the 16 shirt. The O's also played pre-season friendlies at Leyton Cricket Ground for several seasons. The NI Under-21 international broke into the Stevenage first-team during the 2015-16 season and spent three seasons in the first-team. Jobi McAnuff8. Burnley 2018-19 squad numbers . MX23RW : Tuesday, December 8 22:14:17| >> :600:1651437:1651437: ... Carragher: 'Chelsea squad … Youth team manager Kevin Nugent was named caretaker manager overseeing three games. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018. Orient then continued the season with multiple poor results and performances throughout September and October and their only wins were away matches against Walsall and Southend United in the Football League Trophy first round. Orient's next two home league fixtures (both victories) were held at Wembley Stadium, the second attracting a crowd of just 1,916 to see the 3â1 win over Southend United. A disastrous second half of the season meant that Orient was relegated from League One after a 2â2 draw at Swindon Town on the final day. The name Leyton Orient was adopted following the conclusion of the Second World War. The next phase of redevelopment (replacement of the North Terrace and West Stand) ran into financial problems. Orient went on to win promotion out of League Two with Martin Ling in 2005â06, before Hearn sold the club to Italian businessman Francesco Becchetti, who presided over two relegations in three years under 11 managers. The 1914â15 season was the last football season before the league was suspended due to the outbreak of the First World War. A total of 41 members of the Clapton Orient team and staff joined up into the 17th Battalion Middlesex Regiment (the Footballers' Battalion), the highest of any football team in the country and the first to join up en masse. On 3 June 2019, manager Justin Edinburgh was admitted to hospital following a cardiac arrest. The East Stand (also known as the Main Stand) was bought from Mitcham Greyhound Stadium in 1956 and eventually extended to cover the whole east side. Promotion was only secured in the final minutes of the final game of the season, away at Oxford United; with the score tied at 2â2 and Orient seemingly destined to miss out yet again, news came through of a late goal scored against promotion rivals Grimsby Town F.C. Matt Harrold19. [55] The album Variations, which was famously used as the theme tune for London Weekend Television's South Bank Show, was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber as the result of his losing a bet to Julian Lloyd Webber on the result of a Leyton Orient match. Leyton Orient have confirmed that manager Justin Edinburgh has died at the age of 49. SQUAD SS TRAINING T - ADULT. From 2018-19 onwards, Orient's principal shirt sponsor is The Sun's Dream Team. Variations came about as the result of a bet between the two brothers on the outcome of Orient's final game of the 1976â77 season against Hull City. The club's home colours are all red. Historic rivals include neighbours Leyton and two other disbanded/merged clubs, Leytonstone and Walthamstow Avenue. Josh Koroma20. The latter final saw the fastest ever play-off final goal scored to date at the Millennium Stadium, as Orient's Chris Tate scored after just 27 seconds. However, the financial crisis at the club caused by then-chairman Tony Wood losing his business in the Rwandan Civil War led to a relegation back to the fourth tier, now renamed as the Third Division following the formation of the Premier League. Hector Kyprianou signed for the Hawks in August 2018 on work experience from Leyton Orient. The British Film Institute holds a brief recording of this historic match and parade in its archives. The Dagenham & Redbridge rivalry continues the old rivalries with the latter two. Notwithstanding that finance for the redevelopment had already been raised by selling off the four corners of the stadium for residential blocks of flats, an increase in costs meant that an emergency general meeting of the company was needed in April 2005. They played in the Second Division of the Southern Federation's League in 1904, joined the Football League in 1905. Leyton Orient Football Club team news on Sky Sports - See fixtures, live scores, results, stats, video, photos and more.. Orient chairman Barry Hearn voiced his complaints over West Ham United being given an anchor tenancy at the stadium. Previously known as Osborne Road and having been the home of Leyton F.C., it initially had only one stand (known as "the orange box") on the east side that held 475 people and cover on the west side for standing. The royal visit was to show gratitude for Clapton Orient's patriotic example during the Great War and there is now a plaque erected on the site of the Millfields Road Stadium to commemorate this historic event.[7]. LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 27: Nigel Travis, Chairman of Leyton Orient, and Justin Edinburgh, Manager of Leyton Orient celebrate with the Vanarama National League Trophy as … James Brophy17. [35] However, the ground was closed for repairs by order of the Football League after the directors of Torquay United complained that a wooden fence was too close to the touchline. Sam Sargeant26. A second EGM was held in May 2006, where it was agreed to sell further land behind the North and South Stands to SBLL for £1.25 million, the proceeds to be used to fund the building of the North Stand. George Elokobi6. This page contains an complete overview of all already played and fixtured season games and the season tally of the club Leyton Orient in the season Overall statistics of current season. Orient then beat high-flying Championship side Norwich City 1â0 at Carrow Road to progress into the fourth round where they met another Championship side, Swansea City, at the Liberty Stadium. Order Physical Copies Of Our E10 Programme; First Time Guide; Media Information; College Programmes; Global Coaching Programmes; Your Feedback Playing career. [33] In November 2020, the club announced a new sponsorship with the most famous British youtuber group the Sidemen, as the group were looking to support a local club and a stadium to record their popular football challenges.[34]. Leyton Orient Results All Competitions English EFL Trophy English League Two English FA Cup English Carabao Cup English National League Club Friendly … To a lesser extent and from a little further afield, Brighton & Hove Albion and Cambridge United are also considered rivals. The stand â which has become the Family Stand â was completed before the 2007â08 season, giving the O's a four-sided ground once more, with a capacity of 9,271. Leyton Orient Football Club information, including address, telephone, fax, official website, stadium and manager. The O’s first signing of the summer, Dale Gorman will wear the number 17 for the 2018/19 campaign. The last Orient match to be held at Lea Bridge Road was another 3â1 victory over Southend United in front of a crowd of 2,541. As expected, Dean Brill will … A second visit to the Somme took place the weekend of 12/13 July 2008, this time 183 O's supporters and members of the RBL made the historic pilgrimage. History was made on Saturday 30 April 1921 when the Prince of Wales, later to become King Edward VIII, visited Millfields Road to see the O's play Notts County. The terraced enclosures at the front of the East Stand were replaced by seating in the late 1990s. The stand has a single lower tier of seating, while further up the structure are directors' and corporate hospitality boxes, club offices and player facilities, which were fitted out in summer 2007, prior to which the players continued to use the facilities in the East Stand. In August 2009 Steve Jenkins, along with fellow O's supporter Theresa Burns and former Orient player Peter Kitchen, launched the O's Somme Memorial Fund with the objective of erecting a permanent memorial in northern France in honour of the Clapton Orient side that answered the call of king and country. In the 1980s Leyton Orient fared less well and after two relegations found themselves in the fourth tier of English football. They won the Third Division South title in 1955â56 and secured promotion out of the Second Division in 1961â62, though were relegated out of the First Division after just one season, and suffered a further relegation in 1966. Orient's golden years were in the 1960s and 1970s. Liverani, with only eight wins in 27 matches, left the club by mutual consent on 13 May 2015.[14]. Chris Slegg, a BBC London reporter travelled with the party and footage of the Somme trip was shown on local news bulletins. That renaming followed a financial crisis â one of several to hit the club and by no means the first or last â and restructuring of the company behind the club; this is remembered for a "pass the bucket" collection that took place at a special meeting of supporters in the East Stand, when complete closure was claimed to be a definite possibility. The result also relegated Oxford to the Football Conference. [16] Another managerial departure saw Daniel Webb resign from the club, with assistant manager Omer Riza taking over first-team duties until the end of the season. All of the standing was cinder banks. After several years of steady improvement, Leyton Orient gained promotion in the 2005â06 season, finishing in third place and gaining automatic promotion to League One. Leyton Orient were originally formed by members of the Glyn Cricket Club in 1881, many of whom were former students of the Independent College, Homerton in nearby Hackney (now Homerton College in Cambridge); an annual fixture is still held between the club and the college. Though they were the only Orient staff to have died during the First World War, many others sustained wounds, some more than once and were not able to resume their football careers after the war. The club's name was changed again to Clapton Orient in 1898 to represent the area of London in which they played, though there was another team called Clapton F.C. This was the club's first automatic promotion in 36 years and ended a period of 11 years in the English league's bottom division. Although they have not often played in the same division, they have met in the League Cup in 2011â12 season, Leyton Orient beating the Shrimpers after extra time on penalties. Leyton Orient are still a big club at this level and support will come back if they start to show promotion form. 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