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10.5 things you never knew about Leyton Orient
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1. Very appropriately for long suffering supporters of the seaside club, Leyton Orient is an anagram of Enter It Loony.
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2. Leyton Orient are a football club.1
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3. The name Leyton Orient is believed to have come from the cockney way of saying "Late on the rent",as the clubs original founders were notorious for being months behind on their share of the payments on the original Glynn ground.2
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4. I dislocated my knee playing at one of their old grounds in Homerton. Only that and a total lack of talent prevented me being a professional footballer.2
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5. My eldest son is named leyton0
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Despite its name it's actually nowhere near anything genuinely Oriental.1
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Clapton FC were one of the first Clubs in England to be sponsored.
In 1921 the Oriental Laundry Co. of E5 paid the then huge some of £100 to have their name incorporated into the then southern league teams name.
The Football league refused to allow them to play as Clapton Oriental Laundry FC so the name was shortened to Glynn Road Football and Cricket Club.
The Chinese connection was never lost hence the adoption of all red after the communist take over in Chine in 1947 (before then they had played in white with a blue V) and then the appointment of Martin Ling as the first league manager of Chinese decent.0 -
I think I am right in saying that the Great Jimmy Seed was involved with Clapton Orient, prior to coming to The Valley, as were the Glikstens Albert and Stan also prior to purchasing Charlton.0
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We bought Paul went from Leyton Orient either that or he went there after us possibly even both.0
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[cite]Posted By: LenGlover[/cite]I think I am right in saying that the Great Jimmy Seed was involved with Clapton Orient, prior to coming to The Valley, as were the Glikstens Albert and Stan also prior to purchasing Charlton.
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New board bringing in big name ex-player without much experience who had done nothing for little club. I will never work they said at the time.0 -
Chris Fish Bar is a stones throw from Brisbane Lane. I had my dinner from there last night0
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Ironically of every Football League clubs Leyton Orient have the smallest proportion of oriental supporters 0.03%1
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6. Famous Leyton Orient supporters include violinist Julian Lloyd Webber, TV presenter Bob Mills, actress Lindsay Lohan and Pol Pot.2
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7. Leyton Orient share their main stand with a NHS Poly Clinic.0
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8. Amazingly, for a smallish London club, they are fairing quite well in the French 1st division, currently in 9th place and on the same points as Bordeaux.
When the players sign for Mr Hearns team, they get a free travelcard that allows them to use the Eurostar on Saturday evenings so they can then play on the Sunday, having let the train take the strain they arrive in frogland refreshed and ready for battle!1 -
9. I believe they are the only club in the land to have a dispensing Chemist shop built into the main stand.1
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Club director Steve Davis was born in Plumstead and used to be a Charlton fan.
Club boss Barry Hearn was born in Plumstead and used to be a Charlton fan.
Their greatest ever manager, Jimmy Seed, used to manage a small club near Plumstead.1 -
The club is named after its founders, Welsh brothers Leighton and Owein. Over time this became corrupted by the east London dialect to sound as the familiar Leyton Orient of today. The club retains two red dragons on its badge in honour of its founding fathers.1
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leighton orient is an anagram of shite0
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They’ll be spending billions on players next season… maybe.
https://x.com/leytonorientfc/status/1891548166534943158?s=46&t=A-w3Eq0EWWpjMxring904Q
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Hardly amazing news:
The club can confirm that a period of exclusivity has been granted to a group to help progress discussions around acquiring a majority shareholding in Leyton Orient Football Club.Both parties will continue working together during this process and, in the meantime, the football club will operate as normal.Fans are advised that this process can take time. The club would ask supporters to remain patient throughout the process and to continue providing outstanding support for Richie Wellens’ squad.0 - Sponsored links:
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They should have got the London Stadium free of charge instead of West Ham United.
Baroness Karren ‘it is what it is’ Brady of West Ham United
Ex MP Sebastian Coe
London Mayor at the time Boris Johnson.
The conspiracy theorist in me wonders what those three people have in common.
Either way West Ham United have used our money for their own good in a way that Leyton Orient hasn’t, or Charlton Athletic, or Fulham, or Dulwich Hamlet or even plastic Crystal Palace hasn’t either. No other London club has, and dear old Leyton Orient didn’t seem to get a look in regarding the free stadium.2 -
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Can't stand Brady. Given me yet another excuse not to buy the sun as she's a columnist for it and added to the list of reasons why I hate the Tory party.
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You sure that's not a polyp clinic ?Richard J said:7. Leyton Orient share their main stand with a NHS Poly Clinic.1 -
They could always ground share the London stadium with West Ham…seth plum said:They should have got the London Stadium free of charge instead of West Ham United.
Baroness Karren ‘it is what it is’ Brady of West Ham United
Ex MP Sebastian Coe
London Mayor at the time Boris Johnson.
The conspiracy theorist in me wonders what those three people have in common.
Either way West Ham United have used our money for their own good in a way that Leyton Orient hasn’t, or Charlton Athletic, or Fulham, or Dulwich Hamlet or even plastic Crystal Palace hasn’t either. No other London club has, and dear old Leyton Orient didn’t seem to get a look in regarding the free stadium.1 -
I’ve read many Leyton Orient players went as soldiers to the II World War.Nowadays I could Watch on YouTube that os the only one stadium that shares flats with terraces.
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