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Leyton Orient v Gillingham

Miserableoldgit
Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
edited December 2009 in Other Football and Sports
The jills set to start the 7:45pm kick-off match tonight with only 7 men as the rest of the team are caught up in traffic gridlock on the A12.
The Ref (a certain Mr D'urso) won't put the kick-off back.

On BBCLondon.......talking about it now.
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  • BDL
    BDL Posts: 6,028
    !
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,480
    come on you Os
  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,980
    Thats a bit daft if its true
  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    Apparently the Manager let the London based players make their own way to Brisbane Road, the rest of the team caught in "dreadful traffic".
  • mart77
    mart77 Posts: 5,662
    Surely it cant go ahead and if it does, can players just run on as they turn up. Should be worth keeping an eye on and as Henry says, Come on you O's!
  • BDL
    BDL Posts: 6,028
    Nine gills players at the ground.
  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    They have 11 players at the ground, 2 on the Central line and because the Teamsheet is already handed in will probably have to make substitutions as and when the others turn-up.
    2 of the 11 are goalkeepers.
  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,980
    [cite]Posted By: BDL[/cite]Nine gills players at the ground.

    Probably turning up in their MKII Fiestas and can't get into the ground "No but im a player" "Yeah right sonny - jog on!!"
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    What are the rules on this? I.E. will the late arrivals be classified as starters or as subs?
  • JT
    JT Posts: 12,348
    Just had 50 quid on Orient ht/ft

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  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    Already handed the teamsheet in BFR.
  • Solaraddick
    Solaraddick Posts: 460
    BBC London and text contributors are citing 'severe common sense failure' by Mr Durso.
    Half the Gills players and crowd caught in traffic gridlock.
  • Neil_Heaney
    Neil_Heaney Posts: 373
    Absolutely ridiculous. Games have been delayed loads of times when traffic has meant fans are late - but they can't put it back for players?! No real sympathy for Scally's Gills though. Tin-pot club, should be on a bus.
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    Why are Gillingham taking players from London?
  • Cuff
    Cuff Posts: 308
    Ha ha. Yeah, we don't have trouble transporting people from gillingham to london in time for kick off:)
    Perhaps we could lend them a sat nav
    That is harsh on the pikies though
  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    4 Minutes.........
    1-0 Orient.
  • Medders
    Medders Posts: 5,572
    Hahahahaha couldnt happen to a bigger set of mugs
  • Kap10
    Kap10 Posts: 15,640
    3-1 Orient
  • PeakieRocket
    PeakieRocket Posts: 2,428
    Anyone know what sort of team they managed to field in the end?
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,451
    A shit one ?

    Pikie twats......

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  • johnnybev1987
    johnnybev1987 Posts: 11,462
    [cite]Posted By: JT[/cite]Just had 50 quid on Orient ht/ft

    how much you win JT? good bet :-)
  • Medders
    Medders Posts: 5,572
    They even had to borrow Orients away kit. Pikeys by name...
  • Ketman
    Ketman Posts: 6,796
    Joke Club run by Millsmall no mark Chairman. Hope we spank them at the Valley.
  • GRAY9
    GRAY9 Posts: 1,094
    I heard the same and ran indoors to have £250 on Orient with just 2 minutes to spare.
  • JT
    JT Posts: 12,348
    [cite]Posted By: johnnybev1987[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: JT[/cite]Just had 50 quid on Orient ht/ft

    how much you win JT? good bet :-)

    200.
  • ISawLeaburnScore
    ISawLeaburnScore Posts: 9,780
    borrowed kit is absolutely village!
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,750
    We had to do it against palace one boxing day in the 80's
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    There's a story on the BBC...it seems that the referee Andy D'Urso had no jurisdiction to delay the match because there were seven Gillingham players present at the ground an hour before kick-off.

    We can have fun with this one for years and years or at least every time a Gills fan raises his head above the parapet.
  • EGAddick
    EGAddick Posts: 532
    [quote][cite]Posted By: DaveMehmet[/cite]We had to do it against palace one boxing day in the 80's[/quote]

    We had to borrow West Brom's away kit shorts for a TV game a couple of years ago too.
  • kinveachyaddick
    kinveachyaddick Posts: 3,964
    Great work those who managed to get a few shekels on the Os.

    Was out so missed the chance - one very good reason to get an Iphone for Xmas so can log on and get stuck in myself should something similar happen in the future.

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