After two and a half seasons (for that is how us hopeless football obsessives measure time!) of dedicated work, I am very pleased to announce that my book detailing my decision to put my ludicrously over-priced Arsenal season ticket on hold and to follow Leyton Orient all over the country, has now finally been published. […]
I really don’t know where this came from. This utterly mad idea that I was going to put my ludicrously over-priced Arsenal season ticket on hold and instead spend the money I was wasting at the Emirates on endeavouring to watch all of Leyton Orient’s home matches and as many away ones as I could […]
Perhaps the key learning point for O’s fans this week is that if we are going to survive in League 1, we are going to do so in something of a long and drawn-out manner. While on the face of it losing a close-fought encounter to the already promoted and very likely league title winners, […]
Surely I should have learnt this season’s key lesson by now. As soon as you think Orient have turned a corner by stringing a run of positive performances and results together, there is another disappointment lurking around the corner to take the wind out of our sails yet again. Going into the match at Wigan […]
It may not have been especially exciting, nor anywhere near a brilliant performance, but Orient just about did what they needed to do last Saturday by avoiding defeat at Exeter City. The goalless draw kept us in 17th place in the League 1 table, 6 points away from the dreaded dropzone, whilst an added time […]
Part 1: (The Orient Baseball Nerds’ Adventures in the USA- Part 1) Stop 3: Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankees After another fun day in Atlanta during which we enjoyed some excellent BBQ food at Twin Smokers (well when in the Deep South and all that!), we headed back to New York on Thursday afternoon, […]
Orient’s victory over Wycombe Wanderers at Brisbane Road last Saturday made it four wins on the spin which have lifted us up to 17th place in the table, 6 points clear of the dreaded dropzone. While we are not safe just yet, it is nice to be able to breathe a bit easier. As those […]
“Even a bad game at the ballpark is a good thing.“ (George Falkowski author of “Meet Me at the Bat” and “Ballpark Therapy”) For those of you reading this who know me as a Leyton Orient and football (soccer for the benefit of any readers from across the Pond that may have been lured in!) […]
A bit of a shorter (and earlier) post this week, as I am off on my annual football travels with my Dad and Our Kid this weekend. This year we are off to Marseille to watch the mighty L’OM. Watch this space in the coming weeks for a full write-up of our adventures in the […]
Following on from the somewhat mysterious departure of club captain Omar Beckles, then the unexpected sacking of first team coach Alan McCormack, the news broke on Friday evening that Director of Football Martin Ling was leaving his role with the club. The fact that all three departures came very much out of the blue, has […]
Last Saturday’s defeat at home to Barnsley really summed up Orient’s 2025/26 season. Just when we needed to kick on after a hard-fought win at Northampton seven days previously, instead we fell to our third consecutive home defeat. While the first half was fairly evenly matched, the second half was once again lacking in any […]
At the end of last week’s post, I suggested that: “with just 15 games remaining, we are bang in trouble and need to find a way to start grinding out results and getting points on the board, and quickly.” (Orient Nerd Weekly Ramblings: Make No Mistake Orient are in Real Trouble, but are They Capable […]
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