Now that World Cup 2026 is in the record books, with the best team (in the true sense of the word), Spain, worthy winners, it feels like an apposite time to look back on the most recent incarnation of the greatest football show on earth. Choice of Host Nations In comparison to the contentious decisions […]
After all the fun of our trip to the Basque country last year (Three Football Obsessives visit the Basque Country), my dad, Our Kid and yours truly had pretty much decided before we even touched back down in London that we would do it all again the following season. Surprisingly, it was my 81-year-old father who […]
Part 1 – Orient Nerd Season Review 2025/26 – Part 1: July to October 2025 Part 2 – Orient Nerd Season Review 2025/26 – Part 2: November 2025 to January 2026 We ended Part 2 of this season review with Orient desperately struggling for consistency. Their poor form having seen them drop to 18th place in the […]
Part 1 – Orient Nerd Season Review 2025/26 – Part 1: July to October 2025 In a similar vein to the previous season, it is fair to say that Orient’s 2025/26 had gotten off to something of a mixed start. We had won 5, drawn 2 and lost 7 of our opening 14 league fixtures and been […]
After our late surge to the play-offs, knocking out Stockport, and then being cruelly denied at Wembley (again!), it is probably fair to say that the majority of the Orient fanbase went into 2025/ 26 with a degree of optimism despite the significant number of first team departures over the summer and the need to […]
I guess last Saturday’s draw against Burton in our final match of the season was a performance and result that was entirely in keeping with the story of Orient’s 2025/26. If we were expecting a statement win to give us some crumbs of encouragement that better fortunes might lie ahead in 2026/27, it was underwhelming […]
A relatively short blog this week as quite frankly I am sick of writing the same thing over and over again each and every week through this season. Equally, the time for in-depth analysis has long gone, the situation is completely clearcut: if Orient beat Burton Albion tomorrow afternoon they guarantee their League 1 survival. […]
I really don’t know what to say anymore. Just when they needed to show some fight and determination to pull themselves away from the threat of relegation, once again Orient were found wanting. This time somehow managing to lose 2-0 at home to already-relegated Rotherham. In a disappointing season of underwhelming performances, this was perhaps […]
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 […]
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