November 2023 November was something of an unusual month in that out of the six matches that we played in all competitions, only the final one was away: at Bristol Rovers on a chilly Tuesday evening. The first of these matchups was a first round FA Cup tie against Carlisle, the team we had defeated […]
To help fill the Orient-less void in which we find ourselves, here is the first part of a look back at the season that was. A season that I think all of us can agree was more than successful in establishing ourselves back in the third tier for the first time in eight years, and […]
So jut like that another season is over, the final match of our campaign establishing ourselves back in the third tier took us to Shrewsbury. In their infinite “wisdom” the powers that be at the EFL had deigned to make all League One games kick off at 12:30pm, so it meant a very early start […]
So another end-of-season match and another lacklustre performance. In truth even though we have somehow conspired to have the double done over us by a Fleetwood Town team that had its relegation confirmed at the final whistle, I am struggling to get too annoyed about it. Obviously I want Orient to win every time we […]
When the fixtures for this season were announced back in June, I suspect I was far from alone in earmarking the away game at Derby (along with Burton, Portsmouth and Barnsley) as the standout away trips. Maybe it was the fact that our injury-addled squad really has nothing to play for, as well as another […]
With nothing much to play for, other than trying to finish the season as well as we can and to try to build some momentum to carry us through the summer and into the 2024/25 campaign, it is difficult to properly assess Orient’s last two performances. Going into the Cheltenham game on the back of […]
The Easter weekend provided two contrasting performances for the O’s, if not results. Away at Lincoln we largely matched the previously free-scoring Imps and were perhaps unlucky to lose, whereas at home to Peterborough on Monday we were our own worst enemy and essentially gifted The Posh two first half goals from which we were […]
Armed with the advance knowledge that Orient’s game against Exeter had been postponed due to international call-ups, the missus and I wasted no time whatsoever in booking ourselves a long weekend in Barcelona. It was the first place we had been to together on holiday, and a city that we have revisited on several occasions […]
Well that was quite a turn up for the books wasn’t it? To go to Stevenage with a squad depleted by injury, match them physically, frustrate them, and ultimately escape with all three points was not only unexpected but very welcome in the Orient camp. Like most (all?) Orient fans, I am not overly fond […]
After our fantastic run of form following the defeat up at Bolton, things just seem to have gone off the boil a little bit for our O’s. In fact since that cruel defeat at Barnsley, while we have registered three wins in our last seven matches, it is the frustrating defeats at home to Burton […]
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