Despite the fact that we had to rely on a very late and fortunate own goal and a crucial and even later defensive intervention from Omar Beckles, Saturday’s win over Carlisle United felt like a massive step forward for the O’s in our quest to reach the promised land of League 1. The fact that […]

Another Saturday and another two points dropped, as Orient once again failed to capitalise on a winning position. It put me in mind of that old joke about why we shouldn’t trust the squad to walk anyone’s dog as they simply cannot hold onto a lead! Once again Stevenage and Carlisle conspired to lose their […]

Probably for one of the only times this season, it is fair to say that Orient were poor against a struggling Colchester United last Saturday. To make matters worse, just when we thought we had somehow done about enough to scrape a victory, we then managed to throw it away by conceding two goals in […]

With our game at Mansfield last Saturday having fallen foul of the weather (the only one in the top five divisions of English football as far as I can gather- conspiracy theorists make of that what you will!), it left something of a gaping chasm in the life of Orient obsessives. Especially considering that we […]

Another week and another draw for the O’s in which they were leading before being pegged back by the opposition. This time Swindon equalized just past the hour mark cancelling out Omar Beckles’ early opener. While it was undoubtedly frustrating that we hadn’t put the game to bed earlier, the one mitigating factor is that […]

Depending on your point of view, last Saturday’s 2-2 draw away at Grimsby was either a case of us dropping two points as a result of some lax and sloppy play at the start of the second half, or a hard-fought battle and a point gained. The match itself was something of a roller coaster […]

In the end Orient got the job done against Crawley Town last Saturday thanks to a strike early in the second half from the continually impressive Idris El Mizouni, although in a familiar refrain we definitely should have scored more. With Stevenage losing away at Stockport, we extended our lead at the top of the […]

It struck me as I was coming out of Brisbane Road last Tuesday evening that things are starting to get serious for the Orient faithful. I always go into our matches hoping for a decent performance and a good result, but the level of nervous tension has really ramped up over the last couple of […]

Well let’s be honest about it: 2 wins on the bounce, with 3 goals scored, and 2 more clean sheets to take our total to a scarcely credible 19 out of 30 matches, was a stunning way for the O’s to break out of their recent doldrums. With the teams chasing immediately behind us all […]

Orient headed up to the Wirral last Saturday very much in need of a positive result to give us all a boost. Instead, what we got was another inhibited performance in which we failed to register so much as a single shot on target for the second match in succession. The current seven match run […]