It all felt a bit surreal on Saturday afternoon, with our first competitive match of the 2026/27 season being an EFL Trophy tie against an Oxford United side who were relegated from the Championship at the end of the last season. The decision to move the first round of the League Cup to the weekend […]
It’s that time already! Is it me or does the gap between the end of the previous season and the start of the new campaign seem to feel shorter each year? It really doesn’t feel that long ago since we were trooping out of Brisbane Road, underwhelmed at how our beloved O’s had only just […]
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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