22A Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 Leyton Orient; currently six points adrift from safety in the bottom two of league 2. They have now been issued with a winding up order for March 20th as they owe £5 million. I used to enjoy going there as City usually won. One of their directors was in the tea trade and they sold packets of Orient tea in their shop and very tasty it was too. In the early 80s they had a bar that opened onto the terraces so you could grab a pint whilst stood behind the goal. Another memory I have of the Os was when they came to AG on Ray Cashley's birthday. His stars in the paper stated "A good weekend for sport". Orient were 3-1 up at half time, but that City team wasn't like the current crop. Full time City 5 - Orient 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 sad news, read it on BBC today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotswoldRed Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 Maybe instead of subsidising West ham the money should have gone to a community club like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sephjnr Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 I'm pretty sure John Sitton has a spare fiver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 Hope they find a benefactor....decent club. First went when we lost 4-1 in the cup ('82?)......shed selling ale on the away end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 3 minutes ago, 22A said: . In the early 80s they had a bar that opened onto the terraces so you could grab a pint whilst stood behind the goal. The bar was at the back of the West Side . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickJ Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 3 minutes ago, 22A said: Leyton Orient; currently six points adrift from safety in the bottom two of league 2. They have now been issued with a winding up order for March 20th as they owe £5 million. I used to enjoy going there as City usually won. One of their directors was in the tea trade and they sold packets of Orient tea in their shop and very tasty it was too. In the early 80s they had a bar that opened onto the terraces so you could grab a pint whilst stood behind the goal. Another memory I have of the Os was when they came to AG on Ray Cashley's birthday. His stars in the paper stated "A good weekend for sport". Orient were 3-1 up at half time, but that City team wasn't like the current crop. Full time City 5 - Orient 3. I remember that, about 1971 or maybe 1972. I think it was the 4th or 5th goal Trevor Tainton crossed field and John Galley met it on the volley from 25 yards and it flew into the top corner at the Open End. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 4 minutes ago, Mike Hunt-Hertz said: Hope they find a benefactor....decent club. First went when we lost 4-1 in the cup ('82?)......shed selling ale on the away end. The only time I can remember us playing in BLUE (O's away shirts) ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 2 minutes ago, Mike Hunt-Hertz said: Hope they find a benefactor....decent club. First went when we lost 4-1 in the cup ('82?)......shed selling ale on the away end. correctmondo M double h.....we played in blue that day iirc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyC Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 I remember the Brothel on Leyton High Rd where they would sit at the windows with their tits hanging out........good days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 5 minutes ago, slartibartfast said: The bar was at the back of the West Side . There was definitely a little shed at the back of the terrace! I wasn't even pissed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 3 minutes ago, Mike Hunt-Hertz said: There was definitely a little shed at the back of the terrace! I wasn't even pissed. Yes, not disputing that ,but there was an actual bar at the back of the WS . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 It's the usual story. The buyers are there ready and waiting but by sitting on their hands the club gets deeper and deeper into financial trouble until they can buy it for a song rather than for a fair price. This is very hard upon the fans who will launch the "save Leyton Orient" campaigns when it actually in any trouble; it's just a way to force the price down. Actually, on checking the story, they have been very sensible and are trying to accumulate some cash to pitch in and rescue it if the owner / buyer brinkmanship goes too far. Clever fans there. Quote A meeting of the Leyton Orient Fans Trust (Loft) supporters' group will take place on Thursday to establish a financial "fighting fund" to help revive the club should it go into liquidation. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39126425 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 11 minutes ago, archie andrews said: correctmondo M double h.....we played in blue that day iirc... And the player who got our goal was that well remembered left back with his one and only goal - Peter(?) Johnson. Screamer it was too and put us one up I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midred Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 I can remember going in 75/76 . It was probably an optical illusion but there appeared to be more city away fans there than orient home fans. (I can also remember the city / Mansfield match in 1984 up in Mansfield where the Avon and Somerset police were on duty during the miners strike. It certainly seemed to even up the fan numbers!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southvillekiddy Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 Great shame if this happens. Brilliant family /community football club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelts Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 I thought Barry Hearn was involved? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 Real shame. I seem to recall they were pushing for promotion from League One only 2-3 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolmoose Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 10 minutes ago, shelts said: I thought Barry Hearn was involved? He's now just the honorary president, whatever that means. He sold them to yet another mental foreign owner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevP Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 47 minutes ago, Mike Hunt-Hertz said: Hope they find a benefactor....decent club. First went when we lost 4-1 in the cup ('82?)......shed selling ale on the away end. I believe I was with you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 got to fa cup semi final 1978....when the cup meant something.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
054123 Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 Football is so sad. As long as we keep subsidising sky everything is okay right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 1 hour ago, sephjnr said: I'm pretty sure John Sitton has a spare fiver. He spent it on lunch for his next opponents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meh Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 Anybody else read the thread title and presume North Korea had stepped up their nuclear testing? Don't know where my head is at - sleep time me thinks !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 1 hour ago, ChippenhamRed said: Real shame. I seem to recall they were pushing for promotion from League One only 2-3 years ago. Yep....our first season back in league 1, I think they won their first 10 matches of the season? (something like that anyway). Eventually lost in the Play Off Final with Rotherham. Frightening how quickly they've fallen to their current position especially after they were so strong in 13/14. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gert Mare Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 Bring yer dinner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 1 hour ago, BobbyC said: I remember the Brothel on Leyton High Rd where they would sit at the windows with their tits hanging out........good days! And now we have tits in the dugout instead. How times change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 1 hour ago, KevP said: I believe I was with you JD's City express! The coach hit a car on the way back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 1 hour ago, KevP said: I believe I was with you Simes, Scants, Shaun, JB and Postman Fat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mendip City Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 Anyone else on the coach to Orient that arrived at half time, via White Hart Lane.....? must've been 25 years ago now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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