Leyton Orient: Games of the Noughties (Greatest Games

by Martin Strong

The noughties were a totally unique decade in the history of East London’s premier Football League team. The 10 best noughties matches are captured here to bring back many a memory for all O’s everywhere. In all of our 130 year life, never before had we been able to last a 10 year period when the two words ‘financial crisis’ were not mentioned at the club. With Barry Hearn at the helm, there was a financial stability unheard of. There were distractions aside from the football for O’s to talk about – two new stands were built, but generally speaking the Leyton Orient faithful were able to concentrate, just for a change, on events that happened on the pitch. These games are still regularly talked and argued about in the Supporters’ Club and in similar local places of refreshment, on the Orient message boards and generally amongst the Leyton faithful many years on. Included of course, is that magical day at Oxford in 2006 giving us a first automatic promotion in 36 years. And there are the Cup classics with the unforgettable matches at Fratton Park and Craven Cottage in ’02 and ’06.

82 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 29, 2012