got one back on 88' though I would have given the goal to Ling. We had 60% of the play. That would be across and back for 90 minutes with only three shots on target. Team: Vigouroux, Akinola, Thomas, Cissé, Brophy, Coulson, Happe, Kyprianou, McAnuff, Dennis, Wilkinson. Subs, Sargeant, Maguire-Drew(Kyprianou 68), Widdowson, Ling(Thomas 78), Dayton, Johnson(Akinola 54), Wright. Video highlights. BBC Report. Down to 14th. Three of the bottom four teams won away from home. Still unable to beat a team above us. Home to Harrogate next. They are above us. 21 November home to Harrogate. 3-0 (Johnson 3). We beat a team above us. The League had decreed that five substitutes could be allowed. Finally we had players playing in their positions. Ling and Widdowson returned to the starting line-up to the exclusion of the inexperienced Thomas and Akinola. Johnson replaced Dennis. With 18' gone Wilkinson's through ball found Johnson and after a touch he found the net. On 31' a Coulson clearance found Johnson who lashed it into the net. Seventeen minutes from time a McAnuff corner found the unmarked Johnson on the far post and he headed in his hat trick. Team: Vigouroux, Widdowson, Ling, Cissé, Brophy, Coulson, Happe, Kyprianou, McAnuff, Johnson, Wilkinson. Subs, Sargeant, Maguire-Drew(Wilkinson 82), Akinola, Thomas, Dayton(McAnuff 78), Dennis(Brophy 82), Wright(Kyprianou 87). Video highlights. BBC Report. Up to 11th. Home on Tuesday to 19th place Bradford who lost 3-0 at Salford. Embleton believed that his dropping of Johnson for the Colchester match had the desired effect. I would question that as strikers rely on getting service. Noted that the first two goals came from 30 yard passes directly into the box and not a series of passes across and back allowing 11 of the opposition to get in front of our strikers. 24 November home to Bradford 1-0 (Happe). Dennis started instead of McAnuff and had the chance of proving he should be a permanent fixture there. He failed abysmally. He couldn’t tackle or pass the ball. Kyprianou kept losing the ball and Johnson was given zero service. Too many poor passes from too many players. Bradford had the right game plan into harrying the players and chasing every ball and they were doing better than us in worrying the keeper. But when they lost their centre half with what looked like a hamstring [it was a hamstring and would be out 12 weeks] it went belly up within ten minutes. Maguire-Drew, on for the injured Wilkinson sent it a free kick for Happe to head home on 64’. At one stage we had 63% of the play but as an ex player said on the box it is no good having lots of possession if you don’t know what to do with it. The London Football Scene said “Jordan Maguire-Drew’s second-half introduction changed the game for Orient – he surely should have been starting.” Team: Vigouroux, Widdowson, Ling, Cissé, Brophy, Coulson, Happe, Dennis, Kyprianou, Johnson, Wilkinson. Subs, Sargeant, Maguire-Drew, Akinola(Brophy 90+3), Thomas, Dayton, McAnuff(Kyprianou 65), Wright(Dennis 75). Video highlights. BBC Report. Up to 8th. Away on Saturday to 11th place Port Vale. Elsewhere Colchester were beaten 6-1 at Exeter and Alabi’s 4th minute goal was enough to beat Altringham. 28 November. Away to Port Vale 2-3 (Johnson, Wilkinson, Brophy). Today was FA Cup day but as we and Vale were out of it this match was bought forward from Tuesday. Whilst nobody appears to think that Dennis had a good game against Bradford their thoughts don’t matter as the manager did and he started along with McAnuff to the exclusion of Kyprianou. Sotiriou returned to the bench. We went a goal down after eight minutes but Johnson drew us level three minutes later and Wilknson put us in the lead on 31’. On 76’ Vale equalised but five minutes from time Brophy got us all the points. Team: Vigouroux, Widdowson, Ling, Cissé, Brophy, Coulson, Happe, Dennis, Johnson, Wilkinson, McAnuff. Subs, Sargeant, Maguire-Drew, Sotiriou(Wilkinson 63), Akinola, Dayton, Kyprianou(Dennis 67), Wright(Cissé 85). Video highlights. BBC Report. Up to 6th. Away to second from bottom Scunthorpe next. Am I being pessimistic here? Including yesterday Port Vale had lost 5 games on the bounce. Bradford lost 4 out of their last 5. Bolton when we played them had got only 5 points from 5 games. Above us we have failed to get any points from FGR or Cheltenham and only one from Exeter. Yet to play Cambridge or Newprt though we did lose to them in the FA Cup. Elsewhere Koroma’s goal gave Huddersfield a win against Middlesbrough. The U18’s lost 2-1 to league-leaders Luton Town. Team: Spicer, Palmer, Dunbar-Bonnie (Sodje 66′), Sanders (Staerck 27′) , Francois-Vernal, Solomon, Ifeanyi, Mirza, Lovatt, Nkrumah, Tanga (J. Young 55′). Unused substitutes: Pegrum. Goal: Ifeanyi. Jabo Ibehre announced his retirement through injury. The 37 year-old was released by Cambridge in the summer after playing 57(15) apps scoring 14 goals. His career with us spanned eight years (2000-2008) appearing 137(106) apps scoring 41 goals. After leaving us he joined Walsall, MK Dons where he was loaned to Southend, Stockport and Colchester signing for them in 2013. He was then loaned to Oldham and Barnsley before signing for Carlisle and lastly Cambridge. In all he made 447(230) apps scoring 138 goals. The Club asked season ticket holders to enter a draw for the next three home games. Crowds will be limited to 2,000, no turnstiles or food and drink and masks at all times. Not sure how you can get to the ground if you are asked not to use public transport. 5 December. Away to Scunthorpe. 2-0. Scunny had won 2-5 at Harrogate earlier in the week. We son three corners within the fifth minute and got a penalty in the sixth. Two people I thought I didn’t want to take a penalty were Angol, no problem as he was on the bench and Johnson. Johnson took it and failed. The BBC site originally said he should be disappointed. Johnson hit the post. On 28’ the player giving away the penalty scored. On 78’ they got a second and three points. Again we had a large percentage (64) of the play and of the 12 shots at goal only three were on target. Widdowson, Wilkinson, McAnuff, Johnson and Brophy were all shown the yellow card. Team: Vigouroux, Widdowson, Ling, Cissé, Brophy, Coulson, Happe, Dennis, Johnson, Wilkinson, McAnuff. Subs, Sargeant, Clay(Dennis 58), Sotiriou(Wilkinson 70), Akinola, Dayton, Kyprianou, Angol(Wioddowson 70). Video highlights. BBC Report. Down to 8th. Home to Bristol Rovers on Tuesday in the Papa John Trophy (ex Leasing.com trophy and EFL Trophy) then home to top of the table Newport. What did others of the lofcfourm think? Ratings: Dennis. 4.5. Crap. Macanuff. 5. Spent the second half moaning and waving his arms about Brophy. 5. Never looked like scoring or creating in a month of Saturdays. Cisse. 5. Dawdled for there [their] first goal. Like a tall snail otherwise. Johnson. 5. Awful penalty. Didn’t touch the ball for the rest of the game. Coulson. 7. Mom. Best of a average bunch. Embleton. 5. Anyone picking Dennis week in and out needs to give their head a wobble. Macanuff needs a rest. Soitriou needs a spell up front in a 4-4-2. We are way too predictable. Elsewhere there were thumpings for Exeter at Cheltenham 5-3 and Bolton 3-6 at home to Port Vale. Koroma scored one and made one as the Terriers beat Middlesbrough. Things did not go well at Weymouth where some fans were not social distancing despite warnings, some were smoking and some drinking alcohol. They may stop fans attending or reduce numbers. The following day new cases were over 12,000 with 616 deaths. 8 December. Home to Bristol Rovers Papa’s John Trophy. After 12’ a bad pass from Sotiriou found a Rovers player and two passes later we were a goal behind. Ling equalised on 25’. Rovers went ahead again on 29’ after Westbrooke's free-kick hits the bar, then Sargeant's back and into the net. Turley was sent off on 55’. Even with six miutes of added time we failed to find the equaliser. Team: Sargeant, Widdowson, Ling, Clay, Happe, Turley, Dayton, Kyprianou, Sotiriou, Maguire-Drew, Angol. Subs, Vigouroux, Brophy(Widdowson 45), Coulson, Dennis, Thomas, Johnson(Angol 61), Wright(Dayton 67). Video highlights. 12 December. Home to top of the table Newport. 2-1 (Jojnson, Brophy). Our form had been lost three on the bounce, won three on the bounce, lost the last two. When Newport went a goal up after 20’ it looked like another three defeats on the bounce. Clay replacing Dennis was the only change. Brophy was having a nightmare. This from the South Wales Argus: “ The Wales international [Josh Sheehan] couldn’t decide what he wanted to do with the ball just inside his own half, allowing Craig Clay to dispossess him and surge towards the Exiles box. He laid the ball off to Brophy in plenty of space and with just Nick Townsend to beat his effort flew wide. Brophy caused County problems again, he found Clay whose shot was going wide until it hit Dolan. The ball popped up, O’s skipper Jobi McAnuff headed on to Johnson and the striker fired into the roof of the net. Eight minutes later and Orient took the lead. The Exiles made a hash of dealing with a long ball into the danger zone, Dolan and Brandon Cooper unable to deal with it, and they were punished by Brophy who found the bottom corner.” Team: Vigouroux, Widdowson, Ling, Cissé, Brophy, Coulson, Happe, Johnson, Wilkinson, Clay, McAnuff. Subs, Sargeant, Sotiriou(Brophy 90+3), Akinola, Dayton, Kyprianou, Dennis, Angol(Wilkinson 84). Video highlights. BBC Report. Up to 7th. Away to 10th placed Morecambe on Tuesday night. Widdowson picked up a fifth booking for time wasting so won’t play. Five Newport players were also booked. Elsewhere Charlie Daniels got the winner for Shrewbury. Ogie scored for Aldershot in their defeat at Boreham Wood. Koroma was sidelined for 12 weeks through a hamstring injury as the Terriers lost 5-0 to Bournemouth. The 13th was a bad day for managers as Barnet, Barrow and Bradford dispensed with the services of Beadle (four wins in 16), Dunn (nine games without a win) and McCall (six defeats in a row). U18’s won 2-4 at MK Dons with goals from Ifeanyi, Tanga, Nkrumah, Lovett (p). Team:Byrne, Pegrum, Sodje, Sanders (Staerck 45′), Palmer, Francois-Vernal (Marfo 45′), Ifeanyi, Frempong, Whyte (Lovatt 55′), Nkrumah (Mirza 82′), Tanga. 15 December. Away to Morecambe 2-1 (Johnson). Widdowson was suspended and no doubt Brophy will take his place. McAnuff was rested (Kyprianou took his place) and he and Wright were on the bench. Morecambe are managed by Derek Adams, once touted as the next O’s manager. We went a goal up on 18’ from Danny Johnson;s right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Hector Kyprianou. They drew level on 56’ and got the winner on 73’. Team: Vigouroux, Ling, Cissé, Brophy, Coulson, Happe, Johnson, Wilkinson, Clay, Angol, Kyprianou. Subs, Sargeant, Sotiriou(Angol 67), Akinola, Dayton(Cissé 83), McAnuff(Kyprianou 67), Dennis(Clay 78), Wright. Video highlights. BBC Report. Down to 9th. 58% of the play but only 2/10 shots on target. 19 December. Home to Crawley (1-2 og). Manager gets it wrong. Wilkinson was carrying an injury so the right sided player should have been by Maguire-Drew but right sided player was on the bench. Angol had a nightmare. We went a goal down when Coulson deflected a header into the net but back on terms after another own goal. Embleton then took off Widdowson and replaced him with Sotirou with the non left back Brophy dropping into his place. Within a minute Crawley got the winner. It took the manager 75 minutes to take off the awful Angol when most of us would have done it after 7.5 minutes though it is true that as a centre forward he should not be playing in the right wing. As someone said on the lofcforum You will never win a game by passing the ball sideways or backwards. On Angol: He is a centre forward, who has not played as a centre forward this season. And that's exactly the problem Boss can't see .It would be nice to see a starting lineup with every player starting in their strongest position. To which came the reply Novel idea. Team: Vigouroux, Widdowson, Ling, Cissé, Brophy, Coulson, Happe, Johnson, Clay, Angol, McAnuff. Subs, Sargeant, Sotiriou(Widdowson 81), Akinola, Dayton, Kyprianou(Cissé 79), Maguire-Drew(Angol 75), Dennis. Down to 12th. 59% of the play but only 2/7 shots on target. Video highlights. BBC Report. Away to ninth placed Cambridge next Saturday. U18’s drew 2-2 at Stevenage. Goals from Whyte and Staerck. Team:Byrne, Marfo, Eaton, Solomon, Sodje, Sanders (Staerck 60′), Frempong, Ifeanyi, Tanga (Mirza 87′), Whyte, Lovatt (Reindorf 87′). Ex O’s elsewhere: in the FA Trophy Adebayo Azeez scored for Dover. We had him on loan from Charlton back in 2012/13 when he made one appearance at Doncaster in January 2013. We lost 2-0. After leaving us he went on loan to to Torquay and Dagenham before being signed by Wimbledon. Then he went to Partick Thistle and Cambridge before being loaned to Dover. After he was signed by Newport they loaned to Torquay before he signed for Dover in August 2020. In all he has made 101(153) scoring 34 goals. McCallum scored the first for Dagenham in at 5-3 win against Ebbsfleet. Beautyman also scored, for Sutton at St Albans. Aldershot won 1-5 at Welwyn and Ogie got one of the goals. Woking have re-signed forward Jamar Loza from King's Lynn Town (the Linets) for an undisclosed fee. The 26-year-old, who has scored nine goals in 43 appearances during two previous loan spells at Kingfield, has signed an 18-month deal with the Cards. We had Loza on loan from Norwich in 2014 making one start and two from the bench without scoring. The Canaries then loaned him to Southend (twice), Yeovil, Stevenage, Maidstone and Woking before Billericay signed him. He signed for Chelmsford next before they loaned him to Woking again. He signed for the Linets in July this year. `I was particularly disappointed to see the postponement of the match at Clachnacuddin against Inverurie Loco Works. Manager Embleton was to self isolate after becoming in contact with a positive Co-vid case so he would miss the next three games. 26 December. Away to Cambridge United. 2-1(Johnson). Two minutes loses three points. A goal up through Johnson after 23’ was undone on 55’ and 57’ as Cambridge took all the points. Thankfully Wilkinson returned to replace Angol but although we had 55% of the the play with 4/13 shots on target the result was till the same. Seven corners did not help. Cambridge only had one. No one knows why Dennis and Angol even came off the bench before Maguire-Drew as he is more a threat to the opposition than those two put together. No doubt Embleton was manipulating via phone. They still did not learn the lesson that substituting Widdowson and dropping Brophy back is not a good idea but on this occasion it did not affect the pointless outcome. Team: Vigouroux, Widdowson, Ling, Cissé, Brophy, Coulson, Happe, Johnson, Clay, Wilkinson, McAnuff. Subs, Sargeant, Sotiriou(Wilkinson 78), Akinola, Dayton, Angol(Cissé 75) Maguire-Drew(Clay 86), Dennis(Widdowson 75). Video highlights. BBC Report. Still 12th. Home to the improving Southend (they hauled themselves off the bottom today beating Colchester at Roots Hall) on Tuesday. They have won two and drawn two out of their last five games. We have won one and lost four. We need a plan B as the opposition have sussed plan A. Whilst on the lofcforum it was said “Taking an early lead has become a kiss of death. Toothless and frustrating.” Comment: Talking to a West Ham supporter I outlined our play. A combination of passes across and back until finally the goalkeeper punts the ball up field. To which his reply was “a 50% chance of losing the ball?” Exactly. Embleton like Davies seems to be unwilling to change a format that other teams have sussed and so no longer works. The team selection and substitutions mirror the previous game which we also lost and no one knows why the manager has any faith in Dennis or Angol except they believe they are both playing out of their best position. 29 December. Home to Southend. 2-0 (McAnuff, Wilkinson). Akinola was bought in for Coulson and Widdowson placed on the bench replaced by Angol. Dennis was not required. In a goal less first half I thought there was less across and back though we still ended up with 69% of the play. Wilkinson squandered three chances. It took a free kick on 53’ that McAnuff put into the net. Southend were not happy that the ref had measured more than ten yards. On 78’ McAnuff’s pass found Wilkinson who cleverly chipped the keeper. Angol was awful. Team: Vigouroux, Ling, Akinola, Cissé, Brophy, Happe, Johnson, Clay, Angol, Wilkinson, McAnuff. Subs, Sargeant, Sotiriou(Johnson 90+2), Widdowson, Dayton(Clay 90+4), Coulson, Kyprianou(McAnuff 85), Maguire-Drew. 5/12 shots on target. Video highlights. BBC Report. We ended the year in 10th place. Myles Judd was loaned to Barnet for a month with the option to extend it. That fuelled the debate on the lofcforum as to why he had become a virtuosos outcast and how his hamstring injury has so miraculously got better. Former Scotland boss Docherty dies aged 92. An honest man. “In 2014, he told the BBC he still regretted his decision to leave the Scotland job for United. "I was stupid," he said. "I should have stayed with Scotland. [It was] partly the money, I have to be honest about that." Docherty left [Chelsea] to become manager of unfashionable Rotherham United and memorably said: "I promised I would take Rotherham out of the Second Division - and I took them into the Third. The old chairman said, 'Doc, you're a man of your word!"' 1960’s on YouTube. Leyton Orient FC – its history & historic landmarks. Previous page. Next page.