All posts tagged Leyton Orient

Weighing in on the Price of Football

Politicians like to talk about the squeezed middle - a concept that focus groups tell them plays well to a hard-working and hard-pressed often middle class demographic who have done nothing wrong financially but find the costs of living creeping ever further up so, through no fault of their own, fall towards the poverty line.

It may make for a catchy soundbite at party conferences but said squeeze is …

Book Review: Orientation

Orientation by Adam Michie
Published by Chequered Flag Publishing
2012, £11.99
ISBN: 978-0-9569460-1-0

Our second book review of the week see Leyton Orient supporter Chris Roberts, a recent contributor to our Great Teams series, run the rule over Adam Michie’s Orientation. Adam can be followed on Twitter at @flicksandtricks

Adam Michie describes himself as a Tottenham Hotspur fan who has found room in his heart for Leyton Orient. …

Great Football League Teams 37: Leyton Orient 2005-06

Hot on the heels of John McGee’s well-received Brighton yesterbation, Orient supporter Chris Roberts takes us back to the mid 2000s and ‘that’ goal at Oxford.

Early in my career, I was advised never to start a presentation with an apology. Similarly, I should probably have avoided beginning a piece on a lower league football team with a well-worn cliché, but it’s undeniable that life for Leyton Orient fans …

TTU Awards 2011-12: Best Ground

This year’s award for Best Ground just has to go to Brighton’s AMEX. The wait may have been long and tortuous for the Seagulls but their new stadium is a strong addition to the 72’s roster.

It does have its criticisms: architecturally, it perhaps shares a little too much in common with the Starship Enterprise and the train ride back into town has been fraught with stress on some occasions, …

Conversations with Gabriel Zakuani

Today at 1pm, a group of professional athletes and celebrities aiming to use sports as a way to raise funds for charity projects in Africa and other developing countries will come together to raise money under the banner of iPAY2PLAY.

Two football league stars are heavily involved - Stevenage loanee Patrick Agyemang and Peterborough United’s Gabriel Zakuani - and the Posh defender is heading to Ghana in June to