With Reading having finally changed hands, hopefully there'll be more media bandwidth to focus on another club that has been bumping along with intermittent financial problems and a bad owner for years. This latest story is disgraceful. www.thestar.co.uk/sport/footba...

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OTD 1989 - Div 4 Play-Off Final 2nd Leg - Leyton Orient 2-1 Wrexham Agg 2-1 Att 13,355 #LOFC (Harvey, Cooper) #WxmAFC

Top bloke. I remember a @lofanstrust.bsky.social meeting where he was asked: "Quavers or Hula Hoops?" He didn't miss a beat: "It's gotta be Hula Hoops, hasn't it? You can put one on each finger and eat them off." #LOFC

LOFT statement on our new majority owners leytonorientfanstrust.com/loft-welcome...

LOFT statement on our new majority owners leytonorientfanstrust.com/loft-welcome...

"Today signals the beginning of Leyton Orient’s next chapter." Orient Chairman, Nigel Travis, has penned an open letter to supporters, following today's announcement of David Gandler as the club's new majority shareholder. #LOFC #OneOrient

Things looking distinctly grim over at Dagenham - seemingly on their way to regional football in the sixth tier, and this week have sold a stake to an Egyptian influencer whose arrival has brought out some justified alarm and bemusement mixed with outright bigotry.

Our website's had a redesign. Hopefully it's more accessible so do share and encourage O's fans to join us at this pivotal time in our history leytonorientfanstrust.com

Fact Premier League allows clubs to pass own rules is a disaster. The recent Chelsea situation highlights this. Backed by a few clubs thinking they may face similar situation, ban on selling assets to self not imposed. Not a chance Chelsea’s women’s team can be valued at £150m, and yet here we are.

The Sun is carrying an article by Karren Brady about why a football regulator is a bad idea. What's interesting about this isn't the content - it's the same old feeble scaremongering - it's that the Premier League has made essentially zero headway in its years-long campaign of opposition.

The club is in deep, deep trouble and, for all his public statements about wanting to sell, the years wasted on unviable sale processes mean that many fans no longer trust a word Jason Whittingham says. Without radical action, they see only more delay, deception and drift ahead.

Morecambe fans take the nuclear option: a "not a penny more" campaign. More power to them.

Uefa’s distribution model has already destroyed or harmed competitive balance across leagues in europe, particularly the small and medium competitions, and it now seems FIFA wants to have it turn to do harm to club football.

$1bn shared between just 32 teams, most of it going to Europeans and a paltry $250m somehow going to be disbursed to thousands of other clubs around the world. Infantino celebrating “the biggest-ever prize money for a football tournament”, without seemingly caring about the consequences.

Our CEO Niall Couper responding to Richard Masters "It is puzzling to describe football as a virtuous circle when 58% of clubs are technically insolvent. And the financial gaps between divisions has grown wider for over 25 years. "Football is not just about the 20 owners of Premier League clubs."

Yet again, the new Sky deal pushes match-going fans to the bottom of the pecking order.

❤️ "The club is still there and plays a crucial role in bringing communities together." Starting this Saturday, the "Home Team" exhibition from local artist Jake Green will display Orient-based photography in shops and outdoor locations throughout Leyton. #LOFC #OneOrient

Honesty, openness and financial transparency crucial to any deal

If /when someone new takes over, they'll do well just by doing next to nothing. Put up the cash, let the club run itself. Too many new owners think with their ego, that their changes will improve an already decent thing from Day One. Hope Travis tells them to do one if there are any red flags #lofc

As @leytonorientear.com reminds me, it was almost a year ago that Leyton Orient's board revealed they were searching for a new investor(s) for potentially a majority stake #LOFC leytonlaureate.wordpress.com/2024/02/13/i...

A key difference between this change of ownership and the one in 2014 is that this one has been in the works for at least a year - Hearn’s sale was carried out in a big hurry #LOFC

LOFT statement on takeover talks. www.leytonorientfanstrust.com/story.asp?st...

Whenever new investment is on the horizon, a lot of fans first question is “how much money have they got?” Recent experience at #LOFC should remind us that this shouldn’t be the only question.

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Interesting, and long rumoured. Any new owners need to commit to open and honest dialogue with fans, respect for the club's traditions, and integrity, financial and otherwise

Plaudits to the club for laying on free travel but this is again pretty contemptuous from the EFL towards matchgoing fans (and exhausted players) in piling on yet another fixture at short notice. We'll be contacting the league

Today's UD is on that old devil, the 'magic of the cup'. Last weekend saw a reminder of why it's so important, both at Plymouth & Leyton Orient, while paying subscribers also get a section on why Queen's Park beating Rangers was even more significant. open.substack.com/pub/unexpect...

Hugely disappointing response from the Tory leader. The Regulator was a Tory idea. Football needs a regulator. When a club goes into administration, the local community suffers. Traditions are threatened & local businesses go Do they no longer matter? www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Here's a quick reminder, why a Football Regulator is so important (just in case some Tories had forgotten)... youtu.be/iUIdHEW8htg

So I did a match preview innit www.theguardian.com/football/202...

7/5/1966 Div 2 - Leyton Orient 2-2 Manchester City Att 6,109 #LOFC Metchick,Smith #MCFC Bell scores their 2nd goal

Season Card Holders ✅ Members ✅ Ticket availability has increased for our trip to Bolton Wanderers later this month 🎟️ #LOFC #OneOrient

And there is very definite resentment about Wrexham within EFL “a fetishisation of working-class culture, our league’s culture” “an element of ‘wow, look how happy these people are that a billionaire is having a beer in the same pub’.” www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

Charges Doubled - 24/2/1926 FA Cup 6th Rd - Clapton Orient v Manchester City #LOFC #MCFC

The fan matchday playlist is back this Saturday! 🎶 Give us your suggestions for our pre-match tunes...🙌 (Except don’t post them here, you’ll have to go over to https://x.com/leytonorientfc/status/1887614748570566994) #LOFC #OneOrient

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Congratulations to Super Richie Wellens for deservedly winning the League One Manager Of The Month award for January!🎶 #LOFC

“Twelve of the 20 clubs have at least 10% of their holdings which – due to secrecy provisions – cannot be formally traced back to their beneficial owners." www.theguardian.com/football/202...

We've been critical of aspects of the club's ticket pricing policies in the past couple of seasons but it's only fair to say that the arrangements and prices for Man City tickets look fair and logical.

🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 Happy 20th birthday to #lofc penalty taking extraordinaire Zech Obiero! Have a great day 👍🏻 #lofc

If there is one video that every lower league football club boardroom, Supporter Trust and MP should see about the future of our National Game, this is it👇👇👇 Help make a difference. Share it. youtu.be/1v1rexiN8X4?...

Old friend has gone missing in London, very worrying, please share and get in touch with the listed contacts if you can

🧱 Building something special 🥰 #LOFC #OneOrient

Excellent stuff from the whole team last night and due reward for the whole club. Arranging the ticketing for Man City will be an unenviable task but let's hope it can be reasonably priced for the circs - and kick off at a decent time

The club are waiting to be informed of the date for its @EmiratesFACup fourth-round tie against Manchester City. Once confirmed, full fixture, ticketing and commercial information will be communicated. We thank fans for their excitement and patience 🤝 #LOFC #OneOrient

Limited edition (100 copies) 15th anniversary reboot of Brisbane Road on 7" vinyl. Coming to Bandcamp soon....