13/04/2023 - The Circus Upstairs podcast season one is live! Listen here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/west-stand-oThis is the story of how Italian billionaire Francesco Becchetti bought Leyton Orient and almost put the club out of existence, told by club insiders and pieced together by me and James Masters. Here's a list of links and other references to some of the stories from Season One:Episode 1: The Iron Pact of Inviolability The statement announcing Becchetti's take over of the club The Barry Hearn / Francesco Becchetti press conferenceMauro Milanese's hair: Russell Slade post-match interview after Notts County game and "ultimatum" Becchetti's column in programme explaining actions around the Slade ultimatum Episode 2: The Manager Merry-Go-Round Rumours of how much Andrea Dossena was being paid Blog from Liverani's first game in charge, a 2-1 home defeat to Peterborough Dean Cox's furious post-match interview after defeat to Collapse

23/03/2022 - New Leyton Orient manager Richie Wellens sang the praises of Aaron Drinan after the striker ended his 15-game goal drought with a brace in a 3-0 win at Harrogate and ended the O's long wait for an away league victory. Collapse

15/11/2021 - It's five years ago this week since fans of Leyton Orient and Blackpool were united in protest against the owners of their respective clubs. Collapse

29/08/2021 - A game in which... Jacketball returned to E10! What is "Jacketball" you may ask, other than the term used by the official club Twitter feed whenever they stumble across a clip that features Orient completing more than two consecutive passes? Well, on this evidence it seems Jacketball is the new tactical innovation of lumping the ball towards a big striker and hoping for the best. And before you scoff, you think that's easy? Well a) it didn't work against Harrogate. And b) this was a performance full of energy, bite and control. A joy to watch. Moment of madness... Ruel Sotiriou's goal and the scenes of absolute shithousery that followed. The strike itself was a geometric marvel – blasted in from an angle so acute that today mathematicians across the world are frantically trying to rewrite the rules of trigonometry. The striker then ran the full width of the pitch to knee-slide in front of the away fans, a handful of whom had booed the South Stand's Justin Edinburgh chant. Watch Collapse

03/08/2021 - Leyton Orient boss Kenny Jackett has told his players they all have to pitch in with goals this season, if they are to be promoted. Collapse

19/07/2021 - It's ten years ago this week since a monument to commemorate the sacrifice of players, staff and fans of Clapton Orient at the Somme was unveiled. Collapse

15/06/2021 - Joe Gallen has linked up with Leyton Orient boss Kenny Jackett for the fifth time after accepting the role of assistant manager, the League Two club has announced. Collapse