Favourite Orient Defender

[Thor]

Ok so as we look to the defence, who was your favourite defender during your time as a supporter?

I'm going to go for Glen Roeder, he just oozed class, calmness under pressure and a great reader of the game. He played at the top level as well, so he must have been alright.

Honourable mention to Lockwood, to me an orient legend who should have stepped up earlier to the next level to really have tested himself.

[Fellowo]

Stuart Hicks, pure passion and looked angrier than the angry man in the south stand.

[Sid Bishop]

Centre half Sid Bishop and Left back Dennis Rofe. Bill Shankly was so impressed with how Bishop played against Liverpool when both sides were in the old division 2, that he wanted Sid to join Liverpool FC, but Sid decided to stay with the Os. I suppose he was used to playing with the Os, a London club and not the massive wages paid nowadays, so not a great incentive to uproot himself to play for a Northern club. Unfortunately Sid sustained a bad injury when playing that one season in Division one and was never the same player again. Medical care for football injuries was nowhere as advanced in those days as it is now. Rofe was a brilliant attacking left back, came through via the youth team around the same time as Tommy Taylor and like Tommy, sold while still young.

[MrB]

Matthew Joseph was excellent!! So underrated

[gshaw]

Matthew Joseph was excellent!! So underrated

Yup our family were big fans of him.

Tough call this one, overall probably Lockwood but very close with Daniels and Zakuani too

[Greenwich Orient]

In my lifetime, Lockwood is the favourite, although I’d say the best I’ve seen was Charlie Daniels. The way he linked up with Coxy on the left was phenomenal.

[Sid Bishop]

In my lifetime, Lockwood is the favourite, although I’d say the best I’ve seen was Charlie Daniels. The way he linked up with Coxy on the left was phenomenal.

An age divide here, being older, back in the early 60s, I saw the Os play against the very best English League teams of the day when playing in Division One and Division Two, now of course called the ''Premier League'' and ''Championship''

[Orient Punxx]

Kevin Hales

[Bergen]

Tommy Taylor.

[Sid Bishop]

Tommy Taylor.

Two brilliant youngsters in the Os defence at that time, Tommy Taylor and Dennis Rofe.

[faith1234]

Matt lockwood class act

[redintheface]

Tommy Taylor.

Two brilliant youngsters in the Os defence at that time, Tommy Taylor and Dennis Rofe.

Add Terry Mancini to those two and you’ve got the makings of a pretty fair defence!

[Sid Bishop]

Tommy Taylor.

Two brilliant youngsters in the Os defence at that time, Tommy Taylor and Dennis Rofe.

Add Terry Mancini to those two and you’ve got the makings of a pretty fair defence!

And do not forget Mick Jones at right back, fast, good and hard fullback who was excellent at overlapping, really good crosser of the ball as well and had a shot in him. All four of those players in a different class to what we have now.

[Lovejoy]

Terry Mancini

[tuffers#1]

Hard to choose between Roffey & Roeder for very different reasons

[BiggsyMalone]

Sam Ling

[HavantO]

Matt lockwood. Would have been a premier league regular if not for the ruptured spleen at York.

[Tenerife]

Matthew Joseph, Dean Smith, Charlie Daniels, Matthew Lckwood ...

But Matthew Joseph is my favourite.

[Thor]

Hard to choose between Roffey & Roeder for very different reasons

I guess you thinking he had a great left hook to boot as well?

[Ornchurch]

Glenn Roeder was the master of the stepover bringing the ball out from the back.

Personal favourite though is undoubtedly Bill Roffey.

[Thor]

We had two great full backs in Roffey and Fisher at that time.

[AckneyAwks]

My two favourites are Dennis Rofe and Glen Roeder. Thought i would also mention as a centre back pairing Phil Hoadley and Tom Walley. Tom was left footed and hard as nails. ps Bill Roffey as minder, ask Wayne Entwistle 6'4" centre forward who would second that.

[Top of the JES]

Roeder and Tom Walley, two completely different styles at centre back, Roeder as mentioned was a class act. Walley who often played in midfield was indeed "ard as nails" I can't remember him ever losing a tackle, he was scary.

[Mr. Peanutbutter]

Tamika Mkandawire

[banqo]

Phil Hoadley for me.