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Burnley at home March 1989 3-0 and Comfort tore em a new one if I remember correctly..
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21 Dec 1963
1:1 with Norwich.
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5th February 1972. Leicester City v Leyton Orient in the FA Cup at Filbert Street. Went there straight after school finished (Saturday morning) and arrived just in time for the 3pm kick off. If my memory serves me well Leicester were in the top 4 in Division 1 whereas we were near the foot of Division 2. However, we won 2-0 and in the next round we beat Chelsea 3-2. I was not there for that but remember it vividly on Match of the Day.
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Orient 1 Plymouth 2

About 51 years ago
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My dad took me to Os v Liverpool March 1962 score was 2 -2 in front of over 25000 crowd. I remember left back Eddie Lewis scoring a screamer from about 30yards
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Writtlered wrote: Sun Jan 26, 2020 1:45 pm
Orient Punxx wrote: Sun Jan 26, 2020 1:14 pm By contrast my eldest daughter’s first game was the 8-0 Doncaster at home!
Remember that one think it was a Tuesday night
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The Rochdale 8-0 was on Tuesday 20 Oct 87.

The annoying thing about the Doncaster game was that they had plenty of time to score the 9th and eclipse the record. 20 mins I recall.
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KC & sunshine band wrote: Sun Jan 26, 2020 2:20 pm FA cup round 5

home to Leicester

16 march 1963

lost 0-1

25,769

I can remember the excitement of going to the match, wearing a blue and white scarf and a rosette with the FA cup on - lots of rattles. Its funny cos I can remember that but sometimes cant remember what I done yesterday !
My first game was also against Leicester in the cup the following year , i believe the late great Gordon Banks was in goal for them , we won 3-2 and I was immediately hooked.
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Ipswich home November 1962 lost 2-1 attendance 13929 Gregory scored for us.
Could have gone to O's or Hammers but Hammers were away .....rest is history .....57 bloody years of it
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Leyton Orient - Carlisle United 1-1
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BIGRON wrote: Sun Jan 26, 2020 6:10 pm
KC & sunshine band wrote: Sun Jan 26, 2020 2:20 pm FA cup round 5

home to Leicester

16 march 1963

lost 0-1

25,769

I can remember the excitement of going to the match, wearing a blue and white scarf and a rosette with the FA cup on - lots of rattles. Its funny cos I can remember that but sometimes cant remember what I done yesterday !
My first game was also against Leicester in the cup the following year , i believe the late great Gordon Banks was in goal for them , we won 3-2 and I was immediately hooked.
I was also their bigron

But the game against Leicester away FA cup round 5 away 1972 was just unbelievable not only winning 0-2 but the OS crowd just unbelievable.

Ian Bowyer scored a screamer

Happy days mate
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Wasn't there an earlier dated thread on the same subject.

As I said in the earlier thread, I can't remember the first game I attended, but the first game I remember was Boxing Day 1969 beating Luton. And many good (and bad) memories since then.
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Writtlered wrote: Sun Jan 26, 2020 1:00 pm 1997 Orient 2-1 Mansfield, was a penalty and a sending off, and remember there being no South stand, just a load of boarding behind the goal, one of the Mansfield defenders sent Carl Griffiths flying into the boarding to
Get sent off and give away the pen! Stood at the front of the east stand. Must of been 8 at the time, never looked back this is my 22nd year of being a season ticket holder 😆
Mark Sale sent off for Mansfield.
Think we might have been the only football league game on that day, with all the other matches postponed, albeit our pitch was definitely frozen!
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First game for me was Palace away in the FA CUP 5th Round in 82.
0-0 draw.
Didn't go to the replay but cried myself to sleep after watching Midweek Sports Special and witnessing Ian Moores clearing the South Stand with a penalty.
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I think it was 1960 v Sunderland .A 0--0 draw I believe . I was 10 yrs old and travelled in by train from Elm Park . Happy days!!!!
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19 October 1991

Orient 1-1 Bournemouth

Remember like it was yesterday my grandfather telling me that morning that he was taking me to the football. Stood on the terrace in the front of the east stand, in what is now the away end. Followed that up with a 2-0 defeat at home to stoke. Great memories!!
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Somehow I got in in 1975 (I believe) a free ticket or something.Wasn't into football then so had no idea what was going on.After that sometime in the 1980's when I had more of an interest in footie.
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1972 I think but definitely beat Sunderland 5-0.
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1978/79 we lost 1-0 at home to Leicester. The old Notts County forward Trevor Christie scored & Dennis Rofe was playing for Leicester.
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1985 at home to Derby, think Chris Jones might have scored and Rhys Wilmot let a soft one in!
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lordgriff wrote: Sun Jan 26, 2020 8:24 pm
Writtlered wrote: Sun Jan 26, 2020 1:00 pm 1997 Orient 2-1 Mansfield, was a penalty and a sending off, and remember there being no South stand, just a load of boarding behind the goal, one of the Mansfield defenders sent Carl Griffiths flying into the boarding to
Get sent off and give away the pen! Stood at the front of the east stand. Must of been 8 at the time, never looked back this is my 22nd year of being a season ticket holder 😆
Mark Sale sent off for Mansfield.
Think we might have been the only football league game on that day, with all the other matches postponed, albeit our pitch was definitely frozen!
I was a steward in those days and sat a few seats away from £earn in the East stand directors box that day , no leaky roof in those days 🤣🤣 Scott Mgleish and Colin West got the goals I believe.
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Leyton Orient 3 - 0 Oldham 1966

I don't remember much about the match, but all I can remember was my Dad saying "I told em Oldham" all the way home.
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EliotNes wrote: Sun Jan 26, 2020 7:23 pm Wasn't there an earlier dated thread on the same subject.

As I said in the earlier thread, I can't remember the first game I attended, but the first game I remember was Boxing Day 1969 beating Luton. And many good (and bad) memories since then.
what a great memory

I was working at the os giving out the small white programmes. This was a early kick off and got to the ground early in complete fog

Peter Allen scored a screamer , and left back for Luton was Malcolm Mcdonald

The crowd was about 17000 and we ran out of programmes

After this win we started to believe it might be our season
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15/4/67 Beat Donny 4-1

AND, I have never been to a pro game that didn't involve the Os.
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1973 ,Orient 3 Huddersfield 1 . I can't remember what the attendance was that day . At the time me and my friend who came with me was only 12 years old
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