Independent Leyton Orient Forum

Adz wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 9:37 am

Disoriented wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 8:51 am

Adz wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 7:30 am Your choice of pub really depends on your age and political inclinations!

Understand the first bit, but not the second.

Which pub is the Tory one then?

As I understand it lefties go to the birkbeck, righties to the coach and horses. Champagne socialists to the technical.

Thor wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 6:57 pm

tuffers#1 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 3:45 pm

banqo wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 3:15 pm

Ah, Mark Cooper before he became sooper Cooper!

Ee-orr mk 2 .

Even the welsh/aussie commentator knew.

Cooper should be in here .
( its an open effing goal )
Should be in , wtf ?

the commentator was Gilso!

Paddy wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 12:10 am I think I've decided I will be sitting in the Justin Edinburgh Stand but happy to hear your thoughts on which stand to sit on

Real Al wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 10:02 pm Did you watch the stream Paddy? What were your thoughts?

How did you make the transition to O's fan?

Paddy wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 10:46 am

Real Al wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 10:02 pm Did you watch the stream Paddy? What were your thoughts?

How did you make the transition to O's fan?

Yes I watched it from the 35th minute onward as soon as I got home from work. I thought we looked very good for being in preseason, but it's so hard to really take a proper view on it as they were playing U23s!

I have loved football all my life. I am born and raised in Sweden and my team there is AIK. They are very famous for their passionate fans and I went to every home game between the ages of 12 to 23 which is when I moved to London (I am 32 now). Since I moved here I have followed the PL intimately, admittedly with an extra eye on Chelseas results, but more from a want of having a team rather than feeling the emotions for them! Because of the way I see football and following a team I have always followed international football very closely too and I have traveled to see Sweden and Iran which is where my parents are from at both World Cups and Euros, last time was France 2016!

Having lived exclusively in East London since moving here I have always come across The O's in the papers when reading about football, good and bad being mostly over the last 9-10 years. I remember getting annoyed and thinking that is no way to treat a classic club and fans when reading about the Italian silly sausage and his shenanigans at the time and maybe a seed was planted there?! I just realised not long ago that I actually feel for them and I want to follow them. I want my future children to love football like I love football and I do not think you can get that in the PL and the top top level football so I very much look forward to introducing the O's in their lives from the first moment.

At the end of the day it is very much like falling in love, it happens without you really being able to pinpoint when and how it happened! Thinking about the team and seeing their results made me think "we" and "us" and here I am!

Apologies if it's a little long winded and rambling, but I just tried putting my thoughts in writing, and it's probably a discussion that would have been better suited over some drinks at the pub

tuffers#1 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 1:02 pm Paddy
A great Traditional Swedish Name

Real Al wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 1:46 pm

tuffers#1 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 1:02 pm Paddy
A great Traditional Swedish Name

Back in the early 90's, I worked with a guy whose mum was Irish and dad Iranian. Poor bugger never managed to get through airport security without getting stopped.

tuffers#1 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 1:52 pm

Real Al wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 1:46 pm

tuffers#1 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 1:02 pm Paddy
A great Traditional Swedish Name

Back in the early 90's, I worked with a guy whose mum was Irish and dad Iranian. Poor bugger never managed to get through airport security without getting stopped.

Being born in Belfast & having an Irish passport i know how he feels
I used to get stopped regularly flying out of the uk.

I used to love winding up the customs mob

Real Al wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 2:44 pm

tuffers#1 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 1:52 pm

Real Al wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 1:46 pm

Back in the early 90's, I worked with a guy whose mum was Irish and dad Iranian. Poor bugger never managed to get through airport security without getting stopped.

Being born in Belfast & having an Irish passport i know how he feels
I used to get stopped regularly flying out of the uk.

I used to love winding up the customs mob

Very dangerous. They have rubber gloves.

tuffers#1 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 2:47 pm

Real Al wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 2:44 pm

tuffers#1 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 1:52 pm

Being born in Belfast & having an Irish passport i know how he feels
I used to get stopped regularly flying out of the uk.

I used to love winding up the customs mob

Very dangerous. They have rubber gloves.

It never gets that far
They normally say c*nt before i walk off chuckling

Real Al wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 2:49 pm

tuffers#1 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 2:47 pm

Real Al wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 2:44 pm

Very dangerous. They have rubber gloves.

It never gets that far
They normally say c*nt before i walk off chuckling

I imagine most people do.

tuffers#1 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 1:02 pm Paddy
A great Traditional Swedish Name

Give it to Jabo wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 12:39 pm

Paddy wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 10:46 am

Real Al wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 10:02 pm Did you watch the stream Paddy? What were your thoughts?

How did you make the transition to O's fan?

Yes I watched it from the 35th minute onward as soon as I got home from work. I thought we looked very good for being in preseason, but it's so hard to really take a proper view on it as they were playing U23s!

I have loved football all my life. I am born and raised in Sweden and my team there is AIK. They are very famous for their passionate fans and I went to every home game between the ages of 12 to 23 which is when I moved to London (I am 32 now). Since I moved here I have followed the PL intimately, admittedly with an extra eye on Chelseas results, but more from a want of having a team rather than feeling the emotions for them! Because of the way I see football and following a team I have always followed international football very closely too and I have traveled to see Sweden and Iran which is where my parents are from at both World Cups and Euros, last time was France 2016!

Having lived exclusively in East London since moving here I have always come across The O's in the papers when reading about football, good and bad being mostly over the last 9-10 years. I remember getting annoyed and thinking that is no way to treat a classic club and fans when reading about the Italian silly sausage and his shenanigans at the time and maybe a seed was planted there?! I just realised not long ago that I actually feel for them and I want to follow them. I want my future children to love football like I love football and I do not think you can get that in the PL and the top top level football so I very much look forward to introducing the O's in their lives from the first moment.

At the end of the day it is very much like falling in love, it happens without you really being able to pinpoint when and how it happened! Thinking about the team and seeing their results made me think "we" and "us" and here I am!

Apologies if it's a little long winded and rambling, but I just tried putting my thoughts in writing, and it's probably a discussion that would have been better suited over some drinks at the pub

Paddy: you are a Superfan already. Most welcome.

Real Al wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 12:45 pm You're an Iranian Swede called Paddy, living in E London. Mate, you were BORN to be a O's fan.

And you are very, very welcome.