Re: Worst Orient Memories - Top 5
Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2025 12:07 pm
It always amazes me that some of our fans like Hearn & don't recognise him for what he is.redintheface wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2025 4:49 pmUnfortunately CCH it’s not just a memory - there’s living proof at every home game!Chief crazy horse wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2025 4:27 pm My worst memory by far is seeing the gradual destruction of Brisbane road from that devious individual Barry Hearn. So much so that we are now being forced to move after he used us as a property development site. Sad to say he sucked a lot of fans in with the old 'call me Barry' and 'little Leyton Orient ' tag lines which was just a distraction for his building plans on our ground. That's why he's devious as well as being the biggest bulls---ter going. I dreamt as a young kid in the late 50's and 60's of nice big stands going up behind each goal and just look what he gave us.. We should be looking forward, realistically speaking, to a 18 - 20,000 capacity sell out against City. Now the ground can barely hold 9,000.
We all demonstrated against Bechetti and quite rightly so. Hearn was worse for what he did to us and we should also be demonstrating against him. For starters, by giving us back our ground at a reasonable price, especially when you consider what he plundered during his tenure.
This is my biggest disappointment of a memory by far...
In addition to the above, there is the disgrace of him selling to Beelzebub when he admits that he knew there was something very wrong with Beelzebub from day 1. Unforgivable. Due diligence, my a...