Independent Leyton Orient Forum

The competition starts this weekend.

With Orient away at Macclesfield, there are plenty of local games to watch, perhaps
Woodford Town v White Ensign tonight at Harlow's ground or on Saturday
Walthamstow v Sporting Bengal at Wadham Lodge
Clapton v Stowmarket at Aveley FC or
Ilford v Harwich

Or on Sunday
Barkingside v Stansted or
West Essex v Whitton United at Redbridge FC

All fixtures at http://www.thefa.com/competitions/thefacup/fixtures

Get yourself and kids along to your local club. Your £7 gate money names a huge difference to clubs at this level


You never know, you may get to meet Spen666 in person

spen666 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 12:52 pm Clapton v Stowmarket at Aveley FC

Don't Clapton play in Forest Gate anymore?

RientO wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 1:04 pm

spen666 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 12:52 pm Clapton v Stowmarket at Aveley FC

Don't Clapton play in Forest Gate anymore?

Not at minute...it's all a bit of a mystery to do with McBean the shady owner of club.
but they are currently one of FOUR teams sharing at Aveley FC

Aveley looks like a subbuteo ground!

RientO wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 1:25 pm Aveley looks like a subbuteo ground!

It's a fantastic ground. I like my visits there

spen666 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 1:36 pm

RientO wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 1:25 pm Aveley looks like a subbuteo ground!

It's a fantastic ground. I like my visits there

You should go more often.

Tempting

Nice to see Spen69 starting a sensible thread. Well done, must be the magic of the FA Cup. I hope Orient have a great Cup run this season to bring in some extra dough. Away to Fulham still a very happy memory.

Didn't the very early rounds used to start before the league season?

Anyway, my chance to cheer for West Allotment Celtic.

Also Quorn v Shelwood Colliery. Did Dale Vince take over Beef Mince?

Real Al wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 1:59 pm Didn't the very early rounds used to start before the league season?

Anyway, my chance to cheer for West Allotment Celtic.

Also Quorn v Shelwood Colliery. Did Dale Vince take over Beef Mince?

Are WAC in this year,? Not sure they qualified

West Side Story wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 1:56 pm I hope Orient have a great Cup run this season to bring in some extra dough. Away to Fulham still a very happy memory.

Been a while since Os went beyond 3rd round...

Fifth Round Proper
20 February 2011 Orient 1–1 Arsenal
2 March 2011 Arsenal 5–0 Orient

spen666 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 12:52 pm Get yourself and kids along to your local club. Your £7 gate money names a huge difference to clubs at this level

Orient are my local club. Old Spotted Dog is as close with a trek across Wanstead Flats. But I'm not walking to Aveley.

RientO wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:33 pm

spen666 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 12:52 pm Get yourself and kids along to your local club. Your £7 gate money names a huge difference to clubs at this level

Orient are my local club. Old Spotted Dog is as close with a trek across Wanstead Flats. But I'm not walking to Aveley.

Plenty of other local games & you can use transport to get there

Why would anyone in their right mind want to watch such low level football?
It was diabolical watching Orient in that tin pot league we've just escaped from. These teams are about 10 levels below that.
Can't think of much worse to do in a Saturday afternoon.

spen666 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:34 pm Plenty of other local games & you can use transport to get there

Yes. Odd thing about east London teams playing in places that have next to nothing to do with their names.

Clapton playing in Forest Gate and now Aveley
Redbridge playing in Barkingside
Woodford Town playing in Harlow
and of course Stratford United

At least Orient dropped Clapton when they moved.

RientO wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:51 pm

spen666 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:34 pm Plenty of other local games & you can use transport to get there

Yes. Odd thing about east London teams playing in places that have next to nothing to do with their names.

Clapton playing in Forest Gate and now Aveley
Redbridge playing in Barkingside
Woodford Town playing in Harlow
and of course Stratford United

At least Orient dropped Clapton when they moved.

Woodford Town are moving to Ashton Sports Ground in Woodford this winter. They are temporarily ground sharing with Harlow.

Red_Army wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:53 pm

RientO wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:51 pm

spen666 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:34 pm Plenty of other local games & you can use transport to get there

Yes. Odd thing about east London teams playing in places that have next to nothing to do with their names.

Clapton playing in Forest Gate and now Aveley
Redbridge playing in Barkingside
Woodford Town playing in Harlow
and of course Stratford United

At least Orient dropped Clapton when they moved.

Woodford Town are moving to Ashton Sports Ground in Woodford this winter. They are temporarily ground sharing with Harlow.

Don't hold your breath re Woodford...been talking about a move for a while

Red_Army wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:53 pm Woodford Town are moving to Ashton Sports Ground in Woodford this winter. They are temporarily ground sharing with Harlow.

Looking at wikipedia, they have been pretty nomadic. Broxbourne?


The club played at Waltham Forest's Wadham Lodge ground in Walthamstow until 2011, when they moved to Coles Park in Haringey to groundshare with Haringey Borough. In 2016 they moved to the Terence McMillan stadium in Newham before starting a groundshare with Broxbourne at Goff's Lane for the 2017–18 season. The club relocated to the Harlow Arena prior to the 2018–19 season, and are set to move to a new ground in Woodford at Ashton Playing Fields for in 2019

spen666 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:34 pm Plenty of other local games & you can use transport to get there

Ironic that I would have to travel to a local club.

RientO wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 3:09 pm

spen666 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:34 pm Plenty of other local games & you can use transport to get there

Ironic that I would have to travel to a local club.

Nothing ironic at all. Even if you lived in Leyton you would travel to Brisbane Re.

Unless people live in a football ground they will travel

spen666 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 3:16 pm

RientO wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 3:09 pm

spen666 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:34 pm Plenty of other local games & you can use transport to get there

Ironic that I would have to travel to a local club.

Nothing ironic at all. Even if you lived in Leyton you would travel to Brisbane Re.

Unless people live in a football ground they will travel

Of course many do live at Orient! But to be specific, ironic that travelling by foot is not practical for the local clubs mentioned in my case.

spen666 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:56 pm

Red_Army wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:53 pm

RientO wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:51 pm

Yes. Odd thing about east London teams playing in places that have next to nothing to do with their names.

Clapton playing in Forest Gate and now Aveley
Redbridge playing in Barkingside
Woodford Town playing in Harlow
and of course Stratford United

At least Orient dropped Clapton when they moved.

Woodford Town are moving to Ashton Sports Ground in Woodford this winter. They are temporarily ground sharing with Harlow.

Don't hold your breath re Woodford...been talking about a move for a while

Work is already underway.

and if you can't get to a game, there's one on the BBC broadcast from Gravesend...

Saturday 10th August 2019
Punjab United v Broadbridge Heath FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round 12:30 BBC Red Button / BBC Sport Website

ComeOnYouOs wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:42 pm Why would anyone in their right mind want to watch such low level football?
It was diabolical watching Orient in that tin pot league we've just escaped from. These teams are about 10 levels below that.
Can't think of much worse to do in a Saturday afternoon.

I worked out in the close season that I have seen something in the region of 1350 Os league and cup games in the last 50 years I love the Os and always have since dad took me at the age of five to see my first game, Os games are and always have been the first ones down in my diary in June but I love football at all levels and in my younger years played and then officiated at different levels.

I think like a lot of people born in my era I was brought up watching other clubs when the Os were away from home. Leyton at the Hare and Hounds, Walthamstow Avenue at Green Pond Road, Leytonstone fc at Granleigh Road. Pretty much a great era for non league footbal I still watch between 20/30 games at various levels every season other doing all home and some away games with the Os.

Such a shame that people are so disparaging about the game at lower levels. Some of the best games of football I have witnessed have been on a winters Tuesday evening at the likes of Tilbury, Bury Town, Sudbury etc etc.

Best game I have seen in the FA Cup in last few years was Braintree Town North Ferriby 7 goal thriller after extra time.

spen666 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:16 pm

Real Al wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 1:59 pm Didn't the very early rounds used to start before the league season?

Anyway, my chance to cheer for West Allotment Celtic.

Also Quorn v Shelwood Colliery. Did Dale Vince take over Beef Mince?

Are WAC in this year,? Not sure they qualified

Seems they lost to Newcastle Benfield, which suggests I was right that the cup started earlier. Although maybe these qualifying rounds don't count.