Laurie Cunningham
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2024 8:46 am
Laurie Cunningham was born this day in 1956. Raise a glass of something to toast his birthday and post any interesting stories about this great player and Orient Legend.
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Re: Laurie Cunningham
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:00 am
Whats to say ! lucky enough to see him play at Brisbane Road, was a super talent.
Re: Laurie Cunningham
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:06 am
Nearly played against him in a training session, it’s a long story but I went to the wrong place whilst on trial 
Re: Laurie Cunningham
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:12 am
Scored a great goal at Stamford Bridge which even the ref clapped
Re: Laurie Cunningham
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:38 am
I remember that Laurie was a keen dancer, used to enter dancing competitions. He then proceeded to dance round the opposition. Maybe we should introduce dance lessons for our forwards? I'm sure Pigott would be a natural.
Re: Laurie Cunningham
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:51 am
Probably the best player I've seen in an Orient shirt 
and I've been supporting em for 60 years 
and I've been supporting em for 60 years 
Re: Laurie Cunningham
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:04 pm
Re: Laurie Cunningham
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:06 pm
In some ways, I wish his statue was even closer to the ground. It would gain more attention.
Re: Laurie Cunningham
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:17 pm
The best player I've ever seen to grace Brisbane Road.
Re: Laurie Cunningham
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2024 4:35 pm
I wish it was too , maybe that is a possibility at some point.Give it to Jabo wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:06 pm In some ways, I wish his statue was even closer to the ground. It would gain more attention.
Re: Laurie Cunningham
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2024 11:09 pm
Watched him play in a youth game at Spring Hill (I think) The O's staff on the side line watched as he picked the ball up in his own half I remember them shouting "pass it Laurie" as he waltzed past two opponents, turned on the afterburners and glided forward " now give it son" one of them called - but by then he'd left two more defenders on their backsides before slipping the ball past the keeper and into the bottom corner, he just turned round and grinned at the coaches looking on, he was a massive massive talent. I knew then he was special it turned out he was the best I have ever seen in an O's shirt.
Re: Laurie Cunningham
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2024 3:03 am
One of the best posts I have read…Top of the JES wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 11:09 pm Watched him play in a youth game at Spring Hill (I think) The O's staff on the side line watched as he picked the ball up in his own half I remember them shouting "pass it Laurie" as he waltzed past two opponents, turned on the afterburners and glided forward " now give it son" one of them called - but by then he'd left two more defenders on their backsides before slipping the ball past the keeper and into the bottom corner, he just turned round and grinned at the coaches looking on, he was a massive massive talent. I knew then he was special it turned out he was the best I have ever seen in an O's shirt.
Re: Laurie Cunningham
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 11:57 am
I think the sad thing for us is that Laurie had said that he wanted to come back and play at the O's for the last couple of years of his career, he would have been a different player to the one that left but we didn't get to see enough of him.
Re: Laurie Cunningham
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 12:07 pm
How fantastic that would have been.Top of the JES wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 11:57 am I think the sad thing for us is that Laurie had said that he wanted to come back and play at the O's for the last couple of years of his career, he would have been a different player to the one that left but we didn't get to see enough of him.
Re: Laurie Cunningham
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 12:13 pm
That’s where I trained, did you train there Jab?Give it to Jabo wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 3:03 amOne of the best posts I have read…Top of the JES wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 11:09 pm Watched him play in a youth game at Spring Hill (I think) The O's staff on the side line watched as he picked the ball up in his own half I remember them shouting "pass it Laurie" as he waltzed past two opponents, turned on the afterburners and glided forward " now give it son" one of them called - but by then he'd left two more defenders on their backsides before slipping the ball past the keeper and into the bottom corner, he just turned round and grinned at the coaches looking on, he was a massive massive talent. I knew then he was special it turned out he was the best I have ever seen in an O's shirt.