Long season for Orient

Murray 17 said:

Yes, almost. Then you remembered their club's and fans' attitude towards us in the mid/late 90s.

I don't think any other club has suggested we should be kicked out the league.

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Bodian said:

Saw them at Barrow yesterday. 2-2 in an entertaining game - 300 Orient fans making the trip north, which is pretty good really. Chatting to them on the train home it was clear that they thought that they would walk the league after relegation - and have been really surprised by the level of competitiveness they have encountered.

Not looking great for them really - and when you look at the league they're in, it's hardly 'non-league' with teams like Tranmere, Halifax, Aldershot, Hartlepool, Torquay, Wrexham - all stalwarts of the league set up for so long. It really does feel like a fifth division now.

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Thunder Bolt said:

Halifax aren't the club we played 20 years ago. They were dissolved in 2008 and a new club formed called FC Halifax.

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Neville's Breakfast said:

They still play at the Shay though and it will be the same families supporting them. The change in name is just legal/financial. If you were a Halifax fan 20 years ago then you are a Halifax fan today.

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Bodian said:

Saw them at Barrow yesterday. 2-2 in an entertaining game - 300 Orient fans making the trip north, which is pretty good really. Chatting to them on the train home it was clear that they thought that they would walk the league after relegation - and have been really surprised by the level of competitiveness they have encountered.

Not looking great for them really - and when you look at the league they're in, it's hardly 'non-league' with teams like Tranmere, Halifax, Aldershot, Hartlepool, Torquay, Wrexham - all stalwarts of the league set up for so long. It really does feel like a fifth division now.

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The Fifth Column said:

There was a time in the not so distant past when we had a mini rivalry with Orient and they featured quite heavily on NSC. Both clubs were in the 4th tier and languishing in the footballing wilderness with no money and similar levels of expectation. Interesting how our paths have separated in opposite directions so dramatically and it could so easily have been us getting smashed by Bromley. I almost feel sorry for them, almost.

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Green Cross Code Man said:

Except for Hereford.

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Murray 17 said:

Now you mention it, I vaguely remember it. Was it the season they went down?

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Thunder Bolt said:

Tell that to Crystal Palace 2010.

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Guy Fawkes said:

It makes you wonder if the Conference will ever become a part of the Football League given the teams now residing there and how quite a few are full time nowadays

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poidy said:

Frightening to think what can happen in such a short space of time. We're now plying our trade in the richest league in the world. Leyton Orient meanwhile are 16th in the National League.


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