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"FOOTBALLER WHO TRAINS BY WORKING ON FARM." It's 27 September 1929, and The Daily Mirror reports on the unorthodox training regime of the Orient's Bob Turnbull. #lofc #lofcpress
September 27, 2026 at 10:11 AM
The Orient's match-day transportation, 1920s-style, as documented in the London Evening News for 24 September 1921. #lofc #lofcpress
September 24, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Cup action for the Orient, and a 4-2 victory over Reading Ramblers, reported in Sporting Life on 26 September 1898. "The visit of the English Cup team representing Reading to Clapton on Saturday proved a great attraction at the New Athletic Ground..." #lofc #lofcpress
September 26, 2026 at 7:01 AM
"And so the Orient have won, and their fine victory, 3 to 1 at Blackpool, is good business." So says "Claptonian" in Athletic Chat, 25 September 1906. "Mr. Secretary Dean was a joyful man when the good news came through. He was watching the Reserves score nine goals against..." #lofc #lofcpress
September 25, 2026 at 5:59 PM
The Orient have put four goals past South Shields, and Lloyd’s Weekly Newspaper for 28 September 1919 has the proof: “A remarkable photograph of Clapton Orient’s second goal against South Shields. It was scored by Ives, the outside left, after a scrimmage in the goal-mouth.” #lofc #lofcpress
September 28, 2026 at 8:43 AM
“WOOD BEATS STOCKPORT” cries the London Daily Chronicle for 29 September 1924. “Clapton Orient always seem to do well at Edgeley Park … the Stockport men found in Wood, the burly Orient goalkeeper, a stumbling block. … Perhaps Wood was a trifle lucky…” #lofc #lofcpress
September 29, 2026 at 7:45 AM
A correction: 28 August 1921! Not 1928! #lofc #lofcpress
Were you at Clapton Orient v. Bury? Are you "ringed" in this photo from The Sunday Illustrated for 28 August 1928? You may be a bit too late to claim your "prize of one guinea"... (And yes, one of the selected O's fans is a woman. Yes, we've been there for a long time.) (1/4) #lofc #lofcpress #heros
August 28, 2026 at 11:33 AM
The Evening News for 23 September 1927 reports on the death of long-time Orient goalie Jimmy Hugall, a less celebrated casualty of football's recruitment push during World War I. "Hugall’s death was attributed to internal trouble as the result of being gassed during the war." #lofc #lofcpress
September 23, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Player recruitment, Edwardian-style, as the Orient take out an advertisement in The Manchester Evening News, 7 May 1907:
"CLAPTON ORIENT FOOTBALL CLUB want PLAYERS, all positions.
 State full particulars and terms to Mr. W. Holmes, Mill-fields Road Ground, Clapton, London, N.E." #lofc #lofcpress
May 7, 2026 at 5:41 PM
And a bonus: "FOOTBALL AGAIN", and how to cool down your overheated O, 1923-style, from The Daily News for 13 August. #lofc #lofcpress
August 13, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose in The Westminster Gazette’s “SPORT in BRIEF” column for 29 July 1925: “Archibald, the Clapton Orient left-half, is to be operated on for knee trouble.” #lofc #lofcpress
July 29, 2026 at 1:29 PM
A glimpse of the Orient's training regime in 1910 - skipping, clubs, and baths - courtesy of The Morning Leader for 13 August. #lofc #lofcpress
August 13, 2026 at 8:11 PM
It’s 21 September 1906, and “Crusader” of the London Daily Chronicle has news of the Orient’s 1-1 draw with Blackpool at Homerton: “if the Orient were outshone in attack in the first half, they showed glimpses of their true form in the second half. The defect discernible in the…” #lofc #lofcpress
September 21, 2026 at 9:36 PM
It's 22 September 1893, and The North London Guardian offers an insight into the workings of Orient F.C. "The above club has for the last 3 seasons, been most ably captained by E A Wiggins, who is again selected from 40 members to fill that most important position..." #lofc #lofcpress
September 22, 2026 at 6:46 PM
In which the Orient show that an improvisatory approach to training venues is nothing new, as pictured by The Daily Express on 30 August 1929. #lofc #lofcpress
August 30, 2026 at 9:51 AM
The Derby Daily Telegraph's "By the Way" column for 6 June 1922 carries sad news from Homerton: "For the sixth time in succession burglars have broken into Clapton Orient Football Club offices. This is the dogged spirit of perseverance which spells success in almost any business." #lofc #lofcpress
June 6, 2026 at 9:17 AM
An early appearance for the Orient's cricketing wing, and a euphonious list of fixtures in Sporting Life, 30 May 1891: "At Victoria Park, Union Rogers v. Tobacco Plant ... Lily v. Stepney Primrose; Willow v. Undaunted; St. Augustine’s v. Orient; Bective v. Christian Institute." #lofc #lofcpress
May 30, 2026 at 6:05 PM
"FOOTBALL CALLING." It's 5 August 1926, a pre-season is well underway. The Daily Express prints this fetching picture of the Orient team preparing to face the fray. #lofc #lofcpress
August 5, 2026 at 12:11 PM
"FOOTBALL PLAYER SUSPENDED." The 1911-12 season is already off to a bad start for the Orient: left-back George Johnson will serve a two-week suspension in September, reports The North London Guardian for 26 May 1911. (1/3) #lofc #lofcpress
May 26, 2026 at 11:58 AM
It's 5 June 1922. Orient stalwart Jimmy Hugall is "OPEN FOR ENGAGEMENT" on a free transfer, and is advertising the fact in the "Situations Wanted" column of Athletic News. (I find these adverts oddly moving...) #lofc #lofcpress
June 5, 2026 at 4:11 PM
In case any readers in pre-Great-war Lincolnshire were worrying about the recovery of Orient goalkeeper Billy Bower following a knee operation, the Grimsby Daily Telegraph for 11 June 1914 has the answer. #lofc #lofcpress
June 11, 2026 at 7:51 PM
1 March 1920: the Orient have beaten West Ham, and The Daily Express reaches for a Shakespeare allusion. (1/2) #lofc #lofcpress
March 1, 2026 at 9:28 PM
True crime with the Orient, as William Stevens, 13, and Albert Salmon, 12, are up before the beak for stealing - and drinking - two dozen bottles of mineral water from the refreshment bar at Millfields Road. As reported in The Hackney and Kingsland Gazette for 14 September 1908... #lofc #lofcpress
September 14, 2026 at 6:18 PM
20 September 1920, and the Orient have revenged themselves on a 6-0 mauling at Stockport, reported by Athletic News. "The Homerton crowd — 12,000 strong despite the weather — kept up an almost continuous chant of 'one, two, three, four, five, six', but the forwards in their...” #lofc #lofcpress
September 20, 2026 at 12:57 PM
“AT HOMERTON. — An anxious moment in front of the Clapton Reserve team’s goal during their trial game. Ten thousand spectators attended.” (Sunday Pictorial, 1921). #lofc #lofcpress
August 14, 2026 at 1:26 PM