2024–25 Leyton Orient F.C. season

Leyton Orient
2024–25 season
ChairmanNigel Travis
Head CoachRichie Wellens[1]
StadiumBrisbane Road
2025–26 →

The 2024–25 season is the 126th season in the history of Leyton Orient Football Club and their second consecutive season in League One. The club are participating in League One, the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, and the EFL Trophy.

Transfers

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In

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Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
4 July 2024 RW England Diallang Jaiyesimi England Charlton Athletic Free [2]
16 July 2024 CM England Lewis Warrington England Everton Free [3]
21 July 2024 RB England Sean Clare England Wigan Athletic Undisclosed [4]
10 September 2024 DM England Dominic Ball England Ipswich Town Free [5]

Out

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Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
3 July 2024 CM England Max Sanders England Crewe Alexandra Undisclosed [6]

Loaned in

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Date Pos. Player From Date until Ref.
1 July 2024[a] CF United States Charlie Kelman England Queens Park Rangers End of Season [7]
1 July 2024[b] CF England Sonny Perkins England Leeds United End of Season [8]
23 July 2024 GK England Zach Hemming England Middlesbrough End of Season [9]
16 August 2024 SS England Jamie Donley England Tottenham Hotspur End of Season [10]
30 August 2024 LB England Jack Currie England Oxford United End of Season [11]
30 August 2024 GK Republic of Ireland Josh Keeley England Tottenham Hotspur End of Season [12]
  1. ^ The loan was announced on 29 June, and would officially commence on July 1
  2. ^ The loan was announced on 27 June, and would officially commence on July 1

Loaned out

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Date Pos. Player To Date until Ref.
11 July 2024 CF England Joe Pigott England AFC Wimbledon End of Season [13]
3 August 2024 GK England Rhys Byrne England Bowers & Pitsea November 2024 [14]
14 August 2024 AM Greece Thomas Avgoustidis England Potters Bar Town 11 September 2024 [15]
14 August 2024 CM England Hayden Bullas England Erith Town 11 September 2024 [15]
14 August 2024 CF England Reon Smith-Kouassi England Potters Bar Town 11 September 2024 [15]
20 August 2024 CM England George Moncur England Southend United End of Season [16]
2 September 2024 RM England Charlie Pegrum England Welling United 25 November 2024 [17]
17 September 2024 GK England Sam Howes England Wealdstone 12 November 2024 [18]

Released / Out of Contract

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Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Joined date Ref.
30 June 2024 RB England Rob Hunt England Colchester United 1 July 2024 [19][20]
30 June 2024 CB England Ethan Light England Hemel Hempstead Town 1 July 2024 [19][21]
30 June 2024 CF Cyprus Ruel Sotiriou England Bristol Rovers 1 July 2024 [22]
30 June 2024 CM England Jephte Tanga England Ebbsfleet United 10 July 2024 [19][23]
30 June 2024 DM England Emmanuel Harvest England Hornchurch 10 August 2024 [19][24]
30 June 2024 LB England Harrison Sodje England Cray Wanderers 17 August 2024 [19][25]
30 June 2024 CB Northern Ireland Adam Thompson [19]

Pre-season and friendlies

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On 12 May, The O's announced they would return to Spain for a pre-season training camp in Málaga.[26] Five days later, they announced they would travel to Hornchurch to kick-off the pre-season campaign.[27] A second friendly, versus Dagenham & Redbridge was also shortly added.[28] On June 4, the club added a double-header to their pre-season schedule, versus Welling United and St Albans City.[29] Two weeks later, a fifth fixture was added, against Cheshunt.[30] On 28 June, fixtures against Heart of Midlothian and Juventud de Torremolinos were added.[31] A fixture to honour Justin Edinburgh against Tottenham Hotspur U21 was also later added.[32]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

9 July 2024 Friendly Hornchurch 0–7 Leyton Orient Upminster
19:30 BST Report
Stadium: Hornchurch Stadium
13 July 2024 Friendly Heart of Midlothian 1–2 Leyton Orient Gorgie
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Tynecastle Park
16 July 2024 Friendly St Albans City 1–5 Leyton Orient St Albans
19:45 BST
Stadium: Clarence Park
16 July 2024 Friendly Welling United 1–1 Leyton Orient Welling
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Park View Road
20 July 2024 Friendly Arsenal 2–0 Leyton Orient London Colney
13:00 BST Report Stadium: Arsenal Training Centre
Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
25 July 2024 Friendly Juventud de Torremolinos 0–0 Leyton Orient Torremolinos
19:30 CEST
(18:30 BST)
Report Stadium: Estadio Municipal El Pozuelo
30 July 2024 Friendly Leyton Orient 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur U21 Dagenham
19:30 BST
Report Stadium: Victoria Road
3 August 2024 Friendly Dagenham & Redbridge 0–1 Leyton Orient Dagenham
15:00 BST Report
Stadium: Victoria Road
Attendance: 1,098
5 August 2024 Friendly Cheshunt 2–1 Leyton Orient Cheshunt
19:45 BST
Report Stadium: Theobalds Lane

Competitions

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League One

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
17 Rotherham United 10 3 4 3 9 11 −2 13
18 Bristol Rovers 10 4 1 5 13 16 −3 13
19 Leyton Orient 10 2 2 6 10 14 −4 8
20 Northampton Town 9 2 2 5 11 17 −6 8
21 Crawley Town 9 2 1 6 5 13 −8 7 Relegation to EFL League Two
Updated to match(es) played on 5 October 2024. Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[33]

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
9 2 2 5 9 12  −3 8 0 2 3 4 7  −3 2 0 2 5 5  0

Last updated: 1 October 2024.
Source: Soccerway

Results by round

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Round123467589
GroundHAHAAAHHH
ResultLLLLWWDDL
Position182023242219161820
Points000036788
Source: EFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

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On 26 June, the League One fixtures were announced.[34]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

10 August 2024 1 Leyton Orient 1–2 Bolton Wanderers Leyton
17:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 7,835
Referee: Charles Breakspear
17 August 2024 2 Charlton Athletic 1–0 Leyton Orient Charlton
12:30 BST
Report
Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 15,126
Referee: Edward Duckworth
Note: Fixture was initially scheduled for a 15:00 kick-off, but was moved for live Sky Sports broadcast.[35]
24 August 2024 3 Leyton Orient 1–2 Birmingham City Leyton
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 8,005
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
31 August 2024 4 Shrewsbury Town 3–0 Leyton Orient Shrewsbury
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: New Meadow
Attendance: 5,602
Referee: Martin Coy
14 September 2024 6 Reading 0–1 Leyton Orient Reading
15:00 BST Report
Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 12,952
Referee: Declan Bourne
21 September 2024 7 Stockport County 1–4 Leyton Orient Edgeley
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 9,473
Referee: Adam Herczeg
24 September 2024 5[36] Leyton Orient 2–2 Peterborough United Leyton
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 6,416
Referee: Daniel Middleton
Note: Fixture was originally scheduled for 7 September, but was postponed due to international call-ups.[37][36]
28 September 2024 8 Leyton Orient 0–0 Wrexham Leyton
15:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 8,705
Referee: Sunny Singh Gill
1 October 2024 9 Leyton Orient 0–1 Exeter City Leyton
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 6,439
Referee: Ruebyn Ricardo
5 October 2024 10 Lincoln City v Leyton Orient Lincoln
15:00 GMT Stadium: Sincil Bank
12 October 2024 11 Leyton Orient Postponed Huddersfield Town Leyton
15:00 GMT Stadium: Brisbane Road
Note: Fixture was postponed due to international call-ups in the Huddersfield squad.[38]

FA Cup

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

EFL Cup

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On 27 June, the draw for the first round was made, with Leyton Orient being drawn at home against Newport County.[39] In the second round, they were drawn away to Millwall.[40][41] In the third round, Orient were drawn away to Brentford.[42][43]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

13 August 2024 First round Leyton Orient 4–1 Newport County Leyton
19:30 BST
Report
Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 2,141
Referee: Craig Hicks
27 August 2024 Second round Millwall 0–1 Leyton Orient Bermondsey
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 5,875
Referee: David Rock
17 September 2024 Third round Brentford 3–1 Leyton Orient Brentford
19:45 BST
Report
Stadium: Brentford Community Stadium
Attendance: 13,634
Referee: Lewis Smith

EFL Trophy

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In the group stage, Colchester were drawn into Southern Group E alongside Colchester United, Milton Keynes Dons and Arsenal U21.[44][45]

Pos Div Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 ACA Arsenal U21 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 +1 3 Advance to Round 2
2 L2 Colchester United 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 +1 3
3 L1 Leyton Orient 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 −1 0
4 L2 Milton Keynes Dons 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 −1 0
Updated to match(es) played on 17 September 2024. Source: EFL

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

3 September 2024 Group stage Leyton Orient 1–2 Arsenal U21 Leyton
19:00 BST
Report
Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 2,128
Referee: Stephen Parkinson
8 October 2024 Group stage Leyton Orient v Colchester United Leyton
19:00 BST Stadium: Brisbane Road
12 November 2024 Group stage Milton Keynes Dons v Leyton Orient Milton Keynes
19:00 BST Stadium: Stadium MK

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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As of match played 1 October 2024

Players with no appearances are not included on the list
Italics indicate a loaned in player

No. Pos Nat Player Total League One FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England ENG Zach Hemming 11 0 9+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF Wales WAL Tom James 10 1 5+1 1 0+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
3 DF England ENG Jayden Sweeney 7 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF England ENG Jack Simpson 5 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
5 DF England ENG Dan Happe 8 1 7+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 1
6 DF Wales WAL Brandon Cooper 11 2 4+4 0 0+0 0 3+0 2 0+0 0
7 FW England ENG Dan Agyei 13 3 7+2 1 0+0 0 2+1 2 1+0 0
8 MF England ENG Jordan Brown 11 0 8+1 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
10 FW England ENG Jordan Graham 5 0 0+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
12 DF England ENG Jack Currie 6 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
15 MF England ENG Dominic Ball 6 0 2+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
16 MF England ENG Lewis Warrington 7 0 1+3 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
17 FW England ENG Jamie Donley 9 0 4+2 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+1 0
18 MF England ENG Darren Pratley 7 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 1+2 0 1+0 0
19 DF Grenada GRN Omar Beckles 11 0 6+2 0 0+0 0 1+2 0 0+0 0
20 FW England ENG Sonny Perkins 10 0 0+6 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
21 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Ollie O'Neill 10 0 8+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
22 MF Northern Ireland NIR Ethan Galbraith 11 3 8+0 3 0+0 0 1+2 0 0+0 0
23 FW United States USA Charlie Kelman 13 4 9+0 3 0+0 0 0+3 1 1+0 0
24 GK Republic of Ireland IRL Josh Keeley 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
26 GK England ENG Noah Phillips 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 FW England ENG Diallang Jaiyesimi 8 1 0+4 0 0+0 0 3+0 1 1+0 0
28 DF England ENG Sean Clare 10 1 7+1 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
29 MF Kenya KEN Zech Obiero 7 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
31 MF Jamaica JAM Makai Welch 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
Players who featured but departed on loan during the season:
13 GK England ENG Sam Howes 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0

References

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