Thank you to Garry Watson of Walsingham Motor Insurance Limited and his wife Ali for sponsoring this part of the evening and his continued support for this event.
We are very proud of our Orient history and enjoy welcoming back former players to thank them for their service to Our Club, you may recognise a few faces.
This forward came to Leyton Orient from West Bromwich Albion in the 1976/77 season playing for the O’s for six seasons before leaving to head to Cambridge United in 1982.
With 189 O’s appearances and 41 goals and your Player of the Season for 1978/79.
A big Orient welcome back to JOE MAYO
This right back came through the Leyton Orient youth team in the 1973/74 season playing for the O’s for ten seasons before leaving to head to Cambridge United in 1983.
With 384 O’s appearances and 5 goals and your Player of the Season for 1979/80.
A big Orient welcome back to BOBBY FISHER
This central defender is another player to come through the Leyton Orient youth team in the 1974/75 season (so a year after Bobby Fisher) playing for the O’s for nine seasons before leaving to head to Swindon Town in 1983.
With 275 O’s appearances and 5 goals and your Player of the Season for 1980/81.
A big Orient welcome back to NIGEL GRAY
This midfielder is year another who started his Leyton Orient career with youth team (but a few years after the others on the stage) making his first team debut in the 1988/89 season playing for the O’s for seven seasons before leaving to head to Peterborough United in 1995.
With 234 O’s appearances and 28 goals and your Player of the Season for 1992/93.
A big Orient welcome back to DANNY CARTER
This defender is yet another who worked his way through the youth ranks at Leyton Orient making his first team debut in the 1994/95 season playing for the O’s for one season before heading to Finland in 1995.
But he’s now back in the Orient Family presenting Orient Live on matchdays alongside Ollie Buck, as well as contributing as a panellist on The Orient Hour.
With 11 O’s appearances and 0 goals and the winner of a 2012 episode of Come Dine with Me.
A big Orient welcome back to GLEN WILKIE
This defender came to Leyton Orient from Peterborough United in the 1997/98 season playing for the O’s for three seasons before leaving to head to Colchester United in 2000.
When checking his stats it turns out he was always a first team started, no substitute appearances. So,
With 120 O’s appearances and 9 goals.
A big Orient welcome back to SIMON CLARK
This striker came to Leyton Orient, initially on loan from Scarborough in the 1999/00 season before signing permanently in 2000, playing for the O’s for four seasons before leaving to head to Mansfield Town in 2004.
We have a World Record Holder amongst us ladies and gentlemen, for scoring the fastest ever goal scored at the Millennium Stadium at 27 seconds. Something we are assured that he stills dines out on to this day.
With 84 O’s appearances and 12 goals.
A big Orient welcome back to CHRIS TATE
With a total of 1,297 appearances and 100 goals between them we would like to thank you all for your contribution to Leyton Orient’s history.
