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Brisbane Road, currently known as the Gaughan Group Stadium for sponsorship reasons and originally known as Osborne Road, is a football stadium in Leyton, East London, England. It has been the home ground of Leyton Orient since 1937, before which it was the home of amateur football team Leyton , who moved to the Hare and Hounds ground.
On 18 October 2011, the club submitted a request to the Football League to become tenants of the London 2012 Olympic Stadium [45] after the initial decision to award West Ham the stadium collapsed on 11 October 2011, following legal challenges from Tottenham Hotspur and Leyton Orient. [46]
Leyton Orient's future in the heart of Leyton is uncertain. In October 2011, Orient submitted a request to the Football League to move into and become tenants of the London 2012 Olympic Stadium, following complaints over West Ham United being given a 99-year lease of the stadium. Orient said that the stadium was too close to their stadium ...
In 1995 the club merged with Walthamstow Pennant and moved away from Leyton Stadium to become Leyton Pennant F.C., who are now known as Walthamstow. A new Leyton Football Club was established in 1997, and following a High Court case in 2002, won the right to be recognised as a continuation of the original club. A statement by lawyers Richard ...
Leyton Orient; 2021–22 season; Chairman: Nigel Travis: Head Coach: Kenny Jackett (until 22 February 2022) [1] Richie Wellens (from 9 March 2022) [2] Stadium: Brisbane Road
Tributes have flooded in for a Leyton Orient fan who tragically died on the side of the pitch as his team were 1-0 up. Derek Reynolds, 74, passed away at Brisbane Road during Tuesday evening’s ...
The 1999 Football League Third Division play-off final was an association football match which was played on 29 May 1999 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Scunthorpe United and Leyton Orient. It was to determine the fourth and final team to gain promotion from the Football League Third Division to the Second Division .
The stadium started hosting football matches in 1930 when Clapton Orient moved to the site, having been forced to leave their Millfields Road ground due to financial problems. [3] At the time that Orient moved to the ground, spectator facilities included a covered stand on the southern side of the ground and embankments around the remainder.