The Leyton Orient Chronicle
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Alfie Harrison due for a Leyton Orient medical
Everything agreed with Newcastle United, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Dom Ballard signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Dom Ballard and Leyton Orient agree another 5 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Dylan Levitt in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Leyton Orient this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
AZ tell Leyton Orient: Jur Schipper is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market10 Aug 2026
Eyes on Charlie Wellens again
The phone has started ringing about Charlie Wellens again, and this time the name on the line is Norwich City. Leyton Orient are listening politely and promising nothing.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Joseph Moore joins the Leyton Orient first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Joseph Moore is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Liam Simmons joins the Leyton Orient first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Liam Simmons is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Leyton Orient promote Mark Hunter from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mark Hunter has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of James Morris
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
In brief
- Squad Norman Díaz is a square peg at Leyton Orient
- The dugout Dom Ballard knocks on the manager's door
- Looking ahead Will Forrester faces his old club