The Leyton Orient Chronicle
Squad10 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Alfie Drayton
38 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Leyton Orient lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Idris El Mizouni signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Idris El Mizouni commits to Leyton Orient for another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Leyton Orient
Idris El Mizouni was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Dom Ballard
“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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Leyton Orient and Dylan Levitt are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Market10 Aug 2026
Leyton Orient sign Peter Wilson, one for the future
Peter Wilson is 16, and Leyton Orient have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
In brief
- Market Leyton Orient sign Daniel Hughes, one for the future
- Market Leyton Orient buy the years ahead of Paul Wright