The Leyton Orient Chronicle
Squad24 Aug 2026
Alfie Drayton damages knee ligaments — 24 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 24 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market24 Aug 2026
Zech Obiero puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Leyton Orient, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Idris El Mizouni 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at Leyton Orient training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. James Morris is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match22 Aug 2026
Demetri Mitchell’s goal not enough for Leyton Orient
Demetri Mitchell scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Peterborough United, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Will Dennis gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Josh Koroma
- Player ratings Demetri Mitchell changes it off the bench
- Player ratings Aaron Connolly ran the game