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Leyton Orient Football Club is a professional football club based in Leyton, Greater London, England, that compete in EFL League One, the third tier of English football, following promotion from EFL League Two. They are the second oldest football club in London to play at a professional level, and are known to their fans by their nickname "the O's". The club's home colours are all red. They have played home matches at Brisbane Road since 1937, having previously played at Millfields and Lea Bridge Road.
Norman Arnold Holmes was an English professional footballer who played as a right-back in the Football League for Clapton Orient and Huddersfield Town.
Robert Blood was an English footballer who played as a centre-forward and was noted for his powerful strikes.
Richard McFadden was a Scottish footballer who was Clapton Orient's top scorer for four consecutive seasons between 1911 and 1915.
The 17th (Service) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment was an infantry battalion of the Middlesex Regiment, part of the British Army, which was formed as a Pals battalion during the Great War. The core of the battalion was a group of professional footballers, which was the reason for its most commonly used name, The Football Battalion. The 23rd (Service) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment was formed in June 1915 and became known as the 2nd Football Battalion. The battalions fought in the Battle of the Somme in 1916 among others. Soldiers who fought in the 17th and 23rd Battalions included Second Lieutenant Walter Tull, who was possibly the first black infantry officer in the British Army.
McCrae's Battalion was the affectionate name given by the people of Edinburgh to the 16th (Service) Battalion of the Royal Scots in World War I, raised from volunteers in 1914 as part of the New Armies called to the Colours by Lord Kitchener. The unit was named after its charismatic colonel, former Liberal MP for Edinburgh East, Sir George McCrae.
Thomas William Bowyer was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Clapton Orient, Gillingham, Stoke and Walsall.
Peter Proudfoot was a Scottish footballer who scored 21 goals in 162 appearances in the Football League playing for Lincoln City, Clapton Orient, Chelsea and Stockport County. He played at inside right, centre half or right half. He also played in the Southern League for Millwall and briefly for Scottish Football League clubs St Mirren, Albion Rovers and Morton. When he signed for Millwall in 1904, the Daily Express described him as "a big strapping fellow with a fine knowledge of the game". He was the first player to be transferred directly from Chelsea to Manchester United.
Herbert Leonard Rosier was an English professional footballer who played as a left back in the Football League for Brentford, Clapton Orient, Southend United and Fulham.
James Greechan was a Scottish professional football inside left who played in the Football League for Clapton Orient, Glossop and Stockport County.
James Cockburn Hugall was an English professional footballer, best remembered for his 12 years in the Football League with Clapton Orient. A goalkeeper, he also played league football for Durham City and Hamilton Academical.
Nolan Evans (1885–1948), sometimes known as Peggy Evans, was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Clapton Orient as a left back.
Edward Burn King was an English professional footballer who played as a right half in the Football League for Clapton Orient and Woolwich Arsenal.
Arthur William Tilley was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Clapton Orient as an outside right.
Arthur Harold Wileman MM, sometimes known as Nippy Wileman, was an English professional footballer who played as an inside right in the Football League for Chelsea and Burton United.
Alan Roderick Haig-Brown DSO was a British Army officer and author who served as commander of the Lancing Officers' Training Corps and later fought in the First World War. He was also an amateur football outside right and played in the Football League for Clapton Orient.
Frederick Parker, also known as Spider Parker or Bassie Parker, was an English professional footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Clapton Orient. He was the first person to enlist in the Football Battalion during the First World War. He later served as manager of Folkestone.
During the 1915–16 English football season, Brentford competed in the London Combination. In the first season of non-competitive wartime football during the First World War, the Bees finished in mid-table in each of the leagues run by the London Combination.
Herbert Reason was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Clapton Orient as a left back. He was nicknamed 'Jumbo', "due to his short and stocky build".
Albert Waterall was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Clapton Orient, Notts County, Queens Park Rangers and Stockport County.
References
- 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 110. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- 1 2 "Harold Thomas Gibson | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- 1 2 "Our Her-O's: Part two of Orient's WW1 Heroes". www.leytonorient.com. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ↑ "Clapton Orient Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
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