@OldOsPics According to the club website... The Club officially changed its name on October 2 1946 to Leyton Orient FC, after 48 years as Clapton Orient. The ground name is changed to Brisbane Road and on November 9 the name Leyton Stadium is first used.
@jamiestripe @LeonOthen @BarrySherrick2 Wasn't Taxi also temporarily ditched in the early 1980s ? Replaced by a 1950s or 1960s rock'n'roll instrumental ?
Johnny Douglas in the nets at Leyton in 1912. He captained Essex from 1911 to 1928 and led England either side of WW1. In 1908 he won gold at boxing in the London Olympics. He died in 1930 when on board a steamship that collided with another vessel
A 1906 postcard of Leyton by Chinkin Bros of Leyton. It was Essex's headquarters from 1886 until 1933 and continued to be used by the county until 1977. "It certainly did not have beauty or charm," an Essex captain said. "On a cheerless day it was a miserable place."