Orient tickets

Cheeky buggers have only given us an extra 400 tickets - you need to get in quick!

apparently the away section only holds c1000 , we could well be pushing that

According to the website you can buy on the day but there are no concessions and it will be £2 extra. Plus we get 5% of any tickets sold via GTFC.

Quoted from tanga_the_indestructible

According to the website you can buy on the day but there are no concessions and it will be £2 extra. Plus we get 5% of any tickets sold via GTFC.

Perhaps that is why Orient have sent so few tickets, because they want more Town to have to pay on the day.

Ordered 2 this morning, looking forward to it  

I plan to travel up on day and pay on gate.
As Orient are  trickle-feeding tickets to GTFC  there should be ample on the day, although it could be close to capacity by kick-off  

2nd batch of Orient tickets SOLD OUT.

Don’t panic don’t panic
You can still pay on the gate and I’m sure there will be plenty left .
With 620 already sold I can see us taking around a 1000 on Saturday

Quoted from grimps

Don’t panic don’t panic
You can still pay on the gate and I’m sure there will be plenty left .
With 620 already sold I can see us taking around a 1000 on Saturday

With the amount of exiles we have and the interest generated, I can see us selling out quite honestly.

What happens then if we sell on the day and say we have 1,200 but 1,500 travel? Can they accommodate the extra 300?

592 tickets arriving at BP tomorrow or Wed. I can see a few ending up in the home ends

That allocation will be devoured. I'd love to go but not sure it a good idea since still in hospital and will be weak for a while 😔

Probably not a good idea then Rik!

We will surely sell 1000. We took that many in 2017 in the positivity of the first season. And that wasn’t even the first flush of excitement. The mood seems even more positive now.

More tickets have arrived from orient - just got mine! Hurry before they all go again.

I cannot see them in the online store yet  

Quoted from toontown

Probably not a good idea then Rik!

I just wanna get aboard the Ollie bandwagon! 😩 Mind you should learn my lesson, did myself in proper soldiering to Macc 😬

Quoted from nigelh

I cannot see them in the online store yet  

Now I can!
Ticket bought

Initial allocation (230) + 2nd batch (400) + 3rd batch (592) = 1,222

Club tweeted a short time ago that approximately 250 tickets remaining. So we’ve sold around 972 and counting.

Must be plenty of room in that East Stand - I'm sure it holds around 3,500

They'll all be gone

We might have to rent one of those apartments over looking the ground at this rate

Quoted from Mariner Timsky

Must be plenty of room in that East Stand - I'm sure it holds around 3,500

Isn't it only half the stand for away fans?

Quoted from toontown

Isn't it only half the stand for away fans?

Orient fan says 1300 for away fans. Can be a bit less depending on netting needed on some rows.

Quoted from Posh Harry

Orient fan says 1300 for away fans. Can be a bit less depending on netting needed on some rows.

So what happens if we sell 1200 tickets and a couple of hundred turn up on the day without tickets?

Quoted from Les Brechin

So what happens if we sell 1200 tickets and a couple of hundred turn up on the day without tickets?

Haven’t got tickets and was just going to turn up, may call Orient and ask about this, anyone know if the Belgians are coming? And do they have tickets if they are?

Quoted from codcheeky

Haven’t got tickets and was just going to turn up, may call Orient and ask about this, anyone know if the Belgians are coming? And do they have tickets if they are?

Easy to order on line. Ordered mine yesterday and they arrived this morning.

Quoted from Les Brechin

So what happens if we sell 1200 tickets and a couple of hundred turn up on the day without tickets?

The first 100 get in 🙂

For people who have driven down before is it easier to hop on a tube or drive in?

Could be interesting if we sell our allocation sent to the club, with tickets being sold on match day, as well.

Quoted from Ashby mariner

For people who have driven down before is it easier to hop on a tube or drive in?

Drive in is easy . Parking is not easy but there is a multi story before you turn off for ground.

Quoted from barrattstandman

Drive in is easy . Parking is not easy but there is a multi story before you turn off for ground.

Westfield shopping centre isn’t too far from there so is an option to park there. A decent walk through the Olympic Park from there.

I'm going back to the late '80's. It was the time we lost 5-0 there on April Fools Day and Kevin Campbell who was on-loan from Arsenal, scored a hat-trick for them.

I drove down with 3 mate and we left about 6am. Got the ground about 9.30-10ish and parked right outside the away end. We then hopped on a tube and went into Central London for a few hours. Got back to the car only to find it was now the only car parked down the street, with no parking cones everywhere. I approached a policeman who was eyeing up my car and explained to him that when I parked the car there were no restrictions on the street at all. To be fair to him he said I could leave the car where it was and he'd explain what had happened to the local traffic wardens.

I half expected the car to have been towed away when the game ended but he was good to his word and it was still there.

Just ordered 6 tickets for myself and my other exiled mates. I’m hoping I’m out of work on time!

Quoted from codcheeky

Haven’t got tickets and was just going to turn up, may call Orient and ask about this, anyone know if the Belgians are coming? And do they have tickets if they are?

As far as I'm aware yes they are, and that's why the initial allocation sold in the blink of an eye.I would suggest ordering the tickets on line.It's very efficient, you are assured of getting in an d the club earns a bit from you doing so.

Ps there are less than 200 left so I wouldn't leave it too long if I were you

Quoted from forza ivano

As far as I'm aware yes they are, and that's why the initial allocation sold in the blink of an eye.I would suggest ordering the tickets on line.It's very efficient, you are assured of getting in an d the club earns a bit from you doing so.

Ps there are less than 200 left so I wouldn't leave it too long if I were you

Just ordered some online , but may need a couple more so will see how it pans out

150 left

The Black & White Army back in full effect! Great to see again 👌⬛⬜⬛⬜

I imagine there may well be some exiles who turn up on the day. Great showing.

Quoted from Ashby mariner

150 left

i think that means we have sold over 1000 as it says they are expecting 1200 to travel

Quoted from Les Brechin

I'm going back to the late '80's. It was the time we lost 5-0 there on April Fools Day and Kevin Campbell who was on-loan from Arsenal, scored a hat-trick for them.

I drove down with 3 mate and we left about 6am. Got the ground about 9.30-10ish and parked right outside the away end. We then hopped on a tube and went into Central London for a few hours. Got back to the car only to find it was now the only car parked down the street, with no parking cones everywhere. I approached a policeman who was eyeing up my car and explained to him that when I parked the car there were no restrictions on the street at all. To be fair to him he said I could leave the car where it was and he'd explain what had happened to the local traffic wardens.

I half expected the car to have been towed away when the game ended but he was good to his word and it was still there.

That was the last time I went to their ground... a disappointing performance to say the least

Went there a couple of times in the early 80s... always had a happy-go-lucky feel to the place, rather than it being intimidating like a lot of the other London clubs grounds were ( like West Ham, Chelsea, Millwall etc )

Anyone there in the 1980-81 season by any chance? A couple of Town fans attacked a bloke and his daughter on the road out... I recall it making the front page of the national papers on the Monday

Quoted from FishOutOfWater

That was the last time I went to their ground... a disappointing performance to say the least

Went there a couple of times in the early 80s... always had a happy-go-lucky feel to the place, rather than it being intimidating like a lot of the other London clubs grounds were ( like West Ham, Chelsea, Millwall etc )

Anyone there in the 1980-81 season by any chance? A couple of Town fans attacked a bloke and his daughter on the road out... I recall it making the front page of the national papers on the Monday

I was there for that, 1980 incident, some idiot jumped out the emergency exit of a coach and attacked a car with a hammer from what I recall, remember being held up in the area for ages

Regarding the Leyton Orient V Grimsby Town match circa 1980 which i think we won 0 2 with Gary Birtles scoring & being brilliant, i was in a pub in Mill Hill & Bodie & Doyle from the' Professionals' were filming, i asked them for an autograph when they came to the bar & they said no, straight after me a pretty girl went & asked for their autographs, they bought her a drink & signed autographs for her. I had watched every episode until this, after that i didn't watch the rotten buggers anymore. I did hear on the radio & the newspapers about the nutters climbing out of the back of the coach & attacking a car, idiots.

Quoted from chelseacity

Regarding the Leyton Orient V Grimsby Town match circa 1980 which i think we won 0 2 with Gary Birtles scoring & being brilliant, i was in a pub in Mill Hill & Bodie & Doyle from the' Professionals' were filming, i asked them for an autograph when they came to the bar & they said no, straight after me a pretty girl went & asked for their autographs, they bought her a drink & signed autographs for her. I had watched every episode until this, after that i didn't watch the rotten buggers anymore. I did hear on the radio & the newspapers about the nutters climbing out of the back of the coach & attacking a car, idiots.

If birtles scored would have been 1990 not 1980!

Quoted from toontown

If birtles scored would have been 1990 not 1980!

It was 91. An important win in our penultimate away game after a shock 1-0 home defeat by Crewe in the week threatened automatic promotion. The last away game being the infamous one at the Victoria Ground - when it was known well beforehand the Stoke fans were going to have a go and of course they did invade the pitch and come straight over to our end.

I was at that infamous game in the 80s. The incident were a Town fan got out of the emergency exit of the coach and attacked a family of colourd people with a hammer. The guy who did it was a notorious fan by the name of "mad miff" from the scaffa mob. He did time for it.

Quoted from Limerick Mariner

It was 91. An important win in our penultimate away game after a shock 1-0 home defeat by Crewe in the week threatened automatic promotion. The last away game being the infamous one at the Victoria Ground - when it was known well beforehand the Stoke fans were going to have a go and of course they did invade the pitch and come straight over to our end.

I remember the Crewe game, think it was midweek, we dominated it but I think it might have been Craig Hignett who got the winner?

Talking of fans, not the idiots ( hopefully), as a youngster, and coming on the supporters bus from Brigg, early 70’s, so I didn’t know anything or anybody from Grimsby/ Cleethorpes but when standing in the Pontoon someone would start up the chant, “ give me a G” which everyone would then shout”G” followed by the rest of Grimsby, was always told that only certain people could start this chant as they were the top boys, was this correct.
     Also was always told the “white coat boys” were the number 1 group from town, was this also just terrace rumour or not?

Interesting thread on the Orient forum https://mobile.twitter.com/efl_hub/status/1214692335436603397

Quoted from chelseacity

Regarding the Leyton Orient V Grimsby Town match circa 1980 which i think we won 0 2 with Gary Birtles scoring & being brilliant, i was in a pub in Mill Hill & Bodie & Doyle from the' Professionals' were filming, i asked them for an autograph when they came to the bar & they said no, straight after me a pretty girl went & asked for their autographs, they bought her a drink & signed autographs for her. I had watched every episode until this, after that i didn't watch the rotten buggers anymore. I did hear on the radio & the newspapers about the nutters climbing out of the back of the coach & attacking a car, idiots.

Was 90ish, we went up two weeks or so later - possibly we beat Bolton the week after?It was my birthday, I had a sling on and remember drinking green lager at a nearby pub. We were in the terrace behind the goal.

Quoted from codcheeky

I was there for that, 1980 incident, some idiot jumped out the emergency exit of a coach and attacked a car with a hammer from what I recall, remember being held up in the area for ages

They did... me and my mates were in my car, right behind their coach when it all kicked off.

It was all pretty surreal being in a line of cars at traffic lights with something like a "Punch & Judy"  fight taking place

I can't recall exactly why it all escalated so quickly but I think the Town fans were intimidating the guy who was attacked from the back of the bus... I do remember he was called Oswald and that he got out of his car to confront them when it suddenly turned really ugly

He was being hit over and over again on his head and was bleeding profusely but still kept trying to fight back.

His daughter got out to try and come between them as the bus started off from the lights so the perpetrators then ran to get back in the bus as it was pulling away

I believe the police caught up with the coach on its way back up north...

I didn't see the outcome but whoever committed the assault was lucky he didn't land a fatal blow on the poor bloke

Quoted from mimma

I was at that infamous game in the 80s. The incident were a Town fan got out of the emergency exit of the coach and attacked a family of colourd people with a hammer. The guy who did it was a notorious fan by the name of "mad miff" from the scaffa mob. He did time for it.

there's a blast from the past. he certainly deserved his moniker back then. reformed character nowadays - believe he's got into his marathons and long distance running. please feel free to correct

Quoted from mimma

I was at that infamous game in the 80s. The incident were a Town fan got out of the emergency exit of the coach and attacked a family of colourd people with a hammer. The guy who did it was a notorious fan by the name of "mad miff" from the scaffa mob. He did time for it.

It was Miffs mate a guy called Doc .
there’s loads of famous stories about the old Scaffa lot .
The one that always made me laugh was when 30 of them got arrested for a serious affray at Coventry , when the police interviewed Miffy they produced Exhibit A ,  a hockey stick .
They asked Miff if he recognised it and he swore he’d never seen it before .
Then then asked him why it had his sisters name and address stuck on it and what was it doing in Coventry 😂😂
Following football in the 80s was a totally different experience to what we have these days

I'm glad I wasn't around then tbh 😲

Quoted from grimps

It was Miffs mate a guy called Doc .
there’s loads of famous stories about the old Scaffa lot .
The one that always made me laugh was when 30 of them got arrested for a serious affray at Coventry , when the police interviewed Miffy they produced Exhibit A ,  a hockey stick .
They asked Miff if he recognised it and he swore he’d never seen it before .
Then then asked him why it had his sisters name and address stuck on it and what was it doing in Coventry 😂😂
Following football in the 80s was a totally different experience to what we have these days

The Berkeley at Scunny after the Chesterfield promotion game was quite an eventful evening.....

Quoted from forza ivano

The Berkeley at Scunny after the Chesterfield promotion game was quite an eventful evening.....

Yeah I think Miffy was responsible that day and another guy called Nobby

Quoted from grimps

It was Miffs mate a guy called Doc .
there’s loads of famous stories about the old Scaffa lot .
The one that always made me laugh was when 30 of them got arrested for a serious affray at Coventry , when the police interviewed Miffy they produced Exhibit A ,  a hockey stick .
They asked Miff if he recognised it and he swore he’d never seen it before .
Then then asked him why it had his sisters name and address stuck on it and what was it doing in Coventry 😂😂
Following football in the 80s was a totally different experience to what we have these days

I think you might be right about it been doc.

I remember the story about the hockey stick, but as I remember it it was Cambridge away. Miff got away with it. All the scaffa mob said that they all met at miffs house and any one of them could have taken it.

Quoted from Bristol Mariner

Was 90ish, we went up two weeks or so later - possibly we beat Bolton the week after?It was my birthday, I had a sling on and remember drinking green lager at a nearby pub. We were in the terrace behind the goal.

Pretty sure we didn’t beat Bolton that season. Or ANY season!

Remember the home game we lost 1-0, when Shaun Cunnington was denied the most obvious penalty imaginable?!

Quoted from Heisenberg

Pretty sure we didn’t beat Bolton that season. Or ANY season!

Remember the home game we lost 1-0, when Shaun Cunnington was denied the most obvious penalty imaginable?!

I was on about that to a Bolton fan the other day , I think George Courtney was the ref

Quoted from grimps

Yeah I think Miffy was responsible that day and another guy called Nobby

Miff was only trying to have a quiet game of pool and suddenly the locals got a little over excited by our presence.
The pub ended up looking like one of those wild West saloons !

Quoted from grimps

I was on about that to a Bolton fan the other day , I think George Courtney was the ref

No. The ref was one Brian Hil from Kettering, I'll never forget him for that decision which
led us having to get a result later at that famous game at Stoke.

Mind you Cunnington whilst right through on goal would have probably missed.. As good as he was
his shooting was awful at times.

Quoted from Heisenberg

Pretty sure we didn’t beat Bolton that season. Or ANY season!

Remember the home game we lost 1-0, when Shaun Cunnington was denied the most obvious penalty imaginable?!

Won 2-1 at Bolton with goals from Bobby Mitchell and Kevin Drinkell I think it was the early 80,s

Bobby Mitchell did not score a lot but hit a 30 yarder into the top of the net.

I missed it because I had gone for a pee

Quoted from chelseacity
Regarding the Leyton Orient V Grimsby Town match circa 1980 which i think we won 0 2 with Gary Birtles scoring & being brilliant, i was in a pub in Mill Hill & Bodie & Doyle from the' Professionals' were filming, i asked them for an autograph when they came to the bar & they said no, straight after me a pretty girl went & asked for their autographs, they bought her a drink & signed autographs for her. I had watched every episode until this, after that i didn't watch the rotten buggers anymore. I did hear on the radio & the newspapers about the nutters climbing out of the back of the coach & attacking a car, idiots.

I was there that day we lost 2-0 with Stan Bowles scoring from the penalty spot  a few hand bags in side the ground  but I REMEMBER a news report in the local paper that covers Orient and West Ham about the altercation with the coach and the car and it leading to the police catching up with the coach and detaining a couple Town Fans

Quoted from Heisenberg

Pretty sure we didn’t beat Bolton that season. Or ANY season!

Remember the home game we lost 1-0, when Shaun Cunnington was denied the most obvious penalty imaginable?!

Remember that one well! The linesman flagged but was overruled by the ref. To his  credit the linesman initially refused to stand down and continued to flag and had to be told again by the ref. One of the worst decisions I have ever seen in 'real life's.

Quoted from grimsby pete

Won 2-1 at Bolton with goals from Bobby Mitchell and Kevin Drinkell I think it was the early 80,s

Bobby Mitchell did not score a lot but hit a 30 yarder into the top of the net.

I missed it because I had gone for a pee

Ah! I stand corrected. Early 80’s isn’t in my brain database - in fact the 89/90 season was my first proper one really. Great one to start with!

Quoted from Rik e B

I'm glad I wasn't around then tbh 😲

Football, as life (and many sports), goes through various changes within it's life. Look at what we have now, a lopsided contrast within the divisions of the game due to the money and changes being implemented. I remember the pontoon (being amongst the limbs) after cockers toe poked in from 4 yards. Just imagine if that had been reviewed by VAR or kids had been filming it on their phones.

Football may have changed, but it's not always for the better

Quoted from Caveman

No. The ref was one Brian Hil from Kettering, I'll never forget him for that decision which
led us having to get a result later at that famous game at Stoke.

Mind you Cunnington whilst right through on goal would have probably missed.. As good as he was
his shooting was awful at times.

"The back row of the Pontoon were ducking in anticipation as Cunnington burst through" [Plowes. S, Sing When We're Fishing, 1990]  

Quoted from mariner91

I imagine there may well be some exiles who turn up on the day. Great showing.

We do have that there  internet in London you know. 😃

That's true Woz, more of a level playing field back then whereas now the rich get richer and the poor get poorer and there's no realistic chance of making a fist way up the leagues with a little good management.

It disgusts me football now tbh, I just love my Town and take in some of the top level just because of the extreme talent and athletiscm on show. But it's all a shower of sh!t really, the games ruined.

Just sounds scary as f all this talk of bat's and stuff. I can look after myself if it comes to it though I never seek, but they had Stanley blades and all sorts back then. Too far, way too far.

My memory of that incident was that the linesman was up with the play and flagged furiously for a foul. The ref ignored him so he flagged again and the ref turned his back on him. It was outside the box but he was clean through. The defender clipped his heel from behind and would have been sent off if the ref hadn't bottled it.

Quoted from Rik e B

That's true Woz, more of a level playing field back then whereas now the rich get richer and the poor get poorer and there's no realistic chance of making a fist way up the leagues with a little good management.

It disgusts me football now tbh, I just love my Town and take in some of the top level just because of the extreme talent and athletiscm on show. But it's all a shower of sh!t really, the games ruined.

Just sounds scary as f all this talk of bat's and stuff. I can look after myself if it comes to it though I never seek, but they had Stanley blades and all sorts back then. Too far, way too far.

It pains me to see these kids (and adults) filming stuff such as penalties, when You should really be really caught up in the moment

Yes you get that at all manner of live events now, I was reading about an exhibition of the early rave scene on at the moment - it mentioned everyone was in the moment not a device in sight, whereas go to an event now and there's just a load of people at the front with their phones up in the air. The same at large live bands too now I'm sure.

Quoted from Rik e B

Yes you get that at all manner of live events now, I was reading about an exhibition of the early rave scene on at the moment - it mentioned everyone was in the moment not a device in sight, whereas go to an event now and there's just a load of people at the front with their phones up in the air. The same at large live bands too now I'm sure.

Mainly because in those days your phones didn't have cameras in them, they were too heavy to keep held up for long and people would nick them if given half a chance and they weren't as traceable.  Besides most of them were off their mammaries.  Which is where this little fellah came in   Aciiiieeed!

Watched a documentary about Tiger Woods and he commented that nobody claps anymore when he plays a good shot because they’ve all got a phone in their hands taking a vldeo (is that the right word)

Quoted from KingstonMariner

Mainly because in those days your phones didn't have cameras in them, they were too heavy to keep held up for long and people would nick them if given half a chance and they weren't as traceable.  Besides most of them were off their mammaries.  Which is where this little fellah came in   Aciiiieeed!

I can remember the shout of Aciiiied coming from the back of the Ponny a few times I’m the late 80s , times and fashions weee a changing

Quoted from Gaffer58

a vldeo (is that the right word)

No, it's video.

Quoted from grimsby pete

Won 2-1 at Bolton with goals from Bobby Mitchell and Kevin Drinkell I think it was the early 80,s

Bobby Mitchell did not score a lot but hit a 30 yarder into the top of the net.

I missed it because I had gone for a pee

Dodgy bladder in those days too Pete?

75 tickets left.

Great showing, love the way the away ranks swell to sell outs most places when we get a bit of positivity 👌

Quoted from Ipswin

Dodgy bladder in those days too Pete?

Afraid so  

Are tickets still available on the day? Seems very quiet on that front

The latest from the club about if tickets are available on the day. Waitng for an answer from leyton- orient.  

https://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/news/2020/january/leyton-orient-ticket-information/

Get the feeling they aren't keen on us having 2000 there...

Just noticed that all concessions need ID at 'point of entry' too.

Quoted from Jonty

Get the feeling they aren't keen on us having 2000 there...

Do they want a bumper payday or not?? Cowards.

There were exactly 52 tickets left when i went in at 1.50 pm this afto

Quoted from Croxton

Just noticed that all concessions need ID at 'point of entry' too.

They all say that...how many actually ask? Even Cambridge did free entry for students or a quid or whatever was...I’ve forgotten that god awful game...and nobody checked...

Would my 8 year old need to prove age? 😅

Quoted from Rik e B

Would my 8 year old need to prove age? 😅

Probably.

If ordering a pint.

Quoted from Rik e B

Would my 8 year old need to prove age? 😅

Or a 71 year old who looks 21 ?  

Quoted from grimsby pete

Or a 71 year old who looks 21 ?  

Do you know of one Pete?

Quoted from Posh Harry

Probably.

If ordering a pint.

I'll just get it for him. 🍻

Can't get any answer from Leyton Orient ticket office, just trying to check if we can still buy on the day?

Does anyone know of any spare tickets going for tomorrow? Will be going myself so can meet in London tonight/tomorrow.

Thanks!

Quoted from Tom13

Does anyone know of any spare tickets going for tomorrow? Will be going myself so can meet in London tonight/tomorrow.

Thanks!

Does anyone know if you can pay on the gate?

Quoted from codcheeky

Does anyone know if you can pay on the gate?

Orient come across as completely unprepared here. Either that or just pig headed. For fans to not know where they stand regarding buying tickets is just poor. They make GTFC seem organised.

Just read this thread,
The referee in question that denied the Cunnington Pen was definitely David Ellary