The Metropolis

Clapton Orient - when footballers were proper heroes

Mike Pollitt | Wednesday 8 February, 2012 12:52

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Here’s a video of Clapton Orient, the ancestors of Leyton Orient, playing the last match of the 1914/15 season.

At the end of the game (Clapton Orient 2-0 Leicester Fosse) there was a farewell parade, because 41 players and staff were heading off to join the Footballers Battalion. Three players died at the Somme.

Source: BFI YouTube channel

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