2014–15 Leyton Orient F.C. season


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The 2014–15 Leyton Orient F.C. season was the 116th season in the history of Leyton Orient Football Club, their 99th in the Football League, and ninth consecutive season in the third tier of the English football league system.

Leyton Orient F.C.
2014–15 season
ChairmanFrancesco Becchetti
ManagerRussell Slade
(until 25 September 2014)
Kevin Nugent (c)
(25 September – 26 October)
Mauro Milanese
(26 October – 8 December)
Fabio Liverani
(from 8 December)
StadiumBrisbane Road
League One23rd (relegated)
FA CupOut – first round (Oldham Athletic)
League CupOut – third round (Sheffield United)
League TrophyOut – southern section semi-final (Gillingham)
Top goalscorerLeague: Chris Dagnall, 11
All: Chris Dagnall, 13
Highest home attendance7,249 (25 April v Sheffield United)
Lowest home attendance3,534 (10 February v Notts County)
Average home league attendance5,023

At the end of the season Orient were relegated to League Two after failing to beat Swindon Town on the final day of the season, with Colchester United reaching safety by beating Preston North End.

2014–15 squad statistics

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As of 3 May 2015
  • Figures in brackets indicate appearances as a substitute
  • Players in italics are loan players
No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Other Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals    
1 GK   Adam Legzdins 11 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 0 0 0
2 DF   Elliott Omozusi 24 (1) 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 30 (1) 0 3 0
3 DF   Gary Sawyer 12 (1) 0 0 (1) 0 2 0 2 0 16 (2) 0 2 0
4 DF   Romain Vincelot 27 2 0 0 1 (2) 2 3 0 31 (2) 4 12 1
5 DF   Scott Cuthbert 36 (2) 2 1 0 1 (1) 0 3 0 41 (3) 2 4 0
6 DF   Mathieu Baudry 28 (3) 1 1 0 3 1 2 (1) 0 34 (4) 2 11 1
7 MF   Dean Cox 27 (10) 6 1 0 1 (2) 1 1 (2) 0 30 (14) 7 5 0
8 MF   Lloyd James 10 (3) 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 14 (3) 1 4 0
9 FW   Kevin Lisbie 5 (2) 2 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0 5 (3) 2 0 0
10 FW   Dave Mooney 20 (13) 9 0 0 3 0 2 0 25 (13) 9 3 0
11 MF   Jobi McAnuff 25 (9) 3 0 0 2 0 1 (1) 0 28 (10) 3 9 1
12 DF   Shane Lowry 31 (3) 0 1 0 1 0 3 (1) 0 36 (4) 0 8 0
14 FW   Shaun Batt 5 (11) 1 1 0 1 0 1 (2) 0 8 (13) 1 3 0
15 DF   Nathan Clarke 31 (2) 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 37 (2) 0 9 0
16 MF   Harry Lee 0 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (2) 0 0 (4) 0 1 0
17 MF   Josh Wright 26 (3) 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 29 (3) 2 6 0
18 MF   Bradley Pritchard 22 (9) 0 1 0 1 (1) 0 4 1 28 (10) 1 2 0
19 MF   Scott Kashket 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (2) 0 0 (3) 0 0 0
20 MF   Marvin Bartley 17 (5) 0 0 (1) 0 2 0 3 1 22 (6) 1 5 0
21 GK   Charlie Grainger 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 DF   Andis Nikolaou 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 FW   Chris Dagnall 34 (4) 11 1 0 0 (1) 0 2 2 37 (5) 13 2 1
24 FW   Darius Henderson 16 (7) 8 0 0 0 (1) 0 1 0 17 (8) 8 4 1
25 DF   Sam Ling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 DF   Luke O'Neill 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 2 0
27 FW   Jay Simpson 12 (16) 5 1 0 3 0 2 3 18 (16) 8 1 0
28 MF   Montel Agyemang 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0
29 FW   Victor Adeboyejo 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0
30 FW   Gianvito Plasmati 7 (7) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 (7) 2 1 0
31 GK   Sam Sargeant 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 DF   Andrea Dossena 13 (2) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 (2) 1 1 0
33 GK   Gary Woods 16 (1) 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 22 (1) 0 1 0
34 FW   Ryan Hedges 11 (6) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 (6) 2 3 0
35 MF   Jake Taylor 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
40 GK   Alex Cisak 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 0
Players who have appeared in Leyton Orient's squad this season but who have left the club:
– DF   Alex Finney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF   Michael Petrasso 2 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 (1) 0 0 0
26 MF   John Lundstram 3 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 (1) 0 0 0
26 MF   Jack Price 4 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 (1) 0 0 0
35 DF   Neal Eardley 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Players transferred in
Date Pos. Name Club transferred from Fee Ref.
13 June 2014 GK   Adam Legzdins Derby County Free [1]
10 July 2014 MF   Bradley Pritchard Charlton Athletic Free [2]
17 July 2014 GK   Gary Woods Watford Free [3]
21 July 2014 DF   Shane Lowry Millwall Free [4]
25 July 2014 MF   Jobi McAnuff Reading Free [5]
31 July 2014 FW   Jay Simpson   Buriram United Free [6]
1 August 2014 FW   Darius Henderson Nottingham Forest Free [7]
20 October 2014 FW   Gianvito Plasmati   Siena Free [8]
6 November 2014 DF   Andrea Dossena Sunderland Free [9]
6 January 2015 MF   Josh Wright Millwall Free [10]
Players transferred out
Date Pos. Name Club transferred to Fee Ref.
30 May 2014 MF   Johnny Gorman Released (later joined Southport) Free [11][12]
30 May 2014 GK   Jake Larkins Released (later joined Bishop's Stortford) Free [11]
30 May 2014 MF   Yohann Lasimant Released (later joined Lokomotiv Plovdiv) Free [11]
30 May 2014 FW   Robbie Simpson Released (later joined Cambridge United) Free [11][13]
30 May 2014 DF   De'Reece Vanderhyde Released (later joined Hayes & Yeading United) Free [11][14]
6 June 2014 GK   Jamie Jones Preston North End Free [15]
27 June 2014 MF   Moses Odubajo Brentford £1,000,000 [16]
26 August 2014 DF   Alex Finney Bolton Wanderers Undisclosed [17]
Players loaned in
Date Pos. Name Club loaned from Loan end date Ref.
11 September 2014 MF   Michael Petrasso Queens Park Rangers 12 October 2014 [18]
7 October 2014 MF   Jack Price Wolverhampton Wanderers 24 October 2014 [19][20]
9 January 2015 MF   John Lundstram Everton 18 February 2015 [21]
16 January 2015 FW   Ryan Hedges Swansea City 3 May 2015 [22][23]
22 January 2015 DF   Neal Eardley Birmingham City 9 February 2015 [24][25]
2 February 2015 GK   Alex Cisak Burnley 3 May 2015 [26][27]
26 February 2015 DF   Luke O'Neill Burnley 28 March 2015 [28]
26 March 2015 MF   Jake Taylor Reading 30 June 2015 [29]
Players loaned out
Date Pos. Name Club loaned to Loan end date Ref.
8 October 2014 MF   Kane Adams Royston Town 31 December 2014 [30]
13 November 2014 GK   Charlie Grainger Farnborough 15 January 2015 [31]
17 March 2015 FW   Kevin Lisbie Stevenage 16 April 2015 [32]

Pre-season friendlies

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The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9am.[33]

23 August 2014 4 Leyton Orient 0–0 Walsall Brisbane Road, Leyton
15:00 Report Attendance: 4,400
Referee: David Webb
18 October 2014 12 Leyton Orient 0–0 Milton Keynes Dons Brisbane Road, Leyton
15:00 Report Attendance: 5,014
Referee: Graham Horwood
17 March 2015 36 Leyton Orient 0–0 Barnsley Brisbane Road, Leyton
19:45 Report Attendance: 4,017
Referee: Gavin Ward

The draw for the first round of the FA Cup was made on 27 October 2014.[34]

Football League Trophy

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
20 Crewe Alexandra 46 14 10 22 43 75 −32 52
21 Notts County (R) 46 12 14 20 45 63 −18 50 Relegation to Football League Two
22 Crawley Town (R) 46 13 11 22 53 79 −26 50
23 Leyton Orient (R) 46 12 13 21 59 69 −10 49
24 Yeovil Town (R) 46 10 10 26 36 75 −39 40

Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2015. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(R) Relegated

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  2. ^ "Bradley Pritchard Signs". Leyton Orient F.C. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Gary Woods Signs". Leyton Orient F.C. 17 July 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Shane Lowry Signs For Orient". Leyton Orient F.C. 21 July 2014. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
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  7. ^ "Orient Sign Darius Henderson". Leyton Orient F.C. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
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  16. ^ "Odubajo Transfer Agreed". Leyton Orient F.C. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  17. ^ "Alex Finney joins Bolton". Leyton Orient F.C. 26 August 2014.
  18. ^ "O's Sign Michael Petrasso From QPR". Leyton Orient F.C. 11 September 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
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  22. ^ "Orient bring in Swansea's Hedges". BBC Sport. 16 January 2015.
  23. ^ "Ryan Hedges extends loan". Leyton Orient F.C. 2 February 2015.
  24. ^ "Neal Eardley signs on loan". Leyton Orient F.C. 22 January 2015. Archived from the original on 22 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
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  33. ^ "NEWS: 2014–15 Fixtures released". Leyton Orient F.C. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  34. ^ "First round draw". The FA. 27 October 2014.