Leyton Orient

Leyton Orient are east London's oldest and most tenacious football club, a community institution founded in 1881 whose journey through English football has been one of survival, revival, and remarkable resilience. Known as The O's, they play at Brisbane Road in Leyton and have been a Football League presence for most of their existence. Their dramatic revival from 2017 and their return to the Football League in 2019 after winning the National League play-offs is one of the great stories of recent English football. Currently competing in League One, The O's are a club reborn. Founded in 1881, Leyton Orient are based in Leyton, east London, and compete in EFL League One. They play at Brisbane Road (the Breyer Group Stadium). The club are nicknamed The O's. Their home colours are red. The club spent two years in non-league football from 2017 before winning promotion back to the Football League through the National League play-offs in 2019. The red shirt of Leyton Orient has been the constant in a club whose fortunes have fluctuated dramatically across 140 years of existence. The simple but bold red home kit is associated with every chapter of The O's story, from their Third Division South days to their unexpected near-miss on Second Division promotion in 1962 to 1963 and right through to their recent League One resurgence. Away kits have often gone to white or yellow, occasionally with distinctive patterns, but the red home shirt remains the irreducible symbol of a club that refused to die. The kits from the 2019 National League promotion season hold a special place in Orient's modern history.