ORIENTATION

You have heard of Leyton Orient but their original name was Clapton Orient. On 22nd November 1930 in the club's first season in the Third Division South (as it was in those days) having been relegated from the Second Division, Orient played at Wembley Stadium against Brentford (a treat for both clubs) and won 3-0 in front of a 8319 crowd.
The Orient's home ground, Lee Bridge Road was closed for alterations. Two weeks later they played Southend, at Wembley again, winning  3-1. Barely 2,000 turned up mainly due to terrible weather.

Two Wyverns face each other, in mythology the "defender of the Thames".
Originally known as Glyn Cricket Club in 1881, the club members were mainly students from the Independent College, Homerton located in Hackney. The college now resides in Cambridge and is part of the university, a teacher training college. An annual cricket fixture is still held between the club and the college, I believe.

The club was renamed as Orient Football Club in 1888, the name apparently originated from a player Jack R. Dearing who was an employee of the Orient and Peninsular Shipping Company. In 1898 the club name changed to Clapton Orient after the part of London they played in, although there was another team known as Clapton FC close by, a ground known as the Spotted Dog, which I did grace a few decades ago.

During the First World War, 41 members of the Orient club joined up as soldiers to "The Pals", the 17th Battalion of the Middlesex Regt. made mainly of footballers. Many sacrificed themselves in the Great War.
The then Prince of Wales visited the club play Notts County in 1921 to show his gratitude for the support the club gave the war effort.

After the 2nd World War, the club's name changed to Leyton Orient FC, although there was a club already known as Leyton FC.
In 1966 the club decided to call itself just Orient after the Borough of Leyton was absorbed into the Borough of Waltham Forest.
In 1987 the club's name reverted to Leyton Orient. The home ground of Brisbane Road, with a capacity of under 10,000, has real estate on each corner, earning a few £££ for the landlords.

Before their recent relegation out of the Football League on 22nd April 2017, Leyton Orient was the second oldest club from London playing in the Football League, and 24th oldest in the country playing in the FL. The club had been in the FL for 112 years.