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SIMON WEAVER GOOD EVENING and I hope everyone at home is safe and well. I would like to extend my welcome to Jobi McAnuff and the staff and players of Leyton Orient who have made the trip up from London to The EnviroVent Stadium today for this rearranged fixture. Over the last few season’s we’ve had a number of games against Leyton Orient both in the National League and in League Two earlier this season at their place, and it has always been a tough game. They play an attacking style of football with a lot of threat going forward and a lot of creativity in the centre of the park, so we will need to concentrate throughout and play with energy and intensity. I unfortunately missed the trip down to London in November and although the 0-3 result would suggest it was very one-sided, we did control large periods of the game, but they were just very clinical in front of goal and at the end of the day, that’s what wins football matches.

Saturday’s defeat was really frustrating. After a really pleasing first half display in which we outplayed Bolton with some fantastic football and caused them a lot of problems, we needed to maintain that standard and keep that intensity going in the second half. Unfortunately we weren’t able to maintain those levels and a couple of poor goals from our point of view, ultimately cost us the game. It was a great pitch to play on and we were able to play the brand of football that we want to, but we need to be able to sustain it for the entirety of the game and again, work on cutting out the crucial defensive errors. As we all know, in the EFL, games come thick and fast and April is and has already been a particularly busy month for us as we reach the final stages of the season and we want to finish the campaign on a high, so will dust ourselves down and be ready to go again tonight. Enjoy the game.

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JOSH FALKINGHAM Looking back on Saturday against Bolton, although we were on the wrong end of the result, the performance in the first half especially was outstanding. We went there to compete against a real in form team and we completely outplayed them for 45 minutes, that can be a real positive to take going forward. However, mistakes were the difference in the second half and it does feel like we’re repeating ourselves at the moment. It’s become a recurring theme and something we need to iron out because we want to keep picking up the points and finish the season on a high. We’ve got the chance to get back to winning ways this evening against Leyton Orient, a side who we’ve played a fair few times in recent seasons but not yet had the right result against.

They’re a good side that have been on a really good run recently and have some good players, especially up top. They’ve always had really good threats in the attacking third so we’ve got to make sure we get on top of them and nullify those threats. That comes along with doing the basics right and putting in a really competitive performance. When we do that, we get something out of games, so that’s what we’ll be aiming to do to get back to winning ways this evening. I hope you’re all keeping safe and hope all those that are watching on our live stream enjoy the game today.

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The Club teams up with Harrogate Scrubbers to provide scrub bags DURING THE FIRST LOCKDOWN last March a group of volunteers got together to provide over 2,300 scrubs for staff at Harrogate Hospital and were affectionately known as the ‘Harrogate Scrubbers’. Amassing a team of over 850 members and achieving their goal in just six weeks, they continued to provide PPE for local hospices, GP Surgery’s and Dentists.

be great to link up when it came to sorting kit bags for the team. Instead of paying an online company we have had an amazing response from the scrubbers who jumped at the opportunity to support the club. We have provided all the materials they need, and to repay their support, we will make a donation to the Harrogate Hospital Charity. It’s a winner all round!”

The most recent lockdown however has been very different as group member Claire Strachan explains. “The team spirit of the scrubbers was amazing last year, it gave people a purpose and a means of helping the NHS. It didn’t just provide the PPE it helped people’s mental health and overcame loneliness for many shielding or stuck at home. We still have sewers asking for something to do, so have helped charities locally needing sewing support, but we still have more volunteers than work to offer.”

Local companies Showtime Fabrics and White Rose Sewing are supplying the materials needed, and PG Branding in Hornbeam Park have offered to print the team numbers on the bags for free.

Harrogate Town MD, Garry Plant saw the work the group had done and when it came to providing the team with kit bags approached them for help. “We had seen the amazing achievements the scrubbers had done last year and thought it would

Founder of the Harrogate Scrubbers, Fran Taylor said the group were delighted to help the club. “It was brilliant to be asked to support our local football team and has given a real boost to some of the group members. Supporting local companies at the same time is what our group was all about. It is a brilliant collaboration and one we are excited to support. Knowing it will boost the mental health of a number of the volunteers by giving them something to do in lockdown is an added bonus.” Images courtesy of Gerard Binks / Yorkshire Post

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0 0 Walsall Roberts, Melbourne, Sadler, Clarke, Kinsella, Lavery, Gordon, Bates (McDonald 58), Perry, Osadebe ■, Wright (Holden 78) Unused subs: Rose, Norman, Sinclair, Osei Yaw, Leak Town Belshaw, Fallowfield, Jones, Smith, Hall, Falkingham, Burrell (Kerry 46), Thomson, Beck, Martin (McPake 46), Muldoon Unused subs: Kiernan, Francis, Williams, Minter

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0 2 Conlon (47), Guthrie (90) Town Belshaw, Burrell, Jones, Smith, Hall, Falkingham, Kerry, Thomson (Martin 67), Beck, Muldoon (Kiernan (80), McPake Unused subs: Francis, Williams, Minter Port Vale Brown, Joyce, Legge, Smith, Worrall, Oyeleke (Talyor 62), Conlon ■, Montano (Olagunju 90), Robinson (Cullen 87), Brisley, Rodney (Guthrie 62) Unused subs: Amoo, Hurst, Scott

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PLAYER IN FOCUS

JOSH MARCH

JOSH MARCH Town striker Josh March is the man in form at the moment. Having joined the camp at beginning of January, March has made a strong start to his Town career with goals and assists coming aplenty. Now 23-years-old, the frontman took Non-League football by storm just over a year ago and is now looking to do the same in the Football League. By Henry Whitaker BORN IN THE WEST MIDLANDS town of Stourbridge, March grew up loving football and is a self-proclaimed “massive” Villa fan. He and his dad were season ticket holders at Villa Park, watching the likes of Ashley Young, Gareth Barry and James Milner rip up the Premier League. It gave March a passion for the sport and it created some great memories, including a trip to Wembley for the 2010 Carling Cup Final against Manchester United. It was a game which Villa lost but a day March remembers fondly. “It was the first time I had ever seen Villa be close to winning a trophy. I’ve seen them in the playoffs but not in the big cup trophies. I remember Milner scoring the penalty and I thought we’d win it. It didn’t turn out like that but it was still a great day.”

It was Wayne Rooney who scored the winning goal that day, a striker who March had a lot of admiration for and one he tried to base his game on. “Rooney was aggressive on the pitch when he was young he was a bit wild and I used to love that fiery side about him. That volley against Newcastle when he was annoyed and he just banged it in the top corner summed him up.” By 2010, March had already spent time with the West Bromwich Albion and Wolves’ academies, but he failed to remain with either club, despite the striker being the top scorer in his age group with the Wanderers. March didn’t have height on his side as a kid and that hindered his chances with academy clubs looking for bigger players to develop.

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AASS SOON AS I HEARD THE INTEREST WAS REAL, MY MIND WAS SET ON THE MOVE... I WANT TO ESTABLISH MYSELF IN THIS LEAGUE - A BIT LIKE HARROGATE - AND I FEEL LIKE ME AND THE CLUB ARE ON THE SAME PATH SO THIS MOVE FEELS RIGHT FOR EVERYONE... EVERYONE ...

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JOSH MARCH However, March would then join Aston Villa up until under 13s football but was once again released. This time though it wasn’t due to his height but more so his ability, with the striker admitting he was “just nowhere near good enough” to earn another contract. He left the academy scene and went on to join Stourport Swifts, a team with a good standard of players in the Midlands Junior Football League. It’s where he’d stayed up until 16-years-old before moving onto Tipton Town. At that age, March didn’t know what he wanted to do in the future but went to college to do a course in heating and ventilation, a job he would end up doing until just a year ago. Professional football was a long way off and certainly more of a dream, with March admitting that you have to be “quite lucky” to get the break. His first season with Tipton Town was on and off with the striker not taking it as seriously as he needed to make noticeable progress. However, in his second year, that changed. “I knuckled down a bit in my second preseason and made sure I was the fittest in the team, March explains. “Tipton would regularly put players from the academy into the first team just to see what we were about. I got a training session and the manager seemed to like me and I took my chance. It was tough though as I still wasn’t physically built yet. I was a skinny kid and I had to learn how to use my body because I wasn’t going to out muscle or outpace anyone. It’s helped me though, as I was having to play against fully grown men from a young age. I had to win and buy fouls and I think it’s become one of the strongest parts of my game.”

third year brought joy though as March was part of the team to win back to back promotions. March played on the left-wing for the majority of his time at Alvechurch but still managed to win top scorer in three of his four seasons at the club. It was a successful period for the goalscorer and he puts part of his success at Alvechurch down to one man, his manager Ian Long. “He was very harsh on me,” March admits. “He was always on to me about things away from football like dieting and drinking. He picked on me almost but looking back, I think that was because he thought I was one of the better players. At that point in my career, I think the approach gave me the foundations to build on.” Being one of the standout talents of NonLeague Football, March earned himself the move to National League North side Leamington FC. He signed at the start of the 2019/20 season and took the division by storm. Playing as a number nine, March thrived on being the main man to get the goals and by January 2020, he’d played 27 games, scoring in 24 of them. Confidence was sky high with March saying “every half-chance felt like a full chance to me”.

A change in manager meant March and his teammates left Tipton Town, with March briefly joining Causeway United before moving onto to Alvechurch in 2015. He signed for the Church at 18-years-old and was there for four seasons, making over 150 appearances and scoring more than 50 goals for the Southern League Premier Division Central team. Alvechurch challenged for the league in his first season but were runners-up to Hereford despite winning 101 points that campaign. The second and

PLAYER IN FOCUS It meant clubs as high as the Championship were showing interest from October onwards. However, March was no idiot and knew football can change very quickly, leading him to keep his head down and keep putting the ball in the back of the net.

for Forest Green’s new striker, it was a chance to

“I had people asking if clubs were watching me but I just played it off and didn’t get my hopes up. If nothing came of it, I would have looked a bit stupid.

a stone of unneeded weight in the process.

“I’d had so much disappointment in the past and football can change so quickly. I could have got injured and that would have been the deal off the table, so I just knew I had to enjoy each moment and take each game as it came.”

an unfortunate injury combined with Forest Green

League Two side Forest Green Rovers were the club to show the strongest desire to bring March into the Football League and it was there where he signed that January.

out. It was agreed between the club and player that

It was a big moment for March. It meant quitting his job and dedicating his life to playing football, something which six months earlier was just a dream. After putting pen to paper at Forest Green, the striker explains how for the next week, his phone had to be on silent. “My phone wouldn’t stop buzzing for about a week,” he laughs. “People were just wanting to congratulate me on the move as they knew how hard I had worked to get there. It was chaotic and to be honest, the whole process was so full on I didn’t really enjoy it, I just wanted it done with. On my first day, I remember warming up and realising that this is me now every day, this is my job now whereas before, I was waking up at 6.30am to go into a cold factory, getting all dirty. It’s what I use as motivation every single day, I don’t want to go back to what I did. I want to stay in football as long as possible.” March made his Football League debut in a 4-3 away win at Mansfield, then scoring on his home debut next time out. Although not the pictureperfect goal, it’s one March won’t forget. “The goal was more luck than judgement if I’m being honest. The ball came in and took two deflections before falling at my feet and I just tapped it in, a poacher’s finish,” he chuckles. “I still ran off like I had scored a 30-yard screamer.” Ten games were all March got before Covid-19 forced an end to the 2019/20 season. However,

JOSH MARCH properly ready himself for professional football. Training every day and playing at a much higher standard wasn’t something he was used to. March spent 2-3 hours a day working on his fitness, losing When this season did begin, March returned looking sharp and had a strong pre-season. But starting the campaign well meant he struggled to break into the team. March admits he’s someone who can’t stand being on the bench or in the stands week in, week a loan move would be the best option. Cue Harrogate Town… The loan move to North Yorkshire came about after the striker was talking to his old Leamington manager, who knows Simon Weaver well. Word quickly got around and not too long later, March was on his way to Harrogate. “As soon as I heard the interest was real, my mind was set on the move,” March states. “I want to establish myself in this league - a bit like Harrogate - and I feel like me and the club are on the same path so this move feels right for everyone.” March has come into the squad and made an immediate impact during his first month. A goal against Tranmere was followed by more against Newport County and Crawley Town, making it three in three appearances. It’s added a new dimension to this Town team and the striker is now looking forward to continuing that form as the season goes on. “It almost feels like I’ve become a professional footballer all over again moving here. I’m just taking each game as it comes and I want to get as many goals and win as many games as possible. Long term, I hope I get the chance to play in the Premier League at some point but if not, I just want to give football my all and have no regrets.”

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LEYTON ORIENT LEYTON ORIENT were founded in 1881 by a group of boys who played under the guise of Glyn Cricket Club. In 1888, the club was re-named Orient FC after the Orient Steamship & Navigation Company who then player, Jack Dearing worked for. The club became professional in late 1903 and in 1905 were elected into the Second Division of the Football League along with Chelsea, Leeds City and Stockport County.

Hearn sold the club in June 2014 to Francesco Becchetti, but Orient were relegated from League One in 2014-15 and even worse was to come when they were relegated from the Football League in 2016-17. With that Becchetti sold the club to Nigel Travis, but they stabilised and Justin Edinburgh led them back to the EFL in 2018-19 after winning the National League title, beating Town twice in the process.

The club won it’s first promotion in 1955-56 after topping the Division Three South with a club record 106 goals in 46 games. In April 1962 Orient won promotion to Division One, however their stay lasted just a year and the O’s were relegated with another relegation to Division Three following. Orient were Division Three Champions in 1970 and missed out on promotion back to Division One in 1974 by a point. 1982 saw a return to Division Three, and 1985 ended in relegation to Division Four.

Summer 2019 was a very difficult time for the club with the passing of Justin Edinburgh, and so soon after them returning to the EFL, but the club continued remarkably. Ross Embleton who worked with the squad under Edinburgh took over and lead the O’s to a 17th-place finish in their first season back in the EFL last season.

The mid-1990s were a period of financial difficulty with Barry Hearn taking ownership in March 1995 but he couldn’t prevent Orient being relegated to the fourth tier. In 1999 the O’s lost the playoff final to Scunthorpe United and again to Blackpool in 2001. Promotion was finally achieved in 2005-06 when Orient finished third. A period of near-success came under Russell Slade who led Orient to seventh in 2012-13, and third in 2013-14 to reach the play-offs but they lost the final to Rotherham United.

This season, the O’s have suffered from inconsistency, where runs of wins have often been followed by runs of losses. Following a dip in form and a run of seven games without a win in January and February, the club parted company with Embleton and placed Jobi McAnuff in interim charge feeling that the play-offs were still within reach. The change has had a positive effect with the O’s going unbeaten in seven including four wins on the bounce, a run which only came to an end on Saturday at Cheltenham and that has seen them close within four points of the play-offs.

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THE O’s PLAYING SQUAD BETWEEN THE STICKS

in 2013-14 and then went on to feature for in League Two. Coulson signed for The O’s on loan in July 2017, but made that move permanent in the January and played a big part in the O’s promotion back to the EFL.

1. Sam Sargeant

A product of the O’s Academy, the 23-year-old signed pro terms with in June 2016. The ‘keeper had to be patient for opportunities as Dean Brill became an ever-present in Justin Edinburgh’s squad but last season, he made 15 League Two appearances.

12. Jordan Thomas

22. Lawrence Vigouroux

Signing for the O’s in January 2020 from Chilean side, Everton de Viña, the 26-yearold spent his youth and early senior years at Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool, before joining Swindon Town on loan in August 2016. The deal was made permanent in 2016 and he made 119 appearances over four years with the Robins. Before moving to Chile, he had a loan spell at Waterford in the Irish Premier Division and received his first international call-up for Chile in August 2018.

AT THE BACK 2. Sam Ling

Rejoining the O’s in February 2018 from Dagenham & Redbridge after 18 months with The Daggers, the 24-yearold progressed through the O’s Academy, captaining the Youth Team before making the move to Dagenham in July 2016 where he made 40 appearances over two seasons. Since returning to Orient, Ling has made over 50 appearances for the club after an injury impacted 2018/19 campaign.

3. Joe Widdowson

Signing for the O’s in July 2017 from Dagenham & Redbridge, the 30-year-old started his career with West Ham United 24

Lawrence Vigouroux

before signing for Grimsby Town for the 2009-10 season after a successful loan spell. He made the switch to Rochdale the following season where he made 73 appearances, before two years at Northampton Town in which he played 75 times for the Cobblers. Following a short spell at Bury and loan at Morecambe, he signed for Dagenham & Redbridge on loan in November 2014 before making a permanent switch and going on to total 106 appearances for the Daggers.

5. Dan Happe

A product of the O’s Academy, the 22-year-old made his debut in February 2017 and was a key part of the O’s National League title winning side where his form earned him the Club’s Young Player of the Season. Now in his fourth season as a pro with the O’s, he has built up over 125 total appearances.

Signing on a season long loan from Norwich City in September 2020, the 20-year-old, arrives from the Canaries academy – having made his Premier League debut from the bench against Manchester City in July 2020. His youth career started at Charlton Athletic at the age of 6 before joining Huddersfield Town on a scholarship at the age of 16 and then signing his first professional contract with Norwich City in January 2018.

16. James Brophy

Signing for The O’s in January 2018, the 26-year-old worked his way up through non-league with numerous clubs before joining Swindon Town in League One in the Summer of 2015 going on to make over 70 appearances for the Robins. In September 2017, Brophy joined Orient on a short loan deal until January 2018 but was recalled in November following injury

6. Josh Coulson

Prior to joining the O’s in January 2018, the 32-yearold had been a one-club man making over 300 appearances for Cambridge United, who he helped to promotion to the EFL

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problems at Swindon before rejoining the O’s permanently.

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18. Tunji Akinola

Signing on a season long loan deal from West Ham in October, the 22-year-old has featured heavily for the Hammers U23’s side after joining their Academy at the age of 9 and progressing through the ranks.

23. Jamie Turley

Signing for the O’s in January 2019 from Notts County, the 30-year-old began his career at Wycombe Wanderers before joining Salisbury City in July 2009. In June 2011, he moved to Forest Green Rovers in the Conference Premier and made over 100 appearances in three seasons before joining Eastleigh in September 2014. In July 2016, he joined Newport County who loaned him to Boreham Wood for the 2017–18 season where he played 31 games in the National League. He signed for Notts at the start of the 2018–19 season, before heading to E10.

24. Jayden Sweeney

A product of the O’s Academy, the 19-year-old turned pro in June 2019 and joined Bishop’s Stortford of the Isthmian League Premier Division club Bishop’s Stortford on loan in November 2019, making seven appearances before returning to Orient in January.

29. Adam Thompson

Joining The O’s from Rotherham United last month, the 28-year-old is graduate of Watford’s Academy, making his pro debut for the Hornets in 2010. After a number of loan spells whilst at Vicarage Road he joined Southend United permanently after a loan in August 2013 and went on to make over 100 appearances for the Shrimpers before joining

Bury in June 2017. After 70 appearances for the Shakers, he moved to Rotherham United in August 2019 before being released and moving to E10.

THE ENGINE ROOM 4. Ousseynou Cissé Signing for the O’s in July 2020 from Gillingham, the Malian international turned pro for French side in Amiens, after coming through the Paris Saint-Germain Academy. After 36 appearances for Amiens, he moved to Dijon, where he made 93 appearances before joining Spanish side Rayo Vallecano in 2015 who sent him on loan to Belgian team, WaaslandBeveren. He joined Tours in July 2016 before heading across the Channel to join MK Dons where he achieved promotion to League One in 2018/19 season After joining Gillingham in June 2019 and a loan spell with the O’s, the 29-year-old made the permanent switch to E10 ahead of this season.

7. Jobi McAnuff

Having returned to the O’s in July 2017, the 38-year old started his pro career at Wimbledon in 2000 before signing for West Ham United in January 2004 but then Hammers manager, Alan Pardew was forced to sell McAnuff to generate funds for future transfers and he joined Cardiff City in the August. Ever present for the Bluebirds that season, he moved to Crystal Palace in Summer 2015 where he spent two years before

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Craig Clay

moving to Watford in June 2017. He joined Reading in August 2009 where he spent five seasons. From there he joined Orient in July 2014 where he spent two years and played 57 times before heading to Stevenage. After one season, the Jamaican international returned to Orient in July 2017.

8. Craig Clay c

Signing for the O’s ahead of the 2017-18 season from Motherwell, the 28-year-old started out at Chesterfield turning pro in June 2010. Loan spells at Barrow and Alfreton Town followed, and after 23 appearances for Chesterfield during the 2012-13 season, he joined York City in May 2013. Following six months there, he had short spells at FC Halifax Town and Worksop Town before signing for Grimsby Town ahead of the 2014-15 season racking 91 total appearances for the Mariners in two seasons. In August 2016 he made the move to Motherwell before joining Orient where he has made around 150 appearances since signing.

11. James Dayton

Joining The O’s in August 2017, the 32-year-old graduated from the Crystal Palace academy. During his time at Palace 26

he had loan spells at Yeovil Town and Crawley Town before signing for Kilmarnock in August 2010. He joined Oldham Athletic in May 2013 and after a loan spell at St Mirren in 2015 signed for Cheltenham Town where he spent two seasons before heading to E10.

26. Hector Kyprianou

15. Dan Kemp

Joining the O’s on loan from Wycombe Wanderers last month for the rest of the season, the 25-year-old, has over 120 total appearances for the Chairboys since joining them in 2016. Before that he played in non-league with Histon, Hemel Hempstead Town and Biggleswade Town.

Joining the O’s last month from West Ham, the 22-year-old started at Chelsea at the age of six and spent ten years with The Blues before his move across London to the Hammers in 2015. A regular with West Ham’s U23s side in recent seasons, Kemp spent the latter half of last season on loan at Stevenage, before joining Blackpool in September 2020 on a season-long loan deal from which he was recalled early to make the move to Orient.

21. Brendon Shabani

A product of the O’s Academy, the 19-year-old spent November on loan at Concord Rangers who Town will take on in the FA Trophy final with a date yet to be confirmed. Conor Wilkinson

With a youth career that started at Tottenham Hotspur in 2011 before moving to the O’s Academy in 2015, the 19-yearold signed his first pro contract in July 2019 after loan spells at Harlow Town, Bishop’s Stortford and Hampton & Richmond. Since then, he has made 16 appearances for the first team including five this term.

28. Nick Freeman

UP TOP 9. Conor Wilkinson

Joining Orient in June 2019 from Dagenham & Redbridge where he bagged 12 goals in 23 games, the 26-year-old started his career at Bolton Wanderers featuring for The Whites 17 times in a four-year spell. While at Bolton, he had loan spells at Torquay United, Oldham Athletic, Newport County, and Chesterfield before moving to Gillingham in 2017 appearing 50 times for the Gills before signing for the Daggers.

17. Louis Dennis

Signing for the O’s in August 2019 from Portsmouth, the 28-year-old began his career at Dagenham & Redbridge and had a number of loan spells in non-league. He joined Bromley in 2014 and made 157 appearances for the London-side, scoring 47 goals before making the move to Portsmouth in May 2018.

LEYTON ORIENT 19. Lee Angol

20. Ruel Sotiriou

Joining the O’s in July 2019, from Shrewsbury Town, the 25-year-old began his career at Wycombe Wanderers. He had loan spells at Hendon, Maidenhead United and Boreham Wood, before signing for Luton Town in July 2014 and immediately returned to the Wood on loan netting 33 goals in 49 appearances. His next move was to Peterborough United in July 2015 where he made over 50 appearances before joining Mansfield Town in May 2017 and then the Shrews in August 2018.

An O’s academy graduate, the 20-year-old made his debut for the O’s in 2017 before a flurry of non-league loan moves. In May 2018 he signed his first pro contract and has recently had a run of starts in the first team. He has also represented Cyprus at U19 and U21 level.

Danny Johnson

39. Danny Johnson

35. Tristan Abrahams Signing on loan on deadline day from Newport County for the rest of the season, the 21-yearold began his career in the O’s Academy and after becoming pro in November 2016, moved on loan to Cambridge City. Upon his return to E10, Abrahams was put into the first-team and his performances led to Norwich City purchasing his services. Building up further experience with loans at Exeter City and Yeovil Town, the striker scored five times in 38 appearances across both spells before moving to South Wales in July 2019.

Joining the O’s in January 2020 from Scottish Championship side Dundee, the 26-yearold forward spent his youth career at Middlesbrough and Hartlepool United before a short spell in Spain with Real Murcia. On his return to England, Johnson joined Harrogate Town on trial in August 2012 in the Conference North but was released after just two substitute appearances and moved to Billingham Synthonia. He then joined Guisborough Town and after an impressive 51 goals in 48 games, secured a move to Cardiff City for the 2013-14 season. Whilst there he had loan spells at Tranmere Rovers in 2014 and at Stevenage in 2015 before joining Gateshead in the National League for the start of 2015-16, hitting double figures in three consecutive seasons. Danny spent 2018-19 in the Scottish Premiership with Motherwell, where he scored six goals in 22 appearances before moving to Dundee in July 2019.

RECENT LINE-UP v Cheltenham Town (A) L0-1 Saturday, 10 April 2021

Johnson Brophy

Wilkinson Kemp Clay

Kyprianou

Happe

Turley

Ling

Widdowson

Vigouroux SUBSTITUTIONS:

56’ Widdowson ‹› Abrahams; 80’ Clay ‹› Freeman Not used: Coulson, McAnuff, Dennis, Akinola, Sargeant 27

THE EX-FILES

SEVEN PLAYERS HAVE BEEN CONNECTED WITH TOWN AND THE O’S IN RECENT YEARS... by Phil Harrison Club Historian

Jason Harris 1997-99 2001-03 Apps: 40 I Goals: 9 Apps: 2 (5) I Goals: 1 Striker Jason Harris began his career at Crystal Palace in 1994, however only played twice for the Eagles and had loan spells at Dover Athletic, Bristol Rovers and Lincoln City before signing for Leyton Orient in 1997 for £20,000. He went on to play 40 games for the O’s before joining Preston North End the following season and Hull City the season after that. After a short spell at Southend United at the beginning of the 2001-02 season, Harris joined Town for the first of two spells making his debut from the bench on 8th December 2001 in the 2-1 win at Trafford. After joining Nuneaton Borough in 2002 he returned to Wetherby Road totalling seven appearances and one goal for Town before moving on to Goole Town.

Alan White 2004-05 2011-14 Apps: 31 I Goals: 0 Apps: 58 (1) I Goals: 3 Centre-back, Alan White started out with Middlesbrough Juniors in 1995, but it was at Luton Town he started his senior career in 1997 making 90 appearances in three seasons. He signed for Colchester United in July 2000 and racked up 166 appearances for the U’s before joining Leyton Orient in June 2004 for one season playing 31 games before moving on to Boston United. He then played for a string of clubs before signing for Town in December 2011, making his debut in a Boxing Day 4-0 home defeat to Guiseley. Captaining the side for a period, he left after one game of the 2013-14 season having made 59 appearances for the club and joined Darlington 1883 where he became assistant manager and academy coach

The other four... Greg Fee

Luke Ashworth

2000-01 A: 4 I G: 0

2011-12

1990 (loan) A: 5 I G: 0

2008-10 A: 18 I G: 1

Chris Timons

A: 8 (2) I G: 1

Anthony Griffiths

2005-07 A: 55 (1) I G: 2

2013-14 A: 1 I G: 0

1997

2012-13

A: 5 I G: 2

A: 28 I G: 0

Danny Johnson 2012-13 Apps: 0 (2) I Goals: 0 2019-date Apps: 36 (6) I Goals: 18 Middlesbrough born striker and current Orient player Danny Johnson was with Middlesbrough and Hartlepool youth teams before a spell in Spain with Real Murcia. He joined Town on trial in August 2012 in the Conference North making his debut in September from the bench in 3-1 win at Histon but was released after just two appearances. After a spell at Billingham Synthonia, he totalled 65 goals in 64 games in all competitions for Guisborough Town and was soon snapped up by Championship side, Cardiff City. After loan spells at Tranmere Rovers and Stevenage he signed for Gateshead next playing 127 games for the Heed before moving to Motherwell of the Scottish Premiership in Summer 2018. He then joined Dundee for a season before signing for Leyton Orient in January 2020 and this season has an impressive record of scoring 16 goals in 36 games.

STATS ZONE STATS ZONE

STATS ZONE

US V. THEM HOW WE COMPARE IN THE LEAGUE

GOAL TIMINGS

LEAGUE POSITION

Minute For Against

4 4

0-15

16-30 9 10 31-45 11 5

POINTS

49 GOALS SCORED

YELLOW CARDS

SECOND STRAIGHT YELLOWS REDS

46-60 3 8

HOME 19 AWAY 27

HOME 31 AWAY 26

76-90+ 10

GOALS SCORED

YELLOW CARDS

TOP SCORER

MOST ASSISTS

SECOND STRAIGHT YELLOWS REDS

Jack Muldoon

HOME 18 AWAY 23

George Thomson

LAST FIVE LEAGUE GAMES

Morecambe

Southend United

L0-1

27 Mar (H)

Walsall

D0-0 2 Apr (A)

6 MOST ASSISTS

Danny Johnson

Bolton Wanderers

5 Apr (A)

10 Apr (A)

L1-2

Carlisle United

Oldham Athletic

Mansfield Town

Walsall

23 Mar (A)

27 Mar (H)

2 Apr (A)

5 Apr (H)

W1-0 W2-1 W2-0 D0-0

10 YEAR LEAGUE RECORD

10 YEAR LEAGUE RECORD 1

NLN

N NL L

NLN

Cheltenham Town

L0-1

10 Apr (A)

James Brophy

LAST FIVE LEAGUE GAMES

Port Vale

L0-2

16 TOP SCORER

NLN

11 12

FAILED TO SCORE

61-75 11 8

GOALS CONCEDED

20 Mar (H)

31-45 9 3

HOME 26 AWAY 18

GOALS CONCEDED

L0-1

16-30 4 10

HOME 15 AWAY 26

CLEAN SHEETS

7 6

0-15

FAILED TO SCORE

61-75 8 6 76-90+ 6

Minute For Against

POINTS

46-60 3 13

HOME 22 AWAY 27

GOAL TIMINGS

LEAGUE POSITION

CLEAN SHEETS

NLN

11 12

NLN

L2 L1 L1

10/11

11/12

12/13

13/14

14/15

15/16

16/17

17/18

18/19

19/20

10/11

11/12

12/13

13/14

14/15

15/16

16/17

17/18

18/19

19/20

L1 = EFL League One; L2 = EFL League Two; NL = National League / Conference Premier; NLN = National League North / Conference North

STATS ZONE SEASON PLAYER STATS 2020/21 # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 -

Player James Belshaw Ryan Fallowfield Dan Jones Josh Falkingham Will Smith Warren Burrell George Thomson Will Hondermarck Mark Beck Aaron Martin Jake Lawlor Joe Cracknell Brendan Kiernan Connor Kirby Jon Stead Lloyd Kerry Jack Muldoon Calvin Miller* Connor Hall Ed Francis Tom Walker* Josh March Melvin Minter Kevin Lokko Jay Williams Josh McPake Mitchell Roberts Simon Power Josh Andrews Jack Emmett**

League Two ■ A G 37 (0) 0 24 (3) 0 3 15 (3) 0 5 33 (5) 0 7 1 26 (0) 2 1 35 (2) 0 5 1 40 (0) 3 3 0 (1) 0 13 (9) 2 27 (9) 5 3 14 (3) 0 1 3 (0) 0 12 (14) 1 10 (6) 0 3 3 (11) 1 19 (7) 2 6 29 (8) 12 8 (2) 1 35 (1) 1 2 1 13 (4) 1 2 1 (6) 0 10 (4) 5 2 0 (0) 0 0 (1) 0 2 (2) 1 17 (1) 2 1 1 (0) 0 1 11 (2) 1 0 0 (2) 0 0 0 (0) 0 -

■ 1 1 -

TOWN TOP 3’s (in League Two) Cups A G 2 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 3 (1) 1 5 (0) 0 4 (0) 0 7 (0) 0 4 (3) 0 0 (0) 0 4 (3) 1 4 (3) 1 4 (0) 1 6 (0) 0 4 (2) 2 4 (3) 0 2 (4) 1 7 (0) 1 6 (0) 0 2 (1) 1 4 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 5 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 5 (0) 1 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 0 (0) 0 1 (0) 0

Season Town Career A G A G 39 (0) 0 183 0 28 (3) 0 153 3 18 (4) 1 22 1 38 (5) 0 177 7 30 (0) 2 74 5 43 (2) 0 263 12 44 (3) 3 177 30 0 (1) 0 1 0 17 (12) 3 129 31 31 (10) 6 45 6 18 (3) 1 21 1 9 (0) 0 17 0 16 (16) 3 72 11 14 (9) 0 23 0 5 (15) 2 52 9 26 (7) 3 187 17 35 (8) 12 139 45 10 (3) 2 13 2 39 (1) 1 79 6 13 (4) 1 17 1 6 (6) 0 12 0 10 (4) 5 14 5 0 (0) 0 0 0 5 (1) 1 6 1 2 (2) 1 4 1 17 (1) 2 18 2 1 (0) 0 1 0 11 (2) 1 13 1 0 (2) 0 2 0 1 (0) 0 229 22

APPEARANCES

(including on as a sub)

40 George Thomson 38 J osh Falkingham 37 J ames Belshaw Warren Burrell Jack Muldoon

GOALS 12 Jack Muldoon 5J osh March Aaron Martin 3G eorge Thomson Mark Beck

ASSISTS 7 George Thomson 6A aron Martin 4 Jack Muldoon

PITCH MINUTES 3548 George Thomson 3330 James Belshaw 3163 Connor Hall

Top 3’s (League Two 2020/21 only) A = Appearances; () = Games on as sub; G = Goals; Second Yellow *Out on Loan; **Left Club

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LEAGUE TWO ROUND UP

LEAGUE TWO ROUND-UP by Mark Walker, PA Media

Exeter players celebrate during their impressive win at Cambridge

Grimsby Town forward Stefan Payne was sent off for headbutting team-mate Filipe Morais in his side’s 1-0 defeat at Bradford City, while Cheltenham Town went back to the top of the table. Payne was sent off in the dressing room by referee James Bell after clashing with Morais at the end of the first half. Bottom club Grimsby missed the chance to close the seven-point gap between themselves and third-bottom Colchester as Bradford’s Anthony O’Connor scored the only goal just before half-time.

early on, but Kieran Lee equalised soon after half-time and Eoin Doyle struck with 12 minutes remaining for the Trotters, who sit two points above Tranmere.

Cheltenham moved one point above closest rivals Cambridge with a game in hand after Conor Thomas’ first-half penalty sealed a 1-0 home win against Leyton Orient. Thomas converted from the spot in the 31st minute following Orient goalkeeper Lawrence Vigouroux’s challenge on Andy Williams.

Brandon Thomas-Asante and Ian Henderson scored as Salford City edged to a 2-1 win over Stevenage, who had levelled through Luther Wildin, while Walsall beat slumping Forest Green Rovers by the same scoreline. Rory Holden and James Clarke were on-target for the Saddlers, rendering Jordan MooreTaylor’s goal a mere consolation for sixth-placed Rovers, who parted company with Mark Cooper on Sunday having taken just one point from their last six matches.

Offrande Zanzala’s penalty helped Carlisle United to a 2-2 draw at struggling Barrow, who are now six points clear of danger. Jack Armer put Carlisle ahead and although Scott Quigley and Patrick Brough struck to lift Barrow into the lead, the spoils were shared after Zanzala converted from the spot.

Cambridge United slipped to a shock 4-1 home defeat to Exeter City, but remain six points clear of fourthplaced Tranmere Rovers in the race for automatic promotion. Ryan Bowman’s header and Jack Sparkes’ long-range effort put the play-off chasing Exeter Second-bottom Southend United moved to within 2-0 up within quarter of an hour before Joe Ironside four points of safety following their goalless draw reduced the deficit 10 minutes after half-time. But against Crawley at Roots Hall. Exeter midfielder Archie Collins scrambled home midway through the second half and LEAGUE TWO TABLE 2020/21 Matt Jay struck 10 minutes from time to help TEAM HOME AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A GD the Grecians move to within one point of the 1 Cheltenham Town 40 11 4 5 31 19 10 5 5 23 16 19 top seven. 2 Cambridge United 41 11 5 5 27 19 10 3 7 34 22 20 Port Vale overcame a 45-minute delay due to heavy snowfall to beat Morecambe 1-0 at Vale Park and extend their winning run to six matches. Excessive snow at the ground led to referee Antony Coggins bringing the players off just before the half hour as a clear-up operation ensued. Vale sprung out the traps when play resumed and Tom Conlon’s freekick was headed home by Nathan Smith in the 34th minute. Bolton Wanderers moved up into the automatic promotion places after coming from behind to beat Harrogate Town 2-1, with Tranmere dropping to fourth as they drew a blank in a goalless stalemate at Scunthorpe. Gethin Jones’ own goal put Harrogate ahead

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FIXTURES & RESULTS 2020/21 DATE

OPPOSITION

COMP

RES

ATT PTS POS STARTING XI

SEPTEMBER Sat 5

Tranmere Rovers (R1)

1-1

Town win 8-7 on pens

Cracknell

Fallowfield

Burrell

Smith

Hall

Falkingham

Tue 8

Grimsby Town

2-2

Grimsby earn bonus point by winning 5-4 on pens

Cracknell

Fallowfield

Burrell

Smith

Lokko ● ■

Kirby

Sat 12

Southend United

4-0

Cracknell

Fallowfield

Burrell

Smith

Hall

Falkingham

Wed 16

West Bromwich Albion (R2)

0-3

Cracknell

Fallowfield

Burrell

Smith ■

Hall

Falkingham

Sat 19

Walsall

2-2

Cracknell

Fallowfield ■ Burrell

Smith

Hall

Falkingham

Tue 22

Notts County (Semi-Final)

1-0

Cracknell

Fallowfield

Burrell

Smith ●

Hall

Falkingham

Sat 26

Port Vale

0-0

Cracknell

Fallowfield

Burrell

Smith

Hall

Falkingham

12 Belshaw

Falkingham ■

3 4

1 3

OCTOBER Sat 3

Bolton Wanderers

1-2

Tue 6

Leicester City U21’s

3-1

Mon 12

Bradford City

1-0

Sat 17

Barrow

1-0

Tue 20

Grimsby Town

2-1

Sat 24

Colchester United

1-2

Tue 27

Stevenage

0-0

Sat 31

Newport County

Fallowfield

Jones ■

Smith

Hall

Belshaw

Burrell

Jones ●

Lokko

Lawlor

Kirby

Belshaw

Fallowfield

Burrell

Smith

Hall

Falkingham ■

Belshaw

Fallowfield

Burrell

Smith

Hall

Falkingham

Belshaw

Fallowfield

Burrell

Smith

Hall

Falkingham

Belshaw

Fallowfield

Burrell

Smith

Hall

Falkingham

Belshaw

Fallowfield ■ Burrell

Smith

Hall

Falkingham ■

1-2

12 Belshaw

Jones ■

Burrell

Smith ●

Hall

Falkingham ■

14 Belshaw

NOVEMBER Tue 3

Tranmere Rovers

0-1

Jones

Burrell

Smith

Hall

Kirby ■

Fri 6

Skelmersdale United (R1)

4-1

Cracknell

Jones ■

Burrell

Lokko

Lawlor ●

Falkingham

Tue 10

Hull City

0-2

Cracknell

Jones

Burrell

Lokko

Lawlor

Kirby

Sat 14

Crawley Town

1-1

12 Belshaw

Fallowfield

Burrell

Lawlor

Hall

Falkingham

Sat 21

Leyton Orient

0-3

14 Belshaw

Fallowfield

Jones ■

Lawlor

Hall

Falkingham

Tue 24

Mansfield Town

1-0

12 Belshaw

Fallowfield

Jones ■

Burrell

Hall

Falkingham

Sat 28

Blackpool (R2)

0-4

Burrell ■

Hall

Lawlor

Lokko ■

Falkingham ■

Belshaw

DECEMBER Tue 1

Scunthorpe United

2-5

15 Belshaw

Kirby

Burrell

Lawlor

Hall ●

Falkingham

Sat 5

Forest Green Rovers

0-1

410

17 Belshaw

Fallowfield

Burrell

Lawlor

Hall

Falkingham

Sat 12

Morecambe

0-1

17 Belshaw

Fallowfield

Burrell

Lawlor

Hall

Falkingham

Tue 15

Exeter City

2-1

1,559

17 Belshaw

Fallowfield

Burrell

Lawlor ■

Hall

Falkingham

Sat 19

Salford City

0-1

495

17 Belshaw

Fallowfield ■ Burrell ■

Lawlor

Hall

Francis

Sat 26

Oldham Athletic

2-1

16 Belshaw

Fallowfield

Burrell

Lawlor

Hall

Francis

JANUARY Sat 9

Cambridge United

1-2

18 Belshaw

Roberts ■

Burrell ■

Lawlor

Hall

Francis

Tue 19

Exeter City

0-0

18 Belshaw

Williams

Burrell ■

Lawlor

Hall

Falkingham

Fri 22

Salford City

2-2

18 Belshaw

Williams

Francis ●

Lawlor

Hall

Falkingham

Tue 26

Tranmere Rovers

2-3

20 Belshaw

Francis

Burrell

Lawlor

Hall ■

Falkingham

Sat 30

Newport County

2-1

20 Belshaw

Francis

Burrell ■

Lawlor

Smith

Falkingham

FEBRUARY Sat 6

Crawley Town

3-1

14 Belshaw

Francis

Burrell

Smith ■

Hall

Falkingham

Tue 9

Cheltenham Town

0-1

15 Belshaw

Francis

Burrell

Lawlor

Hall

Falkingham

Tue 16

Carlisle United

1-0

12 Belshaw

Francis ■

Burrell

Smith

Hall

Falkingham

Sat 20

Scunthorpe United

1-3

15 Belshaw

Francis

Burrell

Smith

Hall

Falkingham

Tue 23

Mansfield Town

1-0

13 Belshaw

Francis

Burrell

Smith

Hall

Falkingham ■

Sat 27

Grimsby Town

1-0

12 Belshaw

Fallowfield

Jones

Smith

Hall

Kerry

Tue 2

Barrow

1-0

Belshaw

Fallowfield

Jones

Smith ■

Burrell

Kerry ■

Sat 6

Stevenage

0-1

Belshaw

Fallowfield

Jones

Smith

Burrell

Kerry

Tue 9

Colchester United

3-0

10 Belshaw

Fallowfield

Jones

Smith ●

Burrell

Falkingham ■

Sat 13

Forest Green Rovers

1-2

Belshaw

Fallowfield

Jones

Smith

Burrell

Falkingham

Sat 20

Morecambe

0-1

13 Belshaw

Fallowfield

Jones ■

Smith

Hall

Falkingham

Sat 27

Southend United

0-1

15 Belshaw

Burrell

Jones

Smith

Hall ■

Falkingham

Fri 2

Walsall

0-0

15 Belshaw

Fallowfield

Jones

Smith

Hall

Falkingham

Mon 5

Port Vale

0-2

16 Belshaw

Burrell

Jones

Smith

Hall

Falkingham

Sat 10

Bolton Wanderers

1-2

17 Belshaw

Burrell

Jones

Smith

Hall

Falkingham

Tue 13

Leyton Orient

W 19:00

Sat 17

Bradford City

W 15:00

Tue 20

Oldham Athletic

W 19:00

Sat 24

Carlisle United

W 15:00

Fri 30

Cambridge United

W 15:00

Cheltenham Town

W 15:00

MARCH

APRIL

MAY Sat 8

KEY:

TOWN SCORE SHOWN FIRST ● Goal /  Penalty /  Own Goal

OG SUBSTITUTES Kerry ●

Thomson

Walker

Martin

Muldoon

Stead (73), Beck (82), Emmett, Kiernan, Kirby, Lokko

Kerry

Kiernan ●

Walker

Stead

Muldoon

Martin (58), Beck (64), Thomson (75), Falkingham, Emmett, Hall

Kerry ●

Thomson

Beck

Martin ● ■

Muldoon ● ●

Stead (58), Walker (75), Jones, Kirby, Lokko, Minter

Kerry

Thomson

Beck

Martin

Muldoon

Stead (61), Jones (63), Kirby (79), Kiernan, Walker, Lokko, Minter

Kerry

Thomson

Beck

Martin ●

Muldoon ●

Stead (71), Jones, Kirby, Walker, Lokko, Minter

Kerry ■

Thomson

Kiernan ■

Martin

Muldoon

Beck (70), Kirby (80), Stead (90), Lawlor, Lokko, Walker, Minter

Kerry

Thomson

Beck

Martin

Kiernan

Stead (65), Kirby (76 ■), Walker (80), Jones, Lokko, Minter

Kirby

Thomson ● ■

Beck

Martin

Miller

Kiernan (56), Walker (69), Stead (75), Burrell, Kerry, Cracknell

Kerry

Emmett

Kiernan ●

Stead ●

Walker

Miller (79), Martin (87), Fallowfield, Falkingham, Beck, Hall, Cracknell

Kerry ●

Thomson

Miller

Stead

Muldoon

Martin (80), Kiernan (82), Jones, Kirby, Walker, Cracknell

Kerry

Thomson

Miller

Stead

Muldoon ●

Kiernan (66), Martin (72), Jones, Kirby, Walker, Cracknell

Kerry ■

Thomson ■

Miller

Martin

Muldoon ● ●

Kirby (75), Kiernan (84), Stead (90), Jones, Walker, Cracknell

Kerry

Thomson

Miller

Martin

Muldoon

Stead (37 ●), Kiernan (57), Jones (82), Kirby, Walker, Cracknell

Kirby

Thomson

Miller

Stead

Muldoon

Kiernan (63), Beck (70), Walker (78), Jones, Lokko, Cracknell

Kerry ■

Thomson

Kiernan

Martin

Muldoon

Kirby (40), Beck (85), Stead, Walker, Lokko, Cracknell

Kerry

Thomson

Kiernan

Martin

Muldoon

Walker (70), Stead (75), Lokko (90), Emmett, Beck, Cracknell

Kirby

Walker

Miller ●

Beck ●

Muldoon

Thomson (64), Kiernan (64), Martin (69 ●), Jones, Lokko, Cracknell

Kerry

Kiernan

Beck

Martin

Walker

Thomson (59), Stead (78), Falkingham, Muldoon, Miller, Hall, Belshaw

Kerry ■

Thomson

Walker

Kiernan

Muldoon ●

Martin (45), Jones (76), Kirby (76), Stead, Beck, Cracknell

Kerry

Thomson

Kiernan

Martin

Muldoon

Burrell (45 ■), Stead (60), Kirby (60), Walker (84), Lokko, Cracknell

Kerry

Thomson

Miller ●

Beck

Muldoon

Kiernan (67), Martin (82), Lawlor (88), Kirby, Walker, Cracknell

Kerry ■

Thomson

Miller ■

Beck

Muldoon

Kiernan (63), Kirby (88), Fallowfield, Stead, Martin, Cracknell

Kerry

Thomson

Miller

Beck

Muldoon ●

Kiernan (45), Martin (68), Stead, Cracknell

Kirby

Thomson

Kiernan

Martin

Muldoon

Beck (90), Kerry, Stead, Miller, Lokko, Cracknell

Kirby

Thomson

Kiernan

Martin

Muldoon

Stead (80), Beck, Kerry, Miller, Lokko, Cracknell

Kirby

Thomson

Kiernan ●

Martin

Muldoon ●

Francis (59), Miller (83), Stead, Kerry, Lokko, Cracknell

Kirby ■

Thomson

Kiernan

Martin

Muldoon

Kerry (73), Miller (85), Stead, Lokko, Cracknell

Kirby

Thomson ● ●

Kiernan

Martin

Muldoon

Falkingham (72), Kerry (90), Miller, Stead, Lokko, Cracknell

Kirby

Thomson

March ■

McPake

Muldoon ●

Williams (54), Falkingham (65 ■), Kerry (65 ■ ■), Stead (82), Hondermarck (82), Minter

Francis

Thomson

Kiernan

Martin

Muldoon

Fallowfield (76), Kirby (79), March (83), McPake, Hondermarck, Minter

McPake

Thomson

Kiernan

Martin

Muldoon ●

Power (74), March (74), Hondermarck, Kirby, Lokko, Minter

McPake ● Thomson

Kiernan

Martin

Muldoon

Power (60), March (60 ●), Hondermarck, Kirby, Williams, Minter

Power

Thomson

March ● ■

Martin ●

McPake

Muldoon (86), Hondermarck, Kiernan, Kerry, Williams, Minter

Power ●

Thomson

March 

Martin ●

McPake ■

Lawlor (70), Muldoon (73), Kerry (73), Andrews (89), Kiernan, Minter

Power

Thomson

March

Martin

McPake

Muldoon (75), Fallowfield (75), Andrews (89), Kerry, Kiernan, Minter

Power

Thomson

March 

Martin

McPake

Beck (72), Lawlor (76), Kerry (84), Muldoon, Kiernan, Minter

Power

Thomson

March 

Martin

McPake

Beck (70), Muldoon (88), Kerry, Lawlor, Kiernan, Minter

Power

Thomson

March

Martin ●

McPake

Kerry (63), Jones (71), Muldoon (76), Beck (76), Fallowfield, Minter

Power

Thomson

March

Martin

McPake

Burrell (68), Beck (68 ●), Muldoon (68), Falkingham (81), Francis, Minter

Power

Thomson

March

Beck

McPake

Muldoon (63 ●), Falkingham (63), Martin (63), Francis, Lawlor, Minter

Power

Thomson

Muldoon

Beck

McPake

Falkingham (63), March (72), Martin, Francis, Lawlor, Minter

Kerry

Thomson

March

Beck ●

McPake ●

Muldoon (23), Francis (68), Kiernan (68), Martin (63 ■), Lawlor, Minter

Francis

Thomson

Muldoon

Beck

McPake

Martin (56 ■), Kiernan (56), Hall (56), Williams (80 ●), Lawlor, Minter

Power

Thomson

Muldoon

Martin

McPake

Beck (75), Kiernan (87), Burrell, Francis, Williams, Minter

Power

Thomson

Muldoon

Martin

McPake

Kiernan (38), Beck (62), Francis (70), Fallowfield, Williams, Minter

Burrell

Thomson

Beck

Martin

Muldoon

Kerry (46), McPake (46), Kiernan, Francis, Williams, Minter

Kerry

Thomson ■

Beck

Muldoon

McPake

Kerry ■

Thomson

Beck

Muldoon

McPake

Martin (67), Kiernan (80), Francis, Williams, Minter ●

Stead (62), Kiernan (67), Francis (67 ■), Fallowfield (83), Williams, Cracknell

Fixtures

Tuesday 13th April 2021 Morecambe v Scunthorpe United Barrow v Exeter City Bradford City v Crawley Town Harrogate Town v Leyton Orient 1st sub / 2nd sub / 3rd sub / 4th sub / 5th sub; ■ Yellow Card / H* At Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster

Newport County v Carlisle United Salford City v Bolton Wanderers Walsall v Tranmere Rovers

Second Yellow Card / ■ Red Card

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FIRST-TEAM PLAYING SQUAD N O

IN A PT A C

IN N A LO

James

Ryan

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Dan

Fallowfield

Josh

Jones

Will

Falkingham

Warren

Burrell

Smith

IN N O N A LO

George

Thomson

Brendan

William

Connor

Kiernan

Aaron

Beck

Hondermarck

Mark

Jake

Martin

Jon

Kirby

Lloyd

Stead

Joe

Lawlor

Kerry

Jack

Cracknell

Connor

Hall

Muldoon

IN N O N A LO

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Francis

Melvin

March

Kevin

Minter

Lokko

N O

Roberts

N A LO

Mitchell

N O

McPake

Jay

Williams

Josh

Simon

Power

Josh

Andrews

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Paul

Thirlwell

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