Leyton Orient.

Yeah but I'm guessing that was the tradeoff Orient made in convincing him to stay in the first place.  Literally a steal for Charlton though.

To be honest it's all completely baffling.  As someone with little interest or knowledge of money and accounting football seems to exist in some kind of nether world where any basic understanding of the limits of debt, profit and loss have long ago been abandoned and instead it exists on a strange twisted internal logic that is entirely detached from reality.

Yes - I mean Shaun Harvey's parting shot at supporters shows how warped their priorities have become.  Basically he was saying that fans should be grateful that there are superrich owners who are prepared to step in and bail out other superrich owners by running clubs as equally unsustainably as their predecessors.  No acknowledgement at all that it might be the model and structure itself that is wrong.  As fans we are just too invested in our own clubs to notice that it's not a club-specific/owner-specific issue, it's a systematic problem and even at clubs that seem well run its only a matter of time before the wrong people take over.  Look at Charlton or Swansea or Hull - considered model clubs 10 years ago, now mired in chaos.  Complete reform or total bankruptcy are the only ways in which change will happen.  The latter is far more likely but is also undesirable and a 'burn it to the ground' effect could wreck the whole thing, while the former is only possible with a united front from the consumers (ie fans) which is not really the way football works.  So the massive zombie stumbles on.

Having seen their last home game in the EFL 2 and a bit seasons ago... back to see the O's on their first game back in the league. An emotional day. There was a lot pre-match to do with commemorations regarding the sad loss of Justin Edinburgh. Cheltenham had a big flag made and that was really good to see. The game itself was very scrappy. Both sides determined to give the ball away at every possible opportunity. Ref missed a blatant Cheltenham penalty first half. Decided to book the attacker for diving. Badly wrong from what I saw. 2nd half, ref basically went the whole hog and should have had an Orient shirt on. Second yellow for an innocuous challenge (alleged elbow) - the Cheltenham player's 2nd yellow and off. Then another Cheltenham player was sent off - for no apparent reason. Here is the explanation from Cheltenham manager, Michael Duff.
"Rohan had a drink of water, walked onto the pitch and because he's disappointed that Reg has just been sent off, he's thrown the bottle, an empty plastic bottle, it's hit the fourth official. He seems to think he did it intently. I am not sure Rohan's aim is that good that he can hit someone five or six yards away, walking the other way. There is not a lot I can do about that one, but I think it's very soft, particularly after what's gone on in the 60 minutes before that".
Gavin Reilly came on (67 mins) just before Cheltenham were reduced to 9 men. Unsurprisingly, could not effect the result. Cheltenham keeper (Flinders) made a couple of absolutely blinding saves as the 9 men were totally over-run. Early days obviously, but from what I saw - 2 mid-table teams.

I’ll extend this a bit, though I know not too much about them. Seem a “proper club” fighting against the big boys all around them but that should let them be a club that does things in a different way. Should be able to provide a good step up for loans from London clubs, like they did with Harry Kane. It’s always good to support the smaller club and see them doing well. A decent watch at the ground though it’s many years since I’ve been there. Perhaps this season if it’s a Saturday. Train up, train out to the ground seems attractive at the moment.
UTG!

Kane's said he's unhappy at Spurs so maybe he rocks up a Brisbane Road next year!

Thanks for that Ian as I didn’t know about this but it does seem a better way. 
My own view is that the team who placed third shoukd go up anyway but that would take a lot from the pack that are chasing a play off spot and there is also the money side of it. 

Very long time no Orient update. I've not been down there for ages. Most my lower league local trips are to Clubs further down the pyramid.
Anyway - the manager Richie Wellens (ex-Salford, ex-Doncaster) has done a fantastic job. O's are nailed on for automatic promotions as they sit 18 points clear of Northampton in 4th.
Their stand out player is Paul Smyth (according to my mate). Some exceptional goals scored on YouTube and supporters very relieved not to see him go in the January window. Not featured recently, must be injured...
Up The O's. Decent Club, decent supporters.

A very good and well ran football club, Matt Harrold is their 1st team coach, Assistant head coach is Paul Terry brother of John.

Goalkeeping coach Simon Royce played most of his career with bitter rivals Southend & Director of football Martin Ling played for and managed them too.

Famous ex-players were Kevin Campbell, Laurie Cunningham and none other than Harry Kane who played 18 games & scored 5 goals.

And finally, Barry Hearn was their chairman for nearly 20 years...i have had a soft spot for Leyton Orient and Rochdale down the years.