1953/54 Watford v Leyton Orient League

 

Watford 3 Leyton Orient 1

Friday 30th April

League

5533

Watford
1 Ted Bennett 2 Dave Bewley 3 Bill Shipwright 4 Charlie Gallogly 5 Jimmy Kelly
6 Chris Adams 7 Tommy Paterson 8 Eddie Smith 9 Maurice Cook 10 Phil Nolan 11 Jimmy Wilson

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Wilson (2), (og)

Leyton Orient
1 Dave Groombridge 2 John Evans 3 Stan Charlton 4 Les Blizzard 5 Stan Aldous
6 Peter Mahon 7 Ken Facey 8 Billy Rees 9 Dennis Pacey 10 Stan Morgan 11 George Poulton

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Morgan

Notes

 

1953/54 Queens Park Rangers v Leyton Orient League

 

Queens Park Rangers 2 Leyton Orient 1

Monday 26th April

League

Loftus Road

9320

Queens Park Rangers
1 Stan Gullan 2 Pat Woods 3 Tony Ingram 4 Lew Clayton 5 Mike Powell
6 Peter Angell 7 Albert Pounder 8 Bobby Cameron 9 Willie Clark 10 Conway Smith 11 Pat Kerrins

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Cameron, Aldous (og)

Leyton Orient
1 Dave Groombridge 2 John Evans 3 Stan Charlton 4 Billy Rees 5 Stan Aldous
6 Les Blizzard 7 Phil White 8 Ken Facey 9 Dennis Pacey 10 Stan Morgan 11 George Poulton

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Poulton

Notes

 

1953/54 Leyton Orient v Shrewsbury Town League

 

Leyton Orient 2 Shrewsbury Town 0

Saturday 24th April

League

Brisbane Road

9052

Leyton Orient
1 Dave Groombridge 2 John Evans 3 Stan Charlton 4 Billy Rees 5 Sid Bishop
6 Les Blizzard 7 Phil White 8 Ken Facey 9 Dennis Pacey 10 Stan Morgan 11 George Poulton

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Poulton (2)

Shrewsbury Town
1 John McBride 2 Jimmy Bannister 3 Jackie Parr 4 Eddie Beynon 5 Maurice Candlin
6 Ron Crutchley 7 Derrick Price 8 Jackie Stamps 9 Jackie Hudson 10 Arnold Jackson 11 Alec McCue

Substitutes

Scorer(s)

Notes

 

1953/54 Leyton Orient v Watford League

 

Leyton Orient 1 Watford 1

Thursday 22nd April

League

Brisbane Road

7095

Leyton Orient
1 Dave Groombridge 2 Sid Bishop 3 Stan Charlton 4 Les Blizzard 5 Stan Aldous
6 Peter Mahon 7 Ken Facey 8 Dennis Pacey 9 Billy Rees 10 Mike Burgess 11 Stan Morgan

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Pacey

Watford
1 Ted Bennett 2 Dave Bewley 3 Charlie Gallogly 4 Jimmy Kelly 5 Johnny Meadows
6 Frank Mitchell 7 Chris Adams 8 Johnny Paton 9 Jimmy Bowie 10 Eddie Smith 11 Phil Nolan

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Meadows

Notes

 

1953/54 Leyton Orient v Aldershot League

 

Leyton Orient 1 Aldershot 2

Monday 19th April

League

Brisbane Road

9352

Leyton Orient
1 Dave Groombridge 2 Sid Bishop 3 Stan Charlton 4 Les Blizzard 5 Stan Aldous
6 Frank Jackett 7 Ken Facey 8 Billy Rees 9 Dennis Pacey 10 Stan Morgan 11 George Poulton

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Morgan

Aldershot
1 Fred Brown 2 Tom Reddie 3 Arthur Jefferson 4 Jimmy Alison 5 Charlie Billington
6 Dave Miller 7 Jimmy Gaynor 8 Norman Menzies 9 Adam McCulloch 10 Bill Lacey 11 Ken Flint

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Jackett (og), Menzies

Notes

 

1953/54 Crystal Palace v Leyton Orient League

 

Crystal Palace 2 Leyton Orient 2

Saturday 17th April

League

12480

Crystal Palace
1 Roy Bailey 2 Jack Edwards 3 Harry McDonald 4 Ray Woods 5 Harry Briggs
6 Cecil ‘Archie’ Andrews 7 Les Fell 8 Bob Thomas 9 Keith Morton 10 Tommy Tilston 11 Les Devonshire

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Morton, Thomas

Leyton Orient
1 Dave Groombridge 2 Sid Bishop 3 Stan Charlton 4 Les Blizzard 5 Stan Aldous
6 Frank Jackett 7 Ken Facey 8 Billy Rees 9 Dennis Pacey 10 Mike Burgess 11 Stan Morgan

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Facey (pen), Burgess

Notes

 

1953/54 Leyton Orient v Colchester United League

 

Leyton Orient 3 Colchester United 1

Saturday 10th April

League

Brisbane Road

9309

Leyton Orient
1 Dave Groombridge 2 Sid Bishop 3 Stan Charlton 4 Les Blizzard 5 Stan Aldous
6 Joe Mallett 7 Stan Morgan 8 Billy Rees 9 Dennis Pacey 10 Mike Burgess 11 George Poulton

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Harrison (og), Pacey (2)

Colchester United
1 George Wright 2 John Harrison 3 Fred Lewis 4 Bert Hill 5 Reg Stewart
6 Jimmy Elder 7 Augie Scott 8 Bob Dale 9 Ken Plant 10 Johnny McKim 11 Doug Keene

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
McKim

Notes

 

1953/54 Aldershot v Leyton Orient League

 

Aldershot 1 Leyton Orient 1

Friday 16th April

League

Recreation Ground

7968

Aldershot
1 Fred Brown 2 Alf Rogers 3 Arthur Jefferson 4 Jimmy Alison 5 Charlie Billington
6 Dave Miller 7 Jimmy Gaynor 8 Norman Menzies 9 Adam McCulloch 10 Billy Durkin 11 Ken Flint

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
McCulloch

Leyton Orient
1 Dave Groombridge 2 Sid Bishop 3 Stan Charlton 4 Peter Mahon 5 Les Blizzard
6 Joe Mallett 7 Ken Facey 8 Stan Morgan 9 Dennis Pacey 10 Mike Burgess 11 Albert Whiteley

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Pacey

Notes

 

1953/54 Leyton Orient v Crystal Palace League

 

Leyton Orient 2 Crystal Palace 0

Thursday 8th April

League

Brisbane Road

5200

Leyton Orient
1 Dave Groombridge 2 Sid Bishop 3 Stan Charlton 4 Les Blizzard 5 Stan Aldous
6 Joe Mallett 7 Stan Morgan 8 Billy Rees 9 Dennis Pacey 10 Mike Burgess 11 George Poulton

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Pacey, Poulton

Crystal Palace
1 Ray Potter 2 Len Choules 3 Harry McDonald 4 Ray Woods 5 Harry Briggs
6 William Simpson 7 Peter Berry 8 Bob Thomas 9 Tommy Tilston 10 Ken Bennett 11 Wally Hanlon

Substitutes

Scorer(s)

Notes

 

1953/54 Norwich City v Leyton Orient League

 

Norwich City 3 Leyton Orient 1

Saturday 3rd April

League

14716

Norwich City
1 Ken Nethercott 2 Dennis Morgan 3 Bill Lewis 4 Roy McCrohan 5 Reg Foulkes
6 Ron Ashman 7 Peter Gordon 8 Bobby Brennan 9 Tommy Johnston 10 Johnny Gavin 11 Tony Collins

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Johnston (2), Brennan

Leyton Orient
1 Dave Groombridge 2 John Evans 3 Stan Charlton 4 Les Blizzard 5 Stan Aldous
6 Joe Mallett 7 Ken Facey 8 Billy Rees 9 Dennis Pacey 10 Mike Burgess 11 Stan Morgan

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Burgess

Notes

 

1953/54 Leyton Orient v Newport County League

 

Leyton Orient 3 Newport County 0

Saturday 27th March

League

Brisbane Road

9683

Leyton Orient
1 Dave Groombridge 2 John Evans 3 Stan Charlton 4 Les Blizzard 5 Stan Aldous
6 Joe Mallett 7 Phil White 8 Ken Facey 9 Billy Rees 10 Mike Burgess 11 Stan Morgan

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Facey, Burgess, White

Newport County
1 Terry Pope 2 Don Haines 3 Dougie Barton 4 George Thomas 5 Ray Wilcox
6 Doug Witcomb 7 Billy Shergold 8 Billy Lucas 9 Len Saward 10 Les Graham 11 Jackie Wharton

Substitutes

Scorer(s)

Notes

 

1953/54 Southampton v Leyton Orient League

 

Southampton 4 Leyton Orient 1

Saturday 20th March

League

14516

Southampton
1 John Christie 2 Jack Gregory 3 Tommy Traynor 4 Bryn Elliott 5 Stan Clements
6 Bobby McLaughlin 7 Len Gaynor 8 Johnny Walker 9 Eric Day 10 Henry Horton 11 John Hoskins

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Hoskins, Walker, Day (2)

Leyton Orient
1 Dave Groombridge 2 John Evans 3 Stan Charlton 4 Les Blizzard 5 Stan Aldous
6 Joe Mallett 7 Ken Facey 8 Billy Rees 9 Dennis Pacey 10 Mike Burgess 11 George Poulton

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Aldous

Notes

 

1953/54 Leyton Orient v Queens Park Rangers League

 

Leyton Orient 2 Queens Park Rangers 2

Thursday 18th March

League

Brisbane Road

4100

Leyton Orient
1 Dave Groombridge 2 John Evans 3 Stan Charlton 4 Les Blizzard 5 Stan Aldous
6 Joe Mallett 7 Ken Facey 8 Dennis Pacey 9 Billy Rees 10 Mike Burgess 11 Albert Whiteley

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Burgess, Facey

Queens Park Rangers
1 Stan Gullan 2 Jim Taylor 3 Tony Ingram 4 Brian Nicholas 5 Mike Powell
6 Peter Angell 7 Albert Pounder 8 Bobby Cameron 9 Willie Clark 10 Conway Smith 11 Pat Kerrins

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Clark, Angell

Notes

 

1953/54 Leyton Orient v Port Vale FA Cup 6th Round

 

Leyton Orient 0 Port Vale 1

Saturday 13th March

FA Cup 6th Round

Brisbane Road

31000

Leyton Orient
1 Dave Groombridge 2 John Evans 3 Stan Charlton 4 Les Blizzard 5 Stan Aldous
6 Joe Mallett 7 Ken Facey 8 Dennis Pacey 9 Billy Rees 10 Stan Morgan 11 George Poulton

Substitutes

Scorer(s)

Port Vale
1 Ray King 2 Stan Turner 3 Reg Potts 4 Albert Mullard 5 Tom Cheadle
6 Roy Sproson 7 Colin Askey 8 Albert Leake 9 Basil Hayward 10 Ken Griffiths 11 Jack Cunliffe

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Leake

Notes

 

1953/54 Walsall v Leyton Orient League

 

Walsall 4 Leyton Orient 2

Saturday 6th March

League

9759

Walsall
1 Harry Baldwin 2 Sam Fort 3 Billy Green 4 Fred Morris 5 Jack Bridgett
6 Ted Tarrant 7 George Meek 8 George Dean 9 Len Davis 10 Jack Bicknell 11 Don Colombo

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Dean, Davis, Colombo, Tarrant (pen)

Leyton Orient
1 Dave Groombridge 2 John Evans 3 Stan Charlton 4 Joe Mallett 5 Stan Aldous
6 Frank Jackett 7 Ken Facey 8 Stan Morgan 9 Dennis Pacey 10 Mike Burgess 11 George Poulton

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Facey (pen), Burgess

Notes

 

1953/54 Leyton Orient v Swindon Town League

 

Leyton Orient 1 Swindon Town 1

Saturday 27th February

League

Brisbane Road

12466

Leyton Orient
1 Dave Groombridge 2 John Evans 3 Stan Earl 4 Joe Mallett 5 Sid Bishop
6 Mike Burgess 7 Phil White 8 Stan Morgan 9 Dennis Pacey 10 Les Lusted 11 George Poulton

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
White

Swindon Town
1 Sam Burton 2 George Hunt 3 Terry Elwell 4 Jim Cross 5 Garth Hudson
6 Jimmy Johnston 7 Ken Lambert 8 Ray Sampson 9 Maurice Owen 10 Roy Onlsow 11 Mike Bull

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Lambert

Notes

 

1953/54 Southend United v Leyton Orient League

 

Southend United 2 Leyton Orient 1

Wednesday 24th February

League

4500

Southend United
1 Harry Threadgold 2 Bill Pavitt 3 Sandy Anderson 4 Jim Duthie 5 Jimmy Stirling
6 Frank Burns 7 Joe Sibley 8 Jimmy McAlinden 9 Cyril Grant 10 Ken Bainbridge 11 Jack McDonald

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Bainbridge, McDonald

Leyton Orient
1 Dave Groombridge 2 John Evans 3 Stan Charlton 4 Les Blizzard 5 Stan Aldous
6 Joe Mallett 7 Ken Facey 8 Stan Morgan 9 Dennis Pacey 10 Mike Burgess 11 George Poulton

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Facey

Notes

 

1953/54 Leyton Orient v Doncaster Rovers FA Cup 5th Round

 

Leyton Orient 3 Doncaster Rovers 1

Saturday 20th February

FA Cup 5th Round

Brisbane Road

29191

Leyton Orient
1 Dave Groombridge 2 John Evans 3 Stan Charlton 4 Les Blizzard 5 Stan Aldous
6 Joe Mallett 7 Ken Facey 8 Stan Morgan 9 Dennis Pacey 10 Mike Burgess 11 George Poulton

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Morgan, Pacey, Burgess

Doncaster Rovers
1 Ken Hardwick 2 Brian Makepeace 3 Len Graham 4 Tommy Brown 5 Bill Paterson
6 Jackie Teasdale 7 Bert Tindill 8 Eddie McMorran 9 Ray Harrison 10 Kit Lawlor 11 Ronnie Walker

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
McMorran

Notes

 

1953/54 Leyton Orient v Reading League

 

Leyton Orient 2 Reading 1

Saturday 13th February

League

Brisbane Road

13300

Leyton Orient
1 Dave Groombridge 2 John Evans 3 Stan Charlton 4 Joe Mallett 5 Stan Aldous
6 Mike Burgess 7 Ken Facey 8 Dennis Pacey 9 David Davies 10 Stan Morgan 11 George Poulton

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Facey, Morgan

Reading
1 John Kirkwood 2 Dennis Penford Ray Reeves 4 Eddie McLaren 5 Bobby O’Dell
6 Brian Leach 7 Wally Hinshelwood 8 Dennis Uphill 9 Ronnie Blackman 10 Tom Docherty 11 Eddie Quinlan

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Blackman

Notes

 

1953/54 Bristol City v Leyton Orient League

 

Bristol City 1 Leyton Orient 0

Saturday 6th February

League

15651

Bristol City
1 Tony Cook 2 Ivor Guy 3 Jack Bailey 4 Jim Regan 5 Terry Compton
6 Jack White 7 Ernie Jones 8 John Atyeo 9 Andy Micklewright 10 Cyril Williams 11 Jack Boxley

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Micklewright

Leyton Orient
1 Dave Groombridge 2 John Evans 3 Stan Charlton 4 Les Blizzard 5 Stan Aldous
6 Joe Mallett 7 Ken Facey 8 Dennis Pacey 9 David Davies 10 Stan Morgan 11 George Poulton

Substitutes

Scorer(s)

Notes

 

1953/54 Millwall v Leyton Orient League

 

Millwall 0 Leyton Orient 3

Saturday 23rd January

League

The Den

15156

Millwall
1 Malcolm Finlayson 2 Alex Jardine 3 Stanley Anslow 4 John Short 5 Gerry Bowler
6 Pat Saward 7 Johnny Johnson 8 Fred Smith 9 Johnny Shepherd 10 George Stobbart 11 George Hazlett

Substitutes

Scorer(s)

Leyton Orient
1 Dave Groombridge 2 John Evans 3 Stan Charlton 4 Les Blizzard 5 Stan Aldous
6 Joe Mallett 7 Ken Facey 8 Dennis Pacey 9 Billy Rees 10 Stan Morgan 11 George Poulton

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Rees (2), Bowler (og)

Notes

 

1953/54 Leyton Orient v Fulham FA Cup 4th Round

 

Leyton Orient 2 Fulham 1

Saturday 30th January

FA Cup 4th Round

Brisbane Road

25803

Leyton Orient
1 Dave Groombridge 2 John Evans 3 Stan Charlton 4 Les Blizzard 5 Stan Aldous
6 Joe Mallett 7 Ken Facey 8 Dennis Pacey 9 David Davies 10 Stan Morgan 11 George Poulton

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Poulton, Davies

Fulham
1 Ian Black 2 John Chenhall 3 Robin Lawler 4 Jimmy Hill 5 Gordon Brice
6 Eddie Lowe 7 Arthur Stevens 8 Bobby Robson 9 Bedford Jezzard 10 Johnny Haynes 11 Charlie Mitten

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Robson

Notes

 

1953/54 Leyton Orient v Ipswich Town League

 

Leyton Orient 1 Ipswich Town 2

Saturday 16th January

League

Brisbane Road

17306

Leyton Orient
1 Dave Groombridge 2 John Evans 3 Stan Charlton 4 Les Blizzard 5 Stan Aldous
6 Peter Mahon 7 Ken Facey 8 Dennis Pacey 9 Billy Rees 10 Stan Morgan 11 George Poulton

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Poulton

Ipswich Town
1 Jack Parry 2 Basil Acres 3 Len Fletcher 4 Neil Myles 5 Doug Rees
6 Tommy Parker 7 Billy Reed 8 Thomas Brown 9 Tom Garneys 10 John Elsworthy 11 George McLuckie

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Parker, Elsworthy

Notes

 

1953/54 Leyton Orient v Tranmere Rovers FA Cup 3rd Round Replay

 

Leyton Orient 4 Tranmere Rovers 1

Thursday 14th January

FA Cup 3rd Round Replay

Brisbane Road

14249

Leyton Orient
1 Dave Groombridge 2 John Evans 3 Stan Charlton 4 Les Blizzard 5 Stan Aldous
6 Peter Mahon 7 Ken Facey 8 Dennis Pacey 9 Billy Rees 10 Stan Morgan 11 George Poulton

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Pacey (3), Rees

Tranmere Rovers
1 George Payne 2 Bill Lamont 3 Percy Steele 4 Ralph Millington 5 Harold Bell
6 Len Kieran 7 Kenny McDevitt 8 Ray Williams 9 Harold Atkinson 10 Tommy Mycock 11 Mike Fleming

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Atkinson

Notes

 

1953/54 Tranmere Rovers v Leyton Orient FA Cup 3rd Round

 

Tranmere Rovers 2 Leyton Orient 2

Saturday 9th January

FA Cup 3rd Round

12394

Tranmere Rovers
1 George Payne 2 Bill Lamont 3 Percy Steele 4 Tommy Mycock 5 Harold Bell
6 Len Kieran 7 Kenny McDevitt 8 Bill Bainbridge 9 Cyril Done 10 Ray Williams 11 Mike Fleming

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Done, Bainbridge

Leyton Orient
1 Dave Groombridge 2 John Evans 3 Stan Charlton 4 Les Blizzard 5 Stan Aldous
6 Peter Mahon 7 Ken Facey 8 Dennis Pacey 9 Billy Rees 10 Stan Morgan 11 George Poulton

Substitutes

Scorer(s)
Rees, Facey (pen)

Notes

 

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