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"In their eagerness and keenness to score the home front line became flurried, and crowded on to each other in a hopeless sort of way ... [Parker] was most unlucky not to score, for when the ball was going straight into the net a defender accidentally got in the way of it."

A clipping from the London Daily Chronicle, 7 October 1912, reading:

TOO EAGER AND KEEN
In their eagerness and keenness to score the home front line became flurried, and crowded on to each other in a hopeless sort of way. Quite early after the interval Bevan could not have failed to have got the much-desired goal if he had taken ordinary care, but when only a side touch was necessary to send the ball into the net he kicked hard against the goalkeeper. The centre forward never seemed to get over that blunder, and his display was most disappointing. I believe he actually put the ball into the net to win the match, but the credit of the goal belonged to Dalrymple, for in saving a shot by the latter, Fiske, the Blackpool custodian, fell, and the ball was just on or over the line when Bevan got to it to send it to the back of the net.
Dalrymple and Parker, the right wing pair, were much the best of the Orient forwards. The inside man took every chance to shoot, whilst his partner sent in the only really good shot of the match, and was most unlucky not to score, for when the ball was going straight into the net a defender accidentally got in the way of it. On the left wing McFadden did so little to help Dix that it was practically impossible for the wing man to be successful. Perhaps the inside left was not entirely to blame, but he seemed to escape nearly all the hard work.
Blackpool were perhaps a much better side than one expected them to be, Gladwin being a splendidly sound back, Connor a centre half who was for ever in the way of the home forwards, and Quinn and Charles wing forwards too clever and resourceful for the home halves. But still the Orient gave a display that was very greatly below their best. Indeed, their football was really bad for a side who, one is pleased to think, have a chance of winning promotion.

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"The kick that sends the ball racing past the man intended to receive it to the foot of a defender is worse than useless, and the lofted pass that gives an opponent just as good a chance of heading it as your own forward is not much better."

A clipping from the London Daily Chronicle, 7 October 1912, reading:

PLAYING TO CIRCUMSTANCES.
The back who cannot depend on the half in front of him is bound to have a bad time of it, but generally doing the right thing instinctively, both Johnston and Evans got out of their troubles surprisingly well. Johnston took all the risks the circumstances seemed to demand in his usual bold and daring way, but the work of Evans, who tried to find time to steady the ball before kicking, and who always appeared to be sure of making a tackle before attempting it, was quite as effective.
It was only when Blackpool’s attach had been crippled by the retirement of Heslop that the Orient began to share the play with their opponents, whose football had previously been a good deal superior. In the second half the home side attacked continuously, but even then their play was far from satisfactory. The only excuse for the many bad mistakes that were made was that the men tried just a little too hard to get the winning point they must have felt ought to be obtained.
The Orient forwards were to blame for the result of the game remaining so long in doubt, but except from Liddell at centre half, they were poorly supported from behind. The kick that sends the ball racing past the man intended to receive it to the foot of a defender is worse than useless, and the lofted pass that gives an opponent just as good a chance of heading it as your own forward is not much better. The self-caused troubles of the home forwards were increased because they were seldom given the ball in a way that enabled them to do anything useful with it, and you could trace a good many of their failings to this fact.

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"Clapton Orient played bungling sort of football in their match with Blackpool at Homerton, and when they scored a winning goal four minutes before the finish one felt they hardly deserved to beat a aside who had fought so pluckily to save the game with ten men for 70 minutes."

"WON BY POOR PLAY." Bevan has lost his shooting boots, Parker is unlucky, and McFadden is having an off day, but the Orient have nonetheless beaten 10-man Blackpool 1-0 at Homerton, as reported by an unimpressed "Saracen" in the London Daily Chronicle for 7 October 1912. #lofc #lofcpress

$A clipping from the London Daily Chronicle, 7 October 1912, reading: WON BY POOR PLAY. Eagerness to Score Spoils Clapton Orient. VICTORY OVER TEN MEN.  By SARACEN. Clapton Orient … 1 Blackpool … 0 Clapton Orient played bungling sort of football in their match with Blackpool at Homerton, and when they scored a winning goal four minutes before the finish one felt they hardly deserved to beat a aside who had fought so pluckily to save the game with ten men for 70 minutes. Before Heslop, the Blackpool inside right, was taken off the field in great pain, having twisted his right arm, which has once been fractured, the Orient defenders had a most anxious time of it. The visiting forwards showed much cleverness in dribbling and passing, and both Willis and Scott, the home wing halves, were so often bamboozled into false positions that the bulk of the work had to be done by the backs, Johnston and Evans. If the Blackpool forwards during this time had been content to be a little less clever, if they had cut out a few of their passes and made their movements more direct, it is quite likely they would have scored. As it was, Johnston and Evans, by well-timed rushes and fearless tackling, saved L. O. Grapes, the Shepherd’s Bush amateur, who was again in goal, from being bothered by a single shot that was at all difficult to stop. The Orient backs did their work excellently. Each was repeatedly confronted with the problem of having to stop two men when either Scott or Willis had bee left behind, and it was only by fast and admirably conceived covering that they managed to prevent the Blackpool forwards running through and scoring.$

Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"Rosier was bowled over by Henderson, the Manchester centre forward, who then appeared to kick the Orient man as he lay on the field. In an experience extending over thirty-five years the writer has never heard such an outburst of indignation from spectators."

A clipping from The Daily Express, 6 October 1924, reading:

THE DRAWBACK.
The only fly in the ointment was an incident which passed off more peacefully than at one time seemed likely. Rosier was bowled over by Henderson, the Manchester centre forward, who then appeared to kick the Orient man as he lay on the field. In an experience extending over thirty-five years the writer has never heard such an outburst of indignation from spectators.
It was afterwards urged on Henderson’s behalf that he had been kicked by Rosier. It was obvious that the referee had not seen what occurred, and he seemed taken by surprise by the spontaneous protest from the crowd. the play was stopped for five minutes, and after a series of consultations with players and a linesman the referee awarded Orient a free kick.
The Orient forwards did a good deal of attacking in the second half, but Steward had scarcely a shot to stop, the United backs and half-backs, among whom Barson was a giant figure, preventing the inside man taking advantage of the centres by Hannaford and Smith. Lochhead scored the winning goal with a beautiful low shot.

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Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"HOMERTON OUTBURST." "MANCHESTER FORWARD IN HOT WATER." In which Orient goalie Wood saves the Orient from a heavier defeat, United forward Henderson comes in heavily on Rosier, and the Homerton faithful are OUTRAGED. #lofc #lofcpress

A clipping from The Daily Express, 6 October 1924, consisting of a football match report with a head-shot of Orient goalkeeper Arthur Wood, a white man with cropped hair wearing a high-necked goalkeeper’s sweater. The text reads:

HOMERTON OUTBURST.

MANCHESTER FORWARD IN HOT WATER.

Clapton 0, Manchester U. 1.

Clapton Orient did not do badly in running Manchester United to a goal at Homerton. The visitors proved themselves a tip-top side in every department, and they have only to maintain anything like their present form to be almost certain of going back to the First Division.  What impressed the 19,000 spectators most was the workmanlike way to United forwards always went straight for goal, and never misses an opportunity of shooting. Wood knows better than any one else the deadly character of their shooting. It is not too much to say he saved Orient from a heavy defeat.
For the most part it was a great struggle, waged at a tremendous pace between the United attack and the Orient defence, and it was not until eighteen minutes from the end that the former gained the upper hand.

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Hester L-J @starcrossed2018.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Unfortunately, sire, it's THE NORTH too #ProdigalPrince #SlowShakespeare www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/slo... Henry IV opened the Barbican in 1982, dir. Trevor Nunn. This is the poster, reimagining the Agas map of late C16 London, in the rough shape of the British Isles. Maps matter in this play.

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Onni Gust @onnigust.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

41% staffing cuts in the Faculty of Arts at UoN. We're entering a wilderness of creativity and critical thinking.

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University of Michigan Press @uofmpress.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

We're participating in the ACLS #TalkAboutHumanities campaign this fall! We invite you to join in and advocate for your discipline. Read more about the campaign here: www.acls.org/TalkAboutHum...

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Some of the reports are more functional, but every now and then you find a beauty. There was a lovely use of 'virulent' in a 1920s report a couple of days ago...

"... where Parker and Ward could not, with all their vigour, compensate for their lack of avoirdupois. Vigour was quite a characteristic of the Orient forwards, but it was unreasoned vigour — not the trained scientific vigour which makes conquests."

"The weakness of the Orient was general, but the non-success was most pronounced in the forward line. With the inclusion of Shaw at centre and Candy at outside left, the line was speculative. The lack of weight, however, might have been foreseen, especially on the right wing..."

A clipping from the London Daily Chronicle, 5 October 1908, reading:

The weakness of the Orient was general, but the non-success was most pronounced in the forward line. With the inclusion of Shaw at centre and Candy at outside left, the line was speculative. The lack of weight, however, might have been foreseen, especially on the right wing, where Parker and Ward could not, with all their vigour, compensate for their lack of avoirdupois. Vigour was quite a characteristic of the Orient forwards, but it was unreasoned vigour — not the trained scientific vigour which makes conquests.
Altogether the Orient gave one the impression of a novice running into the blows of a skilled pugilist. The half-backs were rather less unsuccessful than the forwards in front of them. Liddell and Bell both gave good displays, and the latter managed to maintain a fair control over the elusiveness of Stapley. The backs, however, were not good.
The whole game suffered from the lengthy grass, which impeded the pace of the players and the bounce of the ball, which sometimes fell dead from a long kick.
CRITERION.

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"... Robertson and Raine were a feature of the game" and initiated both of Glossop's goals, "although in the first case the ultimate cause was Bower’s failure to field a twisting kick from Raine, and, in the second, Johnstone’s misfortune in cannoning the ball against Stapley into the net".

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"ORIENT WEAKNESSES." It's 5 October 1908, and in the London Daily Chronicle, "Criterion" is sharpening his pen: "all who saw the match at Homerton will recognise that the Clapton players were beaten by a team of all-round superiority. ... The sharp passes and quick rushes of..." #lofc #lofcpress

A clipping from the London Daily Chronicle, 5 October 1908, reading:

ORIENT WEAKNESSES.
 Stapley’s Great Help to Glossop in Securing Victory.

Clapton Orient … 0 Glossop … 2

The surprise which Glossop are causing this season by their repeated successes can only be compared to that produced by a bowler who suddenly develops a consistent run-getting ability. But Glossop’s success this season is due to sheer merit, and all who saw the match at Homerton will recognise that the Clapton players were beaten by a team of all-round superiority. There was scarcely a position on the field in which the visitors were not better served than their opponents, and their front rank was incomparably better in all those points which constitute football cleverness.
The fine swinging passes in which the visitors indulged and the vigorous character of their forward play, originated in Stapley’s broad-minded conception of the nature of the duties of a centre forward. It would be difficult to over-estimate Stapley’s importance to the team. Not only does his own energetic individuality infect his colleagues, but his careful nursing of the inside men, combined with rapid dashes and clever side-foot touches, gives the attack great penetrative power. The sharp passes and quick rushes of the centre with Robertson and Raine were a feature of the game, and it was from such movements that both of the Glossop goals were initiated, although in the first case the ultimate cause was Bower’s failure to field a twisting kick from Raine, and, in the second, Johnstone’s misfortune in cannoning the ball against Stapley into the net.

Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It's 4 October 1891, and a very raw Orient team (average age, 15½) take out an ad in the "Football Challenges" section of The Referee. If I'm reading the census records right, H.G. "Tich" Woods was only 17 or 18 himself. This is the earliest O's press appearance I've found so far. #lofc #lofcpress

A clipping from The Referee, 4 October 1891, reading:

Orient F.C. (15½; very weak) have all dates open except Nov. 21, Feb. 6, 13, 27. March 19. H.E. Woods, 8, Berger-rd., Homerton.

"... Smith having great difficulty in saving shots from 'Ken' and Merritt, while Haines greatly troubled Wilson and M'Warren, whose defence saved the homesters from running up a big score. Just after Merritt succeeded in scoring ... the same player missed netting the ball just after by inches only."

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"Ten minutes before the interval a scrummage in front of Stanley’s citadel resulted in the home forwards rushing the ball into the net. Five minutes later the visitors equalised with a soft shot, the interval arriving with the score level. Resuming, Orient went off with a burst..."

A clipping from Sporting Life, 3 October 1898, reading:

The game continued fast and exciting, Smith being kept busy in saving shots from Gibson, Merritt, and Haines. Ten minutes before the interval a scrummage in front of Stanley’s citadel resulted in the home forwards rushing the ball into the net. Five minutes later the visitors equalised with a soft shot, the interval arriving with the score level. Resuming, Orient went off with a burst, Smith having great difficulty in saving shots from “Ken” and Merritt, while Haines greatly troubled Wilson and M’Warren, whose defence saved the homesters from running up a big score. Just after Merritt succeeded in scoring with a lightning shot the same player missed netting the ball just after by inches only. Nothing more resulted, the remainder of the game being in favour of Clapton, who won by two goals to one. Referee, Mr. F.T. Abbott (Referees’ Association), Teams: —
ORIENT. — E. Stephens (goal), H. Dyke and J. Marriott (backs), F. Hedder, J. Manniger, and F. Hitch (half-backs), Ken GIbson, J. Hillsdon, A. Merritt, Geo Ratyer, and R. Haines.
STANLEY. — Smith (goal), T. Wilson and W. M’Warren (backs), Read, Watson, and Jewel (half-backs), Harnett, Dixon, Lannan, Ward, and Buckingham.

"...were late in arriving, consequently it was half an hour after the advertised time before the ball was set rolling. ... They immediately attacked, Stephens being called upon to save in less than a minute from the start, three well-meant shots being fisted out in fine style by the home custodian."

In which the Orient beat Stanley in a match that is less one-sided than it sounds, reported in Sporting Life on 3 October 1898. "In view of witnessing an interesting game nearly 1,200 spectators lined the ropes at the New Athletic Ground, Clapton, on Saturday. The visitors..." #lofc #lofcpress

A clipping from Sporting Life, 3 October 1898, reading:

CLAPTON ORIENT V. STANLEY.

In view of witnessing an interesting game nearly 1,200 spectators lined the ropes at the New Athletic Ground, Clapton, on Saturday. The visitors, whom it will be remembered, showed such excellent form in the London League last season, were late in arriving, consequently it was half an hour after the advertised time before the ball was set rolling. Stanley were well represented, while the homesters replied upon the same team as last week with one exception, F. Hitch taking the place of Alf Gardiner. Gibson won the toss, and Lannan kicked off for the visitors with the sun in their faces. They immediately attacked, Stephens being called upon to save in less than a minute from the start, three well-meant shots being fisted out in fine style by the home custodian. Settling down the homesters had the best of matters during the next few minutes. Ken, taking the ball from the other end of the field, passed to Merritt, who banged in a beauty, which Smith got well away. A corner fell to the O’s just after, but nothing resulted from the free kick. The visitors now took up the attack, and but for the accurate kicking of Dyke and Marriott, the homesters’ backs, would certainly have scored on more than one occasion. After some give-and-take play in mid-field the visitors broke away, and were unfortunate in not scoring, a well-meant shot striking the upright, Stephens getting the ball away with difficulty.

Hester L-J @starcrossed2018.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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King Henry: that's it, no more civil war! #ProdigalPrince #SlowShakespeare www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/slo... David Troughton (he'd also played Bolingbroke to Sam West's Richard II) as King Henry in the 2000 @the-rsc.bsky.social Henry IV, dir. Michael Attenborough, des. Kandis Cook, Es Devlin.

A black and white photograph of a character in a play. A middle-aged man wearing a long pale robe with a high collar, with an elaborate crown on his head. His hands are clasped in his lap as he sits; he's speaking and looking serious.

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Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Daily Express had this to say: "About 19,000 spectators watched the game, which was fought out strenuously and at a fast pace. The visitors played better together than Orient, who, however, were irresistible in their second-half rushes and fully deserved their big victory."

A cutting from The Sunday Express, 2 October 1921, reading:

CLAPTON ORIENT 4, LEEDS UTD. 2.

After an extraordinary game at Homerton, Clapton Orient inflicted the first defeat of the season on Leeds United. About 19,000 spectators watched the game, which was fought out strenuously and at a fast pace. The visitors played better together than Orient, who, however, were irresistible in their second-half rushes and fully deserved their big victory.

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Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A mighty contest between the Orient and Leeds United, captured in The Sunday Illustrated for 2 October 1921. “A Clapton Orient forward beating a Leeds United opponent in a heading contest for the ball. The Orient were in great form and won by four to two.” #lofc #lofcpress

A black-and-white photograph of a football match, originally published in The Sunday Illustrated on 2 October 1921. It shows three players, one playing for Leeds United in pale-coloured stripes and the others in the white shirts with dark chevrons of Clapton Orient. On the left hand side, the Leeds United player is caught in the action of missing a header; he is leaning slightly to the left, with one arm bent at the elbow and the other stretched out to the right. His hair is standing up from his head. In the centre, a Clapton Orient player is also caught in mid-air. He is leaning back as he heads the ball, which is to the left of him in the shot. His arms are stretched down at 45-degree angles from his body. On the right, closest to the camera, is a Clapton Orient player with his back to us. He looks as if he is also leaping up, with both feet off the ground, one of them bent at the knee. Behind them are two other blurred footballers, and behind them a packed terrace. The caption reads: “A Clapton Orient forward beating a Leeds United opponent in a heading contest for the ball. The Orient were in great form and won by four to two.”

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Nathalie Rivere de Carles @asnath.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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King's Arts & Humanities @kingsartshums.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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Ruben Espinosa @ruben-espinosa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Grateful and excited to have been included in this fantastic @folger.edu series!

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Daniel F Gosling @thegozfather.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

ALL Duchy of Lancaster Duchy Chamber pleadings for the reign of Elizabeth I (DL 1/41-213) are now item searchable on the catalogue by name, date, subject, and more. What a time to be a fan of Elizabethan litigation! discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/r/C...

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Hester L-J @starcrossed2018.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

And so it begins: breathing space? 1 Henry IV #ProdigalPrince #SlowShakespeare www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/slo... Here's Richard Coyle as King Henry IV in Player Kings, the 2024 composite version of 1+2 Henry by Rob Icke.

A photograph of a play in performance. A king stands with a big crown, a red velvet and ermine robe, and an orb and sceptre in his hands; he's just been crowned. There are four people in very formal black suits standing around him, bowing; one of them has a purple cushion, which the crown has just been carried on. Other people are watching from the back of the stage, dimly lit. The mood is solemn.

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Last week’s performance by the Orient should draw crowds to their enclosure. Keep it up O’s. ... Olympians will be found at Wadham Lodge this season. The giant Benson, I believe, will again keep goal for them.

A clipping from The North London Guardian, 1 October 1897, reading:

Last week’s performance by the Orient should draw crowds to their enclosure.
Keep it up O’s.
Are the Clapton Leagueites going to meet those Jarvisians this year?
I think we (no marshland sportsmen) could show those, (high and lofty autocrats) how to play football.
Try it on F.T.
Olympians will be found at Wadham Lodge this season.
The giant Benson, I believe, will again keep goal for them.

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The new rule, re “hands,” is a very good one. It saves a lot of time and argument. When will players learn the “throw in” rule. You must have your feet flat on the line, when throwing in. Quite ten free kicks were given last Saturday at Southgate, through ignorance of this rule.

A clipping from The North London Guardian, 1 October 1897, reading:

Straw was in form for Grove Athletic last Saturday, quite like himself again.
Queen Printers intend making a fight for the “Pot” this season.
Latimer (last season’s Alliance Champions) are going in for a private ground.
They are in need of a little outside support.
Here is a chance for football enthusiasts, who would patronize a deserving club.
The Clapton League Referees’ Examining Board are a trifle hot.
Any player or ref. can learn something by going through this exam.
Taste and see.
Churchill, the Old Carthusian was playing for Southgate against Grove Athletic.
Fee Parr and Ralph Pope played a great game together.
Where are the Lower Clapton recruits from Grove Athletic gone?
Have they returned to their old club?
South Hackney have signed on Lutz and Malone, late of Clapton Ferncliffe.
F.T. Abbott, our hard working League sec. turned out on Saturday, against Farringdon.
These old war-horses have never had enough.
Old Lonsburians are going strong, and should make a good show in the Middlesex Junior.
Sid Carr, of Leyton, is known down there as “Motor.”
He is getting very popular with the crowd.
The new rule, re “hands,” is a very good one.
It saves a lot of time and argument.
When will players learn the “throw in” rule.
You must have your feet flat on the line, when throwing in.
Quite ten free kicks were given last Saturday at Southgate, through ignorance of this rule.

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The O’s have got another good secretary. Doesn’t tell “fairy tales.” Keeps his word when given. Seemingly, E. Stone of the Abney is a muchly sought after player. Why?

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The North London Guardian's "Whispers" column pioneers the stream-of-consciousness technique, 1 October 1897: Orient shaking hands with themselves. Fine gate last week. Will be better still when all the hoarding is up. Must have lost pounds by not having it up sooner... #lofc #lofcpress

North London Guardian, 1 October 1897

WHISPERS.

J.K. Walter’s, who satisfied the keen Clapton L. & A. Examining Board, made a creditable debut on the field last week.
Club fixture cards should be sent in at once.
The Clapton L. & A. Referee’s List grows steadily.
It comprises 24 R.A.’s out of a total of 34.
12 were produced by the L. & A.
There were only 3 in 1895.
President A. Roston-Bourke has presented a large quantity of Referee’s cards for use of Clapton Referees.
Many thanks Mr. B.
No more mistakes of time in matches.
Referees’ expenses very moderate.
Secretaries must not wait to be asked for same.
Must pay up and look pleased.
Secretary Abbott very grateful for valuable assistance rendered in present busy time by Messrs. Hackett, Ballard, Bennett and others.
Some club secretaries could show greater promptness in replies.
Grove Athletic not dead yet.
See last Saturday’s results.
All poached members back again, with two exceptions.
Orient shaking hands with themselves. Fine gate last week.
Will be better still when all the hoarding is up.
Must have lost pounds by not having it up sooner.
The O’s have got another good secretary.
Doesn’t tell “fairy tales.”
Keeps his word when given.
Seemingly, E. Stone of the Abney is a muchly sought after player.
Why?
The attention of clubs in search of a ground is directed to ads. “For Sportsmen.”
At the same time I might point out that the N.L.G. is by far the best advertising medium for reaching local clubmen.
Look out in these columns for the best local football news.

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"I quite agree with him that there is a big future in front of his club. The ground is very conveniently situated, and their following most enthusiastic. It is all for the O’s, as they are familiarly named, and they never lack for encouragement."

A clipping from Athletic Chat, 30 September 1907, reading:

I quite agree with him that there is a big future in front of his club. The ground is very conveniently situated, and their following most enthusiastic. It is all for the O’s, as they are familiarly named, and they never lack for encouragement. The “Doctor” showed me over the ground, and I was pleased to see that the extension of the grand stand is now nearly completed, and will be quite ready for the next League match. This will enable over 2,000 people to sit under cover comfortably. The popular crowd have also been well looked after, as the banking has been greatly improved, and the turnstiles rearranged, so that there one can enter the ground in comfort. With the completion of the grand stand the ground is now quite up to date, and no complaints should be heard on that score. Coming back to our hero of the week. He does not confine himself to football alone, but has already made himself famous in other spheres. He has taken to baseball as a fish takes to water, and is now quite as good an expert at this game as he is at football. His enthusiasm has had a great deal to do with the huge success that this game has achieved in the district. As a pitcher he astonished the public in the latter portion of the baseball season, and with a little more practical experience he will be able to hold his own with anyone in the United Kingdom in that department of the game. The Orient have struggled hard for existence during the last two seasons, but they are now well on the high road to success, and Mr. Holmes can take a great measure of credit for this to himself. I am confident that all CHAT readers wish the O’s and the “Doctor” a long and successful career.

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"... It is not for me to enter into the details, but he assures me that he never solicited nor expected any bonuses, and that his fine of £50 was more than double what he received. ... However, he smiled over it in quite a philosophical manner which appealed to me."

A clipping from Athletic Chat, 30 September 1907, reading:

months knocked off, and even then was hardly dealt with. It is not for me to enter into the details, but he assures me that he never solicited nor expected any bonuses, and that his fine of £50 was more than double what he received. He did not get same till after the season was finished, and had fixed up with Clapton Orient. However, he smiled over it in quite a philosophical manner which appealed to me. The “Doctor” is a great favourite in North London, and plays the game as eagerly as any youngster. His experience stands him in good stead, and has proved of great service to his side. Young players are greatly indebted to him not only for his fine example on the field, but also for the encouragement he gives them. Talking about the Orient’s prospects, he was quite optimistic, and is confident that they will have a much better season that last, both from a playing and financial point of view. The reverses in the away matches already played have in no way made them downhearted, and the big victory over Stoke a week ago has given them that confidence which begets success.

"... for his height or weight; but, calculating same, I should say he stands close upon six feet and weighs well over thirteen stone. ... It will be remembered that after his first season with them he came under the ban of the F.A. over the notorious Manchester City fracas..."

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It's 30 September 1907 and John Cameron of Athletic Chat profiles Clapton Orient manager William "Doctor" Holmes, known to friends as "Doc." "You will see from his photo that [he] is a good-looking fellow, but beyond that he is most attractive in every way. I did not ask him..." #lofc #lofcpress

A clipping from Athletic Chat, 30 September 1907, showing a headline and by-line: "FOOTBALL MEN I HAVE MET ON AND OFF THE FIELD. By JOHN CAMERON." The text is enclosed in a decorative border.

$A clipping from Athletic Chat, 30 September 1907, illustrated by a black-and-white head-and-shoulders photograph of a white man with short dark hair and a large moustache, wearing collar and tie, with the caption “MR. W. HOLMES. (Clapton Orient.)” The text of the article reads: To many readers of FOOTBALL CHAT the Christian name William will sound rather strange when associated with “Doctor” Holmes, Clapton Orient’s manager and player. But invariably he is called “Doctor,” and by his intimate friends “Doc.” When I interviewed him one day last week I really intended to find out how it arose, but he was particularly busy, and we chatted more over football affairs than personal matters. You will see from his photo that [he] is a good-looking fellow, but beyond that he is most attractive in every way. I did not ask him for his height or weight; but, calculating same, I should say he stands close upon six feet and weighs well over thirteen stone. He admits having been born at Matlock thirty years ago, and that he has had a long and varied football career. His first club after leaving his native town was Chesterfield, but it was when he was transferred to Manchester City that he made his name. He played consistently for them for nine years, and was one of their most popular players. Clapton Orient were most fortunate to obtain his services as manager, and this is his third season with them. It will be remembered that after his first season with them he came under the ban of the F.A. Over the notorious Manchester City fracas, and was suspended from May till the end of December. On appeal he had two$

Daniel F Gosling @thegozfather.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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Out now! A newly described and sorted Early Modern record series at The National Archives, WARD 14. The series contains records relating to the Court of Wards and Liveries, including a bunch of stuff from the 1640s as the court was winding down. discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1...

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Dr Aidan Norrie 🦄 @aidannorrie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Mine & @matthewsteggle.bsky.social's festschrift for the incomparable @lisahopkins.bsky.social is due for publication on 19 October. Each day until then, I'm going to give an overview of the chapters to get you excited for the volume's early moderny goodness. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb...

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The Edges of Early Modern English Drama

Thanks to the pioneering work of Professor Lisa Hopkins, the field of early modern English drama is now much more attuned to the various edges, spaces, and intersections that characterise the dramatic...

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Alice Wickenden @awickenden.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Pleased to see that the new issue of Shakespeare Survey is available online, including my article on the queer time(s) of The Winter’s Tale — its structural nostalgia for characters and audience, why it’s an emotional sequel to 2 Gentlemen, and why Camillo is gay. www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...

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Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Agreed! I like “initiatory work” and “virulent” too.

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Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“Wood kept a great goal throughout, and his interceptive work was often brilliant … S. Tonner was outstanding, and there was much resolute half-back play, Townrow and Dixon, in particular, excelling, if only for their initiatory work. Pape was hardly so virulent as usual.“

A clipping from the London Daily Chronicle, 29 September 1924, reading:

of determination, and many of the moves were clever.
In front of goal Clapton were always the more threatening.
Wood kept a great goal throughout, and his interceptive work was often brilliant. Of a useful pair of full-backs, S. Tonner was outstanding, and there was much resolute half-back play, Townrow and Dixon, in particular, excelling, if only for their initiatory work.
Pape was hardly so virulent as usual. He opened up the game well, but was often checked by Waterall.
The right wing was the better of the two, Smith being always a danger, and Rennox also playing forcefully. Hannaford started well but fell away in the second half.
Stockport had a new centre-forward in James, late of Bradford, and he did quite well. The Stockport attackers seemed too anxious, and there was no steadiness in front of goal.
The half-back line was none too strong, but J. Reid and Richardson were very resolute, and Hardy kept a good goal.
Stockport. — Hardy; Richardson, Reid (J.); Meads, Waterall, Morrison; Critchley, Swan, James, Reid (G.), Mitchell.
Orient. — Wood; Tonner (S.), Rosier; Dixon, Townrow, Roulson; Smith, Rennox, Pape, Bliss, Hannaford.

Lucy Munro @lucycmunro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“…But he was an adept at getting in the way of the ball, and the way he stopped one great shot by Mitchell stamps him as a master … Smith threaded his way past opponent after opponent with deft footwork, and when clear put the ball neatly back to Rennox, who shot hard to beat Hardy after 35 minutes”