Story of the day: Leyton Orient 5-0 Hartlepool United – abject Pools blown away at Brisbane Road
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A Aaron Drinan hat-trick along with goals from Harry Smith and Tom James saw Orient secure a 5-0 victory at Brisbane Road as Pools’ recent turn in form came crashing back down to earth in brutal fashion.
673 Poolies made the journey to East London but went home disappointed as the side dropped to 10th in the League Two table, still level on points with the play-offs.
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FULL-TIME: Leyton Orient 5 (Drinan 20, 79, 90+1, Smith 35, James 51) Hartlepool United 0
Key Events
- Pools XI (3-5-2): Mitchell; Ferguson, Francis-Angol (Fondop 49), Liddle, Hendrie, Ogle (Odusina 55); Featherstone, Holohan, Daly; Molyneux, Cullen (Grey 60)
- Pools subs: Killip, Odusina, Jones, Crawford, Shelton, Grey, Fondop
- Pools bookings: Featherstone (23), Challinor (35), Holohan (38)
- Leyton Orient XI (3-4-3): Vigouroux; Mitchell, Beckles (Kyprianou 45), Ogie; Archibald, Clay, Pratley, James; Kemp (Reilly 85), Smith, Drinan
- Leyton Orient subs: Byrne, Wood, Reilly, Happe, Omotoye, Sotiriou, Kyprianou
- Leyton Orient bookings: Pratley (14), Clay (29)
- Referee: Alan Young
- Attendance: 6,233 (673 Pools)
Challinor disappointed to be without Byrne today
“It’s a rubbish booking. I had a go at him half time. You have to play the game between your ears,” he said.
“I get that booking if you’re on one booking. You don’t make that foul if you’re on four bookings. That’s just naive beyond naive and he’ll pay the price for that and we’ll pay the price for that.”
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We’re down here in London today for Pools’ big League Two match against Leyton Orient.
Dave Challinor’s side have got off to a good start to life back in the Football League and could potentially move into the automatic promotion places if results go their way this afternoon.
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