| LEYTON ORIENT v DERBY COUNTY FA Cup Round 3 |
| Tuesday 14th January 2025, 1945, Gaughan Group Stadium, London |
The original game on Saturday at 6.00pm was postponed but this thread will continue in a basic, economical form with added bits because that would cost me time and it’s only the FA Cup.
Hope springs eternal - sort of - with the start of our annual foray into a competition which doesn't really inspire expectations and this includes a draw against a prominent club.
This may be a chance to get our confidence back after a bruising and disappointing few weeks. All ifs, buts, maybes and should haves.
You sort of wish that what happened with team selection in 2021 would happen again and we would have an excuse to lose.
Another away end sell out is expected, even at this very strange kick off time - however this was written for the Saturday kick-off, I can see lots of returns and refunds at the ticket office - it’s a bit difficult to get to London on a Tuesday work day - ok M25, M11 might work. Original comment does feed in to the excellent article penned by 2 Wellies - but as always (mostly), you could kick off at 2 in the morning on a school day but still sell out the away end
| Team: Zetterström (GK), Wilson, Nelson, Phillips, Forsyth, Goudmijn, Thompson, Harness, Mendez-Laing (C), Blackett-Taylor, Brown. |
| Subs: Vickers (GK), Rooney, Elder, Osborn, Adams, Barkhuizen, Jackson, Collins, Osong |