2017–18 Leyton Orient F.C. season

The 2017–18 season is the 119th season in the history of Leyton Orient Football Club, and their first in the National League after being relegated from the Football League after 112 years.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Key events

  • 10 July: Steve Davis is appointed manager for the new campaign, signing a two-year contract.
  • 14 November: Manager Steve Davis is sacked, with the club 19th in the league.

Players

First team squad

Position

Name

Nat

Date of birth (Age) *

Since

Signed from

*

*

Goalkeepers

1

GK

Charlie Grainger

1 July 2012

Academy

9

0

12

GK

Sam Sargeant

1 July 2014

Academy

19

0

20

GK

Dean Brill

3 August 2017

Colchester United

0

0

Defenders

2

DF

Jake Caprice

4 July 2017

Woking

0

0

3

DF

Joe Widdowson

1 July 2017

Dagenham & Redbridge

0

0

5

DF

George Elokobi

14 July 2017

Colchester United

0

0

6

DF

Jamie Sendles-White

1 August 2017

Swindon Town

0

0

14

DF

Myles Judd

1 July 2015

Academy

22

0

15

DF

Aron Pollock

1 July 2016

Academy

15

0

18

DF

Josh Coulson

28 July 2017

Cambridge United

0

0

25

DF

Dan Happe

1 July 2016

Academy

2

0

30

DF

Christian Scales

13 July 2017

Whitehawk

0

0

33

DF

Bondz N'Gala

23 November 2017

Dagenham & Redbridge

0

0

Midfielders

4

MF

Alex Lawless

11 July 2017

Yeovil Town

0

0

7

MF

Jobi McAnuff

20 July 2017

Stevenage

51

6

8

MF

Charlie Lee

3 July 2017

Stevenage

0

0

11

MF

Romuald Boco

21 July 2017

Accrington Stanley

0

0

22

MF

Freddy Moncur

1 July 2015

Academy

9

0

17

MF

Henry Ochieng

1 July 2016

Academy

7

0

23

MF

Craig Clay

17 July 2017

Motherwell

0

0

27

MF

James Dayton

1 August 2017

Cheltenham Town

0

0

31

MF

Zain Westbrooke

11 October 2017

Brentford

0

0

Forwards

9

FW

Macauley Bonne

14 July 2017

Colchester United

0

0

10

FW

Dave Mooney

1 July 2017

Southend United

140

38

19

FW

Josh Koroma

1 July 2016

Academy

27

3

21

FW

Sam Dalby

1 July 2016

Academy

17

1

24

FW

Matt Harrold

31 August 2017

Crawley Town

0

0

28

FW

Ruel Sotiriou

1 July 2017

Academy

0

0

Out on Loan

16

DF

Michael Clark

1 July 2016

Academy

9

0

Left During Season

20

FW

Tristan Abrahams

1 July 2016

Academy

9

2

26

MF

James Brophy

21 September 2017

Swindon Town

0

0

29

DF

Mark Ellis

28 September 2017

Carlisle United

0

0

* Player age and appearances/goals for the club as of beginning of 2017–18 season.

Transfers

In

Date from

Position

Nationality

Name

From

Fee

Ref.

1 July 2017

FW

Dave Mooney

Southend United

Free transfer

1 July 2017

DF

Joe Widdowson

Dagenham & Redbridge

Free transfer

3 July 2017

MF

Charlie Lee

Stevenage

Free transfer

4 July 2017

DF

Jake Caprice

Woking

Free transfer

11 July 2017

MF

Alex Lawless

Yeovil Town

Free transfer

13 July 2017

DF

Christian Scales

Whitehawk

Free transfer

14 July 2017

FW

Macauley Bonne

Colchester United

Undisclosed

14 July 2017

DF

George Elokobi

Colchester United

Free transfer

17 July 2017

MF

Craig Clay

Motherwell

Free transfer

20 July 2017

MF

Jobi McAnuff

Stevenage

Free transfer

21 July 2017

MF

Romuald Boco

Accrington Stanley

Free transfer

1 August 2017

DF

Jamie Sendles-White

Swindon Town

Free transfer

1 August 2017

MF

James Dayton

Cheltenham Town

Free transfer

3 August 2017

GK

Dean Brill

Colchester United

Free transfer

31 August 2017

FW

Matt Harrold

Crawley Town

Free transfer

Loans in

Date from

Position

Nationality

Name

From

Date until

Ref.

28 July 2017

DF

Josh Coulson

Cambridge United

28 January 2018

31 July 2017

FW

Tristan Abrahams

Norwich City

1 September 2017

21 September 2017

MF

James Brophy

Swindon Town

24 November 2017

28 September 2017

DF

Mark Ellis

Carlisle United

28 November 2017

11 October 2017

MF

Zain Westbrooke

Brentford

11 January 2018

23 November 2017

DF

Bondz N'Gala

Dagenham & Redbridge

20 January 2018

Out

Date from

Position

Nationality

Name

To

Fee

Ref.

1 July 2017

FW

Rowan Liburd

Stevenage

End of Loan

1 July 2017

MF

Liam Kelly

Coventry City

Released

1 July 2017

MF

Nigel Atangana

Cheltenham Town

Released

1 July 2017

GK

Alex Cisak

Sydney FC

Released

1 July 2017

DF

Callum Kennedy

AFC Wimbledon

Released

1 July 2017

DF

Jens Janse

VVV-Venlo

Released

1 July 2017

DF

Nicky Hunt

Notts County

Released

1 July 2017

FW

Ulrich N'Nomo

Gil Vicente

Released

1 July 2017

FW

Paul McCallum

Eastleigh

Released

1 July 2017

MF

Sammy Moore

Leatherhead

Released

1 July 2017

FW

Ollie Palmer

Lincoln City

Released

1 July 2017

FW

Gavin Massey

| Wigan

Released

1 July 2017

DF

Tom Parkes

Carlisle United

Released

1 July 2017

DF

Teddy Mézague

Royal Excel Mouscron

Released

1 July 2017

DF

Yvan Erichot

Pafos FC

Released

1 July 2017

MF

Robbie Weir

Chesterfield

Released

1 July 2017

FW

Jordan Bowery

Crewe Alexandra

Released

1 July 2017

FW

Victor Adeboyejo

Barnsley

Released

1 July 2017

MF

Sandro Semedo

Released

1 July 2017

MF

Michael Collins

Retired

31 July 2017

MF

Steven Alzate

Brighton & Hove Albion

Undisclosed

31 July 2017

FW

Tristan Abrahams

Norwich City

Undisclosed

Loans out

Date from

Position

Nationality

Name

To

Date until

Ref.

18 August 2017

DF

Aron Pollock

Wealdstone

18 September 2017

26 August 2017

DF

Christian Scales

Harlow Town

26 September 2017

8 October 2017

MF

Freddy Moncur

Bishop's Stortford

4 December 2017 .

15 December 2017

DF

Michael Clark

East Thurrock United

15 January 2018

Pre-season

Pre-season friendlies

Competitions

National League

League table

Matches

Results summary

Results by matchday

FA Cup

Matches

FA Trophy

Matches

Player Statistics

|- ! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Goalkeepers |- ! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Defenders |- ! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Midfielders |- ! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Forwards |- ! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Out on Loan |- ! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Left During the Season

Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total goals are equal.

Last updated 26 December 2017.

Nationality

Player

National League

FA Cup

FA Trophy

Total

1

9

Macauley Bonne

13

1

0

14

2

23

Craig Clay

4

0

0

4

24

Matt Harrold

3

0

1

4

4

7

Jobi McAnuff

3

0

0

3

10

Dave Mooney

3

0

0

3

27

James Dayton

2

1

0

3

7

11

Romuald Boco

2

0

0

2

18

Josh Coulson

1

0

1

2

9

5

George Elokobi

1

0

0

1

8

Charlie Lee

1

0

0

1

29

Mark Ellis

1

0

0

1

33

Bondz N'Gala

1

0

0

1

TOTALS

35

2

2

39