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Kids prices in advance £5.00 then on the day prices  £16 that is quite a mark up me thinks. Glad i got ours in advance.... :bye:

Looking forward to this one, nice for me to have a local game for a change on Boxing Day.

Yep likewise. Its only 30 min drive for us too

Im looking forward to it as well.  If only so I dont have to do a second day at the out laws.

Watch it get bloody cancelled due to a frozen pitch now.

Bloody hell lets hope not

Was looking forward to this fixture as Leyton is two stops on the tube away from me. Then I realised it'd be over christmas, when I'm back in the Westcountry.

Still going, just slightly less convenient...

Looking forward to this, good old Boxing Day session

Looking forward to this as well as my son is mascot for the day and can't wait to see him buzzing !

Ahh so its your son that's mascot. I also applied for this one but was told it had just been taken. My son is mascot for the Crawley game instead. Buzzing as its on sky so will get to see it and record it. Hope ur lad has fun...

There's so much buzzing going on, maybe we should nickname this thread "The Hive".

I'll be at this one. Away on Boxing Day is a bit of a tradition and after 4 days at home is a good excuse to disappear for a while.

When was the last time we were at home on Boxing Day? Seems like ages.


Don't say that! Anybody remember Exeter a few years ago?

I'm pretty sure I remember going to see us play Brentford at home on Boxing day 2 years in a row.

Could be wrong though.

Macclesfield away was another Boxing Day 'Treat'

Is crispy going?

Yeah i only asked a few weeks back via an email to the club on what availability they had for junior red mascot and they gave me Orient. Thanks for the good wishes and well done on landing the SKY fixture it should be a good day for you.

Have we really played Macclesfield on a Boxing Day before?

No, we did play them on the 23rd Dec though

I'm picking up my daughter in Kent...game and then home.....

Well ain't that a kick in the cunt.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-20757141

Not really. There's no trains Boxing Day anyway. If you have to drive most of the way, might as well go the whole hog.

Jobsworth cunts.

Come on, they only earn 50k a year for working 35 hours a week for 40 weeks. Atrocious to be asked to do that without striking.

London based fans wouldn't be driving any of it anyway, hence the threat of a tube strike is a bit of a pisser. Never mind, we can all be bus wankers instead  :pint:

Was hoping I'd be able to stick my nose into my flat whilst nearby, just to check a pipe hasn't exploded/squatters have moved in/it's been turned into a kebab shop, as it's on the way back on the central line. No fucking chance of that now, lazy cunts.

Being a tube driver isn't as bad as, say, being a bus driver, or a DLR attendant. They actually have to interact with the cunts on the thing they're driving. Tube drivers don't get cut up going down the northern line do they? Sure it must be pretty fucking boring, but it's hardly the worst job in the world.

Fair point. I don't live it London though so couldn't give a toss. :-)

You've got a home game as it is, do you want jam on it?

Yeah and butter!

Can tell you're a woman. Always want more. :-)

I'm not complaining really. Living in Reading, Orient is a whole lot easier than Torquay (last year) that's for sure.

Never been to Orient, so looking forward to it! Annoyance with no trains on boxing day as it would have meant a good sesh, so looks as though I'll be driving!

Torquay was slightly easier for me....

Tube strike on the day will make things difficult

Bit annoying that I am in London for a while over Xmas, however on the 26th I will be in Dublin so no Yuletide football this year.

Will just have to have some nice pints of Guinness to drown the sorrows!

The buses are still running.

Try telling that to the Gooners, fucking lazy cunts

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/teams/arsenal

What's stung you into action ?

I will always have a soft spot for Orient

They were the team that despatched the yellow filth to the fifth tier

A lot of games were off yesterday thanks to all this fooking rain ! So wouldn't be surprised if this one gets called off :(

This would be a godsend for me. As the boys I usually go with cant make it, I asked the wife if she would like to go and she said yes. Then my cousin calls me (proper wreck head) and suggests we go on an all dayer in London and take in the game too. I've tried to ditch the wife but she's having none of it.

Now the day has lost it's appeal

Would be gutted if it's off.

On a brighter note, looks like some of the tube is running, so I can get a train to Victoria and then district and Central lines. It is worth checking if your going by train as bits of the tube are working.

Stop being horrible to your wife it Christmas !

Are you kidding me?

I've bought her  PS3 with FIFA and black ops for Christmas. A ticket to the darts at lakeside, a big box of Stella, and some golf clubs.

She had better be grateful

You've forgotten a new ironing board

Well I take it all back as you are obviously a very considerate and generous man :)

Cheers Langers hadn't seen that thought we'd have to cab it from Victoria.

Not sure how frequent they are though, so you might have to leave a bit of extra time.

Hope this isn't called off!

You and me both. A day at the outlaws beckons if it is....

Want to make this one, but struggling...may make a decision tomorrow see how it goes!

I can never make boxing day games as it's my daughter's birthday. I'm working on a trip to Bluewater shopping centre for my missus on Saturday, whilst I nip off to Colchester!

When you say 'nip off' to Colchester, I take it you've looked at a map?

it's not too far from bluewater if the traffic is ok.

I know. Lakeside is slightly closer but she fancies Bluewater. She'll have to wait for me!

Fuck that...two years ago I went to Cardiff v Swansea rather than suffer that fate.

hour colchester to Bluewater and a bit more class then lakeside

Pitch not looking good at the moment.

http://twitter.com/dean_7cox/status/283500375808548864/photo/1 (http://twitter.com/dean_7cox/status/283500375808548864/photo/1)

If it stopped raining like it was forecast to do a few days ago I'd be confident. Not now though.

Some orient fan on twitter has just tweeted saying game off. Will wait for official confirmation though

Cock.

Game off according to Leyton Orient chief executive @mattporter_LOFC

officially off :

Swindon Town FC ‏@Official_STFC

Tomorrow's League One fixture at Leyton Orient has been called OFF due to a waterlogged pitch #STFC

And I say again.  Cock.

No excuse to not go to the in laws.  Again.  Grrrrr.

happy days could not go tomorrow but working in London this is back on my away days list

game off apparently , waterlogged pitch , bummer

Day of booze drugs and hookers it is then!

Day ruined

Fucking cuntiing weather. Boxing day to suffer now as well as today.

Well that's fucked it :(

Shame, I think we'd have taken all 3 points tomorrow, the way we're playing.  No doubt it will be re-arranged for a cold Tuesday night in February.

Most probably would have and my son was supposed to be mascot which won't be happening on a Tuesday night.

Totally fucked my Christmas. Couldnt they have waited a bit as it has been dry all afternoon here.

Only consolation is that I will still be able to go midweek.

Bollox

Was struggling to get to this one, may have a better chance now if it's on a Tuesday-looking forward to Colchester now though, we owe Rose and those fuckers a good hiding!

Fuck it!

Probably go to shithouse Essex now.

How much did that set you back?

Anyone else think it was quite early to call off? Considering ours is the only one called off so far i think it could have been left until tomoz morning to see how things were.

Must be wetter places than leyton and their games are still on

Oh, what a disappointment for him (and you).  I assume you'll get the full amount back?  Can you transfer it to another game if there's anything within a reasonable distance?

I'm sure I'll get shot down again but anyone who really means that this postponement has 'ruined' Christmas really needs a quiet word in the mirror.

Merry Christmas xxx

I did and the reflection said:

Cockney bastards should of covered the pitch up.

reading fc fan here i dont even no why any fan would travel to watch this piece of scum

Ruined Boxing Day.

Nobody is forcing you to watch your favourite team.

But yet you took the time to find a Swindon town forum then sign up just to be a dick ! You really need to get a life ! On Christmas Day as well ! So sad soapy tit wank

How are the song sheets and the regular fisting of your sister?

X

The really annoying thing is that no other games in the football league are off. Looks to me like they made a rash decision, hasn't been a drop of rain in London since they called it off. In fact, every game in the Conference North and South is on, yet a league one team can't get their game on.

Dagenham and AFC Hornchurch all have game on in a similar(ish) area...

I enjoyed Brian McDermott's appearance in Dr Who yesterday, but if I was a fellow plastic I'd be annoyed that he wasn't concentrating on football.

Agree, think they used the rain as an excuse not to play us, that pic that was posted a few posts up was "the worst area of the pitch" and that was 24 hrs ago......   Joke!!!

If Barry hearn concentrated more on investing in the drainage of the pitch then his pointless one man fucking crusade for the olympic stadium...

You know that it's the referee who calls off games rather than the club don't you?

This is turning into a conspiracy that Dostovesky would be proud of

Ruined Christmas? No chance. Fucked up boxing day? Oh yes.

Looking forward to seeing you next season = hope you got some new trainers for Xmas

Me neither to be honest. After all you'll be relegated by Feb.

I bet they had the sprinklers on...

 It does seem a little odd, that a game on the eastern side of the country should be the only one off for rain, when the eastern side the country is effectively in a rain shadow, cast by the west. I'd imagine Hearn wanted it gone so slipped the ref a some VIP tickets for the Ally Pally and a brown bag of cash, so the ref could take his missus to the Boxing Day sales at some odious shopping outlet in Essex.

Wimbledon have pulled the same scam too Reg..

Are Orient out of the cup?

We could replay on 3rd Round day

Probably the same local ref, doing a two for the price of one offer. Doubtless Dons players wanted a good piss up over Christmas and didn't fancy it.

We already have a league fixture that day, home to Carlisle. It'll be a Tuesday night.

Can't really believe the game is off for any other reason than the pitch

Traditionally Boxing Day games attract one of a club's best attendances of the year so why would they willingly give up the extra income?

Tin pot club. Can't wait to get out of this league

Do you still believe in Santa Claus?

Kerry is right though, it doesn't make sense. Why deliberately have it postponed when the match will then likely be played on a freezing night with a piss poor attendance? Not exactly the logical thing to do.

I think Reg is very clearly on a wind up, sly goose.

Surely wait until today then to make a decision? Give the game every chance of going ahead, just seems stupid calling it off more than 24 hours in advance

D'Urso was the ref, is anyone surprised he made a dodgy decision.


The yocals are also questioning it:

http://s16124652.onlinehome-server.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6623&sid=8fe0234f781aaca2f16c3705156a6b9a&start=1

Is that right?  :D

Not quite. Match was postponed until 1515 and called off at 1510

Whilst I was looking forward to this, it does mean the re-arranged fixture will be 15 minutes away from my flat instead of a few hours in the car from Dorset.

All this talk of rain being the reason it's been postponed is OBVIOUSLY bollocks. If Doctor Who over the last five or six years has taught us anything, aliens have crashed on the pitch and the government's shut it down so they can examine the remains.

Daggers game went ahead?

Any news on when this has been re-arranged for?

No news yet and they have a game still to play against Brentford too from the 22nd. My guess is they'll see how Brentford do in the cup this weekend and then reschedule both matches.

Gonna be on the 29th January now. 7:45pm KO.

Re-arranged for my birthday!  :)  :pint:  :pint:

There is a tiny little chance I might be able to go to this now. Bit of a turn up for the books, seeing as I wasn't expecting to get to another game until Easter weekend!