2021–22 Leyton Orient F.C. season

The 2021–22 season is Leyton Orient's 123rd year in their history and third consecutive season in League Two. Along with the league, the club will also compete in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the EFL Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

Leyton Orient

2021–22 season
Chairman	Nigel Travis
Head Coach	Kenny Jackett (until 22 February 2022)[1] Richie Wellens (from 9 March 2022)[2]
Stadium	Brisbane Road
League Two	13th
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	First round
EFL Trophy	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Harry Smith, Aaron Drinan (13) All: Aaron Drinan (16)
Highest home attendance	6,623 v. Tranmere Rovers, League Two (7 May 2022)
Lowest home attendance	2,295 v. Charlton Athletic, Papa John’s Trophy (9 November 2021)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
9 June 2021	CM		Darren Pratley	Charlton Athletic	Free transfer	[3]
15 June 2021	CB		Omar Beckles	Crewe Alexandra	Free transfer	[4]
16 June 2021	LB		Connor Wood	Bradford City	Free transfer	[5]
25 June 2021	SS		Paul Smyth	Queens Park Rangers	Free transfer	[6]
29 June 2021	CF		Aaron Drinan	Ipswich Town	Undisclosed	[7]
7 July 2021	CF		Harry Smith	Northampton Town	Undisclosed	[8]
20 July 2021	RB		Tom James	Hibernian	Free transfer	[9]
31 August 2021	CM		Callum Reilly	AFC Wimbledon	Free transfer	[10]
19 January 2022	RW		Otis Khan	Walsall	Free transfer	[11]
24 January 2022	CB		Jordan Brown	Derby County	Free transfer	[12]
24 January 2022	DM		Ethan Coleman	King's Lynn Town	Undisclosed	[13]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
29 July 2021	LM		Theo Archibald	Lincoln City	End of season	[14]
17 August 2021	CF		Tyrese Omotoye	Norwich City	5 January 2022	[15][a]
31 August 2021	CB		Alex Mitchell	Millwall	End of season	[17]
13 January 2022	RB		Dan Moss	Millwall	End of season	[18]
31 January 2022	CF		Frank Nouble	Colchester United	End of season	[19]
31 January 2022	CB		George Ray	Exeter City	End of season	[20]

1. On 5 January 2022, Omotoye was recalled back to Norwich City to facilitate a loan move to Carlisle United.^[16]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
18 August 2021	GK		Sam Sargeant	Barnet	13 October 2021	[21]
19 November 2021	LB		Jayden Sweeney	Wealdstone	December 2021	[22]
11 January 2022	GK		Sam Sargeant	Wealdstone	18 January 2022	[23]
5 March 2022	LB		Jayden Sweeney	Dartford	April 2022	[24]
25 March 2022	CM		Callum Reilly	Solihull Moors	End of season	[25][26]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2021	CF		Lee Angol	Bradford City	Released	[27][28]
30 June 2021	CB		Josh Coulson	Southend United	Released	[27][29]
30 June 2021	RM		James Dayton	Dulwich Hamlet	Released	[27][30]
30 June 2021	CF		Louis Dennis	Bromley	Released	[27][31]
30 June 2021	RB		Myles Judd	Dover Athletic	Released	[27][32]
30 June 2021	RB		Sam Ling	Dagenham & Redbridge	Released	[27][33]
30 June 2021	RW		Jordan Maguire-Drew	Woking	Released	[27][34]
30 June 2021	LW		Jobi McAnuff	Retired		[27][35]
30 June 2021	CM		Brendon Shabani	St Neots Town	Released	[27][36]
30 June 2021	CB		Jamie Turley	Barnet	Released	[27][37]
30 June 2021	LB		Joe Widdowson	Barnet	Released	[27][38]
30 June 2021	CF		Danny Johnson	Mansfield Town	Free transfer	[39]
30 June 2021	LM		James Brophy	Cambridge United	Free transfer	[40]
30 June 2021	CF		Conor Wilkinson	Walsall	Free transfer	[41]
8 August 2021	DM		Ousseynou Cissé	Oldham Athletic	Free transfer	[42]
13 August 2021	RW		Bryan Ifeanyi	Colchester United	Free transfer	[43]
31 January 2022	RW		Dan Kemp	Milton Keynes Dons	Undisclosed	[44]

Pre-season and friendlies

Leyton Orient announced friendly matches against Dundee,^[45] West Ham United,^[46] Tottenham Hotspur,^[47] Maidenhead United,^[45] Dulwich Hamlet,^[48] Gillingham,^[49] and Heybridge Swifts^[45] as part of their pre-season preparations.

Dundee v Leyton Orient

6 July 2021 Friendly	Dundee	3–0	Leyton Orient	Dundee
17:00 BST	McGowan 5' Jakubiak 46' Ashcroft 49'	Report		Stadium: Kilmac Stadium

Leyton Orient v West Ham United

13 July 2021 Friendly	Leyton Orient	0–0	West Ham United	Leyton
19:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium

Leyton Orient v Tottenham Hotspur

17 July 2021 JE3 Trophy	Leyton Orient	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Leyton
15:00 BST	Sotiriou 72'	Report	Scarlett 38'	Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium

Maidenhead United v Leyton Orient

24 July 2021 Friendly	Maidenhead United	1–2	Leyton Orient	Maidenhead
15:00 BST	Acquah ?'	Report	Pratley ?' Sotiriou ?' (pen.)	Stadium: York Road

Dulwich Hamlet v Leyton Orient XI

27 July 2021 Friendly	Dulwich Hamlet	1–1	Leyton Orient XI	East Dulwich
19:30 BST	Harris-Sealy 62'	Report	Obiero 80'	Stadium: Champion Hill Attendance: 551

Leyton Orient v Gillingham

31 July 2021 Friendly	Leyton Orient	2–0	Gillingham	Leyton
14:00 BST	Beckles 13' Trialist 36'	Report		Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium

Heybridge Swifts v Leyton Orient XI

3 August 2021 Friendly	Heybridge Swifts	1–2	Leyton Orient XI	Maldon
19:00 BST	Cole 37'	Report	Young 13' Trialist 90'	Stadium: Maldon Stadium

Leyton Orient v Southampton U23s

18 August 2021 Friendly	Leyton Orient	0–2	Southampton U23s	Leyton
13:00 BST		Report	Mitchell 62' Smith 90'	Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)

Barnet v Leyton Orient

29 September 2021 Friendly	Barnet	1–2	Leyton Orient	London Borough of Harrow
		Report	Young x2	Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)

Competitions

League Two

Main article: 2021–22 EFL League Two

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	Salford City	46	19	13	14	60	46	+14	70
11	Newport County	46	19	12	15	67	58	+9	69
12	Crawley Town	46	17	10	19	56	66	−10	61
13	Leyton Orient	46	14	16	16	62	47	+15	58
14	Bradford City	46	14	16	16	53	55	−2	58
15	Colchester United	46	14	13	19	48	60	−12	55
16	Walsall	46	14	12	20	47	60	−13	54

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences^[50]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	14	16	16	62	47	+15	58	9	5	9	36	22	+14	5	11	7	26	25	+1

Last updated: 7 May 2022.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	D	L	D	D	D	D	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	L
Position	10	5	11	11	6	6	3	2	2	4	6	7	10	9	6	9	6	8	8	7	9	9	11	14	15	15	15	16	16	18	18	18	20	20	20	18	17	17	17	14	14	14	13	13	13	13

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2022. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The U's fixtures were announced on 24 June 2021.^[51]

Salford City v Leyton Orient

7 August 2021 1	Salford City	1–1	Leyton Orient	Salford
15:00 BST	Willock 41' Turnbull  80'	Report	Beckles 33' Pratley  88'	Stadium: Peninsula Stadium Attendance: 1,968 Referee: Andrew Kitchen

Leyton Orient v Exeter City

14 August 2021 2	Leyton Orient	3–0	Exeter City	Leyton
15:00 BST	Drinan 7' Beckles 25' James  59' Archibald 77'	Report	Grounds  25'  74' Jay 65'	Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 4,860 Referee: Tom Reeves

Carlisle United v Leyton Orient

21 August 2021 3	Carlisle United	1–1	Leyton Orient	Carlisle
15:00 BST	Abrahams 9' (pen.)	Report	Sweeney  17' Smith  55', 74' Drinan  61' Kyprianou  65' Clay  90+2'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4,597 Referee: Bobby Madley

Leyton Orient v Harrogate Town

24 August 2021 4	Leyton Orient	0–2	Harrogate Town	Leyton
19:45 BST	Smith 52' Beckles  53' Archibald  69' Sotiriou  70'	Report	Armstrong 8', 31' Muldoon  28'	Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 3,942 Referee: Carl Brook

Leyton Orient v Bradford City

28 August 2021 5	Leyton Orient	2–0	Bradford City	Leyton
15:00 BST	James  28' Sotiriou 66' Smith 82'	Report	Cooke  75' Songo'o  87'	Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 4,901 Referee: Simon Mather

Newport County v Leyton Orient

4 September 2021 6	Newport County	2–2	Leyton Orient	Newport
15:00 BST	Dolan 45+2' (pen.) Bennett  68' Telford 80'	Report	Smith 34', 53' Wood  90' James  90+3'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 3,845 Referee: Leigh Doughty

Leyton Orient v Oldham Athletic

11 September 2021 7	Leyton Orient	4–0	Oldham Athletic	Leyton
15:00 BST	James  13', 27' Drinan 16' Archibald 75' Smith 90+1'	Report	Bowden  25' Jameson  90+5'	Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 5,315 Referee: Ben Toner

Bristol Rovers v Leyton Orient

18 September 2021 8	Bristol Rovers	1–3	Leyton Orient	Horfield
15:00 BST	Finley  28' Kilgour  45+1' Pitman 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Smith 17' Archibald 33',  69' Drinan 41',  45+1' Pratley  45+1' Mitchell  47' Clay  80' Vigouroux  83'	Stadium: The Memorial Stadium Attendance: 6,172 Referee: David Rock

Leyton Orient v Mansfield Town

25 September 2021 9	Leyton Orient	0–0	Mansfield Town	Leyton
15:00 BST	Ogie  86' Mitchell  86' James  87'	Report	Hewitt  56' Sinclair  85' Oates  87'	Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 5,252 Referee: Ben Speedie

Port Vale v Leyton Orient

2 October 2021 10	Port Vale	3–2	Leyton Orient	Burslem
15:00 BST	Wilson 6' Smith  65' Taylor  88' Politic 90+1' Proctor 90+3'	Report	Kyprianou  28' Beckles  31' Ogie  37' Jones 60' (o.g.) James  74', 86'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 5,667 Referee: Chris Sarginson

Barrow v Leyton Orient

9 October 2021 11	Barrow	1–1	Leyton Orient	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST	Gotts 48'	Report	Beckles 69' Archibald  90+2' Wood  90+4'	Stadium: The Dune Hotel Stadium Attendance: 3,374 Referee: Peter Wright

Leyton Orient v Walsall

16 October 2021 12	Leyton Orient	0–0	Walsall	Leyton
15:00 BST	Smith  67' Smyth  84'	Report		Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 5,826 Referee: Ollie Yates

Leyton Orient v Forest Green Rovers

19 October 2021 13	Leyton Orient	1–1	Forest Green Rovers	Leyton
19:45 GMT	Pratley  62' Sotirou 76'	Report	Adams  45+3' Stevens 68'	Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 4,391 Referee: Christopher Pollard

Stevenage v Leyton Orient

23 October 2021 (2021-10-23) 14	Stevenage	0–0	Leyton Orient	Stevenage
15:00 BST		Report	Archibald  32'	Stadium: Lamex Stadium Attendance: 3,544 Referee: James Bell

Leyton Orient v Hartlepool United

30 October 2021 (2021-10-30) 15	Leyton Orient	5–0	Hartlepool United	Leyton
15:00 BST	Pratley  14' Drinan 20', 84', 90+6' Clay  29' Smith 35' James 56'	Report	Featherstone  23' Holohan  39'	Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 6,233 Referee: Alan Young

Rochdale v Leyton Orient

13 November 2021 16	Rochdale	2–2	Leyton Orient	Spotland
15:00 GMT	Newby 1', 90' Odoh  11' O'Keeffe  31' Coleman  90+3'	Report	Kyprianou  15' Drinan 24' Ogie  30' Clay 66' Kemp  69' Smith  90+3'	Stadium: Crown Oil Arena Attendance: 2,751 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Leyton Orient v Sutton United

20 November 2021 17	Leyton Orient	4–1	Sutton United	Leyton
15:00 GMT	Archibald 30' Smith 46', 82' Ogie  68' James 90+4'	Report	Olaofe 18' Ajiboye  77' Eastmond  88'	Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 5,840 Referee: Scott Oldham

Scunthorpe United v Leyton Orient

23 November 2021 18	Scunthorpe United	1–1	Leyton Orient	Scunthorpe
19:45 GMT	Millen  42' Scrimshaw 64' Thompson  78' Pugh  83' Perry  85'	Report	Drinan 21' Mitchell  90+1'	Stadium: Sands Venue Stadium Attendance: 2,067 Referee: Samuel Barrott

Northampton Town v Leyton Orient

27 November 2021 19	Northampton Town	1–0	Leyton Orient	Sixfields
15:00 GMT	Hoskins 41'	Report	Kyprianou  52' Wood  90'	Stadium: PTS Academy Stadium Attendance: 5,769 Referee: Andrew Kitchen

Leyton Orient v Swindon Town

7 December 2021 20	Leyton Orient	4–1	Swindon Town	Leyton
19:45 GMT	Clay  12' Drinan 19', 59' Kemp  45+2' Beckles  56' Smith 64', 82' Ogie  76'	Report	McKirdy 42',  64' Reed  83'	Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 4,020 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Leyton Orient v Crawley Town

11 December 2021 21	Leyton Orient	1–2	Crawley Town	Leyton
15:00 GMT	Ogie  13' Smith  32' Morris 62' (o.g.) Clay  73' Happe  82' Wood  87' Pratley  90+1'  90+5'	Report	Appiah  28', 66' Francomb 32' Ferry  37' Davies  51'	Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 5,142 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Tranmere Rovers v Leyton Orient

18 December 2021 22	Tranmere Rovers	1–0	Leyton Orient	Birkenhead
15:00 GMT	Davies  34' Spearing 58'	Report	Happe  48' Thompson  67' Sweeney  70'	Stadium: Prenton Park Referee: Paul Howard

Leyton Orient v Port Vale

22 January 2022 23	Leyton Orient	0–0	Port Vale	Leyton
15:00 GMT	Mitchell  51' Ogie  70' Wood  73' Beckles  80'	Report	Garrity  42' Walker  79'	Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 5,761 Referee: Declan Bourne

Leyton Orient v Newport County

25 January 2022 24	Leyton Orient	0–1	Newport County	Leyton
19:45 GMT	Brown  49' Kyprianou  82'	Report	Demetriou  57' Norman 85'	Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 3,413 Referee: James Bell

Mansfield Town v Leyton Orient

29 January 2022 25	Mansfield Town	2–0	Leyton Orient	Mansfield
15:00 GMT	Hewitt  41' Bowery 44' Clarke 72'	Report	Smith  45'	Stadium: One Call Stadium Attendance: 5,851 Referee: Sam Allison

Bradford City v Leyton Orient

1 February 2022 26	Bradford City	1–1	Leyton Orient	Bradford
19:45 GMT	O'Connor  24' Foulds  69' Watt 83'	Report	Smith  30' Pratley 69' Archibald  80'	Stadium: Utilita Energy Stadium Attendance: 13,646 Referee: Darren Handley

Leyton Orient v Colchester United

5 February 2022 27	Leyton Orient	0–1	Colchester United	Leyton
15:00 GMT	Moss  49' Young  90+6'	Report	Sears 4',  40' Welch-Hayes  83' Kennedy  90+5'	Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 5,641 Referee: Tom Reeves

Exeter City v Leyton Orient

8 February 2022 28	Exeter City	1–0	Leyton Orient	Exeter
19:45 GMT	Dieng  54' Brown  81' Diabate 90+2'	Report	Thompson  24' Pratley  75' Beckles  90+1'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 4,111 Referee: Carl Brook

Leyton Orient v Salford City

12 February 2022 29	Leyton Orient	0–2	Salford City	Leyton
15:00 GMT		Report	Shephard 50' Vassell 60'	Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 4,427 Referee: Ben Speedie

Leyton Orient v Bristol Rovers

22 February 2022 30	Leyton Orient	0–2	Bristol Rovers	Leyton
19:45 GMT	Ogie  9' Beckles  14' Pratley  40' Khan  90+4'	Report	Evans  28', 34' Collins 37' Whelan  76' Loft  82'	Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 3,840 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Leyton Orient v Carlisle United

26 February 2022 31	Leyton Orient	0–1	Carlisle United	Leyton
15:00 GMT	Beckles  10' Archibald  48'  50'	Report	Patrick 5' Armer  52' Riley  56' Whelan  70' Simeu  76'	Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 5,272 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Colchester United v Leyton Orient

1 March 2022 32	Colchester United	2–2	Leyton Orient	Colchester
19:45 GMT	Judge  36' Kenlock 75' Edwards 79' Sears  90+6'	Report	Sotiriou  11', 66' Young  41' Smith  78' Smyth  90+2' Coleman 90+3'	Stadium: JobServe Community Stadium Attendance: 3,415 Referee: Neil Hair

Leyton Orient v Stevenage

5 March 2022 33	Leyton Orient	2–2	Stevenage	Leyton
15:00 GMT	Sotiriou 30' Coleman  85' Archibald 90+4'	Report	Prosser 24' Norris 32' James-Wildin  77'	Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 4,558 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Hartlepool United v Leyton Orient

12 March 2022 34	Hartlepool United	0–0	Leyton Orient	Hartlepool
15:00 GMT		Report	Kyprianou  16' Beckles  45+1' Sotiriou  79'	Stadium: Suit Direct Stadium Attendance: 5,903 Referee: James Oldham

Forest Green Rovers v Leyton Orient

15 March 2022 35	Forest Green Rovers	1–1	Leyton Orient	Nailsworth
19:45 GMT	Stevens 10' Adams  58' Hendry  63'	Report	Sotiriou 67' Wood  81'	Stadium: The Fully Charged New Lawn Attendance: 1,891 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Leyton Orient v Rochdale

19 March 2022 36	Leyton Orient	3–1	Rochdale	Leyton
15:00 GMT	Smyth 40' Kyprianou  49' Sotiriou 58' Smith 80' Vigouroux  85'	Report	Newby 6' Ball  82' Campbell  85'	Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 4,791 Referee: David Rock

Harrogate Town v Leyton Orient

22 March 2022 37	Harrogate Town	0–3	Leyton Orient	Harrogate
19:00 GMT	McArdle  3' Sheron  90+1'	Report	Drinan 51', 57' Sotiriou 73'	Stadium: The EnviroVent Stadium Referee: Ross Joyce

Leyton Orient v Barrow

26 March 2022 38	Leyton Orient	2–0	Barrow	Leyton
15:00 GMT	Pratley  27' Smyth 52' Sotiriou 62' Beckles  88'	Report	Brough  16' Taylor  32' Rooney  65' Canavan  80' White  90+4'	Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 6,032 Referee: Simon Mather

Oldham Athletic v Leyton Orient

29 March 2022 39	Oldham Athletic	2–0	Leyton Orient	Oldham
19:45 GMT	Ray 33' (o.g.) Whelan 90+5'	Report	Kyprianou  52' Pratley  88'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 4,619 Referee: Chris Sarginson

Walsall v Leyton Orient

2 April 2022 40	Walsall	0–2	Leyton Orient	Bescot
15:00 BST		Report	Smith 10',  40' Khan 16' Beckles  63' Sotiriou  73'	Stadium: Banks's Stadium Attendance: 4,849 Referee: Andy Haines

Sutton United v Leyton Orient

9 April 2022 41	Sutton United	1–0	Leyton Orient	Sutton
15:00 BST	Kizzi 21' Bugiel  59'	Report	Kyprianou  41' Archibald  85' Khan  90+5'	Stadium: VBS Community Stadium Attendance: 3,152 Referee: Robert Lewis

Leyton Orient v Scunthorpe United

15 April 2022 42	Leyton Orient	3–0	Scunthorpe United	Leyton
15:00 BST	Smyth 15' Archibald 24' Thompson  27' Sotiriou 30' Beckles  53'	Report	Hackney  42'	Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 5,342 Referee: Declan Bourne

Swindon Town v Leyton Orient

18 April 2022 43	Swindon Town	1–2	Leyton Orient	Swindon
15:00 BST	Barry  37' O'Brien  38' Davison 78'	Report	Kyprianou  18'  24' Beckles 20', 54' Pratley  37' Ogie  37' Archibald  38' Brown  89'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 10,264 Referee: Sam Allison

Leyton Orient v Northampton Town

23 April 2022 44	Leyton Orient	2–4	Northampton Town	Leyton
15:00 BST	Archibald 45+1' Brown 50' Ogie  84'	Report	Pinnock 19',  43' Hoskins  29' Guthrie 32' Eppiah 38', 45+3' McWilliams  41' Sowerby  75' Rose  84'	Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 6,237 Referee: Darren Handley

Crawley Town v Leyton Orient

30 April 2022 45	Crawley Town	0–2	Leyton Orient	Crawley
15:00 BST	Tunnicliffe  18' Lynch  21' Hutchinson  70' Tilley  90' Nadesan  90+3'	Report	Archibald 8' Drinan 18', 90+5' Mitchell  86'	Stadium: The People's Pension Stadium Attendance: 3,372 Referee: Paul Howard

Leyton Orient v Tranmere Rovers

7 May 2022 46	Leyton Orient	0–1	Tranmere Rovers	Leyton
15:00 BST	Archibald  78'	Report	O'Connor  29' Hemmings 37',  55' Davies  45' Warrington  69'	Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 6,623 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

FA Cup

Main article: 2021–22 FA Cup

Leyton Orient were drawn at home to Ebbsfleet United in the first round,^[52] Tranmere Rovers in the second round^[53] and away to Stoke City in the third round.^[54]

Leyton Orient v Ebbsfleet United

6 November 2021 First round	Leyton Orient	1–0	Ebbsfleet United	Leyton
15:00 GMT	Drinan 24' Clay  53'	Report	Chapman  58'	Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 3,451 Referee: Will Finnie

Leyton Orient v Tranmere Rovers

4 December 2021 Second round	Leyton Orient	4–0	Tranmere Rovers	Leyton
15:00 GMT	Smith 22', 83' Beckles 36' Drinan 60' (pen.)	Report	Spearing  43' Dacres-Cogley  45+3' Knight-Percival  59'	Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 3,248 Referee: James Oldham

Stoke City v Leyton Orient

9 January 2022 Third round	Stoke City	2–0	Leyton Orient	Stoke-on-Trent
14:00 GMT	Ince 43' Duhaney  76' Campbell 89'	Report	Mitchell  72'	Stadium: Bet365 Stadium Attendance: 5,269 Referee: Samuel Barrott

EFL Cup

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Cup

Orient were drawn at home to Queens Park Rangers in the first round.^[55][56]

Leyton Orient v Queens Park Rangers

11 August 2021 First round	Leyton Orient	1–1 (3–5 p)	Queens Park Rangers	Leyton
19:45 BST	Wood  64' Drinan 74'	Report	Dickie 16' Odubajo  49'	Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Referee: Craig Hicks
	Penalties
	Drinan Sotiriou James Kemp		Dykes Ball Dozzell Kelman Adomah
Note: Live on Sky Sports

EFL Trophy

Main article: 2021–22 EFL Trophy

Leyton were drawn into Southern Group G alongside Charlton Athletic, Crawley Town and Southampton U21s.^[57] The dates for the group stage matches were confirmed on July 14.^[58]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L2	Leyton Orient	3	3	0	0	0	6	0	+6	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Charlton Athletic	3	2	0	0	1	10	3	+7	6
3	ACA	Southampton U21	3	1	0	0	2	5	5	0	3
4	L2	Crawley Town	3	0	0	0	3	1	14	−13	0

Source: EFL.com

Leyton Orient v Southampton U21

14 September 2021 Group game 1	Leyton Orient	1–0	Southampton U21	Leyton
19:00 BST	Kyprianou  9' Papadopoulos 82',  90+2'	Report	Simeu  58'	Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 634 Referee: Trevor Kettle

Crawley Town v Leyton Orient

5 October 2021 Group game 2	Crawley Town	0–4	Leyton Orient	Crawley
19:00 BST		Report	Sotiriou 7', 59' Happe 30' Kemp 77'	Stadium: The People's Pension Stadium Attendance: 810 Referee: Will Finnie

Leyton Orient v Charlton Athletic

9 November 2021 Group game 3	Leyton Orient	1–0	Charlton Athletic	Leyton
19:00 GMT	Papadopoulos  57'  65' Smyth 78' Sotiriou  90+4'	Report	Chin  45+1'	Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 2,295 Referee: Sam Purkiss

Leyton Orient v Milton Keynes Dons

30 November 2021 Second round	Leyton Orient	0–0 (4–5 p)	Milton Keynes Dons	Leyton
19:00 GMT	Thompson  3'	Report	Parrott  90+1'	Stadium: Breyer Group Stadium Attendance: 990 Referee: Craig Hicks
	Penalties
	Sotiriou James Smith Archibald Happe		Eisa Boateng Martin Darling Baldwin

Player statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League Two		FA Cup		EFL Cup		EFL Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	ENG	Sam Sargeant	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK	CHI	Lawrence Vigouroux	50	0	46	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
27	GK	ENG	Rhys Byrne	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
31	GK	ENG	Noah Phillips	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	WAL	Tom James	26	4	21	4	2	0	1	0	1+1	0
3	DF	ENG	Connor Wood	36	0	29+3	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
5	DF	ENG	Dan Happe	18	1	11+1	0	0+1	0	1	0	4	1
6	DF	NIR	Adam Thompson	17	0	14	0	1	0	0	0	1+1	0
15	DF	ENG	Alex Mitchell (on loan from Millwall)	30	0	23+3	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
17	DF	ENG	Dan Moss (on loan from Millwall)	4	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	GRN	Omar Beckles	49	6	44	5	3	1	1	0	1	0
24	DF	ENG	Jayden Sweeney	7	0	3+2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
25	DF	IRL	Shadrach Ogie	39	0	29+5	0	3	0	0	0	2	0
35	DF	WAL	George Ray (on loan from Exeter City)	9	0	8+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
8	MF	ENG	Craig Clay	23	1	14+5	1	3	0	0	0	1	0
11	MF	SCO	Theo Archibald (on loan from Lincoln City)	42	8	35+3	8	2	0	1	0	1	0
14	MF	PAK	Otis Khan	20	1	17+3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	ENG	Darren Pratley	44	1	34+5	1	2+1	0	1	0	1	0
21	MF	ENG	Matt Young	18	0	6+8	0	0+2	0	0	0	2	0
23	MF	ENG	Antony Papadopoulos	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
26	MF	CYP	Hector Kyprianou	46	0	31+7	0	3	0	1	0	4	0
29	MF	ENG	Zech Obiero	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF	ENG	Jephte Tanga	3	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
32	MF	ENG	Jordan Brown	12	1	7+5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF	ENG	Ethan Coleman	15	1	12+3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	NIR	Paul Smyth	26	4	14+10	3	1	0	0	0	1	1
9	FW	ENG	Harry Smith	46	15	32+10	13	3	2	0	0	0+1	0
10	FW	ENG	Frank Nouble (on loan from Colchester United)	7	0	2+5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	FW	IRL	Aaron Drinan	44	16	36+4	13	3	2	1	1	0	0
20	FW	CYP	Ruel Sotiriou	36	10	19+13	8	0	0	1	0	3	2
28	FW	ENG	Daniel Nkrumah	7	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	1+3	0
33	FW	ENG	Sonny Fish	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	FW	ENG	Reon Smith-Kouassi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Out on Loan
4	MF	IRL	Callum Reilly	5	0	0+4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Left the club during the Season
10	MF	ENG	Dan Kemp	24	1	15+4	0	1	0	1	0	2+1	1
17	FW	BEL	Tyrese Omotoye (on loan from Norwich City)	8	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0	4	0

Last updated: 7 May 2022
Source: Competitions

Top scorers

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

Last updated 7 May 2022

Rank	No.	Nationality	Player	League Two	FA Cup	EFL Cup	EFL Trophy	Total
1	16		Aaron Drinan	13	2	1	0	16
2	11		Harry Smith	13	2	0	0	15
3	20		Ruel Sotiriou	8	0	0	2	10
4	11		Theo Archibald	8	0	0	0	8
5	19		Omar Beckles	5	1	0	0	6
6	2		Tom James	4	0	0	0	4
	7		Paul Smyth	3	0	0	1	4
8	5		Dan Happe	0	0	0	1	1
	8		Craig Clay	1	0	0	0	1
	10		Dan Kemp	0	0	0	1	1
	14		Otis Khan	1	0	0	0	1
	18		Darren Pratley	1	0	0	0	1
	23		Antony Papadopoulos	0	0	0	1	1
	32		Jordan Brown	1	0	0	0	1
	34		Ethan Coleman	1	0	0	0	1
Own goals				2	0	0	0	2
TOTALS				62	5	1	6	74