Gareth Platt
@GazFootballNerd
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Leyton Orient home and away/ general football obsessive and committed blogger- https://t.co/tZJOPyQAXi #LOFC #OnlyOneOrient #Hereforthememories
London, England
Joined January 2017
My book detailing my journey from disillusioned Arsenal season ticket holder to following Leyton Orient home and away is now available. With all proceeds to be donated to @JE3Foundation #LOFC #OnlyOneOrient #Hereforthememories #AgainstModernFootball.
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After two and a half seasons (for that is how us hopeless football obsessives measure time!) of dedicated work, I am very pleased to announce that my book detailing my decision to put my ludicrousl…
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Latest musings after another disappointing start to the season for the O's #LOFC #OnlyOneOrient #EFL #LeagueOne.
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So for the third season in a row the O’s got off to a losing start. As optimistic as I was trying to be going into Saturday’s match at Huddersfield, at the same time deep down I was also a little b…
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Just finished reading "Engulfed" by @JamesPiotr, it is a brilliant but very worrying look at how the sports we love are being bought and exploited for geopolitical gains. #againstmodernfootball.
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Just finished reading "Doctor Socrates" by @adowniebrazil - what a facinating/sad insight into the life of a brilliant footballer, who was also an intellectual, social activist and bohemian party animal. They don't make them like that anymore!.
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RT @theorienthour: Tonight's #OrientHour is hosted by @richp242 @orientgantry @GazFootballNerd @JadenChristy180 who discuss recent signing….
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Tonight’s show is hosted by Rich Priest and Andy Gilson with Gareth Platt and Jaden Christy on Zoom. The Panel read more
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Slightly different post this week: the story of a recent football tourist trip to the Basque Country. With special mention to @JervisEvans and @emctear whose books were the perfect accompaniment to the trip. #AthleticClub #sdeibar #footballtourism.
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It’s all my dad’s fault! The reason that Our Kid (my brother for the benefit of those of you that don’t hail from the north west of England!) and yours truly are completely hopeless football obsess…
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Without too much Orient news to muse about this week, I thought I'd share this piece about last season's fantastic FA Cup run orginally written for the @leytonorientear. #LOFC #OnlyOneOrient #FACup.
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As a relatively new recruit to the Orient cause, up until this season I hadn’t as yet had the experience of watching the O’s take on one of the top division teams in the FA Cup. I was at the Valley…
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Here's the final instalment of the Orient Nerd Season Review #LOFC #OnlyOneOrient #hereforthememories.
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We ended last week’s post (Orient Nerd Season Review 2024/25 – Part 3: February 2025 (Part 2) to March 2025) when we had just beaten Stevenage 1-0 in a largely uneventful match at Brisbane Road. Al…
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Part 3 of the Orient Nerd Seaon Review. Keep any eye out for the final part dropping at the same time next week #OnlyOneOrient #LOFC #awaydays.
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We ended Part 2 (Orient Nerd Season Review 2024/25 – Part 2: December 2024 to February 2025) of our Season Review having just done ourselves proud, not only competing against, but actually challeng…
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RT @theorienthour: Here's the latest #OrientHour hosted by @orientgantry @TheWheeldog @GazFootballNerd @GouldHoward who discuss contracts,….
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Tonight’s show is hosted by Andy Gilson, Christian Wheeler, Gareth Platt and Howard Gould. The Panel discuss contracts, the new read more
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Just finished reading "Groundhopper" by @MattCoughlanUK just like his first book "Turncoat" it was a fantastic read. I would recommend that anyone who has grown, or is growing, disillusioned with the money-mad world of modern football read both straightaway!.
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Part 2 of the Orient Nerd Season Review, look out for Part 3 dropping at the same time next week! #LOFC #OnlyOneOrient #facup #LeagueOne.
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By means of a recap from Part 1 of this Season Review (Orient Nerd Season Review 2024/25 – Part 1: July to November 2024, it’s fair to say that for the first four months of the 2024/25 campaign, th…
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Can't believe it took me so long to discover it, but just read "Journeyman: One Man's Odyssey through the Lower Leagues of English Football" by @bsmudger7, a fascinating insight into the trials and tribulations of trying to forge a career in the lower leagues.
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Part 1 of the Orient Nerd Season Review - look out for Part 2 dropping at the same time next week! #LOFC #OnlyOneOrient #EFL #LeagueOne #awaydays #facup #EFLTrophy #EFLCup.
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As the dust settles on Orient’s 2024/25 campaign, it is probably fair to say that after a difficult start to the season, it was one of further establishment in League 1, although we came very close…
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Latest musings after disappointment at Wembley, but with very definite grounds for optimism going forward. #LOFC #OnlyOneOrient #EFL #LeagueOne.
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As I limped my way out of Wembley on Sunday afternoon, I was a bundle of mixed emotions. I was disappointed, totally gutted in fact, that the O’s hadn’t really tested Charlton and ultimately not be…
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Latest musings ahead of a huge match at Wembley for the Orient! #LOFC #OnlyOneOrient #EFL #LeagueOne.
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I had originally started writing this piece on Thursday morning last week after Orient’s brave and resolute performance up at Edgeley Park, which saw them hold their nerve and win through on penalt…
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RT @theorienthour: Here's the latest #OrientHour hosted by @richp242 Terry Howard @GazFootballNerd and @SimonGCooper @darin_burrows intervi….
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Tonight’s show is hosted by Rich Priest, Terry Howard and Gareth Platt and includes a special guest interview by Simon read more
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The first part of two sets of musings this week, specifically for O's fans looking to kill time until kick-off in this evening's huge match! #LOFC #OnlyOneOrient #EFL #LeagueOne #EFLPlayOffs.
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This is the first part of two posts this week, well it isn’t every week that Orient are in the play-offs after all! Back in the depths of winter when we were looking to book our summer holidays, th…
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Just finished "Football: The People's Shame." by @MickyPKerr - a brilliant analysis of how the greed of the few is destroying modern football, with some brilliant thoughts and ideas on how we might reclaim the game we love. Cracking read!.
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Latest musings after a comprehensive away win puts the O's in the Play-Offs! #LOFC #OnlyOneOrient #EFL #LeagueOne.
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Being totally honest, while I was hopeful that the O’s would get the result they needed away at Huddersfield last Saturday, I didn’t, even in my most wildly optimistic moments, expect it to be quit…
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