30 April 2026
The BIG match!
- Gizmo's preview, Tooting vs Orient
- Cup Final Photo gallery show
- O's remaining fixtures
- Limited lofcwomen.com service
- Spare a thought
The BIG match in preview
Tooting Bec vs Orient
May 3rd 2026
A special BIG-MATCH preview by our own Gizmo.
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Cup Final Slide-show
Feast your eyes on our collection of Ben's photos from last Sunday's big day... 47 images in total. We have hi-res originals available if you'd like one or two, just email us at lofcwomen@yahoo.com and we'll do our best to get them to you.
O's remaining fixtures
As the season reaches it's conclusion, we have one cup final victory, a league title to win and a league cup to add and thus make it a triple-crown season. Once in a life-time? Maybe never in Orient's existence. This year looks like it has it all.
Here are Orient's remaining fixtures....
Sun 03/05/26 - Tooting Bec - Away.
14.30 kick off.
Wed 06/05/26 - Luton Town - Away
19:45 kick off.
Sun 10/05/26 - AFC Leyton - Home
14:00 kick off.
Sun 17/05/26 - Tooting Bec
League Cup final
14:30 kick off at Bedfont Sports Club.
If you want to see the most successful team Orient has ever had, then get to one of these games.
A season like this may never come around again.
Limited service on Sunday
By way of a celebration of a wonderful season, all the lofcwomen.com staffers will be pitch-side this coming Sunday to watch our ladies play and confirm themselves as Premier League champions by avoiding defeat to the best other side in the division - Tooting Bec. Even our Croatia based web Editor will be making the 1600km trip to witness the culmination of a dream season.
Consequently, we won't have the means to provide our normal Live-Text service on the day nor post a report on the Monday (as we have done for every other game for the past four years). However, we will be back on Thursday evening 7th May and then all the way to the end of the season. Sorry folks, but this Sunday's historic game is just too big for us to miss! Come and join us.
Spare a thought...
📷 Ben James
After final whistle, you didn't need to look very far to witness both the joy and outpouring of emotions among the gathered people, not just the players. Here was the culmination of being part of a group of hard working and dedicated people - when the realisation of a dream which started over a year ago came to fruition. No shortage of dewey eyes nor exuberant celebrations on the green side in contrast with the overall disappointment from the red side. That's natural.
The two ladies with black rucksacks (photo) are video journalist Caitlin Kelly (right) and our own Sammy Rowland (left). A nasty knee injury ruined Sammy's season and so she had to watch from the sidelines from about half season - as she did every week. As far as we can tell, Sammy is going to win the national "Golden Ball" competiton for being the top goal scorer in the women's FA Cup. A sweetener perhaps but she would've loved to play in this game. She's not alone, Emily Dilliway and Kallie Balfour have missed out too.
This may not be world cup football but the energy, commitment and emotion invested by all the people, including our own, are testament to how good things happen when people get an opportunity to thrive.