Orient heartbroken at Wembley - one moment makes the difference | OneFootball

So close, yet again. Leyton Orient fell to a narrow 1–0 defeat in the League One play-off final at Wembley, a single Macaulay Gillesphey free-kick separating the sides in a match filled with tension, chaos, and raw emotion.

The boys left it all out there. Josh Keeley kept us in the game with two massive stops — especially one from a May header early in the second half. Player of the Match from our end? Keeley, hands down. He gave us a chance to push, and push we did.

Charlie Kelman nearly gave us our moment, but his deflected strike clipped the crossbar. The late VAR delay — eight minutes of confusion due to faulty comms — only ramped up the nerves. We had the momentum then, and it felt like the goal was coming.

This one hurts. But we went toe-to-toe with a former Premier League club and proved we belong on this stage.

Next season, we go again.

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