Gareth Platt

@GazFootballNerd

Leyton Orient home and away/ general football obsessive and committed blogger- http://football-nerd.org #LOFC #OnlyOneOrient #Hereforthememories

London, England

Joined January 2017

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Gareth Platt@GazFootballNerd · Jan 16, 2024

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 football-nerd.org/2024/01/16/bre… #LOFC #OnlyOneOrient #Hereforthememories #AgainstModernFootball

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Gareth Platt@GazFootballNerd · Jun 20

Part 3 of the Orient Nerd Seaon Review. Keep any eye out for the final part dropping at the same time next week football-nerd.org/2025/06/20/ori… #OnlyOneOrient #LOFC #awaydays

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Gareth Platt@GazFootballNerd · Jun 13

Part 2 of the Orient Nerd Season Review, look out for Part 3 dropping at the same time next week! football-nerd.org/2025/06/13/ori… #LOFC #OnlyOneOrient #facup #LeagueOne

GazFootballNerd's tweet card. 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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Gareth Platt@GazFootballNerd · Jun 6

Part 1 of the Orient Nerd Season Review - look out for Part 2 dropping at the same time next week! football-nerd.org/2025/06/06/ori… #LOFC #OnlyOneOrient #EFL #LeagueOne #awaydays #facup #EFLTrophy #EFLCup

GazFootballNerd's tweet card. 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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Gareth Platt@GazFootballNerd · Jul 22

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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The Orient Hour@theorienthour · Jul 16

Tonight's #OrientHour is hosted by @richp242 @orientgantry @GazFootballNerd @JadenChristy180 who discuss recent signings; forthcoming friendlies and recent games. With regular feature Roper's Rant from @Pandamonium1881 Enjoy the show! #toh #lofc phoenixfm.com/2025/07/16/the…

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Gareth Platt@GazFootballNerd · Jul 11

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. football-nerd.org/2025/07/11/thr… #AthleticClub #sdeibar #footballtourism

GazFootballNerd's tweet card. 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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Gareth Platt@GazFootballNerd · Jul 4

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. football-nerd.org/2025/07/04/the… #LOFC #OnlyOneOrient #FACup

GazFootballNerd's tweet card. 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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Gareth Platt@GazFootballNerd · Jun 27

Here's the final instalment of the Orient Nerd Season Review football-nerd.org/2025/06/27/ori… #LOFC #OnlyOneOrient #hereforthememories

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The Orient Hour@theorienthour · Jun 18

Here's the latest #OrientHour hosted by @orientgantry @TheWheeldog @GazFootballNerd @GouldHoward who discuss contracts, the new of Head of Recruitment position, mascots and more and we have Roper's Rant from @Pandamonium1881. Enjoy the show #lofc #toh phoenixfm.com/2025/06/18/the…

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Gareth Platt@GazFootballNerd · Jun 18

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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Gareth Platt@GazFootballNerd · Jun 12

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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Gareth Platt@GazFootballNerd · May 30

Latest musings after disappointment at Wembley, but with very definite grounds for optimism going forward. football-nerd.org/2025/05/30/ori… #LOFC #OnlyOneOrient #EFL #LeagueOne

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Gareth Platt@GazFootballNerd · May 23

Latest musings ahead of a huge match at Wembley for the Orient! football-nerd.org/2025/05/23/ori… #LOFC #OnlyOneOrient #EFL #LeagueOne

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The Orient Hour@theorienthour · May 21

Here's the latest #OrientHour hosted by @richp242 Terry Howard @GazFootballNerd and @SimonGCooper @darin_burrows interview with @RichieWe11ens With regular features of Victors Views @DulcetDave & Ropers Rant @Pandamonium1881 Enjoy the show #lofc #toh phoenixfm.com/2025/05/21/the…

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Gareth Platt@GazFootballNerd · May 14

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! football-nerd.org/2025/05/14/ori… #LOFC #OnlyOneOrient #EFL #LeagueOne #EFLPlayOffs

GazFootballNerd's tweet card. 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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Gareth Platt@GazFootballNerd · May 13

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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Gareth Platt@GazFootballNerd · May 9

Latest musings after a comprehensive away win puts the O's in the Play-Offs! football-nerd.org/2025/05/09/ori… #LOFC #OnlyOneOrient #EFL #LeagueOne

GazFootballNerd's tweet card. 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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Gareth Platt@GazFootballNerd · May 2

Latest musings ahead of a pivotal match for the Orient and after the first words from our new majority shareholder, David Gandler football-nerd.org/2025/05/02/ori… #LOFC #OnlyOneOrient #EFL #LeagueOne

GazFootballNerd's tweet card. Having successfully negotiated the penultimate match of the league programme by producing a thoroughly professional win over Wycombe, Orient now stand just one more game away from a return to the L…

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Gareth Platt@GazFootballNerd · May 1

Just read "Homestand" by @WBardenwerper, as someone who is an ardent follower of lower league football (soccer) in the UK and also a lover of baseball, I found the parallels of how the elite are destroying the community clubs fascinating but also frightening!

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The Orient Hour@theorienthour · Apr 30

Here's the latest #OrientHour hosted by @orientgantry Tony Smyth @simongcooper @GazFootballNerd @GlenWilkie with regular features of Victors Views from @DulcetDave and Ropers Rant from @Pandamonium1881 Enjoy the show #lofc #toh *apols for tech issues* phoenixfm.com/2025/04/30/the…

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