Leyton Orient 0-1 Fleetwood Town: Cod Army relegated from League One

Last updated on 20 April 2024.From the section League One71

Charlie Adam on the touchline — Charlie Adam came into Fleetwood in January but was unable to turn the club's fortunes around

Fleetwood Town have been relegated from League One despite beating Leyton Orient, after fellow strugglers Burton Albion beat Reading.

Xavier Simons scored the only goal of the game three minutes into added time to secure victory for the visitors.

But Burton's win at home to Reading sealed Fleetwood's fate.

In a match of endeavour but lacking quality, Town almost took the lead early in the second half when a bullet header by Carl Johnston was punched clear by goalkeeper Sol Brynn from point-blank range.

The Orient keeper was soon extended again to keep out a Ryan Broom effort.

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But Jay Lynch was the busier of the two keepers in the first half. He was fully extended when he tipped a 22-yard free-kick by Tom James over the bar and then pushing away a powerful drive by Ethan Galbraith.

Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu went on an enterprising run before his effort was collected by Brynn as Fleetwood pushed for a second-half winner.

It arrived when Simons collected a pass from Tommy Lonergan after Orient failed to clear their lines and neatly struck the ball past Brynn.

But it was not enough to take Fleetwood's fight to the last weekend of the season.

Fleetwood's first relegation

The Cod Army have spent almost the entire season in the relegation zone, having dropped into the bottom four on 19 August.

Boss Scott Brown was sacked in September and replaced by Lee Johnson, but he was relieved of his duties in December after a nine-game winless run.

Former Liverpool, Blackpool and Scotland midfielder Charlie Adam came in in January but was unable to change their fortunes.

He at least succeeded in making the team harder to beat but they struggled to win, drawing five games across a six-game unbeaten run in February and March.

Victory over Northampton on Saturday kept their survival hopes alive but a 4-1 defeat to Peterborough on Tuesday meant their fate was out of their control.

This is the club's first relegation since changing name from Fleetwood Wanderers to Fleetwood Town in 2002.

From there they won six promotions in 12 years, as they rose from North West Counties League Division One to the third tier.

Relegation comes at the end of a turbulent 12 months for the club after Andy Pilley, who served as the club's owner and chairman from 2004, was jailed for 13 years in July for a multi-million pound fraud.

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Line-ups

Leyton Orient

Formation 4-2-3-1

1Brynn
2James
19Beckles
4SimpsonSubstituted forHappeat 79'minutes
32HuntSubstituted forSandersat 79'minutes
8BrownSubstituted forPratleyat 76'minutes
29ObieroSubstituted forAdu-Adjeiat 76'minutes
17Forde
22Galbraith
21O'Neill
7AgyeiSubstituted forMoncurat 67'minutes

Substitutes

5Happe
9Pigott
13Howes
14Moncur
18Pratley
20Adu-Adjei
23Sanders

Fleetwood

Formation 3-4-1-2

13Lynch
26RooneyBooked at 89mins
16Heneghan
4Sarpong-Wiredu
11BroomSubstituted forPattersonat 76'minutes
8Kilkenny
5Lawal
2Johnston
17Simons
19GraydonSubstituted forCoughlanat 72'minutes
20OmochereSubstituted forLonerganat 64'minutes

Substitutes

6Campbell
10Mayor
14Lonergan
15Quitirna
30McMullan
33Coughlan
44Patterson

Referee:: Alex Chilowicz
Attendance:: 8,249

Match Stats

Home TeamLeyton OrientAway TeamFleetwood

Possession: Home63%; Away37%

Shots: Home12; Away14

Shots on Target: Home4; Away8

Corners: Home8; Away5

Fouls: Home14; Away6

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Match ends, Leyton Orient 0, Fleetwood Town 1.
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Second Half ends, Leyton Orient 0, Fleetwood Town 1.

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Goal!
Goal! Leyton Orient 0, Fleetwood Town 1. Xavier Simons (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tom Lonergan.
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Attempt missed. Tom James (Leyton Orient) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.
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Corner, Leyton Orient. Conceded by Ben Heneghan.
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Booking
Shaun Rooney (Fleetwood Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Daniel Happe (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Shaun Rooney (Fleetwood Town).
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Foul by Ethan Galbraith (Leyton Orient).
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Xavier Simons (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Shaq Forde (Leyton Orient).
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Shaun Rooney (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt saved. Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Daniel Happe.
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Corner, Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Tom James.
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Attempt blocked. Shaun Rooney (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Foul by Daniel Adu-Adjei (Leyton Orient).
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Jay Lynch (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Max Sanders (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Ronan Coughlan (Fleetwood Town).

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Comment posted by The Trawlerman, at 17:26 20 Apr
Always on the cards after a shocking season with 3 managers and off the field issues. No complaints. But if you’d have offered me 10 consecutive years in League 1, games and wins against some massive clubs and a few flirtations with play offs to the Championship, I’d have taken it all day. We’ve had more than our fair share of highs over the last few years
Reply posted by InnerWisdom, at 17:37 20 Apr
InnerWisdom replied:
You have summed this up perfectly.
Comment posted by Tolask Narehs, at 14:36 20 Apr
Up the Os
Comment posted by InnerWisdom, at 17:04 20 Apr
Too little too late from Fleetwood.
What a shockingly poor season they have had...
Reply posted by archicrooks, at 22:36 20 Apr
archicrooks replied:
I'm lovin it... Relegated again next season
Comment posted by gaz, at 01:05 21 Apr
In general O's very good season,very poor today especially in front of the big appreciative home crowd.Fleetwood sad day despite the result....O's fans maybe sensing if you pull together over the summer you could come straight back up!
Comment posted by Avt15t1c0, at 16:26 20 Apr
If you said about 10th place at the start of the season I would have bitten both your hands off. You can't argue that it hasn't been a good season for E10. Up the O's x
Reply posted by Richard , at 16:43 20 Apr
Richard replied:
Not a done deal yet Wycombe could still pip us for tenth
Comment posted by basil, at 18:57 20 Apr
Appoint managers like Johnson and that’s what you get,relegated !!!
Reply posted by archicrooks, at 22:39 20 Apr
archicrooks replied:
Adam was appointed when the side was in a better position than when Johnson was appointed
Comment posted by heropingu, at 17:52 20 Apr
I think the O’s would have been in the play offs if their games ended after 80 minutes.

The don’t seem to want to play the last 10.
Reply posted by Margaret, at 11:01 21 Apr
Margaret replied:
Good. Stay in the lower leagues
Comment posted by marjorir, at 20:35 20 Apr
How did Rooney stay on the pitch today?
American ref let him get away kicking opponents and arguing with him all afternoon
Comment posted by serck, at 07:30 21 Apr
Sad day ,i loved going there as they rose up the divisions to watch my son Sean play for them, best wishes for the future
Comment posted by ROCCOP, at 12:33 21 Apr
Disappointing end of season for Orient. They switched off at the end of February and made very little effort to climb up the table. The Os cannot continue like this next season and a process of rebuilding the squad/team is required over the summer break.
Comment posted by michelle, at 18:31 20 Apr
Glad Fleetwood are relegated after what they’re owner did and being jailed for 13 years last July Deserve everything they get
Reply posted by The Trawlerman, at 00:08 21 Apr
The Trawlerman replied:
Tell me, were you anti Oyston after his conviction or sentence, or only when it started to go wrong after the stint in the premier league?
Comment posted by HughOC, at 17:49 20 Apr
Any chance of promotion next season is unlikely if the O's play like this again!
Comment posted by beatles63, at 17:13 20 Apr
Pompey on holiday today !
Comment posted by Grandad Brian, at 17:06 20 Apr
Well, at least there were no bookings today!! Looks like my dreams of a positive GD have gone out of the window!
Comment posted by steve, at 23:19 20 Apr
wow, damn burton stuffed up the last game of the season wouldve been same points same goal difference what a day that wouldve been damp squid day now
Comment posted by Long_Range_Sniper, at 16:58 20 Apr
OMG. Unbelievable. 😵
Comment posted by Roberts, at 19:56 20 Apr
Gonna be a strange atmosphere on Saturday when Fleetwood play Burton
Comment posted by Springfowl, at 17:06 20 Apr
👋🐟
Reply posted by Springfowl, at 07:23 21 Apr
Springfowl replied:
🥳👋☠️🤑
Comment posted by Michael X, at 15:51 20 Apr
Enjoying thinking of that Fleetwood fan who mocked us leaving after their 1-1 all draw and Tvanevs howler sent us (AFCW) down 2 seasons ago. Hope he's enjoying relegation
Reply posted by Antonia, at 16:31 20 Apr
Antonia replied:
Only a weirdo would remember this and then go on the BBC to tell everyone. But anyway, chance for the lad to mock you again next year.
Comment posted by Walkeden, at 09:59 21 Apr
Other than living locally why give Adam the job … he had almost no experience as 1st team coach .. so why are people surprised Fleetwood are down… plenty of coaches out there with proven experience/records … and yet they pick Charlie … and surprise they get relegated… on the plus side his travel expenses will be low
Reply posted by The Trawlerman, at 11:14 21 Apr
The Trawlerman replied:
Wasn’t any better under an experienced manager in Lee Johnson. In fact, outside of Uwe Rosler and John Sheridan, none of our experienced managerial appointments have been good.

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Portsmouth	45	27	13	5	76	41	35	94
2	Derby	45	27	8	10	76	37	39	89

3	Bolton	45	25	11	9	83	48	35	86
4	Peterborough	44	25	8	11	86	56	30	83
5	Barnsley	45	21	12	12	81	63	18	75
6	Lincoln City	45	20	14	11	65	38	27	74

7	Oxford Utd	45	21	11	13	77	55	22	74
8	Blackpool	45	21	10	14	63	45	18	73
9	Stevenage	45	18	14	13	55	45	10	68
10	Leyton Orient	45	17	11	17	50	54	-4	62
11	Wycombe	44	16	13	15	58	54	4	61
12	Exeter	45	17	10	18	45	59	-14	61
13	Wigan	45	19	10	16	61	56	5	59
14	Northampton	45	17	8	20	56	65	-9	59
15	Bristol Rovers	45	16	9	20	52	66	-14	57
16	Charlton	45	11	20	14	64	64	0	53
17	Reading	45	15	11	19	65	68	-3	50
18	Shrewsbury	45	13	9	23	34	64	-30	48
19	Cambridge	44	12	10	22	38	60	-22	46
20	Burton	45	12	10	23	39	64	-25	46

21	Cheltenham	44	11	8	25	38	63	-25	41
22	Fleetwood	45	9	13	23	46	72	-26	40
23	Port Vale	45	10	10	25	41	74	-33	40
24	Carlisle	45	7	9	29	41	79	-38	30

Fleetwood's first relegation

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