The League Paper

IT’S ALL OVER

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The LeaguePaper Team
23 April 2017

Orient and Swindon suffer relegation

AFTER more than a century, crisis club Leyton Orient crashed out of the Football League yesterday as their troubled season hit a new low.
A 3-0 defeat at Crewe put the final nail in the O’s coffin and League Two’s bottom club face an uncertain future – a winding up petition was adjourned until June after the club paid off money owed to HMRC. The O’s have had five different managers this season and staff are still waiting to receive their March wages.
Swindon also suffered relegation, to League Two, after going down to a 2-1 home d...

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