The East London derby is a football match that takes place between two of either
Dagenham & Redbridge,
Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient Football Club is a professional football club based in Leyton, East London, England, who compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They are the second oldest football club in London to play at a profession ...
and
West Ham United
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club that plays its home matches in Stratford, East London. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club plays at the London Stadium, hav ...
. This derby rarely takes place because, as is the case with the
Dockers Derby, the clubs are usually in different leagues.
All three clubs were part of the county of
Essex
Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and Grea ...
before 1965, since when they have been part of the county of
Greater London. Leyton Orient's original home was in
Clapton, which was just over the border in the
County of London
The County of London was a county of England from 1889 to 1965, corresponding to the area known today as Inner London. It was created as part of the general introduction of elected county government in England, by way of the Local Government A ...
, before they moved to Leyton in 1937.
The last time West Ham United and Leyton Orient shared a competitive meeting was on 31 January 1987 in the
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...
which West Ham won 4–1 with their goals coming from
McAvennie,
Cottee,
Keen
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and
Parris
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.
West Ham and Dagenham & Redbridge have never met since the latter was formed in 1992 from the merger of
Redbridge Forest and
Dagenham. However, Leyton Orient and Dagenham & Redbridge meet occasionally in the lower leagues. They played each other in the
National League
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in the
2017–18 season and the
2018-19 season.
West Ham United vs Leyton Orient
There is very little current rivalry between Leyton Orient and West Ham, mainly due to the fact that they have been in different divisions for over 41 years. The last time that the two clubs ever shared a division was in the old Second Division in the season
1980–81.
Matches
;Statistics
;All-time result
;League
;Cup
Dagenham & Redbridge vs Leyton Orient
The rivalry between Dagenham & Redbridge and Leyton Orient started very recently, dating back to
1992–93 FA Cup
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, where Orient won in the
first round 4–5 at Dagenham. A total of 13 matches have been played to date with Orient having the upper hand with six victories against five for Dagenham, with two games ending in a draw.
Matches
;Statistics
;All-time result
;League
;Cup
References
{{Football in London
Leyton Orient F.C.
West Ham United F.C.
Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.
London derbies
England football derbies