Tottenham Hotspur enthusiasts intervened to ease the monetary coup for London club Leyton Orient after a cup adjustment between the two groups canceled on Tuesday due to a series of positive COVID-19 tests.
Tottenham was due to play Ligue 2 in the EFL Cup on Tuesday night, a series of pre-match tests for Leyton Orient players, paid through the Spurs, tested positive.
Reports recommend that up to 17 east London club players would possibly have had the virus. The club already had Monday to close its education floor and stadium until further notice.
The EFL showed the postponement of the adjustment two hours before kick-off. The Eastern Hierarchy expects the adjustment to be rearranged and a specific resolution has not yet been announced, but under the new EFL Cup rules brought with the coronavirus in But Leyton Orient will most likely have to surrender, which would mean tottenham will face Chelsea or Barnsley next week in the fourth round.
The setting to be broadcast on Sky TV in the UK, so the confiscation would mean a primary monetary blow to the East London team. Given the way English minor league football clubs have struggled with the effects of the pandemic, it’s good luck that the East can’t afford it.
On Tuesday, Leyton Orient owner Nigel Travis told TalkSport that: “We’re going to lose 2. 5 million pounds [$3. 18 million] this year, so anything that can reduce that loss is obviously important. . . this game has value. 150,000 euros [190,000 dollars] we’re going to take credit for it. “Now it turns out that that additional gain is being lost.
In response, however, Spurs enthusiasts put their hands in their wallet to help, as football. london first reported.
On Wednesday morning, Leyton Orient’s official Twitter account tweeted: “The club store has earned over 20,000 euros in sales since the morning!There are no words for your generosity, Spurs fans. “
Tottenham enthusiasts have purchased East T-shirts, which will be donated to the Haven House Children’s Hospice and young people at the local Whipps Cross Hospital. Payment for the delivery will be transferred to the JE3 Foundation, a charity created in reminiscent of former Tottenham player and Leyton Orient manager Justin Edinburgh, who died last year at the age of 49.
It is the first time in recent months that the two clubs, whose stadiums are less than eight kilometres away, have been re-founded.
In May, Spurs star striker Harry Kane announced that he would buy the sponsorship rights to the Shirt for the Leyton Orient uniform this season for the local, away and third jerseys.
Kane donated the advertising area on all 3 T-shirts to thank fitness and care staff for their pandemic paintings at Haven House and Mind, a charity that deals with intellectual fitness issues.
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I write about a variety of topics, but I specialize in English, European and South American football. For Forbes, I write basically about two groups from my hometown, Tottenham and Arsenal. Elsewhere, I have had reports, interviews and articles published in English and Portuguese through The Guardian, UOL Esporte, The Blizzard, GiveMeSport, Planet Football and Trivela. I am the founding editor of Yellow and Green Football, an online page committed to Brazilian football.