Leyton Orient away 28th Oct (Tuesday evening)

V and I went by train. It was snowing when we set off to the station, raining during most of the match and snowing by the end.

We started well on top and got two earlyish goals. But, again we went down to 10 men. Early in the second half Cummings was the last defender when he brought their man down in the penalty box. Though it was argued - including by some of the Orient fans in their forum - he got the ball so it wasn't really a foul, still a penalty was awarded and Cummings was off. Kindly they missed the penalty - well wide - but it was hard work for holding on for the rest of the match and they got a goal back at the end of injury time. Still, 2-1 to us.

Back home by midnight, but it is half term so OK for V to sleep in tomorrow.

Mixed feelings about our fans. Good attendance and we (well, I didn't contibute a lot) sang non-stop, in contrast to silence from the Orient for most of the match. But some of the 'banter' was arguably OTT, targetting one of their supporters - calling him a 'paedo' because, I think, of his clothes! Apparently after the match this guy threatened a few Dons supporters who, with their kids, were late leaving. Someone got the police before anything happened.

There was then some discussion of this in the MooCamp. One contributor objected to calling someone a paedophile, saying what next, homophobic or racist chants? Of course ironically it is because there is nothing wrong with being gay or a different race, whereas being a paedophile is obviously bad, that homophobic or racist chants are wrong in a way insulting someone by calling them a paedophile is not (though it might be wrong in other ways). Though the contributor obviously 'meant well', making the link arguably itself reveals subconscious homophobia and racism.