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The Circus Upstairs
Matt Simpson
15 episodes
5 days ago
The story of how Italian billionaire Francesco Becchetti bought Leyton Orient and almost put the club out of existence. Over three seasons we saw two relegations; an ill-fated reality TV show; the whole squad imprisoned in a hotel for a week following at defeat at Hartlepool; unpaid players, staff and taxes; regular interference in team selection; and Becchetti himself fined and banned for attacking the assistant manager on the pitch. Join Orient fans Matt Simpson and James Masters as they talk to the people on the inside and try to make sense of the madness.
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The story of how Italian billionaire Francesco Becchetti bought Leyton Orient and almost put the club out of existence. Over three seasons we saw two relegations; an ill-fated reality TV show; the whole squad imprisoned in a hotel for a week following at defeat at Hartlepool; unpaid players, staff and taxes; regular interference in team selection; and Becchetti himself fined and banned for attacking the assistant manager on the pitch. Join Orient fans Matt Simpson and James Masters as they talk to the people on the inside and try to make sense of the madness.
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Episode 6: Banged up in Waltham Abbey
The Circus Upstairs
31 minutes 57 seconds
2 years ago
Episode 6: Banged up in Waltham Abbey

In this episode Francesco Becchetti decides to imprison the entire squad in a Marriott hotel for a week following a defeat at Hartlepool. We hear from those on the inside, including assistant manager Andy Hessenthaler, goalkeeping coach Lee Harrison and captain Mathieu Baudry, who tells us of the desperate visit he made to Becchetti’s Mayfair mansion to try to resolve the situation. We also hear the story of the President’s bizarre visit to the training ground to ask which of the squad has the “eye of the tiger” and find out why Jobi McAnuff was forced to train with the youth team. Matt and James also question why manager Ian Hendon appears to know a load of army camps in the “deepest, darkest woods”. 

The Circus Upstairs
The story of how Italian billionaire Francesco Becchetti bought Leyton Orient and almost put the club out of existence. Over three seasons we saw two relegations; an ill-fated reality TV show; the whole squad imprisoned in a hotel for a week following at defeat at Hartlepool; unpaid players, staff and taxes; regular interference in team selection; and Becchetti himself fined and banned for attacking the assistant manager on the pitch. Join Orient fans Matt Simpson and James Masters as they talk to the people on the inside and try to make sense of the madness.