Every match day on my way to watch my beloved Leyton Orient play (and since it was erected a few years back) I always for luck, rub the boot of the statue of Laurie Cunningham. Laurie was the Orient’s finest player, and the first black player to play for England no less –he tragically died in a car crash, in Spain at the ripe old age of 33.
The statue was erected just outside the Leyton Orient’s south stand and is on a plinth, so I have to lift up my son who also rubs Laurie’s boot for luck. I can’t say that it’s ever done us any good though, as we lose most games, so perhaps I should stop rubbing the boot and see how we get on from there.
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