Ian Hendon will manage Orient in a competitive match for the first time against the side he captained and managed
Leyton Orient will start their 2015/16 Sky Bet League Two campaign at home to Barnet and in the process welcome former forward Kevin Lisbie back to Brisbane Road.
The clash against Conference winners Barnet on August 8 will be Ian Hendon’s first competitive match in charge of the O’s and will see him come up against a team he captained and managed.
After Barnet, Orient will face local rivals Dagenham & Redbridge, managed by former player Wayne Burnett, the following Saturday.
The opening month’s fixtures are completed with a Tuesday night game at Brisbane Road against Stevenage (August 18), an away match with Newport County (August 22) and a home clash with Bristol Rovers (August 29).
September opens up with consecutive away trip to Exeter City (September 5) and Cambridge United (September 12) before welcoming Wycombe Wanderers to Brisbane Road on September 19. An away game with Northampton Town (September 26) and a Tuesday night home game against Carlisle United (September 29) complete the opening two months of the season.
The festive period will see a home match with Yeovil Town on December 19 before the traditional Boxing Day clash sees Orient host Portsmouth and an away clash with Bristol Rovers takes place two days later. Stevenage away is the first match of the New Year, taking place on January 2.
Easter weekend sees fixtures away to Accrington Stanley (March 26) and home to Hartlepool United (March 28) whilst O’s finish the season with the penultimate game at home against Mansfield Town on April 30 and Yeovil (May 7) away the last game of the campaign.
FIXTURE LIST:
Aug 8: BARNET
Aug 15: Dagenham & R
Aug 18: STEVENAGE
Aug 22: Newport
Aug 29: BRISTOL ROV
Sept 5: Exeter
Sept 12: Cambridge
Sept 19: WYCOMBE
Sept 26: Northampton
Sept 29: CARLISLE
Oct 3: NOTTS CO
Oct 10: Crawley
Oct 17: OXFORD
Oct 20: Luton
Oct 24: Morecambe
Oct 31: ACCRINGTON
Nov 14: Hartlepool
Nov 21: YORK
Nov 24: Plymouth
Nov 28: WIMBLEDON
Dec 12: Mansfield
Dec 19: YEOVIL
Dec 26: PORTSMOUTH
Dec 28: Bristol Rovers
Jan 2: Stevenage
Jan 9: NEWPORT
Jan 16: EXETER
Jan 23: Wycombe
Jan 30: CAMBRIDGE
Feb 6: Portsmouth
Feb 13: NORTHAMPTON
Feb 20: Notts Co
Feb 27: CRAWLEY
March 1: Carlisle
March 5: LUTON
March 12: Oxford
March 19: MORECAMBE
March 26: Accrington
March 28: HARTLEPOOL
Apr 2: York
Apr 9: Barnet
Apr 16: DAGENHAM & R
Apr 19: PLYMOUTH
Apr 23: Wimbledon
April 30: MANSFIELD
May 7: Yeovil
*Fixtures are subject to change
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