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Leyton Orient 5-1 Harborough Town: Bees brought back to reality after thrashing

Realistic Harborough Town manager Mitch Austin admitted his side had to endure a tough afternoon as they crashed out of the FA Cup to an impressive Leyton Orient.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
8 November 2026

By Michael Gregory

L.ORIENT 5
Dobra 6, Connolly 25, El Mizouni 50, 90+6, Springett 81

HARBORO’ T 1
Malone 69
Realistic Harborough Town manager Mitch Austin admitted his side had to endure a tough afternoon as they crashed out of the FA Cup to an impressive Leyton Orient.
Slower
“It’s the kind of fixture where you probably need a lower end League One side who are not in the best of form,” Austin said.
“Unfortunately for us, we had Leyton Orient who are pretty good – the gap between the three levels is always going to show through.
“I think we were slower, we’re not as good. Our goal gave us ...

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