A clipping from The Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 13 March 1911, reading:
LINCOLN CITY AT HOMERTON.
TWO POOR TEAMS.
Clapton Orient were off form on Saturday, disjointed, and incapable of more than a few connected movements but they could afford to be, as Lincoln City were a worse side. Scrappy in marked degree, the play afforded little interest to the 7,000 or 8,000 spectators. The ground was heavy, and against very accurate footwork, and no player was guilty of scintillating. The goalkeepers, Bower and Fern, performed but a few daring saves because the respective forward lines were not clever enough to give them the work. Not more than thrice, we should say, were Lincoln within an ace of succeeding, and then Haycock, their only really clever attacker, was responsible for a couple of shots which extended Bower, one the outcome of a lively move with Clarke, the inside man, racing along the wing after receiving a neat pass, and causing Bower to deflect a fine shot with the tips of his fingers. That was the best Lincoln incident. Fern had little to do in the first half, but in the second acquitted himself well on occasion. Jackson and Wilson, the backs, were fairly sound behind an indifferent half-back line, in which Robson was best. Jackson, however, was primarily responsible for the first goal in two minutes. He mis-kicked a centre from the right, was beaten by Lee, whose cross saw Dalrymple miss an easy chance. Parker, however, returned the ball, and during a warm scrimmage Lee drove it home. The second goal, twelve minutes after the interval, was due to a penalty kick, which Johnson, the back, took, for Scanlon tripping Parker, who in the last minute missed a ridiculously easy chance.
The O's have beaten Lincoln City 2-0 at Homerton, but The Sheffield Daily Telegraph for 13 March 1911 is awarding no marks for artistic impression: "Clapton Orient were off form on Saturday, disjointed, and incapable of more than a few connected movements…” (1/2) #lofc #lofcpress