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| Full name | Brisbane Road |
|---|---|
| Former names | Osborne Road, The Matchroom Stadium, Breyer Group Stadium, Gaughan Group Stadium, BetWright Stadium |
| Location | Leyton,London, England |
| Public transit |  Leyton |
| Owner | Waltham Forest Council (leased) |
| Capacity | 9,271 |
| Field size | 110 x 76 yards |
| Surface | GrassMaster |
| Construction | |
| Built | c1890s |
| Opened | c1890s |
| Tenants | |
| Leyton (1905–1937) Leyton Orient (1937–present) Tottenham Hotspur Reserves (2007–2009) Tottenham Hotspur Women (2022–present) | |
Brisbane Road, currently known as theBetWright Stadium for sponsorship reasons and originally known asOsborne Road, is a footballstadium inLeyton, East London, England. It has been the home ground ofLeyton Orient since 1937, before which it was the home of amateur football teamLeyton, who moved to the Hare and Hounds ground. Since 2022 it has also been home toTottenham Hotspur Women.
The highest attendance at the ground was 34,345 for the visit ofWest Ham United in anFA Cup fourth round tie on 25 January 1964. It has hosted a number ofEngland U-16 andEngland women's team matches. It hosted the2007–08 FA Women's Premier League Cup final. It was also home of theTottenham Hotspur Reserves. In 2012 it hosted the final of the inauguralNextGen series, a competition for the academy sides of elite clubs.[1]
The stadium has seen several developments in its history, but due to the Second World War the first major improvement was the levelling of a grass bank and crash barrier installation in 1949. The terracing behind the goals was improved again in 1952, 1959 and 1960. In 1956 a small seated stand was dismantled and replaced with a stand from the decrepitMitcham Stadium, which held 2,600 fans. In 1962, with Leyton Orient gaining promotion to the First Division, another wing was added to the Main Stand, raising the seating capacity to 3,500. In 1978 the West Stand was converted into all-seating. In 1996 the terracing at the southern end of the ground was demolished and used as a car park whileNational Lottery funding to build a stand was unsuccessfully sought. The South Stand was eventually built in 1999, and was renamed TheTommy Johnston Stand on 5 September 2008.[2]
The ground was previously known as theBreyer Group Stadium for sponsorship reasons, and had previously been named theMatchroom Stadium, after theMatchroom Sport promotions company owned by Orient's chairman at the time,Barry Hearn. Prior to this it was officially named theLeyton Stadium, though fans still referred to it as Brisbane Road. The club registered an interest into moving into theOlympic Stadium following the2012 Olympics, as the original plan was for this to have a capacity of about 25,000; however, the club's average attendance of about 5,000 meant that this was not a viable move.
The eventual bids from both West Ham United andTottenham Hotspur to move into the stadium,[3] with capacity nearer 60,000, effectively ended Orient's interest. Brisbane Road is in very close proximity to both theOlympic Park and alsoHackney Marshes. On 6 May 2012, Brisbane Road hosted aSuper Leaguerugby league game betweenLondon Broncos andBradford Bulls due to works on the Broncos' home stadiumTwickenham Stoop, with Bradford winning 29–22.[citation needed]
During the close season of 2023 a newGrassMaster hybrid pitch was installed.[citation needed]
On 7 December 2023, the stadium was renamedGaughan Group Stadium, with the club agreeing a three-year sponsorship package with the locally-based Gaughan Group. On 27 March 2025, the stadium reverted to Brisbane Road due to early termination of the agreement.
On 23 May 2025, the stadium was renamedThe BetWright Stadium, with the club agreeing a two-year sponsorship package with the UK-licensed sportsbook and casino brand.[4]
Capacity: 2,918
The Justin Edinburgh Stand is the new main stand[5] at Brisbane Road and currently seats home supporters only. It has a capacity of 2,918, with 23 disabled supporters and their helpers. The letters LOFC are spelled out in black seats. It also houses the club's administrative offices, and the club shop and main ticket office are at the back of this stand. There is also a row of executive seating (the Directors' Balcony) above the main seating which overhangs the rest of the stand, and the Olympic Suite which offers corporate hospitality. This stand also has premium seating (with its own bar) in its centre, known as the Gallery. It has two refreshment outlets at either end underneath the stand and it is accessed by turnstiles at either end via Oliver Road, or via the main reception for Gallery members and Olympic Suite diners.
The players' changing rooms are also located underneath this stand and players emerge from the tunnel here. Thedugouts are located at the front of the stand, having been moved from the opposite East Stand from the start of the 2006–07 season.
The stand was officially renamed from the West Stand to theJustin Edinburgh Stand during Leyton Orient's match againstNewport County on 25 January 2020, in memory of Leyton Orient's manager who led the club back to the Football League prior to his death in June 2019.
Capacity: 3,636
The East Stand, previously used as the main stand, is the oldest current stand at Brisbane Road. The club bought it from Mitcham Stadium in 1955 to replace the small existing stand, which could hold 500 people. The East Stand initially provided covered seating for 2,600 spectators and was expanded to 3,500 in 1962.[6]
The East Stand, which at the time included the club's offices and dressing rooms, then remained largely unaltered until 1999, when the narrow section of terracing at the front of the structure was made all-seater.
Today the stand is used by both home and away supporters; when an away team is allocated the entire stand for safety or other reasons, Orient fans in the north half of the stand are required to move elsewhere to accommodate the extra away fans. The capacity of the Northern end of this stand is 2,133 and the Southern end is 1,459. There are also executive seats in the middle of the stand (the old directors' box, now known as the Wyvern Suite) but these are not ordinarily used by any supporters.
Capacity: 1,381
The North Stand was completed for the start of the 2007–08 season and is currently used as a family stand. It replaces a former open terrace, has a capacity of 1,351 with provision for 15 disabled supporters and their helpers, and like the Main Stand has the letters LOFC spelled out in black seats. Access to this stand is by turnstiles at each end of the stand and there are two refreshment outlets located underneath the stand.
The stand was sponsored by the CEO ofBaskin Robbins,Nigel Travis, between 2012 and 2019. Travis, a lifelong Orient fan, purchased the club itself in 2017. Since the beginning of the 2019/20 season the stand has been sponsored by Incite Consulting, a technology recruitment consultancy and executive search firm.[7]
Capacity: 1,336
This stand was built in 1999 and was formerly called the South Stand. It was renamed the Tommy Johnston Stand in 2008 in memory of Leyton Orient's record goalscorerTommy Johnston, but is now known as the Tommy Johnston South Stand.[8] It is currently for home supporters only and has a capacity of 1,336. It has a refreshment outlet and a bar underneath the stand and is accessed through turnstiles from Buckingham Road. It has the word ORIENT marked into the seats in white. A large block of flats backs on to the stand.
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