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LEWIS ORFORD
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Stevenage sign Lewis Orford on loan from West Ham
BRILLIANT signing beat off alot of EFL teams
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Edited by Borobear35 at 15:02:11 on 1st September 2025
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Re: LEWIS ORFORD
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Lewis Orford was invited to train with the England Seniors this week which apparently went well and was it seems mentored by Declan Rice.
Edited by Boro Bound at 09:43:21 on 7th September 2025
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Re: LEWIS ORFORD
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At this rate he'll be recalled and loaned out to MK Dons before he plays for us.
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MK are real club with real fans , Mk Irish are anyway.
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Re: LEWIS ORFORD - England U20 tonight
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From WHU web-site:
“Finally, Lewis Orford played an hour of England U20s' narrow 2-1 defeat to Italy in Chesterfield.
Liverpool's Jayden Danns cancelled out Lorenzo Ricco's opener, only for a late Jamal Iddirissou strike to prove decisive.”
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Re: LEWIS ORFORD - England U20 tonight
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Plus Phillips played whole game for Trinidad.
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Re: LEWIS ORFORD - England U20 tonight
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And got a yellow card in the process!
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Re: Video of Lewis playing against PSG
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Here:
https://www.tiktok.com/@ib_arz/video/7496201281321585942
If he can do just some of that in men’s football will be fantastic. Mind you wonder if he’s any good at the high press? Bet they don’t do much of that at Premier League academies!
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Re: LEWIS ORFORD
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WOW what a signing.
This guy is a baller.
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I'm not going to pretend to have heard of him. But the comments by the West Ham fans are incredibly positive, so fingers crossed that he seems like a really good loan!
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Can't play tonight as with Eng U20s.
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The progress we've made as a club in just over three years is mind blowing.
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We’re absolutely mustard aren’t we? UTB
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Agree 100 % on progress. Brilliant to see. This is a fantastic signing to cover Louis' absence - and likely more. Our location and League position makes us the *perfect* destination for promising young players from London clubs to spend a season. Like Murphy last year, pleased to see us capitalising. Win-win for all concerned
(Add to the above some great training facilities, a great pitch, top work ethic and some top-drawer senior pros to learn from. It should be an easy sell.)
Edited by Clogger at 08:36:18 on 2nd September 2025
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Agree and probably obvious but assume Hammers will expect he is starter and if not enough game time will recall in Jan.
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He needs to be good enough to get in our team otherwise LEAVE.
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Blimey, some seriously good reviews from West Ham fans.
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Yeah they seem to love him. Let's hope he could make the step up to the physical battle of League One.
Would be interested to see a midfield of him, Houghton and, Kemp.
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This from West Ham:
Orford will embark on his first senior loan spell following a season which saw him sign a five-year contract extension at West Ham United, make his Premier League debut and captain England U19s. He was also nominated for Premier League 2 Player of the Season after contributing four goals and eight assists to help the Hammers secure a fourth-place finish in the 29-team division.
A product of the Academy of Football, who he joined at the age of five, Orford made his U18s debut at just 14 and went on to play a pivotal role in the U18s’ Premier League South and FA Youth Cup double-winning season in 2022/23, registering 22 goal involvements from central midfield. He has since been a key figure for the U21s.
His latest career milestone came in January where he was handed his first-team debut by Head Coach Graham Potter as a substitute against Crystal Palace at London Stadium.
Everyone at West Ham United wishes Lewis the very best for his loan spell at Stevenage and looks forward to following his continued development as he takes the next step in his career.
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Great signing. Well pleased with that
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Have you seen much of him? What’s he like?
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Wikipedia -
Orford has been compared with former West Ham United captain Declan Rice. He was named by English newspaper The Guardian as one of the best first-year scholars in the Premier League in September 2022 with John Brewin drawing a comparison with Frank Lampard "in his ability to arrive late on the scene for scoring opportunities."
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Re: LEWIS ORFORD
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If he turns out to be a goalscoring midfielder that would be a fine thing indeed.
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Re: LEWIS ORFORD
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Remember when youngster Dean Parrett was cited as the next Glenn Hoddle.
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And Jebb as the next Wilshere. Proves some of these comparisons aren’t actually far of the mark.
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I. Fairness he is well.reapected on the Hammers forums as a gifted young player.
And their fans like a ball.playing footballer.
Let's hope he can withstand men's football and shine.
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Definitely seems like all the right noises being made. I just couldn’t resist a dig at Jebb and Wilshere into the bargain.
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Jebb was the worst player I've seen turn out for us.
And I saw Jake Hyde.
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From my memory didn't Hughes look reasonably solid for a few games, have one nightmare and then never recovered from it?
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Doomed from the second he decided to clear a knee high ball with a diving header rather than kicking it, while under no pressure whatsoever.
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Don't remember a good game from him, but you might be right.
But he was loved at Stanley for a few years and clearly decent in the right team/town.
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Did you not see Junior Lewis or Tony Thorpe?
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Can’t believe that Steve Watson hasn’t been included anywhere.
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At least it was entertaining as he normally got sent off
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Junior Lewis is the correct answer, I think he's the worst pro footballer I've ever seen, let alone those who have played for us
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Yes. I think that sums up the situation pretty well.
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Before my time. Saw a few early 90s games. But not as a regular and didn't pay much attention.
Only regularly started coming the last 3 conference seasons before we went all big-time.
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They were both here within those three years - in Lewis’s case until May 08 - so they clearly didn’t leave much impression on you!
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Might've been about Sept '07 or maybe '08 when I started coming regularly and taking notice of player names.
Edited by BALDOCKBORO at 14:28:25 on 3rd September 2025
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Oh well don’t worry - those of us that were here then barely noticed them either!
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Sadly I did and you can add Liam George to that.
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I must have wiped Liam George from my mind. No recollection of him at all.
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Another one of those signings from Luton think in the Wayne Turner era.
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Oooh yeah.
do we have a 30 day money-back guarantee with young Lewis?
Nah ... I'm sure he'll be fine
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If he does not get much game time he will be recalled in Jan, assume there is a clause, but good luck to him
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Any relation to Carl?
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Carl is Alford 😉
Lewis is Orford
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Re: LEWIS ORFORD
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That’s just splitting hairs.
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Are you ok after your head came off on Saturday at half time?
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Boro Bear is real it must have been an imposter.
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