Being an EFL club owner in the U.S. – ‘Have you seen Ted Lasso?’

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Born in London and made in America, Nigel Travis has turned Leyton Orient around – and now comes the next step

The last time Leyton Orient invited a documentary maker behind the scenes, they were playing in English football’s third tier, losing money and their overseas-based owner was trying to sell them. The result was the grittiest fly-on-the-wall film ever shot at an English football club. If you have never experienced Orient: Club For A Fiver, you’re missing out.

But what will the football tourist arriving from America find if they go to Orient? “We feel we’re a solid League One club,” he says, not missing a beat. “I wrote a book on culture and our culture is incredibly strong. Everyone is involved in everything. We have a monthly meeting where we tell all the players and staff what’s going on and they are entitled to have a view. Everyone can take the p**s out of me. There’s really no status at the club.

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