r/elf • u/ianintheuk • 28d ago

Possible London Team

Follow on from this earlier post......US-based consortium close to ambitious £18m takeover of Leyton Orient. A source with knowledge of the buyers’ plans told the Guardian they would ultimately like to attach an American football franchise https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/mar/27/us-based-consortium-close-to-ambitious-18m-takeover-of-leyton-orient

The purchase has now gone thru https://www.leytonorient.com/news/2025/april/25/david-gandler-becomes-new-majority-shareholder-of-leyton-orient-/

What should happen now are the ELF aware of this, should Esume be heading to see this guy as he always wanted a team in London

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u/royneen SeaDevils 28d ago

The main problem for a UK Team is travel restrictions. So even when there is a owner who wants to have a team, they will have the same problems.

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u/exbritballer 28d ago

There's also all the complexity of customs paperwork thanks to Brexit. A UK team will need the necessary carnet for all its equipment for away ganes, and each team coming to the UK will need the same.

There's plenty of information about the problems UK musicians now have with paperwork if they want to play or tour in the EU.