Companies House has today given notice troubled Leyton Orient faces being struck off after it failed to file its accounts.

The Guardian looks back at what has been a desvastating last three months for the club's fans:

MARCH

  • Orient are given a stay of execution by the High Court in a hearing called over an unpaid tax bill of between £125,000 and £250,000. The O’s settle the debt with the taxman, but the court wants other creditors revealed at the hearing to be paid by June 12, or the club risks liquidation.
  • In an exclusive interview with the Guardian Series, then-Leyton and Wanstead MP John Cryer compares Orient ceasing to exist to “losing a national treasure” and calls for the FA to “grow a backbone” and take on owners of troubled clubs.
  • Manager Danny Webb quits the club, with his side bottom of League Two, after an alleged bust-up with owner Francesco Becchetti. His tenure had lasted little more than two months and spanned just 12 games in charge.
  • News emerges at the end of the month Orient players and staff have not received wages for March. Staff were reportedly told they would receive the wages a week late, but still remained unpaid.

APRIL

  • A series of bids from an unnamed American company are tabled to buy the club, with a deadline of April 7 for Mr Becchetti to respond. The deadline passes without contact from Orient.
  • The Professional Footballers Association (PFA) announce halfway through the month players and staff are still to receive their wages for March. Some staff finally receive their pay for March on April 25. 
  • Orient keep their now slim hopes of avoiding relegation alive with a 2-1 win over Hartlepool United. However, after the game, fans flood the Brisbane Road pitch in protest against the club’s owners.
  • However, a week later, The O’s see their relegation from the Football League confirmed after 112 years in the professional ranks with a 3-0 defeat at Crewe Alexandra.

MAY

  • Orient’s game against Colchester is postponed in the 85th minute for more than two hours as some fans at Brisbane Road spark a pitch invasion to once again protest against owner Mr Becchetti. Colchester complete a 3-1 win behind closed doors after fans had left the stadium.
  • Following the pitch invasions, the EFL backs a request by Orient’s next opponents, Blackpool, to suspend ticket sales to O’s fans. However, an agreement is reached to allow 1,000 away supporters to travel to Bloomfield Road for the club’s final Football League game.
  • The fans who do make the trip to Lancashire see The O’s lose 3-1 in the last match of the season as the club prepares to adjust to life in the National League next term.
  • Companies House issue a First Gazette notice for a compulsory strike-off of the club after it failed to make the March 31 deadline to file its accounts. The company will be struck-off in three months’ time unless it objects to the process.