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English footballLeytonFootballEmergencySportLeytonShareA football club has paid&nbsp;tribute to a "lifelong supporter" and former staff member who died&nbsp;at their&nbsp;last match by inviting his family as guests to their next match.&nbsp;Leyton Orient fan Derek Reynolds, 74, fell ill towards the end of the club's&nbsp;League One home match against Lincoln on Tuesday night (October 3) at&nbsp;Brisbane Road.Emergency services were called to the stadium and the game, which&nbsp;was halted in the 82nd minute, was eventually abandoned.Despite extensive treatment and efforts at the scene, Mr Reynolds was later pronounced dead.On Wednesday afternoon,&nbsp;O's revealed plans to pay tribute to him at Saturday's home game against Reading.Read More:&nbsp;&nbsp;Met police arrest east London man on suspicion of terrorismA statement released by the club has said that Mr Reynolds' family has been welcomed as guests for the next game as a&nbsp;tribute.&nbsp;A book of condolence will reportedly be available for supporters in the East Stand to sign on Saturday, and then afterwards for all fans in West Stand reception.The statement said: "Leyton Orient Football Club is devastated to confirm that supporter&nbsp;Derek&nbsp;Reynolds&nbsp;has passed away."Derek&nbsp;was a lifelong O’s supporter and he lived in Osbourne Road, a short walk from the ground, for many years. As well as being a lifelong fan,&nbsp;Derek&nbsp;was heavily involved in the club and managed the club’s tannoy system during the 1990s.""We would, once again, like to thank&nbsp;Derek’s&nbsp;fellow supporters for the way in which they conducted themselves on Tuesday night and acted to try and help the situation.”Orient were leading 1-0 when the game was stopped, through an early goal from Joe Pigott.The English Football League will determine whether the fixture will be rescheduled, or if the result at the time of the abandonment will stand. The decision will be taken only after consultation with both clubs.English footballLeytonFootballEmergencySportLeytonShareWe want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.Please report any comments that break our rules.Read the rules herePlease sign in or register to comment.Send your news &amp; photosLoading...Loading...Automatically injected HTML goes herePiano meter debuggerData returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event.As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles.Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services.These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience – the local community.It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times.

English footballLeytonFootballEmergencySportLeytonShareA football club has paid&nbsp;tribute to a "lifelong supporter" and former staff member who died&nbsp;at their&nbsp;last match by inviting his family as guests to their next match.&nbsp;Leyton Orient fan Derek Reynolds, 74, fell ill towards the end of the club's&nbsp;League One home match against Lincoln on Tuesday night (October 3) at&nbsp;Brisbane Road.Emergency services were called to the stadium and the game, which&nbsp;was halted in the 82nd minute, was eventually abandoned.Despite extensive treatment and efforts at the scene, Mr...

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