Jobi McAnuff’s unfinished business has helped take once troubled Leyton Orient to the verge of a Football League return
‘Still top dogs,” the postman says as he hands over a couple of letters to Jobi McAnuff on his doorstep in north London. The Leyton Orient captain smiles back – with good reason. It is the morning after Orient picked up a point at Solihull Moors to leave them on the verge of sealing their return to the Football League almost two years to the day since they were relegated and faced the threat of extinction under the disastrous ownership of Francesco Becchetti.
McAnuff has made more than 700 appearances across an impressive 20-year career, won promotion to the Premier League, represented Jamaica in the Copa América, swapped shirts with Lionel Messi, and walked out in front of 70,000 people in a Gold Cup final against Mexico, yet the only thing on his mind right now is facing Braintree Town.
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