Leyton Orient are setting up a 128-club FIFA tournament in order to pass some of the time with the league currently suspended.
The tournament is open to every single club and all they have to do to enter by simply retweeting the tweet from the League Two side’s official Twitter account shown below:
?♂️ Sure, connect four is cool but we’ve got a better idea!
We need 63 other teams to enter a knock-out FIFA 20 tournament.
To enter, all we need is the club to RT this tweet.
We will host a live draw this Tuesday…
? for an away day to @ManCity #UltimateQuaranTeam #LOFC pic.twitter.com/7aycsrn48r
— Leyton Orient (@leytonorientfc) March 15, 2020
The O’s clarified that each club, most from the Premier League and EFL, will choose a representative to play and it could be anyone from a first-team player to a supporter.
They also insisted that any club that wants to enter needs to be on the latest edition of the game and they must play as themselves in the tournament.
It will be purely knock-out in style, with every loss resulting in elimination until only two teams remain for the final.
Look out for an FA Cup-style draw on Tuesday, which we will do an article on to keep you lot updated.
? Good morning everyone!
Early this morning, we hit the 64 mark, as reigning Premier League champions @ManCity registered their interest!
Since then, we've had 5 more teams try to get in…
So we have two options for you to decide where we go next with this…
— Leyton Orient (@leytonorientfc) March 16, 2020
The latest clubs to enter are: Burnley, Djurgarden, Cambridge, Sydney, Middlesbrough, Stevenage, Millwall, Birmingham, AZ Alkmaar, Bristol Rovers, Amiens, Reading, Wigan, Feyenoord, Gent, Utrecht, West Brom, Gillingham, Angers, Leeds, Everton, HSV, Rotherham, Wolves, Macclesfield, Fortuna Sittard, Doncaster, Dundalk, MK Dons and list goes on.
I know a landslide when I see one.
Executive decision…
PLAY ON https://t.co/NvJpkjfvL9 pic.twitter.com/u1GK7ew3hA
— Leyton Orient (@leytonorientfc) March 16, 2020
A huge amount of clubs tweeted their interest as Leyton Orient are setting up a 128-club FIFA 20 tournament…
Bristol Rovers: ? Let’s get involved.
Oxford United: Go on the, we’re in! ? Who wants to represent, #OUFC? ??
Reading: Oh, go on then @leytonorientfc ?♂️
Man City Esports: We’re in @leytonorientfc
Forest Green Rovers: Got time for a late addition?
Crawley Town: We’re in Lads
Barnsley: ?
Burton Albion: Not too late are we, ladies and gents? If not…….who fancies representing the #Brewers?
Morecambe: We’re in!
Stoke City: Sure! Count us in! Who fancies it?
Derby County: Game on
Huddersfield Town: Ok, we’re in! Who wants to represent, #htafc?
Portsmouth: We’re in.
Southend United: Yep, we’re in. Applications to represent us in the replies . we’re still on Nintendo 64
Rochdale: Don’t sleep on 67 rated Ian Henderson. We’re in!
Swindon Town: Oh, go on then…
Walsall: Count us in!
Ipswich Town: We’re in.
Shrewsbury Town: Controllers will be broken… We’re in!
Bolton Wanderers: Count us in!
Preston North End: Count us in! Just need to decide who will step up to the challenge now…
Salford City: Count us in! We’re taking applications from all our players and staff to see who will have the honour of representing us!
Sheffield Wednesday: Count us in! We’ll let you know our rep shortly…
Blackpool: Bring it on. Up the Mighty Pool!
Oldham: We’re in. We’ll try and get one of the actual footballers who play it to represent us!
Brentford: We’re in… Who fancies playing on behalf of us?
Bristol City: Who fancies it?

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