Gillingham 0 - 2 Leyton Orient
Puma Youth Alliance South East Conference

ORIENT'S youngsters opened their 2007/08 league campaign with a well-deserved 2-0 victory over Gillingham.

Kevin Nugent's team were in control from start to finish and secured the points through goals by Adam Marsh and Loick Pires.

Marsh, a new first year scholar, opened the scoring on the hour, making an excellent near post run to meet Pires' cross and finish first time.

Pires went from creator to goalscorer ten minutes later when he collected a free-kick in the box, controlled and rifled into the roof of the net from 15 yards.

A delighted Nugent said: "I was very pleased with the performance.

"We worked very hard and deserved the three points.  We're happy to get underway after a long pre-season and we looked very fit.

"It was a good game and it proved that we've prepared well both physically and mentally.

"They were two well taken goals and we'll look to take this performance into the next game now."

ORIENT: Michael Doyle; Brandon Martin, Chris Robson, Frankie Webb, Tom Kemp (Matthew Hall 14); Scott Grange, Solomon Shields, Jack Page, Loick Pires; Bradley Gray, Adam Marsh (Adam Bolle 81)