Barry Hearn Reveals the Shocking Reason He’s Obsessed with John Sitton’s Explosive Rant
During his 19 years owning beloved Leyton Orient, Barry Hearn experienced highs, lows, characters and his fair share of general chaos that comes when you try to run a football club.
But for Hearn, few characters were as memorable as John Sitton.
When Hearn bought the O’s in 1995 for a nominal fee, he was taking a club drowning in debt at the bottom of the third tier, with Channel 4’s cameras documenting the period in their ‘Club For A Fiver documentary.
Hearn on working with Sitton
At the heart of his documentary was Sitton, whose combustible personality produced one of the most infamous dressing-room rants ever caught on camera. It’s a moment that Hearn still laughs about today, even if Sitton’s methods ultimately proved to be too much for him.
“I actually got it even cheaper than that,” Hearn tells FourFourTwo, when asked about the documentary, which was named after the price he had reportedly paid to former chairman Tony Wood, who had seen his coffee business decimated after the Rwandan Civil War.
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