Orient plan permanent memorial for Justin Edinburgh

Leyton Orient person announced plans to create a imperishable memorial for Justin Edinburgh astatine Brisbane Road connected nan 5th day of his death.

Edinburgh passed distant aged 49 5 days aft suffering a cardiac arrest, conscionable weeks aft guiding nan O's backmost into nan English Football League.

The nine person kept nan tributes laid successful Edinburgh's representation successful 2019 and will create a 'collage-like memorial' from those that are still successful bully condition.

“As a club, we will ever beryllium indebted to nan activity that Justin did here," Leyton Orient head of shot Martin Ling told nan nine website.

"He took america connected nan first measurement from nan National League backmost to League One and we will ne'er hide that.

“When he passed distant it was an atrocious clip for everyone here, but nan unity of each of our supporters showed what a typical nine we are.

"It’s awesome that nan nine will beryllium turning nan tributes into a imperishable memorial to honour Justin and I americium looking guardant to seeing it.”

As a subordinate Edinburgh won nan 1991 FA Cup and 1999 League Cup pinch Tottenham Hotspur and arsenic a head had spells astatine Northampton Town, Gillingham and Newport County earlier moving to Orient successful November 2017.

He led Newport and Orient to promotion from nan National League and besides guided some sides to FA Trophy finals.

In his representation nan JE3 Foundation was group up which campaigns connected legislative alteration connected nan installation of automated outer defibrillators wrong wellness and sports facilities.

The foundations besides raises consciousness of cardiac apprehension and delivering CPR training.

“This is an unthinkable and moving motion by nan nine for our family," said Justin’s boy Charlie Edinburgh, who is nan laminitis and main executive of nan JE3 Foundation.

"Back successful 2019, nan thousands of tributes that were laid and sent our measurement successful representation of Dad were truthful heartfelt and moving.

“The truth that nan nine are going to nutrient a wall of remembrance pinch those tributes, we consciousness it is simply a awesome measurement to mark, not conscionable nan five-year anniversary, but besides nan man himself."