19-07-2025, 13:07
Leyton Orient have signed goalkeeper Tommy Simkin on a season-long loan from Championship club Stoke City.
Simkin, 20, spent last season on loan at Walsall, making 47 appearances in all competitions, including the League Two play-off final defeat by AFC Wimbledon.
He was also part of England's victorious under-21 European Championships squad.
Having joined Stoke as a youngster, Simkin has also had loan spells with Fylde, Forest Green Rovers and Solihull Moors.
"I'm buzzing to be here at this club," Simkin said. "Leyton Orient have got a great record of developing young players in every position and I'm excited to get started.
"I'm going to give it everything I have got whilst I'm here and I have got that fire in my belly to be successful.
"Losing at Wembley last season (with Walsall) was a terrible feeling and that has just motivated me even more to be successful in the rest of my career."
Simkin, 20, spent last season on loan at Walsall, making 47 appearances in all competitions, including the League Two play-off final defeat by AFC Wimbledon.
He was also part of England's victorious under-21 European Championships squad.
Having joined Stoke as a youngster, Simkin has also had loan spells with Fylde, Forest Green Rovers and Solihull Moors.
"I'm buzzing to be here at this club," Simkin said. "Leyton Orient have got a great record of developing young players in every position and I'm excited to get started.
"I'm going to give it everything I have got whilst I'm here and I have got that fire in my belly to be successful.
"Losing at Wembley last season (with Walsall) was a terrible feeling and that has just motivated me even more to be successful in the rest of my career."
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