In photos: Dulwich Hamlet book a place in the London Senior Cup final with a 2-1 victory over Leyton Orient

Dulwich Hamlet fought back from an early goal by Leyton Orient to emerge 2-1 victors, earning themselves a spot at the London Senior Cup final – their first cup final …

Apr 1, 2026 - 14:33

In photos: Dulwich Hamlet book a place in the London Senior Cup final with a 2-1 victory over Leyton Orient

In photos: Dulwich Hamlet book a place in the London Senior Cup final with a 2-1 victory over Leyton Orient

Dulwich Hamlet fought back from an early goal by Leyton Orient to emerge 2-1 victors, earning themselves a spot at the London Senior Cup final – their first cup final for 13 years.

In photos: Dulwich Hamlet book a place in the London Senior Cup final with a 2-1 victory over Leyton Orient

On the Hamlet forum, seriously chuffed fans added their comments:

MG: Great second half from us. I thought if we could get a goal the support would play a part – and we did as they focussed more on arguing with ref than playing. Proper double save from Toby too and his kicking was key.

BD: That was great. So many cup games over last 5 years have been abject heartless capitulations, that was the exact opposite.

Put out our strongest team, coped with the loss of an early goal, and won through sheer commitment and wanting to get the ball in the net at all costs.

Bloody brilliant stuff!

LW: Fantastic all round performance.. every player put in an absolute shift, subs made a difference and manager got everything just about spot on selection and tactics wise.

Thought that was the best Millsy has played in yrs. Had the bit between his teeth all game and lead from the front. Proper roll back the years performance.

great atmosphere too for 996!

BRD: The contrast between their first half and second was astounding, it was like they put out a completely different team.

All credit to our lads though, started fast and kept pushing. Nothing beats a final, see you on the 28th.

EDC: Everything great about non league football tonight.

In photos: Dulwich Hamlet book a place in the London Senior Cup final with a 2-1 victory over Leyton Orient

PP added:

A real slow burner of an evening from our point of view.

I’ve noticed these teams of young professionals seem to set the tempo from the start and dominate the opening phase with their technical excellence, but if we can hang in there we can wrest control and beat them with experience and know how.

It happened against Charlton last year in the quarter final, and again against Brentford in the 2nd round this season.

On both those occasions we kept a clean sheet after weathering the early storm. This time we fell behind, then there was a crucial double save from Bull to stop us going two down just before we equalised.

Ultimately I don’t think Orient’s inexperienced young players were quite ready to compete against players with hundreds of men’s games behind them, in front of a partisan home crowd.

It was a shrewd move to restore Mills to the starting XI, because those youngsters won’t have faced a centre forward like that before, or a team that plays to his strengths.

I hope the final will be QPR. because I feel we can beat these sorts of teams. I’ll be less confident if it’s Cheshunt, who are just about the most awkward and unattractive mid-table side in our own division.