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Renaissance Man
06.10.26, 19:30 Updated 07.10.26, 10:55
Ghana is the land of the Black Stars. In the local Akan language, the word “nsoromma” translates literally as "child of the heavens" but is used (only slightly) more prosaically to mean "star". In East London these days, we now have our own Anglicised version: “Sruma”, the nom de plume of Orient’s own vegan, cat-loving, anti-racist cult hero Sean Clare.
In spite of being transfer listed at the start of the summer, Clare survived the brutal squad cull, and having recently celebrated his 30th birthday with his first international call-up (and first international goal), he is having a bit of a moment.
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Aynsley Taylor
EditorEditor of the Ear since 2021, and proud to take it into its fifth decade. Was singularly unqualified for the job, but no-one else wanted to do it. Sees Orient with the zeal of the adult convert rather than someone who was dragged to church every weekend from childhood.