Leyton Orient v Hull City, 09 September 2000

Hull arrived in East London at the bottom of the Football League but League positions counted for nothing as City stunned unbeaten Leyton Orient. The Tigers' hero was mercurial midfielder, Theo Whitmore. back from World Cup duty in his native Jamaica, he revelled in the late summer sunshine and twice put the visitors ahead as they made a nonsense of their lowly berth. First, Gary Brabin's chip from centre field totally eluded the home rearguard and the rangy Montego Bay star - adorned in his gold boots - ran free in the area to roll the ball home from a yard out. Despite relinguishing a lead for the third time in five League games, Hull showed tremendous character to go back in front. Ashley Bayes saved David Brown's left-footed piledriver at full length. Whitmore reacted first - as the ball spun high into the air, he was on hand to head into another empty neat. Leyton had pulled level by turning desperate defence into incisive attack. After Whitmore had spurned another clear cut chance, Ahmet Brkovic played a calculated ball through for Carl Griffiths to net his third of the season. Orient had won the first half corner count by ten to one, yet they had to dig deep to find a late second equaliser. Iyseden Christie has often been a thorn in the Tigers side in the past. On this occasion a truly spectacular 25 yard scorcher brought the Os crowd to their feet and Hull boss Brian Little to his knees.