NEWS: Essam heads out on loan

Orient defender Connor Essam has returned to Conference National side Dover Athletic on loan until the end of the season.

The 23-year-old initially joined the O’s from the Kent side in the summer, and has featured on 26 occasions this season, the last coming as a late substitute in the 1-0 away win at Oxford United on March 12.

Essam could go straight into the Dover side who are due to host Torquay United on Saturday.