Never mind being homesick, Orient must be sick of home after they were forced to share the spoils against Exeter City.

This was one clash Orient could reasonably have expected three points from, but with a grim sense of inevitability that did not happen.

This time they were undone by a late fluke, but actually have small cause to complain.

After all, fortune had smiled upon Charlie Daniels' free kick in the 26th minute.

It deflected off Richard Harley and ended in the net with Exeter keeper Oscar Jansson totally wrong-footed.

And so it was that Glenn Morris was left in the same state on 78 minutes.

He had left his line in expectation of a cross by Craig Noone, evidently having not reckoned on Noone slicing his high pass horribly.

But that is exactlty what happened, so leaving Morris hopelessly stranded in no mans land as the ball soared high and dropped over his head into the far corner.

It was unfair on the impressive Morris, who is keeping Jamie Jones on the bench right now.

It was unfair on Orient team who played with verve and commitment, foraging high up the field and closing down quick upon a lukewarm Exeter side.

But that is how it goes at home these days. A first win at Brisbane Road still evade Geraint Williams and his side.

Ben Chorley made his return from two weeks out with a hamstring problem. He played 66 minutes until Luke Ashworth replaced him.

Jason Dememetriou returned to the starting eleven after his Cyprus adventure.

Andros Townsend was relegated to the bench, next to fellow loanee Kristian O'Leary.

Geraint Williams opted to put Adrian Patulea up front with Scott McGleish as he searched for goals in his mis-firing Orient side.

Orient and Exeter started the match equal on points in the league, with Orient just ahead on goal difference.

McGleish went close on nine minutes with a header from Demetriou's corner, after Stephen Purches and Melligan combined down the right flank.

The O's kept possession well in the opening period. Exeter City chased shadows.

Williams started with Adam Chambers and Jimmy Smith in central midfield.

Smith did much of the forward running with Chambers in the hole.

But he showed his dynamic game has survived his injury intact, as Exeter's Alex Russell will testify.

A surge by Chambers into Exeter's box left the midfielder in a heap upon the turf.

WIlliams replaced him with O'Leary for the second half.

Perhaps he felt confident enough to go for attacking threat over defensive resiliance against this Exeter team.

Morris is keeping Jamie Jones out of goal right now, and he was sure handed dealing with balls into his area, early on.

On 12 minutes, a volley by Jimmy Smith underlined Orient's confident start. His effort zipped past the far upright from 18 yards, wide out.

It continued two minutes later, when a deep and dangerous cross by Demetriou was met by Smith with his head eight yards out.

It looked goalbound, but stubbonly stayed on the wrong side of the post.

Nevertheless, Orient continued to turn the screw.

Exeter relied more and more on long balls to escape their own half.

Defensively, Orient did their best to strangle Exter's attacks by staying touch tight on their danger-men.

Stuart Fleetwood had Exeter's first meaningful shot on 20 minutes, but his effort was smothered by Tamika Mkandawire.

The Malawi man at looked at home at the back next to the newly-fit Chorley.

Charlie Daniels was alongside them at left-back, and it was he who finally broke the deadlock for the O's on 30 minutes.

His free kick found its way into the net via a deflection by Ryan Harley.

Forunate definately, and most definitely deserved.

Mkandawire survived a penalty scare on 40 minutes, when he tangled with Fleetwood.

Morris looks to be grabbing this return to first team action both handed, and he did just that here.

His got down well to collect a rapidly moving Fleetwood cross, close to the break.

Is Morris finally over his goal-line yipes?

Unsurprisingly, as Exeter had endured a first half spent almost entirely upon the back foot, Russell earnt the game's first yellow card on the stroke of half time, when he clattered Smith just inside Exeter's final third.

It ended with incident with Morris getting down well to collect Harley's shot. Orient started the second half with Andrew Cave-Brown in place of Stephen Purches.

Exeter started it brightly. Harley went close three minutes in, with a raking drive from 20 yards which whistled past the far post and Morris's despairing hand.

He was right behind Laim Sercombe's shot five minutes later.

Scott McGleish was oh-so-close to doubling Orient's advantage on 54 minutes.

Against the run of play, he let rip from all of 30 yards with a shot that rifled past Oscar Jansson in goal, only to pound into the crossbar and bounce down, on the wrong side of the goal-line.

Orient started to impose themselves again. Demetriou surged into the heart of Exeter's defensive, supplying a lay-off which Melligan finished with a shot at Jansson.

Patulea was quiet but was always a nagging prescence to Exeter's backline.

He nipped up on 70 minutes with a header which went narrowly over. HE had started the move by leaping upon a moment of uncertainity between Jansson and Richard Duffy.

Craig Noone stunned Brisbane Road on 74 minutes with a giant slice of fortune.

He sliced his cross from wide out on the left so that it rocketed goalward over Morris, off his line in anticipation of the cross, and nestled in the far corner.

Orient toiled in search of a winner after that, but it was not to be their day at home, yet again.

Morris, Purches, Chorley, Mkandawire, Melligan, McGleish, Demetriou, Daniels, Smith, Patulea.

Subs: Ashworth, Jones, Jarvis, Cave-Brown, Scowcroft, O'Leary, Townsend Attendance: 4,703. Of which 608 Exeter fans.