With the result of this match irrelevant, Orient do not to need look far for positives to take from the match.

One major filip is the return of Jonathan Tehoue to action from a torn hamstring. He was a half-time substitute and looked a threat up front after nearly four months out, when he replaced Scott McGleish.

The Frenchman can be first-choice this season, so the sight of him and the in-form Alex Revell operating up front this evening was a reason to be cheerful. Tehoue was all power and good touch, and looks sure to be a threat in League One, when he hits match-fitness. Afterwards, he told Guardian Series Sport that he expects that to be as soon as mid-August.

Another positive was the threat which the midfield unit posed Spurs. Matthew Spring and Dean Cox each showed guile and stitched together midfield and attack, without resorting to long-ball football.

At the back, Elliot Omozusi was a dynamic presence and showed a propensity to forage up-field.

Part of that may have been due to the absence of a Cox counterpart on the right wing. Adam Chambers and then Jimmy Smith filled that wide midfield role, but each belongs in the centre of the park. Orient would benefit from a right winger.

Andros Townsend filled that role when he was at Orient on loan last season. This time he was back with Spurs as captain and leading the attack, before he exited the action at half-time.

Orient rode early pressure from the visitors and took the lead on 15 minutes through Ben Chorley from the penalty spot.

A Spurs player handled Scott McGleish's goal-bound shot on the line.

Chorley made no mistake with his sweetly taken spot-kick. The centre-back has always insisted he takes a mean penalty and his low strike into right corner left keeper David Button grasping, even though he guessed right.

The hosts were soon cheering again thanks to local hero Scott McGleish.

The veteran made no mistake on 20 minutes when he was put through into the area by Stephen Dawson's short threaded pass, and dinked his shot over the on-rushing Button.

Spurs came back strong in the second half as Orient made a swathe of changes. Ryan Mason got one back on 55 minutes, and John Obika levelled proceedings on 75 minutes.

On balance Orient probably deserved a win here. Forbes and Revell each struck the woodwork before Spurs wiped out the deficit, as Slade rung the changes in this game, after the break.

But the first-half featured a near full-strength O's side and their domination suggests that fans can be optimistic ahead of the League One kick-off in nine days time.