“Ii is a good battle to win but it is not the end of the war.”

That is how Orient chairman Barry Hearn summed up the state of play after the club were granted the judicial review they have been seeking.

Last week saw the O’s, as well as Tottenham Hotspur, win their bid for a judicial review into the Olympic Park Legacy Company’s (OPLC) decision to award the Olympic Stadium to Championship side West Ham United.

Hearn insists there is still a long road ahead in their battle to prevent the Hammers from moving into the showpiece stadium but that last week’s announcement was a step in the right direction for their cause.

The judicial review will now begin on October 18, as the Brisbane Road club continue their battle to halt West Ham’s move into the new complex.

Hearn said: “I am very happy we have got it [the judicial review] because it gives us a chance to put our case.

“I think we are getting the feeling amongst ourselves that we are being forgotten about by everybody and ignored.

“The battle seems to be West Ham and Tottenham and that is totally irrelevant.”

The club’s initial appeal was rejected in June with judge Mr Justice Davis telling the club they had no grounds for a review.

However, Mr Justice Collins overturned the ruling, agreeing that they had an “arguable” case.

The decision last week was preceded by reports that Tottenham were set to drop their appeal for a judicial review but the O’s chairman insists he is only concerned about matters involving Orient.

He continued: “And bear in mind this is not the end of it. We are on our own. There is no influence from anybody else.

“We think we can win. We think we can stop West Ham from going into the Olympic Stadium and we think if we don’t we are out of business. We have no negotiation at all.”

He added: “This is our home and this is where we want to be. So we are going for the judicial review.

“We are still going to the Premier League. We are going to the Football League for breach of rules. And if we fail on that we will go to the European Commission on unfair trading and anti-competitive state subsidy.

“There is an awful long way for this to go yet.”

The stadium saga puts into context the disappointing start Orient have made on the pitch this season and Hearn was quick to stress the importance of the club’s fight to overturn the original decision.

“We have no choice where we are going,” he said. “As I said the other day, it is like Tesco moving next to a little grocer and the government paying for the building.

“That’s anti-competitive whichever way you look at it. So we need to make our point and we need everyone to stay behind the side.

“The poor start we have had to the season is unfortunate but let’s not remove the real factor of what we are doing. We are looking at survival.”

The Orient chairman added: “They have given two days to the judicial review. Obviously we have got to brief our lawyers all the way through.

“We have got Adam Lewis, probably the strongest side of people we could possibly employ, but there is no point in saving money at this stage because it is all or nothing.”