The Colchester United Herald
Squad14 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Colchester United
Malick Sylla was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Pascal Köpke runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
The terraces14 Sep 2026
Colchester United supporters have found a favourite in Calvin Ramsay
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Calvin Ramsay has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Market14 Sep 2026
Talks stall between Colchester United and Jack Senior
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
The afternoon belonged to Calvin Ramsay
7.38, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. Colchester United had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Tom Flanagan gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match12 Sep 2026
No goals between Colchester United and Crawley Town
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Crawley Town will be the happier side with the point.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A wage question at Colchester United
Kyreece Lisbie has done the arithmetic and does not like the answer. Nothing corrodes a squad faster, and no club has ever solved it by explaining the wage structure to a footballer.
Squad14 Sep 2026
The plan did not have a place for Tom Flanagan
Nobody at Colchester United is suggesting he is out of form. The manager simply wanted somebody with a different set of qualities for ninety specific minutes, and there is nothing a player can train to fix that.
In brief
- Player ratings Micah Mbick ran the game
- Market The window shut and Kien Connolly is still in the building