The Colchester United Herald
Market30 Aug 2027
Dionicio Escalante hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Colchester United can pretend not to have heard.
Match28 Aug 2027
Still nobody has beaten Colchester United
The unbeaten run reaches 8. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Market30 Aug 2027
Matt Macey is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Colchester United is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Transfer targets30 Aug 2027
Too dear: Colchester United walk away from Danny Rose
$28.0K was the most the club would pay and Barrow AFC were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
Transfer targets30 Aug 2027
Colchester United rebuffed over Rodrigo Rêgo
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Brighton have kept their man, and Colchester United go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Player ratings30 Aug 2027
Kyreece Lisbie beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 19. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Appearance number 200 for Jack Tucker
200 games in this shirt, through managers and relegations and everything else. Service like it is disappearing from the game and the crowd knows what it is watching.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Colchester United lose Jack Baldwin
32 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Words exchanged at Colchester United
Taylan Harris and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
In brief
- Squad Colchester United lose Robert Green
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Jack Griffin
- Transfer targets Colchester United try to borrow Woody Williamson