The Colchester United Herald
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Colchester United rebuffed over Róbert Boženík
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Stoke City have kept their man, and Colchester United go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Joel Coleman would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Joel Coleman is living that version at Colchester United, and it tends to show in the first month.
Market10 Aug 2026
Colchester United say no — this time
The offer from Valletta for Jaden Williams was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market10 Aug 2026
Harry Davies steps up from the Colchester United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Harry Davies has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Jonathan Clark joins the Colchester United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jonathan Clark is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Jonathan Harris steps up from the Colchester United academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jonathan Harris has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ben Perry stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ben Perry and Colchester United agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Colchester United
Thimothée Lo-Tutala 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
6 new faces, and Colchester United are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
In brief
- The dugout Ben Perry asks for a word with the manager
- Looking ahead Home comforts ahead for Colchester United
- The dugout The manager comes out for Thimothée Lo-Tutala