The Colchester United Herald
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Kyreece Lisbie runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 49. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A fracture rules Frankie Edwards out for 38 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Colchester United will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Pascal Köpke has a hand in both — 7.92
One scored and one made, which is a different afternoon from scoring twice and an easier one to overlook. Marked 7.92, and involved in 2 of his side's goals.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Matt Macey in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Colchester United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Colchester United
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Match15 Aug 2026
Pascal Köpke the difference as Colchester United beat Tranmere Rovers
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Pascal Köpke. 2‑1 against Tranmere Rovers, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Samson Tovide
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: Oliver Carter joins the Colchester United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Oliver Carter is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
Colchester United promote Jonathan Clarke from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jonathan Clarke has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Colchester United promote Nathan Howard from within
- Market Colchester United promote Robert Wright from within
- Squad Ellis Iandolo gets it from the manager