The Colchester United Herald
The dugout23 Aug 2027
Harry Darling says Colchester United went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Fred Heath turns down Colchester United
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Manchester United keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Colchester United bid $340.0K for Luca Ashby-Hammond
The offer went to Plymouth Argyle this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Colchester United baulk at the price for Matthew Rowley
Reading wanted more than $110.0K and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Colchester United
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Jack Shepherd falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Nottingham Forest tell Colchester United: Leo Castledine is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Colchester United
Jack Tucker 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.
Match21 Aug 2027
Colchester United come up short against Oldham Athletic
Oldham Athletic left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Thomas Thompson joins the Colchester United first team
- Market Nicholas Hughes steps up from the Colchester United academy
- Market One of our own: Edward Butler joins the Colchester United first team