The Colchester United Herald
Match26 Sep 2026
No end in sight to Colchester United's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Colchester United has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad28 Sep 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.
Match26 Sep 2026
A bad afternoon for Colchester United against Cambridge United
0‑1 to Cambridge United, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad28 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Jack Tucker
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad28 Sep 2026
JK Gordon has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Colchester United will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Squad28 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 Kyreece Lisbie runs at them all day
- Player ratings Calvin Ramsay spends the afternoon fouling