2009–10 Colchester United F.C. season

Colchester United

2009–10 season
Chairman	Robbie Cowling
Manager	Paul Lambert (Until 18 August 2009) Joe Dunne (Caretaker) (18 August to 1 September 2009) Aidy Boothroyd (2 September 2009 to 20 May 2010)
League One	8th
FA Cup	3rd Round
Carling Cup	1st Round
Johnstone's Paint Trophy	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Kevin Lisbie (13) All: Kevin Lisbie (13)
Highest home attendance	10,064 (Norwich City)
Lowest home attendance	3,601 (MK Dons)
Average home attendance	5,529
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 season was Colchester United's second consecutive season in the third tier of English football.

Season Review

Manager Paul Lambert brought in a number of targets identified to chairman Robbie Cowling during pre-season, and so in came David Fox, Ashley Vincent, Alan Maybury, Lee Beevers, Ben Williams and Magnus Okuonghae all on permanent deals with Mark Yeates, leading scorer in that first WHCS season, joining Middlesbrough for a reported £350,000.



On the down side Lambert's outcasts were cruelly consigned to training with the Youth team and denied squad numbers and a place in the squad photo, whilst the manager poured scorn on being linked to the vacant job at Motherwell.

With Chris Coyne leaving for Australia, Scott Vernon being touted as a transfer makeweight and John White, Jamie Guy, Matt Lockwood, Phil Ifil, Matt Heath and Johnnie Jackson feeling the backlash, Lambert turned his attention to Shrewsbury's leading marksman Grant Holt. 

Failing on that deal Lambert tied up a deal to sign Hamilton duo Richard Offiong and Joël Thomas for a combined fee of £225,000. 

Offiong pulled out at the last minute whilst Thomas signed for £125,000. Rumours also suggested that Lambert's ex-Celtic colleague Henrik Larsson could sign in the Swedish off-season.



To add to its growing reputation the WHCS staged it second international on July 16th 2009 when England Ladies hosted Iceland Ladies before 4,170 fans.

Lambert saved his best transfer news until three days before the season opener at Norwich when he secured U's old boy Kevin Lisbie on a season-long loan after the striker refused to move to within 30 minutes of Ipswich as demanded by Town manager Roy Keane. 

Lisbie responded in magnificent fashion as United walloped their Norfolk neighbours in a truly sensational 7-1 thrashing at Carrow Road.

 A week later U's confirmed top spot in League One with a 2-1 win over Yeovil but amazingly Norwich contacted Robbie Cowling after the game wanting to appoint Lambert as their new manager following their sacking of 7-1 fall-guy Bryan Gunn. 

Cowling refused at first, but then relented when it became clear Lambert's mind was made up despite no official approach by Norwich. 

He offered Lambert the chance to talk to Norwich on the proviso that no position could be accepted until compensation was discussed and agreed between the two clubs. Compensation was never agreed and so Lambert resigned, on a match day with U's due to host Gillingham, taking assistant Ian Culverhouse and Gary Karsa with him, both of whom resigned the day after Lambert's appointment.

Robbie Cowling and Steve Bradshaw both came out fighting vowing to take Norwich to a Football League tribunal and declaring that the next U's manager would be of Premier League quality and better than Lambert. 

They did not go against their words as former Watford boss Aidy Boothroyd was unveiled on September 3rd 2009.



Boothroyd's U's banished the home hoodoo with 7 wins from 8 League games to the end of the year and he enjoyed 9 games without defeat after his appointment. 

He signed John-Joe O'Toole, Kayode Odejayi and Danny Batth on loan with the first named pair agreeing to join permanently ahead of the January transfer window.

With the Lambert compensation saga set to run on and on, Robbie Cowling refused Norwich fans additional tickets over and above their normal allocation for the return match in January 2010 saying he would rather have an empty seat than one occupied by extra City fans.



The decade ended with United consolidated in a promising top four position after a 2-1 home win over Southampton in front of 8,514. 

Cowling's determination had inspired the Colchester public and a new ground record of 10,064 was recorded for the visit of Norwich.

Steve Bradshaw, who had been in the team fighting for the U's new £2m training ground at Tiptree which was finally approved at its third appeal hearing, resigned from his position, whilst ex-Newcastle star and Peruvian International Nolberto Solano was training with the U's.^[1]

Early results under Aidy Boothroyd's management were promising, but the team fell apart in the final two months and blew their chance of promotion.^[2]

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Ben Williams 2 DF Alan Maybury 3 DF Lee Beevers 4 DF Magnus Okuonghae (captain) 5 DF Pat Baldwin 6 DF Paul Reid 7 MF Ashley Vincent 8 MF John-Joe O'Toole 9 FW Clive Platt 10 MF Kemal Izzet 11 MF Simon Hackney 12 GK Mark Cousins 14 MF David Fox 15 FW Kayode Odejayi 16 MF Ian Henderson 17 MF David Perkins

No. Position Player 18 FW Steven Gillespie 19 FW Joël Thomas 22 DF Anthony Wordsworth 23 DF Marc Tierney 25 DF John White 26 MF David Prutton 27 DF Matt Lockwood 28 DF Matt Heath 29 FW Scott Vernon 30 DF Morten Knudsen 31 DF Philip Ifil 32 MF Sam Corcoran 33 FW Russell Malton 34 DF Thomas Bender 39 MF Medy Elito

Player Info

No.	Name	Place of Birth	Date of Birth	Previous Club	Date Joined	Fee
1	Ben Williams	Manchester	27 August 1982	Carlisle United	10 July 2009	£60,000
2	Alan Maybury	Dublin	8 August 1978	Leicester City	12 December 2008	Free
3	Lee Beevers	Doncaster	4 December 1983	Lincoln City	29 June 2009	Free
4	Magnus Okuonghae	Croydon	16 February 1986	Dagenham & Redbridge	1 July 2009	£65,000
5	Pat Baldwin	London	12 November 1982	Chelsea	31 August 2002	Free
6	Paul Reid	Carlisle	18 February 1982	Barnsley	2 July 2008	Free
7	Ashley Vincent	Birmingham	26 May 1985	Cheltenham Town	1 July 2009	Free
8	John-Joe O'Toole	Harrow	30 September 1988	Watford	1 January 2010	£275,000
9	Clive Platt	Wolverhampton	27 October 1977	MK Dons	3 July 2007	£300,000
10	Kemal Izzet	Whitechapel	29 September 1980	Charlton Athletic	13 April 2001	Free
11	Simon Hackney	Manchester	5 February 1984	Carlisle United	26 January 2009	£100,000
12	Mark Cousins	Chelmsford	9 January 1987	Youth Team	1 July 2004	Free
14	David Fox	Stoke-on-Trent	13 December 1983	Blackpool	1 July 2009	Free
15	Kayode Odejayi	Ibadan	21 February 1982	Barnsley	1 January 2010	Undisclosed
16	Ian Henderson	Thetford	24 January 1985	Ankaragücü	6 January 2010	Free
17	David Perkins	Heysham	21 June 1982	Rochdale	8 July 2008	£150,000
18	Steven Gillespie	Liverpool	4 June 1985	Cheltenham Town	7 July 2008	£400,000
19	Joël Thomas	Caen	30 June 1987	Hamilton Academical	21 July 2009	£125,000
22	Anthony Wordsworth	Camden	3 January 1989	Youth Team	1 July 2006	Free
23	Marc Tierney	Prestwich	23 August 1985	Shrewsbury Town	2 January 2009	£100,000
25	John White	Colchester	26 July 1986	Youth Team	1 July 2003	Free
26	David Prutton	Hull	12 September 1981	Leeds United	1 February 2010	Free
27	Matthew Lockwood	Rochford	17 October 1976	Nottingham Forest	3 June 2008	£100,000
28	Matt Heath	Leicester	1 November 1981	Leeds United	13 May 2008	Free
29	Scott Vernon	Manchester	13 December 1983	Blackpool	31 January 2008	£100,000
30	Morten Knudsen	Notodden	27 October 1986	Notodden FK	19 January 2010	Free
31	Philip Ifil	Willesden	18 November 1986	Tottenham Hotspur	10 January 2008	£100,000
32	Sam Corcoran	Enfield	5 February 1991	Youth Team	1 July 2008	Free
33	Russell Malton	Colchester	14 November 1990	Youth Team	1 July 2009	Free
34	Thomas Bender	Harlow	19 January 1993	Youth Team	1 July 2009	Free
39	Medy Elito	Kinshasa	20 March 1990	Youth Team	1 July 2007	Free

Transfers

Main articles: List of English football transfers summer 2009 and List of English football transfers winter 2009–10

Transfers In

Date	Pos.	Player Name	Previous Club	League	Transfer Fee	Notes
29 June 2009	DF	Lee Beevers	Lincoln City	Football League Two	Free
1 July 2009	DF	Thomas Bender	Youth Team	N/A	Free
1 July 2009	DF	Magnus Okuonghae	Dagenham & Redbridge	Football League Two	£65,000
1 July 2009	MF	David Fox	Blackpool	Football League Championship	Free
1 July 2009	MF	Ashley Vincent	Cheltenham Town	Football League Two	Free
1 July 2009	FW	Russell Malton	Youth Team	N/A	Free
10 July 2009	GK	Ben Williams	Carlisle United	Football League One	£60,000
21 July 2009	FW	Joël Thomas	Hamilton Academical	Scottish Premier League	£125,000
1 January 2010	MF	John-Joe O'Toole	Watford	Football League Championship	£275,000
1 January 2010	FW	Kayode Odejayi	Barnsley	Football League Championship	Undisclosed
6 January 2010	MF	Ian Henderson	Ankaragücü	Süper Lig	Free
19 January 2010	DF	Morten Knudsen	Notodden FK	Norwegian Second Division	Free
1 February 2010	MF	David Prutton	Leeds United	Football League One	Free

Transfers Out

Date	Pos.	Player Name	New Club	League	Transfer Fee	Notes
31 May 2009	DF	Chris Coyne	Perth Glory	A-League	Free
31 May 2009	FW	Akanni-Sunday Wasiu	Floriana	Maltese Premier League	Free
1 July 2009	GK	Dean Gerken	Bristol City	Football League Championship	Undisclosed
1 July 2009	MF	Mark Yeates	Middlesbrough	Football League Championship	£450,000
17 August 2009	MF	Johnnie Jackson	Notts County	Football League Two	Undisclosed
20 August 2009	MF	Dean Hammond	Southampton	Football League One	£400,000
20 January 2010	FW	Jamie Guy	Grays Athletic	Conference National	Free

Loans In

Date	Pos.	Player Name	Parent Club	League	Date Returned	Notes
3 August 2009	FW	Kevin Lisbie	Ipswich Town	Football League Championship	1 June 2010
1 September 2009	MF	John-Joe O'Toole	Watford	Football League Championship	31 December 2009
18 September 2009	DF	Danny Batth	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Premier League	31 May 2010
18 September 2009	FW	Kayode Odejayi	Barnsley	Football League Championship	31 December 2009
22 October 2009	DF	Josh Payne	West Ham United	Premier League	20 November 2009
22 January 2010	DF	Christian Ribeiro	Bristol City	Football League Championship	27 January 2010
25 January 2010	MF	David Prutton	Leeds United	Football League One	31 January 2010
25 March 2010	DF	Franck Queudrue	Birmingham City	Premier League	1 June 2010

Loans Out

Date	Pos.	Player Name	New Club	League	Date Returned	Notes
30 July 2009	DF	Matt Heath	Southend United	Football League One	30 August 2009
30 July 2009	DF	John White	Southend United	Football League One	30 August 2009
31 July 2009	FW	Jamie Guy	Port Vale	Football League Two	21 November 2009
2 October 2009	MF	David Perkins	Chesterfield	Football League Two	3 January 2010
10 October 2009	FW	Scott Vernon	Gillingham	Football League One	10 November 2009
30 October 2009	DF	Matt Lockwood	Dagenham & Redbridge	Football League Two	30 November 2009
20 November 2009	DF	Pat Baldwin	Bristol Rovers	Football League One	31 December 2009
19 January 2010	MF	David Perkins	Stockport County	Football League Two	1 June 2010
22 January 2010	DF	Matt Lockwood	Barnet	Football League Two	1 June 2010
29 January 2010	DF	Pat Baldwin	Southend United	Football League One	1 June 2010
29 January 2010	FW	Joël Thomas	Hamilton Academical	Scottish Premier League	31 May 2010
29 January 2010	FW	Scott Vernon	Southend United	Football League One	1 June 2010
5 March 2010	MF	Medy Elito	Cheltenham Town	Football League Two	1 June 2010
10 March 2010	MF	Simon Hackney	Morecambe	Football League Two	14 April 2010

Results

League One Results Summary

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Southampton	46	23	14	9	85	47	+38	73
8	Colchester United	46	20	12	14	64	52	+12	72
9	Brentford	46	14	20	12	55	52	+3	62

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

League One Results Round by Round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	L	L	D	D	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	W
Position	1	1	1	3	5	7	6	5	5	4	4	3	4	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8

Source: ^[3]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

League One Results

2009-08-08 15:00	Norwich City	1–7	Colchester United	Carrow Road, Norwich Attendance: 25,217 Referee: R. Shoebridge
	McDonald  72'	[4]	Lisbie  10', 38' Platt  13', 19' Fox  22' Perkins  76' Vernon  90'

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2009-08-15 15:00	Colchester United	2–1	Yeovil Town	Weston Homes Community Stadium, Colchester Attendance: 4,263 Referee: R. Booth
	Fox  9' Vincent  18'	[5]	Mason  82'

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2009-08-18 19:45	Colchester United	2–1	Gillingham	Weston Homes Community Stadium, Colchester Attendance: 4,849 Referee: G. Hegley
	Vernon  38' Lisbie  66'	[6]	Weston  11'

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2009-08-22 15:00	MK Dons	2–1	Colchester United	Stadium:mk, Milton Keynes Attendance: 8,633 Referee: Keith Stroud
	Easter  22' (pen.) Carrington  58'	[7]	Vernon  69'

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2009-08-29 15:00	Colchester United	1–2	Leeds United	Weston Homes Community Stadium, Colchester Attendance: 8,810 Referee: David Phillips
	Lisbie  57' (pen.)	[8]	Johnson  47' Beckford  64'

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2009-09-05 15:00	Southampton	0–0	Colchester United	St. Mary's Stadium, Southampton Attendance: 17,070 Referee: Graham Scott
		[9]

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2009-09-12 15:00	Swindon Town	1–1	Colchester United	County Ground, Swindon Attendance: 6,621 Referee: K. Evans
	Obadeyi  45+1'	[10]	Vincent  21'

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2009-09-19 15:00	Colchester United	2–0	Hartlepool United	Weston Homes Community Stadium, Colchester Attendance: 4,259 Referee: A. Woolmer
	Lisbie  45' (pen.)  47' (pen.)	[11]

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2009-09-26 15:00	Tranmere Rovers	1–1	Colchester United	Prenton Park, Tranmere Attendance: 5,314 Referee: S. Bratt
	Welsh  35'	[12]	O'Toole  37'

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2009-09-29 19:45	Colchester United	3–0	Charlton Athletic	Weston Homes Community Stadium, Colchester Attendance: 7,098 Referee: M. Russell
	Llera  29' (o.g.) Odejayi  31', 57'	[13]

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2009-10-03 15:00	Colchester United	1–0	Huddersfield Town	Weston Homes Community Stadium, Colchester Attendance: 5,154 Referee: Gavin Ward
	Odejayi  80'	[14]	Clarke  77'

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2009-10-10 15:00	Leyton Orient	0–1	Colchester United	Brisbane Road, Leyton Attendance: 5,410 Referee: D. McDermidd
	Odejayi  54'	[15]

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2009-10-17 15:00	Wycombe Wanderers	1–1	Colchester United	Adams Park, High Wycombe Attendance: 5,394 Referee: Chris Sarginson
	Pittman  87'	[16]	Odejayi  23'

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2009-10-24 15:00	Colchester United	2–1	Walsall	Weston Homes Community Stadium, Colchester Attendance: 4,880 Referee: R. East
	Lisbie  26', 61' (pen.)	[17]	Byfield  21'

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2009-10-31 15:00	Millwall	2–1	Colchester United	The New Den, Bermondsey, London Attendance: 10,036 Referee: G. Horwood
	Dunne  66' Henry  90+4'	[18]	Wordsworth  18'

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2009-11-14 15:00	Colchester United	2–2	Exeter City	Weston Homes Community Stadium, Colchester Attendance: 5,208 Referee: Paul Taylor
	Platt  41', 85' Elito  89'	[19]	Fleetwood  6' Harley  45+1'

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2009-11-21 15:00	Oldham Athletic	2–2	Colchester United	Boundary Park, Oldham Attendance: 3,607 Referee: E. Ilderton
	Taylor  63' (pen.) Brooke  88'	[20]	Fox  12' Odejayi  50'

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2009-11-24 19:45	Colchester United	2–0	Stockport County	Weston Homes Community Stadium, Colchester Attendance: 3,818 Referee: Phil Gibbs
	Lisbie  10' Platt  15'	[21]

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2009-12-01 19:45	Brentford	1–0	Colchester United	Griffin Park, Brentford Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Graham Scott
	MacDonald  15'	[22]

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2009-12-05 15:00	Colchester United	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Weston Homes Community Stadium, Colchester Attendance: 4,942 Referee: T. Kettle
	Lisbie  30'	[23]

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2009-12-11 19.45	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–2	Colchester United	Withdean Stadium, Brighton Attendance: 5,898 Referee: S. Tanner
	Dicker  42'	[24]	Ifil  9' Wordsworth  14'

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2009-12-26 15:00	Southend United	1–2	Colchester United	Roots Hall, Southend-on-Sea Attendance: 10,329 Referee: G. Hegley
	Barnard  76'	[25]	Ifil  46' Wordsworth  57'

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2009-12-28 15:00	Colchester United	2–1	Southampton	Weston Homes Community Stadium, Colchester Attendance: 8,514 Referee: D. Deadman
	Wordsworth  23' Gillespie  75'	[26]	Lambert  90+1' (pen.)

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2010-01-16 15:00	Colchester United	0–5	Norwich City	Weston Homes Community Stadium, Colchester Attendance: 10,064 Referee: Mike Dean
	Henderson  90+3'	[27]	Martin  16', 45+1' Doherty  49' Johnson  81' Holt  90'

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2010-01-23 15:00	Gillingham	0–0	Colchester United	Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham Attendance: 4,948 Referee: Oliver Langford
		[28]

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2010-01-26 19:45	Colchester United	2–0	MK Dons	Weston Homes Community Stadium, Colchester Attendance: 3,601 Referee: S. Hooper
	Lisbie  18' Prutton  56'	[29]	Stirling  53'

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2010-01-30 15:00	Leeds United	2–0	Colchester United	Elland Road, Leeds Attendance: 23,425 Referee: A. Woolmer
	Beckford  38' (pen.)  55'	[30]

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2010-02-02 19:45	Colchester United	2–1	Carlisle United	Weston Homes Community Stadium, Colchester Attendance: 3,903 Referee: G. Sutton
	Platt  61' Odejayi  90+2'	[31]	Harte  24'

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2010-02-08 19:45	Colchester United	2–0	Southend United	Weston Homes Community Stadium, Colchester Attendance: 6,466 Referee: N. Miller
	Wordsworth  3', 62'	[32]

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2010-02-13 15:00	Stockport County	2–2	Colchester United	Edgeley Park, Stockport Attendance: 3,642 Referee: A. Haines
	Ibehre  22', 77'	[33]	Prutton  10' Wordsworth  18'

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2010-02-16 19:45	Yeovil Town	0–1	Colchester United	Huish Park, Yeovil Attendance: 3,469 Referee: D. Sheldrake
		[34]	Odejayi  38'

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2010-02-20 15:00	Colchester United	1–0	Oldham Athletic	Weston Homes Community Stadium, Colchester Attendance: 5,321 Referee: Linnington
	Batth  64'	[35]

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2010-02-27 15:00	Bristol Rovers	3–2	Colchester United	Memorial Stadium, Bristol Attendance: 6,023 Referee: Oliver Langford
	Blizzard  16' Kuffour  67' Lines  79'	[36]	O'Toole  21' Odejayi  89'

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2010-03-08 19:45	Colchester United	0–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Weston Homes Community Stadium, Colchester Attendance: 3,914 Referee: A. Bates
		[37]

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2010-03-13 15:00	Carlisle United	2–1	Colchester United	Brunton Park, Carlisle Attendance: 4,469 Referee: J. Waugh
	Marshall  68' Price  73' Taiwo  42'	[38]	Platt  66'

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2010-03-20 15:00	Walsall	1–0	Colchester United	Banks's Stadium, Walsall Attendance: 3,510 Referee: Geoff Eltringham
	Byfield  90+4' Hughes  45+1'	[39]

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2010-03-23 19:45	Colchester United	3–3	Brentford	Weston Homes Community Stadium, Colchester Attendance: 3,915 Referee: F. Graham
	Hunt  32' (o.g.) Wordsworth  45+3' Prutton  76'	[40]	Hunt  13' Legge  17' MacDonald  57'

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2010-03-27 15:00	Colchester United	1–1	Wycombe Wanderers	Weston Homes Community Stadium, Colchester Attendance: 5,593 Referee: Steve Cook
	Henderson  59'	[41]	Ainsworth  90+3'

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2011-04-02 15:00	Exeter City	2–0	Colchester United	St James Park, Exeter Attendance: 6,297 Referee: Phil Gibbs
	Fleetwood  33' Harley  90' (pen.)	[42]

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2010-04-05 13:00	Colchester United	1–2	Millwall	Weston Homes Community Stadium, Colchester Attendance: 7,393 Referee: A. D'Urso
	Lisbie  50'	[43]	Morison  43' Batth  78' (o.g.)

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2010-04-10 15:00	Colchester United	3–0	Swindon Town	Weston Homes Community Stadium, Colchester Attendance: 5,111 Referee: Andy Penn
	Vincent  24' Wordsworth  69', 90+2'	[44]

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2010-04-13 19:45	Charlton Athletic	1–0	Colchester United	The Valley, London Attendance: 17,427 Referee: Michael Jones
	Forster  21'	[45]

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2010-04-17 15:00	Hartlepool United	3–1	Colchester United	Victoria Park, Hartlepool Attendance: 3,126 Referee: J. Moss
	Brown  11' O'Donovan  19'  85' (pen.)	[46]	Henderson  8'

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2010-04-24 15:00	Colchester United	1–1	Tranmere Rovers	Weston Homes Community Stadium, Colchester Attendance: 4,353 Referee: P. Crossley
	Wordsworth  4' Prutton  90+4'	[47]	Thomas-Moore  6'

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2010-05-01 15:00	Huddersfield Town	2–1	Colchester United	Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield Attendance: 17,950 Referee: Keith Stroud
	Robinson  17' (pen.) Novak  90+5'	[48]	Hackney  76'

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2010-05-08 15:00	Colchester United	1–0	Leyton Orient	Weston Homes Community Stadium, Colchester Attendance: 5,751 Referee: D. Whitestone
	Lisbie  90+1' (pen.)	[49]

League Cup

First Round

2009-08-11 19:45	Colchester United	1–2	Leyton Orient	Weston Homes Community Stadium, Colchester Attendance: 3,308 Referee: D. Deadman
	Hackney  90+4' Platt  90+4'	[50]	Patulea  2' Melligan  63'

League Trophy

First Round – Southern Section

2009-09-01 19:45	Gillingham	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Colchester United	Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham Attendance: 1,725 Referee: D. Whitestone
	Jackson  77' (pen.)	[51]	Platt  84'
		Penalties
	Jackson Miller Palmer Weston McCammon	4–3	Vernon Wordsworth Fox Lockwood Perkins

FA Cup

First Round

2009-11-07 13:00	Bromley	0–4	Colchester United	Hayes Lane, Bromley Attendance: 4,242 Referee: D. Phillips
		[52]	Hackney  32' Odejayi  35' Platt  71' Gillespie  89'

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Second Round

2009-11-28 15:00	Hereford United	0–1	Colchester United	Edgar Street, Hereford Attendance: 2,225 Referee: N. Swarbrick
		[53]	O'Toole  90+4'

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Third Round

2010-01-02 15:00	Preston North End	7–0	Colchester United	Deepdale, Preston Attendance: 7,621 Referee: C. Webster
	Brown  13' Sedgwick  27' Parkin  48', 50', 72' (pen.) Williams  52' (o.g.) Carter  64'	[54]

Squad statistics

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No.	Nat.	Pos.	Name	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1		GK	Ben Williams	49	0	46	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
2		DF	Alan Maybury	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
3		DF	Lee Beevers	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
4		DF	Magnus Okuonghae	49	0	44	0	3	0	1	0	1	0
5		DF	Pat Baldwin	8	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
6		DF	Paul Reid	14	0	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
7		MF	Ashley Vincent	21	3	19	3	0	0	1	0	1	0
8		MF	Dean Hammond	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
8		MF	John-Joe O'Toole	33	3	31	2	2	1	0	0	0	0
9		FW	Clive Platt	45	9	41	7	2	1	1	0	1	1
10		MF	Kemal Izzet	41	0	37	0	2	0	1	0	1	0
11		MF	Simon Hackney	22	3	17	1	3	1	1	1	1	0
12		GK	Mark Cousins	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
14		MF	David Fox	20	3	18	3	1	0	0	0	1	0
15		FW	Kayode Odejayi	31	10	28	9	3	1	0	0	0	0
16		MF	Josh Payne	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16		MF	Ian Henderson	13	2	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
17		MF	David Perkins	7	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
18		FW	Steven Gillespie	33	2	30	1	3	1	0	0	0	0
19		FW	Joël Thomas	7	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
20		FW	Kevin Lisbie	43	13	41	13	1	0	1	0	0	0
21		DF	Danny Batth	18	1	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
22		MF	Anthony Wordsworth	44	11	41	11	2	0	0	0	1	0
23		DF	Marc Tierney	44	0	41	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
24		DF	Christian Ribeiro	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24		DF	Franck Queudrue	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25		DF	John White	43	0	39	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
26		MF	David Prutton	19	3	19	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
27		DF	Matt Lockwood	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
28		DF	Matt Heath	19	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
29		FW	Scott Vernon	9	3	7	3	0	0	1	0	1	0
30		FW	Jamie Guy	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30		DF	Morten Knudsen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31		DF	Phil Ifil	30	2	27	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
32		MF	Sam Corcoran	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33		FW	Russell Malton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34		DF	Thomas Bender	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39		MF	Medy Elito	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Scorers

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All Scorer Goals Kevin Lisbie 13 Anthony Wordsworth 11 Kayode Odejayi 10 Clive Platt 9 David Fox 3 Simon Hackney John-Joe O'Toole David Prutton Scott Vernon Ashley Vincent Steven Gillespie 2 Ian Henderson Phil Ifil Danny Batth 1 David Perkins Own goal 2

League Scorer Goals Kevin Lisbie 13 Anthony Wordsworth 11 Kayode Odejayi 9 Clive Platt 7 David Fox 3 David Prutton Scott Vernon Ashley Vincent Ian Henderson 2 Phil Ifil John-Joe O'Toole Danny Batth 1 Steven Gillespie Simon Hackney David Perkins Own goal 2

FA Cup Scorer Goals Steven Gillespie 1 Simon Hackney Kayode Odejayi John-Joe O'Toole Clive Platt

League Cup Scorer Goals Simon Hackney 1

League Trophy Scorer Goals Clive Platt 1

Assists

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Assistant	League	Cup	Total
Kevin Lisbie	7	0	7
Clive Platt
Philip Ifil	4	0	4
John-Joe O'Toole
David Prutton
Kayode Odejayi	3	1
Anthony Wordsworth	2	1	3
David Fox	1	2
Steven Gillespie	2	0	2
Simon Hackney
Kemal Izzet
Scott Vernon	1	1
Marc Tierney		0	1
Ben Williams

Disciplinary record

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Pos.	Name	League		Cups		Total
DF	Danny Batth	4	0	0	0	4	0
MF	David Fox	1	0	0	0	1	0
FW	Steven Gillespie	4	0	0	0	4	0
MF	Simon Hackney	3	0	0	0	3	0
MF	Ian Henderson	1	1	0	0	1	1
DF	Philip Ifil	1	0	0	0	1	0
MF	Kemal Izzet	8	1	2	0	10	1
FW	Kevin Lisbie	8	1	0	0	8	1
DF	Magnus Okuonghae	2	0	1	0	0	0
MF	John-Joe O'Toole	8	0	1	0	9	0
FW	Clive Platt	3	0	0	1	3	1
MF	David Prutton	7	1	0	0	7	1
DF	Paul Reid	2	0	0	0	2	0
DF	Marc Tierney	9	1	0	0	9	1
FW	Joël Thomas	0	0	1	0	1	0
MF	Ashley Vincent	3	0	0	0	3	0
DF	John White	5	0	0	0	5	0
MF	Anthony Wordsworth	8	0	1	0	9	0

End of season awards

Player of the Year Award	Ben Williams
Young Player of the Year Award	Anthony Wordsworth
Player's Player of the Year Award	Marc Tierney
Goal of the Season Award	David Prutton (vs. MK Dons)
Community Player of the Year Award	Simon Hackney
CUSA Home Player of the Year Award	Ben Williams
CUSA Away Player of the Year Award	Ben Williams

Most Frequent Starting XI

This section shows players in a 4-4-2 formation with the most league starts during the season.

No. Pos. Name Apps. Goals 1 GK Ben Williams 46 0 25 DF John White 38 0 21 DF Danny Batth 16 1 4 DF Magnus Okuonghae 44 0 23 DF Marc Tierney 41 0 10 MF Kemal Izzet 31 0 26 MF David Prutton 18 3 8 MF John-Joe O'Toole 30 2 22 MF Anthony Wordsworth 36 11 20 FW Kevin Lisbie 35 13 9 FW Clive Platt 36 7

Williams White Okuonghae Batth Tierney Izzet Prutton O'Toole Wordsworth Lisbie Platt

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