The chairman has said he can't afford to keep us – it's a shock but I understand | Frank Nouble
29/04/2020 - Everything was going well at Colchester but the coronavirus shut everything down and clubs this Expand
29/04/2020 - Everything was going well at Colchester but the coronavirus shut everything down and clubs this size are strugglingA couple of weeks ago, I had a phone call from my manager, John McGreal. He wanted to deliver some unfortunate news to four players who were out of contract in the summer and tell us that we wouldn’t be offered renewals at Colchester.Due to the circumstances we’re living in right now, he told us that the chairman, Robbie Cowling, couldn’t promise to fulfil our contracts and that is just the way it is. The chairman then called us a couple of days later just to confirm the news and to thank us for our time at the club. He said: “You never know what might happen in the future but I just can’t promise you I will be able to afford the contract I wanted to offer you.” Related: Colchester release four first-team players due to financial pressure Every club is in limbo ... it shows how fragile life as a footballer can be Continue reading... Collapse
Colchester’s Luke Norris: ‘We beat Palace and then I came down fishing’
16/12/2019 - Colchester forward is preparing for Manchester United and the biggest night of his career by Expand
16/12/2019 - Colchester forward is preparing for Manchester United and the biggest night of his career by waiting for a 42lb carpIt is an overcast day in late November, and Colchester United have given their players a day off. A few minutes’ drive from their training ground, by the side of a small private lake accessible only, given recent rain, by navigating across a few hundred metres of thick sludge, Luke Norris is putting up a tent. This will be the striker’s home until the next morning, when he will pack up and head straight to training. Inside the tent is a simple camp bed and some basic provisions, protected from the rats that frequent the water’s edge; inside the lake is a 42lb carp, and Norris hopes to catch it sometime in the following 22 hours .Whenever it happens, the enormous fish will be out of the water only for as long as it takes to secure a commemorative photograph. The only giant-killing Norris is interested in is of the footballing kind, with his team already having knocked Collapse
Spurs' Mauricio Pochettino: We need to be all together, not to have different agendas – video
25/09/2019 - Tottenham's turbulent week continued as they lost to League Two side Colchester United in the Expand
25/09/2019 - Tottenham's turbulent week continued as they lost to League Two side Colchester United in the Carabao Cup. The tie finished 0-0 before Mauricio Pochettino's side lost 4-3 on penalties. Speaking after the game the Tottenham manager admitted, 'When you have an unsettled squad you always need time to recover the time you lose.' With a number of potential player out-goings in January, most significantly Christian Eriksen, the message was about regrouping the squad: 'We need this mental connection, this energy to be all together, not to have different agendas in the squad. We need time again to build that togetherness.'Tottenham crash out of Carabao Cup to Colchester on penalties Continue reading... Collapse
The standout young players in League One and League Two this season
10/09/2019 - Fans at Ipswich, Fleetwood, Swindon, Crawley and Colchester are witnessing some special Expand
10/09/2019 - Fans at Ipswich, Fleetwood, Swindon, Crawley and Colchester are witnessing some special performances this season By Martin Laurence for WhoScoredThe top two divisions in England have taken a break for the international fixtures, but the action has not stopped in League One and League Two. With 15% of the campaign already completed, it’s a good time to assess some of the young talent in the divisions. Here are six players under the age of 23 who have really stood out this season. Related: Maidstone's revival after going bust in the Football League offers Bury hope Related: Is Mohamed Salah's individualism hurting Liverpool? Far from it Continue reading... Collapse
Who makes our Football League teams of the season for 2018-19?
29/05/2019 - We select an XI from the Championship and Leagues One and Two, plus a manager for eachGoalkeeper: Expand
29/05/2019 - We select an XI from the Championship and Leagues One and Two, plus a manager for eachGoalkeeper: Dean Henderson (Sheffield United) The Manchester United loanee is on Gareth Southgate’s radar after a league-high 21 clean sheets. Another outstanding season away from his parent club after shining at Shrewsbury. Related: Aston Villa’s John Terry plans future in management ‘in the long run’ Related: Bury financial crisis deepens amid pressure over £4.2m loan Continue reading... Collapse
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Colchester release four first-team players due to financial pressure
27/04/2020 - Coronavirus pandemic has affected football financesCaptain Luke Prosser among the players Expand
27/04/2020 - Coronavirus pandemic has affected football financesCaptain Luke Prosser among the players releasedColchester United have become the first club in the EFL to release players due to the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic, with the chairman, Robbie Cowling, admitting he could not afford to offer them new deals. A club statement on Monday confirmed that captain Luke Prosser, Frank Nouble, Ryan Jackson and Brandon Comley – who had all made more than 20 appearances for John McGreal’s side in League Two this season – will be released from their contracts at the end of June. Related: Liverpool postpone Anfield Road stand expansion owing to Covid-19 Continue reading... Collapse
Carabao Cup quarter-finals: Colchester and Oxford to face Manchester giants
31/10/2019 - Colchester drawn to play at Old TraffordOxford set to host holders Manchester CityThe two EFL Expand
31/10/2019 - Colchester drawn to play at Old TraffordOxford set to host holders Manchester CityThe two EFL teams left in the Carabao Cup were richly rewarded in Thursday’s quarter-final draw, with League Two Colchester United to face Manchester United at Old Trafford and Oxford United of League One at home to Manchester City.Liverpool are due to play at Aston Villa after their extraordinary win over Arsenal on penalties following a 5-5 draw, and Leicester face a trip to Everton. Related: Jürgen Klopp says Liverpool could pull out of Carabao Cup over fixture clashes Continue reading... Collapse
Tottenham crash out of Carabao Cup to Colchester on penalties
24/09/2019 - Eric Dier summed it up best at full-time, telling Victor Wanyama it had been an embarrassing Expand
24/09/2019 - Eric Dier summed it up best at full-time, telling Victor Wanyama it had been an embarrassing performance from Tottenham. Little did the Spurs defender know that the misery was only just beginning for Mauricio Pochettino’s side.They were out of the Carabao Cup a few minutes later, beaten on penalties by Colchester United of League Two. Misses from Lucas Moura and Christian Eriksen were the story of a famous upset as Spurs fell victim to the unlikeliest of shocks, leaving Pochettino no closer to winning a major trophy. Continue reading... Collapse
Carabao Cup roundup: Norwich are dumped out by League Two Crawley
27/08/2019 - • Crystal Palace lose to Colchester after penalty shootout• Sheffield United, Brighton, Watford Expand
27/08/2019 - • Crystal Palace lose to Colchester after penalty shootout• Sheffield United, Brighton, Watford and Southampton winNorwich were dumped out of the Carabao Cup by League Two Crawley as Bez Lubala’s deflected first-half strike was enough to secure a 1-0 win for Town.Daniel Farke’s decision to change all 11 starters for the Canaries proved costly as the Premier League new boys produced a disjointed performance and were duly punished. Related: Aston Villa show their class in comfortable win over Crewe Related: Jack Wilshere kickstarts West Ham’s Carabao Cup victory over Newport Continue reading... Collapse
Arthur Turner obituary
07/02/2019 - Footballer who played for Charlton in an FA Cup final, but never played a game for them in the Expand
07/02/2019 - Footballer who played for Charlton in an FA Cup final, but never played a game for them in the leagueThe footballer Arthur Turner, who has died aged 98, had the unusual distinction of appearing in an FA Cup final for his side without ever playing a game for them in the league.During the disrupted circumstances of English football after the second world war, Turner was an amateur centre-forward for Charlton in the 1946 final against Derby County. As it was too soon to resurrect a proper league programme for 1945-46, the main focus of that first postwar season fell on the FA Cup, with ties extended into two-legged affairs to spin out the excitement. Continue reading... Collapse
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Marcus Rashford downs Colchester once Manchester United find their range
18/12/2019 - If Marcus Rashford performs Manchester United often follow suit. So it was that he transformed Expand
18/12/2019 - If Marcus Rashford performs Manchester United often follow suit. So it was that he transformed this quarter-final when turning it on in the second half to give Ole Gunnar Solskjær the win which is the best way for him to celebrate Thursday’s one-year anniversary of taking charge.Rashford scored the opener and was a key factor in United’s other two strikes in a 10-minute burst that was precisely what was required against a Colchester United who had proved durable. The victory means Solskjaer’s side are just 180 minutes away from the inaugural final of his reign in a first full campaign as the manager. Continue reading... Collapse
Man City 3-1 Southampton, Everton 2-0 Watford: Carabao Cup – as it happened
29/10/2019 - Manchester City, Leicester, Everton, Oxford and Colchester all earned quarter-final spots on a Expand
29/10/2019 - Manchester City, Leicester, Everton, Oxford and Colchester all earned quarter-final spots on a night of occasional drama 10.05pm GMT And with that, my race is run. We’ll be back for a whole lot more tomorrow night. Bye! 10.02pm GMT Here’s Paul Doyle’s report from the Pirelli Stadium:Leicester advanced to the Carabao Cup quarter-finals despite being spooked by Burton. Brendan Rodgers’ men seemed set to dish out another emphatic beating after goals by Kelechi Iheanacho and Youri Tielemans put them 2-0 up after 20 minutes. But rather than lie down like Southampton, the League One side rebelled, halving the deficit thanks to Liam Boyce and forcing Danny Ward to make several fine saves. James Maddison came off the bench to settle the tie in the 89th minute. Related: James Maddison makes Burton pay and helps fire Leicester into last eight 10.00pm GMT Extraordinary scenes at Oxford tonight: “We could actually hear the crowd at the Oxford United stadium cheering,” reports Mark Piesing. “We Collapse
Colchester’s Luke Prosser: ‘My family are Spurs and they were going mad’
23/09/2019 - Former Tottenham youth player could not believe his luck in the Carabao Cup draw – until he Expand
23/09/2019 - Former Tottenham youth player could not believe his luck in the Carabao Cup draw – until he realised who he could end up markingLuke Prosser could feel that something big was about to happen. The Colchester captain knew the numbers of the top Premier League clubs and, as the draw for the Carabao Cup third round went on, none had come out. A measure of trepidation underpinned the excitement. “I was thinking: ‘What if it’s one of them? Say we get Man City away?” Prosser says. “They beat Burton 9-0 last season. You don’t want to get turned over silly.”Then it happened. League Two Colchester, who had beaten Crystal Palace on penalties at Selhurst Park, came out first and they were swiftly followed by Tottenham. For Prosser, a former Spurs youth player and lifelong supporter of the club, the surge of emotion was indescribable. This was the jackpot. Related: Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action Continue reading... Collapse
League Two 2019-20 season preview
29/07/2019 - Scunthorpe and Plymouth should be contenders after their relegation to a division in which Expand
29/07/2019 - Scunthorpe and Plymouth should be contenders after their relegation to a division in which Stevenage could be dark horsesThere is a vast pool of exciting 40-something coaches determined to make a splash as managers, some of whom are taking their first plunge while others, notably Paul Hurst, are hungry to kick on. Determined not to allow a 14-game reign at Ipswich define his reputation, Hurst has the look of a managerial catch for Scunthorpe United, given his success at Grimsby and Shrewsbury where he surpassed expectations, eking every sinew out of his players. At Glanford Park, however, Hurst will have to cope with the expectation that comes with the territory of being fancied for an instant return to League One. The signing of Andy Butler, who started his career at the club, seems a sensible addition. Related: Bielsa, Brentford and Bolton: the new Football League season Continue reading... Collapse
FA Cup: Woking and Guiseley hold League opponents to earn place in draw
05/11/2017 - • Jamie Philpot’s header earns Woking a replay at Bury• Truro’s Cup journey ends with defeat at Expand
05/11/2017 - • Jamie Philpot’s header earns Woking a replay at Bury• Truro’s Cup journey ends with defeat at CharltonThe National League sides Woking and Guiseley earned draws against Football League opposition on Sunday to ensure a place in the second round draw. Woking recovered from the concession of an early goal to draw 1-1 against Bury, while Guiseley drew 0-0 at home to Accrington Stanley, currently second in League Two. Woking earned their replay against managerless Bury through Jamie Philpot’s header after their League One visitors, who sacked Lee Clark last month, went ahead after 42 seconds through Michael Smith. Related: Middlesbrough go fifth and heap more misery on managerless Sunderland Related: Bristol City delight in Severnside honours as Aden Flint sinks Cardiff Continue reading... Collapse
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