Up the Us
Up the Us Promoted to the football league in 1950, Colchester United have spent all but two seasons in the bottom two divisions, bouncing between the third and fourth tiers on a regular basis. Howe...
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The City-games seem to have been great. Losing 4-1 on aggregate seems realistic, but you did well to push them in both games. More talents coming through, the Welsh fellow already looks first team ready, and Louis seems to receive high praise, also scoring a hattrick recently.
I've just qualified for the BSM Trophy final myself. And it seems you're getting there too.
I like Pep's response: he's always overly positive about the opponents. Even if City blows them away, Pep is still talking about a very strong opponent. It's respectful from one side, but from a different angle it's an overload of feathers up someone's @$$
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Ha ha ha. I posted that ncomment from him simply because I think he would have said it, given the gap between us and how well we did.The U’s go Marching On
The U’s completed an entire month of victories by winning the four matches they had in the second half of February.
Olav Petersen and Xisco Aguilar scored a brace each to see off Sheffield Wednesday in the league, followed by a 6-0 thrashing of Burton Albion away from home, which saw six different names on the scoresheet. Reading were then despatched 5-1, with the U’s five goals coming from different players.
The U’s finished the month booking a trip to Wembley to defend their Bristol Street Motors trophy, in a match that saw academy debutant Xabier Rojas score in his first ever match, coming on as a late substitute and notching on 76 minutes.
The U’s are in control of League 1, five points ahead of Rotherhjam with a match in hand, and a huge 14 ahead of Derby in third, with the top two securing automatic promotion.
Fabien Louis is the U’s top goalscorer, on 21 goals, deposing Samson Tovide as the go-to striker for goals.
He also leads the League 1 goalscoring charts, with Tovide currently 10th.
FA Cup Run Continues
10-man Colchester United advanced past Championship Barnsley in the FA Cup at Camulodunum, winning 2-0 despite right-back Andres Nunez being sent off in the second half.
Barnsley who, as the bottom team in the Championship, are just one place above the U’s in the pyramid, had no answer to the supremely confident U’s, illustrating the difference between being top of one division and bottom of another.
Either side of that, the U’s recorded three more wins in the league, to continue their progress towards the Championship, where they could well replace their FA Cup opponents next season.
The Plymouth match was notable for the return of Bradley Ihionvien after 3 months out with a toe injury, and he continued where he left off, with what proved to be the winning goal for the U’s.
Bradley Ihionvien: Scoring Return
Next up in the cup is a massive test against the billionaire Premier League side Newcastle United, at St James’ Park, no less. It could be the end of the road for the U’s this season.
“We are looking forward to the challenge” said manager Danny Cowley. 52,000 in the crowd, on TV and a chance to show the country what we are about.”
