Bradford City 1-2 Colchester United: result and report

League One · Tuesday 1 March 2016

Result

Bradford City 1-2 Colchester United

League One · Tuesday 1 March 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Bradford City 1-2 Colchester United: match report

Bradford City were beaten by Colchester United 1-2 in the League One on Tuesday 1 March 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Wes Thomas opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Bradford City's goal came from Wes Thomas (17'). Colchester United scored through Darren Ambrose (23') and Darren Ambrose (57').

Discipline: Bradford City received 1 yellow card; Colchester United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bradford City were 8th on 50 points from 32 and Colchester United 24th on 24 points from 33. Bradford City went on to finish that season 6th with 81 points, and Colchester United 23rd with 40.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Bradford City win, 3 draws and 1 for Colchester United.

Going into the match Bradford City's last five read W-D-W-W-L and Colchester United's D-L-D-L-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Wes ThomasBradford City · 1-0
  • 20'Yellow card · Gavin MasseyColchester United
  • 23'Goal · Darren AmbroseColchester United · 1-1
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Wes ThomasBradford City
  • 57'Goal · Darren AmbroseColchester United · 1-2
  • 71'Yellow card · Darren AmbroseColchester United
  • 88'Yellow card · Owen GarvanColchester United

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Bradford City 1, draws 3, Colchester United 1.

Team news

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Bradford City line-up

Ben Williams, Stephen Darby, James Meredith, Nathan Clarke, Rory McArdle, Tony McMahon, Lee Evans, Josh Cullen, Kyel Romaine Reid, James Hanson, Wes Thomas

Colchester United line-up

Elliot Parish, Tom Eastman, Kane Vincent-Young, Nicky Shorey, Leo Chambers, Owen Garvan, Joe Edwards, George Moncur, Gavin Massey, Darren Ambrose, Chris Porter