Cheltenham Town 3-1 Colchester United: result and report

League Two · Saturday 16 September 2017

Result

Cheltenham Town 3-1 Colchester United

League Two · Saturday 16 September 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Cheltenham Town 3-1 Colchester United: match report

Cheltenham Town won against Colchester United 3-1 in the League Two on Saturday 16 September 2017. The half-time score was 2-1.

K. Dawson opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Cheltenham Town's goals came from K. Dawson (10'), Mo Eisa (15') and Jamie Grimes (57'). Colchester United scored through S. Szmodics (26', penalty).

Discipline: Cheltenham Town received 1 yellow card; Colchester United received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Cheltenham Town were 22nd on 4 points from 7 and Colchester United 16th on 8 points from 7. Cheltenham Town went on to finish that season 17th with 51 points, and Colchester United 13th with 62.

Cheltenham Town lined up in a 4-3-3 and Colchester United in a 3-4-1-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Cheltenham Town wins, 0 draws and 2 for Colchester United.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · K. DawsonCheltenham Town · 1-0
  • 15'Goal · Mo EisaCheltenham Town · 2-0
  • 24'Yellow card · K. DawsonCheltenham Town
  • 26'Penalty goal · S. SzmodicsColchester United · 2-1
  • 54'Yellow card · Kane Vincent-YoungColchester United
  • 56'Missed penalty · B. GrahamCheltenham Town
  • 56'Red card · Mikael MandronColchester United
  • 57'Goal · Jamie GrimesCheltenham Town · 3-1
  • 60'Yellow card · Sam WalkerColchester United
  • 64'Yellow card · Drey WrightColchester United
  • 80'Yellow card · Tom LapslieColchester United

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Cheltenham Town 0, draws 0, Colchester United 2.

Team news

Cheltenham Town line-up (4-3-3)

S. Flinders, Jamie Grimes, Jordan Cranston, Kyle Storer, H. Pell, Kevin Dawson, Carl Winchester, Joe Morrell, Taylor Moore, Mo Eisa, Brian Graham

Colchester United line-up (3-4-1-2)

Sam Walker, Tom Eastman, Kane Vincent-Young, Ryan Inniss, Cameron James, Ryan Jackson, Tom Lapslie, Sammie Szmodics, Brandon Comley, Nicke Kabamba, Mikael Mandron