Colchester United 0-3 Forest Green Rovers: result and report

League Two · Tuesday 12 March 2019

Result

Colchester United 0-3 Forest Green Rovers

League Two · Tuesday 12 March 2019, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Colchester United 0-3 Forest Green Rovers: match report

Colchester United lost to Forest Green Rovers 0-3 in the League Two on Tuesday 12 March 2019. The half-time score was 0-2.

Liam Shephard opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Colchester United did not score. Forest Green Rovers scored through Liam Shephard (21'), Reece Brown (33') and Christian Doidge (81').

Discipline: Colchester United received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Forest Green Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Colchester United were 6th on 57 points from 36 and Forest Green Rovers 9th on 54 points from 36. Colchester United went on to finish that season 8th with 70 points, and Forest Green Rovers 6th with 75.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Colchester United win, 0 draws and 0 for Forest Green Rovers.

Going into the match Colchester United's last five read W-L-D-D-W and Forest Green Rovers's L-L-L-W-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Liam ShephardForest Green Rovers · 0-1
  • 33'Goal · Reece BrownForest Green Rovers · 0-2
  • 36'Yellow card · Frank NoubleColchester United
  • 40'Yellow card · Lewis WardForest Green Rovers
  • 81'Goal · Christian DoidgeForest Green Rovers · 0-3
  • 85'Second yellow · Frank NoubleColchester United

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Colchester United 1, draws 0, Forest Green Rovers 0.

Team news

Colchester United line-up

Rene Gilmartin, Ryan Jackson, Kane Vincent-Young, Sammie Szmodics, Frankie Kent, Tom Eastman, Courtney Senior, Ben Stevenson, Luke Norris, Frank Nouble, Mikael Mandron

Forest Green Rovers line-up

Lewis Ward, Liam Shephard, Farrend Rawson, Carl Winchester, Joseph Mills, Gavin Gunning, Reece Brown, Lee Collins, Christian Doidge, Reuben Reid, N. McGinley