Colchester United 1-1 Grimsby Town: result and report

League Two · Saturday 20 January 2018

Result

Colchester United 1-1 Grimsby Town

League Two · Saturday 20 January 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Colchester United 1-1 Grimsby Town: match report

Colchester United drew with Grimsby Town 1-1 in the League Two on Saturday 20 January 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Charles Vernam opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Colchester United's goal came from S. Murray (47'). Grimsby Town scored through Charles Vernam (38').

Discipline: Colchester United received no yellow cards; Grimsby Town received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Colchester United were 11th on 41 points from 28 and Grimsby Town 17th on 34 points from 28. Colchester United went on to finish that season 13th with 62 points, and Grimsby Town 18th with 51.

Colchester United lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Grimsby Town in a 5-3-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Colchester United win, 1 draw and 1 for Grimsby Town.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Goal · Charles VernamGrimsby Town · 0-1
  • 47'Goal · S. MurrayColchester United · 1-1
  • 66'Yellow card · Ben DaviesGrimsby Town

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Colchester United 1, draws 1, Grimsby Town 1.

Team news

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

Sam Walker, Frankie Kent, Tom Eastman, Kane Vincent-Young, Ryan Inniss, Ryan Jackson, Tom Lapslie, Sammie Szmodics, Sean Murray, Drey Wright, Kurtis Guthrie

Grimsby Town line-up (5-3-2)

J. Kean, Ben Davies, Paul Dixon, Nathan Clarke, Danny Collins, Karleigh Osborne, James Berrett, Mitchell Rose, Luke Summerfield, Jamille Matt, Charles Vernam