Colchester United 1-3 Morecambe: result and report

League Two · Saturday 7 October 2023

Result

Colchester United 1-3 Morecambe

League Two · Saturday 7 October 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Colchester United 1-3 Morecambe: match report

Colchester United were beaten by Morecambe 1-3 in the League Two on Saturday 7 October 2023. It was 0-1 at half-time.

John Joshua Mckiernan opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Colchester United's goal came from Cameron McGeehan (73'). Morecambe scored through John Joshua Mckiernan (21'), John Joshua Mckiernan (53') and John Joshua Mckiernan (61').

Discipline: Colchester United received 2 yellow cards; Morecambe received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Colchester United were 21st on 10 points from 10 and Morecambe 12th on 15 points from 10. Colchester United went on to finish that season 22nd with 45 points, and Morecambe 15th with 61.

Colchester United lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Morecambe in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to JJ McKiernan of Morecambe (9.5), ahead of Jayden Fevrier (8.1).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Yellow card · Adam MayorMorecambe
  • 8'Yellow card · David TutondaMorecambe
  • 16'Yellow card · Donald LoveMorecambe
  • 21'Goal · John Joshua MckiernanMorecambe · 0-1
  • 24'Yellow card · Zach MitchellColchester United
  • 35'Red card · James ConnollyMorecambe
  • 53'Goal · John Joshua MckiernanMorecambe · 0-2
  • 61'Goal · John Joshua MckiernanMorecambe · 0-3
  • 73'Goal · Cameron McGeehanColchester United · 1-3
  • 90+2'Missed penalty · Noah ChilversColchester United
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Joel SeniorMorecambe
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Bradley IhionvienColchester United

Team news

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

Owen Goodman, Mandela Egbo, Zach Mitchell, Connor Hall, Al-Amin Kazeem, Jay Mingi, Cameron McGeehan, Jayden Fevrier, Noah Chilvers, Joe Taylor, Samson Tovide

Morecambe line-up (4-2-3-1)

Stuart Moore, Joel Senior, James Connolly, Jacob Bedeau, David Tutonda, Donald Love, JJ McKiernan, Tom Bloxham, Adam Mayor, Jordan Slew, Michael Mellon