Colchester United 4-1 Oldham Athletic: result and report

League One · Saturday 27 August 2011

Result

Colchester United 4-1 Oldham Athletic

League One · Saturday 27 August 2011, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Colchester United 4-1 Oldham Athletic: match report

Colchester United defeated Oldham Athletic 4-1 in the League One on Saturday 27 August 2011. It was 2-1 at half-time.

A. Wordsworth opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Colchester United's goals came from A. Wordsworth (1'), A. Wordsworth (45+3', penalty), Ian Henderson (47') and Matt Heath (56'). Oldham Athletic scored through R. Reid (37', penalty).

Discipline: Colchester United received 2 yellow cards; Oldham Athletic received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Colchester United were 18th on 4 points from 4 and Oldham Athletic 12th on 6 points from 4. Colchester United went on to finish that season 10th with 59 points, and Oldham Athletic 16th with 54.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Colchester United wins, 4 draws and 1 for Oldham Athletic.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · A. WordsworthColchester United · 1-0
  • 37'Yellow card · Paul BlackOldham Athletic
  • 37'Penalty goal · R. ReidOldham Athletic · 1-1
  • 45'Yellow card · R. ReidOldham Athletic
  • 45+3'Penalty goal · A. WordsworthColchester United · 2-1
  • 47'Goal · Ian HendersonColchester United · 3-1
  • 56'Goal · Matt HeathColchester United · 4-1
  • 77'Yellow card · Magnus OkuonghaeColchester United
  • 87'Yellow card · A. WordsworthColchester United

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Colchester United 3, draws 4, Oldham Athletic 1.

Team news

Colchester United line-up

Mark Cousins, Magnus Okuonghae, John-Joe O'Toole, Brian Wilson, Anthony Wordsworth, Lloyd James, Ben Coker, Michail Antonio, Ian Henderson, Matt Heath, Kayode Odejayi

Oldham Athletic line-up

Alex Cisak, Paul Black, Zander Diamond, Nathan Clarke, James Wesolowski, Filipe Morais, Chris Taylor, Kieran Lee, Carl Winchester, David Mellor, Reuben Reid