Colchester United 3-0 Preston North End: result and report
League One · Saturday 3 March 2012
Result
Colchester United 3-0 Preston North End
League One · Saturday 3 March 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Colchester United 3-0 Preston North End: match report
Colchester United beat Preston North End 3-0 in the League One on Saturday 3 March 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Steven Gillespie opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Colchester United's goals came from Steven Gillespie (19'), Steven Gillespie (52') and Andy Bond (90+4'). Preston North End did not score.
Discipline: Colchester United received 1 yellow card; Preston North End received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Colchester United were 12th on 41 points from 31 and Preston North End 14th on 39 points from 31. Colchester United went on to finish that season 10th with 59 points, and Preston North End 18th with 53.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Colchester United wins, 0 draws and 1 for Preston North End.
Going into the match Colchester United's last five read D-D-L-W-W and Preston North End's D-L-W-L-D.
Key events
- 19'Goal · Steven Gillespie
- 32'Yellow card · C. Robertson
- 45+1'Yellow card · Paul Coutts
- 49'Yellow card · Graham Cummins
- 52'Goal · Steven Gillespie
- 90+3'Yellow card · Ben Williams
- 90+4'Goal · Andy Bond
Head-to-head
Team news
Colchester United line-up
Ben Williams, Magnus Okuonghae, Tom Eastman, Brian Wilson, John White, Kemal Izzet, Martin Rowlands, Anthony Wordsworth, Ian Henderson, Steven Gillespie, Kayode Odejayi
Preston North End line-up
Thorsten Stuckmann, Chris Robertson, Steven Smith, Nicky Hunt, Aaron Brown, Paul Coutts, Paul Parry, George Miller, Andrew Procter, Rhys Murphy, Graham Cummins