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.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Steven GillespieColchester United · 1-0
  • 32'Yellow card · C. RobertsonPreston North End
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Paul CouttsPreston North End
  • 49'Yellow card · Graham CumminsPreston North End
  • 52'Goal · Steven GillespieColchester United · 2-0
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Ben WilliamsColchester United
  • 90+4'Goal · Andy BondColchester United · 3-0

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Colchester United 4, draws 0, Preston North End 1.

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