Colchester United 1-2 Rochdale: result and report

League One · Sunday 8 May 2016

Result

Colchester United 1-2 Rochdale

League One · Sunday 8 May 2016, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Colchester United 1-2 Rochdale: match report

Colchester United lost to Rochdale 1-2 in the League One on Sunday 8 May 2016. The half-time score was 0-1.

Nathaniel Mendez-Laing opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Colchester United's goal came from Joe Edwards (53'). Rochdale scored through Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (18') and Calvin Andrew (69').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Colchester United were 23rd on 40 points from 45 and Rochdale 11th on 66 points from 45. Colchester United went on to finish that season 23rd with 40 points, and Rochdale 10th with 69.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Colchester United wins, 2 draws and 3 for Rochdale.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Nathaniel Mendez-LaingRochdale · 0-1
  • 53'Goal · Joe EdwardsColchester United · 1-1
  • 69'Goal · Calvin AndrewRochdale · 1-2

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Colchester United 2, draws 2, Rochdale 3.

Team news

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Colchester United line-up

James Bransgrove, Alex Wynter, Frankie Kent, Matthew Briggs, Joe Edwards, Alex Gilbey, George Moncur, Gavin Massey, Elliot Lee, Tom Lapslie, Macauley Bonne

Rochdale line-up

Josh Lillis, Jimmy McNulty, Ashley Eastham, Javier Klimowicz, Joe Bunney, Matthew Lund, Donald McDermott, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Jamie Allen, Andy Cannon, Ian Henderson