Colchester United 4-2 Tranmere Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 28 April 2012

Result

Colchester United 4-2 Tranmere Rovers

League One · Saturday 28 April 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Colchester United 4-2 Tranmere Rovers: match report

Colchester United won against Tranmere Rovers 4-2 in the League One on Saturday 28 April 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.

Ian Henderson opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Colchester United's goals came from Ian Henderson (4'), Tom Eastman (46'), an own goal by Ian Goodison (66') and Freddie Sears (84'). Tranmere Rovers scored through James Wallace (52') and J. Cassidy (72').

Discipline: Colchester United received 2 yellow cards; Tranmere Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Colchester United were 10th on 56 points from 44 and Tranmere Rovers 11th on 55 points from 44. Colchester United went on to finish that season 10th with 59 points, and Tranmere Rovers 12th with 56.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Ian HendersonColchester United · 1-0
  • 16'Yellow card · Kayode OdejayiColchester United
  • 17'Yellow card · Ian GoodisonTranmere Rovers
  • 46'Goal · Tom EastmanColchester United · 2-0
  • 49'Yellow card · Tom EastmanColchester United
  • 52'Goal · James WallaceTranmere Rovers · 2-1
  • 60'Yellow card · Mustafa TiryakiTranmere Rovers
  • 66'Own goal · Ian GoodisonColchester United · 3-1
  • 72'Goal · J. CassidyTranmere Rovers · 3-2
  • 84'Goal · Freddie SearsColchester United · 4-2

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Colchester United 2, draws 3, Tranmere Rovers 2.

Team news

Colchester United line-up

Ben Williams, Michael Rose, Magnus Okuonghae, Tom Eastman, Brian Wilson, John White, Andy Bond, Anthony Wordsworth, Lloyd James, Ian Henderson, Kayode Odejayi

Tranmere Rovers line-up

Andy Coughlin, Zoumana Bakayogo, Ian Goodison, Mark McChrystal, Danny Holmes, John Welsh, Andy Robinson, James Wallace, Mustafa Tiryaki, Lucas Akins, Jake Cassidy