Crewe Alexandra 3-2 Colchester United: result and report

League One · Saturday 10 November 2012

Result

Crewe Alexandra 3-2 Colchester United

League One · Saturday 10 November 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Crewe Alexandra 3-2 Colchester United: match report

Crewe Alexandra won against Colchester United 3-2 in the League One on Saturday 10 November 2012. The half-time score was 0-2.

Freddie Sears opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Crewe Alexandra's goals came from Lauri Dalla Valle (51'), Luke Murphy (64', penalty) and Mathias Pogba (74'). Colchester United scored through Freddie Sears (2') and Ian Henderson (30').

Discipline: Crewe Alexandra received 1 yellow card; Colchester United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Crewe Alexandra were 14th on 20 points from 16 and Colchester United 13th on 20 points from 16. Crewe Alexandra went on to finish that season 14th with 64 points, and Colchester United 20th with 51.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Crewe Alexandra wins, 0 draws and 0 for Colchester United.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Freddie SearsColchester United · 0-1
  • 30'Goal · Ian HendersonColchester United · 0-2
  • 45+1'Yellow card · A. OsmanCrewe Alexandra
  • 50'Yellow card · M. RoseColchester United
  • 51'Goal · Lauri Dalla ValleCrewe Alexandra · 1-2
  • 62'Yellow card · Magnus OkuonghaeColchester United
  • 64'Penalty goal · Luke MurphyCrewe Alexandra · 2-2
  • 74'Goal · Mathias PogbaCrewe Alexandra · 3-2

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Crewe Alexandra 2, draws 0, Colchester United 0.

Team news

Unavailable

Crewe Alexandra expected line-up

Chris Martin, Harry Davis, Kelvin Mellor, Mark Ellis, Matt Tootle, Luke Murphy, Abdul Osman, Mathias Pogba, Byron Moore, C. Aneke

Colchester United expected line-up

Mark Cousins, Tom Eastman, Michael Rose, Magnus Okuonghae, Brian Wilson, Craig Eastmond, Marcus Bean, Anthony Wordsworth, Gavin Massey, Ian Henderson, Jabo Ibehre