Tranmere Rovers 4-0 Colchester United: result and report

League One · Saturday 1 September 2012

Result

Tranmere Rovers 4-0 Colchester United

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

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Tranmere Rovers 4-0 Colchester United: match report

Tranmere Rovers beat Colchester United 4-0 in the League One on Saturday 1 September 2012. It was 1-0 at half-time.

J. Cassidy opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Tranmere Rovers's goals came from J. Cassidy (40'), J. Cassidy (49'), Zoumana Bakayogo (58') and J. Cassidy (77'). Colchester United did not score.

Discipline: Tranmere Rovers received no yellow cards; Colchester United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tranmere Rovers were 2nd on 7 points from 3 and Colchester United 16th on 3 points from 3. Tranmere Rovers went on to finish that season 10th with 67 points, and Colchester United 20th with 51.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Yellow card · Magnus OkuonghaeColchester United
  • 40'Goal · J. CassidyTranmere Rovers · 1-0
  • 49'Goal · J. CassidyTranmere Rovers · 2-0
  • 58'Goal · Zoumana BakayogoTranmere Rovers · 3-0
  • 77'Goal · J. CassidyTranmere Rovers · 4-0
  • 80'Yellow card · Ian HendersonColchester United

Team news

Tranmere Rovers line-up

Owain Fôn Williams, Danny Holmes, Liam Palmer, Zoumana Bakayogo, Román Golobart, James Wallace, Andy Robinson, Jake Cassidy, Abdulai Bell-Baggie, Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro, Ben Gibson

Colchester United line-up

Mark Cousins, Michael Rose, Magnus Okuonghae, Brian Wilson, Karl Duguid, Andy Bond, Marcus Bean, Anthony Wordsworth, Clinton Morrison, Freddie Sears, Matt Heath