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Reply | The Hammers to get hammered by The U’s!
at 22:50 9 Dec 2025
We lost that one in the first half. A makeshift U's line-up vs a West Ham side that looked like they're established. It really is a shame we didn't start with a stronger XI, but if we pick up a good haul of points over the festive season, then all is forgiven. |
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Reply | U's Vs Gills - Preview and Match Chat
at 22:41 8 Dec 2025
4/6 season ticket seats around me were empty on Saturday. People had made other plans before the game was moved. There was only a month's notice that the game was being brought forward. |
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Reply | The Hammers to get hammered by The U’s!
at 22:32 8 Dec 2025
Your starting XI should meet the rules.
Four of the ten outfield starters must be 'qualifying players'. A player qualifies if they started the previous first team match, are among the top ten appearance makers for the club this season, have 40 or more career first team appearances, or are on loan from a Premier League or Category One academy club.
I hate West Sham too |
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Reply | U's on Sky Sports+
at 20:20 7 Dec 2025
My guess is the Sky Sports+ games are all part of the TV rights deal, so no extra money.
If ifollow hasn't changed, I recall Robbie Cowling saying the home team makes money from all the home games passes and the first 500 away game passes. |
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Reply | U's Vs Gills - Preview and Match Chat
at 16:56 6 Dec 2025
Spot on Wessex. Defence vs defence. It wasn't pretty, it wasn't ugly. The more the game went on, the more I was happy to taken the draw. Tucker put in a shift and I don't recall him putting a foot wrong, but the rest of the team weren't at their best. Too many mistakes for my liking. |
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Reply | U's Vs Gills - Preview and Match Chat
at 11:32 6 Dec 2025
One change - Bishop is back and comes in for Hunt.
Macey, Vincent-Young, Tucker, Araujo, Iandolo, Read, Bishop, Anderson, Lisbie, Mbick, Tovide
Subs: Hunt, Kuffour Jnr, Gape, Edwards, Williams, Goodwin, Smith |
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Reply | Happy Cup 2025/26 2nd Round - Deadline Saturday 6th December 15.00
at 23:15 5 Dec 2025
ACCRINGTON STANLEY v MANSFIELD TOWN 2-1
CHELMSFORD CITY v WESTON-SUPER-MARE 1-1
CHELTENHAM TOWN v BUXTON 2-1
FLEETWOOD TOWN v LUTON TOWN 1-2
GRIMSBY TOWN v WEALDSTONE 2-0
PETERBOROUGH UNITED v BARNSLEY 1-2
PORT VALE v BRISTOL ROVERS 1-0
STOCKPORT COUNTY v CAMBRIDGE UNITED 2-1
SWINDON TOWN v BOLTON WANDERERS 1-2
WIGAN ATHLETIC v BARROW 2-0 |
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Thread | U's on Sky Sports+
at 16:18 5 Dec 2025
With only one fixture out of the next eight being at 3pm on a Saturday, I believe we'll be on Sky Sports+ seven times in the next month!
Sat 6 Dec 12:30 Gillingham H
Tue 9 Dec 19:45 West Ham United U21 (EFLT Round of 32) H
Sat 13 Dec 12:30 Salford City A
Fri 26 Dec 15:00 Crawley Town A
Mon 29 Dec 19:45 Gillingham A
Thu 1 Jan 15:00 MK Dons H
Sun 4 Jan 15:00 Accrington Stanley H
If you don't have Sky Sports+, you can get a one month Now TV pass for £35 and stream the games. |
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Thread | U's Vs Gills - Preview and Match Chat
at 11:15 5 Dec 2025
(Sorry, I’ve thought hard about a cheesy thread title to honour Durham, but nothing is coming to mind – we can’t clip the Gills wings, can we?)
Colchester versus Gillingham; the most common fixture in the U's history. This will be the 111th competitive meeting between the two clubs, with past results being fairly even - 40 wins, 32 draws, 38 defeats (according to coludata).
Originally this game was due to be played this coming Tuesday night, but one positive of being out of the FA Cup means both clubs have a free weekend, allowing this to be brought forward and hopefully encouraging a sizable crowd. The 12:30pm kick off time also means it'll still be on Sky Sports+ and ifollow.
We go into this game in great form and I don't expect DC to make any changes to the line-up unless they're forced. Aside from all of the long term injuries, Kyreece Lisbie is probably the only doubt, having picked up a shoulder injury against Cheltenham last week. There's been no news on his fitness, so I assume it'll be the same XI. [Update: Lisbie will have a fitness test]
MaceyVincent-YoungTuckerAraujoIandoloHuntReadLisbieMbickAndersonTovide
I'll be honest, I've not paid much attention to Gillingham this season. We beat them 2-1 in the car sales cup (aka EFL/Vertu Trophy) in October, but you can't read much into that. Looking at their season so far, they started well going 11 games unbeaten, but have then won once in their last 12. They're eighth in the league with one point more than us.
Their recent form is three draws on the bounce and their last win and clean sheet was at Bristol Rovers in early November.
Last 5
Shrewsbury (away) D 3-3
Barnet (home) D 1-1
Crawley (home) D 2-2
Wycombe (home - Vertu Trophy) L 0-3
Bristol Rovers (away) W 1-0
I don't expect this to be an easy game, but form is very much in our favour, so I'm going to predict a narrow 2-1 win with goals from Jack Tucker (either a header or strike from outside the box) and Harry Anderson (just because he’s on fire).
Played for both
Joe Dunne is the obvious one here. He started his career at Gillingham and is currently their youth team manager. His ColU career should need no introduction but covers most of the time between his spells at Gillingham! 188 appearances over two spells as a player, youth team manager, coach, assistant manager, caretaker manager and manager (99 games) - he'd done it all. Hopefully the BWA Joe Dunne flag will be flying proud tomorrow.
Of the current Gillingham team, Jake Turner is the only player to have played for both - 13 appearances for the U's while on loan from Newcastle and 76 appearances for the Gills so far. He'll likely be in goal against us.
Of the current U's squad, Jack Tucker and Ellis Iandolo came through youth ranks at Gillingham, Tucker went on to make 137 appearances for the first team. Tom Flanagan played 14 games on loan from MK Dons in 2012/13.
Memories
The stand-out game for me is the 1-0 win on the opening day of the 2013/14 season. I don't really remember much about the game, just Andy Bond scoring an 89th minute winner, sending the faithful wild in the ‘temporary’ stand at Priestfield.
More recently is the promising 3-0 win under Ben Garner in August 2023, or the new year's day defeat in 2024, which signalled the end of Matt Etherington's short reign and the beginning of the Cowley era (all in the same season!).
Weather
The forecast keeps changing - the Met Office currently says cloudy with a 50% chance of rain, 11 degrees (feels like 8), and a mild northerly wind.
Up the U's!
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Reply | Prediction League 2025/26
at 10:56 4 Dec 2025
The table has been updated with the Notts County and Cheltenham results.
Notts County
Two predicted Anderson to score first - gerry_us and ghughes11
Two predicted a win - BLACKCAT and wessex_exile (neither went for a 3-1 win)
Cheltenham Town
Two predicted Lisbie to score first - me and RSCOSWORTH
Everyone predicted a win, two went for 2-0 - Blue4U2 and RSCOSWORTH
Well done RS for a perfect prediction! 
Here's the link to log Gillingham predictions: https://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/colchesterunited/prediction-league/predic
Don't forget it's a 12:30pm kick off! |
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Reply | Happy League 2025/26 Week 17 (of 38) - Deadline Saturday 22nd November 12.30
at 11:16 22 Nov 2025
WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS v CRYSTAL PALACE 0-2
NEWCASTLE UNITED v MANCHESTER CITY (17.30) 1-1
LEICESTER CITY v STOKE CITY 0-2
PORTSMOUTH v MILLWALL 2-1
EXETER CITY v BURTON ALBION P-P
BARNSLEY v LUTON TOWN 1-2
BOLTON WANDERERS v BRADFORD CITY 2-0
GILLINGHAM v BARNET (12.30) 1-1
CHELTENHAM TOWN v BRISTOL ROVERS 1-0
SWINDON TOWN v GRIMSBY TOWN 2-1 |
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