Bury 5-2 Colchester United: result and report

League One · Saturday 20 February 2016

Result

Bury 5-2 Colchester United

League One · Saturday 20 February 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Bury 5-2 Colchester United: match report

Bury beat Colchester United 5-2 in the League One on Saturday 20 February 2016. The half-time score was 1-2.

Chris Porter opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Bury's goals came from Ryan Lowe (34'), A. Tutte (51'), A. Tutte (51'), Craig Jones (56') and A. Tutte (62'). Colchester United scored through Chris Porter (4') and Gavin Massey (17').

Discipline: Bury received no yellow cards; Colchester United received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Bury were 14th on 40 points from 30 and Colchester United 24th on 23 points from 31. Bury went on to finish that season 14th with 60 points, and Colchester United 23rd with 40.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Bury wins, 0 draws and 3 for Colchester United.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Chris PorterColchester United · 0-1
  • 14'Yellow card · Tom EastmanColchester United
  • 17'Goal · Gavin MasseyColchester United · 0-2
  • 33'Second yellow · Tom EastmanColchester United
  • 34'Goal · Ryan LoweBury · 1-2
  • 51'Goal · A. TutteBury · 2-2
  • 51'Goal · A. TutteBury · 3-2
  • 56'Goal · Craig JonesBury · 4-2
  • 61'Yellow card · Richard BrindleyColchester United
  • 62'Goal · A. TutteBury · 5-2

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Bury 2, draws 0, Colchester United 3.

Team news

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Bury expected line-up

Ian Lawlor, Chris Hussey, Reece Brown, Nathan Cameron, Tom Soares, Danny Mayor, Kelvin Etuhu, John O'Sullivan, Leon Clarke, Andrew Tutte

Colchester United line-up

Elliot Parish, Frankie Kent, Tom Eastman, Kane Vincent-Young, Richard Brindley, Owen Garvan, Joe Edwards, Darren Ambrose, Chris Porter, Gavin Massey, Macauley Bonne