Colchester United 2-1 Brentford: result and report

League One · Tuesday 14 February 2012

Result

Colchester United 2-1 Brentford

League One · Tuesday 14 February 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Colchester United 2-1 Brentford: match report

Colchester United beat Brentford 2-1 in the League One on Tuesday 14 February 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Niall McGinn opened the scoring in the 57th minute. Colchester United's goals came from Steven Gillespie (83') and Steven Gillespie (85'). Brentford scored through Niall McGinn (57').

Discipline: Colchester United received 3 yellow cards; Brentford received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Colchester United were 13th on 36 points from 27 and Brentford 9th on 40 points from 28. Colchester United went on to finish that season 10th with 59 points, and Brentford 9th with 67.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 56'Yellow card · Karl DuguidColchester United
  • 57'Goal · Niall McGinnBrentford · 0-1
  • 60'Yellow card · Brian WilsonColchester United
  • 76'Yellow card · Martin RowlandsColchester United
  • 83'Goal · Steven GillespieColchester United · 1-1
  • 85'Goal · Steven GillespieColchester United · 2-1

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Colchester United line-up

Ben Williams, Magnus Okuonghae, Tom Eastman, Brian Wilson, John White, Kemal Izzet, Anthony Wordsworth, Lloyd James, Karl Duguid, Ian Henderson, Gavin Massey

Brentford line-up

Richard Lee, Shaleum Logan, Jake Bidwell, Harlee Dean, Leon Legge, Marcus Bean, Jonathan Douglas, Toumani Diagouraga, Myles Weston, Niall McGinn, Gary Alexander