Colchester United 2-0 Cheltenham Town: result and report

League Two · Monday 2 January 2017

Result

Colchester United 2-0 Cheltenham Town

League Two · Monday 2 January 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Colchester United 2-0 Cheltenham Town: match report

Colchester United won against Cheltenham Town 2-0 in the League Two on Monday 2 January 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Tom Eastman opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Colchester United's goals came from Tom Eastman (10') and Brennan Dickenson (84'). Cheltenham Town did not score.

Discipline: Colchester United received 1 yellow card; Cheltenham Town received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Colchester United were 9th on 33 points from 23 and Cheltenham Town 23rd on 21 points from 23. Colchester United went on to finish that season 8th with 69 points, and Cheltenham Town 21st with 50.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Colchester United wins, 0 draws and 1 for Cheltenham Town.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Tom EastmanColchester United · 1-0
  • 29'Yellow card · Rob DickieCheltenham Town
  • 37'Yellow card · Harry PellCheltenham Town
  • 38'Yellow card · Tom LapslieColchester United
  • 84'Goal · Brennan DickensonColchester United · 2-0

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Colchester United 2, draws 0, Cheltenham Town 1.

Team news

Colchester United line-up

Sam Walker, Richard Brindley, Frankie Kent, George Elokobi, Tom Eastman, Tom Lapslie, Brennan Dickenson, Owen Garvan, Craig Slater, Chris Porter, Kurtis Guthrie

Cheltenham Town line-up

Russell Griffiths, Jordan Cranston, Manny Onariase, Daniel O'Shaughnessy, Rob Dickie, H. Pell, James Rowe, Billy Waters, Amari Morgan-Smith, Dan Holman, Diego De Girolamo