Colchester United 1-2 Crewe Alexandra: result and report

League One · Sunday 29 December 2013

Result

Colchester United 1-2 Crewe Alexandra

League One · Sunday 29 December 2013, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Colchester United 1-2 Crewe Alexandra: match report

Colchester United lost to Crewe Alexandra 1-2 in the League One on Sunday 29 December 2013. The half-time score was 1-0.

Luke Garbutt opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Colchester United's goal came from Luke Garbutt (29'). Crewe Alexandra scored through Chuks Aneke (73') and T. Hitchcock (76').

Discipline: Colchester United received 1 yellow card; Crewe Alexandra received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Colchester United were 13th on 27 points from 22 and Crewe Alexandra 24th on 18 points from 22. Colchester United went on to finish that season 18th with 53 points, and Crewe Alexandra 20th with 51.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Colchester United wins, 0 draws and 4 for Crewe Alexandra.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · Luke GarbuttColchester United · 1-0
  • 53'Yellow card · George EvansCrewe Alexandra
  • 68'Yellow card · Brian WilsonColchester United
  • 73'Goal · Chuks AnekeCrewe Alexandra · 1-1
  • 76'Goal · T. HitchcockCrewe Alexandra · 1-2

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Colchester United 0, draws 0, Crewe Alexandra 4.

Team news

Colchester United expected line-up

Sam Walker, Brian Wilson, Luke Garbutt, Magnus Okuonghae, Alex Gilbey, Craig Eastmond, Marcus Bean, Jeffrey Monakana, Freddie Sears, Matthew Taylor, Jabo Ibehre

Crewe Alexandra expected line-up

Chris Martin, Harry Davis, Matt Tootle, Kelvin Mellor, Mark Ellis, Abdul Osman, Byron Moore, AJ Leitch-Smith, Vadaine Oliver