Colchester United 2-3 Crewe Alexandra: result and report

League One · Saturday 7 February 2015

Result

Colchester United 2-3 Crewe Alexandra

League One · Saturday 7 February 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Colchester United 2-3 Crewe Alexandra: match report

Colchester United lost to Crewe Alexandra 2-3 in the League One on Saturday 7 February 2015. The half-time score was 1-0.

Chris Porter opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Colchester United's goals came from Chris Porter (45+1') and Jack Marriott (84'). Crewe Alexandra scored through James Jones (68'), Nicky Ajose (73') and Anthony Grant (81').

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

Going into the game Colchester United were 21st on 28 points from 27 and Crewe Alexandra 20th on 29 points from 27. Colchester United went on to finish that season 19th with 52 points, and Crewe Alexandra 20th with 52.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Colchester United win, 1 draw and 5 for Crewe Alexandra.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Yellow card · H. DavisCrewe Alexandra
  • 45+1'Goal · Chris PorterColchester United · 1-0
  • 59'Yellow card · Tom EastmanColchester United
  • 68'Goal · James JonesCrewe Alexandra · 1-1
  • 73'Goal · Nicky AjoseCrewe Alexandra · 1-2
  • 81'Goal · Anthony GrantCrewe Alexandra · 1-3
  • 84'Goal · Jack MarriottColchester United · 2-3

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Colchester United 1, draws 1, Crewe Alexandra 5.

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