Colchester United 6-0 Crewe Alexandra: result and report

League Two · Tuesday 21 August 2018

Result

Colchester United 6-0 Crewe Alexandra

League Two · Tuesday 21 August 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Colchester United 6-0 Crewe Alexandra: match report

Colchester United won against Crewe Alexandra 6-0 in the League Two on Tuesday 21 August 2018. The half-time score was 3-0.

Frankie Kent opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Colchester United's goals came from Frankie Kent (4'), Brennan Dickenson (8'), Brennan Dickenson (26'), Ryan Jackson (59'), Luke Norris (74') and Tom Lapslie (77'). Crewe Alexandra did not score.

Discipline: Colchester United received no yellow cards; Crewe Alexandra received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Colchester United were 9th on 5 points from 3 and Crewe Alexandra 10th on 4 points from 3. Colchester United went on to finish that season 8th with 70 points, and Crewe Alexandra 12th with 65.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Colchester United wins, 2 draws and 5 for Crewe Alexandra.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Frankie KentColchester United · 1-0
  • 8'Goal · Brennan DickensonColchester United · 2-0
  • 26'Goal · Brennan DickensonColchester United · 3-0
  • 59'Goal · Ryan JacksonColchester United · 4-0
  • 74'Goal · Luke NorrisColchester United · 5-0
  • 77'Goal · Tom LapslieColchester United · 6-0
  • 86'Yellow card · P. NgCrewe Alexandra
  • 86'Yellow card · Harry PickeringCrewe Alexandra

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Colchester United 3, draws 2, Crewe Alexandra 5.

Team news

Colchester United line-up

Dillon Barnes, Ryan Jackson, Kane Vincent-Young, Tom Lapslie, Frankie Kent, Luke Prosser, Courtney Senior, H. Pell, Frank Nouble, Sammie Szmodics, Brennan Dickenson

Crewe Alexandra line-up

Dave Richards, Nicky Hunt, Perry Ng, Ryan Wintle, George Ray, Eddie Nolan, J. Jones, Paul Green, Alex Nicholls, Chris Porter, Harry Pickering