Colchester United 1-2 Gillingham: result and report

League One · Friday 26 December 2014

Result

Colchester United 1-2 Gillingham

League One · Friday 26 December 2014, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Colchester United 1-2 Gillingham: match report

Colchester United lost to Gillingham 1-2 in the League One on Friday 26 December 2014. The half-time score was 0-2.

J. Martin opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Colchester United's goal came from S. Szmodics (51'). Gillingham scored through J. Martin (25') and B. Dack (34').

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

Going into the game Colchester United were 21st on 20 points from 21 and Gillingham 17th on 23 points from 21. Colchester United went on to finish that season 19th with 52 points, and Gillingham 10th with 63.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Goal · J. MartinGillingham · 0-1
  • 34'Goal · B. DackGillingham · 0-2
  • 51'Goal · S. SzmodicsColchester United · 1-2
  • 53'Yellow card · J. MartinGillingham
  • 56'Yellow card · Luke NorrisGillingham
  • 89'Yellow card · John EganGillingham

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Colchester United 5, draws 1, Gillingham 1.

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

Gillingham expected line-up (4-4-2)

Stuart Nelson, Joe Martin, Leon Legge, Charlie Lee, Steven Gregory, Jake Hessenthaler, Cody McDonald, Danny Kedwell, Myles Weston, Adam Barrett, Michael Harriman