Colchester United 3-1 Hartlepool United: result and report

League One · Saturday 29 September 2012

Result

Colchester United 3-1 Hartlepool United

League One · Saturday 29 September 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Colchester United 3-1 Hartlepool United: match report

Colchester United beat Hartlepool United 3-1 in the League One on Saturday 29 September 2012. The half-time score was 2-1.

C. Lynch opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Colchester United's goals came from Gavin Massey (39'), Jabo Ibehre (43') and Jabo Ibehre (62'). Hartlepool United scored through C. Lynch (6').

Discipline: Colchester United received no yellow cards; Hartlepool United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Colchester United were 22nd on 4 points from 8 and Hartlepool United 20th on 6 points from 7. Colchester United went on to finish that season 20th with 51 points, and Hartlepool United 24th with 41.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · C. LynchHartlepool United · 0-1
  • 39'Goal · Gavin MasseyColchester United · 1-1
  • 43'Goal · Jabo IbehreColchester United · 2-1
  • 44'Yellow card · Steve HowardHartlepool United
  • 62'Goal · Jabo IbehreColchester United · 3-1

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Colchester United 3, draws 2, Hartlepool United 3.

Team news

Colchester United line-up

Mark Cousins, Michael Rose, Magnus Okuonghae, Tom Eastman, Brian Wilson, Marcus Bean, Anthony Wordsworth, Craig Eastmond, Sanchez Watt, Gavin Massey, Jabo Ibehre

Hartlepool United line-up

S. Flinders, Neil Jeffrey Austin, Evan Horwood, Jack Baldwin, Peter Hartley, Jonathan Franks, Paul Murray, Craig Lynch, Steve Howard, Sam Collins, Antony Sweeney