Colchester United 1-1 Sheffield United: result and report

League One · Tuesday 13 March 2012

Result

Colchester United 1-1 Sheffield United

League One · Tuesday 13 March 2012, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Colchester United 1-1 Sheffield United: match report

Colchester United drew with Sheffield United 1-1 in the League One on Tuesday 13 March 2012. The half-time score was 0-1.

W. Hoskins opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Colchester United's goal came from Steven Gillespie (56'). Sheffield United scored through W. Hoskins (32').

Discipline: Colchester United received 3 yellow cards; Sheffield United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Colchester United were 9th on 48 points from 34 and Sheffield United 2nd on 68 points from 35. Colchester United went on to finish that season 10th with 59 points, and Sheffield United 2nd with 95.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Colchester United wins, 2 draws and 1 for Sheffield United.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Yellow card · Matthew HillSheffield United
  • 32'Goal · W. HoskinsSheffield United · 0-1
  • 53'Yellow card · J. WhiteColchester United
  • 56'Goal · Steven GillespieColchester United · 1-1
  • 86'Yellow card · Ched EvansSheffield United
  • 86'Yellow card · Kemal IzzetColchester United
  • 90+2'Yellow card · A. WordsworthColchester United

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Colchester United 0, draws 2, Sheffield United 1.

Team news

Colchester United line-up

Ben Williams, Magnus Okuonghae, Tom Eastman, Brian Wilson, John White, Kemal Izzet, Andy Bond, Anthony Wordsworth, Ian Henderson, Steven Gillespie, Kayode Odejayi

Sheffield United line-up

Steve Simonsen, Matthew Lowton, Harry Maguire, Marcus Williams, Lee Williamson, S. Quinn, Will Hoskins, Ched Evans, Chris Porter, Michael Doyle, Matthew Hill