Oldham Athletic 1-1 Colchester United: result and report

League One · Saturday 2 January 2016

Result

Oldham Athletic 1-1 Colchester United

League One · Saturday 2 January 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Oldham Athletic 1-1 Colchester United: match report

Oldham Athletic drew with Colchester United 1-1 in the League One on Saturday 2 January 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Rhys Murphy opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Oldham Athletic's goal came from Rhys Murphy (5'). Colchester United scored through Chris Porter (81').

Discipline: Oldham Athletic received no yellow cards; Colchester United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Oldham Athletic were 22nd on 20 points from 22 and Colchester United 24th on 20 points from 24. Oldham Athletic went on to finish that season 17th with 54 points, and Colchester United 23rd with 40.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Oldham Athletic wins, 4 draws and 4 for Colchester United.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Rhys MurphyOldham Athletic · 1-0
  • 63'Yellow card · Owen GarvanColchester United
  • 78'Yellow card · Alex GilbeyColchester United
  • 81'Goal · Chris PorterColchester United · 1-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Oldham Athletic 2, draws 4, Colchester United 4.

Team news

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Oldham Athletic line-up

David Cornell, Joseph Mills, Brian Wilson, Cameron Dummigan, T. Dieng, Liam Kelly, Mike Jones, Richard Wellens, Danny Philliskirk, Jake Cassidy, Rhys Murphy

Colchester United line-up

Elliot Parish, George Elokobi, Tom Eastman, Richard Brindley, Matthew Briggs, Joe Edwards, Alex Gilbey, George Moncur, Gavin Massey, Marvin Sordell, Chris Porter