Rochdale 3-1 Colchester United: result and report

League One · Saturday 19 December 2015

Result

Rochdale 3-1 Colchester United

League One · Saturday 19 December 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Rochdale 3-1 Colchester United: match report

Rochdale beat Colchester United 3-1 in the League One on Saturday 19 December 2015. The half-time score was 2-1.

Chris Porter opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Rochdale's goals came from Ian Henderson (30', penalty), Donald McDermott (34') and O. Lancashire (64'). Colchester United scored through Chris Porter (21').

Discipline: Rochdale received no yellow cards; Colchester United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rochdale were 13th on 27 points from 21 and Colchester United 22nd on 20 points from 21. Rochdale went on to finish that season 10th with 69 points, and Colchester United 23rd with 40.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Chris PorterColchester United · 0-1
  • 30'Penalty goal · Ian HendersonRochdale · 1-1
  • 34'Goal · Donald McDermottRochdale · 2-1
  • 56'Yellow card · Callum HarriottColchester United
  • 64'Goal · O. LancashireRochdale · 3-1
  • 67'Yellow card · M. BriggsColchester United

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Rochdale 2, draws 2, Colchester United 2.

Team news

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Rochdale line-up

Joel Pereira, Jimmy McNulty, Javier Klimowicz, Peter Vincenti, Matthew Lund, Donald McDermott, Michael Rose, Andy Cannon, Callum Camps, Calvin Andrew, Ian Henderson

Colchester United line-up

Jamie Jones, George Elokobi, Tom Eastman, Richard Brindley, Matthew Briggs, Joe Edwards, Alex Gilbey, George Moncur, Gavin Massey, Callum Harriott, Chris Porter