Sheffield United 3-0 Colchester United: result and report

League One · Saturday 17 September 2011

Result

Sheffield United 3-0 Colchester United

League One · Saturday 17 September 2011, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Sheffield United 3-0 Colchester United: match report

Sheffield United defeated Colchester United 3-0 in the League One on Saturday 17 September 2011. The half-time score was 2-0.

Ched Evans opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Sheffield United's goals came from Ched Evans (3'), Chris Porter (12') and Stephen Quinn (72'). Colchester United did not score.

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Sheffield United were 2nd on 17 points from 8 and Colchester United 14th on 10 points from 8. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 2nd with 95 points, and Colchester United 10th with 59.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Ched EvansSheffield United · 1-0
  • 12'Goal · Chris PorterSheffield United · 2-0
  • 72'Goal · Stephen QuinnSheffield United · 3-0

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Sheffield United line-up

Steve Simonsen, Matthew Lowton, Harry Maguire, Marcus Williams, Lee Williamson, K. McDonald, S. Quinn, Ched Evans, Chris Porter, Michael Doyle, N. Collins

Colchester United line-up

Mark Cousins, Magnus Okuonghae, Brian Wilson, Kemal Izzet, Andy Bond, Anthony Wordsworth, Lloyd James, Ben Coker, Ian Henderson, Matt Heath, Kayode Odejayi