Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Colchester United: result and report

League One · Saturday 2 April 2011

Result

Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Colchester United

League One · Saturday 2 April 2011, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Colchester United: match report

Sheffield Wednesday defeated Colchester United 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 2 April 2011. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Neil Mellor opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Sheffield Wednesday's goals came from Neil Mellor (25') and Neil Mellor (51'). Colchester United scored through Steven Gillespie (90').

Discipline: Sheffield Wednesday received no yellow cards; Colchester United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sheffield Wednesday were 14th on 47 points from 38 and Colchester United 11th on 54 points from 39. Sheffield Wednesday went on to finish that season 12th with 61 points, and Colchester United 11th with 62.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Goal · Neil MellorSheffield Wednesday · 1-0
  • 28'Yellow card · Ben CokerColchester United
  • 45'Yellow card · D. MooneyColchester United
  • 51'Goal · Neil MellorSheffield Wednesday · 2-0
  • 58'Yellow card · David PerkinsColchester United
  • 90'Goal · Steven GillespieColchester United · 2-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Sheffield Wednesday 2, draws 1, Colchester United 2.

Team news

Sheffield Wednesday line-up

Richard O'Donnell, Lewis Buxton, Danny Batth, Jon Otsemobor, Jermaine Johnson, Gary Madine, Neil Mellor, Tommy Miller, James O'Connor, Gary Teale, Reda Johnson

Colchester United line-up

Ben Williams, Nathan Clarke, Brian Wilson, Kemal Izzet, Andy Bond, David Perkins, Ben Coker, David Mooney, Ashley Vincent, Steven Gillespie, Matt Heath