Walsall 3-1 Colchester United: result and report

League One · Tuesday 27 March 2012

Result

Walsall 3-1 Colchester United

League One · Tuesday 27 March 2012, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Walsall 3-1 Colchester United: match report

Walsall won against Colchester United 3-1 in the League One on Tuesday 27 March 2012. It was 2-1 at half-time.

A. Wordsworth opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Walsall's goals came from E. Ledesma (38'), Matt Sadler (44') and George Bowerman (73'). Colchester United scored through A. Wordsworth (11').

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

Going into the game Walsall were 21st on 37 points from 38 and Colchester United 9th on 52 points from 38. Walsall went on to finish that season 20th with 48 points, and Colchester United 10th with 59.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Walsall wins, 1 draw and 5 for Colchester United.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · A. WordsworthColchester United · 0-1
  • 38'Goal · E. LedesmaWalsall · 1-1
  • 44'Goal · Matt SadlerWalsall · 2-1
  • 54'Yellow card · Ian HendersonColchester United
  • 59'Yellow card · Andy BondColchester United
  • 73'Goal · George BowermanWalsall · 3-1

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Walsall 3, draws 1, Colchester United 5.

Team news

Walsall line-up

Dávid Gróf, Andy Butler, Manny Smith, Lee Beevers, Kevan Hurst, Florent Cuvelier, Sam Mantom, Emmanuel Andrien, Jon Macken, Matt Sadler, Alex Nicholls

Colchester United line-up

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