2007–08 Colchester United F.C. season

Colchester United
2007–08 season
Owner	Robbie Cowling
Chairman	Robbie Cowling
Manager	Geraint Williams
Stadium	Layer Road
Championship	24th (relegated)
FA Cup	3rd round; (eliminated by; Peterborough United)
League Cup	1st round; (eliminated by; Shrewsbury Town)
Top goalscorer	League: ; Kevin Lisbie (17); All: ; Kevin Lisbie (17)
Highest home attendance	6,300; v Stoke City, 26 April 2008
Lowest home attendance	4,003; v Peterborough United, 5 January 2008
Average home league attendance	5,446
Biggest win	3–0; v Preston North End, 25 August 2007
Biggest defeat	1–5; v Norwich City, 22 March 2008; v Coventry City, 19 April 2008
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007–08 season was Colchester United's 66th season in their history and their second successive season in the second tier of English football, the Championship. Alongside competing in the Championship, the club also participated in the FA Cup and League Cup.

Colchester struggled during their second season in the Championship, suffering long spells without wins. The early stages of the season were promising, with the U's featuring in mid-table, but a drop in form leading into December saw them enter the relegation zone from which they would never emerge. They earned just seven wins and were relegated in 24th and last place. They never recovered from selling their midfield and defensive assets, despite owner and now chairman Robbie Cowling freeing up funds for manager Geraint Williams in January.

It was a farewell season to the club's aging Layer Road ground as they were to move to the purpose-built Colchester Community Stadium in the summer of 2008.

The U's suffered an early exit from the cup competitions to League Two opposition. Shrewsbury Town knocked Colchester out of the League Cup while Peterborough United beat them 3–1 at Layer Road in the FA Cup.

Season overview

Ahead of Colchester's largely unexpected second season in the Championship, their star performers Wayne Brown, Jamie Cureton, Richard Garcia, and Chris Iwelumo all left the club citing a "lack of ambition" as their reason for wanting to leave. Cureton left for Norwich City for £750,000, prompting manager Geraint Williams to break the club's record transfer fee twice on the same day by signing Mark Yeates from Tottenham Hotspur and then spending £300,000 on Milton Keynes Dons' forward Clive Platt. The following day, England legend Teddy Sheringham also signed for the club.

Over the summer, Robbie Cowling took over as chairman from Peter Heard, who stepped down after 16 years to become Life President. Cowling instigated a major change at the club by reverting Heard's previous attitude towards not using agents, admitting that if Colchester were to compete then they would have to use agents.

Once a fortress in their first season in the Championship, Layer Road faced its final season hosting Colchester United. Unfortunately, Colchester could muster only four home wins across the season, with their final Layer Road win a 2–0 victory over neighbours Ipswich Town. One of the reasons for the U's struggling was the lack of replacement for Wayne Brown in the centre of defence. While they kept up a good scoring record through Platt and fellow new signing Kevin Lisbie, the defence leaked goals, conceding 86 in the league. Despite early season promise with the U's hovering around mid-table, by Christmas it was apparent they were in a relegation battle.

In the January transfer window, Cowling made funds available to Geraint Williams. He brought in Chris Coyne from Luton Town for another club record fee of £350,000, while Dean Hammond and Philip Ifil were also brought in for six-figure fees. There was a brief turnaround in form in January and early February, but a ten game run without a win including five consecutive defeats left the writing on the wall for the U's.

Colchester could have been relegated from the Championship on 5 April, but the 2–0 win over rivals Ipswich ensured that the U's neighbours would not be the team relegating them. However, the inevitable occurred four days later when, without playing, relegation was confirmed when results went against them. In addition to conceding 86 goals, they kept a clean sheet on just two occasions all season.

On 26 April, Layer Road hosted its final competitive game, just over 70 years since its first. With the move to the Colchester Community Stadium looming in the summer, Colchester played their final home game against Premier League-bound Stoke City, who were 1–0 victors on the day. In spite of the relegation and lowly league position, it was still Colchester's second-best-ever league performance.^[5]

Players

As of match played 4 May 2008.^[6]^[7]^[8]

No.	Name	Position	Place of birth	Date of birth	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
1	Dean Gerken	GK	Southend-on-Sea	(1985-05-22)22 May 1985 (aged 22)	60	0	Youth team	1 August 2002	Free transfer
13	Aidan Davison	GK	Sedgefield	(1968-05-11)11 May 1968 (aged 39)	103	0	Grimsby Town	5 July 2004	Free transfer
23	Mark Cousins	GK	Chelmsford	(1987-01-09)9 January 1987 (aged 20)	0	0	Youth team	1 August 2004	Free transfer
31	Ademola Bankole	GK	Lagos	(1969-09-09)9 September 1969 (aged 37)	0	0	Milton Keyes Dons	29 February 2008	Undisclosed
Defenders
2	Danny Granville	FB	Islington	(1975-01-19)19 January 1975 (aged 32)	0	0	Crystal Palace	9 July 2007	Free transfer
3	John White	FB	Colchester	(1986-07-26)26 July 1986 (aged 20)	82	0	Youth team	1 July 2003	Free transfer
5	Chris Coyne	CB	Brisbane	(1978-12-20)20 December 1978 (aged 28)	0	0	Luton Town	10 January 2008	£350,000
12	Pat Baldwin	CB	City of London	(1982-11-12)12 November 1982 (aged 24)	149	1	Chelsea	16 August 2002	Free transfer
18	Philip Ifil	RB	Willesden	(1986-01-18)18 January 1986 (aged 21)	0	0	Tottenham Hotspur	10 January 2008	Undisclosed
25	James Hammond	DF	Newham	(1989-11-11)11 November 1989 (aged 17)	0	0	Youth team	1 July 2007	Free transfer
28	Tom Devaux	DF			0	0	Youth team	1 July 2007	Free transfer
Midfielders
4	Johnnie Jackson	MF	Camden Town	(1982-08-15)15 August 1982 (aged 24)	41	2	Tottenham Hotspur	20 June 2006	Free transfer
6	Kevin Watson	MF	Hackney	(1974-01-03)3 January 1974 (aged 33)	147	4	Reading	5 July 2004	Free transfer
7	Karl Duguid	MF	Letchworth	(1978-03-21)21 March 1978 (aged 29)	398	45	Youth team	9 December 1995^[a]	Free transfer
10	Kemal Izzet	MF	Whitechapel	(1980-09-29)29 September 1980 (aged 26)	247	19	Charlton Athletic	13 April 2001	Free transfer
17	Luke Guttridge	MF	Barnstaple	(1982-03-27)27 March 1982 (aged 25)	0	0	Leyton Orient	5 July 2007	Free transfer
22	Dean Hammond	MF	Hastings	(1983-03-07)7 March 1983 (aged 24)	0	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	31 January 2008	£250,000
27	Anthony Wordsworth	MF	Camden Town	(1989-01-03)3 January 1989 (aged 18)	0	0	Youth team	1 July 2006	Free transfer
Forwards
8	Teddy Sheringham	FW	Highams Park	(1966-04-02)2 April 1966 (aged 41)	0	0	West Ham United	4 July 2007	Free transfer
9	Clive Platt	FW	Wolverhampton	(1977-10-27)27 October 1977 (aged 29)	0	0	Milton Keynes Dons	3 July 2007	£300,000
11	Mark Yeates	WG	Dublin	(1985-01-11)11 January 1985 (aged 22)	52	6	Tottenham Hotspur	3 July 2007	Undisclosed
14	Kevin McLeod	WG	Liverpool	(1980-09-12)12 September 1980 (aged 26)	25	3	Swansea City	30 August 2008	Free transfer
15	Jamie Guy	FW	Barking	(1987-08-01)1 August 1987 (aged 19)	42	3	Youth team	1 July 2004	Free transfer
20	Kevin Lisbie	FW	Hackney	(1978-10-17)17 October 1978 (aged 28)	0	0	Charlton Athletic	3 August 2007	Free transfer
24	Scott Vernon	FW	Manchester	(1983-12-13)13 December 1983 (aged 23)	7	1	Blackpool	31 January 2008	Undisclosed
26	Fabian Quintyn	FW	London	(1989-11-16)16 November 1989 (aged 17)	0	0	Youth team	1 July 2007	Free transfer
29	Tom Webb	FW	Chelmsford	(1989-04-17)17 April 1989 (aged 18)	0	0	Youth team	4 July 2007	Free transfer
30	Medy Elito	WG	Kinshasa	(1990-03-20)20 March 1990 (aged 17)	0	0	Youth team	1 July 2007	Free transfer

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2007	FW	Tom Devaux	Youth team	Free transfer	^[9]
1 July 2007	DF	James Hammond	Youth team	Free transfer	^[10]^[11]
1 July 2007	FW	Fabian Quintyn	Youth team	Free transfer	^[12]
3 July 2007	WG	Mark Yeates	Tottenham Hotspur	Undisclosed	^[13]^[14]
3 July 2007	FW	Clive Platt	Milton Keynes Dons	£300,000	^[15]^[16]
4 July 2007	FW	Teddy Sheringham	West Ham United	Free transfer	^[17]^[18]
4 July 2007	FW	Tom Webb	Youth team	Free transfer	^[19]^[20]^[21]
5 July 2007	MF	Luke Guttridge	Leyton Orient	Free transfer	^[22]^[23]
9 July 2007	WG	Medy Elito	Youth team	Free transfer	^[24]^[25]
9 July 2007	FB	Danny Granville	Crystal Palace	Free transfer	^[26]^[27]
3 August 2008	FW	Kevin Lisbie	Charlton Athletic	Free transfer	^[28]^[29]
10 January 2008	CB	Chris Coyne	Luton Town	£350,000	^[30]^[31]
10 January 2008	RB	Philip Ifil	Tottenham Hotspur	Undisclosed	^[32]^[33]
31 January 2008	MF	Dean Hammond	Brighton & Hove Albion	£250,000	^[34]^[35]
31 January 2008	FW	Scott Vernon	Blackpool	Undisclosed	^[36]^[37]
29 February 2008	FW	Ademola Bankole	Milton Keynes Dons	Undisclosed	^[38]^[39]

Total spending: ~ £900,000

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
21 May 2007	FW	Chris Iwelumo	Charlton Athletic	Free transfer	^[40]^[41]
31 May 2007	MF	Robbie King	Heybridge Swifts	Released	^[42]^[43]
29 June 2007	FW	Jamie Cureton	Norwich City	£750,000	^[44]^[45]
30 June 2007	FW	Craig Hughes	Heybridge Swifts	Undisclosed	^[46]^[47]
30 June 2007	FW	Marino Keith	Peterhead	Free transfer	^[48]^[49]
30 June 2007	DF	Matthew Paine	Thurrock	Undisclosed	^[50]^[51]
30 June 2007	FB	Lawrie Wilson	Stevenage Borough	Released	^[52]^[53]
2 July 2007	MF	Richard Garcia	Hull City	Free transfer	^[54]^[55]
13 July 2007	CB	Wayne Brown	Hull City	£450,000	^[56]^[57]
4 August 2007	CB	Garry Richards	Southend United	£50,000	^[58]^[59]
30 January 2008	FB/CB	George Elokobi	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£500,000	^[60]^[61]

Total incoming: ~ £1,750,000

Loans in

Date	Position	Name	From	End date	Ref.
20 July 2007	CB	Matthew Connolly	Arsenal	16 December 2007	^[62]^[63]
2 August 2007	DF	Béla Balogh	MTK Budapest	31 May 2007	^[64]^[65]
15 August 2007	DF/FW	Adam Virgo	Celtic	27 April 2008	^[66]^[67]
29 February 2008	FW	Izale McLeod	Charlton Athletic	31 March 2008	^[68]^[69]
14 March 2008	CB	Matt Heath	Leeds United	12 May 2008	^[70]^[71]

Loans out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
22 November 2007	FB		John White	Stevenage Borough	30 December 2007	^[72]^[73]
28 February 2008	FW		Tom Webb	Folkestone Invicta	28 March 2008	^[19]^[20]^[21]

Match details

Championship

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
20	Southampton	46	13	15	18	56	72	−16	54
21	Coventry City	46	14	11	21	52	64	−12	53
22	Leicester City (R)	46	12	16	18	42	45	−3	52	Relegation to Football League One
23	Scunthorpe United (R)	46	11	13	22	46	69	−23	46
24	Colchester United (R)	46	7	17	22	62	86	−24	38

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2008. Source: The Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results round by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	D	D	W	L	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	D	D	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	D	L	D	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	D
Position	10	13	5	13	16	14	14	18	12	17	12	15	16	16	17	18	18	20	19	19	22	22	24	24	24	23	24	24	24	24	23	22	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

Source: Statto.com (archived)
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

11 August 2007 (2007-08-11) 1	Sheffield United	2–2	Colchester United	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Beattie 68' Tonge 82'	Report	K. McLeod 68' Platt 89'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 26,202 Referee: Mike Jones

18 August 2007 (2007-08-18) 2	Colchester United	2–2	Barnsley	Colchester
	Sheringham 45' Connolly 48' Gerken 26'	Report	Howard 28' (pen.), 85' (pen.) Reid 51'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,450 Referee: Andy Hall

25 August 2007 (2007-08-25) 3	Preston North End	0–3	Colchester United	Preston
		Report	Lisbie 41' Sheringham 61' (pen.) Yeates 72'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 11,582 Referee: Steve Tanner

1 September 2007 (2007-09-01) 4	Colchester United	2–3	Burnley	Colchester
	Lisbie 45' Virgo 88'	Report	Mahon 15' Gray 29', 63' (pen.)	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,925 Referee: Phil Joslin

15 September 2007 (2007-09-15) 5	Colchester United	2–2	Charlton Athletic	Colchester
	Yeates 32' Lisbie 38' Connolly 55'	Report	Todorov 45' Zhi 73'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,860 Referee: Mick Russell

19 September 2007 (2007-09-19) 6	Southampton	1–1	Colchester United	Southampton
	Wright-Phillips 52'	Report	Skácel 58' (o.g.)	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 18,773 Referee: Andy D'Urso

22 September 2007 (2007-09-22) 7	Blackpool	2–2	Colchester United	Blackpool
	Morrell 54' Barker 84'	Report	Yeates 63', 86'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 7,959 Referee: Scott Mathieson

29 September 2007 (2007-09-29) 8	Colchester United	0–1	Scunthorpe United	Colchester
		Report	Hayes 41'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,218 Referee: Andy Woolmer

3 October 2007 (2007-10-03) 9	Colchester United	4–2	Queens Park Rangers	Colchester
	Leigertwood 19' (o.g.) Izzet 30' Yeates 38' Platt 63'	Report	Ephraim 29' Vine 58'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,361 Referee: Jonathan Moss

6 October 2007 (2007-10-06) 10	Stoke City	2–1	Colchester United	Stoke-on-Trent
	Shawcross 8' Lawrence 73'	Report	Platt 58'	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 12,395 Referee: Clive Penton

20 October 2007 (2007-10-20) 11	Colchester United	3–2	West Bromwich Albion	Colchester
	Yeates 8', 68' (pen.) Lisbie 19'	Report	Phillips 6' Miller 39'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,798 Referee: Kevin Friend

23 October 2007 (2007-10-23) 12	Ipswich Town	3–1	Colchester United	Ipswich
19:45 BST	Walters 71' Trotter 81' Haynes 84'	Report	Platt 31'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 25,727 Referee: Keith Stroud

27 October 2007 (2007-10-27) 13	Coventry City	1–0	Colchester United	Coventry
	Mifsud 81'	Report	Sheringham 90'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 23,431 Referee: R Lee

3 November 2007 (2007-11-03) 14	Colchester United	1–1	Leicester City	Colchester
	Jackson 45'	Report	John 7'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,661 Referee: Andy Penn

6 November 2007 (2007-11-06) 15	Colchester United	1–1	Plymouth Argyle	Colchester
	Lisbie 56'	Report	Norris 88'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,833 Referee: Grant Hegley

10 November 2007 (2007-11-10) 16	Watford	2–2	Colchester United	Watford
15:00 GMT	Johnson 4' King 64'	Report	Platt 20' Lisbie 46'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 16,069 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

24 November 2007 (2007-11-24) 17	Colchester United	1–2	Crystal Palace	Colchester
	Jackson 69' Baldwin 8'	Report	Morrison 6', 74'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,856 Referee: Paul Taylor

28 November 2007 (2007-11-28) 18	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Colchester United	Wolverhampton
	Elliott 32'	Report		Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 20,966 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

1 December 2007 (2007-12-01) 19	Sheffield Wednesday	1–2	Colchester United	Sheffield
	Sodje 36'	Report	Sheringham 1' Elokobi 26'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 22,331 Referee: Anthony Bates

4 December 2007 (2007-12-04) 20	Colchester United	2–3	Watford	Colchester
	Platt 7' Connolly 28'	Report	King 40' O'Toole 42' Priskin 64'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,760 Referee: Trevor Kettle

8 December 2007 (2007-12-08) 21	Cardiff City	4–1	Colchester United	Cardiff
	Thompson 52' Whittingham 57' Hasselbaink 66' Virgo 70' (o.g.)	Report	Jackson 45'	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,006 Referee: Rob Shoebridge

15 December 2007 (2007-12-15) 22	Colchester United	1–1	Norwich City	Colchester
	K. McLeod 78'	Report	Granville 90' (o.g.)	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,560 Referee: Mike Jones

22 December 2007 (2007-12-22) 23	Queens Park Rangers	2–1	Colchester United	Shepherd's Bush
15:00 GMT	Buzsáky 27', 52' Stewart 82'	Report	Yeates 62'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 12,464 Referee: Dean Whitestone

26 December 2007 (2007-12-26) 24	Colchester United	1–1	Southampton	Colchester
	Platt 47'	Report	Viáfara 19'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,157 Referee: Jarnail Singh

29 December 2007 (2007-12-29) 25	Colchester United	0–2	Blackpool	Colchester
		Report	Vernon 26', 36'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,160 Referee: P Armstrong

1 January 2008 (2008-01-01) 26	Charlton Athletic	1–2	Colchester United	Charlton
15:00 GMT	Varney 45'	Report	Lisbie 16' (pen.), 29'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 21,508 Referee: Clive Penton

12 January 2008 (2008-01-12) 27	Bristol City	1–1	Colchester United	Bristol
	Sproule 33'	Report	Lisbie 6'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 16,484 Referee: Grant Hegley

29 January 2008 (2008-01-29) 28	Barnsley	1–0	Colchester United	Barnsley
	Macken 45'	Report		Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 9,246 Referee: Nigel Miller

2 February 2008 (2008-02-02) 29	Colchester United	2–2	Sheffield United	Colchester
	Lisbie 46' Armstrong 64' (o.g.)	Report	Shelton 45' Carney 66'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,695 Referee: Keith Hill

9 February 2008 (2008-02-09) 30	Burnley	1–1	Colchester United	Burnley
	Cole 23'	Report	Jackson 38'	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 15,376 Referee: Steve Bratt

12 February 2008 (2008-02-12) 31	Colchester United	2–1	Preston North End	Colchester
	Vernon 68' (pen.) Jackson 88'	Report	Mellor 81' St Ledger 68'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,122 Referee: Paul Taylor

16 February 2008 (2008-02-16) 32	Hull City	1–1	Colchester United	Kingston upon Hull
	Campbell 64'	Report	Jackson 47'	Stadium: KC Stadium Attendance: 15,664 Referee: Peter Walton

23 February 2008 (2008-02-23) 33	Colchester United	1–2	Bristol City	Colchester
	Platt 50'	Report	Adebola 52' McIndoe 58' Orr 79'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,609 Referee: Anthony Taylor

1 March 2008 (2008-03-01) 34	Colchester United	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Colchester
		Report	Ebanks-Blake 30'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,989 Referee: Iain Williamson

4 March 2008 (2008-03-04) 35	Plymouth Argyle	4–1	Colchester United	Plymouth
	Ifil 11' (o.g.) Easter 57' MacLean 60' Sawyer 68'	Report	Lisbie 64'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 11,562 Referee: Mick Russell

8 March 2008 (2008-03-08) 36	Crystal Palace	2–1	Colchester United	Selhurst
15:00 GMT	Ifil 21' (o.g.) Watson 74'	Report	Lisbie 23'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 13,895 Referee: Phil Joslin

11 March 2008 (2008-03-11) 37	Colchester United	1–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Colchester
	Lisbie 4'	Report	Burtpn 18' Small 44'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,086 Referee: Kevin Friend

15 March 2008 (2008-03-15) 38	Colchester United	1–1	Cardiff City	Colchester
	Jackson 71'	Report	Parry 11' Hasselbaink 62'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,699 Referee: Kevin Wright

18 March 2008 (2008-03-18) 39	Colchester United	1–3	Hull City	Colchester
	Lisbie 37'	Report	Campbell 20', 33' Folan 87'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,497 Referee: Pat Miller

22 March 2008 (2008-03-22) 40	Norwich City	5–1	Colchester United	Norwich
15:00 GMT	Otsemobor 6' Cureton 36', 53' (pen.), 87' Dublin 90'	Report	Lisbie 41'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 25,215 Referee: Mark Heywood

29 March 2008 (2008-03-29) 41	West Bromwich Albion	4–3	Colchester United	West Bromwich
15:00 GMT	Phillips 36' Brunt 39' Morrison 90' Bednář 90'	Report	Coyne 14' Elito 17' Lisbie 76'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 20,433 Referee: G Laws

5 April 2008 (2008-04-05) 42	Colchester United	2–0	Ipswich Town	Colchester
	Vernon 29', 73'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,264 Referee: Andy D'Urso

12 April 2008 (2008-04-12) 43	Leicester City	1–1	Colchester United	Leicester
	Hume 89'	Report	Lisbie 76'	Stadium: Walkers Stadium Attendance: 22,719 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

19 April 2008 (2008-04-19) 44	Colchester United	1–5	Coventry City	Colchester
	Vernon 17'	Report	Best 48' Fox 51' Ward 78' (pen.), 90' (pen.) Doyle 80'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,836 Referee: Colin Webster

26 April 2008 (2008-04-26) 45	Colchester United	0–1	Stoke City	Colchester
		Report	Cresswell 45'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,300 Referee: Kevin Friend

4 May 2008 (2008-05-04) 46	Scunthorpe United	3–3	Colchester United	Scunthorpe
	Forte 15' Hayes 67', 82'	Report	McLeod 11', 48' Vernon 47'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 5,554 Referee: R Booth

Football League Cup

14 August 2007 (2007-08-14) 1st round	Shrewsbury Town	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Colchester United	Shrewsbury
	Kempson 106'	Report		Stadium: New Meadow Attendance: 3,069 Referee: Richard Beeby

FA Cup

5 January 2008 (2008-01-05) 3rd round	Colchester United	1–3	Peterborough United	Colchester
	Sheringham 43' (pen.)	Report	McLean 4' Boyd 46' Lee 73'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,003 Referee: Andre Marriner

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

^[6]^[74]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Dean Gerken	42	0	40	0	1	0	1	0
2	DF	ENG	Danny Granville	20	0	14+5	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF	ENG	John White	23	0	21	0	1	0	1	0
4	MF	ENG	Johnnie Jackson	48	7	46	7	1	0	1	0
5	DF	AUS	Chris Coyne	16	1	16	1	0	0	0	0
6	MF	ENG	Kevin Watson	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	ENG	Karl Duguid	39	0	37	0	0+1	0	1	0
8	FW	ENG	Teddy Sheringham	20	4	11+8	3	1	1	0	0
9	FW	ENG	Clive Platt	42	8	34+7	8	0	0	1	0
10	MF	ENG	Kemal Izzet	40	1	35+4	1	0	0	0+1	0
11	FW	IRL	Mark Yeates	31	8	29	8	1	0	1	0
12	DF	ENG	Pat Baldwin	28	0	23+3	0	1	0	1	0
13	GK	NIR	Aidan Davison	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW	ENG	Kevin McLeod	30	4	21+7	4	1	0	1	0
15	FW	ENG	Jamie Guy	12	0	0+11	0	0+1	0	0	0
17	MF	ENG	Luke Guttridge	16	0	5+9	0	1	0	1	0
18	DF	ENG	Philip Ifil	20	0	20	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	JAM	Kevin Lisbie	43	17	39+3	17	1	0	0	0
22	MF	ENG	Dean Hammond	13	0	11+2	0	0	0	0	0
23	GK	ENG	Mark Cousins	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW	ENG	Scott Vernon	17	5	8+9	5	0	0	0	0
27	MF	ENG	Anthony Wordsworth	4	0	1+2	0	0	0	0+1	0
29	FW	ENG	Tom Webb	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
30	FW	ENG	Medy Elito	11	1	7+4	1	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season
16	DF	CMR	George Elokobi	19	1	17	1	1	0	1	0
16	DF	ENG	Matt Heath	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	ENG	Matthew Connolly	16	2	13+3	2	0	0	0	0
19	DF	SCO	Adam Virgo	37	1	30+6	1	1	0	0	0
21	DF	HUN	Béla Balogh	17	0	10+7	0	0	0	0	0
25	FW	ENG	Izale McLeod	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

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Place	Number	Position	Name	Championship	FA Cup	Total
1	20	FW	Kevin Lisbie	17	0	17
2	9	FW	Clive Platt	8	0	8
2	11	WG	Mark Yeates	8	0	8
4	4	MF	Johnnie Jackson	7	0	7
5	24	FW	Scott Vernon	5	0	5
6	8	FW	Teddy Sheringham	3	1	4
6	14	WG	Kevin McLeod	4	0	4
8	18	CB	Matthew Connolly	2	0	2
9	5	CB	Chris Coyne	1	0	1
	10	MF	Kemal Izzet	1	0	1
	16	FB/CB	George Elokobi	1	0	1
	19	DF/FW	Adam Virgo	1	0	1
	30	WG	Medy Elito	1	0	1
			Own goals	3	0	3
			TOTALS	62	1	63

Disciplinary record

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Number	Nationality	Position	Name	Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
Number	Nationality	Position	Name
10		MF	Kemal Izzet	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
19		DF/FW	Adam Virgo	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
12		CB	Pat Baldwin	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
1		GK	Dean Gerken	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
4		MF	Johnnie Jackson	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
11		WG	Mark Yeates	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
18		CB	Matthew Connolly	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
20		FW	Kevin Lisbie	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
7		MF	Karl Duguid	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
8		FW	Teddy Sheringham	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
9		FW	Clive Platt	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
14		WG	Kevin McLeod	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
15		FW	Jamie Guy	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
16		CB	Matt Heath	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
17		MF	Luke Guttridge	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
18		RB	Philip Ifil	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
21		DF	Béla Balogh	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2		FB	Danny Granville	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16		FB/CB	George Elokobi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	52	4	0	0	0	0	52	4

Clean sheets

Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.^[76]

Place	Number	Player	Championship	Total
1	1	Dean Gerken	1	1
1	13	Aidan Davison	1	1
		TOTALS	2	2

Player debuts

Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.^[77]

Number	Position	Player	Date	Opponent	Ground	Notes
8	FW	Teddy Sheringham	11 August 2007	Sheffield United	Bramall Lane
9	FW	Clive Platt	11 August 2007	Sheffield United	Bramall Lane
11	WG	Mark Yeates	11 August 2007	Sheffield United	Bramall Lane	^[78]^[a]
17	MF	Luke Guttridge	11 August 2007	Sheffield United	Bramall Lane
18	CB	Matthew Connolly	11 August 2007	Sheffield United	Bramall Lane
2	FB	Danny Granville	14 August 2007	Shrewsbury Town	New Meadow
27	MF	Anthony Wordsworth	14 August 2007	Shrewsbury Town	New Meadow
29	FW	Tom Webb	14 August 2007	Shrewsbury Town	New Meadow
19	DF/FW	Adam Virgo	18 August 2007	Barnsley	Layer Road
20	FW	Kevin Lisbie	18 August 2007	Barnsley	Layer Road
23	GK	Mark Cousins	18 August 2007	Barnsley	Layer Road
5	CB	Chris Coyne	12 January 2008	Bristol City	Ashton Gate Stadium
18	RB	Philip Ifil	12 January 2008	Bristol City	Ashton Gate Stadium
24	FW	Scott Vernon	2 February 2008	Sheffield United	Layer Road	^[79]^[a]
23	MF	Dean Hammond	23 February 2008	Bristol City	Layer Road
25	FW	Izale McLeod	1 March 2008	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Layer Road
30	WG	Medy Elito	4 March 2008	Plymouth Argyle	Home Park
16	CB	Matt Heath	15 March 2008	Cardiff City	Layer Road

References

General

Books

Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-629-3.

Websites

"Colchester United football club match record: 2008". 11v11.com. Retrieved 9 December 2018.

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