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Colchester United

2009–10 season
Owner	Robbie Cowling
Chairman	Robbie Cowling
Manager	Paul Lambert (until 18 August) Joe Dunne (caretaker) (18 August until 1 September) Aidy Boothroyd (from 2 September)
Stadium	Colchester Community Stadium
League One	8th
FA Cup	3rd round (eliminated by Preston North End)
League Cup	1st round (eliminated by Leyton Orient)
Football League Trophy	1st round (southern section) (eliminated by Gillingham)
Top goalscorer	League: Kevin Lisbie (13) All: Kevin Lisbie (13)
Highest home attendance	10,064 v Norwich City, 16 January 2010
Lowest home attendance	3,308 v Leyton Orient, 11 August 2009
Average home league attendance	5,437
Biggest win	7–1 v Norwich City, 8 August 2009
Biggest defeat	0–7 v Preston North End, 2 January 2010
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The 2009–10 season was Colchester United's 68th season in their history and second successive season in the third tier of English football, League One. Alongside competing in the League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, the League Cup and the Football League Trophy.

Following a famous 7–1 opening day win at Norwich City, manager Paul Lambert left Colchester for the Canaries under a storm surrounding compensation. Aidy Boothroyd was later appointed Lambert's successor and the club spent most of the season in the play-off positions. A late season collapse in form meant the U's dropped out of the play-offs with seven games remaining, but were not able to return, eventually finishing in eighth, eight points shy of the play-offs. Eighth place was still the fourth best-ever league result in the club's history.

In the cups, Colchester were eliminated in the first rounds of the League Cup and Football League Trophy, but progressed to the third round of the FA Cup. After beating Bromley and then Hereford United, Colchester faced Preston North End but were beaten 7–0 at Deepdale following five second half goals.

Season overview

Paul Lambert vowed he would have a mass clear out of players over the summer as each player was called in to meet him to discuss their future before May was over. He had identified his transfer targets with chairman Robbie Cowling willing to fund those ambitions. Incoming were Ashley Vincent, following a loan spell last season, as well as Lee Beevers, David Fox, Magnus Okuonghae and Ben Williams, all on permanent deals. Outgoing was Mark Yeates, last season's top scorer, who joined Middlesbrough for £450,000.

Lambert's contracted outcasts were consigned to training with the youth team and denied squad numbers and a place in the squad photo. Chris Coyne left the club to return to his native Australia, while Jamie Guy, Matt Heath, Philip Ifil, Johnnie Jackson, Matt Lockwood and John White were all among those affected by Lambert's managerial tactics. He then brought in Hamilton Academical forward Joël Thomas in a long protracted transfer deal for £125,000.

Three days prior to the season opener against Norwich City, the club announced the signing of former striker Kevin Lisbie on loan from Ipswich Town. He scored twice on his second debut for the club as Colchester thrashed Norwich 7–1 at Carrow Road. A week later, Colchester remained at the top of League One following a 2–1 win over Yeovil Town. Norwich City contacted Robbie Cowling following the game asking to approach Lambert regarding their vacant manager position after they had sacked Bryan Gunn following the U's famous victory. Cowling initially refused, but later relented with Lambert declaring his interest in joining City. Cowling offered Lambert the chance to talk to Norwich on the proviso no offer could be accepted until compensation was discussed and agreed between the two clubs. Compensation was never agreed and Lambert resigned with Colchester due to host Gillingham the same day. Lambert's assistants Ian Culverhouse and Gary Karsa also resigned the day after his appointment at Norwich.

Cowling vowed to take Norwich to a Football League tribunal. In the meantime, former Watford manager Aidy Boothroyd was unveiled on 3 September as Lambert's replacement. He enjoyed a nine game unbeaten run following his appointment, while making the loan signings of Danny Batth, Kayode Odejayi and John-Joe O'Toole. The latter two were then signed on a permanent basis in the January transfer window.

With the Lambert compensation issue still continuing into January, and with the U's set to host Lambert's Norwich in the league, Cowling refused to allocate additional tickets to the travelling Norwich fans for the fixture. Cowling claimed he would prefer the stadium have an empty seat than one occupied by another Norwich City fan. The game itself attracted a record attendance of 10,064, but Norwich gained revenge over the U's, winning 5–0 on the day.

At the end of February, Colchester's form took a negative turn, suffering an eight game winless run and dropped from third place to seventh and outside of the play-off places for only the second time this season. With seven games remaining, Colchester were unable to make a return to the play-off spots and would eventually finish eighth, eight points away from the play-offs, yet a result that was their fourth best-ever league result.

Colchester were eliminated from the League Cup in the first round by Leyton Orient, while Gillingham beat the U's following a penalty shoot-out in the Football League Trophy. In the FA Cup, the U's beat Bromley and Hereford United on their way to the third round, but were heavily beaten 7–0 at Deepdale by Preston North End in the game prior to their 5–0 home defeat by Norwich.

Players

As of match played 8 May 2010.

No.	Name	Position	Nationality	Place of birth	Date of birth	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
1	Ben Williams	GK		Manchester	(1982-08-27)27 August 1982 (aged 26)	0	0	Carlisle United	10 July 2009	Undisclosed
12	Mark Cousins	GK		Chelmsford	(1987-01-09)9 January 1987 (aged 22)	15	0	Youth team	1 August 2004	Free transfer
Defenders
2	Alan Maybury	FB		Dublin	(1978-08-08)8 August 1978 (aged 30)	26	0	Leicester City	12 December 2008	Free transfer
3	Lee Beevers	RB		Doncaster	(1983-12-04)4 December 1983 (aged 25)	0	0	Lincoln City	26 June 2009	Free transfer
4	Magnus Okuonghae	CB		Lagos	(1986-02-16)16 February 1986 (aged 23)	0	0	Dagenham & Redbridge	1 July 2009	£60,000
5	Pat Baldwin	CB		City of London	(1982-11-12)12 November 1982 (aged 26)	215	1	Chelsea	16 August 2002	Free transfer
6	Paul Reid	CB		Carlisle	(1982-02-18)18 February 1982 (aged 27)	29	1	Barnsley	2 July 2008	Free transfer
23	Marc Tierney	FB		Prestwich	(1985-08-23)23 August 1985 (aged 23)	26	1	Shrewsbury Town	2 January 2009	Undisclosed
25	John White	FB		Colchester	(1986-07-26)26 July 1986 (aged 22)	137	0	Youth team	1 July 2003	Free transfer
27	Matt Lockwood	LB		Rochford	(1976-10-17)17 October 1976 (aged 32)	5	0	Nottingham Forest	3 June 2008	Free transfer
28	Matt Heath	CB		Leicester	(1981-11-01)1 November 1981 (aged 27)	26	1	Leeds United	13 May 2008	Free transfer
30	Morten Knudsen	DF			(1986-10-27)27 October 1986 (aged 22)	0	0	Notodden	20 January 2010	Undisclosed
31	Philip Ifil	RB		Willesden	(1986-01-18)18 January 1986 (aged 23)	30	0	Tottenham Hotspur	10 January 2008	Undisclosed
34	Tom Bender	CB		Harlow	(1993-01-19)19 January 1993 (aged 16)	0	0	Youth team	1 July 2009	Free transfer
36	Bradley Hamilton	DF		Newham	(1992-08-30)30 August 1992 (aged 16)	0	0	Youth team	1 July 2009	Free transfer
Midfielders
8	John-Joe O'Toole	MF		Harrow	(1988-09-30)30 September 1988 (aged 20)	19	2	Watford	1 January 2010	Undisclosed
10	Kemal Izzet	MF		Whitechapel	(1980-09-29)29 September 1980 (aged 28)	335	21	Charlton Athletic	13 April 2001	Free transfer
14	David Fox	MF		Leek	(1983-12-13)13 December 1983 (aged 25)	0	0	Blackpool	1 July 2009	Free transfer
17	David Perkins	MF		Heysham	(1982-06-21)21 June 1982 (aged 26)	43	6	Rochdale	8 July 2008	Undisclosed
22	Anthony Wordsworth	MF		Camden Town	(1989-01-03)3 January 1989 (aged 20)	40	3	Youth team	1 July 2006	Free transfer
26	David Prutton	MF		Kingston upon Hull	(1981-09-12)12 September 1981 (aged 27)	1	1	Leeds United	1 February 2010	Free transfer
32	Sam Corcoran	MF		Enfield Town	(1991-02-05)5 February 1991 (aged 18)	1	0	Youth team	31 March 2009	Free transfer
Forwards
7	Ashley Vincent	WG		Oldbury	(1985-05-26)26 May 1985 (aged 24)	6	1	Cheltenham Town	1 July 2009	Free transfer
9	Clive Platt	FW		Wolverhampton	(1977-10-27)27 October 1977 (aged 31)	90	18	Milton Keynes Dons	3 July 2007	£300,000
11	Simon Hackney	WG		Manchester	(1984-02-05)5 February 1984 (aged 25)	17	0	Carlisle United	26 January 2009	£100,000
15	Kayode Odejayi	FW		Ibadan	(1982-02-21)21 February 1982 (aged 27)	17	7	Barnsley	1 January 2010	Undisclosed
16	Ian Henderson	FW/MF		Bury St Edmunds	(1985-01-24)24 January 1985 (aged 24)	0	0	Ankaragücü	7 January 2010	Free transfer
18	Steven Gillespie	FW		Liverpool	(1985-06-04)4 June 1985 (aged 23)	20	5	Cheltenham Town	7 July 2008	£400,000
19	Joël Thomas	FW		Caen	(1987-06-30)30 June 1987 (aged 21)	0	0	Hamilton Academical	21 July 2009	£125,000
29	Scott Vernon	FW		Manchester	(1983-12-13)13 December 1983 (aged 25)	64	10	Blackpool	31 January 2008	Undisclosed
33	Russell Malton	FW/MF		Colchester	(1990-11-14)14 November 1990 (aged 18)	0	0	Youth team	1 July 2009	Free transfer
35	Craig Arnott	FW		Edgware	(1992-09-09)9 September 1992 (aged 16)	0	0	Youth team	1 July 2009	Free transfer
39	Medy Elito	WG		Kinshasa	(1990-03-20)20 March 1990 (aged 19)	19	1	Youth team	1 July 2007	Free transfer

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
29 June 2009	RB		Lee Beevers	Lincoln City	Free transfer
1 July 2009	FW		Craig Arnott	Youth team	Free transfer
1 July 2009	CB		Tom Bender	Youth team	Free transfer
1 July 2009	MF		David Fox	Blackpool	Free transfer
1 July 2009	DF		Bradley Hamilton	Youth team	Free transfer
1 July 2009	FW/MF		Russell Malton	Youth team	Free transfer
1 July 2009	CB		Magnus Okuonghae	Dagenham & Redbridge	£60,000
1 July 2009	WG		Ashley Vincent	Cheltenham Town	Free transfer
10 July 2009	GK		Ben Williams	Carlisle United	Undisclosed
21 July 2009	FW		Joël Thomas	Hamilton Academical	£125,000
24 July 2009	MF		Gary Holt	Wycombe Wanderers	Free transfer
1 January 2010	FW		Kayode Odejayi	Barnsley	Undisclosed
1 January 2010	MF		John-Joe O'Toole	Watford	Undisclosed
7 January 2010	FW/MF		Ian Henderson	Ankaragücü	Free transfer
20 January 2010	DF		Morten Knudsen	Notodden	Undisclosed
1 February 2010	MF		David Prutton	Leeds United	Free transfer

• Total spending: ~ £185,000

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
26 June 2009	WG		Mark Yeates	Middlesbrough	£450,000
30 June 2009	CB		Chris Coyne	Perth Glory	Released
30 June 2009	FW		Akanni-Sunday Wasiu	Floriana	Released
1 July 2009	GK		Dean Gerken	Bristol City	Undisclosed
17 August 2009	MF		Johnnie Jackson	Notts County	Undisclosed
19 August 2009	MF		Dean Hammond	Southampton	£400,000
22 September 2009	MF		Gary Holt	Lowestoft Town	Released
19 January 2010	FW		Jamie Guy	Grays Athletic	Released

• Total incoming: ~ £850,000

Loans in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
3 August 2009	FW		Kevin Lisbie	Ipswich Town	31 May 2010
1 September 2009	MF		John-Joe O'Toole	Watford	31 December 2009
16 September 2009	FW		Kayode Odejayi	Barnsley	31 December 2009
17 September 2009	CB		Danny Batth	Wolverhampton Wanderers	29 April 2010
23 October 2009	MF		Josh Payne	West Ham United	15 November 2009
22 January 2010	FB		Christian Ribeiro	Bristol City	21 February 2010
25 January 2010	MF		David Prutton	Leeds United	31 January 2010
25 March 2010	LB		Franck Queudrue	Birmingham City	25 March 2010

Loans out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
30 July 2009	CB		Matt Heath	Southend United	30 August 2009
30 July 2009	FB		John White	Southend United	30 August 2009
2 October 2009	MF		David Perkins	Chesterfield	2 January 2010
6 October 2009	FW		Jamie Guy	Port Vale	17 November 2009
30 October 2009	LB		Matt Lockwood	Dagenham & Redbridge	30 November 2009
20 November 2009	CB		Pat Baldwin	Bristol Rovers	31 December 2009
4 December 2009	MF		Sam Corcoran	Wealdstone	4 January 2010
18 January 2010	MF		David Perkins	Stockport County	31 May 2010
22 January 2010	LB		Matt Lockwood	Barnet	31 May 2010
29 January 2010	CB		Pat Baldwin	Southend United	1 June 2010
29 January 2010	FW		Joël Thomas	Hamilton Academical	31 May 2010
5 March 2010	WG		Medy Elito	Cheltenham Town	1 June 2010
9 March 2010	WG		Simon Hackney	Morecambe	15 April 2010

Match details

Pre-season friendly

21 July 2009 (2009-07-21) Friendly	Colchester United	2–2	Aston Villa	Colchester
19:45 BST	Vernon 25' Vincent 56'	Report	Sidwell 63' McGurk 73'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 4,164 Referee: Trevor Kettle

League One

League table

1. Southampton were given a ten-point deduction for breaching insolvency regulations, regarding their holding company. As they finished in the bottom three last season, the points deduction were applied in the 2009–10 season.

Results round by round

Matches

8 August 2009 (2009-08-08) 1	Norwich City	1–7	Colchester United	Norwich
15:00 BST	McDonald 72'	Report	Lisbie 10', 38' Platt 13', 19' Fox 22' Perkins 76' Vernon 90'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 25,217 Referee: Rob Shoebridge

15 August 2009 (2009-08-15) 2	Colchester United	2–1	Yeovil Town	Colchester
15:00 BST	Fox 8' Vincent 18'	Report	Mason 82'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 4,263 Referee: R Booth

18 August 2009 (2009-08-18) 3	Colchester United	2–1	Gillingham	Colchester
19:45 BST	Vernon 38' Lisbie 66'	Report	Weston 11'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 4,849 Referee: Grant Hegley

22 August 2009 (2009-08-22) 4	Milton Keynes Dons	2–1	Colchester United	Milton Keynes
15:00 BST	Easter 22' (pen.) Carrington 58'	Report	Vernon 69'	Stadium: Stadium MK Attendance: 8,633 Referee: Keith Stroud

29 August 2009 (2009-08-29) 5	Colchester United	1–2	Leeds United	Colchester
15:00 BST	Lisbie 57' (pen.)	Report	Johnson 47' Beckford 64'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 8,810 Referee: David Phillips

5 September 2009 (2009-09-05) 6	Southampton	0–0	Colchester United	Southampton
15:00 BST		Report	Izzet  36'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 17,070 Referee: Graham Scott

12 September 2009 (2009-09-12) 7	Swindon Town	1–1	Colchester United	Swindon
15:00 BST	Obadeyi 45'	Report	Vincent 21'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,621 Referee: Karl Evans

19 September 2009 (2009-09-19) 8	Colchester United	2–0	Hartlepool United	Colchester
15:00 BST	Lisbie 45' (pen.), 47'	Report		Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 4,259 Referee: Andy Woolmer

26 September 2009 (2009-09-26) 9	Tranmere Rovers	1–1	Colchester United	Birkenhead
15:00 BST	Welsh 35'	Report	O'Toole 37'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 5,314 Referee: Steve Bratt

29 September 2009 (2009-09-29) 10	Colchester United	3–0	Charlton Athletic	Colchester
19:45 BST	Llera 29' (o.g.) Odejayi 31', 57'	Report		Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 7,098 Referee: Mick Russell

3 October 2009 (2009-10-03) 11	Colchester United	1–0	Huddersfield Town	Colchester
15:00 BST	Odejayi 80'	Report	P. Clarke  77'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 5,154 Referee: Gavin Ward

10 October 2009 (2009-10-10) 12	Leyton Orient	0–1	Colchester United	Leyton
15:00 BST		Report	Odejayi 54'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 5,410 Referee: Danny McDermid

17 October 2009 (2009-10-17) 13	Wycombe Wanderers	1–1	Colchester United	High Wycombe
15:00 BST	Pittman 87'	Report	Odejayi 23'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 5,394 Referee: Chris Sarginson

24 October 2009 (2009-10-24) 14	Colchester United	2–1	Walsall	Colchester
15:00 BST	Lisbie 26', 61' (pen.)	Report	Byfield 28'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 4,880 Referee: Roger East

31 October 2009 (2009-10-31) 15	Millwall	2–1	Colchester United	Bermondsey
15:00 GMT	Dunne 66' Henry 90'	Report	Wordsworth 18'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 10,036 Referee: Graham Horwood

14 November 2009 (2009-11-14) 16	Colchester United	2–2	Exeter City	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Platt 41', 85' Elito  89'	Report	Fleetwood 6' Harley 45'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 5,208 Referee: Paul Taylor

21 November 2009 (2009-11-21) 17	Oldham Athletic	2–2	Colchester United	Oldham
15:00 GMT	Taylor 63' (pen.) Brooke 88'	Report	Fox 12' Odejayi 50' Tierney  56'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 3,607 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

24 November 2009 (2009-11-24) 18	Colchester United	2–0	Stockport County	Colchester
19:45 GMT	Lisbie 10' Platt 15'	Report		Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 3,818 Referee: Phil Gibbs

1 December 2009 (2009-12-01) 19	Brentford	1–0	Colchester United	Brentford
19:45 GMT	MacDonald 15'	Report		Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Graham Scott

5 December 2009 (2009-12-05) 20	Colchester United	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Lisbie 30'	Report		Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 4,942 Referee: Trevor Kettle

11 December 2009 (2009-12-11) 21	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–2	Colchester United	Brighton
19:45 GMT	Dicker 42'	Report	Ifil 9' Wordsworth 14'	Stadium: Withdean Stadium Attendance: 5,898 Referee: Steve Tanner

26 December 2009 (2009-12-26) 22	Southend United	1–2	Colchester United	Southend-on-Sea
13:00 GMT	Barnard 76'	Report	Ifil 46' Wordsworth 57'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 10,329 Referee: Grant Hegley

28 December 2009 (2009-12-28) 23	Colchester United	2–1	Southampton	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Wordsworth 23' Gillespie 75'	Report	Lambert 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 8,514 Referee: Darren Deadman

16 January 2010 (2010-01-16) 24	Colchester United	0–5	Norwich City	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Henderson  90'	Report	Martin 16', 45' Doherty 49' Johnson 81' Holt 90'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 10,064 Referee: Mike Dean

26 January 2010 (2010-01-26) 26	Colchester United	2–0	Milton Keynes Dons	Colchester
19:45 GMT	Lisbie 18' Prutton 67'	Report	Stirling  53'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 3,601 Referee: Simon Hooper

30 January 2010 (2010-01-30) 27	Leeds United	2–0	Colchester United	Leeds
	Beckford 38' (pen.), 55'	Report		Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 23,425 Referee: Andy Woolmer

2 February 2010 (2010-02-02) 28	Colchester United	2–1	Carlisle United	Colchester
19:45 GMT	Platt 61' Odejayi 90+3'	Report	Harte 24'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 3,903 Referee: Gary Sutton

8 February 2010 (2010-02-08) 29	Colchester United	2–0	Southend United	Colchester
19:45 GMT	Wordsworth 3', 62'	Report		Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 6,466 Referee: Nigel Miller

13 February 2010 (2010-02-13) 30	Stockport County	2–2	Colchester United	Stockport
15:00 GMT	Ibehre 22', 77'	Report	Prutton 10' Wordsworth 18'	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 3,642 Referee: Andy Haines

16 February 2010 (2010-02-16) 31	Yeovil Town	0–1	Colchester United	Yeovil
19:45 GMT		Report	Odejayi 38'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 3,469 Referee: Darren Sheldrake

20 February 2010 (2010-02-20) 32	Colchester United	1–0	Oldham Athletic	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Batth 64'	Report		Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 5,321 Referee: James Linington

27 February 2010 (2010-02-27) 33	Bristol Rovers	3–2	Colchester United	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Blizzard 16' Kuffour 67' Lines 79'	Report	O'Toole 21' Odejayi 89'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 6,023 Referee: Oliver Langford

13 March 2010 (2010-03-13) 35	Carlisle United	2–1	Colchester United	Carlisle
15:00 GMT	Marshall 68' Price 73' Taiwo  42'	Report	Platt 66'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 4,469 Referee: Jock Waugh

20 March 2010 (2010-03-20) 36	Walsall	1–0	Colchester United	Walsall
15:00 GMT	Byfield 90' Hughes  45'	Report		Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 3,510 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

23 March 2010 (2010-03-23) 37	Colchester United	3–3	Brentford	Colchester
19:45 GMT	Hunt 32' (o.g.) Wordsworth 45' Prutton 76'	Report	Hunt 13' Legge 17' MacDonald 57'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 3,915 Referee: Fred Graham

27 March 2010 (2010-03-27) 38	Colchester United	1–1	Wycombe Wanderers	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Henderson 59'	Report	Ainsworth 90'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 5,593 Referee: S Cook

2 April 2010 (2010-04-02) 39	Exeter City	2–0	Colchester United	Exeter
15:00 BST	Fleetwood 33' Harley 90'	Report		Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 6,297 Referee: Phil Gibbs

5 April 2010 (2010-04-05) 40	Colchester United	1–2	Millwall	Colchester
13:00 BST	Lisbie 50'	Report	Morison 43' Batth 78' (o.g.)	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 7,393 Referee: Andy D'Urso

10 April 2010 (2010-04-10) 41	Colchester United	3–0	Swindon Town	Colchester
15:00 BST	Vincent 24' Wordsworth 69', 90'	Report		Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 5,111 Referee: Andy Penn

13 April 2010 (2010-04-13) 42	Charlton Athletic	1–0	Colchester United	Charlton
19:45 BST	Forster 21'	Report	Lisbie  90+2'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 17,247 Referee: Mike Jones

17 April 2010 (2010-04-17) 43	Hartlepool United	3–1	Colchester United	Hartlepool
15:00 BST	Brown 11' O'Donovan 19', 85' (pen.)	Report	Henderson 8'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 3,126 Referee: Jonathan Moss

24 April 2010 (2010-04-24) 44	Colchester United	1–1	Tranmere Rovers	Colchester
15:00 BST	Wordsworth 4' Prutton  90'	Report	Thomas-Moore 6'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 4,353 Referee: P Crossley

1 May 2010 (2010-05-01) 45	Huddersfield Town	2–1	Colchester United	Huddersfield
15:00 BST	Robinson 17' (pen.) Novak 90+5'	Report	Hackney 76'	Stadium: Kirklees Stadium Attendance: 17,950 Referee: Keith Stroud

8 May 2010 (2010-05-08) 46	Colchester United	1–0	Leyton Orient	Colchester
15:00 BST	Lisbie 90' (pen.)	Report	Ashworth  90'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 5,751 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Football League Cup

11 August 2009 (2009-08-11) 1st round	Colchester United	1–2	Leyton Orient	Colchester
19:45 BST	Hackney 90' Platt  90'	Report	Pătulea 2' Melligan 63'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 3,308 Referee: Darren Deadman

Football League Trophy

1 September 2009 (2009-09-01) 1st round (southern section)	Gillingham	1–1 (4–3 p)	Colchester United	Gillingham
19:45 BST	Jackson 77' (pen.)	Report Report (archived)	Platt 84'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 1,725 Referee: Dean Whitestone
	Penalties
	Jackson Miller Palmer Weston McCammon		Vernon Wordsworth Fox Lockwood Perkins

FA Cup

7 November 2009 (2009-11-07) 1st round	Bromley	0–4	Colchester United	Bromley
13:00 GMT		Report	Hackney 32' Odejayi 35' Platt 71' Gillespie 89'	Stadium: Hayes Lane Attendance: 4,242 Referee: David Phillips

28 November 2009 (2009-11-28) 2nd round	Hereford United	0–1	Colchester United	Hereford
15:00 GMT		Report	O'Toole 90'	Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 2,225 Referee: Neil Swarbrick

2 January 2010 (2010-01-02) 3rd round	Preston North End	7–0	Colchester United	Preston
15:00 GMT	Brown 13' Sedgwick 27' Parkin 48', 50', 72' (pen.) Williams 52' (o.g.) Carter 64'	Report		Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 7,621 Referee: Colin Webster

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		Football League Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Ben Williams	49	0	46	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	IRL	Alan Maybury	3	0	1+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF	WAL	Lee Beevers	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
4	DF	ENG	Magnus Okuonghae	49	0	44	0	3	0	1	0	1	0
5	DF	ENG	Pat Baldwin	8	0	6+1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
6	DF	ENG	Paul Reid	14	0	10+2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	ENG	Ashley Vincent	21	3	15+4	3	0	0	1	0	1	0
8	MF	IRL	John-Joe O'Toole	33	3	30+1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0
9	FW	ENG	Clive Platt	45	9	36+5	7	1+1	1	1	0	1	1
10	MF	ENG	Kemal Izzet	41	0	31+6	0	1+1	0	1	0	1	0
11	FW	ENG	Simon Hackney	22	3	9+8	1	3	1	1	1	1	0
12	GK	ENG	Mark Cousins	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
14	MF	ENG	David Fox	21	3	15+3	3	2	0	0	0	1	0
15	FW	NGA	Kayode Odejayi	31	10	19+9	9	3	1	0	0	0	0
16	FW	ENG	Ian Henderson	13	2	6+7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	ENG	David Perkins	7	1	0+5	1	0	0	1	0	0+1	0
18	FW	ENG	Steven Gillespie	33	2	8+22	1	2+1	1	0	0	0	0
19	FW	FRA	Joël Thomas	7	0	0+4	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0
22	MF	ENG	Anthony Wordsworth	44	11	36+5	11	1+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
23	DF	ENG	Marc Tierney	44	0	41	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	ENG	John White	43	0	38+1	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
26	MF	ENG	David Prutton	19	3	18+1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	ENG	Matt Lockwood	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
28	DF	ENG	Matt Heath	19	0	13+5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
29	FW	ENG	Scott Vernon	9	3	4+3	3	0	0	0+1	0	1	0
31	DF	ENG	Philip Ifil	30	2	15+12	2	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
34	DF	WAL	Tom Bender	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW	ENG	Medy Elito	4	0	0+3	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season
8	MF	ENG	Dean Hammond	3	0	2	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
16	MF	ENG	Josh Payne	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	JAM	Kevin Lisbie	43	13	35+6	13	1	0	1	0	0	0
21	DF	ENG	Danny Batth	18	1	16+1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	FRA	Franck Queudrue	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	WAL	Christian Ribeiro	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW	ENG	Jamie Guy	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Place	Number	Nationality	Position	Name	League One	FA Cup	League Cup	Football League Trophy	Total
1	20		FW	Kevin Lisbie	13	0	0	0	13
2	22		MF	Anthony Wordsworth	11	0	0	0	11
3	15		FW	Kayode Odejayi	9	1	0	0	10
4	9		FW	Clive Platt	7	1	0	1	9
5	7		WG	Ashley Vincent	3	0	0	0	3
	8		MF	John-Joe O'Toole	2	1	0	0	3
	11		WG	Simon Hackney	1	1	1	0	3
	14		MF	David Fox	3	0	0	0	3
	26		MF	David Prutton	3	0	0	0	3
	29		FW	Scott Vernon	3	0	0	0	3
11	16		FW/MF	Ian Henderson	2	0	0	0	2
	18		FW	Steven Gillespie	1	1	0	0	2
	31		RB	Philip Ifil	2	0	0	0	2
14	17		MF	David Perkins	1	0	0	0	1
	21		CB	Danny Batth	1	0	0	0	1
				Own goals	2	0	0	0	2
				TOTALS	64	5	1	1	71

Disciplinary record

Number	Nationality	Position	Name	League One		FA Cup		League Cup		Football League Trophy		Total
10		MF	Kemal Izzet	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	12	1
23		FB	Marc Tierney	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	1
20		FW	Kevin Lisbie	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	1
8		MF	John-Joe O'Toole	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
22		MF	Anthony Wordsworth	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	0
26		MF	David Prutton	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
9		FW	Clive Platt	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	1
25		FB	John White	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
7		WG	Ashley Vincent	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
16		FW/MF	Ian Henderson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
21		CB	Danny Batth	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
4		CB	Magnus Okuonghae	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
11		WG	Simon Hackney	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
18		FW	Steven Gillespie	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
39		WG	Medy Elito	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
6		CB	Paul Reid	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1		GK	Ben Williams	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2		FB	Alan Maybury	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14		MF	David Fox	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16		MF	Josh Payne	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17		MF	David Perkins	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19		FW	Joël Thomas	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
31		RB	Philip Ifil	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	85	6	5	0	0	1	2	0	92	7

Captains

Number of games played as team captain.

Place	Number	Nationality	Position	Player	League One	FA Cup	League Cup	Football League Trophy	Total
1	4		CB	Magnus Okuonghae	36	3	0	0	39
2	5		CB	Pat Baldwin	4	0	0	0	4
3	9		FW	Clive Platt	2	0	0	1	3
3	8		MF	Dean Hammond	2	0	0	0	2
	10		MF	Kemal Izzet	1	0	1	0	2
5	15		FW	Kayode Odejayi	1	0	0	0	1
				TOTALS	46	3	1	1	51

Clean sheets

Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.

Place	Number	Nationality	Player	League One	FA Cup	League Cup	Football League Trophy	Total
1	1		Ben Williams	15	2	0	0	17
			TOTALS	15	2	0	0	17

Player debuts

Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.

Number	Position	Nationality	Player	Date	Opponent	Ground	Notes
1	GK		Ben Williams	8 August 2009	Norwich City	Carrow Road
3	RB		Lee Beevers	8 August 2009	Norwich City	Carrow Road
4	CB		Magnus Okuonghae	8 August 2009	Norwich City	Carrow Road
7	WG		Ashley Vincent	8 August 2009	Norwich City	Carrow Road
14	MF		David Fox	8 August 2009	Norwich City	Carrow Road
20	FW		Kevin Lisbie	8 August 2009	Norwich City	Carrow Road
19	FW		Joël Thomas	18 August 2009	Gillingham	Colchester Community Stadium
8	MF		John-Joe O'Toole	5 September 2009	Southampton	St Mary's Stadium
15	FW		Kayode Odejayi	19 September 2009	Hartlepool United	Colchester Community Stadium
21	CB		Danny Batth	19 September 2009	Hartlepool United	Colchester Community Stadium
34	CB		Tom Bender	19 September 2009	Hartlepool United	Colchester Community Stadium
16	MF		Josh Payne	24 October 2009	Walsall	Colchester Community Stadium
15	FW		Kayode Odejayi	2 January 2010	Preston North End	Deepdale
16	FW/MF		Ian Henderson	16 January 2010	Norwich City	Colchester Community Stadium
8	MF		John-Joe O'Toole	23 January 2010	Gillingham	Priestfield Stadium
24	FB		Christian Ribeiro	23 January 2010	Gillingham	Priestfield Stadium
26	MF		David Prutton	26 January 2010	Milton Keynes Dons	Colchester Community Stadium
26	MF		David Prutton	2 February 2010	Carlisle United	Colchester Community Stadium
24	LB		Franck Queudrue	27 March 2010	Wycombe Wanderers	Colchester Community Stadium

1. ^ Second debut for the club

See also

• List of Colchester United F.C. seasons

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• Colchester United F.C. seasons
• 2009–10 Football League One by team