Shrewsbury Town v Colchester United ° Match Thread ° 27/10/12

On match day fifteen the U’s travel to Shropshire to take on the Salop for the first time in the league for fourteen years.

Our league record vs. Shrewsbury Town:

@ Shrewsbury P 20 W 03 D 03 L 14 F 18 A 39 -21
@ Colchester P 20 W 10 D 05 L 05 F 37 A 29 +8

14/08/07 LC R1 Shrewsbury 1 - 0 AET Colchester Darran Kempson 106 3069
03/12/05 FAC R2 Shrewsbury 1 - 2 Colchester David Edwards 45; Jamie Cureton 23, Chris Iwelumo 50 3695

24/02/98 Shrewsbury 0 - 2 Colchester Neil Gregory 7, David Gregory 68 1972
18/10/97 Colchester 1 - 1 Shrewsbury Aaron Skelton 51; Kevin Seabury 25 2977

03/01/94 Shrewsbury 2 - 1 Colchester Dave Walton 55, Dean Spink 80; Steve Ball 40 4245
31/08/93 Colchester 3 - 3 Shrewsbury Steve McGavin 3, 23, Steve Brown 45; Tommy Lynch 1, Kevin Summerfield 79, Dean Spink 88 2723

20/02/93 Shrewsbury 4 - 3 Colchester Carl Griffiths 8, 88, Mark Smith 60, Tony English 66OG; Robert Hopkins 52, Martin Grainger 74P, Steve McGavin 82 2653
01/09/92 Colchester 0 - 2 Shrewsbury Carl Griffiths 44, John Brough 76 3530

07/01/89 FAC R3 Shrewsbury 0 - 3 Colchester Mario Walsh 17, Dick Pratley 47OG, Ian Allinson 85 3982

19/01/79 Shrewsbury 2 - 0 Colchester Steve Biggins 22, Sammy Chapman 59 2119
15/09/78 Colchester 1 - 0 Shrewsbury Steve Foley 67 2788

01/04/78 Colchester 1 - 2 Shrewsbury Steve Leslie 54; Peter Loughnane 38, Steve Biggins 52 2910
31/12/77 Shrewsbury 1 - 0 Colchester Sammy Irvine 74 4336

14/02/76 Shrewsbury 1 - 0 Colchester Mike Kearney 82 4485
08/11/75 Colchester 1 - 1 Shrewsbury Lindsay Smith 54; Chic Bates 5 3088

20/11/71 FAC R1 Colchester 1 - 4 Shrewsbury Brian Hall 41; Alf Wood 10, George Andrews 24, 67, 83 5773

02/03/68 Colchester 0 - 3 Shrewsbury 3877
14/10/67 Shrewsbury 4 - 0 Colchester 4162

31/12/66 Colchester 3 - 1 Shrewsbury Peter Bullock, Ken Hodgson, Reg Stratton 4980
27/08/66 Shrewsbury 2 - 1 Colchester Reg Stratton 4819

17/04/65 Colchester 0 - 4 Shrewsbury 3058
24/10/64 Shrewsbury 3 - 0 Colchester 4770

20/04/64 Colchester 1 - 0 Shrewsbury Martyn King 3647
09/11/63 Shrewsbury 1 - 1 Colchester Arthur Rowley 65; Billy Stark 1 6427

Background

Twentieth placed League One strugglers Shrewsbury have only won one of their last eight competitive matches, a derby with Walsall. Twelfth placed in-form Colchester have won five out of their last six league matches in League One following the appointment of Joe Dunne as their new manager.

The Salop will be eager to avoid back to back home defeats in the league for the first time since January 2011 (when they lost at home to Morecambe 1-3 and Crewe Alexandra 0-1). The U’s will be aiming for a fourth successive league win for the first time since December 2009 (when they beat Bristol Rovers 1-0[H], Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1[A], Southend 2-1[A], and Southampton 2-1[H] in succession).

Shrewsbury have the seventh weakest home attack (scoring 1.14 goals per game) and in contrast the seventh strongest home defence (conceding 1.00 goals per game) in the division. Colchester possess the third bluntest away attack (scoring 0.57 goals per game) and the tenth strongest away defensive record (conceding 1.29 goals per game) in League One.

Form: Shrewsbury LDLWLL 22/24 (Home: DLWLWL 20/24) vs. Colchester WWLWWW 2/24 (Away: LLLWLW 15/24)

Shrewsbury

11/08/12 LC R1 Leeds United 4 - 0 Shrewsbury Town ☼
18/08/12 L1 01 Sheffield United 1 - 0 Shrewsbury Town ☼
21/08/12 L1 02 Shrewsbury Town 1 - 0 Preston North End ☼
25/08/12 L1 03 Shrewsbury Town 1 - 1 Tranmere Rovers ☼
01/09/12 L1 04 Stevenage 1 - 1 Shrewsbury Town ☼
08/09/12 L1 05 Notts County 3 - 2 Shrewsbury Town ☼
15/09/12 L1 06 Shrewsbury Town 0 - 1 Scunthorpe United ☼
18/09/12 L1 07 Shrewsbury Town 4 - 1 Coventry City ☼
22/09/12 L1 08 Hartlepool United 2 - 2 Shrewsbury Town ☼
29/09/12 L1 09 Shrewsbury Town 0 - 1 Swindon Town ☼
02/10/12 L1 10 Brentford 0 - 0 Shrewsbury Town ☼
06/10/12 L1 11 Doncaster Rovers 1 - 0 Shrewsbury Town ☼
09/10/12 JPT NR2 Shrewsbury Town 1 - 2 Crewe Alexandra ☼
14/10/12 L1 12 Shrewsbury Town 1 - 0 Walsall ☼
20/10/12 L1 13 Portsmouth 3 - 1 Shrewsbury Town ☼
23/10/12 L1 14 Shrewsbury Town 1 - 3 Yeovil Town ☼

Colchester

14/08/12 LC R1 Yeovil Town 3 - 0 Colchester United ☼
18/08/12 L1 01 Preston North End 0 - 0 Colchester United ☼
21/08/12 L1 02 Colchester United 2 - 2 Portsmouth ☼
25/08/12 L1 03 Colchester United 1 - 1 Sheffield United ☼
01/09/12 L1 04 Tranmere Rovers 4 - 0 Colchester United ☼
08/09/12 L1 05 Brentford 1 - 0 Colchester United ☼
15/09/12 L1 06 Colchester United 1 - 2 Doncaster Rovers ☼
18/09/12 L1 07 Colchester United 1 - 1 Crawley Town ☼
22/09/12 L1 08 Scunthorpe United 1 - 0 Colchester United ☼
29/09/12 L1 09 Colchester United 3 - 1 Hartlepool United ☼
02/10/12 L1 10 Swindon Town 0 - 1 Colchester United ☼
06/12/12 L1 11 Yeovil Town 3 - 1 Colchester United ☼
09/10/12 JPT SR2 Northampton Town 2 - 1 Colchester United ☼
13/10/12 L1 12 Colchester United 1 - 0 Stevenage ☼
20/10/12 L1 13 Colchester United 2 - 0 Carlisle United ☼
23/10/12 L1 14 Leyton Orient 0 - 2 Colchester United ☼

The U’s will be favourites to take the points against The Shrews, but will have to guard against complacency.

This weekend’s Npower League One programme:

27/10/12 Brentford (9) v Hartlepool United (24) 15:00
27/10/12 Bury (23) v Walsall (15) 15:00
27/10/12 Carlisle United (13) v AFC Bournemouth (19) 15:00
27/10/12 Crawley Town (4) v Oldham Athletic (17) 15:00
27/10/12 Crewe Alexandra (16) v Yeovil Town (11) 15:00
27/10/12 Leyton Orient (18) v Coventry City (21) 15:00
27/10/12 Notts County (5) v Doncaster Rovers (6) 15:00
27/10/12 Scunthorpe United (22) v Milton Keynes Dons (10) 15:00
27/10/12 Shrewsbury Town (20) v Colchester United (12) 15:00
27/10/12 Stevenage (2) v Swindon Town (7) 15:00
27/10/12 Tranmere Rovers (1) v Preston North End (8) 15:00
29/10/12 Sheffield United (3) v Portsmouth (14) 19:45

U’s Team News

Matt Heath (Hamstring) and Kem Izzet (Hip) will miss out on Saturday’s game at New Meadow.

 

many thanks for posting this on our boards, it looks as though the u's need some more posters on your boards. there are few pubs near our ground, one nearby has closed. better to have a drink in town or we have excellent facilities at the ground. we have certainly hit a bad patch not helped by our main striker marvin morgan being red carded.

however we have signed today a young french winger from man city. to all of you coming up on saturday wrap up warm, it will be a shock to the system , first blast of winter 5 degrees.
finally thank you for all the names of our scorers over the years. happy memories. may the best team win on saturday. floreat salopia! and yes our pies are hot