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  • Kick-off: 19:45
  • Venue: Layer Road Ground
  • Attendance: 5497
  • Referee: Miller, P

Live Commentary

90 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for full time.

89 mins

Fraizer Campbell is being taken off, Jay-Jay Okocha has come on in his place.

87 mins

Goal!! Hull City have scored with Caleb Folan putting it in the back of the net.

86 mins

Sam Ricketts is booked for unsporting behaviour.

80 mins

Kevin Lisbie is booked for dissent.

79 mins

Kemal Izzet goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

72 mins

Clive Platt is replaced by Scott Vernon.

71 mins

Dean Windass is being taken off, Caleb Folan has come on in his place.

70 mins

Karl Duguid is replaced by Bela Balogh.

67 mins

Hull City are replacing Henrik Pedersen with Bryan Hughes.

62 mins

Colchester are replacing Anthony Wordsworth with Kemal Izzet.

46 mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 1 v 2.

45 mins

Half time whistle is blown by P Miller

45 mins

Matt Heath is booked for unsporting behaviour.

37 mins

Goal!! Colchester have scored with Kevin Lisbie putting it in the back of the net.

33 mins

Goal!! Fraizer Campbell scores for Hull City.

20 mins

Goal!! Hull City have scored with Fraizer Campbell putting it in the back of the net.

17 mins

Fraizer Campbell is booked for unsporting behaviour.

14 mins

It's red. He's off. Phil Ifil has been sent off (later rescinded by the FA).

12 mins

Adam Virgo is booked for unsporting behaviour.

0 mins

The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.

Match Report

Hull City boosted their promotion hopes with a victory at basement dwellers Colchester United, but they were given a helping hand by referee Pat Miller.

Hosts Colchester were reduced to ten men after just 14 minutes when defender Phil Ifil was sent off for violent conduct on Hull striker Fraizer Campbell.

It looked a very harsh decision and it certainly incensed both the Layer Road crowd and home manager Geraint Williams.

Campbell continued to be in the spotlight as he then bagged a quality brace to put the Tigers in the driving seat. Campbell fired home the opener at the second attempt in the 20th minute after his first shot had been blocked and the Manchester United loanee then doubled the lead just after the half-hour mark.

Livewire Campbell sprinted on to a through ball by Henrik Pedersen and he completely wrongfooted keeper Dean Gerken with a calm finish.

But ten-man Colchester refused to go down without a fight in what was their last ever midweek fixture at Layer Road, as they move to a new stadium next season.

Kevin Lisbie gave them hope of a revival by halving the deficit in the 37th minute. The ex-Charlton striker benefited from some determined play by team-mate Johnnie Jackson, before squeezing in his shot from just inside the box. It was his 14th goal of the season.

Colchester had a couple of chances to equalise in first-half stoppage time, when both Matt Heath and Clive Platt were denied from close in following inswinging corners.

The U's understandably began to tire in the second half and they were indebted to several fine saves from their keeper Gerken.

However, the Tigers wrapped up the points when substitute Caleb Folan rounded Gerken to add a third goal with just two minutes remaining.

Colchester United Team

Hull City Team

Colchester United

Hull City

Corners

8 7

Fouls

12 13

Goal attempts

3 15

Shots off target

0 5

Offsides

3 7

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