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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: Layer Road Ground
  • Attendance: 5218
  • Referee: Woolmer, K

Live Commentary

90 mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

90 mins

Kevan Hurst goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

90 mins

Scunthorpe are replacing Jonathan Forte with Ben May.

83 mins

Cleveland Taylor is booked for unsporting behaviour.

83 mins

Cleveland Taylor is being taken off, Marcus Williams has come on in his place.

71 mins

Kemal Izzet is being taken off, Luke Guttridge has come on in his place.

69 mins

The referee has booked Karl Duguid.

67 mins

Jim Goodwin goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

58 mins

Kevin McLeod is being taken off, Jamie Guy has come on in his place.

46 mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 1.

45 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

41 mins

Goal!! Scunthorpe have scored with Paul Hayes putting it in the back of the net.

33 mins

Adam Virgo goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.

0 mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, September 29th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Scunthorpe United's excellent start to the season continued thanks to a fine solo goal from striker Paul Hayes at struggling Colchester.

Iron had won three of their four home games since winning promotion to the Championship, but this was their first victory on the road and it was fully deserved.

Hayes popped up with the winner in the 41st minute. The former Barnsley striker flicked the ball over the head of centre-half Adam Virgo before calmly firing past keeper Dean Gerken. It was his second league goal of the season since his summer move from Oakwell.

Colchester were not at their best and they are still waiting to record their first home win of the season, which is rather ironic when considered how well they performed at Layer Road in their first season in the Championship last term.

The U's had mustered just two points from a possible 12 at home, but they can count themselves unlucky not to have been given a penalty in the first half.

Winger Mark Yeates appeared to be bundled over in the box by Scunthorpe left-back Kelly Youga, but referee Mr Walmer declined to give the decision, as did his assistant, who was in an even better position to see the incident.

A penalty then may have changed the course of the game, but Hayes struck soon afterwards and Colchester never really looked like fashioning an equaliser in the second half.

In fact, Gerken remained the busier of the two keepers and he pulled off good saves to thwart Hayes and Jonathan Forte after the break.

Too often, Colchester's final ball let them down. Their crossing was poor and striker Kevin Lisbie was guilty of missing a couple of good opportunities with his head.

Fellow striker Clive Platt threatened deep into injury time, but his header from Yeates' corner flashed wide of the near post and that was the U's last chance.

Yeates had been the star of the show at Blackpool the previous weekend, thanks to two excellent free-kicks, and he curled a free-kick from a similar position narrowly wide against Scunthorpe. But it was not his or Colchester's day.

Colchester United Team

Scunthorpe United Team

Colchester United

Scunthorpe United

Corners

9 5

Fouls

7 9

Goal attempts

8 9

Shots off target

5 2

Offsides

7 3

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