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The ref has blown his whistle for full time.
Madjid Bougherra goes into the referees book for dissent.
Colchester are replacing Greg Halford with John White.
Goal!! Colchester have scored with Karl Duguid putting it in the back of the net.
Jamie Cureton is replaced by Jamie Guy.
Colchester are replacing Richard Garcia with Kevin McLeod.
Sheff Wed are replacing Marcus Tudgay with Drew Talbot.
Steven MacLean is being taken off, Deon Burton has come on in his place.
Lee Bullen is being taken off, Kenny Lunt has come on in his place.
Goal!! Chris Iwelumo scores for Colchester.
Richard Garcia goes into the referees book for unsporting behaviour.
Goal!! Greg Halford scores for Colchester.
The second half is under way with the score currently at 1 v 0.
Half time whistle is blown by R Beeby
Goal!! Colchester have scored with Jamie Cureton putting it in the back of the net.
The referee has booked Frankie Simek.
It's 7:45pm on Wednesday, October 18th, the match has kicked off.
Colchester United produced a superb team performance, capped by four terrific goals, to climb to tenth in the Championship table. The win was no more than they deserved after seeing off a dreadful Sheffield Wednesday side. The Owls look like relegation fodder and they will have to improve remarkably if they are to clamber away from the drop zone. They were a distant second best against their super-confident hosts. Colchester deservedly went into the lead in the 28th minute, thanks to Jamie Cureton's 150th career league goal. The U's striker chased a long ball and managed to nip in between defender Madjid Bougherra and keeper Bradley Jones to lob into an empty net. The U's were good value for their 1-0 half-time lead, but Wednesday had one great chance to equalise on 54 minutes. That proved a turning point. Owls striker Steven MacLean pounced onto a pass by Yoann Folly, only to scoop his shot over the bar with just keeper Aidan Davison to beat from six yards out. It was a terrible miss from MacLean, and he and his team-mates were made to pay just two minutes later as Greg Halford blasted Colchester into a two-goal lead. It was a stunning strike from an on-song Halford. The U's right-back let fly from 30 yards out with a real screamer that flew into the roof of the net, via the far post. It was his second of the season. Wednesday were rocking, and they were effectively killed off by Chris Iwelumo's shot from the edge of the box just after the hour mark. The big Scotsman latched onto Richard Garcia's throughball before giving poor keeper Jones no chance. Jones had little chance with any of Colchester's goals. That was the case again with six minutes remaining when U's skipper Karl Duguid capped a fine evening for his side by drilling home a spectacular fourth goal. The U's kept going right to the end, determined to keep a clean sheet as well, and they achieved that thanks to Davison's brilliant stoppage-time save. He tipped Folly's goal-bound shot over the bar in spectacular fashion. Colchester have now suffered just one defeat in their last eight matches, a marvellous record considering that they lost their first five League and Cup fixtures this season.
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