Swindon Town 1 Colchester Utd 3 

Under par Town beaten at home by Colchester

 

RESULT: Swindon Town 1 Colchester United 3

 

Swindon scorer: S Cox (pen) 57

Colchester scorers: J Jackson 32, S Vernon 44, S Wasiu 88

 

A "sub-standard performance" was how boss Maurice Malpas explained his sides disappointing loss to Colchester.

 

The game was littered with poor defensive mistakes from the home side that were punished by the visitors - with both former Town loanee Johnny Jackson and striker Scott Vernon on hand to capitalise and give Colchester a 2-0 lead going into the half-time break.

 

A double substitution at the start of the second-half breathed some life into a lacklustre Town side, who got themselves back in the game with a Simon Cox penalty just before the hour mark.

 

However, it was to no avail as a further defensive mix-up allowed substitute Sunday Wasiu to easily slot home late on to give his side all three points.

 

"Today wasn't good enough, we have set ourselves high standards and we didn't get anywhere close to them today," commented Malpas after the game.

 

"I will have to go away and have a look and the necessary changes will be made before next week against the MK Dons," added the boss.

 

SwindonWeb Man of the Match: Simon Cox

 

The League One table:

 

1 Oldham 3 7 9
2 Leicester 3 4 7
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3 Carlisle 3 3 7
4 Brighton 3 3 7
5 Milton Keynes Dons 3 1 6
6 Yeovil 3 1 5
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7 Stockport 3 1 5
8 Bristol Rovers 3 4 4
9 Northampton 3 1 4
10 Colchester 3 0 4
11 Walsall 3 0 4
12 Leeds 3 -1 4
13 Southend 3 -1 4
14 Leyton Orient 3 -2 4
15 Peterborough 3 1 3
16 Hartlepool 3 0 3
17 Scunthorpe 3 -1 3
18 Crewe 3 -2 3
19 Swindon 3 -2 3
20 Tranmere 3 -3 3
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21 Cheltenham 3 -4 3
22 Millwall 3 -1 2
23 Huddersfield 3 -2 2
24 Hereford 3 -7 0

NEXT GAME:

Milton Keynes Dons (a)

Saturday 30 August 2008, 3.00pm

Coca-Cola League One