September 2015–16 Colchester United F.C. season

tony humes brought in former burnley striker marvin sordell on free transfer on 10 september.

with transfer window closing on 1 september, tony humes made no further signings, did tie down promising triallist goalkeeper dillon barnes permanent contract. however, following barnes arrival, chris lewington allowed leave club mutual consent on 3 september after making 2 appearances club. on 10 september, colchester brought in forward marvin sordell on contract until end of season after release burnley earlier in month. sordell s signing followed loan arrival of preston north end goalkeeper jamie jones on 11 september joined 93 days. colchester s first league match september followed on 12 september, both new signings starting. game tipped u s advantage after 16 minutes when chesterfield had drew talbot sent off, colchester first concede defender daniel jones putting home side ahead free kick on 22 minutes. u s responded gavin massey s first goal of season on 29 minutes, scores remained until half-time. in second half, colchester fell behind once again when lee novak scored close range, before falling further behind on 74 minutes through captain sam morsy. deficit reduced 2 minutes later, george moncur scoring second goal of season. game levelled in added time when chesterfield defender charlie raglan put ball own net draw game 3–3.

a late penalty save jamie jones ensured colchester held on lead , first win of season on 15 september edged out 3–2 winners against sheffield united @ brammall lane. george moncur scored third , fourth goals of season give away side 2–0 lead @ interval, blades clawed score 2–2 midway point of second half billy sharp penalty , martyn woolford equaliser. marvin sordell scored first goal club in 82nd minute hand lead u s, before jones penalty save after george elokobi had fouled in penalty area , received second yellow card efforts. win moved colchester out of relegation places 19th position in league one.

george moncur s performances throughout september earned him pfa fan s player of month award.

another penalty save jamie jones gifted u s first home victory of campaign on 19 september in 2–1 win on table-topping gillingham. gavin massey scored second league goal of campaign after 4 minutes of play, callum harriott providing assist. colchester pegged 3 minutes later when luke norris scored. callum harriott restored side s lead on 29 minutes first goal club. frankie kent, making first league start of season, conceded penalty in 33rd minute of play, jones, confident match-winning penalty save in last league game, saved cody mcdonald s effort in centre of goal. scores remained same through second-half, colchester moving 12th in league 1 standings , inflicting first league defeat of season on gillingham. 1 month after signing five-month deal club, on 25 september, owen garvan signed contract extension until summer of 2017.

colchester recorded third consecutive win @ swindon town on 26 september 2–1 win. george moncur scored fifth goal of season after 3 minutes hand u s lead, before 22nd-minute equaliser town s wes thomas. callum harriott scored second goal in many games put side ahead once again 3 minutes before interval, while goalless second half pushed colchester 10th position in league one.

ahead of colchester s final game of month on 29 september, callum harriott named in football league team of week matchday 9 on of run of form , goal against swindon previous weekend. there further news 2 more colchester players, both jamie jones , george moncur shortlisted pfa fans player of month award league 1 september.

the u s ensured went month of september unbeaten in league fourth consecutive win on 29 september 2–0 victory on bradford city. callum harriott made 3 goals in 3 games when opened scoring after 7 minutes, before marvin sordell doubled colchester s advantage after picked out owen garvan. win moved team eighth position in league one.

george moncur named pfa s fans player of month september on 6 october, seeing off competition fellow finalists adam armstrong of coventry city , burton albion s stuart beavon. meanwhile, boss tony humes nominated league 1 manager of month award on 7 october. faced competition bury s david flitcroft, burton albion s jimmy floyd hasselbaink , southend united s phil brown. despite losing out on pfa fans player of month award, jamie jones nominated league s player of month award. in running against walsall s forward tom bradshaw, rochdale midfielder peter vincenti , bury s leon clarke.