January 2015–16 Colchester United F.C. season
goalkeeper jake kean became kevin keen s first signing colchester manager, joining on loan norwich city on 7 january.
january started on better note colchester, earning 1–1 draw away oldham athletic on 2 january 2016 moved them off foot of table. rhys murphy opened scoring oldham after 5 minutes, late chris porter strike against former club ensured colchester not earn unwanted record of ten consecutive league defeats. keen s first transfer movements of january window occurred on 5 january, dan holman allowed leave club on free transfer, joining national league leaders cheltenham town. made first signing of transfer window on 7 january, bringing in norwich city s reserve goalkeeper jake kean on initial 28-day loan deal. meanwhile, youth-team member marley andrews loaned out steve ball s maldon & tiptree 1 month. club tied down promising louis dunne, son of former u s manager , player joe dunne, three-year development contract on 14 january.
colchester continued winless run in league on 16 january. u s having not registered win in league 1 in 3 months, welcomed sheffield united community stadium, , buoyed fa cup victory on charlton week prior, colchester looked capitalise on , push on faltering league season. blades opened scoring on 20-minutes through billy sharp, had scored in reverse fixture earlier in campaign. after break, u s equalised when tom eastman headed in marvin sordell s cross. point looked on cards colchester, chris basham, scored 91st-minute winner away side. on 18 january, u s saw 1 arrival , 1 exit. incoming former west ham loanee elliot lee, joined second spell club until end of season. leaving mutual consent byron lawrence, after 1 first-team appearance left club mutual consent. following day, fleetwood town visitors in 1–1 draw. alex gilbey scored opening goal on 38 minutes, before eggert jónsson equalised on hour mark. scores remained, , colchester moved 22nd in league 1 table, 5 points fleetwood in 20th position , safety.
kevin keen made first permanent signing on 20 january, bringing in former england international defender nicky shorey on deal until end of season. while james bransgrove became latest player join maldon & tiptree on loan on 22 january, reported club had turned down offer alex gilbey championship side bristol city. keen later described offer gilbey joke .
colchester cast further safety on 23 january after beaten 3–0 away scunthorpe united. 3 goals in space of 8 second-half minutes home side left u s 7 points shrewsbury in 20th-position.
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