December 2015–16 Colchester United F.C. season



kevin keen named new colchester united manager on 21 december.


chairman robbie cowling decided install caretaker manager on 2 december in shape of former u s defender , under-18 coach wayne brown, mcgreal assisting while hall remain club. following fa cup victory, brown s first league match in charge resulted in sixth consecutive defeat u s on 12 december. on hour mark, colchester found 3–0 down @ community stadium against barnsley after goals conor hourihane, adam hammill , ivan toney. spirited fight-back saw colchester reduce deficit 1 goal after 2 goals in 3 minutes george moncur , chris porter, couldn t find equaliser. result saw club drop relegation zone first time since winless start season.


following wayne brown s withdrawal running next colchester united manager, club hit bottom of table on 19 december after 3–1 defeat away rochdale. u s had taken lead through chris porter after 21-minutes, scored second goal in many games, before ex-colchester man ian henderson equalised penalty spot on 30-minutes. 4 minutes later, home side took 2–1 lead through donal mcdermott , olly lancashire sealed win midway through second-half.


colchester named former reading , west bromwich albion assistant manager kevin keen manager on 21 december, david wright promoted assistant after working both coach club , part-time manager of maldon & tiptree. news of new managerial appointment, injured sam walker signed two-and-a-half year contract extension on 22 december remain club until summer of 2018.


in first match in charge, keen oversaw boxing day essex derby match against southend united. after goalless first-half, 2 former colchester players scored against old club hand southend 2–0 victory. first, john white, colchester united youth team product, scored elusive goal visitors on 49-minutes, third career goal. then, on 73 minutes, former loanee dave mooney scored after george elokobi robbed of ball. in final game of 2015, colchester ensured equalled club-record 9 consecutive league defeats after former colchester loanee, dominic samuel, scored goal of game in close affair gillingham @ priestfield on 28 december.








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