Pre-season 2015–16 Colchester United F.C. season

richard brindley became tony humes first signing of summer on 2 june, joining rotherham united following release.

richard brindley became first new signing of summer on 2 june, joining rotherham after release. signed two-year deal u s following loan spell club @ end of 2014–15 season. on 10 june, announced former west ham united youngster kieran bailey had signed development contract club, after had featured john mcgreal s under-21 squad during closing stages of 2014–15 season. former loanee signed u s on permanent basis on 22 june, matthew briggs signing two-year contract on free transfer after expiry of contract millwall. stand-in captain david fox decided against signing new contract u s in order return north west of england family situated in late june. left-back ben gordon allowed leave club on 1 july, having been displaced in first-team matthew briggs last season , subsequent arrival on permanent basis. 1 year two-year deal.

after rejecting reduced-terms contract offer oldham athletic, colchester re-signed george elokobi on two-year contract on 3 july, having spent 2004 2008 u s. colchester announced signing of former yeovil town midfielder , captain joe edwards on 6 july on free transfer, joining on one-year contract option of further year.

after returning pre-season training on 1 july, players had first friendly match @ scraley road on 11 july against heybridge swifts. humes fielded 2 different teams in either half, both scoring 4 , not conceding hand u s comfortable 8–0 win. chris porter, captained side during first-half, scored opening goal after 24 minutes richard brindley cross. brindley again provider triallist olly lee score second after. porter scored second penalty after dan holman had been fouled in area, before george moncur rounded off scoring first-half. drey wright scored 30 yards bring score 5–0 in second-half, macauley bonne finding of net, , sammie szmodics lifting ball on onrushing heybridge goalkeeper. wright scored second late on seal victory. colchester played similar format in next friendly @ brentwood town on 14 july, same team played in final 45 minutes of win on heybridge starting against brentwood, switch between brindley , tosin olufemi. gavin massey scored opening 2 goals, first of volley, , second szmodics pass. szmodics scored himself, bonne registering second of pre-season 1 minute later. u s went in @ half-time 4–0 up, , scores remained same until final whistle, entire team substituted @ half-time started against heybridge.

after appearing in both of colchester s pre-season friendlies, announced second year scholar cameron james had signed four-year professional contract club. joining defender in signing fellow scholar , forward tariq issa.

colchester defeated bishop s stortford 3–2 on 18 july, coming 1 goal down win. after sheldon sellears opened scoring home side, colchester hit through jack curtis after interval. dan holman added u s second, before macauley bonne scoring third goal in 3 games wrap win visitors. kenzer lee pulled goal stortford, colchester held on victory.

chris porter named colchester s new captain on 21 july following magnus okuonghae s exit.

chris porter announced colchester united s new club captain on 21 july, alex gilbey vice-captain. news came ahead of colchester s first home friendly of season against west ham. george moncur converted 13th minute free kick hand u s 1–0 win on premier league counterparts. goalkeeper elliot parish, had appeared in of colchester s previous friendlies including full 90 minutes against west ham, signed one-year contract colchester on 23 july battle against both chris lewington , sam walker, had missed previous pre-season matches through injury. development squad goalkeeper james bransgrove had been ruled out injury until september.

the u s suffered first defeat of pre-season on 25 july when hosted leyton orient @ community stadium, losing 3–0 during game saw return of sam walker injury. in penultimate friendly of pre-season, colchester welcomed ipswich community stadium regular pre-season friendly. town took lead through kévin bru before half-time, alex gilbey equalised 7 minutes after restart taken low shot. ipswich again took lead on 64 minutes penalty david mcgoldrick after alex wynter judged have handled ball inside box. however, gilbey once again equalised u s shot outside box 5 minutes full-time, there enough time colchester grab winner, gavin massey heading ball in on line after jack curtis shot had been deflected. final pre-season friendly @ home fulham xi on 1 august. played in front of crowd of 642, fulham earned 1–0 win through moussa dembélé, while goalkeeper sam walker played 45 minutes in comeback injury.

having been on trial colchester during 2014–15 pre-season, midfielder darren ambrose joined club on one-year contract on 6 august following release ipswich. final business prior start of campaign came when youngsters tyler brampton , david segura joined david wright s maldon & tiptree on loan. wide-player brampton joined 3 months, while spanish forward segura signed until january 2016.