Colchester United and Bristol Rovers have met 28 times in competitive football, Rovers winning twelve of those games and Colchester nine. All of their meetings have been in the Football League, they have never played each other in a major cup competition.
The first meeting between the clubs came during Colchester's first season in the Football League, a Division Three (South) match on 26 August 1950, which ended goalless. The longet gap between matches was 31 years, between 23 December 1967 and 28 December 1998, during which time Colchester had dropped briefly out of the league.
Records[]
- Last meeting: 7 May 2011 - Colchester United 2–1 Bristol Rovers
- Biggest win: 14 April 1952 - Bristol Rovers 6–0 Colchester United
- Biggest defeat: 10 September 1966 - Colchester United 3–1 Bristol Rovers
- Biggest aggregate score: 8 January 2000 - Colchester United 5–4 Bristol Rovers
Players at both clubs[]
An incomplete list of players who have been on the books at both Bristol Rovers and Colchester United is given below.
- Wayne Andrews
- Pat Baldwin was loaned to Rovers by Colchester in 2009.
- Graham Barrett
- Guy Branston
- Peter Cawley
- Adrian Coote
- Jamie Cureton
- Matt Lockwood
- Scott McGleish
- Trevor Morgan
- Justin Richards
- John Taylor
- Adam Virgo had a loan spell at Colchester before joining Rovers in 2011
- Geraint Williams
Former Rovers manager Ian Atkins was also a Colchester United player.
Past meetings[]
A full list of all competitive meetings between Bristol Rovers and Colchester United is given below.
Date | Competition | Home | Score | Away |
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26 August 1950 | Division Three (South) | Colchester United | 0–0 | Bristol Rovers |
23 December 1950 | Division Three (South) | Bristol Rovers | 1–1 | Colchester United |
11 April 1952 | Division Three (South) | Colchester United | 2–1 | Bristol Rovers |
14 April 1952 | Division Three (South) | Bristol Rovers | 6–0 | Colchester United |
11 September 1952 | Division Three (South) | Colchester United | 0–3 | Bristol Rovers |
15 September 1952 | Division Three (South) | Bristol Rovers | 3–1 | Colchester United |
22 March 1963 | Division Three | Colchester United | 1–0 | Bristol Rovers |
14 May 1963 | Division Three | Bristol Rovers | 2–0 | Colchester United |
28 September 1963 | Division Three | Bristol Rovers | 3–1 | Colchester United |
8 February 1964 | Division Three | Colchester United | 2–3 | Bristol Rovers |
19 September 1964 | Division Three | Bristol Rovers | 2–2 | Colchester United |
23 January 1965 | Division Three | Colchester United | 1–1 | Bristol Rovers |
10 September 1966 | Division Three | Colchester United | 3–1 | Bristol Rovers |
14 January 1967 | Division Three | Bristol Rovers | 4–1 | Colchester United |
26 August 1967 | Division Three | Bristol Rovers | 1–1 | Colchester United |
23 December 1967 | Division Three | Colchester United | 2–0 | Bristol Rovers |
28 December 1998 | Division Two | Colchester United | 0–3 | Bristol Rovers |
30 January 1999 | Division Two | Bristol Rovers | 1–1 | Colchester United |
11 December 1999 | Division Two | Bristol Rovers | 2–1 | Colchester United |
8 January 2000 | Division Two | Colchester United | 5–4 | Bristol Rovers |
24 October 2000 | Division Two | Colchester United | 2–1 | Bristol Rovers |
14 April 2001 | Division Two | Bristol Rovers | 2–0 | Colchester United |
4 October 2008 | League One | Colchester United | 0–1 | Bristol Rovers |
24 January 2009 | League One | Bristol Rovers | 0–0 | Colchester United |
5 December 2009 | League One | Colchester United | 1–0 | Bristol Rovers |
27 February 2010 | League One | Bristol Rovers | 3–2 | Colchester United |
1 March 2011 | League One | Bristol Rovers | 0–1 | Colchester United |
7 May 2011 | League One | Colchester United | 2–1 | Bristol Rovers |