Hartlepool: Scott Flinders 8; Neil Austin 7, Peter Hartley 6, Sam Collins (cpt) 7, Gary Liddle 7; Leon McSweeney 7, Ritchie Humphreys 7 (Antony Sweeney 76 – 6), Joe Gamble 8 (Ritchie Jones 81 – 6), Andy Monkhouse 7; Roy O’Donovan 8, James Brown 7 (Adam Boyd 88).

Unused Subs: Mark Cook, Ben Clark, Steve Haslam, Armann Bjkornsson.

Booked: McSweeney (48).

Colchester: Ben Williams 6; John White 6 (Steven Gillespie 81 - 6), Marc Tierney 5, Magnus Okuonghae (cpt) 6, Danny Batth 5; Ashley Vincent 7 (Simon Hackney 63 - 6), Ian Henderson 6, David Prutton 7, Kemi Izzet 6; Kevin Lisbie 6, Clive Platt 6.

Unused Subs: Mark Cousins, Franck Queudrue, Matt Heath, David Fox, Phil Ifil.

Booked: Okuonghae (54).

U’s Man-of-the-Match: Ashley Vincent.

Attendance: 3,126.

Referee: Mr J Moss.