| 6¹ | A shot from HANNANT was smothered by the 'keeper. |
| 11¹ | SIBBICK rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the Blackpool 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left. |
| 11¹ | The referee cautions STEWART. |
| 16¹ | A thirty yard drive from EL GHAZI caused the Colchester United 'keeper no problem. |
| 20¹ | The Blackpool 'keeper dived to his right to stop a lovely shot from Colchester United's HANNANT. |
| 26¹ | A header by KILMAN at the near post was comfortably collected by the 'keeper. |
| 26¹ | A strike from HOUNTONDJI held no problem for KELLY. |
| 28¹ | A pin-point pass was collected by HANNANT and his deadly shot went narrowly over. |
| 33¹ | A free-kick from CUNDLE raced wide. |
| 37¹ | A tame shot from YATES rolled agonisingly wide. |
| 40¹ | Uncertainty in the Colchester United defence enabled HOUNTONDJI to fire an effort just beyond the far post. |
| 43¹ | HOUNTONDJI's shot was well saved by the 'keeper. |
| 1² | APPIAH booted the ball wide of the lefthand post from the edge of the box. |
| 9² | The motionless RODÁK could only watch as a backpass from POVEDA dropped just wide. |
| 11² | TOVIDE headed over the bar. |
| 19² | HOLMES brought the ball past KILMAN and stroked a tame shot into the crowd. |
| 22² | GOAL!! A wonderful bit of skill enabled CHESTERS to waltz through the Blackpool defence and score. (1-0 Colchester United)| 24² | A shot from YATES seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to parry the ball clear. | | 32² | HUSBAND beat FREEMAN but shot the ball into the arms of the Colchester United 'keeper. | | 34² | KILMAN was put clear by CUNDLE and he stepped inside RODÁK but drilled his shot inches wide. | | 35² | CHESTERS ran onto a delightful ball from CUNDLE but hit his shot wide. | | 42² | EL GHAZI's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Colchester United upright. | |