Colchester Conquered

Five games in and thanks to a holiday and my boycott of Harrogate Town Saturday’s trip to Essex was my first chance to feast my eyes on Whing’s Bluebirds 2.0. I’m not a dodgy stick owner or a Sky subscriber – I don’t even like listening on the wireless, to be honest – so I’ll I’d seen was the comments and reaction on social media which is, of course, the natural home for fair, measured and balanced content.

David Ingham

Aug 25

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