It is 25 years since Colchester last won at Swindon's County Ground

And the plain truth is depleted U's never looked like winning this latest tussle between two of the second Division's top ten teams

The U's conceded two sloppy goals, the first after just 15 minutes when former Chelsea striker Sam Parkin took full adavntage of a mistake by U's keeper Simon Brown to net his 14th goal of the season

Ex-Birmingham City marksman Tommy Mooney made the most of some slack marking to make the points safe 65 seconds into the second half with his 13 goal so far

Full story and pictures in Monday's Evening Gazette

Published Saturday January 17, 2004

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