Matchday Live: Cherries v Colchester (From Bournemouth Echo)

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Grabban's goal helps Cherries record their first home league win over Colchester since 1999.

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Grabban's goal helps Cherries record their first home league win over Colchester since 1999.

4:59pm

Lewis Grabban scores his ninth goal of the season as Cherries extend to 13 their unbeaten run under Eddie Howe.

4:57pm

Four mins of added time being played

4:54pm

Fogden off, Partington on, 90 mins

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Elphick good clearance as Cherries came under pressure

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Notts C 1 Brentford 2, Crewe 1 Bury 0

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Pugh shot pushed round post

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Iberhe booked for lunge on Arter

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Birthday boy Josh McQuoid coming on for Cherries

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Orient 1 Scunthorpe 3, Walsall 2 Yeovil 1

4:42pm

10 minutes to go here and it's nip and tuck. Still 1-0 to Cherries.

4:40pm

Pitman shot blocked by a defender then Freddie Sears shots wide at other end

4:40pm

Doncaster 1 Coventry 3, Walsall 2 Yeovil 0

4:38pm

Cherries forced to defend a free kick, Cook clears

4:37pm

Abingdon 0 Poole 4 (Preston)

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Stevenage 1 Crawley 2, Orient 0 Scunthorpe 2

4:34pm

Wordsworth booked for dissent

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Pugh takes wrong option by shooting when he should have crossed.

4:31pm

Sub: Izzet off, Bond on 68 mins

4:31pm

Tense here and an important part of the game. John White goes close for Colchester with right foot shot

4:29pm

Stevenage 1 Crawley 1, Shrewsbury 2 Carlisle 1

4:26pm

Pugh cross, Pitman fires wide and knows he should have done better.

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Grabban surge down right flank, ball falls to O'Kane but his shot is blocked

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Doncaster 0 Coventry 3, Orient 0 Scunthorpe 1

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Anthony Wordsworth effort saved by David James

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Stevenage 1 Crawley 0

4:18pm

Change in formation has made Colchester more threatening in the second half

4:17pm

Pitman header saved by Cousins following a long throw from Francis

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Josh Thompson should have done better with a free header for Colchester from a corner. A huge let-off for Cherries

4:10pm

Couple of subs for Colchester, Wright and Morrison on, Potts and O'Toole off at half-time

4:08pm

And we're off...

4:08pm

Teams on the pitch ready for second half.

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HALF-TIMES:

Abingdon 0 Poole 3

Wimborne 0 Merthyr 2

AFC Portchester 3 Poppies 1

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HALF-TIME: Cherries 1 Colchester 0

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Playing five mins of injury time

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Warm applause for MacDonald as he is carried around to the tunnel

3:47pm

Sub: MacDonald off, Arter on, 45 mins

3:47pm

Mystery what happened to MacDonald. But he is being stretchered off.

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O'Kane has really caught the eye for Cherries in the first half, good use of the ball

3:41pm

Eunan O'Kane picks out Grabban on the left and his low drive beats Cousins. 1-0 to Cherries

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1-0 Grabban

3:40pm

Cherries free kick, Daniels to take, Pitman flick, great save

3:39pm

Notts C 1 Brentford 1

3:38pm

Great wing play by Pugh but ball won't fall for Pitman

3:37pm

Barking 3 Bournemouth 24 in rugger

3:37pm

Oldham 0 Swindon 2

3:36pm

Glenn Howes puts Poole 3-0 up at Abingdon

3:35pm

Ex-Poole striker Charlie Austin levels for Burnley against Watford, penalty.

3:34pm

Daniels corner, Cook heads over, keeper in nomansland

3:33pm

Free kick to Cherries on the left flank, Pitman takes, headed over by defender

3:32pm

Doncaster 0 Coventry 2, Oldham 0 Swindon 1.

3:31pm

We need some goals here, like York v Bristol Rovers, four in five minutes.

3:31pm

Shrewsbury 1 Carlisle 0. 

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Cook okay to continue, looks a little shaken

3:29pm

Cherries striker Wes Thomas opens the scoring for Blackpool against Blackburn

3:28pm

Cook looks in a bad way. Only Partington on bench as cover.

3:27pm

Cook hurt after landing awkwardly

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Notts C 1 Brentford 0

3:24pm

Wimborne losing 1-0 at home to Merthyr

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Rare break by Colchester leads to a corner.

3:22pm

Pugh hanging cross, Fogden nips in front of his marker and heads narrowly over bar. Closest to a goal so far.

3:22pm

Cherries keeping possession but not creating too much at the moment.

3:20pm

MK Dons 1 Hartlepool 0, Walsall 1 Yeovil 0

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Daniels corner flicked wide by Cook header, nobody on far post to convert

3:15pm

Daniels corner headed for another corner.

3:14pm

Pitman shot saved by Cousins although not convincingly. Keeper looks dodgy

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Daniels corner, looping header from Pitman clutched by Mark Cousins

3:13pm

Fogden wins a corner, daniels to take

3:12pm

Pitman fouled for the third time.

3:11pm

Poole winning 1-0 at Abingdon through Byerley.

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3:10pm

Loud chant of Red Army coming from John in the North Stand

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Free kick to Colchester, Izzet takes and is eventually cleared

3:09pm

Coventry take the lead at Doncaster

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Nice work by Elphick to keep Iberhe at arm's length

3:07pm

Both players okay after treatment

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3:06pm

Thompson and Pitman nasty clash of heads

3:05pm

Pugh corner cleared

3:05pm

Pitman tries his luck from distance and sees his shot cannon off the wall for a corner.

3:04pm

Pugh free kick cleared by United. Another free kick to Cherries.

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Francis moving gingerly after falling awkwardly following a tussle with Jabo Ibehre

3:02pm

Home crowd has started in good voice.

3:01pm

Cherries playing 4-4-2, Pitman and Grabban up front.

3:00pm

Under way here at Dean Court. Cherries kicking towards Empty End.

3:00pm

Kem Izzet skippers Colchester, replacing Anthony Wordsworth.

2:58pm

Teams on the pitch and a decent crowd in.

2:57pm

MANAGER’S THOUGHTS – Joe Dunne

Dunne told the Daily Gazette: “Bournemouth must be rubbing their hands about today, looking at the form table.
“But it could be a coupon buster this weekend because no-one will have us down to win, that’s for sure.
“There will be a big X next to Bournemouth on the coupon but we’ve got to go there and upset a few people.”

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MANAGER’S THOUGHTS – Eddie Howe

Howe told the Daily Echo: “We are aware that we can’t get ahead of ourselves or take our foot off the pedal. A lot of that comes from how we train.
“I have been very pleased with how the players have trained this week. They have got a good balance about them at the moment where they are confident and playing with freedom but they are still aware that you can’t take liberties with the game.
“It doesn’t matter who you are playing, if you drop your standards, intensity levels and quality by any percentage, you risk losing a game.”
Discussing Colchester, Howe added: “We have had Bury and Scunthorpe away from home recently where it has been a very quick game and very up and at them and in our faces. I think this will be a different challenge.”

2:53pm

ONE TO WATCH – ANTHONY WORDSWORTH

A product of the Colchester youth ranks, the goalscoring midfielder has been one of the club’s most consistent performers over the past few seasons.
His exploits have seen him linked with a move away from Essex, with Cherries believed to have been among his suitors during the January 2012 transfer window.
Colchester boss Joe Dunne appointed Wordsworth as captain in September and appears resigned to losing him, either next month or in the summer.
Speaking last month, Dunne said: “Will I lose Anthony? Probably. That is the way of football at the moment, I am afraid, and I will probably lose a few more.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if Anthony were to leave even before the end of the season. If somebody came in, then he might.
“He is over 24 (in January) so he is on a free at the end of the season. He is not a free in January, but he probably wouldn’t be as much as he would if he were under a longer contract.
“He has been a great servant to us and he continues to be. He is pivotal to what we were trying to do at the club and we don’t want to lose our best players.”
Colchester’s free-kick specialist and penalty taker, Wordsworth has netted three goals this season, taking his tally to 35 in almost 200 appearances for the club.

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CURRENT FORM (past eight league games)

Cherries (second in current form table, 9th in overall table)

D W W W W D D W (18 points)

Colchester (20th in current form table, 17th in overall table)

W D L L W L L L (7 points)

2:46pm

Colchester make five changes. Their left-back Dan Potts is the son of ex-West Ham player Steve Potts.

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Cherries' starting line-up is unchanged, while Harry Arter replaces Frank Demouge on the bench.

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Good afternoon and welcome to Dean Court for today's Matchday Live. It's Cherries v Colchester.