Colchester United were able to celebrate their first win since they beat Port Vale 2-1 at the start of October.
Joy - Richard Garcia (right) is congratulated after opening the scoring at Layer Road last night. Picture: ROB SAMBROOK (39592-4)
They booked themselves a trip to Rushden and Diamonds at Nene Park with a convincing scoreline against League Two side Mansfield Town.
The U's faced the Stags for the second time last night after their first encounter finished in a 1-1 draw.
This time, though, it was all settled after Richard Garcia's tenth-minute header was followed up by an own goal from Tom Curtis and two second-half penalties from Craig Fagan and substitute Gareth Williams.
Mansfield, reduced to ten men as a result of the first penalty, put away by Fagan on 66 minutes, could not keep up with the U's and only had a late consolation strike from Alex Neil to lift their spirits.
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Published Wednesday, November 24, 2004
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