A super show from goalkeeper Simon Brown enabled the U's to bounce back from two successive League defeats with this hard fought Layer Road win over lowly Oldham.
Brown pulled out a string of fine saves as The Latics threatened to inflict another defeat.
Acting captain Karl Duguid shot Colchester in front just after half-time, but substitute David Eyres levelled the scores just past the hour from a sizzling 30-yard free-kick.
Rowan Vine netted the winner 19 minutes before the end with a sizzling 25-yard drive.
Published Monday December 15, 2003
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