Gillespie is the fox in the box (From Gazette)

Gillespie is the fox in the box

9:56am Wednesday 15th February 2012 in Colchester Utd By Jonathan Waldron

Man of the moment - U's striker Steven Gillespie, seen here celebrating a goal with team-mate Ian Henderson, came off the bench to score twice against Brentford last night. Picture: STEVE ARGENT (CO53076-12)

Steven Gillespie was the hero for Colchester United last night after coming off the bench to score twice and secure them a 2-1 win over Brentford.

Gillespie scored twice in the space of two minutes to help the U’s come from behind and seal a second successive win, after Niall McGinn had given the Bees the lead early in the second half.

U’s manager John Ward said: “It’s what Steven does and he’s the fox in the box.

“If he gets a chance in there, there’s a good chance he’ll hit the target.

“His first goal was a striker’s goal and he’s beaten a good goalkeeper with his second goal with a shot that moved.

“He’s got four goals in four games now and he has to be part of the squad and part of the team.

“He’s got to be prepared for the decisions that we make and my life is full of making decisions.

“I upset some and I please some and I kept the same team, because they had done extremely well at Leyton Orient.

“But it needed to change and we had some strength off the bench.”

The U’s dramatic win came in front of just 2,923, their lowest home league crowd of the season, at the Weston Homes Community Stadium.

See Wednesday's Gazette for more on this story and a full match report and pictures from Colchester's win over Brentford.