Writer: StevieG Col U 
Date:Friday July 24 2009
Time: 9:46AM
Colchester United added to their unbeaten pre-season record, by beating non-league Heybridge Swifts 1-0 on Thursday night.
Veteran midfield triallist Gary Holt was given a twenty-minute run-out by boss Paul Lambert. To read the article, click here.
U's striker Scott Vernon netted the winner in the second half, firing home into the top-corner. The former Blackpool front-runner has now scored in his last three U's matches.
U's: Cousins, Maybury, Baldwin (Okuonghae 67), Heath (Holt 67), Beevers (Bender 67), Hackney (Wordsworth 67), Hammond (Pavett 76), Izzet, Fox (Corcoran 77), Platt (Malton 77), Thomas (Vernon 46)
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