Savage needs a haircut

Tuesday 6 October 2026, Colchester United Under 21s 1 Swansea City Under 21s 2- Professional Development League, Florence Park

Then: Peterborough United 4 Ipswich Town Under 21s 1 - Football League Trophy, Group Game, London Road

My first visit to Florence Park this season and good to see they have moved both U21 and U18 games to the top pitch by the main gate (not the main pitch) but far better than the pitch used last year, where you had to wade through mud to get there! Pitch railed on one side.

Colchester played a number of the 1st team squad (you could tell by the increased moaning at the Ref!) and started on the front foot and went ahead after 8 minutes but they wasted a number of further chances and Swansea started to get back into the game and were level on 43 minutes. Second half saw Swansea get on top and they got a deserved winner on 64 minutes.

A quick drive across Essex to join the M11 and then A1 north to Peterborough

After Ipswich got battered at Luton, not sure what would happen here plus with Robbie savage in the dugout expected to see Posh go for it.

But for 24 minutes it was quite even, then Ipswich gave away a soft penalty on 25 minutes and the floodgates opened, with further goals on 27, 30 and 35 minutes. However the second half saw Ipswich get the only goal on 50 minutes so Savage will know he has plenty to still do, to get Peterborough back up the table.