U’s come off ropes to deliver knockout

By Zadie Johnston

JOHN McGreal hailed Colchester’s bouncebackability after they came from behind to beat high-flying Newport.
Tristan Abrahams had given the Exiles a fifth-minute lead, the U’s roared back with goals from Ryan Jackson, a Ben Stevenson curler, and Courtney Senior.
McGreal said: “I thought that we showed a lot of endeavour and character, after going behind after a few minutes – after what happened last week (against Morecambe) we could have easily folded.
“We didn’t, though – we got a goal back and we kept going, g...

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