I always think that was Chesterfield we played that night though that’s probably coz McGibbon also scored against them to seal the play off spot in 98/99.
My main memories against them are mainly at Layer Road. Dump of a place but you couldn’t half get a bit of atmosphere going under that tiny away stand.
2 games stick out:
One where Stefan Bidstrup absolutely ran the show (including scoring) in a 2-0 win in 2000ish
The other is a Friday night game a year or 2 earlier when Latics had a bit of a stinker, were losing 2-0 & the Colchester fans to the right of the away end were being right mouthy gits & getting on my waz. Kevin Sharp scored late on to give us a bit of hope & in my excitement to celebrate the goal plus give the Colchester fans a bit of stick back I didn’t realise that I’d grabbed hold of some fella’s shirt at the side of me & as I ran towards the home fans I ripped the pocket off the front of this guys shirt/jacket. He wasn’t best pleased & I had to make a sharp exit.
If he’s reading his – apologies!!