Not All Sweetness And Light At Deepdale For Andy

Last updated : 26 August 2007 By Footy Mad - Editor

He is currently on loan at Preston North End, and is not exactly doing himself any favours over there on the West side of the country.

Preston's dire start to the Coca-Cola Championship season continued as Teddy Sheringham inspired Colchester to a 3-0 win at Deepdale.

Paul Simpson's side have yet to score in the league this season and looked toothless in attack throughout.

In contrast the visitors enjoyed relatively little possession but the partnership of Sheringham and Kevin Lisbie - who grabbed a goal apiece - possessed enough goal threat to punish a pedestrian North End.

Lisbie headed home a free-kick for the visitors four minutes from the break, and Sheringham - superb throughout - doubled the lead when he stroked in a 61st-minute penalty before Mark Yeates curled in a sublime 25-yard free-kick.

Simpson changed his front two from the side which lost at West Brom last week in a bid to break their goalscoring duck but neither Patrick Agyemang or Andy Carroll forced the errant Davison into action.

Yeates sewed up the scoring with a fabulous 72nd-minute strike. Sheringham was fouled 25 yards from goal and Yeates bent the ball over the wall and into the top corner to trigger a mass exodus of home fans.