COLCHESTER United have had their fair share of international players, over the years.

Earlier this season, the U's League Two game with Bradford City was postponed after three of John McGreal's squad received call-ups for their respective countries.

Historian and long-time U's supporter Graeson Laitt has put together a team of internationals who have played for Colchester.

1 Craig Forrest - Canada

On loan from Ipswich Town for a month in 1988, Forrest went on to gain 56 caps for Canada including playing in front of over 100,000 fans at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico.

2 Brandon Comley - Montserrat

Not necessarily Comley’s natural position, but he has played at right-back in the past for the U’s.

The Montserrat International is now the club’s most capped player whilst on the books with nine appearances so far.

3 Alex Wood - USA

Played for the U’s in their inaugural 1937/1938 season, Wood was part of the United States team that reached the semi-finals of the first ever World Cup in 1930, losing 6-1 to Argentina.

4 Mark Kinsella - Eire

Played all four games alongside Matt Holland in the Republic of Ireland defence in the 2002 World Cup held in Japan & Korea, losing in a penalty shoot-out to Spain.

5 Kaspars Gorkšs - Latvia

The Latvian is the most capped player ever to appear for the club playing International football for over a decade.

He has most recently been President of the Latvian Football Federation following retirement.

6 Allan Hunter - Northern Ireland

Regarded as one the best signings made by Sir Bobby Robson when he took Hunter from Blackburn Rovers in 1971, his partnership with Kevin Beattie (another former U’s man) at the heart of the defence helped Ipswich to win the FA Cup in 1978.

7 Lomana Tresor Lua Lua - DR Congo

Played in three African Nations Cup Final tournaments, reaching the quarter-finals in 2002 and 2007.

Set up a charitable foundation in 2006 to support vulnerable children and communities within his homeland.

8 Glen Kamara - Finland

Failed to make his mark at Colchester during a loan spell from Arsenal in 2016.

However, he has since gone on to play 14 times for the country of his birth, and will likely be a part of their Euro 2020 squad when it takes place next year.

9 Alec Cheyne - Scotland

In 1929, in front of 110,000 fans his last-minute winner for ten-men Scotland against England at Hampden Park – direct from a corner – is said to have been responsible for ‘The Hampden Roar’.

10 Teddy Sheringham - England

His finest hour in international football surely came in Euro’96 and England’s impressive 4-1 victory over The Netherlands at Wembley Stadium when he scored twice.

11 Callum Harriott - Guyana

Played for The Golden Jaguars in the Gold Cup held in 2019. Alongside team-mates and former U’s players Neil Danns & Matthew Briggs, they finished third in their group having lost to Panama and hosts USA before drawing with Trinidad & Tobago.

Manager Jack Butler - Belgium

Butler took The Red Devils over the border to France for the 1938 World Cup Finals.

A straight-knockout tournament, they lost 3-1 to the hosts at Colombes and returned home to Brussels.