Team members from Colchester United Football in the Community's Football College programme were in attendance for Tuesday night's Checkatrade Trophy fixture against Southampton U21s.
The match gave the squad the opportunity to get together and analyse the first team in action in preparation for their upcoming season.
The team, who kick off in the Community & Education Football Alliance South East Division 2 vs Southampton, have had some positive pre-season training camps in preparation for the season ahead and finished their last camp on Tuesday with a trip to the game at the JobServe Community Stadium.