colchester earned their first back-to-back victories of the season on 6 april when they beat play-off chasing barnsley 3–1 at the community stadium. barnsley took a 40th-minute lead through george waring, but after the break the u's scored three unanswered goals in 24 minutes. gavin massey levelled on 62-minutes, before turning provider to jabob murphy on 80-minutes. six minutes later, george moncur's third goal in as many games sealed an important win and reduced the gap to safety to just two points.