 He scored his first professional goal to secure a 1–0 victory against Oldham Athletic on 20 February 2010, nodding home a David Prutton corner to extend Colchester's run of games undefeated to five.Batth made 17 league starts for Colchester and made one substitute appearance, scoring one goal.Colchester occupied a play-off position during a large part of Batth's spell.