 He was sent-off in a 2–1 home league defeat to Crystal Palace on 24 November 2007, his first red card for the club.In January 2008, Baldwin suffered shoulder and knee injuries that would keep him out for nine months, unable to help Colchester's relegation from the second to the third tier of English football.He played his first game with the reserve team during his comeback at the new Colchester Community Stadium on 9 September 2008.