The home side needed something special after the break and barely a minute into the half they hit back when Collins raced on to Josh Wright's ball over the top and lashed into the net from the edge of the area.
Striker Tresor Kandol also left last season to join Leeds but Fairclough stuck to his blueprint of recruiting young hungry players by bringing in Neal Bishop, Max Porter, Ashley Carew and Anthony Thomas from non-league clubs and teenager JoshWright on loan from Charlton.