1951–52 Colchester United F.C. season

Colchester United
1951–52 season
Chairman	Bill Allen
Manager	Jimmy Allen
Stadium	Layer Road
Third Division South	10th
FA Cup	3rd round; (eliminated by; Barnsley)
Top goalscorer	League: ; Vic Keeble (16); All: ; Vic Keeble (17)
Highest home attendance	15,175; v Ipswich Town, 1 March 1952
Lowest home attendance	6,128; v Watford, 3 May 1952
Average home league attendance	9,429
Biggest win	4–1; v Bristol City, 20 October 1951;; 4–1; v Reading, 3 April 1952
Biggest defeat	0–7; v Leyton Orient, 5 January 1952
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1950–51 1952–53 →

The 1951–52 season was Colchester United's tenth season in their history and their second season in the Third Division South, the third tier of English football. Alongside competing in the Third Division South, the club also participated in the FA Cup. Colchester reached the third round of the FA Cup before being knocked out by Second Division side Barnsley. In the league, they bettered the previous season's 16th-placed finish by finishing 10th.

Season overview edit

Colchester's 1951–52 season began poorly, with six defeats in the opening seven games due to an injury-ravaged squad. Rooted to the foot of the table, a mid-season revival including a double over local rivals Ipswich Town eventually saw the U's finish the season 10th in the final standings.

Vic Keeble became Colchester's first export that commanded a high transfer fee when he moved to First Division Newcastle United for a £15,000 fee in January 1952. Despite his mid-season sale, Keeble remained the top scorer for the U's with 17 goals. Manager Jimmy Allen signed Kevin McCurley from Liverpool for £750 as a replacement for Keeble in March 1952. He scored six times in eleven games during the final two months of the campaign.^[5]

Players edit

As of match played 3 May 1952.^[6]

Name	Position	Place of birth	Date of birth	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
Frank Coombs	GK	East Ham	(1925-04-24)24 April 1925 (aged 26)	0	0	Southend United	8 March 1952^[a]	£450
George Wright	GK	Plymouth	(1919-10-10)10 October 1919 (aged 31)	95	0	Plymouth Argyle	May 1949	£1,000
Defenders
George French	FB	Colchester	(1926-11-10)10 November 1926 (aged 24)	0	0	West Ham United	February 1949	Free transfer
John Harrison	FB	Leicester	(1927-09-27)27 September 1927 (aged 23)	33	0	Aston Villa	30 September 1950^[a]	Nominal
Digger Kettle	FB	Colchester	(1922-06-03)3 June 1922 (aged 28)	165	1	Arclight Sports	September 1946	Free transfer
Phil Rookes	FB	Dulverton	(1919-04-23)23 April 1919 (aged 32)	0	0	Portsmouth	July 1951	£1,000
Trevor Rowlands	FB	Wattstown	(1922-02-02)2 February 1922 (aged 29)	15	1	Norwich City	20 July 1950	£1,000
Reg Stewart	CB	Sheffield	(1925-10-30)30 October 1925 (aged 25)	99	0	Sheffield Wednesday	20 August 1949^[a]	£1,000
Midfielders
Harry Bearryman	WH	Wandsworth	(1924-09-26)26 September 1924 (aged 26)	194	9	Chelsea	4 July 1947	Free transfer
Jimmy Elder	WH	Scone	(1928-03-05)5 March 1928 (aged 23)	46	4	Portsmouth	19 August 1950^[a]	£1,000
Trevor Harris	WH	Colchester	(1936-02-06)6 February 1936 (aged 15)	0	0	Amateur	July 1951	Free transfer
Ron Hunt	WH	Colchester	(1933-09-26)26 September 1933 (aged 17)	0	0	Amateur	October 1951	Free transfer
Len Jones	WH	Barnsley	(1913-06-09)9 June 1913 (aged 37)	43	3	Southend United	19 August 1950^[a]	Undisclosed
John Moore	WH	Chiswick	(1923-09-25)25 September 1923 (aged 27)	13	0	Brentford	8 September 1949^[a]	£1,000
Harry Wilkinson	WH	Sunderland	(1926-03-20)20 March 1926 (aged 25)	0	0	Exeter City	1951	Free transfer
Forwards
Peter Aitchison	WG	Harlow	(1931-09-19)19 September 1931 (aged 19)	0	0	Amateur	August 1950	Free transfer
John Church	WG	Lowestoft	(1919-09-17)17 September 1919 (aged 31)	42	10	Norwich City	19 August 1950^[a]	£1,000
Dick Cullum	FW	Colchester	(1931-01-28)28 January 1931 (aged 20)	0	0	Colchester Colts	28 March 1951^[a]	Free transfer
Adam Davidson	WG	Invergowrie	(1929-11-18)18 November 1929 (aged 21)	0	0	Sheffield Wednesday	August 1951	Free transfer
Jack McClelland	FW	Colchester	(1930-08-11)11 August 1930 (aged 20)	0	0	Amateur	Summer 1951	Free transfer
Kevin McCurley	CF	Consett	(1926-04-02)2 April 1926 (aged 25)	0	0	Liverpool	June 1951	£750
Johnny McKim	IF	Greenock	(1926-01-22)22 January 1926 (aged 25)	24	8	Chelsea	19 August 1950^[a]	£1,000
Augie Scott	IF	Sunderland	(1921-02-19)19 February 1921 (aged 30)	0	0	Southampton	18 August 1951^[a]	£2,000
Arthur Turner	CF	Poplar	(1921-01-22)22 January 1921 (aged 30)	155	98	Charlton Athletic	September 1946	Free transfer
Peter Wright	WG	Colchester	(1934-01-26)26 January 1934 (aged 17)	0	0	Amateur	November 1951	Free transfer

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club

Transfers edit

In edit

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1951	WH	Harry Wilkinson	Exeter City	Free transfer	^[7]
Summer 1951	FW	Jack McClelland	Amateur	Free transfer	^[8]^[9]
June 1951	CF	Kevin McCurley	Liverpool	£750	^[10]
July 1951	WH	Trevor Harris	Amateur	Free transfer	^[11]
July 1951	FB	Phil Rookes	Portsmouth	£1,000	^[12]
August 1951	WG	Adam Davidson	Sheffield Wednesday	Free transfer	^[13]
18 August 1951	IF	Augie Scott	Southampton	£2,000	^[14]^[a]
October 1951	WH	Ron Hunt	Amateur	Free transfer	^[15]
November 1951	WG	Peter Wright	Amateur	Free transfer	^[16]
8 March 1952	GK	Frank Coombs	Southend United	£450	^[17]^[a]

Total spending: ~ £4,200

^ ^a ^b Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club

Out edit

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
End of season	IF	Bob Curry	Clacton Town	Player-manager	^[18]
August 1951	WG	Bob Allen	Bedford Town	Free transfer	^[19]
2 November 1951	WG	Dennis Hillman	Gillingham	Free transfer	^[20]
29 January 1952	CF	Vic Keeble	Newcastle United	£15,000	^[21]
23 February 1952	IF	Fred Cutting	Great Yarmouth Town	Free transfer	^[22]^[a]

Total incoming: ~ £15,000

^ Date of departure refers to the date of the player's final game for the club

Match details edit

Third Division South edit

Results round by round edit

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	H
Result	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	W	D	L	L	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	D	D	W
Position	20	20	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	22	22	20	18	16	19	20	17	19	16	17	14	13	13	14	14	11	13	11	12	13	13	11	12	12	13	11	10	10	9	9	10	11	10	11	10

Source: 11v11.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League table edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
8	Northampton Town	46	22	5	19	93	74	1.257	49
9	Southend United	46	19	10	17	75	66	1.136	48
10	Colchester United	46	17	12	17	56	77	0.727	46
11	Torquay United	46	17	10	19	86	98	0.878	44
12	Aldershot	46	18	8	20	78	89	0.876	44

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches edit

18 August 1951 (1951-08-18) 1	Brighton & Hove Albion	5–1	Colchester United	Hove
	Bennett Garbutt Reed Willard	Report	Jones	Stadium: Goldstone Ground Attendance: 17,068

23 August 1951 (1951-08-23) 2	Colchester United	1–1	Norwich City	Colchester
	Keeble	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 14,085

25 August 1951 (1951-08-25) 3	Colchester United	1–2	Crystal Palace	Colchester
	Turner	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 10,135

29 August 1951 (1951-08-29) 4	Norwich City	5–2	Colchester United	Norwich
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	Cutting	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 24,705

1 September 1951 (1951-09-01) 5	Swindon Town	2–1	Colchester United	Swindon
	Onslow Owen	Report Report	Keeble	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 10,667

5 September 1951 (1951-09-05) 6	Plymouth Argyle	3–1	Colchester United	Plymouth
	Dews Ratcliffe Tadman	Report Report	Elder pen.'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 17,892

8 September 1951 (1951-09-08) 7	Colchester United	0–1	Leyton Orient	Colchester
		Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 10,266

13 September 1951 (1951-09-13) 8	Colchester United	1–0	Plymouth Argyle	Colchester
	Keeble	Report Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 8,105

15 September 1951 (1951-09-15) 9	Walsall	1–3	Colchester United	Walsall
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	Cutting Keeble	Stadium: Fellows Park Attendance: 7,327

22 September 1951 (1951-09-22) 10	Colchester United	2–2	Shrewsbury Town	Colchester
	Cutting Keeble	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 10,314

29 September 1951 (1951-09-29) 11	Aldershot	1–1	Colchester United	Aldershot
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	Keeble	Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 9,013

6 October 1951 (1951-10-06) 12	Colchester United	0–0	Torquay United	Colchester
		Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 9,614

13 October 1951 (1951-10-13) 13	Ipswich Town	0–2	Colchester United	Ipswich
		Report Report	Cutting Keeble	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 19,275 Referee: B. Everett

20 October 1951 (1951-10-20) 14	Colchester United	4–1	Bristol City	Colchester
	Cutting Keeble	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 9,552

27 October 1951 (1951-10-27) 15	Port Vale	1–1	Colchester United	Burslem
	Bennett	Report	Cutting	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 10,576

3 November 1951 (1951-11-03) 16	Colchester United	2–5	Northampton Town	Colchester
	Church Keeble	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 10,326

10 November 1951 (1951-11-10) 17	Reading	4–2	Colchester United	Reading
	Bainbridge Lewis	Report	Scott 16', 22'	Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 14,230

17 November 1951 (1951-11-17) 18	Colchester United	2–1	Newport County	Colchester
	Cutting Keeble	Report	Birch	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 7,229

1 December 1951 (1951-12-01) 19	Colchester United	1–1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Colchester
	Church	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 8,902

8 December 1951 (1951-12-08) 20	Millwall	1–1	Colchester United	New Cross
	Constantine	Report	Turner Stewart	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 15,285

22 December 1951 (1951-12-22) 21	Crystal Palace	2–2	Colchester United	Selhurst
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	McKim	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 11,547

25 December 1951 (1951-12-25) 22	Gillingham	1–2	Colchester United	Gillingham
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	Aitchison Keeble	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 9,774

26 December 1951 (1951-12-26) 23	Colchester United	1–0	Gillingham	Colchester
	Aitchison	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 11,127

29 December 1951 (1951-12-29) 24	Colchester United	2–0	Swindon Town	Colchester
	McKim Keeble	Report Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 7,407

5 January 1952 (1952-01-05) 25	Leyton Orient	7–0	Colchester United	Leyton
	Unknown goalscorer	Report		Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 11,797

16 January 1952 (1952-01-16) 26	Watford	0–1	Colchester United	Watford
		Report	McKim	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 3,245

19 January 1952 (1952-01-19) 27	Colchester United	3–2	Walsall	Colchester
	McKim Keeble	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 7,240

26 January 1952 (1952-01-26) 28	Shrewsbury Town	1–0	Colchester United	Shrewsbury
	Unknown goalscorer	Report		Stadium: Gay Meadow Attendance: 7,981

2 February 1952 (1952-02-02) 29	Colchester United	1–0	Exeter City	Colchester
	McKim	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 7,692

9 February 1952 (1952-02-09) 30	Colchester United	0–2	Aldershot	Colchester
		Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 7,663

16 February 1952 (1952-02-16) 31	Torquay United	3–1	Colchester United	Torquay
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	McKim	Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 6,603

23 February 1952 (1952-02-23) 32	Exeter City	0–0	Colchester United	Exeter
		Report		Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 7,929

1 March 1952 (1952-03-01) 33	Colchester United	1–0	Ipswich Town	Colchester
	Rowlands	Report Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 15,175 Referee: B. Everett

8 March 1952 (1952-03-08) 34	Bristol City	2–0	Colchester United	Bristol
	Unknown goalscorer	Report		Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 12,657

15 March 1952 (1952-03-15) 35	Colchester United	0–0	Port Vale	Colchester
		Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 7,559

22 March 1952 (1952-03-22) 36	Northampton Town	2–0	Colchester United	Northampton
	Unknown goalscorer	Report		Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 10,260

3 April 1952 (1952-04-03) 37	Colchester United	4–1	Reading	Colchester
	McCurley 55', 81' McKim 70', 86'	Report	Blackman 37'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 7,340

5 April 1952 (1952-04-05) 38	Newport County	0–1	Colchester United	Newport
		Report	McCurley	Stadium: Somerton Park Attendance: 6,821

11 April 1952 (1952-04-11) 39	Colchester United	2–1	Bristol Rovers	Colchester
	Scott Elder pen.'	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 12,440

12 April 1952 (1952-04-12) 40	Colchester United	1–0	Southend United	Colchester
	McCurley	Report Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 11,967

14 April 1952 (1952-04-14) 41	Bristol Rovers	6–0	Colchester United	Bristol
	Unknown goalscorer	Report		Stadium: Eastville Stadium Attendance: 10,630

19 April 1952 (1952-04-19) 42	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	5–0	Colchester United	Bournemouth
	Unknown goalscorer	Report		Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 8,666

22 April 1952 (1952-04-22) 43	Southend United	3–2	Colchester United	Southend-on-Sea
	Grant Wakefield	Report Report	Church McCurley	Stadium: Southend Stadium Attendance: 7,846

26 April 1952 (1952-04-26) 44	Colchester United	2–2	Millwall	Colchester
	Scott McCurley	Report	Mansfield Saward	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 8,259

1 May 1952 (1952-05-01) 45	Colchester United	0–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Colchester
		Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 7,075

3 May 1952 (1952-05-03) 46	Colchester United	1–0	Watford	Colchester
	McKim	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,128

FA Cup edit

24 November 1951 (1951-11-24) 1st round	Colchester United	3–1	Port Vale	Colchester
	Keeble 11' Scott 24' Elder 37' (pen.)	Report	Pinchbeck 69'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 10,119

15 December 1951 (1951-12-15) 2nd round	Colchester United	2–1	Bristol City	Colchester
	Scott 6' Davidson 30'	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 9,988

12 January 1952 (1952-01-12) 3rd round	Barnsley	3–0	Colchester United	Barnsley
	Unknown goalscorer	Report		Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 24,429

Squad statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

^[6]^[23]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Third Division South		FA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Frank Coombs	13	0	13	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	George Wright	36	0	33	0	3	0
	DF	ENG	John Harrison	44	0	41	0	3	0
	DF	ENG	Digger Kettle	3	0	3	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Phil Rookes	28	0	25	0	3	0
	DF	WAL	Trevor Rowlands	26	1	26	1	0	0
	DF	ENG	Reg Stewart	47	0	44	0	3	0
	MF	ENG	Harry Bearryman	49	0	46	0	3	0
	MF	SCO	Jimmy Elder	47	3	44	2	3	1
	MF	ENG	Ron Hunt	3	0	3	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Len Jones	18	1	17	1	1	0
	MF	ENG	John Moore	2	0	2	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Peter Aitchison	9	2	9	2	0	0
	FW	ENG	John Church	41	3	38	3	3	0
	FW	SCO	Adam Davidson	21	1	19	0	2	1
	FW	ENG	Kevin McCurley	11	6	11	6	0	0
	FW	SCO	Johnny McKim	27	10	26	10	1	0
	FW	ENG	Augie Scott	48	6	45	4	3	2
	FW	ENG	Arthur Turner	9	2	9	2	0	0
	FW	ENG	Peter Wright	9	0	9	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season
	FW	ENG	Fred Cutting	20	9	18	9	2	0
	FW	ENG	Vic Keeble	28	17	25	16	3	1

Goalscorers edit

^[23]

Place	Position	Name	Third Division South	FA Cup	Total
1	CF	Vic Keeble	16	1	17
2	IF	Johnny McKim	10	0	10
3	IF	Fred Cutting	9	0	9
4	CF	Kevin McCurley	6	0	6
4	IF	Augie Scott	4	2	6
6	WG	John Church	3	0	3
6	WH	Jimmy Elder	2	1	3
8	WG	Peter Aitchison	2	0	2
8	CF	Arthur Turner	2	0	2
10	WG	Adam Davidson	0	1	1
	WH	Len Jones	1	0	1
	FB	Trevor Rowlands	1	0	1
		Own goals	0	0	0
		TOTALS	56	5	61

Disciplinary record edit

^[24]

Nationality	Position	Name	Third Division South		FA Cup		Total
Nationality	Position	Name
	CB	Reg Stewart	0	1	0	0	0	1
		TOTALS	0	1	0	0	0	1

Clean sheets edit

Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.^[25]

Place	Player	Third Division South	Total
1	George Wright	9	9
2	Frank Coombs	5	5
	TOTALS	14	14

Player debuts edit

Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.^[26]

Position	Player	Date	Opponent	Ground
FB	Phil Rookes	18 August 1951	Brighton & Hove Albion	Goldstone Ground
IF	Augie Scott	18 August 1951	Brighton & Hove Albion	Goldstone Ground
WG	Adam Davidson	13 September 1951	Plymouth Argyle	Layer Road
WG	Peter Aitchison	25 December 1951	Gillingham	Priestfield Stadium
GK	Frank Coombs	8 March 1952	Bristol City	Ashton Gate Stadium
WH	Ron Hunt	15 March 1952	Port Vale	Layer Road
CF	Kevin McCurley	22 March 1952	Northampton Town	County Ground
WG	Peter Wright	22 March 1952	Northampton Town	County Ground

References edit

General edit

Books

Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-629-3.
Ambrosen, Tony (1993). Amber in the Blood: A History Of Newport County. Uxbridge: Yore Publications. ISBN 978-1-874427-40-7.
Kent, Jeff (1990). The Valiants' Years: The Story of Port Vale. Stafford: Witan Books. ISBN 0-9508981-4-7.

Websites

"Colchester United football club match record: 1952". 11v11.com. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
"Statistics 1951/52". The Millwall History Files. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
"1950/51 to 1959/60" (PDF). Watford Football Club archive 1881–2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.

Specific edit

^ Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 278. ISBN 978-1-85983-629-3.
^ "Colchester Utd 1–0 Ipswich Town". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
^ "Colchester Utd 1–0 Watford". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
^ "Average Attendance Figures Per Season". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
^ Hudson, Matt (11 July 2012). "The 1950s and 1960s". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Appearances". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
^ "Harry Wilkinson". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
^ "JOHNNY McCLELLAND". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
^ Matthews, Tont (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City Football Club 1868 to 1994. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
^ "Kevin McCurley". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
^ "Trevor Harris". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
^ "Phil Rookes". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
^ "Adam Davidson". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
^ "Augie Scott". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
^ "Ron Hunt". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
^ "Peter Wright". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
^ "Frank Coombs". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
^ "Bob Curry". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
^ "Bob Allen". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
^ "Dennis Hillman". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
^ "Vic Keeble". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
^ "Fred Cutting". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Goals". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
^ "Discipline". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
^ "Clean sheets (1st team)". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
^ "Alltime- List of Debuts". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2016.

[DG-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club

[DG-16] Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club

[FG-25] Date of departure refers to the date of the player's final game for the club

[WWCU-1] Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 278. ISBN 978-1-85983-629-3.

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[8] "Harry Wilkinson". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2016.

[9] "JOHNNY McCLELLAND". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 10 February 2016.

[10] Matthews, Tont (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City Football Club 1868 to 1994. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.

[11] "Kevin McCurley". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2016.

[12] "Trevor Harris". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2016.

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[14] "Adam Davidson". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2016.

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[17] "Ron Hunt". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2016.

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