1963–64 Colchester United F.C. season

Colchester United
1963–64 season
Chairman	Bill Allen
Manager	Benny Fenton; (until September); Neil Franklin; (from December)
Stadium	Layer Road
Third Division	17th
FA Cup	3rd round; (eliminated by; Workington)
League Cup	2nd round; (eliminated by; Queens Park Rangers)
Top goalscorer	League: ; Bobby Hunt (20); All: ; Bobby Hunt (23)
Highest home attendance	7,772; v Fulham, 25 September 1963
Lowest home attendance	3,263; v Port Vale, 4 April 1964
Average home league attendance	5,242
Biggest win	4–0; v Notts County, 30 November 1963; 4–0; v Crewe Alexandra, 22 February 1964
Biggest defeat	0–4; v Peterborough United, 21 October 1963
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1962–63 1964–65 →

The 1963–64 season was Colchester United's 22nd season in their history and their second successive season in the Third Division, the third tier of English football. Alongside competing in the Third Division, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the League Cup.

A mid-season managerial change saw Benny Fenton leave for Leyton Orient and ex-England international Neil Franklin arrive from APOEL. They finished the season in 17th-place and had a good run in the League Cup, seeing off First Division Fulham in the first round, and then Second Division Northampton Town in the second round, before being knocked out in the third round by Fourth Division side Workington. Colchester made the second round of the FA Cup but were beaten by Queens Park Rangers.

Season overview edit

The 1963–64 season proved to be one of change for Colchester United. Benny Fenton left the club to take over at Second Division Leyton Orient in September. Incoming was former England international Neil Franklin, who had been managing APOEL in Cyprus. Franklin's first piece of business was the sale of prolific forward Bobby Hunt to Northampton Town for £18,000. Hunt's 23 goals scored by the end of February was not surpassed despite his exit as Colchester finished the season in a disappointing 17th–position.

Colchester had an impressive run in the League Cup, seeing off Fulham of the First Division 5–3 in the first round, before beating Northampton in the second round but falling to defeat against Workington in the third. They beat Brighton & Hove Albion in the first round of the FA Cup, but were defeated in the second by Queens Park Rangers.^[5]

Players edit

As of match played 25 April 1964.^[6]

Name	Position	Place of birth	Date of birth	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
Percy Ames	GK	Plymouth	(1931-12-13)13 December 1931 (aged 31)	372	0	Tottenham Hotspur	1 May 1955	Free transfer
Alan Buck	GK	Colchester	(1946-08-25)25 August 1946 (aged 16)	0	0	Amateur	July 1963	Free transfer
George Ramage	GK	Dalkeith	(1937-01-29)29 January 1937 (aged 26)	12	0	Third Lanark	15 March 1963^[a]	Nominal
Defenders
Duncan Forbes	CB	Edinburgh	(1941-06-19)19 June 1941 (aged 21)	54	0	Musselburgh Athletic	4 September 1961	Nominal
John Fowler	FB	Leith	(1933-10-17)17 October 1933 (aged 29)	347	5	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	20 August 1955^[a]	Free transfer
Richie Griffiths	FB	Earls Colne	(1942-03-21)21 March 1942 (aged 21)	42	0	Colchester Casuals	June 1961	Free transfer
David Laitt	FB	Colchester	(1946-11-01)1 November 1946 (aged 16)	0	0	Amateur	Summer 1962	Free transfer
Mick Loughton	CB	Colchester	(1942-12-08)8 December 1942 (aged 20)	0	0	Amateur	August 1961	Free transfer
Edgar Rumney	FB	Abberton	(1936-09-15)15 September 1936 (aged 26)	36	0	Colchester Casuals	1 May 1957	Free transfer
Keith Rutter	CB	Leeds	(1934-09-10)10 September 1934 (aged 28)	21	0	Queens Park Rangers	26 February 1963^[a]	£4,000
Midfielders
John Docherty	WH	Glasgow	(1935-02-28)28 February 1935 (aged 28)	0	0	Heart of Midlothian	14 September 1963^[a]	Free transfer
Roy McCrohan	WH	Reading	(1930-09-22)22 September 1930 (aged 32)	33	2	Norwich City	1 September 1962	Part exchange
Derek Trevis	MF	Birmingham	(1942-09-09)9 September 1942 (aged 20)	0	0	Aston Villa	7 March 1964^[a]	Free transfer
Forwards
Mike Grice	WG	Woking	(1931-11-03)3 November 1931 (aged 31)	156	24	Coventry City	18 August 1962^[b]	£1,000
Bobby Hill	IF	Edinburgh	(1938-06-09)9 June 1938 (aged 24)	213	22	Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare	9 June 1955	Free transfer
Martyn King	CF	Birmingham	(1937-08-23)23 August 1937 (aged 25)	177	117	Amateur	Summer 1955	Free transfer
Tommy McColl	IF	Glasgow	(1945-09-19)19 September 1945 (aged 17)	0	0	Dennistoun Waverley	24 August 1963^[a]	Free transfer
Tony Miller	IF	Chelmsford	(1937-10-26)26 October 1937 (aged 25)	0	0	Amateur	May 1958	Free transfer
Billy Stark	FW	Glasgow	(1937-05-27)27 May 1937 (aged 26)	21	3	Carlisle United	November 1962	£3,750
Peter Wright	WG	Colchester	(1934-01-26)26 January 1934 (aged 29)	412	86	Amateur	November 1951	Free transfer

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club
^ Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game in his second spell for the club

Transfers edit

In edit

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
July 1963	GK	Alan Buck	Amateur	Free transfer	^[7]
August 1963	FB	Pat Woods	Western Suburbs	Free transfer	^[8]
24 August 1963	IF	Tommy McColl	Dennistoun Waverley	Free transfer	^[9]^[a]
14 September 1963	WH	John Docherty	Heart of Midlothian	Free transfer	^[10]^[a]
7 March 1964	MF	Derek Trevis	Aston Villa	Free transfer	^[11]^[a]

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

Out edit

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
7 October 1963	WH	Ron Hunt	Retired	Retired	^[12]^[a]
March 1964	FW	Bobby Hunt	Northampton Town	£18,000	^[13]
28 March 1964	FB	Pat Woods	South Coast United	Free transfer	^[8]^[a]

Total incoming: ~ £18,000

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

Match details edit

Friendlies edit

10 August 1963 (1963-08-10)	Southend United	4–1	Colchester United	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 BST	Jones 26' Beesley 59', 78' Bradbury 63' (pen.)	Report	Loughton 35'	Stadium: Roots Hall

17 August 1963 (1963-08-17)	Colchester United	1–3	Southend United	Colchester
15:15 BST	McCrohan 70' (pen.)	Report	Smith 4' Jones 21' Gilfillan 46'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 885

Third Division 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	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A
Result	W	D	D	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	D	D	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	D	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	W	L
Position	3	2	4	12	10	15	9	7	11	8	11	11	12	11	12	13	14	10	15	14	11	10	10	10	8	10	10	8	10	9	11	10	9	9	9	9	11	13	13	13	14	16	16	16	15	16

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
15	Queens Park Rangers	46	18	9	19	76	78	0.974	45
16	Brentford	46	15	14	17	87	80	1.088	44
17	Colchester United	46	12	19	15	70	68	1.029	43
18	Luton Town	46	16	10	20	64	80	0.800	42
19	Walsall	46	13	14	19	59	76	0.776	40

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches edit

24 August 1963 (1963-08-24) 1	Colchester United	4–1	Barnsley	Colchester
	B. Hunt 27' (pen.), 49', 54' Wright 72'	Report	O'Hara 66'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,507 Referee: Ray Tinkler

27 August 1963 (1963-08-27) 2	Walsall	1–1	Colchester United	Walsall
	Fell 1'	Report	McColl 33'	Stadium: Fellows Park Attendance: 9,489

31 August 1963 (1963-08-31) 3	Hull City	0–0	Colchester United	Kingston upon Hull
		Report		Stadium: Boothferry Park Attendance: 11,844 Referee: J. Burlough

7 September 1963 (1963-09-07) 4	Colchester United	1–2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Colchester
	Wright 48'	Report	Reeves 3' Singer 67'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,348 Referee: K. Stokes

9 September 1963 (1963-09-09) 5	Colchester United	0–0	Walsall	Colchester
		Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,419

14 September 1963 (1963-09-14) 6	Wrexham	5–4	Colchester United	Wrexham
	Fox pen.' Griffiths Metcalf Phythian Whitehouse	Report	Stark King Wright	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 6,410

16 September 1963 (1963-09-16) 7	Millwall	0–1	Colchester United	New Cross
		Report	B. Hunt 64'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 9,321 Referee: Eric Jennings

21 September 1963 (1963-09-21) 8	Colchester United	2–0	Queens Park Rangers	Colchester
	B. Hunt 43' (pen.) Stark 88'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,418

28 September 1963 (1963-09-28) 9	Bristol Rovers	3–1	Colchester United	Bristol
	Jones 20' Biggs 27' Jarman 81'	Report	Stark 29'	Stadium: Eastville Stadium Attendance: 10,724

30 September 1963 (1963-09-30) 10	Colchester United	2–0	Millwall	Colchester
	B. Hunt 21' Wright 89'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,482

5 October 1963 (1963-10-05) 11	Colchester United	2–3	Oldham Athletic	Colchester
	King 70', 87'	Report	Bowie 64' Lister 68', 69'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,190

7 October 1963 (1963-10-07) 12	Southend United	0–0	Colchester United	Southend-on-Sea
		Report Report		Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 8,875

12 October 1963 (1963-10-12) 13	Colchester United	1–1	Crewe Alexandra	Colchester
	King 65'	Report	Lord 38'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,232 Referee: J. Parr

14 October 1963 (1963-10-14) 14	Colchester United	3–3	Southend United	Colchester
	Stark 8', 85' King	Report Report	Ashworth 7' Smith 75'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,610

19 October 1963 (1963-10-19) 15	Colchester United	2–1	Coventry City	Colchester
	B. Hunt 12' Grice 32'	Report	Humphries 86'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 7,189

21 October 1963 (1963-10-21) 16	Peterborough United	4–0	Colchester United	Peterborough
	Smith Dougan	Report Report		Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 11,505

26 October 1963 (1963-10-26) 17	Mansfield Town	1–1	Colchester United	Mansfield
	Wagstaff 56'	Report	King 24'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 10,278 Referee: H. Richards

28 October 1963 (1963-10-28) 18	Colchester United	4–1	Peterborough United	Colchester
	King 16' B. Hunt 19' Stark 70' Wright 76'	Report Report	Smith 89'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,966

2 November 1963 (1963-11-02) 19	Colchester United	1–2	Brentford	Colchester
	King 82'	Report	Block 44' Dick 62'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 7,117

9 November 1963 (1963-11-09) 20	Shrewsbury Town	1–1	Colchester United	Shrewsbury
	Rowley 65'	Report	Stark 1'	Stadium: Gay Meadow Attendance: 6,427

23 November 1963 (1963-11-23) 21	Port Vale	0–2	Colchester United	Burslem
		Report	B. Hunt 3', 50'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 11,158 Referee: A. Jones

30 November 1963 (1963-11-30) 22	Colchester United	4–0	Notts County	Colchester
	B. Hunt 15' Stark 85' King	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,377

14 December 1963 (1963-12-14) 23	Barnsley	1–1	Colchester United	Barnsley
	O'Hara 61'	Report	Stark 23'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 4,984 Referee: J. Cattlin

21 December 1963 (1963-12-21) 24	Colchester United	1–1	Hull City	Colchester
	B. Hunt 64' (pen.)	Report	Wilkinson 25'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,609 Referee: J. Loynton

26 December 1963 (1963-12-26) 25	Colchester United	2–1	Reading	Colchester
	B. Hunt 56' King 75'	Report	Neate 49'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,607 Referee: G. Roper

28 December 1963 (1963-12-28) 26	Reading	5–3	Colchester United	Reading
	Kerr 14' Jones 16', 85' Fowler 52' (o.g.) Rutter 80' (o.g.)	Report	B. Hunt 22' Stark 28' Wright 60'	Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 7,878 Referee: Norman Burtenshaw

11 January 1964 (1964-01-11) 27	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	2–2	Colchester United	Bournemouth
	Crickmore 60' Coughlan 80'	Report	Wright 76' King 82'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 8,090 Referee: D. Smith

18 January 1964 (1964-01-18) 28	Colchester United	4–1	Wrexham	Colchester
	Stark 4', 24' B. Hunt 45', 80' (pen.)	Report	Colbridge 43'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,460 Referee: Ray Tinkler

25 January 1964 (1964-01-25) 29	Luton Town	3–1	Colchester United	Luton
	Walden 7' O'Rourke 79' Turner 83' (pen.)	Report	B. Hunt 26'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 4,725 Referee: W. Handley

1 February 1964 (1964-02-01) 30	Queens Park Rangers	0–0	Colchester United	Shepherd's Bush
		Report		Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 5,225

8 February 1964 (1964-02-08) 31	Colchester United	2–3	Bristol Rovers	Colchester
	King	Report	Brown Hamilton Jarman	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,747

15 February 1964 (1964-02-15) 32	Oldham Athletic	2–2	Colchester United	Oldham
	Ledger 32' Whitaker 80' Frizzell 54'	Report	B. Hunt 20' (pen.), 90' King 54'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 11,525 Referee: K. Stokes

22 February 1964 (1964-02-22) 33	Crewe Alexandra	0–4	Colchester United	Crewe
		Report	McCrohan 7' King 18' B. Hunt 54' Stark 70'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 3,866 Referee: B. Setchell

24 February 1964 (1964-02-24) 34	Colchester United	1–1	Bristol City	Colchester
	Docherty 61'	Report	Atyeo 52'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,803

29 February 1964 (1964-02-29) 35	Crystal Palace	0–0	Colchester United	Selhurst
		Report		Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 15,421 Referee: H. New

7 March 1964 (1964-03-07) 36	Colchester United	1–1	Mansfield Town	Colchester
	Grice 53'	Report	Hollett 30'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,666 Referee: V. Batty

14 March 1964 (1964-03-14) 37	Brentford	3–1	Colchester United	Brentford
	Ward Lazarus	Report	Thomson o.g.'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 7,050 Referee: Arthur Holland

21 March 1964 (1964-03-21)	Colchester United	A–A	Crystal Palace	Colchester
	King 30'	Report	Stephenson 28'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,333 Referee: D. Corbett
Note: Match abandoned after 57–minutes with the score at 1–1 due to a waterlogged pitch.

27 March 1964 (1964-03-27) 38	Watford	3–1	Colchester United	Watford
	Crisp 26' Harris pen.' Oliver	Report	Grice	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 18,393

28 March 1964 (1964-03-28) 39	Bristol City	3–1	Colchester United	Bristol
	Clark 45' Clark 64' Atyeo	Report	Stark 87'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 7,780 Referee: W. Gow

31 March 1964 (1964-03-31) 40	Colchester United	1–1	Watford	Colchester
	McCrohan pen.'	Report	Livesey	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,477

4 April 1964 (1964-04-04) 41	Colchester United	1–2	Port Vale	Colchester
	Stark 66'	Report	Miles 4' Rowland 77'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,263 Referee: T. Dawes

11 April 1964 (1964-04-11) 42	Notts County	3–1	Colchester United	Nottingham
	Flower 44' Woolley 74'	Report	McCrohan 61' (pen.)	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 3,912

15 April 1964 (1964-04-15) 43	Colchester United	1–1	Crystal Palace	Colchester
	Grice 37'	Report	Imlach 10' (pen.)	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,633

18 April 1964 (1964-04-18) 44	Colchester United	1–1	Luton Town	Colchester
	King 74'	Report	O'Rourke 66'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,913

20 April 1964 (1964-04-20) 45	Colchester United	1–0	Shrewsbury Town	Colchester
	King	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,647

25 April 1964 (1964-04-25) 46	Coventry City	1–0	Colchester United	Coventry
	Hudson 22'	Report		Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 36,901

League Cup edit

25 September 1963 (1963-09-25) 1st round	Colchester United	5–3	Fulham	Colchester
	Stark 21', 48' King 67' B. Hunt pen.' Grice	Report	Metchick 82', 88' Key	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 7,772

4 November 1963 (1963-11-04) 2nd round	Colchester United	4–1	Northampton Town	Colchester
	King 23' Wright	Report	Robson 49'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,237 Referee: T. Dawes

26 November 1963 (1963-11-26) 3rd round	Workington	2–1	Colchester United	Workington
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	B. Hunt	Stadium: Borough Park Attendance: 8,237

FA Cup edit

16 November 1963 (1963-11-16) 1st round	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–1	Colchester United	Hove
		Report	B. Hunt 54'	Stadium: Goldstone Ground Attendance: 14,400 Referee: D. Wells

7 December 1963 (1963-12-07) 2nd round	Colchester United	0–1	Queens Park Rangers	Colchester
		Report	Leary 70'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,481 Referee: G. Grundy

Squad statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

^[6]^[14]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Third Division		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Percy Ames	20	0	20	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	SCO	George Ramage	31	0	26	0	2	0	3	0
	DF	SCO	Duncan Forbes	36	0	32	0	1	0	3	0
	DF	SCO	John Fowler	25	0	24	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Edgar Rumney	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Keith Rutter	47	0	42	0	2	0	3	0
	MF	SCO	John Docherty	40	1	36	1	2	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Roy McCrohan	48	3	43	3	2	0	3	0
	MF	ENG	Derek Trevis	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Mike Grice	47	5	42	4	2	0	3	1
	FW	SCO	Bobby Hill	25	0	24	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Martyn King	43	20	38	18	2	0	3	2
	FW	AUS	Tommy McColl	7	1	7	1	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Tony Miller	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Billy Stark	47	17	43	15	2	0	2	2
	FW	ENG	Peter Wright	39	10	34	7	2	0	3	3
Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season
	DF	ENG	Pat Woods	41	0	36	0	2	0	3	0
	MF	ENG	Ron Hunt	12	0	11	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Bobby Hunt	38	23	33	20	2	1	3	2

Goalscorers edit

^[14]

Place	Position	Name	Third Division	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	FW	Bobby Hunt	20	1	2	23
2	CF	Martyn King	18	0	2	20
3	FW	Billy Stark	15	0	2	17
4	WG	Peter Wright	7	0	3	10
5	WG	Mike Grice	4	0	1	5
6	WH	Roy McCrohan	3	0	0	3
7	WH	John Docherty	1	0	0	1
7	IF	Tommy McColl	1	0	0	1
		Own goals	1	0	0	1
		TOTALS	70	1	10	81

Disciplinary record edit

^[15]

Nationality	Position	Name	Third Division		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
Nationality	Position	Name
	CF	Martyn King	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	WG	Peter Wright	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
		TOTALS	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1

Clean sheets edit

Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.^[16]

Place	Player	Third Division	FA Cup	Total
1	George Ramage	8	1	9
2	Percy Ames	4	0	4
	TOTALS	12	1	13

Player debuts edit

Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.^[17]

Position	Player	Date	Opponent	Ground
FB	Pat Woods	24 August 1963	Barnsley	Layer Road
IF	Tommy McColl	24 August 1963	Barnsley	Layer Road
WH	John Docherty	14 September 1963	Wrexham	Racecourse Ground
IF	Tony Miller	1 February 1964	Queens Park Rangers	Loftus Road
MF	Derek Trevis	7 March 1964	Mansfield Town	Layer Road

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.
Kent, Jeff (1990). The Valiants' Years: The Story of Port Vale. Stafford: Witan Books. ISBN 0-9508981-4-7.
White, Eric (1989). 100 Years of Brentford. Redditch: Oldfield Press. ISBN 0951526200.

Websites

"Colchester United football club match record: 1964". 11v11.com. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
"TigerBase – Season View". TigerBase. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
"Statistics 1963/64". The Millwall History Files. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
"1960/61 to 1969/70" (PDF). Watford Football Club archive 1881–2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 4 May 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 5–3 Fulham". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
^ "Colchester Utd 1–2 Port Vale". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
^ "Average Attendance Figures Per Season". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
^ Hudson, Matt (11 July 2012). "The 1950s and 1960s". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Appearances". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
^ "Alan Buck". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Pat Woods". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
^ "Tommy McColl". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
^ "John Docherty". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
^ "Derek Trevis". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
^ "Ron Hunt". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
^ "Bobby Hunt". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Goals". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
^ "Discipline". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 May 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 7 May 2016.

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

[SDG-8] Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game in his second spell for the club

[DG-12] Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club

[FG-16] 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.

[2] "Colchester Utd 5–3 Fulham". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2016.

[3] "Colchester Utd 1–2 Port Vale". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2016.

[4] "Average Attendance Figures Per Season". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2016.

[5] Hudson, Matt (11 July 2012). "The 1950s and 1960s". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 3 May 2011.

[apps-6] "Appearances". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2016.

[9] "Alan Buck". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2016.

[Woods-10] "Pat Woods". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2016.

[11] "Tommy McColl". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2016.

[13] "John Docherty". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2016.

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