1950–51 Colchester United F.C. season

Colchester United
1950–51 season
Chairman	Bill Allen
Manager	Jimmy Allen
Stadium	Layer Road
Third Division South	16th
FA Cup	1st round; (eliminated by; Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic)
Top goalscorer	League: ; Arthur Turner (13); All: ; Arthur Turner (15)
Highest home attendance	14,199; v Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, 7 September 1950
Lowest home attendance	6,941; v Gillingham, 16 December 1950
Average home league attendance	10,571
Biggest win	7–1; v Woodford Town, 11 November 1950
Biggest defeat	1–7; v Plymouth Argyle, 28 October 1950
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1949–50 1951–52 →

The 1950–51 season was Colchester United's ninth season in their history and their first ever season in the Football League, competing 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. The club ended the league season in 16th-position, while they exited the FA Cup in the first round following a defeat to Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic.

Season overview

Colchester's first–ever game in the Football League was against their old Southern League rivals Gillingham at Priestfield Stadium on 19 August 1950. A crowd of 19,542 witnessed the 0–0 draw between the sides. Five days later, Bob Curry scored the U's first–ever Football League goal during a 1–1 draw at Swindon Town, but it was not until 31 August that the Layer Road crowd were able to enjoy its first Football League goal for the home side. Arthur Turner, the season's top–scorer with 15 goals, struck five minutes into a 4–1 win in the return game with Swindon. Colchester remained unbeaten in their first seven games, a run that equalled a record for new clubs entering the Football League set by Aberdare Athletic in 1921–22.

After occupying second position in the Third Division South table, the U's suffered a slump in form, losing nine of the next ten games. They finished the season in 16th-position, averaging 10,571 through the Layer Road turnstiles. It would be the only season that Layer Road would host a five-figure season average.^[5]

Players

As of match played 5 May 1951.^[6]

Name	Position	Place of birth	Date of birth	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
George Wright	GK	Plymouth	(1919-10-10)10 October 1919 (aged 30)	54	0	Plymouth Argyle	May 1949	£1,000
Defenders
George French	FB	Colchester	(1926-11-10)10 November 1926 (aged 23)	0	0	West Ham United	February 1949	Free transfer
John Harrison	FB	Leicester	(1927-09-27)27 September 1927 (aged 22)	0	0	Aston Villa	30 September 1950^[a]	Nominal
Digger Kettle	FB	Colchester	(1922-06-03)3 June 1922 (aged 27)	150	1	Arclight Sports	September 1946	Free transfer
Trevor Rowlands	FB	Wattstown	(1922-02-02)2 February 1922 (aged 28)	0	0	Norwich City	20 July 1950	£1,000
Reg Stewart	CB	Sheffield	(1925-10-30)30 October 1925 (aged 24)	51	0	Sheffield Wednesday	20 August 1949^[a]	£1,000
Midfielders
Harry Bearryman	WH	Wandsworth	(1924-09-26)26 September 1924 (aged 25)	146	9	Chelsea	4 July 1947	Free transfer
Jimmy Elder	WH	Scone	(1928-03-05)5 March 1928 (aged 22)	0	0	Portsmouth	19 August 1950^[a]	£1,000
Len Jones	WH	Barnsley	(1913-06-09)9 June 1913 (aged 36)	0	0	Southend United	19 August 1950^[a]	Undisclosed
John Moore	WH	Chiswick	(1923-09-25)25 September 1923 (aged 26)	13	0	Brentford	8 September 1949^[a]	£1,000
Forwards
Bob Allen	WG	Bromley-by-Bow	(1916-10-11)11 October 1916 (aged 33)	89	6	Gainsborough Trinity	13 June 1946	Free transfer
Peter Aitchison	WG	Harlow	(1931-09-19)19 September 1931 (aged 18)	0	0	Amateur	August 1950	Free transfer
John Church	WG	Lowestoft	(1919-09-17)17 September 1919 (aged 30)	0	0	Norwich City	19 August 1950^[a]	£1,000
Dick Cullum	FW	Colchester	(1931-01-28)28 January 1931 (aged 19)	0	0	Colchester Colts	28 March 1951^[a]	Free transfer
Bob Curry	IF	Gateshead	(1918-11-02)2 November 1918 (aged 31)	172	90	Northampton Town	13 June 1947	Free transfer
Fred Cutting	IF	North Walsham	(1921-12-04)4 December 1921 (aged 28)	125	55	Norwich City	6 December 1947^[a]	Free transfer
Dennis Hillman	WG	Southend-on-Sea	(1918-11-27)27 November 1918 (aged 31)	136	27	Brighton & Hove Albion	21 September 1946	Free transfer
Vic Keeble	CF	Colchester	(1930-06-25)25 June 1930 (aged 19)	81	63	King George Youth Club	23 May 1947	£10
Johnny McKim	IF	Greenock	(1926-01-22)22 January 1926 (aged 24)	0	0	Chelsea	19 August 1950^[a]	£1,000
Arthur Turner	CF	Poplar	(1921-01-22)22 January 1921 (aged 29)	117	83	Charlton Athletic	September 1946	Free transfer

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

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
20 July 1950	FB	Trevor Rowlands	Norwich City	£1,000	^[7]
August 1950	FB	Bill Rochford	Southampton	£1,000	^[8]
August 1950	WG	Peter Aitchison	Amateur	Free	^[9]
19 August 1950	WH	Jimmy Elder	Portsmouth	£1,000	^[10]^[a]
19 August 1950	WH	Len Jones	Southend United	Undisclosed	^[11]^[a]
19 August 1950	WG	John Church	Norwich City	£1,000	^[12]^[a]
19 August 1950	IF	Johnny McKim	Chelsea	£1,000	^[13]^[a]
30 September 1950	FB	John Harrison	Aston Villa	Nominal	^[14]^[a]
30 September 1950	WH	Joe Locherty	Sheffield Wednesday	£1,000	^[15]^[a]
17 February 1951	GK	Barney Bircham	Grimsby Town	£800	^[16]^[a]
26 March 1951	FW	Dick Cullum	Colchester Colts	Free	^[17]^[a]

Total spending: ~ £6,800

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

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
End of season	GK	Ken Whitehead	Whitton United	Released	^[18]
End of season	WG	Stan Foxall	Chelmsford City	Released	^[19]
End of season	CF	Denis Maffey	Great Yarmouth Town	Free	^[20]
End of season	OL	Bob Neville	Clacton Town	Released	^[21]
6 May 1950	FB	Doug Beach	Chelmsford City	Free	^[22]^[a]
20 January 1951	WH	Joe Locherty	Scarborough	Released	^[15]^[a]
24 February 1951	FB	Bill Rochford	Retired	Retired	^[8]^[a]
24 March 1951	GK	Barney Bircham	Free agent	Released	^[16]^[a]
26 March 1951	WG	José Gallego	Cambridge United	Released	^[23]^[a]
28 April 1951	WH	Bill Layton	Harwich & Parkeston	Player-manager	^[24]^[a]

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

Match details

Third Division South

Results round by round

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	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	H
Result	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	W	D	D
Position	14	13	14	4	2	2	2	3	6	10	12	14	15	16	17	20	21	19	19	15	16	16	17	15	18	18	15	16	17	16	17	18	19	18	17	17	18	16	18	19	17	16	18	15	16	16

Source: 11v11.com 28 February 2016
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
14	Exeter City	46	18	6	22	62	85	0.729	42
15	Walsall	46	15	10	21	52	62	0.839	40
16	Colchester United^[a]	46	14	12	20	63	76	0.829	40
17	Swindon Town	46	18	4	24	55	67	0.821	40
18	Aldershot	46	15	10	21	56	88	0.636	40

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ New club in the league; elected from Southern League

Matches

19 August 1950 (1950-08-19) 1	Gillingham	0–0	Colchester United	Gillingham
		Report		Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 19,525

23 August 1950 (1950-08-23) 2	Swindon Town	1–1	Colchester United	Swindon
	Millar 35'	Report Report	Turner 24'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 15,717

26 August 1950 (1950-08-26) 3	Colchester United	0–0	Bristol Rovers	Colchester
		Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 13,687

31 August 1950 (1950-08-31) 4	Colchester United	4–1	Swindon Town	Colchester
	Turner 5', 40' Curry 37' Church 45'	Report Report	Hudson 67'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 12,579

2 September 1950 (1950-09-02) 5	Crystal Palace	1–3	Colchester United	Selhurst
	Thomas	Report	Turner 6' Curry 14' McKim 87'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 22,544

7 September 1950 (1950-09-07) 6	Colchester United	4–1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Colchester
	Turner Curry	Report	Evans	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 14,199

9 September 1950 (1950-09-09) 7	Colchester United	4–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Colchester
	McKim 16', 82' Turner 38' Jones 75'	Report	Reed 60'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 13,729

13 September 1950 (1950-09-13) 8	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	2–0	Colchester United	Bournemouth
	Haigh McGibbon	Report		Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 18,452

16 September 1950 (1950-09-16) 9	Newport County	2–0	Colchester United	Newport
	Parker	Report		Stadium: Somerton Park Attendance: 16,021

23 September 1950 (1950-09-23) 10	Colchester United	2–3	Norwich City	Colchester
	Curry Cutting	Report	Gavin Hollis	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 13,843

30 September 1950 (1950-09-30) 11	Northampton Town	2–1	Colchester United	Northampton
	Candlin Dixon	Report	Locherty	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 10,160

7 October 1950 (1950-10-07) 12	Colchester United	0–1	Exeter City	Colchester
		Report	Smith	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 10,864

14 October 1950 (1950-10-14) 13	Southend United	4–2	Colchester United	Southend-on-Sea
	Davies 2', 88' Wakefield 6', 62'	Report Report	Turner 59' Curry 63'	Stadium: Southend Stadium Attendance: 18,358

21 October 1950 (1950-10-21) 14	Colchester United	1–1	Reading	Colchester
	Cutting	Report	Blackman	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 11,469

28 October 1950 (1950-10-28) 15	Plymouth Argyle	7–1	Colchester United	Plymouth
	Dews Dougall Govan Strauss Tadman	Report Report	Curry 9'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 20,845

4 November 1950 (1950-11-04) 16	Colchester United	2–3	Ipswich Town	Colchester
	Turner Church	Report Report	Driver McCrory Wookey	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 14,037 Referee: A. Blythe

18 November 1950 (1950-11-18) 17	Colchester United	0–1	Walsall	Colchester
		Report	Chapman	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 9,584

2 December 1950 (1950-12-02) 18	Colchester United	3–0	Millwall	Colchester
	Curry Church	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 9,695

9 December 1950 (1950-12-09) 19	Leyton Orient	1–1	Colchester United	Leyton
	Sutherland	Report	Curry	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 8,716

16 December 1950 (1950-12-16) 20	Colchester United	4–2	Gillingham	Colchester
	Curry Elder Church	Report	Briggs Thomas	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,941

23 December 1950 (1950-12-23) 21	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Colchester United	Bristol
	Petherbridge	Report	Jones	Stadium: Eastville Stadium Attendance: 14,341

25 December 1950 (1950-12-25) 22	Nottingham Forest	0–0	Colchester United	West Bridgford
		Report		Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 20,111

26 December 1950 (1950-12-26) 23	Colchester United	0–2	Nottingham Forest	Colchester
		Report	Ardron	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 12,874

30 December 1950 (1950-12-30) 24	Colchester United	1–0	Crystal Palace	Colchester
	Cutting	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 8,587

13 January 1951 (1951-01-13) 25	Brighton & Hove Albion	3–1	Colchester United	Hove
	Keene Thompson Willard	Report	Allen pen.'	Stadium: Goldstone Ground Attendance: 11,699

20 January 1951 (1951-01-20) 26	Colchester United	1–1	Newport County	Colchester
	Turner	Report	Birch	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 8,230

27 January 1951 (1951-01-27) 27	Colchester United	1–0	Aldershot	Colchester
	Elder	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 9,285

3 February 1951 (1951-02-03) 28	Norwich City	1–1	Colchester United	Norwich
	Stewart 4' (o.g.)	Report	Keeble 74'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 25,110

10 February 1951 (1951-02-10) 29	Watford	2–0	Colchester United	Watford
	Garbutt Varty	Report		Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 9,122

17 February 1951 (1951-02-17) 30	Colchester United	2–1	Northampton Town	Colchester
	Curry 72' McKim 81'	Report	Mitchell 14'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 7,048

24 February 1951 (1951-02-24) 31	Exeter City	5–0	Colchester United	Exeter
	Regan Smith Unknown goalscorer	Report		Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 7,268

3 March 1951 (1951-03-03) 32	Colchester United	1–3	Southend United	Colchester
	Turner	Report Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 12,360

10 March 1951 (1951-03-10) 33	Reading	3–2	Colchester United	Reading
	Amor Blackman	Report	Turner Church	Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 16,010

17 March 1951 (1951-03-17) 34	Colchester United	3–0	Plymouth Argyle	Colchester
	Keeble	Report Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 8,746

23 March 1951 (1951-03-23) 35	Colchester United	3–1	Torquay United	Colchester
	Turner Elder pen.' Keeble	Report	Shaw	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 12,443

24 March 1951 (1951-03-24) 36	Ipswich Town	3–0	Colchester United	Ipswich
	Driver McCrory	Report Report		Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 19,093 Referee: A. Blythe

26 March 1951 (1951-03-26) 37	Torquay United	4–1	Colchester United	Torquay
	Evans Pembery Reid	Report	Cullum 37'	Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 7,820

31 March 1951 (1951-03-31) 38	Colchester United	1–0	Leyton Orient	Colchester
	Church	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 9,291

7 April 1951 (1951-04-07) 39	Walsall	4–2	Colchester United	Walsall
	Hughes Winter	Report	McKim	Stadium: Fellows Park Attendance: 7,097

11 April 1951 (1951-04-11) 40	Aldershot	2–0	Colchester United	Aldershot
	Bonnar Raine	Report		Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 5,821

14 April 1951 (1951-04-14) 41	Colchester United	4–1	Watford	Colchester
	Church McKim Keeble	Report	Thompson	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 8,073

16 April 1951 (1951-04-16) 42	Port Vale	1–1	Colchester United	Burslem
	Palk	Report	Elder	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 8,520

21 April 1951 (1951-04-21) 43	Millwall	2–0	Colchester United	New Cross
	Hurrell Morgan	Report		Stadium: The Den Attendance: 17,776

25 April 1951 (1951-04-25) 44	Bristol City	0–2	Colchester United	Bristol
		Report	Rowlands 67' Keeble 87'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 12,802

28 April 1951 (1951-04-28) 45	Colchester United	1–1	Bristol City	Colchester
	Church	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 7,202

5 May 1951 (1951-05-05) 46	Colchester United	1–1	Port Vale	Colchester
	McKim	Report	Barber	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 8,414

FA Cup

11 November 1950 (1950-11-11) 4th qualifying round	Woodford Town	1–7	Colchester United	Woodford
14:30	Bee 9'	Report	Turner Layton Curry Cutting Jones	Stadium: Snakes Lane Attendance: 7,000

25 November 1950 (1950-11-25) 1st round	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1–0	Colchester United	Bournemouth
	Boxshall	Report		Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 15,359

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

^[6]^[25]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Third Division South		FA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	George Wright	41	0	39	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	John Harrison	33	0	31	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	Digger Kettle	15	0	15	0	0	0
	DF	WAL	Trevor Rowlands	15	1	15	1	0	0
	DF	ENG	Reg Stewart	48	0	46	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Harry Bearryman	48	0	46	0	2	0
	MF	SCO	Jimmy Elder	46	4	45	4	1	0
	MF	ENG	Len Jones	43	3	41	2	2	1
	FW	ENG	Bob Allen	31	1	29	1	2	0
	FW	ENG	John Church	42	10	40	10	2	0
	FW	ENG	Dick Cullum	1	1	1	1	0	0
	FW	ENG	Bob Curry	34	14	32	12	2	2
	FW	ENG	Fred Cutting	12	4	11	3	1	1
	FW	ENG	Dennis Hillman	4	0	4	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Vic Keeble	21	7	21	7	0	0
	FW	SCO	Johnny McKim	24	8	24	8	0	0
	FW	ENG	Arthur Turner	38	15	36	13	2	2
Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season
	GK	ENG	Barney Bircham	7	0	7	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Bill Rochford	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Bill Layton	8	1	7	0	1	1
	MF	SCO	Joe Locherty	11	1	10	1	1	0
	FW	ESP	José Gallego	4	0	4	0	0	0

Goalscorers

^[25]

Place	Position	Name	Third Division South	FA Cup	Total
1	CF	Arthur Turner	13	2	15
2	IF	Bob Curry	12	2	14
3	WG	John Church	10	0	10
4	IF	Johnny McKim	8	0	8
5	CF	Vic Keeble	7	0	7
6	IF	Fred Cutting	3	1	4
6	WH	Jimmy Elder	4	0	4
8	WH	Len Jones	2	1	3
9	WG	Bob Allen	1	0	1
	FW	Dick Cullum	1	0	1
	WH	Bill Layton	0	1	1
	WH	Joe Locherty	1	0	1
	FB	Trevor Rowlands	1	0	1
		Own goals	0	0	0
		TOTALS	63	7	70

Clean sheets

Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.^[26]

Place	Player	Third Division South	Total
1	George Wright	8	8
2	Barney Bircham	1	1
	TOTALS	9	9

Player debuts

Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.^[27]

Position	Player	Date	Opponent	Ground
WH	Jimmy Elder	19 August 1950	Gillingham	Priestfield Stadium
WH	Len Jones	19 August 1950	Gillingham	Priestfield Stadium
WG	John Church	19 August 1950	Gillingham	Priestfield Stadium
IF	Johnny McKim	19 August 1950	Gillingham	Priestfield Stadium
FB	John Harrison	30 September 1950	Northampton Town	County Ground
WH	Joe Locherty	30 September 1950	Northampton Town	County Ground
GK	Barney Bircham	17 February 1951	Northampton Town	Layer Road
FB	Bill Rochford	17 February 1951	Northampton Town	Layer Road
FB	Trevor Rowlands	3 March 1951	Southend United	Layer Road
FW	Dick Cullum	26 March 1951	Torquay United	Plainmoor

References

General

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: 1951". 11v11.com. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
"Statistics 1950/51". 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

^ 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 4–1 Bournemouth". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
^ "Colchester Utd 4–2 Gillingham". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
^ "Average Attendance Figures Per Season". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
^ "The 1950s and 1960s Hudson Matt 11 July 2012". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Appearances". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
^ "Trevor Rowlands". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Bill Rochford". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
^ "Peter Aitchison". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
^ "Jimmy Elder". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
^ "Len Jones". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
^ "John Church". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
^ "Johnny McKim". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
^ "John Harrison". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Joe Locherty". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Barney Bircham". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
^ "Dick Cullum". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
^ "Ken Whitehead". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
^ "Stan Foxall". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
^ "Dennis Maffey". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
^ "Bob Neville". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
^ "Doug Beach". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
^ "Jose Gallego". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
^ "Bill Layton". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Goals". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 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 4 February 2016.

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

[DG-12] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club

[FG-25] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Date of departure refers to the date of the player's final game for the club

[table_note_COL0.96653275888717-28] New club in the league; elected from Southern League

[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 4–1 Bournemouth". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2016.

[3] "Colchester Utd 4–2 Gillingham". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2016.

[4] "Average Attendance Figures Per Season". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2016.

[5] "The 1950s and 1960s Hudson Matt 11 July 2012". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 24 May 2011.

[apps-6] "Appearances". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2016.

[8] "Trevor Rowlands". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2016.

[Rochford-9] "Bill Rochford". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2016.

[10] "Peter Aitchison". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2016.

[11] "Jimmy Elder". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2016.

[13] "Len Jones". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2016.

[14] "John Church". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2016.

[15] "Johnny McKim". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2016.

[16] "John Harrison". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2016.

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