1964–65 Colchester United F.C. season

Colchester United
1964–65 season
Chairman	Bill Allen
Manager	Neil Franklin
Stadium	Layer Road
Third Division	23rd (relegated)
FA Cup	2nd round; (eliminated by; Torquay United)
League Cup	1st round; (eliminated by; Torquay United)
Top goalscorer	League: ; Billy Stark (13); All: ; Billy Stark (14)
Highest home attendance	6,074; v Peterborough United, 16 April 1965
Lowest home attendance	2,218; v Torquay United, 2 September 1964
Average home league attendance	3,634
Biggest win	4–1; v Barnsley, 9 January 1965
Biggest defeat	0–5; v Queens Park Rangers, 26 February 1965
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1963–64 1965–66 →

The 1964–65 season was Colchester United's 23rd season in their history and their third 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.

Neil Franklin's first full season in charge saw an influx of new players, with 14 new arrivals at Layer Road replacing a host of experienced players, including former apprentice Peter Wright and experienced wing half Roy McCrohan. As such, Colchester's form suffered and the club battled against relegation for much of the season. They were eventually relegated after finishing in 23rd-position.

Colchester's fortunes in the cup competitions were no better than the league. They experienced early exits in each cup, twice being eliminated by Torquay United.

Season overview

With manager Neil Franklin looking to make his mark on the Colchester first–team, Roy McCrohan, Keith Rutter and Peter Wright all left the club, and 14 new players arrived across the season. The biggest surprise to United fans was when Wright was not named on the retained list for the season. The former apprentice who had spent his entire career as a part–time professional with Colchester had scored 99 goals in 453 league and cup matches.

Having already sold one half of the previously prolific strike force of Bobby Hunt and Martyn King when Hunt left for Northampton Town earlier in 1964, Franklin sold King to Wrexham in October of the same year, and without their goals, a season of struggle ensued. Colchester could only manage 50 league goals across the season.

Franklin's first–ever signing, Derek Trevis, was an ever–present during the season, as was Duncan Forbes, while Billy Stark ended the season as top scorer with 14 league and cup goals. It was an injury–plagued season for Colchester, with Barrie Aitchison, Mike Grice, Martyn King, Gareth Salisbury and Billy Stark all ruled out as early as September, meaning Franklin had to call upon Noel Kearney, a former Ipswich Town player who had been released by the club three months earlier. Kearney signed on a month–long trial and played three games for Colchester, all of which ended in defeat.

Colchester were relegated back to the Fourth Division with Franklin having already been handed a year's contract extension mid-season. Average attendance hit an all-time low figure of 3,634 and the Supporter's Club could only muster 997 members.^[5]

The season was also notable for the introduction of inside-forward Dennis Barrett, Colchester United's first professional apprentice, who was taken on in the summer of 1964.^[6]

Players

As of match played 23 April 1965.^[7]

Name	Position	Place of birth	Date of birth	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
Alan Buck	GK	Colchester	(1946-08-25)25 August 1946 (aged 17)	0	0	Amateur	July 1963	Free transfer
Sandy Kennon	GK	Johannesburg	(1933-11-28)28 November 1933 (aged 30)	0	0	Norwich City	March 1965	Free transfer
Defenders
Duncan Forbes	CB	Edinburgh	(1941-06-19)19 June 1941 (aged 22)	90	0	Musselburgh Athletic	4 September 1961	Nominal
John Fowler	FB	Leith	(1933-10-17)17 October 1933 (aged 30)	372	5	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	20 August 1955^[a]	Free transfer
Richie Griffiths	FB	Earls Colne	(1942-03-21)21 March 1942 (aged 22)	42	0	Colchester Casuals	June 1961	Free transfer
Brian Hall	LB	Burbage	(1939-03-09)9 March 1939 (aged 25)	0	0	Mansfield Town	March 1965	Free transfer
David Laitt	FB	Colchester	(1946-11-01)1 November 1946 (aged 17)	0	0	Amateur	Summer 1962	Free transfer
Mick Loughton	CB	Colchester	(1942-12-08)8 December 1942 (aged 21)	0	0	Amateur	August 1961	Free transfer
Ray Price	FB	Hetton-le-Hole	(1944-05-18)18 May 1944 (aged 20)	0	0	Norwich City	Summer 1964	Free transfer
Midfielders
John Docherty	WH	Glasgow	(1935-02-28)28 February 1935 (aged 29)	40	1	Heart of Midlothian	14 September 1963^[a]	Free transfer
Tecwyn Jones	WH	Ruabon	(1941-01-27)27 January 1941 (aged 23)	0	0	Wrexham	1 October 1964	Part exchange
John Mansfield	MF	Colchester	(1946-09-13)13 September 1946 (aged 17)	0	0	Apprentice	August 1964	Free transfer
Derek Trevis	MF	Birmingham	(1942-09-09)9 September 1942 (aged 21)	9	0	Aston Villa	7 March 1964^[a]	Free transfer
Forwards
Barrie Aitchison	WG	Colchester	(1937-11-15)15 November 1937 (aged 26)	0	0	Tottenham Hotspur	1 August 1964	£750
Dennis Barrett	IF			0	0	Apprentice	Summer 1964	Free transfer
Mike Grice	WG	Woking	(1931-11-03)3 November 1931 (aged 32)	203	29	Coventry City	18 August 1962^[b]	£1,000
Bobby Hill	IF	Edinburgh	(1938-06-09)9 June 1938 (aged 25)	238	22	Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare	9 June 1955	Free transfer
John Hornsby	WG	Ferryhill	(1945-08-03)3 August 1945 (aged 18)	0	0	Evenwood Town	January 1965	Trial
Arthur Langley	IF	Leeds	(1933-01-30)30 January 1933 (aged 31)	0	0	Oxford United	September 1964	£1,500
Gareth Salisbury	IF	Caernarfon	(1941-03-11)11 March 1941 (aged 23)	0	0	Luton Town	22 August 1964^[a]	Free transfer
Billy Stark	FW	Glasgow	(1937-05-27)27 May 1937 (aged 27)	68	20	Carlisle United	November 1962	£3,750

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
Summer 1964	FB	Ray Price	Norwich City	Free transfer	^[8]
Summer 1964	IF	Dennis Barrett	Apprentice	Free transfer	^[6]
August 1964	MF	John Mansfield	Apprentice	Free transfer	^[9]
1 August 1964	WG	Barrie Aitchison	Tottenham Hotspur	£750	^[10]
22 August 1964	CF	Pat Connolly	Macclesfield Town	£1,200	^[11]^[a]
22 August 1964	IF	Gareth Salisbury	Luton Town	Free transfer	^[12]^[a]
September 1964	WG	Noel Kearney	Free agent	Trial	^[13]
September 1964	IF	Arthur Langley	Oxford United	£1,500	^[14]
1 October 1964	WH	Tecwyn Jones	Wrexham	Part exchange with Martyn King	^[15]
January 1965	WG	John Hornsby	Evenwood Town	Trial	^[16]
March 1965	GK	Sandy Kennon	Norwich City	Free transfer	^[17]
March 1965	LB	Brian Hall	Mansfield Town	Free transfer	^[18]

Total spending: ~ £3,450

^ ^a ^b 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	George Ramage	Leyton Orient	Released	^[19]
End of season	WH	Roy McCrohan	Bristol Rovers	Released	^[20]
End of season	WG	Peter Wright	Romford	Released	^[21]
Summer 1964	IF	Tony Miller	Crittall Athletic	Released	^[22]
August 1964	CB	Keith Rutter	Romford	Free transfer	^[23]
October 1964	WG	Noel Kearney	Chelmsford City	End of trial	^[13]
1 October 1964	CF	Martyn King	Wrexham	£3,000 plus Tecwyn Jones	^[24]
31 October 1964	FB	Edgar Rumney	Sudbury Town	Player-coach	^[25]^[a]
December 1964	IF	Tommy McColl	Chelsea	Nominal	^[26]
26 February 1965	GK	Percy Ames	Romford	Free transfer	^[27]^[a]
16 April 1965	CF	Pat Connolly	Altrincham	Released	^[11]^[a]

Total incoming: ~ £3,000

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

Match details

Friendlies

8 August 1964 (1964-08-08)	Colchester United	1–0	Romford	Colchester
15:00 BST	Docherty 37' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 1,500

15 August 1964 (1964-08-15)	Norwich City	5–1	Colchester United	Norwich
15:00 BST	Davies 13', 74' Bryceland 54' Heath 60' Price 68' (o.g.)	Report	King 37'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 3,684

Third Division

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	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A
Result	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	D	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	L
Position	22	21	17	20	22	15	20	21	21	21	22	23	24	24	24	24	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	21	21	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22

Source: 11v11.com
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	Promotion or relegation
20	Oldham Athletic	46	13	10	23	61	83	0.735	36
21	Luton Town	46	11	11	24	51	94	0.543	33	Relegated
22	Port Vale	46	9	14	23	41	76	0.539	32
23	Colchester United	46	10	10	26	50	89	0.562	30
24	Barnsley	46	9	11	26	54	90	0.600	29

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches

22 August 1964 (1964-08-22) 1	Colchester United	0–1	Carlisle United	Colchester
		Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,420

26 August 1964 (1964-08-26) 2	Luton Town	3–1	Colchester United	Luton
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	Stark	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 9,797

29 August 1964 (1964-08-29) 3	Port Vale	1–2	Colchester United	Burslem
	Poole 20'	Report	Stark 24' Salisbury 26'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 8,190

31 August 1964 (1964-08-31) 4	Colchester United	0–1	Luton Town	Colchester
		Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,115

5 September 1964 (1964-09-05) 5	Colchester United	1–2	Hull City	Colchester
	Trevis 66'	Report	Wilkinson 13', 75'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,310

7 September 1964 (1964-09-07) 6	Mansfield Town	0–1	Colchester United	Mansfield
		Report	McColl	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 11,573

12 September 1964 (1964-09-12) 7	Colchester United	0–3	Brentford	Colchester
		Report	Fielding Lazarus	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,977

14 September 1964 (1964-09-14) 8	Colchester United	0–1	Mansfield Town	Colchester
		Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,544

19 September 1964 (1964-09-19) 9	Bristol Rovers	2–2	Colchester United	Bristol
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	Stark King	Stadium: Eastville Stadium Attendance: 13,211

26 September 1964 (1964-09-26) 10	Colchester United	2–2	Oldham Athletic	Colchester
	Trevis King	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,642

30 September 1964 (1964-09-30) 11	Grimsby Town	2–0	Colchester United	Cleethorpes
	Unknown goalscorer	Report		Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 8,455

3 October 1964 (1964-10-03) 12	Exeter City	2–0	Colchester United	Exeter
	Unknown goalscorer	Report		Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 5,800

5 October 1964 (1964-10-05) 13	Colchester United	0–1	Grimsby Town	Colchester
		Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,837

10 October 1964 (1964-10-10) 14	Bristol City	1–1	Colchester United	Bristol
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	Langley	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 9,983

14 October 1964 (1964-10-14) 15	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	3–1	Colchester United	Bournemouth
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	Stark	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 7,526

17 October 1964 (1964-10-17) 16	Colchester United	1–2	Queens Park Rangers	Colchester
	Langley	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,529

19 October 1964 (1964-10-19) 17	Colchester United	4–3	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Colchester
	Langley 19', 83' Stark 29' Aitchison 82'	Report	Archer 14' Woods 36' Hodgson 47'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,454

24 October 1964 (1964-10-24) 18	Shrewsbury Town	3–0	Colchester United	Shrewsbury
	Unknown goalscorer	Report		Stadium: Gay Meadow Attendance: 4,770

26 October 1964 (1964-10-26) 19	Colchester United	1–1	Workington	Colchester
	Connolly 64'	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,700

31 October 1964 (1964-10-31) 20	Colchester United	2–2	Reading	Colchester
	Langley Stark	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,350

7 November 1964 (1964-11-07) 21	Southend United	6–3	Colchester United	Southend-on-Sea
	Gilfillan McKinven	Report Report	Langley Connolly	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,941

20 November 1964 (1964-11-20) 22	Scunthorpe United	0–0	Colchester United	Scunthorpe
		Report		Stadium: Old Showground Attendance: 7,454

28 November 1964 (1964-11-28) 23	Colchester United	2–1	Walsall	Colchester
	Stark Connolly	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,394

12 December 1964 (1964-12-12) 24	Carlisle United	4–1	Colchester United	Carlisle
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	Aitchison	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 5,747

19 December 1964 (1964-12-19) 25	Colchester United	2–0	Port Vale	Colchester
	Langley Trevis	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,528

26 December 1964 (1964-12-26) 26	Gillingham	2–1	Colchester United	Gillingham
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	Stark	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 10,692

28 December 1964 (1964-12-28) 27	Colchester United	2–1	Gillingham	Colchester
	Trevis	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,966

2 January 1965 (1965-01-02) 28	Hull City	5–1	Colchester United	Kingston-upon-Hull
	Wagstaff Chilton Henderson McSeveney	Report	Stark	Stadium: Boothferry Park Attendance: 16,928

9 January 1965 (1965-01-09) 29	Colchester United	4–1	Barnsley	Colchester
	Langley Stark Docherty	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,824

16 January 1965 (1965-01-16) 30	Brentford	1–0	Colchester United	Brentford
	Gelson	Report		Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 9,000

23 January 1965 (1965-01-23) 31	Colchester United	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Colchester
	Stark	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,851

30 January 1965 (1965-01-30) 32	Watford	3–0	Colchester United	Watford
	Harris Houghton Own goal o.g.'	Report		Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 5,720

6 February 1965 (1965-02-06) 33	Oldham Athletic	3–1	Colchester United	Oldham
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	Salisbury	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 6,926

13 February 1965 (1965-02-13) 34	Colchester United	1–1	Exeter City	Colchester
	Langley	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,073

20 February 1965 (1965-02-20) 35	Colchester United	2–3	Bristol City	Colchester
	Stark	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,905 Referee: R. Paine

26 February 1965 (1965-02-26) 36	Queens Park Rangers	5–0	Colchester United	Shepherd's Bush
	Unknown goalscorer	Report		Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 4,462

6 March 1965 (1965-03-06) 37	Colchester United	0–0	Watford	Colchester
		Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,385

13 March 1965 (1965-03-13) 38	Reading	1–1	Colchester United	Reading
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	Connolly	Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 5,502

20 March 1965 (1965-03-20) 39	Colchester United	3–1	Southend United	Colchester
	Own goal o.g.' Langley Connolly	Report Report	Bullock	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,929

26 March 1965 (1965-03-26) 40	Barnsley	1–2	Colchester United	Barnsley
	O'Hara 55'	Report	Loughton 58' Hall 86'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 3,070

3 April 1965 (1965-04-03) 41	Colchester United	2–1	Scunthorpe United	Colchester
	Trevis Grice	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,212

10 April 1965 (1965-04-10) 42	Walsall	2–1	Colchester United	Walsall
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	Langley	Stadium: Fellows Park Attendance: 2,766

16 April 1965 (1965-04-16) 43	Colchester United	0–1	Peterborough United	Colchester
		Report Report	Dougan	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,074

17 April 1965 (1965-04-17) 44	Colchester United	0–4	Shrewsbury Town	Colchester
		Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,058

19 April 1965 (1965-04-19) 45	Peterborough United	4–1	Colchester United	Peterborough
	Barnes Dougan Thompson	Report Report	Aitchison	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 6,262

23 April 1965 (1965-04-23) 46	Workington	1–0	Colchester United	Workington
	Unknown goalscorer	Report		Stadium: Borough Park Attendance: 3,001

League Cup

2 September 1964 (1964-09-02) 1st round	Colchester United	1–1	Torquay United	Colchester
	Aitchison	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,218

10 September 1964 (1964-09-10) 1st round	Torquay United	3–0	Colchester United	Torquay
	Unknown goalscorer	Report		Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 4,683

FA Cup

14 November 1964 (1964-11-14) 1st round	Colchester United	3–3	Bideford	Colchester
	Salisbury 4' Langley 27' Trevis 75'	Report	Court 2' Bennett 37' Penny 58'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,566

18 November 1964 (1964-11-18) 1st round replay	Bideford	1–2	Colchester United	Bideford
	Bennett 31'	Report	Connolly 44' Stark 76'	Stadium: The Sports Ground Attendance: 4,513

5 December 1964 (1964-12-05) 2nd round	Torquay United	2–0	Colchester United	Torquay
	Unknown goalscorer	Report		Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 4,724

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

^[7]^[28]

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	Alan Buck	11	0	10	0	1	0	0	0
	GK	RSA	Sandy Kennon	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Duncan Forbes	51	0	46	0	3	0	2	0
	DF	SCO	John Fowler	40	0	35	0	3	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	Richie Griffiths	11	0	9	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	Brian Hall	10	1	10	1	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Mick Loughton	28	1	25	1	3	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Ray Price	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	John Docherty	46	1	41	1	3	0	2	0
	MF	WAL	Tecwyn Jones	25	0	25	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	John Mansfield	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Derek Trevis	51	7	46	6	3	1	2	0
	FW	ENG	Barrie Aitchison	41	4	36	3	3	0	2	1
	FW	ENG	Mike Grice	45	1	40	1	3	0	2	0
	FW	SCO	Bobby Hill	15	0	14	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Arthur Langley	36	13	33	12	3	1	0	0
	FW	WAL	Gareth Salisbury	17	3	15	2	1	1	1	0
	FW	SCO	Billy Stark	30	14	28	13	2	1	0	0
Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season
	GK	ENG	Percy Ames	30	0	26	0	2	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	Edgar Rumney	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Pat Connolly	25	7	21	6	3	1	1	0
	FW	ENG	Noel Kearney	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Martyn King	7	2	6	2	0	0	1	0
	FW	AUS	Tommy McColl	6	1	4	1	0	0	2	0

Goalscorers

^[28]

Place	Position	Name	Third Division	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	FW	Billy Stark	13	1	0	14
2	IF	Arthur Langley	12	1	0	13
3	CF	Pat Connolly	6	1	0	7
3	MF	Derek Trevis	6	1	0	7
5	WG	Barrie Aitchison	3	0	1	4
6	IF	Gareth Salisbury	2	1	0	3
7	CF	Martyn King	2	0	0	2
8	WH	John Docherty	1	0	0	1
	WG	Mike Grice	1	0	0	1
	LB	Brian Hall	1	0	0	1
	CB	Mick Loughton	1	0	0	1
	IF	Tommy McColl	1	0	0	1
		Own goals	1	0	0	1
		TOTALS	50	5	1	56

Clean sheets

Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.^[29]

Place	Player	Third Division	Total
1	Percy Ames	3	3
2	Sandy Kennon	1	1
	TOTALS	4	4

Player debuts

Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.^[30]

Position	Player	Date	Opponent	Ground
WG	Barrie Aitchison	22 August 1964	Carlisle United	Layer Road
CF	Pat Connolly	22 August 1964	Carlisle United	Layer Road
IF	Gareth Salisbury	22 August 1964	Carlisle United	Layer Road
MF	John Mansfield	12 September 1964	Brentford	Layer Road
WG	Noel Kearney	12 September 1964	Brentford	Layer Road
GK	Alan Buck	3 October 1964	Exeter City	St James Park
WH	Tecwyn Jones	10 October 1964	Bristol City	Ashton Gate Stadium
IF	Arthur Langley	10 October 1964	Bristol City	Ashton Gate Stadium
CB	Mick Loughton	7 November 1964	Southend United	Roots Hall
FB	Ray Price	6 February 1965	Oldham Athletic	Boundary Park
GK	Sandy Kennon	6 March 1965	Watford	Layer Road
LB	Brian Hall	6 March 1965	Watford	Layer Road

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.
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: 1965". 11v11.com. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
"TigerBase – Season View". TigerBase. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
"1960/61 to 1969/70" (PDF). Watford Football Club archive 1881–2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 12 May 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.
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^ "Colchester Utd 1–1 Torquay United". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
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^ Hudson, Matt (11 July 2012). "The 1950s and 1960s". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
^ ^a ^b Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 262. ISBN 978-1-85983-629-3.
^ ^a ^b "Appearances". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
^ "Ray Price". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
^ "John Mansfield". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
^ "Barrie Aitchison". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Pat Connolly". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
^ "Gareth Salisbury". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Noel Kearney". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
^ "Arthur Langley". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
^ "Tecwyn Jones". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
^ "John Hornsby". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
^ "Sandy Kennon". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
^ "Brian Hall". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
^ "George Ramage". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
^ "Roy McCrohan". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
^ "Peter Wright". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
^ "Tony Miller". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
^ "Keith Rutter". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
^ "Martyn King". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
^ "Edgar Rumney". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
^ "Tommy McColl". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
^ "Percy Ames". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Goals". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 13 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 14 May 2016.

[DG-8] Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club

[SDG-9] Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game in his second spell for the club

[DG-14] Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club

[FG-29] Date of departure refers to the date of the player's final game for the club

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[Connolly-13] "Pat Connolly". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2016.

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[Kearney-16] "Noel Kearney". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2016.

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[23] "Roy McCrohan". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2016.

[24] "Peter Wright". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2016.

[25] "Tony Miller". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2016.

[26] "Keith Rutter". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2016.

[27] "Martyn King". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2016.

[28] "Edgar Rumney". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2016.

[30] "Tommy McColl". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2016.

[31] "Percy Ames". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2016.

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