1961–62 Colchester United F.C. season

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Colchester United
1961–62 season
ChairmanBill Allen[1]
ManagerBenny Fenton
StadiumLayer Road
Fourth Division2nd (promoted)
FA Cup1st round
(eliminated by
Peterborough United)
League Cup1st round
(eliminated by
Crewe Alexandra)
Top goalscorerLeague:
Bobby Hunt (38)
All:
Bobby Hunt (40)
Highest home attendance10,653
v Peterborough United, 6 November 1961[2]
Lowest home attendance3,782
v Oldham Athletic, 23 December 1961[3]
Average home league attendance5,532[4]
Biggest win9–1
v Bradford City, 30 December 1961
Biggest defeat0–5
v York City, 7 October 1961

The 1961–62 season was Colchester United's 20th season in their history and their first-ever season in the fourth tier of English football, the Fourth Division. Alongside competing in the Third Division, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the League Cup.

Colchester bounced back to the Third Division at the first time of asking, earning their first promotion in the club's history by finishing as runners-up. By the end of the campaign, Colchester trailed Millwall by just one point, winning 23 games and scoring 104 league goals with Bobby Hunt the division's top scorer. The club experienced their record victory during the season when they beat Bradford City 9–1 on 30 December.

In the cup competitions, first-round exits were experienced in both FA and League cups. Colchester were beaten at home to Crewe Alexandra in September in the League Cup, while it took Peterborough United three attempts to overcome Colchester in the FA Cup first round following a second replay.

Season overview

At the end of a very disappointing 1960–61 season, manager Benny Fenton cut his playing squad by ten players, with players including Neil Langman, Chic Milligan and Tommy Williams all released. The club was over £3,300 in debt, and so a fresh start required for the new season with a new, slimline squad. Just 17 players would be used in the new campaign, with eight of those playing over 40 of the 44 league games possible.

The season started well for Colchester, unbeaten in their first nine league games and scoring 31 goals in the first eight home games to top the Fourth Division table.

During Colchester's heaviest defeat of the season, a 5–0 reverse at York City, the 20-month old son of full-back Tommy Millar drowned in a garden pond accident while Millar was playing in the game. This tragedy would also spell the end of Millar's Colchester career when he left to return to Scotland in early 1962. This coincided with a poor run of form and the club slipped to third in the table.

On the back of a 4–1 Boxing Day defeat to Bradford City, Colchester set their record club victory in the return fixture at Layer Road on 30 December. Both Bobby Hunt and strike-partner Martyn King scored four goals each, with Bobby Hill scoring the other as Colchester ran out 9–1 winners. A 4–0 victory at Accrington Stanley saw United regain the top spot from Wrexham, but just a few weeks later, Accrington folded and Colchester's 3–2 and 4–0 wins were expunged.

Defeats to Millwall and Wrexham cost Colchester the championship. Millwall took the title by one point as United finished runners-up with eleven away defeats proving costly. Of the record 104 goals scored in the league during the season, 78 came at home, while Martyn King broke his seasonal record by scoring 31 league goals only to be surpassed by Bobby Hunt with 38, a new club record. Hunt scored three hat-tricks on his way to his tally of 38 with two of those four goal hauls.[5]

Players

As of match played 30 April 1962.[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK England ENG Percy Ames
— DF England ENG Brian Abrey
— DF Scotland SCO Duncan Forbes
— DF Scotland SCO John Fowler
— DF England ENG Richie Griffiths
— DF England ENG Trevor Harris
— DF England ENG Ron Hunt
— DF England ENG Alf Marshall
— DF England ENG Edgar Rumney
— FW England ENG John Baines
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW England ENG David Coleman
— FW England ENG Mike Foster
— FW Scotland SCO Bobby Hill
— FW England ENG Tony Howe
— FW England ENG Bobby Hunt
— FW England ENG Martyn King
— FW England ENG Colin Lundstrum
— FW Scotland SCO Sammy McLeod
— FW England ENG Peter Wright

Match details

Fourth Division

Main article: 1961–62 Football League

Fourth Division results round by round

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  Win   Draw   Loss

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv1 Pts2 Notes
1 Millwall (C, P) 44 23 10 11 87 62 1.403 56 Champions, promoted
2 Colchester United (P) 44 23 9 12 104 71 1.465 55 Promoted
3 Wrexham (P) 44 22 9 13 96 56 1.714 53
4 Carlisle United (P) 44 22 8 14 64 63 1.016 52
5 Bradford City 44 21 9 14 94 86 1.093 51

1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season.

2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

Matches

19 August 1961 (1961-08-19) 1 Colchester United 3–0 Stockport County Colchester
B. Hunt
King
Wright 		Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 4,318
21 August 1961 (1961-08-21) 2 Colchester United 2–0 Carlisle United Colchester
King 80'
Millar 87'		 Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 4,979
26 August 1961 (1961-08-26) 3 Oldham Athletic 2–2 Colchester United Oldham
Shackleton 22'
Johnstone 61'		 Report Foster 9'
King 52'		 Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 15,746
29 August 1961 (1961-08-29) 4 Carlisle United 1–1 Colchester United Carlsile
Unknown goalscorer Report King Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 8,547
2 September 1961 (1961-09-02) Colchester United 3–2 Accrington Stanley Colchester
King
Millar 		Report Unknown goalscorer Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 5,129
5 September 1961 (1961-09-05) 5 Doncaster Rovers 1–4 Colchester United Doncaster
Unknown goalscorer Report B. Hunt
King
Foster 		Stadium: Belle Vue
Attendance: 3,705
9 September 1961 (1961-09-09) 6 Darlington 0–2 Colchester United Darlington
Report B. Hunt
King 		Stadium: Feethams
Attendance: 8,958
16 September 1961 (1961-09-16) 7 Colchester United 6–1 Hartlepools United Colchester
B. Hunt
Foster
Millar 		Report
Report		 Edgar Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 5,036
21 September 1961 (1961-09-21) 8 Workington 1–2 Colchester United Workington
Unknown goalscorer Report B. Hunt
King 		Stadium: Borough Park
Attendance: 5,914
23 September 1961 (1961-09-23) 9 Southport 3–0 Colchester United Southport
Blain
Blore
Jones 		Report
Report		 Stadium: Haig Avenue
Attendance: 5,258
25 September 1961 (1961-09-25) 10 Colchester United 6–1 Workington Colchester
B. Hunt
King
Wright
Harris pen.'		 Report Unknown goalscorer Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 5,961
30 September 1961 (1961-09-30) 11 Colchester United 3–0 Tranmere Rovers Colchester
B. Hunt
King 		Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 6,446
2 October 1961 (1961-10-02) 12 Colchester United 5–2 Chester City Colchester
B. Hunt
McLeod
Millar 		Report Clarke
Davies 		Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 7,148
7 October 1961 (1961-10-07) 13 York City 5–0 Colchester United Colchester
Unknown goalscorer Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 5,714
11 October 1961 (1961-10-11) 14 Chester City 2–2 Colchester United Chester
Clarke
Davies 		Report B. Hunt
King 		Stadium: Sealand Road
Attendance: 7,186
14 October 1961 (1961-10-14) 15 Colchester United 3–3 Chesterfield Colchester
B. Hunt
McLeod
Harris 		Report Unknown goalscorer Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 6,043
21 October 1961 (1961-10-21) 16 Gillingham 2–1 Colchester United Gillingham
Unknown goalscorer Report B. Hunt Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 8,962
28 October 1961 (1961-10-28) 17 Colchester United 2–2 Millwall Colchester
B. Hunt 30'
Abrey 87'
King Red card 13'		 Report Obeney 34'
McQuade 45'
Brady Red card 13'		 Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 6,868
11 November 1961 (1961-11-11) 18 Colchester United 1–1 Barrow Colchester
B. Hunt Report Unknown goalscorer Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 4,553
18 November 1961 (1961-11-18) 19 Rochdale 0–1 Colchester United Rochdale
Report B. Hunt Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 4,618
2 December 1961 (1961-12-02) 20 Exeter City 0–2 Colchester United Exeter
Report B. Hunt Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 4,530
9 December 1961 (1961-12-09) 21 Colchester United 2–4 Wrexham Colchester
B. Hunt
King 		Report Unknown goalscorer Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 5,587
16 December 1961 (1961-12-16) 22 Stockport County 1–4 Colchester United Stockport
Ward Report B. Hunt
King
Wright 		Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 2,803
23 December 1961 (1961-12-23) 23 Colchester United 5–1 Oldham Athletic Colchester
B. Hunt
King
Wright 		Report Unknown goalscorer Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 3,782
26 December 1961 (1961-12-26) 24 Bradford City 4–1 Colchester United Bradford
Unknown goalscorer Report King Stadium: Valley Parade
Attendance: 5,571
30 December 1961 (1961-12-30) 25 Colchester United 9–1 Bradford City Colchester
Hill 1'
B. Hunt 28' (pen.)
King 34'		 Report Tait 18' Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 4,415
Referee: J. Finney
13 January 1962 (1962-01-13) Accrington Stanley 0–4 Colchester United Accrington
Report B. Hunt
Foster
Wright 		Stadium: Peel Park
Attendance: 1,411
15 January 1962 (1962-01-15) 26 Mansfield Town 4–0 Colchester United Mansfield
Unknown goalscorer Report Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 5,880
20 January 1962 (1962-01-20) 27 Colchester United 2–0 Darlington Colchester
King 68'
B. Hunt 85'		 Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 4,923
27 January 1962 (1962-01-27) 28 Colchester United 5–3 Crewe Alexandra Colchester
Wright 14'
B. Hunt 17', 79'
King 36'
Harris 60' (pen.)		 Report Wheatley 27'
Smith 59'
Morgans 		Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 5,435
3 February 1962 (1962-02-03) 29 Hartlepools United 1–1 Colchester United Hartlepool
Bircham Report
Report		 King 25' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 6,738
Referee: P. Rhodes
10 February 1962 (1962-02-10) 30 Colchester United 2–0 Southport Colchester
B. Hunt 4'
Hill 83'		 Report
Report		 Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 5,379
17 February 1962 (1962-02-17) 31 Tranmere Rovers 5–2 Colchester United Birkenhead
Unknown goalscorer Report King
Wright 		Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 6,481
24 February 1962 (1962-02-24) 32 Colchester United 3–1 York City Colchester
Wright 32'
B. Hunt
King 		Report Fountain Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 4,633
Referee: E. Jennings
3 March 1962 (1962-03-03) 33 Chesterfield 4–1 Colchester United Chesterfield
Poole 5', 36', 40' Report King 27' Stadium: Saltergate
Attendance: 2,906
10 March 1962 (1962-03-10) 34 Colchester United 6–0 Gillingham Colchester
Foster 7', 80'
King 27'
Hill 47'
Wright 51'
B. Hunt 61'		 Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 4,503
Referee: C. Woan
17 March 1962 (1962-03-17) 35 Millwall 2–0 Colchester United New Cross
Broadfoot 13', 64' Report Stadium: The Old Den
Attendance: 16,585
Referee: G. Pullin
23 March 1962 (1962-03-23) 36 Colchester United 2–0 Mansfield Town Colchester
Foster 18'
King 78'		 Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 5,730
31 March 1962 (1962-03-31) 37 Barrow 4–0 Colchester United Barrow-in-Furness
Howard 39'
Kemp 74'
Robertson 82'
Maddison 88'		 Report Stadium: Holker Street
Attendance: 3,672
Referee: H. Wilson
7 April 1962 (1962-04-07) 38 Colchester United 1–1 Rochdale Colchester
B. Hunt 70' Report Richardson 79' Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 4,616
14 April 1962 (1962-04-14) 39 Crewe Alexandra 4–0 Colchester United Crewe
Lord 10', 88'
Tighe 42'
Wheatley 89'		 Report Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 6,456
Referee: P. Brandwood
20 April 1962 (1962-04-20) 40 Colchester United 3–0 Aldershot Colchester
Wright 47'
Harris 76' (pen.)
McLeod 90'		 Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 6,399
Referee: J. Cooke
21 April 1962 (1962-04-21) 41 Colchester United 2–1 Exeter City Colchester
King 17'
Wright 60'		 Report Unknown goalscorer Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 5,530
23 April 1962 (1962-04-23) 42 Aldershot 1–0 Colchester United Aldershot
Norris 18' Report Stadium: Recreation Ground
Attendance: 6,338
Referee: A. Mason
28 April 1962 (1962-04-28) 43 Wrexham 0–0 Colchester United Wrexham
Report Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 16,027
30 April 1962 (1962-04-30) 44 Colchester United 5–3 Doncaster Rovers Colchester
King 40'
B. Hunt 41', 43', 58', 60' (pen.)		 Report Larkin 35', 61' (pen.)
Bonson 80'		 Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 6,108

League Cup

Main article: 1961–62 Football League Cup
13 September 1961 (1961-09-13) 1st round Colchester United 1–2 Crewe Alexandra Colchester
King Report Unknown goalscorer Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 4,806

FA Cup

Main article: 1961–62 FA Cup
4 November 1961 (1961-11-04) 1st round Peterborough United 3–3 Colchester United Peterborough
McNamee 43'
Bly 48'
Hudson 69'		 Report
Report		 Abrey 75'
Wright 84'
B. Hunt 87'		 Stadium: London Road Stadium
Attendance: 16,469
Referee: T. Dawes
6 November 1961 (1961-11-06) 1st round replay Colchester United 2–2 Peterborough United Colchester
King 40'
B. Hunt 86'		 Report
Report		 Bly 75'
Emery 88'		 Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 10,653
13 November 1961 (1961-11-13) 1st round 2nd replay Colchester United 0–3 Peterborough United Norwich
Report
Report		 Hudson 11', 31', 43' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 11,857

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

[6][7]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Third Division
South		 FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England ENG Percy Ames 48 0 44 0 3 0 1 0
DF England ENG Brian Abrey 42 2 38 1 3 1 1 0\
DF Scotland SCO Duncan Forbes 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO John Fowler 48 0 44 0 3 0 1 0
DF England ENG Richie Griffiths 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0
DF England ENG Trevor Harris 47 4 43 4 3 0 1 0
DF England ENG Ron Hunt 48 0 44 0 3 0 1 0
DF England ENG Edgar Rumney 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
FW England ENG David Coleman 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW England ENG Mike Foster 40 8 36 8 3 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Bobby Hill 44 3 40 3 3 0 1 0
FW England ENG Bobby Hunt 47 40 43 38 3 2 1 0
FW England ENG Martyn King 46 33 43 31 2 1 1 1
FW England ENG Colin Lundstrum 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Sammy McLeod 13 3 12 3 1 0 0 0
FW England ENG Peter Wright 48 13 44 12 3 1 1 0
Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season
DF Scotland SCO Tommy Millar 31 4 27 4 3 0 1 0

Goalscorers

[7]

Place Nation Position Name Third Divison South FA Cup League Cup Total
1 England FW Bobby Hunt 38 2 0 40
2 England FW Martyn King 31 1 1 33
3 England FW Peter Wright 12 1 0 13
4 England FW Mike Foster 8 0 0 8
5 England DF Trevor Harris 4 0 0 4
Scotland DF Tommy Millar 4 0 0 4
7 Scotland FW Bobby Hill 3 0 0 3
Scotland FW Sammy McLeod 3 0 0 3
9 England DF Brian Abrey 1 1 0 2
Own goals 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 104 5 1 110

Disciplinary record

[8]

Nationality Position Player Third Division FA Cup League Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
England FW Martyn King 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

Captains

Number of games played as team captain.[9]

Place Nation Position Player Third Division FA Cup League Cup Total
Not recorded
 44 3 1 48

Player debuts

Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.[10]

Position Player Date Opponent Ground Notes
DF England Brian Abrey 19 August 1961 Stockport County Layer Road
FW England Mike Foster 19 August 1961 Stockport County Layer Road
FW England David Coleman 18 November 1961 Rochdale Spotland Stadium
FW England Colin Lundstrum 15 January 1962 Mansfield Town Field Mill
DF England Richie Griffiths 3 February 1962 Hartlepools United Victoria Park
DF Scotland Duncan Forbes 14 April 1962 Crewe Alexandra Gresty Road

Transfers and contracts

In

Date Pos Player From Fee Ref
1 May 1961 DF England Brian Abrey England Chelsea Free transfer [11]
1 May 1961 FW England Mike Foster England Leicester City Nominal [12]
1 June 1961 DF England Richie Griffiths England Colchester Casuals Free transfer [13]
1 August 1961 FW England Colin Lundstrum England Ipswich Town Free transfer [14]
4 September 1961 DF Scotland Duncan Forbes Scotland Musselburgh Athletic Nominal [15]
18 November 1961 FW England David Coleman England Harwich & Parkeston Free transfer [16]

Out

Date Pos Player To Fee Ref
31 May 1961 GK England John Wright England Great Bentley Released [17]
31 May 1961 DF England Peter Carey England Aldershot Released [18]
31 May 1961 DF England Alan Eagles England Queens Park Rangers Released [19]
31 May 1961 DF England Cyril Hammond England Severalls Released [20]
31 May 1961 DF England John Laidlaw England Clacton Town Released [21]
31 May 1961 DF Scotland Chic Milligan England Clacton Town Released [22]
31 May 1961 DF England Derek Parker England Stowmarket Town Player-manager [23]
31 May 1961 FW England Neil Langman England Bath City Released [24]
31 May 1961 FW England Tommy Williams England Watford Released [25]
27 January 1962 DF Scotland Tommy Millar Scotland Dundee United Free transfer [26]

See also

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.

Websites

Specific

  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 2–2 Peterborough United". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Colchester Utd 5–1 Oldham Athletic". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Average Attendance Figures Per Season". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  5. ^ Hudson, Matt (11 July 2012). "The 1950s and 1960s". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  6. ^ a b "Appearances". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Goals". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  8. ^ "Discipline". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  9. ^ "All matches". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  10. ^ "Alltime- List of Debuts". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  11. ^ "Brian Abrey". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  12. ^ "Mike Foster". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  13. ^ "Richie Griffiths". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  14. ^ "Colin Lundstrum". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  15. ^ "Duncan Forbes". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  16. ^ "David J Coleman". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  17. ^ "John Wright". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  18. ^ "Peter Carey". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  19. ^ "Alan Eagles". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  20. ^ "Cyril Hammond". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  21. ^ "John Laidlaw". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  22. ^ "Chic Milligan". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  23. ^ "Derek Parker". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  24. ^ "Neil Langman". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  25. ^ "Tommy Williams". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  26. ^ "Tommy Millar". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
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