1949–50 Colchester United F.C. season

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Colchester United
1949–50 season
ChairmanBill Allen[1]
ManagerJimmy Allen
StadiumLayer Road
Southern League2nd
Elected to The Football League
FA Cup4th qualifying round
(eliminated by
Wealdstone)
Southern League CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague:
Vic Keeble (42)
All:
Vic Keeble (46)
Highest home attendance14,718
v Chelmsford City, 17 September 1949[2]
Lowest home attendance5,352
v Cheltenham Town, 23 March 1950[3]
Average home league attendance8,639[4]
Biggest win8–0
v Kidderminster Harriers, 19 November 1949
Biggest defeat0–5
v Merthyr Tydfil, 26 April 1950;
1–6
v Gillingham, 29 April 1950

The 1949–50 season was Colchester United's eighth season in their history and their eighth and final season in the Southern League. Alongside competing in the Southern League, the club also participated in the FA Cup and Southern League Cup. The club finished as runner-up to Merthyr Tydfil in the league, but despite this Colchester were elected to The Football League at the end of the campaign with the expansion of the League from 88 to 92 clubs.[5] The club won the Southern League Cup 6–4 on aggregate, while they exited the FA Cup at the fourth qualifying round stage following a 1–0 defeat by Wealdstone.

Season overview

Layer Road suffered storm damage ahead of the 1949–50 season, and owing to a shortage of steel, re-construction work was not complete as the season commenced. Manager Jimmy Allen strengthened his defence with the signing of Reg Stewart from Sheffield Wednesday and Bill Layton from Bradford Park Avenue, and by Christmas 1949, Colchester had lost just three of their 28 games played, one of which was the 1–0 FA Cup fourth qualifying round defeat to Wealdstone. The game was one of the first FA Cup ties to be broadcast on television, but on this occasion it was the U's who were on the receiving end of a cup shock.

Colchester had topped the table all season until a fixture-congested April, which saw them held to home draws by Torquay United Reserves and Gravesend & Northfleet, while suffering 5–0 and 6–1 defeats at main title rivals Merthyr Tydfil and Gillingham in the space of three days. Between those defeats, the U's had recovered some pride with a 3–0 Southern League Cup final first-leg win over Bath City. Competing in their fourth match in just five days, a weary Colchester side allowed Bath to lead the second-leg 4–1, meaning the tie would go to extra time. Vic Keeble and Dennis Hillman scored in the added 30-minutes, helping Colchester lift the trophy for the second time.

With Gillingham having defeated Merthyr Tydfil during midweek, all Colchester needed to do in their final fixture was to win at Barry Town to secure the title. However, they were held to a goalless draw and Merthyr Tydfil took the title on goal average. Despite this, Vic Keeble had been the club's top scorer with 46 goals, a record which remains intact. Supplementing this were Fred Cutting's 24 goal haul and Bob Curry's 22, while fellow forward Arthur Turner had spent the majority of the season out injured with cartilage damage.

On 3 June 1950, only Everton and West Bromwich Albion opposed the expansion of the Football League from 88 to 92 clubs by expanding the Third Division North and South, instead preferring another regional league. Of the applications for Third Division South election, Gillingham polled 44 votes, Colchester 28, Worcester City 11, Chelmsford City 8, Peterborough United 5 and Merthyr Tydfil and Yeovil Town just one vote each. Colchester United were elected to the Football League with a Supporters Club membership of over 16,000 and an average gate of over 8,500.[6]

Players

As of match played 6 May 1950.[7]

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 Ken Whitehead
— GK England ENG George Wright
— DF England ENG Doug Beach
— DF England ENG Harry Bearryman
— DF England ENG George French
— DF England ENG Digger Kettle
— DF England ENG Bill Layton
— DF England ENG John Moore
— DF England ENG Ronnie Sales
— DF England ENG Reg Stewart
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW England ENG Bob Allen
— FW England ENG Bob Curry
— FW England ENG Fred Cutting
— FW England ENG Stan Foxall
— FW Spain ESP José Gallego
— FW England ENG Dennis Hillman
— FW England ENG Vic Keeble
— FW England ENG Denis Maffey
— FW England ENG Arthur Turner

Match details

Southern League

Main article: 1949–50 Southern Football League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv1 Pts2 Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Merthyr Tydfil 46 34 3 9 143 62 2.31 71 Southern League champions, no promotion
2 Colchester United (P) 46 31 9 6 109 51 2.14 71 Elected to Third Division South
3 Yeovil Town 46 29 7 10 104 45 2.31 65
4 Chelmsford City 46 26 9 11 121 64 1.89 61
5 Gillingham (P) 46 23 9 14 92 61 1.51 55 Elected to Third Division South

Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Number of goals scored

(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.

Notes:

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

20 August 1949 (1949-08-20) 1 Colchester United 3–0 Weymouth Colchester
Layton
Curry 		Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 9,897
27 August 1949 (1949-08-27) 2 Colchester United 4–1 Headington United Colchester
Own goal
Curry
Keeble 		Report Unknown goalscorer Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 9,203
1 September 1949 (1949-09-01) 3 Gloucester City 2–3 Colchester United Gloucester
Unknown goalscorer Report Cutting
Keeble 		Stadium: Longlevens
3 September 1949 (1949-09-03) 4 Bath City 1–1 Colchester United Bath
Unknown goalscorer Report Bearryman Stadium: Twerton Park
8 September 1949 (1949-09-08) 5 Chingford Town 3–1 Colchester United Chingford
Unknown goalscorer Report Curry Stadium: Newgate Street
10 September 1949 (1949-09-10) 6 Chelmsford City 2–2 Colchester United Chelmsford
Unknown goalscorer Report Allen (pen.)
Keeble 		Stadium: New Writtle Street
14 September 1949 (1949-09-14) 7 Cheltenham Town 1–3 Colchester United Cheltenham
Crowe Report Gallego 48'
Curry Template:Goal"67
Foxall 74'		 Stadium: Whaddon Road
17 September 1949 (1949-09-17) 8 Colchester United 4–1 Chelmsford City Colchester
Allen (pen.)
Cutting
Keeble 		Report Unknown goalscorer Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 14,718
22 September 1949 (1949-09-22) 9 Colchester United 4–1 Worcester City Colchester
Curry
Bearryman
Keeble 		Report Unknown goalscorer Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 8,542
24 September 1949 (1949-09-24) 10 Colchester United 2–1 Gillingham Colchester
Curry
Keeble 		Report Unknown goalscorer Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 10,942
29 September 1949 (1949-09-29) 11 Colchester United 3–2 Hereford United Colchester
Allen
Cutting
Keeble 		Report Unknown goalscorer Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 6,998
1 October 1949 (1949-10-01) 12 Dartford 2–0 Colchester United Dartford
Unknown goalscorer Report Stadium: Watling Street
8 October 1949 (1949-10-08) 13 Colchester United 5–0 Bath City Colchester
Curry
Cutting
Foxall
Keeble 		Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 9,003
15 October 1949 (1949-10-15) 14 Tonbridge 0–2 Colchester United Tonbridge
Report Keeble Stadium: Angel Ground
20 October 1949 (1949-10-20) 15 Lovell's Athletic 1–2 Colchester United Newport
Unknown goalscorer Report Curry
Keeble 		Stadium: Rexville
22 October 1949 (1949-10-22) 16 Colchester United 2–1 Yeovil Town Colchester
Cutting Report Foulds Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 10,632
29 October 1949 (1949-10-29) 17 Torquay United Reserves 3–5 Colchester United Torquay
Unknown goalscorer Report Curry
Hillman
Keeble 		Stadium: Plainmoor
5 November 1949 (1949-11-05) 18 Colchester United 4–0 Lovell's Athletic Colchester
Layton (pen.)
Curry
Keeble 		Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 6,231
19 November 1949 (1949-11-19) 19 Colchester United 8–0 Kidderminster Harriers Colchester
Curry
Cutting
Bearryman
Foxall
Keeble 		Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 7,320
26 November 1949 (1949-11-26) 20 Exeter City Reserves 2–3 Colchester United Exeter
Unknown goalscorer Report Curry
Keeble 		Stadium: St James Park
3 December 1949 (1949-12-03) 21 Weymouth 0–0 Colchester United Weymouth
Report Stadium: Recreation Ground
10 December 1949 (1949-12-10) 22 Colchester United 1–0 Hastings United Colchester
Layton Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 6,536
24 December 1949 (1949-12-24) 23 Bedford Town 2–4 Colchester United Bedford
Unknown goalscorer Report Curry
Cutting
Keeble 		Stadium: The Eyrie
26 December 1949 (1949-12-26) 24 Colchester United 1–0 Bedford Town Colchester
Cutting Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 9,083
27 December 1949 (1949-12-27) 25 Hastings United 0–5 Colchester United Hastings
Report Cutting
Foxall
Keeble 		Stadium: The Pilot Field
31 December 1949 (1949-12-31) 26 Colchester United 3–0 Merthyr Tydfil Colchester
Cutting
Keeble 		Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 9,957
7 January 1950 (1950-01-07) 27 Colchester United 6–1 Gloucester City Colchester
Cutting 33'
Foxall 43'
Lawson 60' (o.g.)
Keeble 67', 70'
Layton 72'		 Report Unknown goalscorer Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 8,329
14 January 1950 (1950-01-14) 28 Colchester United 2–0 Barry Town Colchester
Layton
Keeble 		Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 9,131
28 January 1950 (1950-01-28) 29 Gravesend & Northfleet 2–1 Colchester United Northfleet
Unknown goalscorer Report Keeble Stadium: Stonebridge Road
4 February 1950 (1950-02-04) 30 Headington United 2–3 Colchester United Oxford
Unknown goalscorer Report Curry
Cutting
Keeble 		Stadium: Manor Ground
11 February 1950 (1950-02-11) 31 Colchester United 3–0 Chingford Town Colchester
Curry
Cutting 		Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 7,797
4 March 1950 (1950-03-04) 32 Hereford United 0–1 Colchester United Hereford
Report Curry Stadium: Edgar Street
18 March 1950 (1950-03-18) 33 Worcester City 1–3 Colchester United Worcester
Unknown goalscorer Report Layton (pen.)
Hillman
Keeble 		Stadium: St George's Lane
23 March 1950 (1950-03-23) 34 Colchester United 2–2 Cheltenham Town Colchester
Hillman
Cutting 		Report Unknown goalscorer Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 5,352
25 March 1950 (1950-03-25) 35 Kidderminster Harriers 1–1 Colchester United Kidderminster
McGowan Report Keeble Stadium: Aggborough
1 April 1950 (1950-04-01) 36 Yeovil Town 1–0 Colchester United Yeovil
Mansley Report Stadium: Huish Athletic Ground
7 April 1950 (1950-04-07) 37 Colchester United 2–1 Guildford City Colchester
Cutting Report Unknown goalscorer Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 10,841
8 April 1950 (1950-04-08) 38 Colchester United 1–0 Dartford Colchester
Keeble Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 8,443
10 April 1950 (1950-04-10) 39 Guildford City 1–1 Colchester United Guildford
Unknown goalscorer Report Keeble Stadium: St Joseph's Road
13 April 1950 (1950-04-13) 40 Colchester United 2–0 Tonbridge Colchester
Layton
Keeble 		Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 6,003
15 April 1950 (1950-04-15) 41 Colchester United 0–0 Torquay United Reserves Colchester
Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 7,617
20 April 1950 (1950-04-20) 42 Colchester United 2–2 Gravesend & Northfleet Colchester
Cutting
Keeble 		Report Unknown goalscorer Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 7,549
22 April 1950 (1950-04-22) 43 Colchester United 3–0 Exeter City Reserves Colchester
Own goal
Hillman
Keeble 		Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 8,111
26 April 1950 (1950-04-26) 44 Merthyr Tydfil 5–0 Colchester United Merthyr Tydfil
Unknown goalscorer Report Stadium: Penydarren Park
29 April 1950 (1950-04-29) 45 Gillingham 6–1 Colchester United Gillingham
Unknown goalscorer Report Keeble Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
6 May 1950 (1950-05-06) 46 Barry Town 0–0 Colchester United Barry
Report Stadium: Jenner Park Stadium

FA Cup

Main article: 1949–50 FA Cup
12 November 1949 (1949-11-12) 4th qualifying round Wealdstone 1–0 Colchester United Ruislip
Saunders 28' Report Stadium: Lower Mead
Attendance: 9,549

Southern League Cup

12 October 1949 (1949-10-12) 2nd round Gillingham 0–1 Colchester United Gillingham
Report Curry Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 6,639
21 January 1950 (1950-01-21) 3rd round Chelmsford City 1–2 Colchester United Chelmsford
Unknown goalscorer Report Cutting
Bearryman 		Stadium: New Writtle Street
11 March 1950 (1950-03-11) Semi-final Colchester United 3–2 Tonbridge Colchester
Curry
Keeble 		Report Unknown goalscorer Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 10,130
27 April 1950 (1950-04-27) Final 1st leg Bath City 0–3 Colchester United Bath
Report Hillman
Cutting 		Stadium: Twerton Park
3 May 1950 (1950-05-03) Final 2nd leg Colchester United 3–4 (a.e.t.)
(6–4 agg.)		 Bath City Colchester
Hillman
Keeble 		Report Hawkins
Kelly
Mills
Snook 		Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 7,600

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

[7][8]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Southern League Southern League
Cup		 FA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England ENG George Wright 52 0 46 0 5 0 1 0
DF England ENG Doug Beach 35 0 30 0 4 0 1 0
DF England ENG Harry Bearryman 52 4 46 3 5 1 1 0
DF England ENG Digger Kettle 44 0 39 0 4 0 1 0
DF England ENG Bill Layton 43 7 37 7 5 0 1 0
DF England ENG John Moore 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0
DF England ENG Ronnie Sales 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
DF England ENG Reg Stewart 51 0 45 0 5 0 1 0
FW England ENG Bob Allen 17 3 16 3 1 0 0 0
FW England ENG Bob Curry 42 22 37 20 4 2 1 0
FW England ENG Fred Cutting 52 24 46 21 5 3 1 0
FW England ENG Stan Foxall 51 5 45 5 5 0 1 0
FW Spain ESP José Gallego 8 1 8 1 0 0 0 0
FW England ENG Dennis Hillman 41 6 35 4 5 2 1 0
FW England ENG Vic Keeble 51 46 45 42 5 4 1 0
FW England ENG Denis Maffey 6 0 5 0 1 0 0 0
FW England ENG Arthur Turner 6 0 5 0 1 0 0 0
Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season
DF Wales WAL Bill Bower 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
FW England ENG Len Cater 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
FW   John Sharpe 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers

[8]

Place Nation Position Name Southern League Southern League Cup FA Cup Total
1 England FW Vic Keeble 42 4 0 46
2 England FW Fred Cutting 21 3 0 24
3 England FW Bob Curry 20 2 0 22
4 England DF Bill Layton 7 0 0 7
5 England FW Dennis Hillman 4 2 0 6
6 England FW Stan Foxall 5 0 0 5
7 England DF Harry Bearryman 3 1 0 4
8 England FW Bob Allen 3 0 0 3
9 Spain FW José Gallego 1 0 0 1
Own goals 3 0 0 3
TOTALS 109 12 0 121

Disciplinary record

[9]

Nationality Position Player Southern League Southern League Cup FA Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
TOTALS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Captains

Number of games played as team captain.[10]

Place Nation Position Player Southern League Southern League Cup FA Cup Total
Not recorded
 46 5 1 52

Player debuts

Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.[11]

Position Player Date Opponent Ground Notes
DF England Bill Layton 20 August 1949 Weymouth Layer Road
DF England Reg Stewart 20 August 1949 Weymouth Layer Road
FW Spain José Gallego 20 August 1949 Weymouth Layer Road
DF England John Moore 8 September 1949 Chingford Town Newgate Street
DF England Doug Beach 8 October 1949 Chelmsford City Layer Road [a]
DF England Ronnie Sales 20 October 1949 Lovell's Athletic Rexville
FW John Sharpe 22 October 1949 Yeovil Town Layer Road
  1. ^ Second debut for the club.

Transfers and contracts

In

Date Pos Player From Fee Ref
1 July 1949 FW Spain José Gallego England Southampton Free transfer [12]
20 August 1949 DF England Bill Layton England Bradford Park Avenue £800 [13]
20 August 1949 DF England Reg Stewart England Sheffield Wednesday £1,000 [14]
8 September 1949 DF England John Moore England Brentford £1,000 [15]
8 October 1949 DF England Doug Beach England Southend United Free transfer [16]
20 October 1949 DF England Ronnie Sales England Leyton Orient Free transfer [17]
22 October 1949 FW John Sharpe England Southampton Free transfer [18]

Out

Date Pos Player To Fee Ref
7 May 1949 DF England Frank Stamper England Hartlepools United Undisclosed [19]
31 May 1949 GK England Harry Wright England Guildford City Coach [20]
31 May 1949 DF England Alf Miller England Colchester United Coaching staff [21]
31 May 1949 DF England Wally Nunn England Guildford City Free transfer [22]
31 May 1949 FW Scotland Andy Brown England Kidderminster Harriers Free transfer [23]
31 May 1949 FW England Norman George Free agent Released [24]
31 May 1949 FW England Ray Townrow England Clacton Town Free transfer [25]
10 September 1949 FW England Len Cater England Clacton Town Free transfer [26]
1 October 1949 DF Wales Bill Bower England Sudbury Town Free transfer [27]
22 October 1949 FW John Sharpe Free agent Released [18]

See also

References

General

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.

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 4–1 Chelmsford City". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Colchester Utd 2–2 Cheltenham Town". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Average Attendance Figures Per Season". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  5. ^ Willis, Tom. "Promotion to/Relegation from the Football League by year". Thepyramid.info. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  6. ^ Hudson, Matt (11 August 2013). "The 1930s and 1940s". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
  7. ^ a b "Appearances". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  8. ^ a b "Goals". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  9. ^ "Discipline". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  10. ^ "All matches". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  11. ^ "Alltime- List of Debuts". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  12. ^ "Jose Gallego". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  13. ^ "Bill Layton". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  14. ^ "Reg Stewart". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  15. ^ "John Moore". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  16. ^ "Doug Beach". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  17. ^ "Ronnie Sales". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  18. ^ a b "John Sharpe". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  19. ^ "Frank Stamper". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  20. ^ "Harry Wright". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  21. ^ "Alf Miller". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  22. ^ "Wally Nunn". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  23. ^ "Andy Brown". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  24. ^ "Norman George". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  25. ^ "Ray Townrow". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  26. ^ "Len Cater". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  27. ^ "Bill Bower". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
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