1969–70 Colchester United F.C. season

Colchester United
1969–70 season
Chairman	Bill Graver
Manager	Dick Graham
Fourth Division	10th
FA Cup	1st Round
League Cup	2nd Round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ken Jones (16); All: ; Ken Jones (16)
Highest home attendance	7,133 (Peterborough United)
Lowest home attendance	2,571 (Darlington)
Average home league attendance	4,572
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	← 1968–69 1970–71 →

The 1969–70 season was Colchester United's second consecutive season in the Football League Fourth Division.

Season Review

Manager Dick Graham adopted a policy of employing an older more experienced player. He declared: "I believe in signing players who have done something big and giving them a new lease of life". He chose Bobby Cram, formerly of West Brom, and hitherto playing in Canada, to become his captain for his second season at the helm and paid £5,000 for forward Ken Jones to replace the unfortunate injury-hit Roy Massey.

An eleven-game unbeaten home run gave United hope of a promotion push but a crippling injury list, even trainer Dennis Mochan had to dig out his boots, was a bridge too far. United finished tenth but no-one could have imagined the world fame Graham and his ageing side would acquire as the 1960s ended and the new decade began.^[2]

Squad

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	ENG	Graham Smith
––	DF	ENG	Micky Cook
––	DF	ENG	Bobby Cram
––	DF	ENG	Brian Hall
––	DF	ENG	Brian Wood
––	MF	ENG	Terry Dyson


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
––	MF	ENG	Ken Jones
––	MF	ENG	Roger Joslyn
––	MF	ENG	Ray Whittaker
––	FW	ENG	Brian Gibbs
––	FW	ENG	Danny Light
––	FW	ENG	Roy Massey

Player Info

Pos.	Name	Place of Birth	Date of Birth	Previous Club	Date Joined	Fee
GK	Graham Smith	Liverpool	2 November 1947	Notts County	9 August 1969	Free
DF	Micky Cook	Enfield	9 April 1951	Leyton Orient	6 October 1969	Free
DF	Bobby Cram	Hetton-le-Hole	19 November 1939	Vancouver Royals	17 January 1970	Free
DF	Brian Hall	Burbage	9 March 1939	Mansfield Town	6 March 1965	Free
DF	Brian Wood	Hamworthy	8 December 1940	Leyton Orient	14 September 1968	£4,000
MF	Terry Dyson	Malton	29 November 1934	Fulham	24 August 1968	Free
MF	Ken Jones	Keighley	9 February 1941	Millwall	22 November 1969	£5,000
MF	Roger Joslyn	Colchester	7 May 1950	Youth Team	1 August 1967	Free
MF	Ray Whittaker	Bow	15 January 1945	Luton Town	9 August 1969	Free
FW	Brian Gibbs	Gillingham	6 October 1936	Gillingham	14 September 1968	£6,000
FW	Danny Light	Chiswick	10 July 1948	Crystal Palace	24 August 1968	£4,000
FW	Roy Massey	Mexborough	10 September 1943	Leyton Orient	9 August 1969	£5,500

Transfers

Transfers In

Date	Pos.	Player Name	Previous Club	Transfer Fee	Notes
1 August 1969	DF	Alan Dennis	Youth Team	Free
9 August 1969	GK	Graham Smith	Notts County	Free
9 August 1969	DF	Bert Howe	Leyton Orient	Free
9 August 1969	DF	Bobby Howlett	Southend United	Free
9 August 1969	MF	Steve Pitt	Tottenham Hotspur	Free
9 August 1969	MF	Ray Whittaker	Luton Town	Free
9 August 1969	FW	Roy Massey	Leyton Orient	£5,500
6 October 1969	DF	Micky Cook	Leyton Orient	Free
22 November 1969	MF	Ken Jones	Millwall	£5,000
17 January 1970	DF	Bobby Cram	Vancouver Royals	Free

Transfers Out

Date	Pos.	Player Name	New Club	Transfer Fee	Notes
2 May 1969	GK	Tony Macedo	Durban City	£10,000
2 May 1969	DF	Brian Honeywood	Chelmsford City	Free
2 May 1969	DF	Owen Simpson	Southend United	£4,000
25 October 1969	DF	Dennis Mochan	Retired	Free
25 October 1969	MF	Steve Pitt	Corinthian Casuals	Free
2 March 1970	FW	Jim Oliver	King's Lynn	Free
13 April 1970	GK	Ron Willis	Arcadia Shepherds	Free
18 April 1970	DF	Bobby Howlett	Released	Free
22 April 1970	DF	Dave Bickles	Romford	Free
22 April 1970	DF	Alan Dennis	Dover Athletic	Free
22 April 1970	DF	Bert Howe	Romford	Free
22 April 1970	MF	Micky Brown	Wealdstone	Free

Loans In

Date	Pos.	Player Name	Parent Club	Date Returned	Notes
11 October 1969	DF	Eddie Presland	Crystal Palace	8 November 1969
1 November 1969	MF	Malcolm Slater	Leyton Orient	25 November 1969

Results

Fourth Division Results Summary

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Av	Pts
9	Peterborough United	46	17	14	15	77	69	1.116	48
10	Colchester United	46	17	14	15	64	63	1.016	48
11	Chester City	46	21	6	19	58	66	0.879	48

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GAv = Goal average; Pts = Points

Fourth Division Results

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
09/08/1969	Lincoln City	A	3-3	6,761	Gibbs (2), Massey
16/08/1969	Wrexham	H	2-0	5,292	Gibbs, Whittaker
23/08/1969	Notts County	A	1-1	4,901	Massey
25/08/1969	Peterborough United	H	2-1	7,133	Hall, Gibbs
30/08/1969	Port Vale	H	0-0	6,323
06/09/1969	Darlington	A	2-3	3,767	Massey (2)
13/09/1969	Crewe Alexandra	H	1-0	5,084	Massey
16/09/1969	Oldham Athletic	A	2-1	3,993	Massey, Brown
20/09/1969	Hartlepool United	A	0-0	3,667
27/09/1969	Swansea City	H	1-1	5,748	Massey
29/09/1969	Scunthorpe United	H	0-2	6,328
04/10/1969	Newport County	A	1-4	2,996	Whittaker
06/10/1969	Wrexham	A	2-4	11,967	Brown, Hall
11/10/1969	Bradford Park Avenue	H	2-1	4,440	Whittaker, Brown
18/10/1969	York City	A	2-4	3,961	Brown, Hall
25/10/1969	Chester City	H	0-1	3,754
01/11/1969	Aldershot	A	1-1	5,966	Brown
08/11/1969	Southend United	H	0-2	6,021
22/11/1969	Grimsby Town	H	3-2	3,474	Gibbs, Brown (2)
25/11/1969	Northampton Town	A	1-1	3,256	Brown
13/12/1969	Crewe Alexandra	A	1-0	2,670	Jones
20/12/1969	Darlington	H	2-1	2,571	Jones, Gibbs
26/12/1969	Notts County	H	2-1	4,789	Gibbs (2)
10/01/1970	Hartlepool United	H	1-1	3,200	Jones
17/01/1970	Swansea City	A	0-1	8,008
24/01/1970	Workington	H	3-0	4,265	Whittaker, Gibbs, Jones
27/01/1970	Scunthorpe United	A	1-1	6,276	Jones
31/01/1970	Newport County	H	1-1	4,679	Gibbs
07/02/1970	Bradford Park Avenue	H	1-0	2,972	Brown
21/02/1970	Southend United	A	1-2	6,778	Oliver
28/02/1970	York City	H	3-0	3,803	Jones (2), Gibbs
02/03/1970	Chesterfield	H	4-1	5,665	Wood, Jones (2), Gibbs
11/03/1970	Exeter City	A	1-2	4,010	Jones
14/03/1970	Brentford	H	1-1	4,878	Jones
18/03/1970	Workington	A	1-1	2,368	Jones
21/03/1970	Chesterfield	A	0-2	9,257
27/03/1970	Aldershot	H	3-1	6,163	Jones (2) (pen.), Howe
28/03/1970	Exeter City	H	2-1	3,842	Gibbs, Jones
01/04/1970	Chester City	A	0-1	2,580
04/04/1970	Peterborough United	A	1-1	4,165	Jones
06/04/1970	Northampton Town	H	0-3	3,776
13/04/1970	Oldham Athletic	H	3-1	2,921	Whittaker, Joslyn, Hall
18/04/1970	Brentford	A	0-2	4,720
22/04/1970	Lincoln City	H	2-0	2,611	Whittaker (2)
25/04/1970	Port Vale	A	1-1	5,626	Dyson
28/04/1970	Grimsby Town	A	3-5	2,074	Light (2), Gibbs

Source: 1969-70 Season Colchester United Results - coludata.co.uk

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
13/08/1969	R1	Reading	H	1-1	5,165	Massey
20/08/1969	R1 (R)	Reading	A	3-0	11,065	Massey (3)
15/09/1970	R2	Ipswich Town	A	0-4	19,012

Source: 1969-70 Season Colchester United Results - coludata.co.uk

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
15/11/1969	R1	Newport County	A	1-2	4,224	Ferguson (o.g.)

Source: 1969-70 Season Colchester United Results - coludata.co.uk

Squad statistics

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No.	Nat.	Pos.	Name	Total		Division Four		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Nat.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
––	GK	ENG	Graham Smith	46	0	43	0	1	0	2	0
––	GK	ENG	Ron Willis	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
––	DF	ENG	Dave Bickles	36	0	33	0	1	0	2	0
––	DF	ENG	Micky Cook	21	0	20	0	1	0	0	0
––	DF	ENG	Bobby Cram	21	0	21	0	0	0	0	0
––	DF	ENG	Alan Dennis	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
––	DF	ENG	Brian Hall	49	4	45	4	1	0	3	0
––	DF	ENG	Bert Howe	30	1	29	1	0	0	1	0
––	DF	ENG	Bobby Howlett	18	0	16	0	0	0	2	0
––	DF	SCO	Dennis Mochan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
––	DF	ENG	Eddie Presland	6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
––	DF	ENG	Brian Wood	47	1	43	1	1	0	3	0
––	MF	ENG	Micky Brown	36	9	32	9	1	0	3	0
––	MF	ENG	Terry Dyson	15	1	15	1	0	0	0	0
––	MF	ENG	Ken Jones	28	16	28	16	0	0	0	0
––	MF	ENG	Roger Joslyn	45	1	42	1	0	0	3	0
––	MF	ENG	Steve Pitt	7	0	6	0	0	0	1	0
––	MF	SCO	Malcolm Slater	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
––	MF	ENG	Ray Whittaker	41	7	37	7	1	0	3	0
––	FW	ENG	Brian Gibbs	45	14	41	14	1	0	3	0
––	FW	ENG	Danny Light	28	2	24	2	1	0	3	0
––	FW	ENG	Roy Massey	23	11	19	7	1	0	3	4
––	FW	SCO	Jim Oliver	22	1	19	1	1	0	2	0

Scorers

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All

Scorer	Goals
Ken Jones	16
Brian Gibbs	14
Roy Massey	11
Micky Brown	9
Ray Whittaker	7
Brian Hall	4
Danny Light	2
Terry Dyson	1
Bert Howe
Roger Joslyn
Jim Oliver
Brian Wood
Own goal	1

League

Scorer	Goals
Ken Jones	16
Brian Gibbs	14
Micky Brown	9
Roy Massey	7
Ray Whittaker	7
Brian Hall	4
Danny Light	2
Terry Dyson	1
Bert Howe
Roger Joslyn
Jim Oliver
Brian Wood

FA Cup

Scorer	Goals
Own goal	1

League Cup

Scorer	Goals
Roy Massey	4

References

^ 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.
^ "The U's History: The 60s". Colchester United F.C. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
^ "1969–70 Season Appearance Data". coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
^ "1969–70 Season Goalscorers Data". coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2011.

[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] "The U's History: The 60s". Colchester United F.C. Retrieved 26 April 2011.

[3] "1969–70 Season Appearance Data". coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2011.

[4] "1969–70 Season Goalscorers Data". coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2011.

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