1955–56 Colchester United F.C. season

Colchester United
1955–56 season
Chairman	Bill Allen
Manager	Benny Fenton
Stadium	Layer Road
Third Division South	12th
FA Cup	1st round; (eliminated by; Torquay United)
Top goalscorer	League: ; Kevin McCurley (29); All: ; Kevin McCurley (29)
Highest home attendance	13,176; v Ipswich Town, 26 December 1955
Lowest home attendance	4,811; v Millwall, 11 February 1956
Average home league attendance	7,668
Biggest win	5–0; v Swindon Town, 3 March 1956
Biggest defeat	0–6; v Leyton Orient, 8 September 1955
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1954–55 1956–57 →

The 1955–56 season was Colchester United's 14th season in their history and their sixth season 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 in which the club were eliminated by Torquay United in the first round. The season was Benny Fenton's first full campaign in charge, and after building his own squad over the summer, he led Colchester to their highest position since the 1951–52 season with a 12th-placed finish. This came on the back of two consecutive seasons of successful re-election applications.

Season overview

Manager Benny Fenton assembled his own squad for the 1955–56 season, bringing in goalkeeper Percy Ames from Tottenham Hotspur, while also signing a number of players from Scottish junior football including John Fowler, Bobby Hill and Sammy McLeod.

Fenton's side played an exciting attacking game. They scored 76 goals in the league, with Kevin McCurley scoring a club Football League best total of 29 goals, and strike partner Ken Plant scoring 17. Both players notched two hat-tricks each during the season as the club safely finished the campaign in 12th-place.

Colchester played their first game under floodlights on 28 February 1955 when they beat Reading 3–1 at Elm Park. While Layer Road was still bereft of floodlighting, lighting had been installed for training purposes at the ground.^[5]

Players

As of match played 28 April 1956.^[6]

Name	Position	Place of birth	Date of birth	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
Percy Ames	GK	Plymouth	(1931-12-13)13 December 1931 (aged 23)	0	0	Tottenham Hotspur	1 May 1955	Free transfer
George Wright	GK	Plymouth	(1919-10-10)10 October 1919 (aged 35)	219	0	Plymouth Argyle	May 1949	£1,000
John Wright	GK	Aldershot	(1933-08-13)13 August 1933 (aged 21)	2	0	Colchester Casuals	23 May 1952	Free transfer
Defenders
Brian Dobson	CB	Colchester	(1934-03-01)1 March 1934 (aged 21)	0	0	Amateur	January 1956	Free transfer
George Fisher	FB	Bermondsey	(1925-06-19)19 June 1925 (aged 29)	0	0	Fulham	1 September 1955	£1,000
John Fowler	FB	Leith	(1933-10-17)17 October 1933 (aged 21)	0	0	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	20 August 1955^[a]	Free transfer
George French	FB	Colchester	(1926-11-10)10 November 1926 (aged 28)	3	0	West Ham United	February 1949	Free transfer
John Harrison	FB	Leicester	(1927-09-27)27 September 1927 (aged 27)	205	0	Aston Villa	30 September 1950^[a]	Nominal
Billy Hunt	CB	Colchester	(1934-11-25)25 November 1934 (aged 20)	0	0	Amateur	August 1953	Free transfer
Reg Stewart	CB	Sheffield	(1925-10-30)30 October 1925 (aged 29)	265	1	Sheffield Wednesday	20 August 1949^[a]	£1,000
Midfielders
Bob Dale	WH	Irlam	(1931-10-31)31 October 1931 (aged 23)	55	8	Bury	24 December 1953	£1,500
Benny Fenton	WH	West Ham	(1918-10-10)10 October 1918 (aged 36)	11	2	Charlton Athletic	5 March 1955^[a]	£500
Trevor Harris	WH	Colchester	(1936-02-06)6 February 1936 (aged 19)	1	0	Amateur	July 1951	Free transfer
Bert Hill	WH	West Ham	(1930-03-08)8 March 1930 (aged 25)	38	1	Chelsea	September 1952	£300
Ron Hunt	WH	Colchester	(1933-09-26)26 September 1933 (aged 21)	31	0	Amateur	October 1951	Free transfer
Forwards
Russell Blake	WG	Colchester	(1935-07-24)24 July 1935 (aged 19)	0	0	Dedham Old Boys	8 September 1955^[a]	Free transfer
Bobby Hill	IF	Edinburgh	(1938-06-09)9 June 1938 (aged 16)	0	0	Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare	9 June 1955	Free transfer
Martyn King	CF	Birmingham	(1937-08-23)23 August 1937 (aged 17)	0	0	Amateur	Summer 1955	Free transfer
Kevin McCurley	CF	Consett	(1926-04-02)2 April 1926 (aged 29)	110	35	Liverpool	June 1951	£750
Sammy McLeod	IF	Glasgow	(1934-01-04)4 January 1934 (aged 21)	0	0	Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare	20 August 1955^[a]	Free transfer
Alfred Noble	IF	Hackney	(1924-09-18)18 September 1924 (aged 30)	0	0	Briggs Sports	September 1955	Free transfer
Ken Plant	CF	Nuneaton	(1925-08-15)15 August 1925 (aged 29)	59	19	Bury	January 1954	Undisclosed
Peter Wright	WG	Colchester	(1934-01-26)26 January 1934 (aged 21)	67	13	Amateur	November 1951	Free transfer

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

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
Summer 1955	CF	Martyn King	Amateur	Free transfer	^[7]
1 May 1955	GK	Percy Ames	Tottenham Hotspur	Free transfer	^[8]
9 June 1955	IF	Bobby Hill	Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare	Free transfer	^[9]
20 August 1955	FB	John Fowler	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	Free transfer	^[10]^[a]
20 August 1955	IF	Sammy McLeod	Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare	Free transfer	^[11]^[a]
September 1955	IF	Alfred Noble	Briggs Sports	Free transfer	^[12]
1 September 1955	FB	George Fisher	Fulham	£1,000	^[13]
8 September 1955	WG	Russell Blake	Dedham Old Boys	Free transfer	^[14]^[a]
January 1956	CB	Brian Dobson	Amateur	Free transfer	^[15]

Total spending: ~ £1,000

^ ^a ^b ^c 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	WH	Austin Dunne	Tonbridge	Released	^[16]
Summer 1955	FB	Digger Kettle	Sudbury Town	Free transfer	^[17]
4 May 1955	WH	Jimmy Elder	Yeovil Town	Released	^[18]^[a]
4 May 1955	FB	Fred Lewis	Headington United	Released	^[19]^[a]
4 May 1955	WG	Cliff Birch	Great Yarmouth Town	Free transfer	^[20]^[a]
July 1955	IF	Paddy Leonard	Tonbridge	Free transfer	^[21]
August 1955	IF	Johnny McKim	Clacton Town	Released	^[22]
September 1955	CB	Roy Bicknell	Retired	Retired	^[23]
March 1956	WG	Mike Grice	West Ham United	£9,000	^[24]

Total incoming: ~ £9,000

^ ^a ^b ^c 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	A	H	H	A	AH	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	D	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	W
Position	13	19	22	19	20	22	23	20	21	21	22	21	20	18	14	16	14	13	12	13	13	11	12	12	14	12	12	12	9	9	11	10	11	9	8	9	7	9	8	9	9	10	9	9	11	12

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
10	Gillingham	46	19	10	17	69	71	0.972	48
11	Northampton Town	46	20	7	19	67	71	0.944	47
12	Colchester United	46	18	11	17	76	81	0.938	47
13	Shrewsbury Town	46	17	12	17	69	66	1.045	46
14	Southampton	46	18	8	20	91	81	1.123	44

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches

20 August 1955 (1955-08-20) 1	Exeter City	0–0	Colchester United	Exeter
		Report		Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 11,871

24 August 1955 (1955-08-24) 2	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	3–1	Colchester United	Bournemouth
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	McCurley	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 8,066

27 August 1955 (1955-08-27) 3	Colchester United	3–6	Southend United	Colchester
	McCurley 49', 90' (pen.) Fowler 65'	Report Report	Baron 40' Hollis 53', 62', 74', 82' McGuigan 56'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 8,915

1 September 1955 (1955-09-01) 4	Colchester United	1–0	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Colchester
	Fowler	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,964

3 September 1955 (1955-09-03) 5	Coventry City	2–0	Colchester United	Coventry
	Unknown goalscorer Own goal o.g.'	Report		Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 23,171

8 September 1955 (1955-09-08) 6	Leyton Orient	6–0	Colchester United	Leyton
	Fenton o.g.' Hartburn pen.' Unknown goalscorer	Report		Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 13,483

10 September 1955 (1955-09-10) 7	Colchester United	0–3	Brentford	Colchester
		Report	Towers Taylor	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 7,843

15 September 1955 (1955-09-15) 8	Colchester United	2–1	Leyton Orient	Colchester
	Harrison McCurley	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 7,191

17 September 1955 (1955-09-17) 9	Watford	1–1	Colchester United	Watford
	Marden	Report	McCurley	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 9,326

21 September 1955 (1955-09-21) 10	Norwich City	1–1	Colchester United	Norwich
	Coxon pen.'	Report	Plant	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 13,555

24 September 1955 (1955-09-24) 11	Colchester United	0–3	Reading	Colchester
		Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 8,125

29 September 1955 (1955-09-29) 12	Colchester United	1–1	Gillingham	Colchester
	Stewart	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,208

1 October 1955 (1955-10-01) 13	Millwall	0–1	Colchester United	New Cross
		Report	Grice	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 11,807

8 October 1955 (1955-10-08) 14	Torquay United	1–2	Colchester United	Torquay
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	McCurley P. Wright	Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 7,419

15 October 1955 (1955-10-15) 15	Colchester United	2–1	Newport County	Colchester
	Plant	Report	Johnston	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 8,225

22 October 1955 (1955-10-22) 16	Swindon Town	3–1	Colchester United	Swindon
	Micklewright Owen	Report Report	Plant	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,373

29 October 1955 (1955-10-29) 17	Colchester United	4–1	Queens Park Rangers	Colchester
	McCurley Grice	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 7,339

5 November 1955 (1955-11-05) 18	Northampton Town	0–2	Colchester United	Northampton
		Report	McCurley Grice	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 14,091

12 November 1955 (1955-11-12) 19	Colchester United	4–0	Aldershot	Colchester
	McCurley 10' P. Wright 17' McLeod 37'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 8,695

26 November 1955 (1955-11-26) 20	Colchester United	3–3	Brighton & Hove Albion	Colchester
	McCurley 44', 82', 85'	Report	Foreman Gordon Harburn	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 9,010

3 December 1955 (1955-12-03) 21	Southampton	3–0	Colchester United	Southampton
	Hoskins Day Reeves	Report		Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 11,072

17 December 1955 (1955-12-17) 22	Colchester United	5–1	Exeter City	Colchester
	Fenton Plant Grice P. Wright	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,179

24 December 1955 (1955-12-24) 23	Southend United	4–0	Colchester United	Southend-on-Sea
	Baron Hollis McGuigan	Report Report		Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 8,404

26 December 1955 (1955-12-26) 24	Colchester United	3–3	Ipswich Town	Colchester
	McCurley 32' Plant 70' Parker 83' (o.g.)	Report Report	Parker 37', 87' (pen.) Grant 80'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 13,176 Referee: Ken Aston

27 December 1955 (1955-12-27) 25	Ipswich Town	3–1	Colchester United	Ipswich
	MacLuckie 51' Blackman 53' Reed 78'	Report Report	McCurley 6'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 22,644

31 December 1955 (1955-12-31) 26	Colchester United	2–0	Coventry City	Colchester
	Plant McCurley	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 8,618

7 January 1956 (1956-01-07) 27	Crystal Palace	1–1	Colchester United	Selhurst
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	Plant	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 6,438

14 January 1956 (1956-01-14) 28	Brentford	2–2	Colchester United	Brentford
	Rainford Taylor	Report	McCurley P. Wright	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 8,492

21 January 1956 (1956-01-21) 29	Colchester United	4–1	Watford	Colchester
	Plant McCurley Grice P. Wright	Report	Brown	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 7,699

28 January 1956 (1956-01-28) 30	Colchester United	2–0	Shrewsbury Town	Colchester
	McCurley Grice	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,679

11 February 1956 (1956-02-11) 31	Colchester United	1–2	Millwall	Colchester
	McLeod	Report	Summers	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,811

18 February 1956 (1956-02-18) 32	Colchester United	3–2	Torquay United	Colchester
	Plant	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,906

25 February 1956 (1956-02-25) 33	Newport County	0–0	Colchester United	Newport
		Report		Stadium: Somerton Park Attendance: 5,588

27 February 1956 (1956-02-27) 34	Reading	1–3	Colchester United	Reading
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	Dale McCurley P. Wright	Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 4,667

3 March 1956 (1956-03-03) 35	Colchester United	5–0	Swindon Town	Colchester
	Plant 12', 84', 86' Dale 20' Fisher 44'	Report Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,836

10 March 1956 (1956-03-10) 36	Queens Park Rangers	6–2	Colchester United	Shepherd's Bush
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	McCurley P. Wright	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 7,905

17 March 1956 (1956-03-17) 37	Colchester United	2–0	Northampton Town	Colchester
	Plant McCurley	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 8,333

24 March 1956 (1956-03-24) 38	Aldershot	1–0	Colchester United	Aldershot
	Jackson pen.'	Report		Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 3,874

30 March 1956 (1956-03-30) 39	Colchester United	1–1	Walsall	Colchester
	McCurley	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 9,130

31 March 1956 (1956-03-31) 40	Colchester United	2–4	Crystal Palace	Colchester
	Fenton Bert Hill	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 7,397

2 April 1956 (1956-04-02) 41	Walsall	0–0	Colchester United	Walsall
		Report		Stadium: Fellows Park Attendance: 15,179

7 April 1956 (1956-04-07) 42	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–0	Colchester United	Hove
	Harburn Langley pen.'	Report		Stadium: Goldstone Ground Attendance: 17,364

14 April 1956 (1956-04-14) 43	Colchester United	3–2	Southampton	Colchester
	Bobby Hill 39' McCurley 46', 85'	Report	Traynor 3' Mulgrew 52'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,560

21 April 1956 (1956-04-21) 44	Shrewsbury Town	2–1	Colchester United	Shrewsbury
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	Own goal	Stadium: Gay Meadow Attendance: 6,967

25 April 1956 (1956-04-25) 45	Gillingham	2–1	Colchester United	Gillingham
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	Plant	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,622

28 April 1956 (1956-04-28) 46	Colchester United	3–2	Norwich City	Colchester
	McCurley P. Wright	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 8,004

FA Cup

19 November 1955 (1955-11-19) 1st round	Torquay United	2–0	Colchester United	Torquay
	Unknown goalscorer	Report		Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 8,823

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	Percy Ames	45	0	44	0	1	0
	GK	ENG	John Wright	2	0	2	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Brian Dobson	6	0	6	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	George Fisher	43	1	42	1	1	0
	DF	SCO	John Fowler	16	2	16	2	0	0
	DF	ENG	John Harrison	41	1	40	1	1	0
	DF	ENG	Billy Hunt	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Reg Stewart	42	1	41	1	1	0
	MF	ENG	Bob Dale	40	2	39	2	1	0
	MF	ENG	Benny Fenton	33	2	32	2	1	0
	MF	ENG	Trevor Harris	2	0	2	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Bert Hill	22	1	22	1	0	0
	MF	ENG	Ron Hunt	3	0	3	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Russell Blake	5	0	5	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Bobby Hill	4	1	4	1	0	0
	FW	ENG	Kevin McCurley	47	29	46	29	1	0
	FW	SCO	Sammy McLeod	43	2	42	2	1	0
	FW	ENG	Alfred Noble	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Ken Plant	37	17	36	17	1	0
	FW	ENG	Peter Wright	46	9	45	9	1	0
Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season
	FW	ENG	Mike Grice	38	6	37	6	1	0

Goalscorers

^[25]

Place	Position	Name	Third Division South	Total
1	CF	Kevin McCurley	29	29
2	CF	Ken Plant	17	17
3	WG	Peter Wright	9	9
4	WG	Mike Grice	6	6
5	WH	Bob Dale	2	2
	WH	Benny Fenton	2	2
	FB	John Fowler	2	2
	IF	Sammy McLeod	2	2
9	FB	George Fisher	1	1
	FB	John Harrison	1	1
	WH	Bert Hill	1	1
	IF	Bobby Hill	1	1
	CB	Reg Stewart	1	1
		Own goals	2	2
		TOTALS	76	76

Clean sheets

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

Place	Player	Third Division South	Total
1	Percy Ames	10	10
2	John Wright	1	1
	TOTALS	11	11

Player debuts

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

Position	Player	Date	Opponent	Ground
GK	Percy Ames	20 August 1955	Exeter City	St James Park
FB	John Fowler	20 August 1955	Exeter City	St James Park
IF	Sammy McLeod	20 August 1955	Exeter City	St James Park
CB	Billy Hunt	27 August 1955	Southend United	Layer Road
FB	George Fisher	1 September 1955	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Layer Road
WG	Russell Blake	8 September 1955	Leyton Orient	Brisbane Road
IF	Alfred Noble	27 December 1955	Ipswich Town	Portman Road
CB	Brian Dobson	24 March 1956	Aldershot	Recreation Ground
IF	Bobby Hill	2 April 1956	Walsall	Fellows Park

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.
White, Eric (1989). 100 Years of Brentford. Redditch: Oldfield Press. ISBN 0951526200.

Websites

"Colchester United football club match record: 1956". 11v11.com. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
"Statistics 1955/56". The Millwall History Files. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
"1950/51 to 1959/60" (PDF). Watford Football Club archive 1881–2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 27 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 3–3 Ipswich Town". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
^ "Colchester Utd 1–2 Millwall". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
^ "Average Attendance Figures Per Season". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
^ Hudson, Matt (11 July 2012). "The 1950s and 1960s". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Appearances". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
^ "Martyn King". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
^ "Percy Ames". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
^ "Bobby Hill". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
^ "John Fowler". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
^ "Sammy McLeod". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
^ "Alfred Noble". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
^ "George Fisher". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
^ "Russell Blake". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
^ "Brian Dobson". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
^ "Austin Dunne". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
^ "Digger Kettle". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
^ "Jimmy Elder". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
^ "Fred Lewis". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
^ "Cliff Birch". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
^ "Paddy Leonard". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
^ "Johnny McKim". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
^ "Roy Bicknell". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
^ "Mike Grice". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Goals". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 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 13 March 2016.

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

[DG-12] Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club

[FG-21] Date of departure refers to the date of the player's final game for the club

[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 3–3 Ipswich Town". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2016.

[3] "Colchester Utd 1–2 Millwall". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2016.

[4] "Average Attendance Figures Per Season". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2016.

[5] Hudson, Matt (11 July 2012). "The 1950s and 1960s". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 20 May 2011.

[apps-6] "Appearances". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2016.

[8] "Martyn King". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 14 March 2016.

[9] "Percy Ames". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2016.

[10] "Bobby Hill". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2016.

[11] "John Fowler". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2016.

[13] "Sammy McLeod". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2016.

[14] "Alfred Noble". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2016.

[15] "George Fisher". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2016.

[16] "Russell Blake". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2016.

[17] "Brian Dobson". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2016.

[18] "Austin Dunne". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2016.

[19] "Digger Kettle". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2016.

[20] "Jimmy Elder". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2016.

[22] "Fred Lewis". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2016.

[23] "Cliff Birch". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2016.

[24] "Paddy Leonard". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2016.

[25] "Johnny McKim". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2016.

[26] "Roy Bicknell". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2016.

[27] "Mike Grice". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2016.

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