1961–62 Colchester United F.C. season

Colchester United
1961–62 season
Chairman	Bill Allen
Manager	Benny Fenton
Stadium	Layer Road
Fourth Division	2nd (promoted)
FA Cup	1st round; (eliminated by; Peterborough United)
League Cup	1st round; (eliminated by; Crewe Alexandra)
Top goalscorer	League: ; Bobby Hunt (38); All: ; Bobby Hunt (40)
Highest home attendance	10,653; v Peterborough United, 6 November 1961
Lowest home attendance	3,782; v Oldham Athletic, 23 December 1961
Average home league attendance	5,532
Biggest win	9–1; v Bradford City, 30 December 1961
Biggest defeat	0–5; v York City, 7 October 1961
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1960–61 1962–63 →

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 Fourth 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]

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 29)	287	0	Tottenham Hotspur	1 May 1955	Free transfer
Defenders
Duncan Forbes	CB	Edinburgh	(1941-06-19)19 June 1941 (aged 19)	0	0	Musselburgh Athletic	4 September 1961	Nominal
John Fowler	FB	Leith	(1933-10-17)17 October 1933 (aged 27)	250	5	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	20 August 1955^[a]	Free transfer
Richie Griffiths	FB	Earls Colne	(1942-03-21)21 March 1942 (aged 19)	0	0	Colchester Casuals	June 1961	Free transfer
Mick Loughton	CB	Colchester	(1942-12-08)8 December 1942 (aged 18)	0	0	Amateur	August 1961	Free transfer
Alf Marshall	FB	Dagenham	(1933-05-21)21 May 1933 (aged 28)	30	0	Dagenham	14 October 1957	£25
Edgar Rumney	FB	Abberton	(1936-09-15)15 September 1936 (aged 24)	23	0	Colchester Casuals	1 May 1957	Free transfer
Midfielders
Brian Abrey	WH	Hendon	(1939-04-25)25 April 1939 (aged 22)	0	0	Chelsea	1 May 1961	Free transfer
John Brown	WH	Edinburgh	(1940-03-06)6 March 1940 (aged 21)	0	0	Dunbar United	4 September 1961	Nominal
Trevor Harris	WH	Colchester	(1936-02-06)6 February 1936 (aged 25)	42	2	Amateur	July 1951	Free transfer
Ron Hunt	WH	Colchester	(1933-09-26)26 September 1933 (aged 27)	94	1	Amateur	October 1951	Free transfer
Forwards
John Baines	CF	Colchester	(1937-09-25)25 September 1937 (aged 23)	3	0	Colchester Casuals	January 1960	Free transfer
David Coleman	CF	Colchester	(1942-03-27)27 March 1942 (aged 19)	0	0	Harwich & Parkeston	18 November 1961^[a]	Free transfer
Mike Foster	WG	Leicester	(1939-02-03)3 February 1939 (aged 22)	0	0	Leicester City	May 1961	Nominal
Bobby Hill	IF	Edinburgh	(1938-06-09)9 June 1938 (aged 22)	138	15	Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare	9 June 1955	Free transfer
Tony Howe	WG	Colchester	(1939-02-14)14 February 1939 (aged 22)	10	2	Colchester Casuals	March 1960	Free transfer
Bobby Hunt	FW	Colchester	(1942-10-01)1 October 1942 (aged 18)	30	7	Amateur	March 1960	Free transfer
Martyn King	CF	Birmingham	(1937-08-23)23 August 1937 (aged 23)	87	56	Amateur	Summer 1955	Free transfer
Colin Lundstrum	WG	Colchester	(1938-10-09)9 October 1938 (aged 22)	0	0	Ipswich Town	August 1961	Free transfer
Sammy McLeod	IF	Glasgow	(1934-01-04)4 January 1934 (aged 27)	141	22	Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare	20 August 1955^[a]	Free transfer
Tony Miller	IF	Chelmsford	(1937-10-26)26 October 1937 (aged 23)	0	0	Amateur	May 1958	Free transfer
Peter Wright	WG	Colchester	(1934-01-26)26 January 1934 (aged 27)	323	67	Amateur	November 1951	Free transfer

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

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
May 1961	WG	Mike Foster	Leicester City	Nominal	^[7]
1 May 1961	WH	Brian Abrey	Chelsea	Free transfer	^[8]
June 1961	FB	Richie Griffiths	Colchester Casuals	Free transfer	^[9]
August 1961	CB	Mick Loughton	Amateur	Free transfer	^[10]
August 1961	WG	Colin Lundstrum	Ipswich Town	Free transfer	^[11]
4 September 1961	WH	John Brown	Dunbar United	Nominal	^[12]
4 September 1961	CB	Duncan Forbes	Musselburgh Athletic	Nominal	^[13]
18 November 1961	CF	David Coleman	Harwich & Parkeston	Free transfer	^[14]^[a]

^ 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	John Wright	Great Bentley	Released	^[15]
End of season	WH	Cyril Hammond	Severalls Athletic	Released	^[16]
End of season	FB	John Laidlaw	Clacton Town	Released	^[17]
End of season	WH	Derek Parker	Stowmarket Town	Player-manager	^[18]
End of season	WG	Tommy Williams	Watford	Released	^[19]
Summer 1961	FB	Peter Carey	Aldershot	Released	^[20]
Summer 1961	FB	Alan Eagles	Queens Park Rangers	Released	^[21]
27 January 1962	FB	Tommy Millar	Dundee United	Free transfer	^[22]^[a]

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

Match details

Fourth 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
Ground	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	D	L	D	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	D	W
Position	6	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	3	2	3	3	2

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
1	Millwall	44	23	10	11	87	62	1.403	56	Division Champions, promoted
2	Colchester United	44	23	9	12	104	71	1.465	55	Promoted
3	Wrexham	44	22	9	13	96	56	1.714	53
4	Carlisle United	44	22	8	14	64	63	1.016	52
5	Bradford City	44	21	9	14	94	86	1.093	51

Source: rsssf.com
Note: The number of games played by each team was 44 instead of the usual 46, because Accrington Stanley resigned from the league on March 11 after 33 games. Their results (P33 W5 D8 L20 F19 A60 GA 0.317 Pts 18) were expunged.

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	Carlisle
	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
Note: Result expunged due Accrington Stanley withdrawing from the league with 33 matches played.

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	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	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 13'	Report	Obeney 34' McQuade 45' Brady 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
Note: Result expunged due Accrington Stanley withdrawing from the league with 33 matches played.

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

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

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]^[23]

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

Goalscorers

^[23]

Place	Position	Name	Fourth Division	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	FW	Bobby Hunt	38	2	0	40
2	CF	Martyn King	31	1	1	33
3	WG	Peter Wright	12	1	0	13
4	WG	Mike Foster	8	0	0	8
5	WH	Trevor Harris	4	0	0	4
5	FB	Tommy Millar	4	0	0	4
7	IF	Bobby Hill	3	0	0	3
7	IF	Sammy McLeod	3	0	0	3
9	WH	Brian Abrey	1	1	0	2
		Own goals	0	0	0	0
		TOTALS	104	5	1	110

Disciplinary record

^[24]

Nationality	Position	Name	Fourth Division		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
Nationality	Position	Name
	CF	Martyn King	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
		TOTALS	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1

Clean sheets

Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.^[25]

Place	Nationality	Player	Fourth Division	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1		Percy Ames	12	0	0	12
		TOTALS	12	0	0	12

Player debuts

Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.^[26]

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

Websites

"Colchester United football club match record: 1962". 11v11.com. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
"Chester fixtures 1961/62". Chester-City.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
"Statistics 1961/62". The Millwall History Files. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
"First team 1961–62 Football League : Division Four". Go Go Go County. Retrieved 22 April 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 2–2 Peterborough United". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
^ "Colchester Utd 5–1 Oldham Athletic". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
^ "Average Attendance Figures Per Season". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
^ Hudson, Matt (11 July 2012). "The 1950s and 1960s". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Appearances". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
^ "Mike Foster". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
^ "Brian Abrey". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
^ "Richie Griffiths". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
^ "Mick Loughton". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
^ "Colin Lundstrum". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
^ "John Brown". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
^ "Duncan Forbes". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
^ "David J Coleman". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
^ "John Wright". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
^ "Cyril Hammond". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
^ "John Laidlaw". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
^ "Derek Parker". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
^ "Tommy Williams". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
^ "Peter Carey". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
^ "Alan Eagles". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
^ "Tommy Millar". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Goals". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
^ "Discipline". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 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 28 April 2016.

[DG-7] Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club

[DG-16] Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club

[FG-25] 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 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.

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