1962–63 Colchester United F.C. season

Colchester United
1962–63 season
Chairman	Bill Allen
Manager	Benny Fenton
Stadium	Layer Road
Third Division	12th
FA Cup	1st round; (eliminated by; Wimbledon)
League Cup	2nd round; (eliminated by; Northampton Town)
Top goalscorer	League: ; Martyn King (26); All: ; Martyn King (28)
Highest home attendance	7,244; v Southend United, 4 May 1963
Lowest home attendance	3,059; v Bradford Park Avenue, 15 December 1962
Average home league attendance	5,313
Biggest win	4–1; v Brighton & Hove Albion, 10 November 1962
Biggest defeat	0–6; v Notts County, 17 May 1963
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1961–62 1963–64 →

The 1962–63 season was Colchester United's 21st season in their history and their first season back in the third tier of English football following promotion from the Fourth Division the previous season. Alongside competing in the Third Division, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the League Cup. Colchester consolidated their Third Division return by finishing mid-table. In the cups, they bowed out in the first round of the FA Cup to Isthmian League side Wimbledon, while they overcame Watford in the first round of the League Cup only to crash out to Northampton Town in the second.

Season overview

Despite debts of £2,000, the club were not prepared to sell prize forward Bobby Hunt when Newcastle United came in with an offer of £17,000.

During the season, Colchester made their television debut when they featured in the new Anglia Television programme Match of the Week. Highlights were shown on 13 October 1962 of Colchester's Layer Road defeat to Crystal Palace. Martyn King was back on top of the scoring charts for Colchester, leading the way with 26 league goals, Hunt following up with 19. With the defence shipping 93 goals across the season, a mid-table finish loomed for Colchester on their return to the Third Division after just one year away. However, in the FA Cup, they were ousted by Isthmian League Wimbledon in the first round, while they also experienced a second round exit in the League Cup to Northampton Town.^[5]

Players

As of match played 17 May 1963.^[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 30)	335	0	Tottenham Hotspur	1 May 1955	Free transfer
George Ramage	GK	Dalkeith	(1937-01-29)29 January 1937 (aged 25)	0	0	Third Lanark	15 March 1963^[a]	Nominal
Defenders
Duncan Forbes	CB	Edinburgh	(1941-06-19)19 June 1941 (aged 20)	6	0	Musselburgh Athletic	4 September 1961	Nominal
John Fowler	FB	Leith	(1933-10-17)17 October 1933 (aged 28)	298	5	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	20 August 1955^[a]	Free transfer
Richie Griffiths	FB	Earls Colne	(1942-03-21)21 March 1942 (aged 20)	16	0	Colchester Casuals	June 1961	Free transfer
David Laitt	FB	Colchester	(1946-11-01)1 November 1946 (aged 15)	0	0	Amateur	Summer 1962	Free transfer
Mick Loughton	CB	Colchester	(1942-12-08)8 December 1942 (aged 19)	0	0	Amateur	August 1961	Free transfer
Edgar Rumney	FB	Abberton	(1936-09-15)15 September 1936 (aged 25)	25	0	Colchester Casuals	1 May 1957	Free transfer
Keith Rutter	CB	Leeds	(1934-09-10)10 September 1934 (aged 27)	0	0	Queens Park Rangers	26 February 1963^[a]	£4,000
Midfielders
Ron Hunt	WH	Colchester	(1933-09-26)26 September 1933 (aged 28)	142	1	Amateur	October 1951	Free transfer
Roy McCrohan	WH	Reading	(1930-09-22)22 September 1930 (aged 31)	0	0	Norwich City	1 September 1962	Part exchange
Forwards
Mike Grice	WG	Woking	(1931-11-03)3 November 1931 (aged 30)	109	16	Coventry City	18 August 1962^[b]	£1,000
Bobby Hill	IF	Edinburgh	(1938-06-09)9 June 1938 (aged 23)	182	18	Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare	9 June 1955	Free transfer
Bobby Hunt	FW	Colchester	(1942-10-01)1 October 1942 (aged 19)	77	47	Amateur	March 1960	Free transfer
Martyn King	CF	Birmingham	(1937-08-23)23 August 1937 (aged 24)	133	89	Amateur	Summer 1955	Free transfer
Tony Miller	IF	Chelmsford	(1937-10-26)26 October 1937 (aged 24)	0	0	Amateur	May 1958	Free transfer
Billy Stark	FW	Glasgow	(1937-05-27)27 May 1937 (aged 25)	0	0	Carlisle United	November 1962	£3,750
Peter Wright	WG	Colchester	(1934-01-26)26 January 1934 (aged 28)	371	80	Amateur	November 1951	Free transfer

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

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
Summer 1962	FB	David Laitt	Amateur	Free transfer	^[7]
18 August 1962	WG	Mike Grice	Coventry City	£1,000	^[8]^[a]
1 September 1962	WH	Roy McCrohan	Norwich City	Part exchange with Mike Foster	^[9]
November 1962	FW	Billy Stark	Carlisle United	£3,750	^[10]
26 February 1963	CB	Keith Rutter	Queens Park Rangers	£4,000	^[11]^[b]
15 March 1963	GK	George Ramage	Third Lanark	Nominal	^[12]^[b]

Total spending: ~ £8,750

^ Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game in his second spell for the club
^ ^a ^b 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	WG	Colin Lundstrum	Clacton Town	Released	^[13]
Summer 1962	FB	Alf Marshall	Clacton Town	Released	^[14]
Summer 1962	WG	Tony Howe	Haverhill Rovers	Released	^[15]
1 September 1962	CF	John Baines	Lexden Wanderers	Free transfer	^[16]^[a]
1 September 1962	WG	Mike Foster	Norwich City	£3,000 plus Roy McCrohan	^[17]
20 October 1962	CF	David Coleman	Clacton Town	Released	^[18]^[a]
3 November 1962	WH	John Brown	Stenhousemuir	Released	^[19]^[a]
December 1962	IF	Sammy McLeod	Romford	£1,000	^[20]
April 1963	WH	Brian Abrey	Retired	Retired	^[21]
16 April 1963	WH	Trevor Harris	Chelmsford City	Free transfer	^[22]^[a]

Total incoming: ~ £4,000

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Date of departure refers to the date of the player's final game for the club

Match details

Third 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	45	46
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	A
Result	D	W	D	W	D	L	D	L	D	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	L
Position	14	2	6	3	5	7	9	9	13	17	14	8	15	10	9	3	7	11	14	12	13	13	13	14	18	18	19	17	19	17	16	17	17	15	14	16	16	14	12	10	9	8	9	8	9	10

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	Hull City	46	19	10	17	74	69	1.072	48
11	Crystal Palace	46	17	13	16	68	58	1.172	47
12	Colchester United	46	18	11	17	73	93	0.785	47
13	Queens Park Rangers	46	17	11	18	85	76	1.118	45
14	Bristol City	46	16	13	17	100	92	1.087	45

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches

18 August 1962 (1962-08-18) 1	Bradford Park Avenue	1–1	Colchester United	Bradford
	Maxwell 3'	Report	King 1'	Stadium: Park Avenue Attendance: 9,482 Referee: A. Edge

20 August 1962 (1962-08-20) 2	Colchester United	1–0	Bristol City	Colchester
	B. Hunt 44'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,824 Referee: Denis Howell

25 August 1962 (1962-08-25) 3	Colchester United	0–0	Coventry City	Colchester
		Report Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,781 Referee: Ray Tinkler

28 August 1962 (1962-08-28) 4	Bristol City	1–2	Colchester United	Bristol
	Etheridge 18' (pen.)	Report	King 17', 85'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 12,508 Referee: Jack Taylor

1 September 1962 (1962-09-01) 5	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	1–1	Colchester United	Bournemouth
	Spelman 6'	Report	B. Hunt 42'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 9,208 Referee: C. Woan

3 September 1962 (1962-09-03) 6	Port Vale	4–2	Colchester United	Burslem
	Longbottom 4' Grainger 15' Poole 26' Ford 28'	Report	King 27', 52'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 11,729

8 September 1962 (1962-09-08) 7	Colchester United	2–2	Notts County	Colchester
	Hampton 17' (o.g.) Hill 88'	Report	Astle 19' Jones 80'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,524 Referee: J. Cooke

10 September 1962 (1962-09-10) 8	Colchester United	0–1	Port Vale	Colchester
		Report	Wright 39'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,039

15 September 1962 (1962-09-15) 9	Colchester United	2–2	Northampton Town	Colchester
	B. Hunt 34' Wright 69'	Report	Ashworth 26', 51'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,512 Referee: Norman Burtenshaw

19 September 1962 (1962-09-19) 10	Colchester United	1–4	Reading	Reading
	B. Hunt	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 5,207

22 September 1962 (1962-09-22) 11	Southend United	2–3	Colchester United	Southend-on-Sea
	Beesley 22' Smith 59'	Report Report	B. Hunt 4', 30' King 5'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 11,487 Referee: P. Bye

24 September 1962 (1962-09-24) 12	Colchester United	4–2	Reading	Colchester
	King 25' B. Hunt 53', 58' Hill 71'	Report	Wheeler 75' Allen 83'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,999

29 September 1962 (1962-09-29) 13	Colchester United	2–5	Millwall	Colchester
	Grice 57' McCrohan 88'	Report	Stocks 14' Gilchrist 20' Jones 33' Towers 64' Haverty 74'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 7,096 Referee: C. Woan

3 October 1962 (1962-10-03) 14	Shrewsbury Town	1–2	Colchester United	Shrewsbury
	Rowley 35'	Report	Grice 48' Hill 87'	Stadium: Gay Meadow Attendance: 8,261

6 October 1962 (1962-10-06) 15	Hull City	2–2	Colchester United	Kingston upon Hull
	Clarke	Report	King	Stadium: Boothferry Park Attendance: 9,360

8 October 1962 (1962-10-08) 16	Colchester United	3–2	Shrewsbury Town	Colchester
	B. Hunt 52' King 57' Grice 61'	Report	Harley 48' Pountney 55'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,472

13 October 1962 (1962-10-13) 17	Colchester United	1–2	Crystal Palace	Colchester
	McCrohan 25'	Report	Smillie 45', 52'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,371 Referee: T. Dawes

20 October 1962 (1962-10-20) 18	Wrexham	4–1	Colchester United	Wrexham
	K. Barnes R. Barnes Metcalf	Report	Coleman 40'	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 12,750

27 October 1962 (1962-10-27) 19	Colchester United	1–1	Halifax Town	Colchester
	B. Hunt 3' (pen.)	Report	Priestley 39'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,697 Referee: G. Pullin

10 November 1962 (1962-11-10) 20	Colchester United	4–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Colchester
	King 5', 44', 62' Hill 66'	Report	Hannam 10'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,853 Referee: W. Handley

17 November 1962 (1962-11-17) 21	Carlisle United	3–1	Colchester United	Carlisle
	Thompson 48' Brayton 82' Taylor 88'	Report	King 23'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 3,518 Referee: L. Tirebuck

1 December 1962 (1962-12-01) 22	Peterborough United	6–2	Colchester United	Peterborough
	Horobin 1', 27' Sheavills 25', 82' Forbes 41' (o.g.) McNamee 79'	Report Report^[usurped]	Wright 35' King 77'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 11,290 Referee: G. McCabe

8 December 1962 (1962-12-08) 23	Colchester United	1–1	Barnsley	Colchester
	King 86'	Report	Hopper 66'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,071 Referee: P. Bye

15 December 1962 (1962-12-15) 24	Colchester United	1–4	Bradford Park Avenue	Colchester
	B. Hunt 41'	Report	Walker 30' Hector 59' Hannigan 79' Bird 87'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,059 Referee: A. Sturgeon

22 December 1962 (1962-12-22)	Coventry City	A–A	Colchester United	Coventry
	Farmer 25' (pen.) Hale	Report		Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 11,803 Referee: J. Bollough
Note: Match abandoned at half–time with the score at 2–0 to Coventry City due to fog.

16 February 1963 (1963-02-16) 25	Millwall	2–1	Colchester United	New Cross
	Jones 28', 85'	Report	R. Hunt 50'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 9,783 Referee: J. Parkinson

26 February 1963 (1963-02-26) 26	Coventry City	2–2	Colchester United	Coventry
	Bly 2' Humphries 49'	Report	B. Hunt 64', 79'	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 13,062

4 March 1963 (1963-03-04) 27	Colchester United	2–3	Hull City	Colchester
	King Wright	Report	McSeveney Henderson	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,365

8 March 1963 (1963-03-08) 28	Colchester United	1–1	Wrexham	Colchester
	King	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,725

12 March 1963 (1963-03-12) 29	Northampton Town	3–1	Colchester United	Northampton
	Large 4', 43', 78'	Report	King 15'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,981

15 March 1963 (1963-03-15) 30	Halifax Town	1–2	Colchester United	Halifax
	Tait	Report	B. Hunt pen.' R. Hunt	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 5,053

22 March 1963 (1963-03-22) 31	Colchester United	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Colchester
	King 41'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,560 Referee: Ray Tinkler

27 March 1963 (1963-03-27) 32	Crystal Palace	0–1	Colchester United	Selhurst
		Report	Wright 71'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 11,672

30 March 1963 (1963-03-30) 33	Brighton & Hove Albion	3–0	Colchester United	Hove
	Baxter 3' Collins 8' Cooper 75'	Report		Stadium: Goldstone Ground Attendance: 6,153 Referee: Norman Burtenshaw

1 April 1963 (1963-04-01) 34	Queens Park Rangers	1–2	Colchester United	Shepherd's Bush
	Malcolm	Report	Wright 50' Grice	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 7,688

9 April 1963 (1963-04-09) 35	Colchester United	2–1	Carlisle United	Colchester
	King 55' Grice 65'	Report	Livingstone 21'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,282 Referee: A. Moore

13 April 1963 (1963-04-13) 36	Swindon Town	6–1	Colchester United	Swindon
	Summerbee 8' Stevens 44', 46', 50' Hunt 66', 85'	Report Report	King 15'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 12,159 Referee: P. Brandwood

15 April 1963 (1963-04-15) 37	Watford	1–1	Colchester United	Watford
	Harris 11'	Report	King 15'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 6,749

16 April 1963 (1963-04-16) 38	Colchester United	3–2	Watford	Colchester
	Wright 31' Nicholas 53' (o.g.) King 65'	Report	Gregory 30' Harris 76'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,315

20 April 1963 (1963-04-20) 39	Colchester United	2–0	Peterborough United	Colchester
	Grice 36' B. Hunt 82'	Report Report^[usurped]		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,143 Referee: G. McCabe

22 April 1963 (1963-04-22) 40	Colchester United	2–1	Queens Park Rangers	Colchester
	Grice 9' B. Hunt 25'	Report	McClelland	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,556

27 April 1963 (1963-04-27) 41	Barnsley	2–3	Colchester United	Barnsley
	Houghton 57' Rutter 86' (o.g.)	Report	Grice 14' B. Hunt 31' Stark 82'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 5,283 Referee: J. Parr

4 May 1963 (1963-05-04) 42	Colchester United	3–1	Southend United	Colchester
	B. Hunt 50' Stark 54', 85'	Report Report	Jones 43'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 7,244 Referee: Arthur Holland

6 May 1963 (1963-05-06) 43	Colchester United	0–2	Swindon Town	Colchester
		Report Report	Smart 26', 50'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,952 Referee: M. Fussey

11 May 1963 (1963-05-11) 44	Colchester United	3–1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Colchester
	King 65', 78' B. Hunt	Report	Singer 27'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,414 Referee: N. Matthews

14 May 1963 (1963-05-14) 45	Bristol Rovers	2–0	Colchester United	Bristol
	Biggs pen.' Bradford	Report		Stadium: Eastville Stadium Attendance: 9,004

17 May 1963 (1963-05-17) 46	Notts County	6–0	Colchester United	Nottingham
	Unknown goalscorer	Report		Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 4,103

League Cup

6 September 1962 (1962-09-06) 1st round	Watford	1–2	Colchester United	Watford
	Fraser 83'	Report	B. Hunt King	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 4,726

26 September 1962 (1962-09-26) 2nd round	Northampton Town	2–0	Colchester United	Northampton
	Unknown goalscorer	Report		Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,771

FA Cup

3 November 1962 (1962-11-03) 1st round	Wimbledon	2–1	Colchester United	Wimbledon
	Brown 22' Reynolds 76'	Report	King 80'	Stadium: Plough Lane Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Ray Tinkler

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

^[6]^[23]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Third Division		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Percy Ames	37	0	34	0	1	0	2	0
	GK	SCO	George Ramage	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Duncan Forbes	48	0	46	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	John Fowler	49	0	46	0	1	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	Richie Griffiths	26	0	23	0	1	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	Edgar Rumney	11	0	10	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Keith Rutter	21	0	21	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Ron Hunt	34	2	33	2	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Roy McCrohan	33	2	32	2	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Mike Grice	47	8	45	8	1	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	Bobby Hill	31	4	28	4	1	0	2	0
	FW	ENG	Bobby Hunt	47	20	45	19	1	0	1	1
	FW	ENG	Martyn King	44	28	42	26	1	1	1	1
	FW	SCO	Billy Stark	21	3	21	3	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Peter Wright	41	6	38	6	1	0	2	0
Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season
	MF	ENG	Brian Abrey	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	John Brown	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Trevor Harris	20	0	18	0	0	0	2	0
	FW	ENG	John Baines	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	David Coleman	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	Sammy McLeod	10	0	9	0	0	0	1	0

Goalscorers

^[23]

Place	Position	Name	Third Division	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	CF	Martyn King	26	1	1	28
2	FW	Bobby Hunt	19	0	1	20
3	WG	Mike Grice	8	0	0	8
4	WG	Peter Wright	6	0	0	6
5	IF	Bobby Hill	4	0	0	4
6	FW	Billy Stark	3	0	0	3
7	WH	Ron Hunt	2	0	0	2
7	WH	Roy McCrohan	2	0	0	2
9	CF	David Coleman	1	0	0	1
		Own goals	2	0	0	2
		TOTALS	73	1	2	76

Clean sheets

Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.^[24]

Place	Player	Third Division	Total
1	Percy Ames	3	3
2	George Ramage	2	2
	TOTALS	5	5

Player debuts

Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.^[25]

Position	Player	Date	Opponent	Ground	Notes
WG	Mike Grice	18 August 1962	Bradford Park Avenue	Park Avenue	^[26]^[a]
WH	Roy McCrohan	15 September 1962	Northampton Town	Layer Road
WH	John Brown	26 September 1962	Northampton Town	County Ground
FW	Billy Stark	1 December 1962	Peterborough United	London Road Stadium
CB	Keith Rutter	26 February 1963	Coventry City	Highfield Road
GK	George Ramage	15 March 1963	Halifax Town	The Shay

^ Second debut for the club.

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.
Kent, Jeff (1990). The Valiants' Years: The Story of Port Vale. Stafford: Witan Books. ISBN 0-9508981-4-7.

Websites

"Colchester United football club match record: 1963". 11v11.com. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
"TigerBase – Season View". TigerBase. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
"Statistics 1962/63". The Millwall History Files. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
"1960/61 to 1969/70" (PDF). Watford Football Club archive 1881–2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 1 May 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 3–1 Southend United". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
^ "Colchester Utd 1–4 Bradford Park Avenue". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
^ "Average Attendance Figures Per Season". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
^ Hudson, Matt (11 July 2012). "The 1950s and 1960s". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Appearances". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
^ "David Laitt". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
^ "Mike Grice". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
^ "Roy McCrohan". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
^ "Billy Stark". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
^ "Keith Rutter". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
^ "George Ramage". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
^ "Colin Lundstrum". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
^ "Alf Marshall". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
^ "Tony Howe". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
^ "John Baines". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
^ "Mike Foster". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
^ "David J Coleman". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
^ "John Brown". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
^ "Sammy McLeod". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
^ "Brian Abrey". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
^ "Trevor Harris". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Goals". 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 1 May 2016.
^ "Bradford Park Avenue 1–1 Colchester Utd". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2016.

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

[SDG-8] Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game in his second spell for the club

[SDG-11] Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game in his second spell for the club

[DG-15] 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

[2DEB-32] Second debut 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 3–1 Southend United". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2016.

[3] "Colchester Utd 1–4 Bradford Park Avenue". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2016.

[4] "Average Attendance Figures Per Season". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2016.

[5] Hudson, Matt (11 July 2012). "The 1950s and 1960s". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 3 May 2011.

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