1939–40 Colchester United F.C. season

July 2015 July 2015 Colchester United 1939–40 Walter ClarkWhitehead Jeff Drury Kevin The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years 2008 Breedon Books Derby 978-1-85983-629-3 278 Ted Davis(until September 1939) Layer Road Southern League League abandoned Alec Cheyne (2) Len AstillJoe BirchAlec CheyneGeorge Law (2) 4,200v Plymouth Argyle Reserves, 26 August 1939http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?frmListFilter=True&pg=match&pd=1022&fsea=4&fdfaShowAll=&fcomp1ShowAll=&frt=all&fhan=all&it=126 Colchester Utd 3–1 Plymouth Argyle Reserves Coludata.co.uk 1 July 2015 4,200v Plymouth Argyle Reserves, 26 August 1939 4,200http://coludaybyday.co.uk/Statistics/Club%20Stats/LeagueAveragesAttendance.html Average Attendance Figures Per Season Coludaybyday.co.uk 1 July 2015 5–1v Norwich City Reserves, 28 August 1939 1–2v Chelmsford City, 31 August 1939 Home _white_stripes _whitestripes _white_stripes _3whitehoops 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF FFFFFF 0000FF Football kit (white jersey with blue, vertical stripes; white shorts;; and blue socks with white, horizontal hoops). 1938–39 1945–46 The 1939–40 season was Colchester United's third season in their history and their third in the Southern League. Alongside competing in the Southern League, the club were also due to participate in the Southern League Mid-Week Section, FA Cup and Southern League Cup. They were also due to play the Southern League Cup matches remaining from the previous season during the campaign, but only played the outstanding semi-final fixture against Norwich City Reserves. The season was to end prematurely, with competitive football abandoned with the outbreak of World War II. Colchester United played regular season fixtures until 2 September 1939, with the 0–0 draw at Layer Road with Ipswich Town Reserves the final competitive fixture to be played by the club for almost six years. Season overview War loomed over Europe during the beginning of the 1939–40 campaign. After kicking the season off with a win against Plymouth Argyle Reserves on 26 August 1939, Colchester played Norwich City Reserves in the first-leg of the delayed Southern League Cup semi-final, beating their opponents 5–1. After only three Southern League games, World War II was declared, and as with predecessors Colchester Town during World War I, the club closed down, denying the club a chance to earn League football after gaining considerable momentum over the previous two seasons. Colchester United continued to play friendlies against local opposition until December 1939, when the Army Fire Fighting Corp took over Layer Road for drill practice. The ground itself did continued to host matches during hostilities, as a number of high-profile military encounters took place at the stadium. The influx of military personnel through Colchester Garrison ensured that Layer Road played host to a number of star players through the war years.http://www.cu-fc.com/news/article/club-history-the-1930s-and-1940s-230178.aspx The 1930s and 1940s Hudson Matt 11 August 2013 Colchester United FC 30 May 2011 Players match played 2 September 1939.http://coludata.co.uk/content.php?pg=appearances&pd=1010#frmListFilter=True&pg=appearances&pd=1010&fsea=4&fplist=all&flgcup=all&fcompstShowAll=&fdfaShowAll= Appearances Coludata.co.uk 1 July 2015 Name Position Nationality Place of birth Date of birth Apps Goals Signed from Date signed Fee GoalkeepersBilly LightGKENGWoolston1939 6 1 1913 6 11 y420ENG West Bromwich Albion17 June 1938£1,500 DefendersJimmy BakerCB/RHWALTrethomas1939 6 1 1904 5 5 y523ENG Bristol City9 July 1937Free transferJoe BirchLB/RBENGHednesford1939 6 1 1904 7 6 y621ENG Fulham24 June 1938£750Syd FieldusDFENGRomford1939 6 1 1909 5 27 y223ENG Brentford3 July 1937Free transferGeorge LeslieCBENGSlough1939 6 1 1907 7 9 y1011ENG Guildford City9 July 1937Free transferAlf WortonLBENGWolverhampton1939 6 1 1914 4 4 y640ENG Norwich City3 June 1938Free transfer MidfieldersBill MainWHSCOSt Monans00ENG Cardiff City19 August 1939Free transferRobert MorrisLH/RHENGHatton1939 6 1 1913 3 11 y655ENG Norwich City22 July 1938£500 ForwardsLen AstillIL/OLENGWolverhampton1939 6 1 1916 12 30 y4121ENG Ipswich Town20 May 1938Free transferKen BurdittIFENGIbstock1939 6 1 1906 11 12 y00ENG Notts County25 May 1939£1,000Alec CheyneIHSCOGlasgow1939 6 1 1907 4 28 y9456ENG Chelsea13 August 1937£3,000George LawCFENGWellingborough1939 6 1 1912 5 12 y00ENG Norwich City18 June 1939£100Arthur PritchardCFWALNewport1939 6 1 1917 10 22 y9672ENG Yeovil & Petters United28 August 1937DG Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the clubFree transferIvan ThackerCFENGLowestoft52ENG Lowestoft Town18 February 1938Free transferGeorge WallisIFENGSawley7931ENG Bath City28 February 1938Free transfer Transfers In Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.25 May 1939IFENGKen BurdittENG Notts County£1,000http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=36 Ken Burditt Coludata.co.uk 2 July 2015 18 June 1939CFENGGeorge LawENG Norwich City£100http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=37 George Law Coludata.co.uk 2 July 2015 19 August 1939WHSCOBill MainENG Cardiff CityFree transferhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=38 Bill Main Coludata.co.uk 2 July 2015 Total spending: ~ £1,100 Out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.End of seasonLHSCOGeorge RitchieENG Ipswich Town Reserves assistant coachFree transferhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=8 George Ritchie Coludata.co.uk 2 July 2015 End of seasonRHWALGeorge SmithFree agentReleasedhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=16 George Smith Coludata.co.uk 13 August 2015 End of seasonIFENGGeorge MerrittFree agentReleasedhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=34 George Merritt Coludata.co.uk 2 July 2015 4 May 1939RBENGIan HaleyFree agentReleasedhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=20 Ian Haley Coludata.co.uk 2 July 2015 FG Date of departure refers to the date of the player's final game for the club31 May 1939GKENGRonnie DunnFree agentReleasedhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=4 Ronnie Dunn Coludata.co.uk 2 July 2015 31 May 1939LBIRE 1783Cecil AllanENG Colchester CasualsFree transferhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=33 Cecil Allan Coludata.co.uk 2 July 2015 31 May 1939ORENGJack HodgeENG Hereford UnitedFree transferhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=6 Jack Hodge Coludata.co.uk 2 July 2015 31 May 1939CFENGErnie MatthewsENG AshingtonFree transferhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=30 Ernie Matthews Coludata.co.uk 2 July 2015 31 May 1939IR/CFGeorge WilliamsFree agentReleasedhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=21 George Williams Coludata.co.uk 2 July 2015 1 July 1939GKENGDon YoungsFree agentReleasedhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=22 Don Youngs Coludata.co.uk 2 July 2015 21 July 1939WGWALGeorge CrispENG Nottingham ForestUndisclosedhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=3 George Crisp Coludata.co.uk 2 July 2015 31 August 1939IFSCORobert MurrayFree agentReleasedhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=35 Bob Murray Coludata.co.uk 2 July 2015 FG2 September 1939LB/RBENGJoe BirchFree agentReleasedhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=28 Joe Birch Coludata.co.uk 2 July 2015 FG2 September 1939CBENGGeorge LeslieFree agentReleasedhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=7 George Leslie Coludata.co.uk 2 July 2015 FG2 September 1939WHSCOBill MainFree agentReleasedFG2 September 1939LH/RHENGRobert MorrisFree agentReleasedhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=31 Robert Morris Coludata.co.uk 2 July 2015 FG2 September 1939LBENGAlf WortonFree agentReleasedhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=32 Alf Worton Coludata.co.uk 2 July 2015 FG2 September 1939ILENGLen AstillFree agentReleasedhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=27 Len Astill Coludata.co.uk 2 July 2015 FG2 September 1939IFENGKen BurdittFree agentReleasedFG2 September 1939CFENGGeorge LawFree agentReleasedFG2 September 1939IFENGGeorge WallisFree agentReleasedhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=24 Geo Wallis Coludata.co.uk 2 July 2015 FG7 September 1939CB/RHWALJimmy BakerRetiredRetiredhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=13 James Baker Coludata.co.uk 2 July 2015 7 September 1939CFWALArthur PritchardFree agentReleasedhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=26 Arthur Pritchard Coludata.co.uk 2 July 2015 5 January 1940IHSCOAlec CheyneENG Chelmsford CityReleasedhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=1 Alec Cheyne Coludata.co.uk 2 July 2015 Match details Friendlies 1939 08 16 y Friendly Southend United 2–2 Report Colchester United Martin 25Ormandy Pritchard Southend Stadium Southend-on-Sea 1,753 D 1939 09 30 y Friendly Crittall Athletic 1–1 Report Colchester United Unknown goalscorer Law Braintree 800 D 1939 10 07 y 15:00 Friendly Colchester United 4–1 Report 17th/21st Lancers Leslie 25Morris 70Bidewell 71Law 72 Simpson 32 Layer Road Colchester 500 W 1939 10 14 y 15:00 Friendly Colchester United 1–2 Report Crittall Athletic Cheyne 30 Edwards 37Rees 75 Layer Road Colchester L 1939 10 21 y Friendly Chelmsford City 4–0 Report Colchester United Wright 30Shaw 37Burley New Writtle Street Chelmsford 3,417 L 1939 10 28 y Friendly Colchester United 3–3 Report Norwich City Reserves Cheyne 47 75Birch 60 pen. Coleman 30Rose 35Houseago 62 Layer Road Colchester D 1939 11 07 y 15:00 Friendly Colchester United 7–0 Report Officers' Cadet Training Unit Edwards Fieldus Perrett Rees Layer Road Colchester W 1939 11 11 y Friendly Southend United 3–2 Report Colchester United Shalcross Oswald Lewis Mullane 15 18 Southend Stadium Southend-on-Sea L 1939 11 25 y 14:40 Friendly Colchester United 2–1 Report Fulham Reserves Fieldus Birch (pen.) Cranfield Layer Road Colchester W 1939 12 02 y 14:30 Friendly Colchester United 4–0 Report Southend United Birch 30 pen.Rees 45Cheyne Layer Road Colchester W 1939 12 09 y 14:30 Friendly Colchester United 4–3 Report 17th/21st Lancers Little 10Perrett Pendergast Elder 65McCormack Layer Road Colchester W 1939 12 16 y Friendly Colchester United 1–1 Report Chelmsford City Cheyne 25 Jones 20 Layer Road Colchester 500 D 1939 12 23 y Friendly Chelmsford City 6–1 Report Colchester United Beauchamp Burley Jones McCormick Sliman (pen.) Cheyne New Writtle Street Chelmsford 1,300 L 1939 12 25 y Friendly Norwich City Reserves 1–2 Report Colchester United Unknown goalscorer Little Rees Carrow Road Norwich W 1939 12 26 y 14:15 Friendly Colchester United 3–4 Report Norwich City Reserves Potts Simpson Unknown goalscorer Layer Road Colchester L 1939 12 30 y Friendly Colchester United 3–2 Report Dartford Morris 60Fieldus Rozier Layer Road Colchester 200 W Southern League 1939–40 Southern Football League 1939 08 26 y 15:15 1 Colchester United 3–1 Report Plymouth Argyle Reserves Law 14Cheyne 51Birch 85 pen. Olver 88 Layer Road Colchester 4,200 W 1939 08 31 y 2 Colchester United 1–2 Report Chelmsford City Cheyne 83Wallis Burley 10Phillips 35 Layer Road Colchester L 1939 09 02 y 3 Colchester United 0–0 Report Ipswich Town Reserves Layer Road Colchester D Southern League Cup 1939 08 28 y 1938–39 Semi-final 1st leg Norwich City Reserves 1–5 Report Colchester United Coleman Law 57Astill 60Pritchard Birch (pen.) Carrow Road Norwich 1,480 W Squad statistics Appearances and goals http://coludata.co.uk/content.php?pg=goals&pd=1014#frmListFilter=True&pg=goals&pd=1014&fsea=4&fplist=all&flgcup=all&fcompstShowAll=&fdfaShowAll= Goals Coludata.co.uk 2 July 2015 Southern League Southern LeagueCup Billy Light ENG GK 3 0 1 0 Joe Birch ENG DF 3 1 1 1 Syd Fieldus ENG DF 1 0 0 0 George Leslie ENG DF 1 0 0 0 Alf Worton ENG DF 3 0 1 0 Bill Main SCO MF 2 0 1 0 Robert Morris ENG MF 3 0 1 0 Len Astill ENG FW 3 0 1 2 Ken Burditt ENG FW 2 0 1 0 Alec Cheyne SCO FW 3 2 0 0 George Law ENG FW 3 1 1 1 Arthur Pritchard WAL FW 1 0 1 1 George Wallis ENG FW 3 0 1 0 |- !colspan="14"|Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season Robert Murray SCO FW 2 0 1 0 |} Goalscorers Place Nationality Position Name Southern League Southern League Cup Total1ENGILLen Astill022ENGLB/RBJoe Birch112SCOIHAlec Cheyne202ENGCFGeorge Law1125WALCFArthur Pritchard011Own goals000TOTALS459 Disciplinary record http://coludata.co.uk/content.php?pg=discipline&pd=1013#frmListFilter=True&pg=discipline&pd=1013&fsea=4&fplist=all&flgcup=all&fcompstShowAll=&fdfaShowAll= Discipline Coludata.co.uk 2 July 2015 Nationality Position Name Southern League Southern League Cup TotalENGIFGeorge Wallis010001TOTALS010001 Captains Number of games played as team captain.http://coludata.co.uk/content.php?frmListFilter=True&pg=match&pd=1022&fsea=4&fdfaShowAll=&fcomp1=4&fcomp1ShowAll=&frt=all&fhan=all#frmListFilter=True&pg=match&pd=1022&fsea=4&fdfaShowAll=&fcomp1ShowAll=&frt=all&fhan=all All matches Coludata.co.uk 14 July 2015 Place Nationality Position Player Southern League Southern League Cup Total1SCOIHAlec Cheyne101ENGCBGeorge Leslie101left Not recorded112TOTALS314 Clean sheets Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.http://coludata.co.uk/content.php?pg=cleansheets&pd=1035#frmft=True&pg=cleansheets&pd=1035&fsea=4&fplist=all&flgcup=all&fcompstShowAll=&fdfa=1 Clean sheets (1st team) Coludata.co.uk 22 June 2017 Place Nationality Player Southern League Southern League Cup Total1ENGBilly Light101TOTALS101 Player debuts Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.http://coludaybyday.co.uk/Statistics/Player%20Stats/PlayersDebuts/Alldebut.html Alltime- List of Debuts Coludaybyday.co.uk 2 July 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150626101319/http://coludaybyday.co.uk/Statistics/Player%20Stats/PlayersDebuts/Alldebut.html 26 June 2015 Position Nationality Player Date Opponent Ground NotesWHSCOBill Main26 August 1939Plymouth Argyle ReservesLayer RoadIFENGKen Burditt26 August 1939Plymouth Argyle ReservesLayer RoadCFENGGeorge Law26 August 1939Plymouth Argyle ReservesLayer Road See also List of Colchester United F.C. seasons References General Whitehead Jeff Drury Kevin The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years 2008 Breedon Books Derby 978-1-85983-629-3 Specific 2 1939-40 Category:English football clubs 1939–40 season