1979–80 Colchester United F.C. season

April 2018 April 2018 Colchester United 1979–80 Jack RippingaleWhitehead Jeff Drury Kevin The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years 2008 Breedon Books Derby 978-1-85983-629-3 278 Bobby Roberts Layer Road Third Division 5th FA Cup 3rd round(eliminated byReading) League Cup 2nd round(eliminated byAston Villa) Trevor Lee (17) Trevor Lee (18) 6,221v Aston Villa, 28 August 1979http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=match&pd=1022&sort=shan&order=asc&fsea=40&frt=all&fhan=all&it=1831 Colchester Utd 0–2 Aston Villa Coludata.co.uk 14 April 2018 2,346v Mansfield Town, 18 September 1979http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=match&pd=1022&sort=shan&order=asc&fsea=40&frt=all&fhan=all&it=1836 Colchester Utd 2–1 Mansfield Town Coludata.co.uk 14 April 2018 3,932http://coludaybyday.co.uk/Statistics/Club%20Stats/LeagueAveragesAttendance.html Average Attendance Figures Per Season Coludaybyday.co.uk 14 April 2018 26 June 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150626124236/http://coludaybyday.co.uk/Statistics/Club%20Stats/LeagueAveragesAttendance.html dead 6–1v Brentford, 22 March 1980 0–3v Rotherham United, 25 August 1979v Chesterfield, 8 September 1979v Blackburn Rovers, 27 October 1979v Sheffield Wednesday, 2 February 1980 Home _linesonwhite _3stripesonwhite _linesonwhite _adidaswhite _color_3_stripes_blue 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF FFFFFF Football kit (white jersey with blue, vertical stripes; blue shorts; and white socks). 1978–79 1980–81 The 1979–80 season was Colchester United's 38th season in their history and third successive season in third tier of English football, the Third Division. Alongside competing in the Third Division, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the League Cup. An excellent season in the league took Colchester to their highest finish since the 1956–57 season with fifth position, having occupied the top four spots for the majority of the campaign. Colchester exited the FA Cup in round three to Reading, while they fell to defeat after a penalty shoot-out to First Division side Aston Villa. Season overview With a very much unchanged squad from the previous campaign, Colchester faced First Division opposition in the League Cup second round after beating Watford over two legs in the first round. Rekindling memories of the Quarter-final tie five years prior, the U's were drawn at home to Aston Villa, who won 2–0 at Layer Road. However, in the away fixture at Villa Park, Colchester earned a 2–0 victory to take the tie to extra time and penalties. The penalty takers were successful enough that it was necessary for the goalkeepers to take their turns. Mike Walker stepped up to take his penalty for Colchester and missed, meaning the U's bowed out 9–8. Keeping track with the league leaders for much of the season – and even being level on points with first-placed Sheffield United at one stage – Colchester had ten away wins to their name before successive defeats to Blackpool, Blackburn Rovers and Reading in February and March 1980. Injuries to Steve Foley and Bobby Gough contributed to the U's downturn in form, and having occupied a top four spot for much of the season, Colchester had to be content with a fifth-place finish, six points short of the promotion places. It was the closest United had come to Second Division football since the 1956–57 season, but attendances weren't reflective of on-field performance, with a league average gate of 3,818, the third-lowest in the division ahead of Wimbledon and Chester.https://www.cu-fc.com/news/2012/july/the-1970s-and-1980s/ The 1970s and 1980s Hudson Matt 11 July 2012 Colchester United FC 25 April 2018 Players match played 2 May 1980.http://coludata.co.uk/content.php?pg=appearances&pd=1010#frmft=True&pg=appearances&pd=1010&fsea=37&fplist=all&flgcup=all&fcompstShowAll=&fdfaShowAll= Appearances Coludata.co.uk 18 February 2018 Name Position Nationality Place of birth Date of birth Apps Goals Signed from Date signed Fee GoalkeepersIan CranstoneGKENGRochford00ENG Tottenham HotspurSummer 1977Free transferBobby HamiltonGK00UnknownSummer 1977Mike WalkerGKWALColwyn Bay1979 6 1 1945 11 28 y3120ENG WatfordJuly 1973£4,000 DefendersMicky CookFBENGEnfield1979 6 1 1951 4 9 y45115ENG Orient1 March 1969Free transferLeo CusenzaFBENGEdmonton1979 6 1 1963 2 20 y00ApprenticeSummer 1979Free transferSteve DowmanCBENGIlford1979 6 1 1958 4 15 y14124Apprentice24 August 1976DGFree transferMick PackerFBENGWillesden1979 6 1 1950 4 20 y26814ENG WatfordJuly 1973Free transferSteve WignallCBENGLiverpool1979 6 1 1954 9 17 y896ENG Doncaster RoversSeptember 1977£5,000Steve WrightCBENGClacton-on-Sea1979 6 1 1959 6 16 y431ENG Woods Athletic1 October 1977Free transfer MidfieldersRussell CottonMFENGWellington1979 6 1 1960 4 4 y30Apprentice26 October 1977Free transferTony EvansMFENGColchester1979 6 1 1960 3 14 y162Apprentice4 March 1978DGFree transferSteve FoleyMFENGClacton-on-Sea1979 6 1 1953 6 21 y22643ApprenticeJuly 1969Free transferSteve LeslieMFENGHornsey1979 6 1 1952 9 4 y29040Apprentice20 April 1971DG Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the clubFree transferEddie RowlesMFENGGosport1979 6 1 1951 3 10 y328ENG Darlington26 December 1977DG£15,000 ForwardsIan AllinsonWGENGHitchin1979 6 1 1957 10 1 y15919ApprenticeSummer 1974Free transferBobby GoughFWENGLadywood1979 6 1 1949 7 20 y17563ENG SouthportJanuary 1976£7,000Gary HarveyFWENGColchester1979 6 1 1961 11 19 y00ApprenticeMarch 1978Free transferBobby HodgeWGENGExeter1979 6 1 1952 4 30 y384ENG Exeter CitySeptember 1978£15,000Trevor LeeFWENGLewisham1979 6 1 1954 6 3 y3212ENG MillwallNovember 1978£15,000 Transfers In Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.Summer 1979FBENGLeo CusenzaApprenticeFree transferhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=391 Leo Cusenza Coludata.co.uk 17 April 2018 Total spending: ~ £0 Out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.31 August 1979MFENGRay BunkellColchester United reserve team managerFree transferhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=358 Ray Bunkell Coludata.co.uk 15 April 2018 FG Date of departure refers to the date of the player's final game for the club26 December 1979MFENGPaul DyerENG Gravesend & NorthfleetReleasedhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=370 Paul Dyer Coludata.co.uk 15 April 2018 FG Total incoming: ~ £0 Match details Third Division 1979–80 Football League Results round by round table b Round Ground A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H Result W/W/L/L/L/D/W/W/D/W/D/W/W/W/W/L/D/D/L/W/W/D/L/D/D/D/W/L/W/L/W/W/W/L/L/L/W/L/D/D/W/L/D/W/L/W Position 4/1/8/9/19/17/14/10/9/4/3/3/2/2/2/3/3/3/4/2/2/1/2/3/3/2/2/2/2/2/2/2/1/2/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss green1 red1 11v11.com 24 April 2018 League table Third Division y COL Matches 1979 8 18 y 1 Hull City 0–2 Report Colchester United Allinson 35Hodge 81 Boothferry Park Kingston upon Hull 4,463 Peter Willis W 1979 8 21 y 2 Colchester United 1–0 Report Sheffield United Lee 83 Cutbush 1 61 Layer Road Colchester 4,191 Tom Bune W 1979 8 25 y 3 Rotherham United 3–0 Report Colchester United Finney 9Fern 38Gwyther 46 Millmoor Rotherham 3,278 R Toseland L 1979 8 31 y 4 Colchester United 2–3 Report Swindon Town Gough 32Hodge 66 Mayes 26Rowland 42 90 Layer Road Colchester 2,784 Rob Lewis L 1979 9 8 y 5 Chesterfield 3–0 Report Colchester United Hunter 8Birch 73Moss 83 Gough 1 30 32 Saltergate Chesterfield 4,206 J Sewell L 1979 9 15 y 6 Colchester United 0–0 Report Sheffield Wednesday Layer Road Colchester 3,473 D Reeves D 1979 9 18 y 7 Colchester United 2–1 Report Mansfield Town Gough 23Lee 78 Bird 47 Layer Road Colchester 2,346 K Salmon W 1979 9 22 y 8 Grimsby Town 1–2 Report Colchester United Kilmore 27 Lee 66 77 Blundell Park Cleethorpes 6,962 T Mills W 1979 9 29 y 9 Colchester United 0–0 Report Barnsley Layer Road Colchester 3,376 J Martin D 1979 10 1 y 10 Mansfield Town 0–1 Report Colchester United Lee 75 Field Mill Mansfield 3,500 J Hough W 1979 10 5 y 11 Colchester United 1–1 Report Reading Rowles 43 Heale Layer Road Colchester 3,330 H Robinson D 1979 10 9 y 12 Sheffield United 1–2 Report Colchester United Bourne 63 Foley 73Gough 77 Bramall Lane Sheffield 18,712 W 1979 10 12 y 13 Southend United 0–1 Report Colchester United J. Walker 23 o.g. Roots Hall Southend-on-Sea 5,944 T Cox W 1979 10 19 y 14 Colchester United 3–1 Report Blackpool Gough 18Lee 30Hodge 75 Weston 90 Layer Road Colchester 4,383 C Maskell W 1979 10 23 y 15 Colchester United 4–0 Report Wimbledon Hodge 17 pen.Lee 19Gough 77Wignall 86 Layer Road Colchester 4,396 Alan Gunn W 1979 10 27 y 16 Blackburn Rovers 3–0 Report Colchester United Crawford 18Keeley 55Brotherston 85 Ewood Park Blackburn 6,436 J Lovatt L 1979 11 2 y 17 Colchester United 1–1 Report Hull City Gough 86 Moss 36 Layer Road Colchester 4,510 David Hutchinson D 1979 11 6 y 18 Wimbledon 3–3 Report Colchester United Parsons 12 18 pen.J. Leslie 70 Wignall 57Lee 64Gough 80 Plough Lane Wimbledon 2,465 J Bray D 1979 11 10 y 15:00 GMT 19 Brentford 1–0 Report Colchester United McNichol 2Carlton Griffin Park Brentford 9,060 T Spencer L 1979 11 16 y 20 Colchester United 5–2 Report Plymouth Argyle Lee 5Packer 7 58Hodge 23Gough 55 Kemp 42Cook 69 o.g. Layer Road Colchester 3,520 Alf Grey W 1979 12 1 y 21 Millwall 1–2 Report Colchester United Mehmet 56 Lee 8Foley 29 The Den New Cross 7,563 D Letts W 1979 12 7 y 22 Colchester United 1–1 Report Carlisle United Lee 16 Beardsley 76 Layer Road Colchester 4,104 Colin Downey D 1979 12 21 y 23 Exeter City 3–1 Report Colchester United Roberts 5Dowman 68 o.g.Pullar 73 Wright 17 St James Park Exeter 2,648 W Brombroff L 1979 12 26 y 24 Colchester United 2–2 Report Gillingham Packer 7Allinson 16 Overton 50Westwood 75 Layer Road Colchester 5,145 B Hill D 1979 12 29 y 25 Colchester United 1–1 Report Rotherham United Lee 42 Gooding 13 Layer Road Colchester 3,375 M Bidmead D 1980 1 8 y 26 Colchester United 1–1 Report Chester Wignall 76 Phillips 54 pen. Layer Road Colchester 3,251 Ron Challis D 1980 1 12 y 27 Oxford United 0–2 Report Colchester United Foley 32Lee 81 Manor Ground Oxford 3,857 Alan Gunn W 1980 1 18 y 28 Colchester United 0–1 Report Chesterfield Birch 78 Layer Road Colchester 3,763 D Reeves L 1980 1 29 y 29 Bury 0–1 Report Colchester United Rowles 30 Gigg Lane Bury 3,551 P Richardson W 1980 2 2 y 30 Sheffield Wednesday 3–0 Report Colchester United Smith 9 pen. 73 pen.Curran 25 Hillsborough Stadium Sheffield 11,958 George Courtney L 1980 2 8 y 31 Colchester United 2–1 Report Grimsby Town Gough 50Foley 82 Dowman 10 o.g. Layer Road Colchester 5,149 A Robinson W 1980 2 16 y 32 Barnsley 1–2 Report Colchester United Glavin 83 pen. Dowman 25Rowles 30 Oakwell Barnsley 11,309 J Sewell W 1980 2 22 y 33 Colchester United 2–1 Report Southend United Rowles 44Leslie 79 Spence 38 Layer Road Colchester 6,135 W 1980 2 29 y 34 Blackpool 1–0 Report Colchester United Kellow 40 Bloomfield Road Blackpool 5,594 M Ashley L 1980 3 8 y 35 Colchester United 0–1 Report Blackburn Rovers Crawford 24 Layer Road Colchester 4,957 D Hedges L 1980 3 14 y 36 Reading 2–0 Report Colchester United Joslyn 34Sanchez 39 Elm Park Reading 5,444 G Napthine L 1980 3 22 y 37 Colchester United 6–1 Report Brentford Foley 6 67Lee 48 78Dowman 70Rowles 87 Funnell 60 Layer Road Colchester 3,818 P Reeves W 1980 3 29 y 38 Plymouth Argyle 2–0 Report Colchester United Trusson 2 35 Home Park Plymouth 4,330 M Robinson L 1980 4 3 y 39 Colchester United 0–0 Report Exeter City Layer Road Colchester 2,780 R Toseland D 1980 4 5 y 40 Gillingham 2–2 Report Colchester United Price 1Bruce 65 Lee 44Foley 79 Priestfield Stadium Gillingham 6,561 T Spencer D 1980 4 7 y 41 Colchester United 2–1 Report Bury Gough 34Lee 88 Madden 31 Layer Road Colchester 3,190 M Taylor W 1980 4 12 y 42 Chester 2–1 Report Colchester United Rush 10 49 Foley 6 Sealand Road Chester 2,282 J Heath L 1980 4 19 y 43 Colchester United 0–0 Report Millwall Layer Road Colchester 3,296 K Baker D 1980 4 22 y 44 Swindon Town 2–3 Report Colchester United McHale 24Mayes 57 Rowles 4Harvey 18 33 County Ground Swindon 7,985 Tom Bune W 1980 4 26 y 45 Carlisle United 2–0 Report Colchester United Bannon 35 88 Brunton Park Carlisle 3,702 P Tyldesley L 1980 5 2 y 46 Colchester United 3–0 Report Oxford United Packer 36Rowles 47 59 Layer Road Colchester 2,535 D Richardson W League Cup 1979–80 Football League Cup 1979 8 11 y 1st round 1st leg Colchester United 2–0 Report Watford Hodge 39 pen.Gough 44Dowman 0 84 Layer Road Colchester 4,368 B Martin W 1979 8 14 y 1st round 2nd leg Watford 2–1 Report Colchester United Bolton 74 pen. 78 Allinson 29 Vicarage Road Watford 10,051 L Colchester won 3–2 on aggregate 1979 8 28 y 2nd round 1st leg Colchester United 0–2 Report Aston Villa Shaw 35 73 Layer Road Colchester 6,221 B Hill L 1979 9 5 y 2nd round 2nd leg Aston Villa 0–2 Report Colchester United Lee 19Gough 79 9–8 Villa Park Birmingham 19,475 W yes Match drawn 2–2 on aggregate, Aston Villa won 9–8 on penalties FA Cup 1979–80 FA Cup 1979 11 24 y 1st round Colchester United 1–1 Report Plymouth Argyle Rowles 28 Hodges 85 Layer Road Colchester 4,064 M Baker D 1979 11 27 y 1st round replay Plymouth Argyle 0–1 yes Report Colchester United Allinson 100 Home Park Plymouth 6,926 M Baker W 1979 12 15 y 2nd round Colchester United 1–0 Report Bournemouth Rowles 28 Layer Road Colchester 3,693 R Bridges W 1980 1 5 y 3rd round Reading 2–0 Report Colchester United Earles 1Heale 86 Elm Park Reading 7,780 A Glasson L Squad statistics Appearances and goals http://coludata.co.uk/content.php?pg=goals&pd=1014#frmft=True&pg=goals&pd=1014&fsea=40&fplist=all&flgcup=all&fcompstShowAll=&fdfaShowAll= Goals Coludata.co.uk 17 April 2018 Third Division FA Cup League Cup Mike Walker WAL GK 46 0 4 0 4 0 Micky Cook ENG DF 44 0 4 0 2 0 Steve Dowman ENG DF 37 2 4 0 3+1 0 Mick Packer ENG DF 43 4 4 0 2 0 Steve Wignall ENG DF 40 3 2 0 4 0 Steve Wright ENG DF 23+3 1 3+1 0 3 0 Russell Cotton ENG MF 4 0 0 0 0 0 Tony Evans ENG MF 2+4 0 0 0 0 0 Steve Foley ENG MF 42 8 4 0 4 0 Steve Leslie ENG MF 46 1 4 0 4 0 Eddie Rowles ENG MF 26+8 8 2+1 2 2 0 Ian Allinson ENG FW 37+1 2 3+1 1 4 1 Bobby Gough ENG FW 31+1 10 3 0 4 2 Gary Harvey ENG FW 4 2 0 0 0 0 Bobby Hodge ENG FW 34+3 5 3 0 4 1 Trevor Lee ENG FW 43 17 4 0 4 1 |- !colspan="14"|Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season Ray Bunkell ENG MF 1 0 0 0 0 0 Paul Dyer ENG MF 3+1 0 0 0 0 0 |} Goalscorers Place Nationality Position Name Third Division FA Cup League Cup Total1ENGFWTrevor Lee1701182ENGFWBobby Gough1002123ENGMFEddie Rowles820104ENGMFSteve Foley80085ENGWGBobby Hodge50166ENGWGIan Allinson2114ENGFBMick Packer40048ENGCBSteve Wignall30039ENGCBSteve Dowman2002ENGFWGary Harvey200211ENGMFSteve Leslie1001ENGCBSteve Wright1001Own goals1001TOTALS643572 Disciplinary record http://coludata.co.uk/content.php?pg=discipline&pd=1013#frmft=True&pg=discipline&pd=1013&fsea=40&fplist=all&flgcup=all&fcompstShowAll=&fdfaShowAll= Discipline Coludata.co.uk 17 April 2018 Nationality Position Name Third Division FA Cup League Cup TotalENGFWBobby Gough11000011ENGCBSteve Dowman00000101ENGFBMicky Cook10000010ENGCBSteve Wignall10000010TOTALS31000132 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=40&fplist=all&flgcup=all&fcompstShowAll=&fdfa=1 Clean sheets (1st team) Coludata.co.uk 17 April 2018 Place Nationality Player Third Division FA Cup League Cup Total1WALMike Walker122216TOTALS122216 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 14 April 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20150626101319/http://coludaybyday.co.uk/Statistics/Player%20Stats/PlayersDebuts/Alldebut.html 26 June 2015 dead Position Nationality Player Date Opponent Ground NotesFWENGGary Harvey19 April 1980MillwallLayer Road 2 See also List of Colchester United F.C. seasons References General Books Whitehead Jeff Drury Kevin The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years 2008 Breedon Books Derby 978-1-85983-629-3 Websites http://www.11v11.com/teams/colchester-united/tab/matches/season/1980/ Colchester United football club match record: 1980 11v11.com 24 April 2018 https://www.royalsrecord.co.uk/seasons/1979.html Season 1979-80 Royalsrecord.co.uk 15 April 2018 Specific 2 1979-80 Category:English football clubs 1979–80 season