1975–76 Colchester United F.C. season

February 2018 February 2018 Colchester United 1975–76 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 22nd (relegated) FA Cup 1st round(eliminated byDover) League Cup 1st round(eliminated byCrystal Palace) Steve Leslie (6) Steve Leslie (7) 6,240v Crystal Palace, 10 January 1976http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=match&pd=1022&sort=shan&order=asc&fsea=36&frt=all&fhan=all&it=1636 Colchester Utd 0–3 Crystal Palace Coludata.co.uk 13 February 2018 2,245v Chesterfield, 7 February 1976http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=match&pd=1022&sort=shan&order=asc&fsea=36&frt=all&fhan=all&it=1641 Colchester Utd 2–3 Chesterfield Coludata.co.uk 13 February 2018 3,385http://coludaybyday.co.uk/Statistics/Club%20Stats/LeagueAveragesAttendance.html Average Attendance Figures Per Season Coludaybyday.co.uk 13 February 2018 3–1v Crystal Palace, 25 August 19752–0v Brighton & Hove Albion, 20 September 1975v Walsall, 11 October 1975v Aldershot, 16 March 1976 0–6v Brighton & Hove Albion, 17 January 1976 Home _white_stripes _3whitestripes _white_stripes 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF Football kit (white jersey with blue, vertical stripes; blue shorts; and white socks). 1974–75 1976–77 The 1975–76 season was Colchester United's 34th season in their history and their second consecutive 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. With Jim Smith departing for Second Division Blackburn Rovers in the summer, his former Colchester United coach Bobby Roberts was appointed manager in his place. A succession of poor results spelt relegation for Colchester, while they exited both cup competitions in the first round. Season overview Jim Smith was prized away from Colchester by Second Division Blackburn Rovers over the summer. His coach Bobby Roberts was appointed manager but his early days in charge proved ominous for the remainder of the season. A winless first five games was only worsened by Smith returned to sign top scorer Bobby Svarc for £25,000 from the cash-strapped U's. Colchester suffered defeat at the hands of non-League opposition in the FA Cup once again after being taken to a replay and then extra time by Dover. They were soundly beaten 4–1 at the end of extra time. They also lost out in the League Cup first round 4–3 on aggregate against Crystal Palace. Despite this, Colchester rallied for a mid-season resurgence of form to climb to twelfth position in the league table, but some crushing defeats including 6–1 at Chesterfield and 6–0 at Brighton & Hove Albion put the U's back in the relegation mire. Relegation was confirmed as Colchester finished 22nd position in the table, with Steve Leslie the club's top scorer with a record low of just six league goals.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 26 April 1976.http://coludata.co.uk/content.php?pg=appearances&pd=1010#frmft=True&pg=appearances&pd=1010&fsea=36&fplist=all&flgcup=all&fcompstShowAll=&fdfaShowAll= Appearances Coludata.co.uk 13 February 2018 Name Position Nationality Place of birth Date of birth Apps Goals Signed from Date signed Fee GoalkeepersLee SmeltGKENGEdmonton1975 6 1 1958 3 13 y00ENG Bishop's StortfordSummer 1975Free transferMike WalkerGKWALColwyn Bay1975 6 1 1945 11 28 y1020ENG WatfordJuly 1973£4,000 DefendersStewart BrightFBENGColchester1975 6 1 1957 10 13 y00ApprenticeSummer 1974Free transferMicky CookFBENGEnfield1975 6 1 1951 4 9 y2469ENG Orient1 March 1969Free transferBarry DomineyCBENGEdmonton1975 6 1 1955 10 21 y353ENG Enfield WMCSeptember 1973Free transferDerek HarrisonCBENGLittlethorpe1975 6 1 1950 2 9 y00ENG Torquay UnitedSummer 1975Free transferMick PackerFBENGWillesden1975 6 1 1950 4 20 y721ENG WatfordJuly 1973Free transferLindsay SmithCBENGEnfield1975 6 1 1954 9 18 y1386Apprentice20 April 1971DGFree transferJohnny WilliamsFBENGTottenham1975 6 1 1947 3 26 y00ENG WatfordJune 1976Undisclosed MidfieldersRay BunkellMFENGEdmonton1975 6 1 1949 9 18 y401ENG Swindon TownDecember 1973Part exchangePaul DyerMFENGLeicester1975 6 1 1953 1 24 y00ENG Notts CountySummer 1975UndisclosedSteve FoleyMFENGClacton-on-Sea1975 6 1 1953 6 21 y10924ApprenticeJuly 1969Free transferSteve LeslieMFENGHornsey1975 6 1 1952 9 4 y14627Apprentice20 April 1971DG Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the clubFree transfer ForwardsIan AllinsonWGENGHitchin1975 6 1 1957 10 1 y10ApprenticeSummer 1974Free transferTerry AndersonWGENGWoking1975 6 1 1944 3 11 y40USA Baltimore Comets23 August 1975SDG Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game in his second spell for the clubFree transferJohn FroggattFWENGStanton Hill1975 6 1 1945 12 13 y5418ENG Boston UnitedSummer 1974£6,000Colin GarwoodFWENGHeacham1975 6 1 1949 6 29 y00ENG Huddersfield TownFebruary 1976£4,000Bobby GoughFWENGLadywood1975 6 1 1949 7 20 y00ENG SouthportJanuary 1976£7,000 Transfers In Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.Summer 1975GKENGLee SmeltENG Bishop's StortfordFree transferhttp://www.margatefootballclubhistory.com/leesmelt.shtml Lee Smelt Margate Football Club History 13 February 2018 Summer 1975CBENGDerek HarrisonENG Torquay UnitedFree transferhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=371 Derek Harrison Coludata.co.uk 15 February 2018 Summer 1975MFENGPaul DyerENG Notts CountyUndisclosedhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=370 Paul Dyer Coludata.co.uk 15 February 2018 June 1975FBENGJohnny WilliamsENG WatfordUndisclosedhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=373 Johnny Williams Coludata.co.uk 15 February 2018 23 August 1975WGENGTerry AndersonUSA Baltimore CometsFree transferhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=360 Terry Anderson Coludata.co.uk 15 February 2018 SDG Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game in his second spell for the clubJanuary 1976FWENGBobby GoughENG Southport£7,000http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=375 Bobby Gough (Forward) Coludata.co.uk 15 February 2018 February 1976FWENGColin GarwoodENG Huddersfield Town£4,000http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=378 Colin Garwood Coludata.co.uk 13 February 2018 Total spending: ~ £11,000 Out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.End of seasonCBENGRay HarfordENG RomfordPlayer-coachhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=350 Ray Harford Coludata.co.uk 15 February 2018 Summer 1975MFSCOJimmy LindsayENG Hereford United£13,000http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=365 Jimmy Lindsay (Midfielder) Coludata.co.uk 15 February 2018 18 August 1975MFSCOBobby RobertsENG Colchester UnitedManagerhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=351 Bobby Roberts Coludata.co.uk 15 February 2018 October 1975FWENGBobby SvarcENG Blackburn Rovers£25,000http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=349 Bobby Svarc Coludata.co.uk 15 February 2018 January 1976MFENGPhil ThomasFree agentRetiredhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=343 Phil Thomas Coludata.co.uk 15 February 2018 Total incoming: ~ £38,000 Loans in Date Position Nationality Name From End date Ref.16 August 1975FBENGJon O'DonnellENG Cambridge United16 August 1975http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=372 Jon O'Donnell Coludata.co.uk 15 February 2018 Loan Loan start and end dates refer to the date of the player's first and final games for the clubJanuary 1976FWENGBilly TelfordENG Peterborough United7 February 1976http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=377 Billy Telford Coludata.co.uk 15 February 2018 Loanend Loan end date refers to the date of the player's final game for the club24 January 1976GKENGLen BondENG Bristol City14 February 1976http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=376 Len Bond (Goalkeeper) Coludata.co.uk 15 February 2018 LoanFebruary 1976FWENGColin GarwoodENG Huddersfield TownFebruary 1976 Match details Third Division 1975–76 Football League Results round by round table b Round Ground A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/H/A/H/H/A/H/H/A/A/A Result L/L/L/L/D/W/L/W/D/W/D/D/W/D/L/D/L/W/W/D/L/L/W/L/L/L/L/L/L/L/W/W/L/D/W/D/L/L/D/L/D/D/W/W/D/D Position 15/24/24/24/24/21/24/21/21/18/19/17/14/14/17/18/20/18/14/12/18/19/18/19/19/19/19/21/23/23/22/19/19/24/23/21/22/23/24/24/24/24/23/21/22/22 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss green1 red1 11v11.com 24 April 2018 League table Third Division y COL Matches 1975 8 16 y 1 Preston North End 2–1 Report Colchester United Treacy 68 70 Svarc 16 Deepdale Preston 8,324 R Lee L 1975 8 23 y 2 Colchester United 0–2 Report Mansfield Town Bird 40Clarke 42 Layer Road Colchester 3,333 B James L 1975 8 30 y 3 Crystal Palace 3–2 Report Colchester United Unknown goalscorer Svarc 15Bunkell 16 Selhurst Park Selhurst 13,713 R Kirkpatrick L 1975 9 6 y 4 Colchester United 0–1 Report Halifax Town McHale 46 pen. Layer Road Colchester 2,819 L 1975 9 13 y 5 Hereford United 0–0 Report Colchester United Edgar Street Hereford 5,577 A Hamil D 1975 9 20 y 6 Colchester United 2–0 Report Brighton & Hove Albion Froggatt 49Svarc 90 Layer Road Colchester 3,176 E Read W 1975 9 24 y 7 Chester 1–0 Report Colchester United Owen 5 Sealand Road Chester 3,954 G Flint L 1975 9 27 y 8 Swindon Town 0–1 Report Colchester United Packer 82 County Ground Swindon 5,750 A Lees W 1975 10 4 y 9 Colchester United 0–0 Report Bury Layer Road Colchester 3,035 L Shapter D 1975 10 11 y 10 Colchester United 2–0 Report Walsall Froggatt 8Dominey 56 Layer Road Colchester 2,980 L Burden W 1975 10 18 y 11 Aldershot 2–2 Report Colchester United Howarth 7Bell 22 Foley 23 60 Recreation Ground Aldershot 3,586 D Reeves D 1975 10 21 y 12 Colchester United 0–0 Report Rotherham United Layer Road Colchester 3,468 D Lloyd D 1975 10 25 y 13 Colchester United 1–0 Report Port Vale Foley 17 Layer Road Colchester 3,053 A Turvey W 1975 11 1 y 14 Millwall 1–1 Report Colchester United Hill 34 Smith 63 The Den New Cross 7,492 A Robinson D 1975 11 5 y 15 Chesterfield 6–1 Report Colchester United Darling 36 78Moss 42Shanahan 45 87 90 Smith 43 Saltergate Chesterfield 2,906 Joe Worrall L 1975 11 8 y 16 Colchester United 1–1 Report Shrewsbury Town Smith 54 Bates 5 Layer Road Colchester 3,088 Ray Tinkler D 1975 11 15 y 17 Cardiff City 2–0 Report Colchester United Evans 2Alston 83 Ninian Park Cardiff 6,781 T Bosi L 1975 11 29 y 18 Gillingham 0–1 Report Colchester United Foley 84 Priestfield Stadium Gillingham 5,402 D Civil W 1975 12 6 y 19 Colchester United 2–1 Report Sheffield Wednesday Smith 69Cook 71 Potts 51 Layer Road Colchester 3,534 K Salmon W 1975 12 13 y 20 Wrexham 1–1 Report Colchester United Lee 80 Froggatt 80 Racecourse Ground Wrexham 2,143 I Smith D 1975 12 20 y 21 Colchester United 0–2 Report Wrexham Lee 36Lyons 43 Layer Road Colchester 2,608 J Roost L 1975 12 26 y 22 Southend United 2–0 Report Colchester United Brace 40 49 Roots Hall Southend-on-Sea 6,167 Tom Bune L 1975 12 27 y 23 Colchester United 1–0 Report Grimsby Town Foley 62 Layer Road Colchester 3,136 M Taylor W 1976 1 10 y 24 Colchester United 0–3 Report Crystal Palace Taylor 7 pen.Swindlehurst 26Whittle 69 Layer Road Colchester 6,240 D Biddle L 1976 1 14 y 25 Peterborough United 3–1 Report Colchester United Gregory 5Turner 58Hughes 81 Packer 88 London Road Stadium Peterborough 7,453 Alf Grey L 1976 1 17 y 26 Brighton & Hove Albion 6–0 Report Colchester United Mellor 16Rollings 37Binney 45 64Fell 66 75 Goldstone Ground Hove 16,302 T Reynolds L 1976 1 24 y 27 Colchester United 1–4 Report Hereford United Telford 3 McNeil 2 38Dominey 27 o.g.Davey 87 Layer Road Colchester 2,626 D Richardson L 1976 1 31 y 28 Rotherham United 2–0 Report Colchester United Spencer 30Leng 89 Millmoor Rotherham 3,943 E Garner L 1976 2 7 y 29 Colchester United 2–3 Report Chesterfield Bunkell 64 pen.Leslie 66 Cammack 20Fern 27Darling 57 Layer Road Colchester 2,245 R Crabb L 1976 2 14 y 30 Shrewsbury Town 1–0 Report Colchester United Kearney 82 Gay Meadow Shrewsbury 4,485 T Spencer L 1976 2 21 y 31 Colchester United 3–2 Report Cardiff City Froggatt 60Garwood 64 80 Dwyer 18Anderson 86 pen. Layer Road Colchester 3,248 B Martin W 1976 2 24 y 32 Colchester United 1–0 Report Chester Gough 54 Layer Road Colchester 3,534 E Read W 1976 2 28 y 33 Port Vale 3–2 Report Colchester United Cullerton 8Brownbill 75Bailey 90 Dyer 20 63 Vale Park Burslem 2,803 C Seel L 1976 3 13 y 34 Walsall 1–1 Report Colchester United Andrews 3 Leslie 64 Fellows Park Walsall 5,371 K Styles D 1976 3 16 y 35 Colchester United 2–0 Report Aldershot Gough 32Leslie 70 Layer Road Colchester 3,040 P Reeves W 1976 3 20 y 36 Colchester United 2–2 Report Gillingham Bunkell 62Leslie 65 Richardson 74 pen.Durrell 84 Layer Road Colchester 3,981 C White D 1976 3 23 y 37 Colchester United 0–1 Report Millwall Brisley 27 Layer Road Colchester 4,573 A Robinson L 1976 3 27 y 38 Sheffield Wednesday 1–0 Report Colchester United Henson 72 Hillsborough Stadium Sheffield 6,905 R Perkin L 1976 4 3 y 39 Colchester United 1–1 Report Preston North End Leslie 34 Elwiss 17Williams 0 37 Layer Road Colchester 2,657 M Taylor D 1976 4 6 y 40 Colchester United 1–2 Report Swindon Town Leslie 23 Anderson 17 pen.Syrett 26 Layer Road Colchester 2,694 B James L 1976 4 12 y 41 Bury 0–0 Report Colchester United Froggatt 0 65 Gigg Lane Bury 4,505 J Yates D 1976 4 16 y 42 Colchester United 1–1 Report Peterborough United Bunkell 2Foley 0 70 Leslie 48 o.g.Hughes 0 70 Layer Road Colchester 3,687 Rob Lewis D 1976 4 17 y 43 Colchester United 2–1 Report Southend United Gough 60Froggatt 69 Moody 44 pen. Layer Road Colchester 4,260 A Glasson W 1976 4 19 y 44 Grimsby Town 0–1 Report Colchester United Gough 18 Blundell Park Cleethorpes 4,862 G Nolan W 1976 4 24 y 45 Mansfield Town 0–0 Report Colchester United Field Mill Mansfield 7,407 D 1976 4 26 y 46 Halifax Town 1–1 Report Colchester United Smith 74 o.g. Gough 25 The Shay Halifax 856 A Hamil D League Cup 1975–76 Football League Cup 1975 8 18 y 1st round 1st leg Crystal Palace 3–0 Report Colchester United Swindlehurst 2Kemp 26 49 Selhurst Park Selhurst 10,006 R Robinson L 1975 8 25 y 1st round 2nd leg Colchester United 3–1 Report Crystal Palace Svarc 40 68Smith 66 Chatterton 16 Layer Road Colchester 3,912 R Robinson W Colchester lost 4–3 on aggregate FA Cup 1975–76 FA Cup 1975 11 22 y 1st round Colchester United 3–3 Report Dover Leslie 24Dominey 40Smith 75 Coupland 16Waite 45Rogers 82 Layer Road Colchester 3,705 B James D 1975 11 26 y 1st round replay Dover 4–1 yes Report Colchester United Hamshire 52Coxhill 102 pen.Coupland 108 120 Packer 60 pen. Crabble Athletic Ground River 3,779 B James L Squad statistics Appearances and goals http://coludata.co.uk/content.php?pg=goals&pd=1014#frmft=True&pg=goals&pd=1014&fsea=36&fplist=all&flgcup=all&fcompstShowAll=&fdfaShowAll= Goals Coludata.co.uk 15 February 2018 Third Division FA Cup League Cup Mike Walker WAL GK 43 0 2 0 2 0 Stewart Bright ENG DF 18+2 0 0 0 0 0 Micky Cook ENG DF 39 1 2 0 2 0 Barry Dominey ENG DF 32+6 1 2 1 2 0 Derek Harrison ENG DF 5+2 0 1 0 0 0 Mick Packer ENG DF 44 2 2 1 0 0 Lindsay Smith ENG DF 39+2 4 2 1 2 1 Johnny Williams ENG DF 36 0 2 0 1 0 Ray Bunkell ENG MF 40+1 4 2 0 2 0 Paul Dyer ENG MF 34+2 2 2 0 2 0 Steve Foley ENG MF 26+3 5 1 0 0 0 Steve Leslie ENG MF 36+3 6 2 1 0 0 Ian Allinson ENG FW 3+2 0 0 0 0 0 Terry Anderson ENG FW 13+3 0 1+1 0 0 0 John Froggatt ENG FW 41 5 1 0 2 0 Colin Garwood ENG FW 15 2 0 0 0 0 Bobby Gough ENG FW 22 5 0 0 0 0 |- !colspan="14"|Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season Len Bond ENG GK 3 0 0 0 0 0 Jon O'Donnell ENG DF 1 0 0 0 0 0 Bobby Roberts SCO MF 0 0 0 0 1 0 Phil Thomas ENG MF 7+1 0 0 0 2 0 Bobby Svarc ENG FW 8 3 0 0 2 2 Billy Telford ENG FW 1+1 1 0 0 0 0 |} Goalscorers Place Nationality Position Name Third Division FA Cup League Cup Total1ENGMFSteve Leslie61072ENGCBLindsay Smith41163ENGMFSteve Foley5005ENGFWJohn Froggatt5005ENGFWBobby Gough5005ENGFWBobby Svarc30257ENGMFRay Bunkell40048ENGFBMick Packer21039ENGCBBarry Dominey1102ENGMFPaul Dyer2002ENGFWColin Garwood200212ENGFBMicky Cook1001ENGFWBilly Telford1001Own goals0000TOTALS414348 Disciplinary record http://coludata.co.uk/content.php?pg=discipline&pd=1013#frmft=True&pg=discipline&pd=1013&fsea=36&fplist=all&flgcup=all&fcompstShowAll=&fdfaShowAll= Discipline Coludata.co.uk 15 February 2018 Nationality Position Name Third Division FA Cup League Cup TotalENGMFSteve Foley01000001ENGFWJohn Froggatt01000001ENGFBMicky Cook10000010ENGFBJohnny Williams10000010TOTALS22000022 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=36&fplist=all&flgcup=all&fcompstShowAll=&fdfa=1 Clean sheets (1st team) Coludata.co.uk 15 February 2018 Place Nationality Player Third Division FA Cup League Cup Total1WALMike Walker140014TOTALS140014 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 15 February 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 NotesMFENGPaul Dyer16 August 1975Preston North EndDeepdaleCBENGDerek Harrison16 August 1975Preston North EndDeepdaleFBENGJon O'Donnell16 August 1975Preston North EndDeepdaleFBENGJohnny Williams23 August 1975Mansfield TownLayer RoadFBENGStewart Bright8 November 1975Shrewsbury TownLayer RoadFWENGBobby Gough10 January 1976Crystal PalaceLayer RoadGKENGLen Bond24 January 1976Hereford UnitedLayer RoadFWENGBilly Telford24 January 1976Hereford UnitedLayer RoadFWENGColin Garwood14 February 1976Shrewsbury TownGay Meadow 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/1976/ Colchester United football club match record: 1976 11v11.com 24 April 2018 Specific 2 1975-76 Category:English football clubs 1975–76 season