1959–60 Colchester United F.C. season

March 2016 March 2016 Colchester United 1959–60 Bill AllenWhitehead Jeff Drury Kevin The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years 2008 Breedon Books Derby 978-1-85983-629-3 278 Benny Fenton Layer Road Third Division 9th FA Cup 1st round(eliminated byQueens Park Rangers) Martyn King (30) Martyn King (30) 13,053v Norwich City, 20 February 1960http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=match&pd=1022&sort=shan&order=asc&fsea=20&frt=all&fhan=all&it=822 Colchester Utd 3–0 Norwich City Coludata.co.uk 23 March 2016 5,215v Accrington Stanley, 30 April 1960http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=match&pd=1022&sort=shan&order=asc&fsea=20&frt=all&fhan=all&it=835 Colchester Utd 5–1 Accrington Stanley Coludata.co.uk 23 March 2016 7,856http://coludaybyday.co.uk/Statistics/Club%20Stats/LeagueAveragesAttendance.html Average Attendance Figures Per Season Coludaybyday.co.uk 23 March 2016 26 June 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150626124236/http://coludaybyday.co.uk/Statistics/Club%20Stats/LeagueAveragesAttendance.html dead 4–0v Tranmere Rovers, 5 March 1960;5–1v Accrington Stanley, 30 April 1960 1–4v Grimsby Town, 1 September 1959;1–4v Shrewsbury Town, 19 September 1959 Home _white_stripes _whitestripes3 _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). 1958–59 1960–61 The 1959–60 season marked Colchester United's 18th year in existence and their tenth season in the third tier of English football, the Third Division. In addition to competing in the Third Division, the club took part in the FA Cup, where they were eliminated by league rivals Queens Park Rangers in the first round. Colchester ended the season in ninth place in the Third Division. Season overview Colchester's first game under floodlights at Layer Road was on 24 August 1959 when 9,689 watched the 2–2 draw with Grimsby Town. The ground became something of a fortress, with only two losses recorded during the campaign. However, Colchester struggled on their travels, earning just three wins. The mixed form led to a ninth position finish in the Third Division table. The most notable bonus for the season was Martyn King's completion of national service meaning he was available for every game. Appearing in 40 matches, forward King equalled Kevin McCurley's club record of 30 Football League goals in a single season, which included three hat-tricks.http://www.cu-fc.com/news/article/history-1950s-and-1960s-230131.aspx The 1950s and 1960s Hudson Matt 11 July 2012 Colchester United FC 11 May 2011 Players match played 30 April 1960.http://coludata.co.uk/content.php?pg=appearances&pd=1010#frmft=True&pg=appearances&pd=1010&fsea=20&fplist=all&flgcup=all&fcompstShowAll=&fdfaShowAll= Appearances Coludata.co.uk 23 March 2016 Name Position Nationality Place of birth Date of birth Apps Goals Signed from Date signed Fee GoalkeepersPercy AmesGKENGPlymouth1959 6 1 1931 12 13 y1910ENG Tottenham Hotspur1 May 1955Free transferJohn WrightGKENGAldershot1959 6 1 1933 8 13 y40ENG Colchester Casuals23 May 1952Free transfer DefendersGeorge FisherFBENGBermondsey1959 6 1 1925 6 19 y1695ENG Fulham1 September 1955£1,000John FowlerFBSCOLeith1959 6 1 1933 10 17 y1543SCO Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic20 August 1955DG Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the clubFree transferJohn LaidlawFBENGAldershot1959 6 1 1936 7 5 y00SCO Easthouses Lily Miners WelfareJune 1957Free transferAlf MarshallFBENGDagenham1959 6 1 1933 5 21 y240ENG Dagenham14 October 1957£25Tommy MillarFBSCOEdinburgh1959 6 1 1938 12 3 y00SCO Bo'ness UnitedJuly 1959Free transferChic MilliganCBSCOArdrossan1959 6 1 1930 7 26 y1122SCO Ardrossan Winton Rovers18 August 1956DG£1,000Edgar RumneyFBENGAbberton1959 6 1 1936 9 15 y50ENG Colchester Casuals1 May 1957Free transfer MidfieldersCyril HammondWHENGWoolwich1959 6 1 1927 10 10 y370ENG Charlton AthleticJuly 1958Free transferTrevor HarrisWHENGColchester1959 6 1 1936 2 6 y110AmateurJuly 1951Free transferRon HuntWHENGColchester1959 6 1 1933 9 26 y590AmateurOctober 1951Free transferDerek ParkerWHENGWivenhoe1959 6 1 1926 6 23 y801ENG West Ham UnitedMarch 1957£2,500 ForwardsJohn BainesCFENGColchester1959 6 1 1937 9 25 y00ENG Colchester CasualsJanuary 1960Free transferRussell BlakeWGENGColchester1959 6 1 1935 7 24 y447ENG Dedham Old Boys8 September 1955DGFree transferJohn EvansIFENGTilbury1959 6 1 1929 8 28 y5523ENG Liverpool23 November 1957DG£4,000Bobby HillIFSCOEdinburgh1959 6 1 1938 6 9 y629SCO Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare9 June 1955Free transferTony HoweWGENGColchester1959 6 1 1939 2 14 y00ENG Colchester CasualsMarch 1960Free transferBobby HuntFWENGColchester1959 6 1 1942 10 1 y00AmateurMarch 1960Free transferMartyn KingCFENGBirmingham1959 6 1 1937 8 23 y61AmateurSummer 1955Free transferNeil LangmanCFENGBere Alston1959 6 1 1932 2 21 y7335ENG Plymouth ArgyleNovember 1957£6,750Kevin McCurleyCFENGConsett1959 6 1 1926 4 2 y22591ENG LiverpoolJune 1951£750Sammy McLeodIFSCOGlasgow1959 6 1 1934 1 4 y10716SCO Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare20 August 1955DGFree transferTony MillerIFENGChelmsford1959 6 1 1937 10 26 y00AmateurMay 1958Free transferTommy WilliamsWGENGBattersea1959 6 1 1935 2 10 y8214ENG Carshalton AthleticSeptember 1956Free transferPeter WrightWGENGColchester1959 6 1 1934 1 26 y25351AmateurNovember 1951Free transfer Transfers In Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.July 1959FBSCOTommy MillarSCO Bo'ness UnitedFree transferhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=233 Tommy Millar Coludata.co.uk 23 March 2016 January 1960CFENGJohn BainesENG Colchester CasualsFree transferhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=237 John Baines Coludata.co.uk 27 March 2016 March 1960WGENGTony HoweENG Colchester CasualsFree transferhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=234 Tony Howe Coludata.co.uk 27 March 2016 March 1960FWENGBobby HuntAmateurFree transferhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=232 Bobby Hunt Coludata.co.uk 23 March 2016 Out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.July 1959CFENGKen PlantENG Nuneaton BoroughFree transferhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=195 Ken Plant Coludata.co.uk 23 March 2016 29 August 1959IFSCOIan JohnstoneENG Clacton TownFree transferhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=228 Ian Johnstone Coludata.co.uk 23 March 2016 FG Date of departure refers to the date of the player's final game for the club6 October 1959FBSCOJohn RoeSCO Dundee UnitedFree transferhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=231 John Roe Coludata.co.uk 23 March 2016 FGSpring 1960CBENGBrian DobsonENG Clacton TownReleasedhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=214 Brian Dobson Coludata.co.uk 23 March 2016 Match details Third Division 1959–60 Football League Results round by round table b Round Ground A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H Result L/D/D/L/L/W/W/L/L/W/W/W/L/L/W/W/D/L/D/W/D/W/W/W/L/W/L/D/L/D/W/D/W/D/W/L/D/D/L/W/L/L/W/L/L/W Position 19/17/18/20/20/19/16/17/18/18/14/11/16/16/14/13/12/14/15/12/12/10/9/8/8/8/8/8/11/8/8/8/6/6/5/7/8/5/8/7/9/9/9/9/9/9 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss green1 red1 11v11.com 24 March 2016 League table Third Division y COL Matches 1959 08 22 y 1 Bury 3–1 Report Colchester United Unknown goalscorer Langman Gigg Lane Bury 11,509 L 1959 08 24 y 2 Colchester United 2–2 Report Grimsby Town McLeod Unknown goalscorer Layer Road Colchester 9,689 D 1959 08 29 y 3 Colchester United 2–2 Report Barnsley Fisher Williams Unknown goalscorer Layer Road Colchester 8,246 D 1959 09 01 y 4 Grimsby Town 4–1 Report Colchester United Unknown goalscorer P. Wright Blundell Park Cleethorpes 14,000 L 1959 09 05 y 5 Southampton 4–2 Report Colchester United Paine Huxford Mulgrew Reeves King Williams The Dell Southampton 14,704 L 1959 09 07 y 6 Colchester United 1–0 Report Halifax Town Williams Layer Road Colchester 8,305 W 1959 09 12 y 7 Colchester United 4–2 Report Reading King Langman P. Wright Unknown goalscorer Layer Road Colchester 7,683 W 1959 09 14 y 8 Halifax Town 3–2 Report Colchester United Unknown goalscorer King McLeod The Shay Halifax 5,865 L 1959 09 19 y 9 Shrewsbury Town 4–1 Report Colchester United Unknown goalscorer Langman Gay Meadow Shrewsbury 9,068 L 1959 09 21 y 10 Colchester United 3–0 Report Mansfield Town Own goal o.g.King Layer Road Colchester 8,202 W 1959 09 26 y 11 Colchester United 3–1 Report Port Vale King Poole Layer Road Colchester 7,822 W 1959 09 28 y 12 Mansfield Town 1–3 Report Colchester United Unknown goalscorer King Field Mill Mansfield 5,406 W 1959 10 03 y 13 Norwich City 3–2 Report Colchester United Unknown goalscorer Milligan Langman Carrow Road Norwich 27,759 L 1959 10 06 y 14 Brentford 2–0 Report Colchester United Francis Towers Griffin Park Brentford 14,750 L 1959 10 10 y 15 Colchester United 3–1 Report Wrexham Hill Evans Langman Unknown goalscorer Layer Road Colchester 7,683 W 1959 10 12 y 16 Colchester United 2–1 Report Brentford Langman P. Wright Francis Layer Road Colchester 7,790 W 1959 10 17 y 17 Tranmere Rovers 1–1 Report Colchester United Unknown goalscorer Langman Prenton Park Birkenhead 8,532 D 1959 10 24 y 18 Colchester United 1–2 Report Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Williams Unknown goalscorer Layer Road Colchester 7,938 L 1959 10 31 y 19 Bradford City 0–0 Report Colchester United Valley Parade Bradford 8,436 D 1959 11 07 y 20 Colchester United 2–1 Report Newport County P. Wright Williams McSeveney Layer Road Colchester 6,620 W 1959 11 21 y 21 Colchester United 0–0 ReportReport Swindon Town Layer Road Colchester 6,537 K. Stokes D 1959 11 28 y 22 York City 2–3 Report Colchester United Unknown goalscorer McCurley pen.King Bootham Crescent York 6,881 W 1959 12 12 y 23 Accrington Stanley 1–2 Report Colchester United Unknown goalscorer McCurley Peel Park Accrington 2,116 W 1959 12 19 y 24 Colchester United 3–0 Report Bury McCurley King Williams Layer Road Colchester 5,503 W 1959 12 26 y 25 Queens Park Rangers 3–1 Report Colchester United Unknown goalscorer McCurley Loftus Road Shepherd's Bush 6,480 L 1959 12 28 y 26 Colchester United 2–0 Report Queens Park Rangers McCurley P. Wright Layer Road Colchester 9,095 W 1960 01 02 y 27 Barnsley 2–1 Report Colchester United Unknown goalscorer King Oakwell Barnsley 5,526 L 1960 01 09 y 28 Chesterfield 1–1 Report Colchester United Whitehurst P. Wright Saltergate Chesterfield 5,193 D 1960 01 23 y 29 Reading 2–1 Report Colchester United Unknown goalscorer King Elm Park Reading 7,486 L 1960 01 30 y 30 Colchester United 0–0 Report Coventry City Layer Road Colchester 7,200 D 1960 02 06 y 31 Colchester United 3–2 Report Shrewsbury Town Hill Williams Unknown goalscorer Layer Road Colchester 7,144 W 1960 02 13 y 32 Port Vale 1–1 Report Colchester United Donaldson King Vale Park Burslem 10,248 D 1960 02 20 y 33 Colchester United 3–0 Report Norwich City King 1 Layer Road Colchester 13,053 W 1960 02 27 y 34 Wrexham 1–1 Report Colchester United Unknown goalscorer King Racecourse Ground Wrexham 8,836 D 1960 03 05 y 35 Colchester United 4–0 Report Tranmere Rovers King 2Blake 30Hammond 65 pen.Hill 70 Layer Road Colchester 6,857 W 1960 03 12 y 36 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 3–2 Report Colchester United Unknown goalscorer King Dean Court Bournemouth 9,256 L 1960 03 19 y 37 Colchester United 2–2 Report York City King 21B. Hunt 86 Wilkinson 48Laidlaw 81 o.g. Layer Road Colchester 6,599 D 1960 03 21 y 38 Colchester United 1–1 Report Southampton Laidlaw 29 Reeves 43 Layer Road Colchester 10,105 D 1960 03 26 y 39 Newport County 3–2 Report Colchester United McPherson Singer King P. Wright Somerton Park Newport 4,332 L 1960 04 02 y 40 Colchester United 1–0 Report Chesterfield King Layer Road Colchester 6,079 W 1960 04 09 y 41 Swindon Town 4–3 ReportReport Colchester United Morgan 16Summerbee 22Gauld 37 58 P. Wright 33Williams 63King 80 County Ground Swindon 7,342 L. Callaghan L 1960 04 15 y 42 Colchester United 2–3 ReportReport Southend United King P. Wright Corthine Price Layer Road Colchester 10,317 L 1960 04 16 y 43 Colchester United 2–1 Report Bradford City Langman Unknown goalscorer Layer Road Colchester 5,765 W 1960 04 18 y 44 Southend United 1–0 ReportReport Colchester United Corthine Roots Hall Southend-on-Sea 12,533 L 1960 04 23 y 45 Coventry City 3–1 Report Colchester United Hewitt Unknown goalscorer P. Wright Highfield Road Coventry 8,382 L 1960 04 30 y 46 Colchester United 5–1 Report Accrington Stanley King Langman P. Wright Williams Unknown goalscorer Layer Road Colchester 5,215 W FA Cup 1959–60 FA Cup 1959 11 14 y 1st round Colchester United 2–3 Report Queens Park Rangers McCurley 75P. Wright 84 Petchey 29Bedford 42Angell 61 Layer Road Colchester 8,860 L Squad statistics Appearances and goals http://coludata.co.uk/content.php?pg=goals&pd=1014#frmft=True&pg=goals&pd=1014&fsea=20&fplist=all&flgcup=all&fcompstShowAll=&fdfaShowAll= Goals Coludata.co.uk 23 March 2016 Third Division FA Cup Percy Ames ENG GK 46 0 1 0 George Fisher ENG DF 3 1 0 0 John Fowler SCO DF 46 0 1 0 John Laidlaw ENG DF 39 1 1 0 Alf Marshall ENG DF 5 0 0 0 Tommy Millar SCO DF 5 0 0 0 Chic Milligan SCO DF 43 1 1 0 Cyril Hammond ENG MF 43 1 1 0 Ron Hunt ENG MF 3 0 0 0 Derek Parker ENG MF 43 0 1 0 Russell Blake ENG FW 11 1 0 0 John Evans ENG FW 5 1 0 0 Bobby Hill SCO FW 38 4 1 0 Bobby Hunt ENG FW 1 1 0 0 Martyn King ENG FW 39 30 1 0 Neil Langman ENG FW 27 11 0 0 Kevin McCurley ENG FW 11 7 1 1 Sammy McLeod SCO FW 12 3 0 0 Tommy Williams ENG FW 35 9 1 0 Peter Wright ENG FW 46 11 1 1 |- !colspan="14"|Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season Brian Dobson ENG DF 2 0 0 0 John Roe SCO DF 2 0 0 0 Ian Johnstone SCO FW 1 0 0 0 |} Goalscorers Place Nationality Position Name Third Division FA Cup Total1ENGCFMartyn King300302ENGWGPeter Wright111123ENGCFNeil Langman110114ENGWGTommy Williams9095ENGCFKevin McCurley7186SCOIFBobby Hill4047SCOIFSammy McLeod3038ENGWGRussell Blake101ENGIFJohn Evans101ENGFBGeorge Fisher101ENGWHCyril Hammond101ENGFWBobby Hunt101ENGFBJohn Laidlaw101SCOCBChic Milligan101Own goals101TOTALS83285 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=20&fplist=all&flgcup=all&fcompstShowAll=&fdfa=1 Clean sheets (1st team) Coludata.co.uk 22 June 2017 Place Nationality Player Third Division FA Cup Total1ENGPercy Ames10010TOTALS10010 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 23 March 2016 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 NotesFBSCOTommy Millar1 September 1959Grimsby TownBlundell ParkFBENGJohn Laidlaw5 September 1959SouthamptonThe DellFBSCOJohn Roe3 October 1959Norwich CityCarrow RoadFWENGBobby Hunt19 March 1960York CityLayer 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 Ambrosen Tony Amber in the Blood: A History Of Newport County 1993 Yore Publications Uxbridge 978-1-874427-40-7 Kent Jeff The Valiants' Years: The Story of Port Vale 1990 Witan Books Stafford 0-9508981-4-7 White Eric 100 Years of Brentford 1989 Oldfield Press Redditch 0951526200 Websites http://www.11v11.com/teams/colchester-united/tab/matches/season/1960/ Colchester United football club match record: 1960 11v11.com 27 March 2016 Specific 2 1959-60 Category:English football clubs 1959–60 season