1960–61 Colchester United F.C. season

March 2016 March 2016 Colchester United 1960–61 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 23rd (relegated) FA Cup 2nd round(eliminated byAldershot) League Cup 2nd round(eliminated bySouthampton) Martyn King (23) Martyn King (25) 9,130v Newcastle United, 10 October 1960http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=match&pd=1022&sort=shan&order=asc&fsea=21&frt=all&fhan=all&it=851 Colchester Utd 4–1 Newcastle United Coludata.co.uk 27 March 2016 3,141v Chesterfield, 29 April 1961http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=match&pd=1022&sort=shan&order=asc&fsea=21&frt=all&fhan=all&it=886 Colchester Utd 4–3 Chesterfield Coludata.co.uk 27 March 2016 5,203http://coludaybyday.co.uk/Statistics/Club%20Stats/LeagueAveragesAttendance.html Average Attendance Figures Per Season Coludaybyday.co.uk 27 March 2016 5–0v Maidenhead United, 5 November 1960 0–5v Bristol City, 10 September 1960;2–7v Tranmere Rovers, 11 March 1961 Home _white_stripes _whitestripes3 _white_stripes _color_2_stripes_blue 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF FFFFFF FFFFFF Football kit (white jersey with blue, vertical stripes; white shorts; and white socks with two blue, horizontal hoops). 1959–60 1961–62 The 1960–61 season was Colchester United's 19th season in their history and their eleventh season in the third tier of English football, the Third Division. Alongside competing in the Third Division, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the new League Cup competition. Colchester reached the second round in both cups, beating Maidenhead United in the first round of the FA Cup before being eliminated by Aldershot. In the League Cup, Colchester hosted First Division Newcastle United in the first round. They won 4–1, but were knocked out by Southampton in round two. In the league, Colchester had a very poor season. Seven consecutive defeats left the club languishing in the bottom four by early October 1960, and they remained no higher than one place above the relegation positions for the rest of the season. They were relegated for the first time in their history in 23rd position. Season overview After gathering just one point in eleven games, Colchester had hit the bottom of the Third Division by October 1960 and never managed to climb out of the bottom five places. Average attendances plummeted, with a new record–low attendance of 3,141 achieved in the final game of the season against Chesterfield. Despite this, Martyn King managed to score a hat–trick in the game, a 4–3 win for Colchester and finished the season with 25 goals to his name. Colchester had conceded a club record 101 goals in the league. Aside from Colchester's league woes, they did enjoy some success in the inaugural League Cup competition. They hosted First Division Newcastle United at Layer Road and comprehensively beat them 4–1 in front of a season-best 9,130 crowd. In round two, they were beaten 2–0 at home to Southampton. In the FA Cup, Colchester achieved their best win of the season at home to Maidenhead United in the first round, but were dumped out of the cup by Aldershot in round two.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 5 May 2011 Players match played 29 April 1961.http://coludata.co.uk/content.php?pg=appearances&pd=1010#frmft=True&pg=appearances&pd=1010&fsea=21&fplist=all&flgcup=all&fcompstShowAll=&fdfaShowAll= Appearances Coludata.co.uk 27 March 2016 Name Position Nationality Place of birth Date of birth Apps Goals Signed from Date signed Fee GoalkeepersPercy AmesGKENGPlymouth1960 6 1 1931 12 13 y2380ENG Tottenham Hotspur1 May 1955Free transferJohn WrightGKENGAldershot1960 6 1 1933 8 13 y40ENG Colchester Casuals23 May 1952Free transfer DefendersPeter CareyFBENGBarking1960 6 1 1933 4 14 y00ENG Queens Park RangersNovember 1960UndisclosedAlan EaglesFBENGEdgware1960 6 1 1933 9 6 y00ENG Leyton OrientJanuary 1961£3,000John FowlerFBSCOLeith1960 6 1 1933 10 17 y2013SCO Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic20 August 1955DG Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the clubFree transferJohn LaidlawFBENGAldershot1960 6 1 1936 7 5 y401SCO Easthouses Lily Miners WelfareJune 1957Free transferAlf MarshallFBENGDagenham1960 6 1 1933 5 21 y290ENG Dagenham14 October 1957£25Tommy MillarFBSCOEdinburgh1960 6 1 1938 12 3 y50SCO Bo'ness UnitedJuly 1959Free transferEdgar RumneyFBENGAbberton1960 6 1 1936 9 15 y50ENG Colchester Casuals1 May 1957Free transfer MidfieldersCyril HammondWHENGWoolwich1960 6 1 1927 10 10 y811ENG Charlton AthleticJuly 1958Free transferTrevor HarrisWHENGColchester1960 6 1 1936 2 6 y110AmateurJuly 1951Free transferRon HuntWHENGColchester1960 6 1 1933 9 26 y620AmateurOctober 1951Free transferDerek ParkerWHENGWivenhoe1960 6 1 1926 6 23 y1241ENG West Ham UnitedMarch 1957£2,500 ForwardsJohn BainesCFENGColchester1960 6 1 1937 9 25 y00ENG Colchester CasualsJanuary 1960Free transferBobby HillIFSCOEdinburgh1960 6 1 1938 6 9 y10113SCO Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare9 June 1955Free transferTony HoweWGENGColchester1960 6 1 1939 2 14 y00ENG Colchester CasualsMarch 1960Free transferBobby HuntFWENGColchester1960 6 1 1942 10 1 y11AmateurMarch 1960Free transferMartyn KingCFENGBirmingham1960 6 1 1937 8 23 y4631AmateurSummer 1955Free transferSammy McLeodIFSCOGlasgow1960 6 1 1934 1 4 y11919SCO Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare20 August 1955DGFree transferTony MillerIFENGChelmsford1960 6 1 1937 10 26 y00AmateurMay 1958Free transferTommy WilliamsWGENGBattersea1960 6 1 1935 2 10 y11823ENG Carshalton AthleticSeptember 1956Free transferPeter WrightWGENGColchester1960 6 1 1934 1 26 y30063AmateurNovember 1951Free transfer Transfers In Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.November 1960FBENGPeter CareyENG Queens Park RangersUndisclosedhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=235 Peter Carey Coludata.co.uk 21 April 2016 January 1961FBENGAlan EaglesENG Leyton Orient£3,000http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=236 Alan Eagles Coludata.co.uk 21 April 2016 Total spending: ~ £3,000 Out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.Summer 1960FBENGGeorge FisherENG Bexleyheath & WellingReleasedhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=211 George Fisher Coludata.co.uk 21 April 2016 Summer 1960CFENGKevin McCurleyENG Oldham AthleticNominalhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=184 Kevin McCurley Coludata.co.uk 21 April 2016 June 1960IFENGJohn EvansENG RomfordReleasedhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=224 John Evans Coludata.co.uk 21 April 2016 3 April 1961WGENGRussell BlakeENG Chelmsford CityReleasedhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=212 Russell Blake Coludata.co.uk 21 April 2016 FG Date of departure refers to the date of the player's final game for the club22 April 1961CBSCOChic MilliganENG Clacton TownReleasedhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=217 Chic Milligan Coludata.co.uk 28 April 2016 FG24 April 1961CFENGNeil LangmanENG Bath CityReleasedhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=225 Neil Langman Coludata.co.uk 28 April 2016 FG Match details Third Division 1960–61 Football League Results round by round table b Round Ground H/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/A/H/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/H Result W/D/L/L/W/W/L/L/L/L/L/L/L/D/L/L/D/W/D/W/W/D/L/D/D/L/L/L/L/L/L/D/L/W/W/L/L/D/L/W/L/D/W/D/L/W Position 4/1/9/14/13/5/12/15/18/20/23/24/24/23/24/24/24/23/23/22/20/20/20/20/20/22/23/23/23/23/23/23/23/23/22/23/23/24/24/24/24/24/24/24/24/23 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss green1 red1 11v11.com 21 April 2016 League table Third Division y COL Matches 1960 08 20 y 1 Colchester United 4–0 Report Hull City Hammond pen.pen.King Layer Road Colchester 6,731 W 1960 08 22 y 2 Colchester United 1–1 Report Grimsby Town King Unknown goalscorer Layer Road Colchester 7,194 D 1960 08 27 y 3 Reading 2–1 Report Colchester United Lacey 15Wheeler 66 Howe 37 Elm Park Reading 7,775 L 1960 08 30 y 4 Grimsby Town 2–1 Report Colchester United Unknown goalscorer King Blundell Park Cleethorpes 11,000 L 1960 09 03 y 5 Colchester United 4–3 Report Coventry City Hammond pen.King Langman Williams Myerscough Straw Layer Road Colchester 5,431 W 1960 09 05 y 6 Colchester United 4–2 Report Barnsley Hammond pen.King Howe Unknown goalscorer Layer Road Colchester 6,034 W 1960 09 10 y 7 Bristol City 5–0 Report Colchester United Unknown goalscorer Ashton Gate Stadium Bristol 11,808 L 1960 09 14 y 8 Barnsley 3–0 Report Colchester United Unknown goalscorer Oakwell Barnsley 3,000 L 1960 09 17 y 9 Colchester United 0–1 Report Queens Park Rangers Unknown goalscorer Layer Road Colchester 5,750 L 1960 09 20 y 10 Bury 4–0 Report Colchester United Unknown goalscorer Gigg Lane Bury 9,253 L 1960 09 24 y 11 Notts County 4–2 Report Colchester United Unknown goalscorer Langman Williams Meadow Lane Nottingham 14,134 L 1960 09 26 y 12 Colchester United 0–2 Report Bury Unknown goalscorer Layer Road Colchester 5,263 L 1960 10 01 y 13 Colchester United 0–1 Report Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Unknown goalscorer Layer Road Colchester 4,576 L 1960 10 08 y 14 Colchester United 1–1 Report Shrewsbury Town Langman Unknown goalscorer Layer Road Colchester 4,191 D 1960 10 15 y 15 Halifax Town 2–1 Report Colchester United Unknown goalscorer King The Shay Halifax 6,210 L 1960 10 22 y 16 Colchester United 0–3 Report Tranmere Rovers Unknown goalscorer Layer Road Colchester 4,569 L 1960 10 29 y 17 Watford 2–2 Report Colchester United Bunce Holton King Williams pen. Vicarage Road Watford 13,031 D 1960 11 12 y 18 Swindon Town 0–2 ReportReport Colchester United Langman County Ground Swindon 11,782 W 1960 11 19 y 19 Colchester United 3–3 Report Torquay United B. Hunt Fowler Langman Unknown goalscorer Layer Road Colchester 5,483 D 1960 12 03 y 20 Colchester United 2–0 ReportReport Southend United Langman Williams Layer Road Colchester 5,007 W 1960 12 10 y 21 Chesterfield 2–3 Report Colchester United Havenhand Frear Fowler 49Harris 88 pen.King Saltergate Chesterfield 3,342 W 1960 12 17 y 22 Hull City 1–1 Report Colchester United Sewell King Boothferry Park Kingston upon Hull 6,047 D 1960 12 22 y 23 Newport County 3–2 Report Colchester United Burton Meyer King Langman Somerton Park Newport 6,182 L 1960 12 26 y 24 Colchester United 1–1 Report Newport County King McPherson Layer Road Colchester 6,732 D 1960 12 31 y 25 Colchester United 2–2 Report Reading Langman Williams Unknown goalscorer Layer Road Colchester 5,252 D 1961 01 14 y 26 Coventry City 2–0 Report Colchester United Kletzenbauer Straw Highfield Road Coventry 10,197 L 1961 01 21 y 27 Colchester United 0–1 Report Bristol City Unknown goalscorer Layer Road Colchester 5,099 L 1961 01 28 y 28 Colchester United 2–4 Report Brentford B. Hunt Williams Rainford Bristow Towers Layer Road Colchester 4,040 L 1961 02 04 y 29 Queens Park Rangers 3–2 Report Colchester United Unknown goalscorer P. Wright Williams Loftus Road Shepherd's Bush 10,232 L 1961 02 06 y 30 Port Vale 3–0 Report Colchester United Poole Portwood Vale Park Burslem 6,504 L 1961 02 11 y 31 Colchester United 1–2 Report Notts County Williams Unknown goalscorer Layer Road Colchester 4,634 L 1961 02 18 y 32 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 4–4 Report Colchester United Unknown goalscorer Own goal o.g.King McLeod Dean Court Bournemouth 6,712 D 1961 02 25 y 33 Southend United 2–1 ReportReport Colchester United Fryatt McKinven Eagles Roots Hall Southend-on-Sea 6,047 L 1961 03 04 y 34 Colchester United 3–1 Report Halifax Town McLeod Harris pen. Unknown goalscorer Layer Road Colchester 4,710 W 1961 03 07 y 35 Bradford City 0–1 Report Colchester United King Valley Parade Bradford 7,590 W 1961 03 11 y 36 Tranmere Rovers 7–2 Report Colchester United Unknown goalscorer Own goal o.g.King Prenton Park Birkenhead 11,299 L 1961 03 18 y 37 Colchester United 1–4 Report Watford Langman Bunce Nicholas Walker Layer Road Colchester 4,648 L 1961 03 25 y 38 Brentford 0–0 Report Colchester United Griffin Park Brentford 4,600 D 1961 03 31 y 39 Colchester United 0–4 Report Walsall Unknown goalscorer Layer Road Colchester 5,480 L 1961 04 01 y 40 Colchester United 3–1 ReportReport Swindon Town B. Hunt 27King 52P. Wright 75 Woodruff 2 Layer Road Colchester 3,182 A. Sturgeon W 1961 04 03 y 41 Walsall 3–0 Report Colchester United Unknown goalscorer Fellows Park Walsall 12,985 L 1961 04 08 y 42 Torquay United 1–1 Report Colchester United Unknown goalscorer Hill Plainmoor Torquay 4,047 D 1961 04 15 y 43 Colchester United 2–0 Report Port Vale King Layer Road Colchester 3,500 W 1961 04 22 y 44 Shrewsbury Town 2–2 Report Colchester United McLaughlin 30Baker 55 R. Hunt 27B. Hunt 59 Gay Meadow Shrewsbury 6,891 D 1961 04 24 y 45 Colchester United 2–4 Report Bradford City Langman P. Wright Unknown goalscorer Layer Road Colchester 3,542 L 1961 04 29 y 46 Colchester United 4–3 Report Chesterfield Own goal o.g.King Unknown goalscorer Layer Road Colchester 3,141 W League Cup 1960–61 Football League Cup 1960 10 10 y 1st round Colchester United 4–1 Report Newcastle United Williams 2King 4 85P. Wright 44 Neale 46 Layer Road Colchester 9,130 W 1960 10 31 y 2nd round Colchester United 0–2 Report Southampton Paine Sydenham Layer Road Colchester 6,264 L FA Cup 1960–61 FA Cup 1960 11 05 y 1st round Colchester United 5–0 Report Maidenhead United B. Hunt 43 76Langman 44 78Williams 86 Layer Road Colchester 5,771 W 1960 11 26 y 2nd round Aldershot 3–1 Report Colchester United Kirkup 20 77 79 Hill 51 Recreation Ground Aldershot 8,425 L Squad statistics Appearances and goals http://coludata.co.uk/content.php?pg=goals&pd=1014#frmft=True&pg=goals&pd=1014&fsea=21&fplist=all&flgcup=all&fcompstShowAll=&fdfaShowAll= Goals Coludata.co.uk 21 April 2016 Third Division FA Cup League Cup Percy Ames ENG GK 45 0 2 0 2 0 John Wright ENG GK 1 0 0 0 0 0 Peter Carey ENG DF 10 0 0 0 0 0 Alan Eagles ENG DF 16 1 0 0 0 0 John Fowler SCO DF 45 2 2 0 2 0 John Laidlaw ENG DF 2 0 0 0 0 0 Alf Marshall ENG DF 1 0 0 0 0 0 Tommy Millar SCO DF 14 0 2 0 1 0 Edgar Rumney ENG DF 17 0 0 0 1 0 Cyril Hammond ENG MF 19 4 0 0 0 0 Trevor Harris ENG MF 27 2 2 0 2 0 Ron Hunt ENG MF 28 1 2 0 2 0 Derek Parker ENG MF 14 0 0 0 0 0 John Baines ENG FW 3 0 0 0 0 0 Bobby Hill SCO FW 33 1 2 1 2 0 Tony Howe ENG FW 10 2 0 0 0 0 Bobby Hunt ENG FW 27 4 2 2 0 0 Martyn King ENG FW 38 23 1 0 2 2 Sammy McLeod SCO FW 20 3 1 0 1 0 Tommy Williams ENG FW 36 8 2 1 2 1 Peter Wright ENG FW 21 3 0 0 2 1 |- !colspan="14"|Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season Chic Milligan SCO DF 38 0 2 0 2 0 Russell Blake ENG FW 7 0 0 0 0 0 Neil Langman ENG FW 34 11 2 2 1 0 |} Goalscorers Place Nationality Position Name Third Division FA Cup League Cup Total1ENGCFMartyn King2302252ENGCFNeil Langman1120133ENGWGTommy Williams811104ENGFWBobby Hunt42065ENGWHCyril Hammond4004ENGWGPeter Wright30147SCOIFSammy McLeod30038SCOFBJohn Fowler2002ENGWHTrevor Harris2002SCOIFBobby Hill1102ENGWGTony Howe200212ENGFBAlan Eagles1001ENGWHRon Hunt1001Own goals3003TOTALS686478 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=21&fplist=all&flgcup=all&fcompstShowAll=&fdfa=1 Clean sheets (1st team) Coludata.co.uk 22 June 2017 Place Nationality Player Third Division FA Cup League Cup Total1ENGPercy Ames6107TOTALS6107 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 21 April 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 NotesWGENGTony Howe20 August 1960Hull CityLayer RoadFBENGPeter Carey14 January 1961Coventry CityHighfield RoadFBENGAlan Eagles14 January 1961Coventry CityHighfield RoadCFENGJohn Baines4 March 1961Halifax TownLayer 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/1961/ Colchester United football club match record: 1961 11v11.com 27 March 2016 http://tigerbase.hullcity.com/tigers-seasons.php#season_view Season View TigerBase 20 April 2016 http://www.watfordfcarchive.com/downloads/seasons/Mergedseasons1960to1970.pdf 1960/61 to 1969/70 Watford Football Club archive 1881–2015 PDF 20 April 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160309025248/http://www.watfordfcarchive.com/downloads/seasons/Mergedseasons1960to1970.pdf 9 March 2016 dead dmy-all Specific 2 1960-61 Category:English football clubs 1960–61 season