1978–79 Colchester United F.C. season

April 2018 April 2018 Colchester United 1978–79 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 7th FA Cup 5th round(eliminated byManchester United) League Cup 1st round(eliminated byCharlton Athletic) Bobby Gough (16) Bobby Gough (22) 13,171v Manchester United, 20 February 1979http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=match&pd=1022&sort=shan&order=asc&fsea=39&frt=all&fhan=all&it=1804 Colchester Utd 0–1 Manchester United Coludata.co.uk 10 April 2018 2,311v Chester, 12 September 1978http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=match&pd=1022&sort=shan&order=asc&fsea=39&frt=all&fhan=all&it=1778 Colchester Utd 2–1 Chester City Coludata.co.uk 10 April 2018 3,921http://coludaybyday.co.uk/Statistics/Club%20Stats/LeagueAveragesAttendance.html Average Attendance Figures Per Season Coludaybyday.co.uk 10 April 2018 4–0v Leatherhead, 19 December 19785–1v Tranmere Rovers, 9 May 1979 0–4v Carlisle United, 8 September 1978 Home _white_stripes _3whitestripes _white_stripes 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF Football kit (white jersey with blue, vertical stripes; blue shorts; and white socks). 1977–78 1979–80 The 1978–79 season was Colchester United's 37th season in their history and second 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. Colchester improved on their previous league campaign by one position, finishing in a strong seventh. The U's were eliminated in the League Cup by Charlton Athletic in the first round, but had greater success in the FA Cup. They saw off Oxford United, Leatherhead, Darlington and Newport County before facing Manchester United in the fifth round of the competition at Layer Road. Colchester held on until the 86th-minute before Jimmy Greenhoff broke the deadlock and denied the U's an Old Trafford replay. Season overview Bobby Roberts kept the faith in his squad for their second season in the Third Division, but an injury to Eddie Rowles forced him into the transfer market. Despite Colchester suffering financial difficulty, the club spent £15,000 on Millwall forward Trevor Lee, who became the first black player to represent Colchester's first team. A strong season in the league saw the club finish one position higher than the previous campaign in seventh, narrowly falling short of the promotion places – nine points behind third-placed Swansea City. In the final game of the season, Colchester recorded their then highest-ever away league victory with a 5–1 win at Tranmere Rovers, less than a month after they had stunned champions-elect Watford 3–0 at Vicarage Road on Good Friday. Colchester had a productive run in the FA Cup, where they disposed of Oxford United 4–2 with Bobby Gough netting a hat-trick. They defeated non-League Leatherhead 4–0 in a replay, and overcame difficult away ties at Darlington and Newport County. In the fifth road, the U's welcomed First Division Manchester United to Layer Road. After the fixture was called off from its original Saturday date, the crowd of 13,171 saw the U's come four minutes within an Old Trafford replay after Jimmy Greenhoff finally broke the deadlock after 86-minutes to send Colchester out.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 9 May 1979.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 Bay1978 6 1 1945 11 28 y2570ENG WatfordJuly 1973£4,000 DefendersMicky CookFBENGEnfield1978 6 1 1951 4 9 y39714ENG Orient1 March 1969Free transferSteve DowmanCBENGIlford1978 6 1 1958 4 15 y9419Apprentice24 August 1976DGFree transferMick PackerFBENGWillesden1978 6 1 1950 4 20 y21913ENG WatfordJuly 1973Free transferSteve WignallCBENGLiverpool1978 6 1 1954 9 17 y382ENG Doncaster RoversSeptember 1977£5,000Steve WrightCBENGClacton-on-Sea1978 6 1 1959 6 16 y10ENG Woods Athletic1 October 1977Free transfer MidfieldersRay BunkellMFENGEdmonton1978 6 1 1949 9 18 y1379ENG Swindon TownDecember 1973Part exchangeRussell CottonMFENGWellington1978 6 1 1960 4 4 y20Apprentice26 October 1977Free transferPaul DyerMFENGLeicester1978 6 1 1953 1 24 y1152ENG Notts CountySummer 1975UndisclosedTony EvansMFENGColchester1978 6 1 1960 3 14 y70Apprentice4 March 1978DGFree transferSteve FoleyMFENGClacton-on-Sea1978 6 1 1953 6 21 y18436ApprenticeJuly 1969Free transferSteve LeslieMFENGHornsey1978 6 1 1952 9 4 y28640Apprentice20 April 1971DG Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the clubFree transferEddie RowlesMFENGGosport1978 6 1 1951 3 10 y93ENG Darlington26 December 1977DG£15,000 ForwardsIan AllinsonWGENGHitchin1978 6 1 1957 10 1 y10414ApprenticeSummer 1974Free transferBobby GoughFWENGLadywood1978 6 1 1949 7 20 y12541ENG SouthportJanuary 1976£7,000Gary HarveyFWENGColchester1978 6 1 1961 11 19 y00ApprenticeMarch 1978Free transferBobby HodgeWGENGExeter1978 6 1 1952 4 30 y00ENG Exeter CitySeptember 1978£15,000Trevor LeeFWENGLewisham1978 6 1 1954 6 3 y00ENG MillwallNovember 1978£15,000 Transfers In Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.12 August 1978MFNIRPat SharkeyENG Mansfield Town£10,000http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=386 Pat Sharkey Coludata.co.uk 10 April 2018 DG Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the clubSeptember 1978WGENGBobby HodgeENG Exeter City£15,000http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=387 Bobby Hodge Coludata.co.uk 10 April 2018 November 1978FWENGTrevor LeeENG Millwall£15,000http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=388 Trevor Lee Coludata.co.uk 10 April 2018 Total spending: ~ £40,000 Out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.End of seasonFBENGJohnny WilliamsENG MargateFree transferhttp://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=373 Johnny Williams Coludata.co.uk 10 April 2018 31 March 1979MFNIRPat SharkeyENG Peterborough United£8,000 Total incoming: ~ £8,000 Match details Third Division 1978–79 Football League Results round by round table b Round Ground H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/H/A/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/H/A Result D/L/D/D/L/W/W/D/L/W/W/D/L/D/D/W/L/W/D/L/L/D/L/D/L/W/W/D/W/L/D/W/D/L/W/W/W/W/D/L/W/D/D/W/D/W Position 9/17/16/15/18/18/11/15/16/14/6/7/12/9/13/7/14/12/11/12/14/16/16/12/13/14/13/12/13/14/14/11/11/11/12/9/9/9/9/9/8/8/8/8/8/7 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss green1 red1 11v11.com 24 April 2018 League table Third Division y COL Matches 1978 8 19 y 1 Colchester United 2–2 Report Swansea City Foley 28Rowles 75 James 55 61 Layer Road Colchester 2,918 Ron Challis D 1978 8 21 y 2 Brentford 1–0 Report Colchester United Kruse 15 Griffin Park Brentford 6,800 T Spencer L 1978 8 26 y 3 Sheffield Wednesday 0–0 Report Colchester United Hillsborough Stadium Sheffield 10,685 D Owen D 1978 9 2 y 4 Colchester United 0–0 Report Rotherham United Layer Road Colchester 2,448 John Homewood D 1978 9 8 y 5 Carlisle United 4–0 Report Colchester United McCartney 5 pen.Bonnyman 12Hamilton 32Tait 44 Brunton Park Carlisle 4,430 R Chadwick L 1978 9 12 y 6 Colchester United 2–1 Report Chester Gough 63Cook 85 Phillips 62 Layer Road Colchester 2,311 Alf Grey W 1978 9 15 y 7 Colchester United 1–0 Report Shrewsbury Town Foley 67 Chapman 0 82 Layer Road Colchester 2,788 T Cox W 1978 9 23 y 8 Walsall 2–2 Report Colchester United King 22Buckley 73 Gough 51Foley 53 Fellows Park Walsall 4,052 E Read D 1978 9 27 y 9 Exeter City 2–1 Report Colchester United Kellow 5 pen.Bowker 75 Gough 24 St James Park Exeter 3,421 L 1978 9 30 y 10 Colchester United 3–1 Report Blackpool Rowles 48Gough 78 89 Hockaday 87 Layer Road Colchester 3,007 K Salmon W 1978 10 6 y 11 Colchester United 3–2 Report Swindon Town Rowles 53Evans 77Gough 89 Gilchrist 14Bates 43 Layer Road Colchester 3,324 C Maskell W 1978 10 13 y 12 Lincoln City 0–0 Report Colchester United Sincil Bank Lincoln 3,541 P Scott D 1978 10 18 y 13 Chesterfield 2–1 Report Colchester United Burton 48Walker 68 Dyer 54 Saltergate Chesterfield 4,394 B Hill L 1978 10 20 y 14 Colchester United 1–1 Report Southend United Evans 70 Laverick 41 Layer Road Colchester 5,881 A Glasson D 1978 10 28 y 15 Mansfield Town 1–1 Report Colchester United Moss 82 Wignall 48 Field Mill Mansfield 4,515 R Perkin D 1978 11 3 y 16 Colchester United 2–1 Report Plymouth Argyle Bunkell 75Gough 90 Binney 45 Layer Road Colchester 4,564 J Martin W 1978 11 11 y 17 Rotherham United 1–0 Report Colchester United Finney 40Dawson 0 90 Packer 0 90 Millmoor Rotherham 3,777 E Morrisey L 1978 11 18 y 18 Colchester United 1–0 Report Sheffield Wednesday Wignall 83 Layer Road Colchester 4,346 Alan Gunn W 1978 12 9 y 19 Colchester United 0–0 Report Bury Layer Road Colchester 2,732 D Reeves D 1978 12 23 y 20 Colchester United 0–1 Report Watford Jenkins 43 Layer Road Colchester 5,424 Alf Grey L 1978 12 26 y 21 Oxford United 2–0 Report Colchester United Foley 75Graydon 80 pen. Manor Ground Oxford 4,892 Tom Bune L 1979 1 17 y 22 Chester 2–2 Report Colchester United Henderson 24Phillips 75 Foley 32 65 Sealand Road Chester 2,339 K Butcher D 1979 1 19 y 23 Shrewsbury Town 2–0 Report Colchester United Biggins 22Chapman 59 Gay Meadow Shrewsbury 2,119 D Shaw L 1979 2 2 y 24 Colchester United 2–2 Report Exeter City Roberts 39 o.g.Allinson 50 pen. Neville 64 65 Layer Road Colchester 2,767 B Hill D 1979 2 10 y 25 Blackpool 2–1 Report Colchester United Spence 21 86 Allinson 54 Bloomfield Road Blackpool 3,446 D Owen L 1979 2 23 y 26 Colchester United 2–0 Report Lincoln City Lee 60Hodge 80 Layer Road Colchester 2,861 Colin Downey W 1979 2 27 y 27 Colchester United 2–0 Report Walsall Hodge 15Wignall 74 Layer Road Colchester 3,135 T Cox W 1979 3 2 y 28 Southend United 1–1 Report Colchester United Parker 63 Lee 75 Roots Hall Southend-on-Sea 6,957 Alan Gunn D 1979 3 9 y 29 Colchester United 1–0 Report Mansfield Town Gough 18 Layer Road Colchester 2,866 Malcolm Sinclair W 1979 3 13 y 30 Hull City 1–0 Report Colchester United Stewart 87 Boothferry Park Kingston upon Hull 4,201 Pat Partridge L 1979 3 17 y 31 Plymouth Argyle 1–1 Report Colchester United Binney 82 Dyer 2 Home Park Plymouth 5,342 E Hughes D 1979 3 20 y 32 Swindon Town 1–2 Report Colchester United Rowland 57 Lee 63 77 County Ground Swindon 6,678 A Hamil W 1979 3 24 y 33 Colchester United 1–1 Report Brentford Hodge 73 pen. Shrubb 66 Layer Road Colchester 3,528 J Bray D 1979 3 27 y 34 Swansea City 4–1 Report Colchester United Waddle 8 48James 83Attley 90 Lee 90 Vetch Field Swansea 11,645 W Brombroff L 1979 3 31 y 35 Peterborough United 1–2 Report Colchester United Robson 82 Gough 42Allinson 52 London Road Stadium Peterborough 3,559 M Peck W 1979 4 2 y 36 Colchester United 2–1 Report Carlisle United Lee 85Wignall 87 Lumby 30 Layer Road Colchester 2,608 C White W 1979 4 6 y 37 Colchester United 1–0 Report Tranmere Rovers Lee 18 Layer Road Colchester 2,578 David Hutchinson W 1979 4 13 y 15:00 BST 38 Watford 0–3 Report Colchester United Lee 43 57Gough 84 Vicarage Road Watford 17,903 Ron Challis W 1979 4 14 y 39 Colchester United 1–1 Report Oxford United Gough 16 Taylor 76 Layer Road Colchester 3,892 C Maskell D 1979 4 16 y 40 Gillingham 3–0 Report Colchester United Price 17Westwood 64Funnell 75 Priestfield Stadium Gillingham 12,030 A Robinson L 1979 4 21 y 41 Colchester United 2–1 Report Hull City Rowles 74Gough 84 Edwards 56 Layer Road Colchester 2,762 Rob Lewis W 1979 4 24 y 42 Colchester United 0–0 Report Chesterfield Layer Road Colchester 2,762 D Reeves D 1979 4 28 y 43 Bury 2–2 Report Colchester United Hilton 23Wilson 46 Gough 6Wright 75 Gigg Lane Bury 2,905 B Martin D 1979 5 4 y 44 Colchester United 4–2 Report Peterborough United Foley 11Allinson 61Dowman 77 87 Guy 36Cooke 38 Layer Road Colchester 2,662 A Glasson W 1979 5 7 y 45 Colchester United 2–2 Report Gillingham Allinson 54Gough 78 Armstrong 9Westwood 53 Layer Road Colchester 6,317 John Homewood D 1979 5 9 y 46 Tranmere Rovers 1–5 Report Colchester United Peplow 71 Gough 20 80Packer 46Lee 66 74 Prenton Park Birkenhead 1,016 D Clarke W League Cup 1978–79 Football League Cup 1978 8 12 y 1st round 1st leg Colchester United 2–3 Report Charlton Athletic Rowles 30Dowman 90 Hales 8Brisley 78Robinson 82 Layer Road Colchester 3,016 R Toseland L 1978 8 15 y 1st round 2nd leg Charlton Athletic 0–0 Report Colchester United The Valley Charlton 7,205 D Charlton won 3–2 on aggregate FA Cup 1978–79 FA Cup 1978 11 25 y 1st round Colchester United 4–2 Report Oxford United Gough 30 74 87Foley 46 Foley 22Seacole 53 Layer Road Colchester 4,170 C Maskell W 1978 12 16 y 15:00 GMT 2nd round Leatherhead 1–1 Report Colchester United Kelly 73 Gough 30 Fetcham Grove Leatherhead 2,250 P Reeves D 1978 12 19 y 2nd round replay Colchester United 4–0 Report Leatherhead Lee 40Gough 67Dowman 68 71 Layer Road Colchester 3,920 P Reeves W 1979 1 9 y 3rd round Darlington 0–1 Report Colchester United Hodge 8 Feethams Darlington 3,465 D Mills W 1979 1 30 y 4th round Newport County 0–0 Report Colchester United Somerton Park Newport 10,329 D Turner D 1979 2 5 y 4th round replay Colchester United 1–0 Report Newport County Gough 26 Layer Road Colchester 7,025 D Turner W 1979 2 20 y 19:30 GMT 5th round Colchester United 0–1 Report Manchester United J. Greenhoff 85 Layer Road Colchester 13,171 Ron Challis L Squad statistics Appearances and goals http://coludata.co.uk/content.php?pg=goals&pd=1014#frmft=True&pg=goals&pd=1014&fsea=39&fplist=all&flgcup=all&fcompstShowAll=&fdfaShowAll= Goals Coludata.co.uk 14 April 2018 Third Division FA Cup League Cup Mike Walker WAL GK 46 0 7 0 2 0 Micky Cook ENG DF 46 1 7 0 1 0 Steve Dowman ENG DF 37+1 2 7 2 2 1 Mick Packer ENG DF 40+2 1 5 0 2 0 Steve Wignall ENG DF 42 4 7 0 2 0 Steve Wright ENG DF 33+2 1 6+1 0 0 0 Ray Bunkell ENG MF 10+2 1 2 0 1 0 Russell Cotton ENG MF 1 0 0 0 0 0 Paul Dyer ENG MF 37+3 2 5 0 2 0 Tony Evans ENG MF 8+1 2 0 0 0 0 Steve Foley ENG MF 34 6 6 1 2 0 Steve Leslie ENG MF 3 0 0 0 1 0 Eddie Rowles ENG MF 19+2 4 0 0 2 1 Ian Allinson ENG FW 45+1 5 7 0 2 0 Bobby Gough ENG FW 42 16 6 6 2 0 Bobby Hodge ENG FW 31 3 7 1 0 0 Trevor Lee ENG FW 27 11 5 1 0 0 |- !colspan="14"|Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season Pat Sharkey NIR MF 5+1 0 0 0 1+1 0 |} Goalscorers Place Nationality Position Name Third Division FA Cup League Cup Total1ENGFWBobby Gough1660222ENGFWTrevor Lee1110123ENGMFSteve Foley61074ENGWGIan Allinson5005ENGCBSteve Dowman2215ENGMFEddie Rowles40157ENGWGBobby Hodge3104ENGCBSteve Wignall40049ENGMFPaul Dyer2002ENGMFTony Evans200211ENGMFRay Bunkell1001ENGFBMicky Cook1001ENGFBMick Packer1001ENGCBSteve Wright1001Own goals1001TOTALS6011273 Disciplinary record http://coludata.co.uk/content.php?pg=discipline&pd=1013#frmft=True&pg=discipline&pd=1013&fsea=39&fplist=all&flgcup=all&fcompstShowAll=&fdfaShowAll= Discipline Coludata.co.uk 14 April 2018 Nationality Position Name Third Division FA Cup League Cup TotalENGFBMick Packer31000031ENGMFPaul Dyer10000010ENGCBSteve Wignall10000010TOTALS51000051 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=39&fplist=all&flgcup=all&fcompstShowAll=&fdfa=1 Clean sheets (1st team) Coludata.co.uk 14 April 2018 Place Nationality Player Third Division FA Cup League Cup Total1WALMike Walker124117TOTALS124117 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 NotesMFNIRPat Sharkey12 August 1978Charlton AthleticLayer RoadWGENGBobby Hodge27 September 1978Exeter CitySt James ParkFWENGTrevor Lee3 November 1978Plymouth ArgyleLayer 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/1979/ Colchester United football club match record: 1979 11v11.com 24 April 2018 Specific 2 1978-79 Category:English football clubs 1978–79 season