1971–72 Colchester United F.C. season
1971–72 season | ||
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Chairman | Roy Chapman[1] | |
Manager | Dick Graham | |
Stadium | Layer Road | |
Fourth Division | 11th | |
FA Cup | 1st round (eliminated by Shrewsbury Town) | |
League Cup | 3rd round (eliminated by Blackpool) | |
Watney Cup | Winners | |
Top goalscorer | League: Brian Lewis (15) All: Brian Lewis (23) | |
Highest home attendance | 9,807 v Southend United, 18 October 1971[2] | |
Lowest home attendance | 3,390 v Workington, 7 April 1972[3] | |
Average home league attendance | 5,695[4] | |
Biggest win | 4–1 v Swindon Town, 8 September 1971 v Southend United, 28 January 1972 5–2 v Lincoln City, 15 October 1971 3–0 v Exeter City, 26 November 1971 | |
Biggest defeat | 0–4 v Blackpool, 5 October 1971 v Peterborough United, 1 April 1972 | |
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The 1971–72 season was Colchester United's 30th season in their history and their fourth successive season in the fourth tier of English football, the Fourth Division. Alongside competing in the Fourth Division, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the League Cup, as well as being entered into the pre-season Watney Cup.
Continuing with their cup success of the previous season, Dick Graham's high-scoring side were entered into the Watney Cup, a pre-season tournament held between the two highest scoring teams in each of the four divisions in the Football League who had not achieved promotion or entered European football. Colchester defeated West Bromwich Albion in their first ever penalty shoot-out following a 4–4 draw at The Hawthorns.
Colchester reached the third round of the League Cup, where they were knocked out by Blackpool, and were eliminated from the FA Cup in the first round by Shrewsbury Town. Meanwhile, the U's ended their league campaign in eleventh position, nine points away from promotion.
Season overview
Colchester's goalscoring exploits of the previous campaign enabled qualification for the 1971–72 pre-season Watney Cup competition, open to the two highest scoring teams from each division, exclusively for teams that had not achieved promotion or entered into European competition. Both Luton Town and Carlisle United were beaten at Layer Road ahead of the final, held against West Bromwich Albion at their Hawthorns stadium. The encounter registered four goals apiece, taking the fixture to a penalty shoot-out. Albion missed two penalties, while Colchester youngster Phil Bloss scored the decisive spot kick to win the competition.
Although early favourites for promotion, a club debt of over £21,000 meant that manager Dick Graham needed to inject youth into his ageing side, bringing apprentices Steve Leslie, Steve Foley, Lindsay Smith, Micky Cook and John McLaughlin to name but a few into the first-team picture during the season. All became regulars but youth alone was not sufficient for Colchester to maintain a promotion push as they finished the season in eleventh position, nine points adrift of promotion.
Meanwhile, Colchester experienced a brief run in the League Cup, defeating Brentford and Swindon Town at Layer Road in the first and second rounds respectively, but were heavily beaten at Blackpool in round three. An early exit in the FA Cup followed. After reaching the quarter-final stage last season, the U's were humbled 4–1 at home to Shrewsbury Town in the first round.[5]
Players
- As of match played 29 April 1972.[6]
Name | Position | Nationality | Place of birth | Date of birth | Apps | Goals | Signed from | Date signed | Fee | ||
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Goalkeepers | |||||||||||
Barry Smith | GK | ![]() | Colchester | (1953-03-03)3 March 1953 (aged 18) | 0 | 0 | Apprentice | July 1971 | Free transfer | ||
Defenders | |||||||||||
Richard Bourne | CB | ![]() | Colchester | (1954-12-09)9 December 1954 (aged 16) | 0 | 0 | Apprentice | 3 April 1972[a] | Free transfer | ||
Eric Burgess | FB | ![]() | Edgware | (1944-10-27)27 October 1944 (aged 26) | 10 | 1 | ![]() | December 1970 | Free transfer | ||
Micky Cook | FB | ![]() | Enfield | (1951-04-09)9 April 1951 (aged 20) | 61 | 0 | ![]() | 1 March 1969 | Free transfer | ||
Brian Hall | LB | ![]() | Burbage | (1939-03-09)9 March 1939 (aged 32) | 305 | 31 | ![]() | March 1965 | Free transfer | ||
Bobby Howlett | CB | ![]() | West Ham | (1948-12-12)12 December 1948 (aged 22) | 18 | 0 | ![]() | Summer 1968 | Free transfer | ||
John McLaughlin | FB | ![]() | Edmonton | (1954-10-29)29 October 1954 (aged 16) | 0 | 0 | Apprentice | 18 March 1972[a] | Free transfer | ||
Lindsay Smith | CB | ![]() | Enfield | (1954-09-18)18 September 1954 (aged 16) | 1 | 0 | Apprentice | 20 April 1971[a] | Free transfer | ||
Midfielders | |||||||||||
Phil Bloss | MF | ![]() | Colchester | (1953-01-16)16 January 1953 (aged 18) | 1 | 1 | Apprentice | January 1971 | Free transfer | ||
Steve Foley | MF | ![]() | Clacton-on-Sea | (1953-06-21)21 June 1953 (aged 17) | 0 | 0 | Apprentice | July 1969 | Free transfer | ||
Steve Leslie | MF | ![]() | Hornsey | (1952-09-04)4 September 1952 (aged 18) | 2 | 0 | Apprentice | 20 April 1971[a] | Free transfer | ||
Bobby Mills | MF | ![]() | Edmonton | (1955-03-16)16 March 1955 (aged 16) | 0 | 0 | Apprentice | 4 March 1972[a] | Free transfer | ||
Tony Wingate | MF | ![]() | Islington | (1955-03-21)21 March 1955 (aged 16) | 0 | 0 | Apprentice | 18 March 1972[a] | Free transfer | ||
Forwards | |||||||||||
Brian Gibbs | FW | ![]() | Gillingham | (1936-10-06)6 October 1936 (aged 34) | 138 | 36 | ![]() | September 1968 | £8,000 | ||
Mick Mahon | WG | ![]() | Manchester | (1944-09-17)17 September 1944 (aged 26) | 47 | 7 | ![]() | May 1970 | Free transfer | ||
Dave Simmons | FW | ![]() | Ryde | (1948-10-24)24 October 1948 (aged 22) | 15 | 6 | ![]() | 26 December 1970[a] | £6,000 |
- ^ a b c d e f g Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club
Transfers
In
Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
July 1971 | CB | ![]() | Barry Smith | Apprentice | Free transfer | [7] |
4 March 1972 | MF | ![]() | Bobby Mills | Apprentice | Free transfer | [8][a] |
18 March 1972 | FB | ![]() | John McLaughlin | Apprentice | Free transfer | [9][a] |
18 March 1972 | MF | ![]() | Tony Wingate | Apprentice | Free transfer | [10][a] |
3 April 1972 | CB | ![]() | Richard Bourne | Apprentice | Free transfer | [11][a] |
- ^ a b c d Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club
Out
Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
End of season | CB | ![]() | Trevor Painter | ![]() | Released | [12] |
End of season | WG | ![]() | Ray Whittaker | ![]() | Released | [13] |
Summer 1971 | WG | ![]() | Micky Brown | ![]() | Released | [14] |
31 May 1971 | DF | ![]() | Adrian Webster | ![]() | Released | [15] |
July 1971 | GK | ![]() | Brian Sherratt | ![]() | Released | [16] |
31 July 1971 | FW | ![]() | Ray Crawford | ![]() | Released | [17][a] |
13 November 1971 | GK | ![]() | Graham Smith | ![]() | £11,000 | [18] |
December 1971 | CB | ![]() | John Kurila | ![]() | Free transfer | [19] |
January 1972 | CB | ![]() | Alan Dennis | ![]() | Free transfer | [20] |
January 1972 | WG | ![]() | Brian Owen | ![]() | Player-coach | [21] |
March 1972 | FB | ![]() | John Gilchrist | ![]() | Player-coach | [22] |
March 1972 | MF | ![]() | Ken Jones | ![]() | Released | [23] |
31 March 1972 | FB | ![]() | Bobby Cram | ![]() | Free transfer | [24][a] |
3 April 1972 | MF | ![]() | Brian Lewis | ![]() | £8,500 | [25][a] |
24 April 1972 | CB | ![]() | Brian Garvey | ![]() | Player-manager | [26][a] |
- Total incoming:
~ £19,500
- ^ a b c d Date of departure refers to the date of the player's final game for the club
Loans in
Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | End date | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
26 November 1971 | FB | ![]() | Charlie Woods | ![]() | 18 December 1972 | [27][a] |
March 1972 | MF | ![]() | David Burnside | ![]() | 29 April 1972 | [28][a] |
- ^ a b Loan start and end dates refer to the date of the player's first and final games for the club
Match details
Fourth Division
Results round by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
League table
Pos | Team
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9 | Bury | 46 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 73 | 59 | 1.237 | 50 |
10 | Cambridge United | 46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 62 | 60 | 1.033 | 48 |
11 | Colchester United | 46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 70 | 69 | 1.014 | 48 |
12 | Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 56 | 63 | 0.889 | 46 |
13 | Gillingham | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 61 | 67 | 0.910 | 45 |
Matches
14 August 1971 (1971-08-14) 1 | Lincoln City | 2–0 | Colchester United | Lincoln |
Hubbard ![]() Smith ![]() | Report | Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 6,607 Referee: H Powell |
20 August 1971 (1971-08-20) 2 | Colchester United | 1–0 | Hartlepool | Colchester |
Ashurst ![]() | Report | Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,634 Referee: H Robinson |
28 August 1971 (1971-08-28) 3 | Bury | 3–0 | Colchester United | Bury |
Jones ![]() White ![]() | Report | Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,557 Referee: Peter Willis |
31 August 1971 (1971-08-31) 4 | Newport County | 2–1 | Colchester United | Newport |
Sprague ![]() Brown ![]() | Report | Lewis ![]() | Stadium: Somerton Park Attendance: 4,168 Referee: T Bosi |
3 September 1971 (1971-09-03) 5 | Colchester United | 1–0 | Southport | Colchester |
Mahon ![]() | Report | Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,439 |
11 September 1971 (1971-09-11) 6 | Darlington | 2–0 | Colchester United | Darlington |
Harding ![]() Gauden ![]() | Report | Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 2,683 Referee: H Hackney |
17 September 1971 (1971-09-17) 7 | Colchester United | 4–2 | Crewe Alexandra | Colchester |
Burgess ![]() Lewis ![]() Mahon ![]() Leslie ![]() | Report | East ![]() Morrissey ![]() | Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,133 Referee: P Reeves |
25 September 1971 (1971-09-25) 8 | Northampton Town | 1–1 | Colchester United | Northampton |
Hawkins ![]() | Report | Hall ![]() | Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 5,800 Referee: J Whalley |
28 September 1971 (1971-09-28) 9 | Scunthorpe United | 2–0 | Colchester United | Scunthorpe |
Fletcher ![]() Davidson ![]() | Report | Stadium: Old Showground Attendance: 5,111 Referee: T Farley |
1 October 1971 (1971-10-01) 10 | Colchester United | 1–0 | Chester | Colchester |
Leslie ![]() | Report | Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,048 Referee: M Kerkhoff |
9 October 1971 (1971-10-09) 11 | Aldershot | 0–2 | Colchester United | Aldershot |
Report | Lewis ![]() Leslie ![]() | Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 5,285 Referee: L Hayes |
15 October 1971 (1971-10-15) 12 | Colchester United | 5–2 | Lincoln City | Colchester |
Lewis ![]() Bloss ![]() Hall ![]() | Report | Freeman ![]() | Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,834 Referee: J Orpin |
18 October 1971 (1971-10-18) 13 | Colchester United | 1–0 | Southend United | Colchester |
Leslie ![]() | Report | Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 9,807 Referee: John Homewood |
23 October 1971 (1971-10-23) 14 | Cambridge United | 4–2 | Colchester United | Cambridge |
Foote ![]() Lill ![]() Harris ![]() | Report | Jones ![]() Thompson ![]() | Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 7,230 |
29 October 1971 (1971-10-29) 15 | Colchester United | 2–2 | Gillingham | Colchester |
Lewis ![]() Kurila ![]() | Report | Yeo ![]() Peach ![]() | Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,622 Referee: Tommy Dawes |
6 November 1971 (1971-11-06) 16 | Barrow | 2–2 | Colchester United | Barrow-in-Furness |
Patrick ![]() Irvine ![]() | Report | Gibbs ![]() Kurila ![]() | Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 1,954 |
13 November 1971 (1971-11-13) 17 | Colchester United | 1–1 | Brentford | Colchester |
Jones ![]() | Report | O'Mara ![]() | Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,698 Referee: J Bent |
26 November 1971 (1971-11-26) 18 | Colchester United | 3–0 | Exeter City | Colchester |
Foley ![]() Lewis ![]() | Report | Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,116 |
3 December 1971 (1971-12-03) 19 | Stockport County | 2–2 | Colchester United | Stockport |
Lawther ![]() Garvey ![]() | Report | Mahon ![]() | Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 2,043 Referee: Peter Willis |
18 December 1971 (1971-12-18) 20 | Southport | 3–0 | Colchester United | Southport |
Redrobe ![]() Peat ![]() Sibbald ![]() | Report | Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 2,657 Referee: D Civil |
27 December 1971 (1971-12-27) 21 | Colchester United | 1–1 | Peterborough United | Colchester |
Leslie ![]() | Report | Hall ![]() | Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 7,750 Referee: H Robinson |
1 January 1972 (1972-01-01) 22 | Crewe Alexandra | 2–4 | Colchester United | Crewe |
Bradshaw ![]() East ![]() | Report | Leslie ![]() Hall ![]() Lewis ![]() Cook ![]() | Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 1,992 Referee: E Jolly |
8 January 1972 (1972-01-08) 23 | Colchester United | 0–0 | Bury | Colchester |
Report | Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,924 |
15 January 1972 (1972-01-15) 24 | Doncaster Rovers | 2–0 | Colchester United | Doncaster |
Elwiss ![]() Haselden ![]() | Report | Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 3,247 Referee: J Goggins |
21 January 1972 (1972-01-21) 25 | Colchester United | 1–1 | Scunthorpe United | Colchester |
Gibbs ![]() | Report | Fletcher ![]() | Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,867 |
28 January 1972 (1972-01-28) 26 | Southend United | 1–4 | Colchester United | Southend-on-Sea |
Taylor ![]() | Report | Foley ![]() Mahon ![]() Leslie ![]() | Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 8,871 Referee: A Hart |
5 February 1972 (1972-02-05) 27 | Workington | 1–0 | Colchester United | Workington |
Ogilvie ![]() | Report | Stadium: Borough Park Attendance: 2,170 Referee: P Baldwin |
12 February 1972 (1972-02-12) 28 | Colchester United | 1–1 | Cambridge United | Colchester |
14:45 GMT | Lewis ![]() | Report | Lill ![]() | Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,663 Referee: John Homewood |
19 February 1972 (1972-02-19) 29 | Gillingham | 0–2 | Colchester United | Gillingham |
Report | Leslie ![]() | Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,313 Referee: I Hunting |
26 February 1972 (1972-02-26) 30 | Colchester United | 0–1 | Barrow | Colchester |
Report | Rowlands ![]() | Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,618 |
4 March 1972 (1972-03-04) 31 | Brentford | 0–2 | Colchester United | Brentford |
Report | Mahon ![]() Lewis ![]() | Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 9,210 Referee: J Yates |
11 March 1972 (1972-03-11) 32 | Colchester United | 1–0 | Aldershot | Colchester |
Lewis ![]() | Report | Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,776 Referee: R Perkin |
13 March 1972 (1972-03-13) 33 | Colchester United | 1–2 | Doncaster Rovers | Colchester |
L Smith ![]() | Report | Irvine ![]() Elwiss ![]() | Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,004 Referee: Malcolm Sinclair |
18 March 1972 (1972-03-18) 34 | Hartlepool | 3–2 | Colchester United | Hartlepool |
Waddell ![]() Smith ![]() Young ![]() | Report | Mahon ![]() Garvey ![]() | Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 2,621 |
21 March 1972 (1972-03-21) 35 | Grimsby Town | 3–0 | Colchester United | Cleethorpes |
Gauden ![]() Brace ![]() Tees ![]() | Report | Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 13,288 Referee: H Davey |
24 March 1972 (1972-03-24) 36 | Colchester United | 4–3 | Darlington | Colchester |
Burgess ![]() Leslie ![]() Lewis ![]() Simmons ![]() | Report | Graham ![]() Barker ![]() | Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,865 Referee: D Biddle |
31 March 1972 (1972-03-31) 37 | Colchester United | 2–0 | Northampton Town | Colchester |
Simmons ![]() Lewis ![]() | Report | Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,375 |
1 April 1972 (1972-04-01) 38 | Peterborough United | 4–0 | Colchester United | Peterborough |
Price ![]() Hall ![]() Turner ![]() Robson ![]() | Report | Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 4,367 |
3 April 1972 (1972-04-03) 39 | Chester | 2–1 | Colchester United | Chester |
Moore ![]() | Report | Lewis ![]() | Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 3,317 |
7 April 1972 (1972-04-07) 40 | Colchester United | 1–0 | Workington | Colchester |
19:00 BST | Foley ![]() | Report | Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,390 Referee: R Toseland |
10 April 1972 (1972-04-10) 41 | Colchester United | 2–1 | Reading | Colchester |
Gibbs ![]() Leslie ![]() | Report | Habbin ![]() | Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,110 Referee: Tommy Dawes |
15 April 1972 (1972-04-15) 42 | Exeter City | 3–3 | Colchester United | Exeter |
Binney ![]() Rowan ![]() Banks ![]() | Report | Gibbs ![]() Burgess ![]() Mahon ![]() | Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 4,052 Referee: P Jones |
17 April 1972 (1972-04-17) 43 | Colchester United | 0–1 | Grimsby Town | Colchester |
Report | Chatterley ![]() | Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,086 Referee: Jack Taylor |
21 April 1972 (1972-04-21) 44 | Colchester United | 3–2 | Stockport County | Colchester |
Burgess ![]() Simmons ![]() | Report | Griffiths ![]() McMillan ![]() | Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,010 Referee: R Crabb |
24 April 1972 (1972-04-24) 45 | Colchester United | 2–3 | Newport County | Colchester |
Burgess ![]() | Report | Brown ![]() Hill ![]() Jones ![]() | Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,311 Referee: Ron Challis |
29 April 1972 (1972-04-29) 46 | Reading | 2–4 | Colchester United | Reading |
Habbin ![]() Harman ![]() | Report | Leslie ![]() L Smith ![]() Burgess ![]() | Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 3,202 Referee: W Castle |
Watney Cup
31 July 1971 (1971-07-31) 1st round | Colchester United | 1–0 | Luton Town | Colchester |
Lewis ![]() | Report | Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 8,186 Referee: Norman Burtenshaw |
4 August 1971 (1971-08-04) Semi-final | Colchester United | 2–0 | Carlisle United | Colchester |
Gibbs ![]() Lewis ![]() | Report | Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 7,871 Referee: Ray Tinkler |
7 August 1971 (1971-08-07) Final | West Bromwich Albion | 4–4 (2–4 p) | Colchester United | West Bromwich |
Cantello ![]() Astle ![]() Hope ![]() | Report | Mahon ![]() Simmons ![]() Lewis ![]() | Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 18,487 |
League Cup
18 August 1971 (1971-08-18) 1st round | Colchester United | 3–1 | Brentford | Colchester |
Mahon ![]() Lewis ![]() | Report | Ross ![]() | Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,125 Referee: K Baker |
8 September 1971 (1971-09-08) 2nd round | Colchester United | 4–1 | Swindon Town | Colchester |
Lewis ![]() Mahon ![]() | Report Report | Horsfield ![]() | Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 7,437 Referee: Ron Challis |
5 October 1971 (1971-10-05) 3rd round | Blackpool | 4–0 | Colchester United | Blackpool |
Suddick ![]() Green ![]() Burns ![]() | Report | Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 11,042 |
FA Cup
20 November 1971 (1971-11-20) 1st round | Colchester United | 1–4 | Shrewsbury Town | Colchester |
Hall ![]() | Report | Wood ![]() Andrews ![]() | Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,773 Referee: R Toseland |
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Fourth Division | FA Cup | League Cup | Watney Cup | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
GK | ![]() | Barry Smith | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() | Richard Bourne | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() | Eric Burgess | 47 | 8 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() | Micky Cook | 40 | 1 | 36+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() | Brian Hall | 41 | 4 | 36+2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() | John McLaughlin | 9 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() | Lindsay Smith | 18 | 3 | 14+4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() | Phil Bloss | 22 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() | Steve Foley | 17 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() | Steve Leslie | 45 | 13 | 40+1 | 13 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() | Bobby Mills | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() | Tony Wingate | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() | Brian Gibbs | 40 | 5 | 30+3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
FW | ![]() | Mick Mahon | 49 | 12 | 41+1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
FW | ![]() | Dave Simmons | 28 | 4 | 20+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season | |||||||||||||
GK | ![]() | Graham Smith | 22 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() | Bobby Cram | 42 | 0 | 35+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() | Brian Garvey | 39 | 1 | 31+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() | John Gilchrist | 19 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() | John Kurila | 11 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
DF | ![]() | Charlie Woods | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() | David Burnside | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() | Ken Jones | 21 | 2 | 13+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | |
MF | ![]() | Brian Lewis | 37 | 23 | 30 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | |
FW | ![]() | Ray Crawford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
FW | ![]() | Brian Owen | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Goalscorers
Place | Nationality | Position | Name | Fourth Division | FA Cup | League Cup | Watney Cup | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | MF | Brian Lewis | 15 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 23 |
2 | ![]() | MF | Steve Leslie | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
3 | ![]() | WG | Mick Mahon | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
4 | ![]() | FB | Eric Burgess | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
5 | ![]() | FW | Brian Gibbs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
6 | ![]() | MF | Steve Foley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
![]() | FB | Brian Hall | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
![]() | FW | Dave Simmons | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
9 | ![]() | CB | Lindsay Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
10 | ![]() | MF | Ken Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | CB | John Kurila | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
12 | ![]() | MF | Phil Bloss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | FB | Micky Cook | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | CB | Brian Garvey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
TOTALS | 70 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 85 |
Disciplinary record
Nationality | Position | Name | Fourth Division | FA Cup | League Cup | Watney Cup | Total | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |||
![]() | FW | Brian Gibbs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
![]() | FB | Micky Cook | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
![]() | CB | Brian Garvey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
![]() | MF | Brian Lewis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
![]() | FB | John Gilchrist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
![]() | MF | Ken Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
![]() | CB | John Kurila | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
![]() | MF | Steve Leslie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
![]() | WG | Mick Mahon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
TOTALS | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
Clean sheets
Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.[31]
Place | Nationality | Player | Fourth Division | FA Cup | League Cup | Watney Cup | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Barry Smith | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
![]() | Graham Smith | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
TOTALS | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
Player debuts
Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.[32]
Position | Nationality | Player | Date | Opponent | Ground | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GK | ![]() | Barry Smith | 28 August 1971 | Bury | Gigg Lane | |
FB | ![]() | Charlie Woods | 26 November 1971 | Exeter City | Layer Road | |
MF | ![]() | Steve Foley | 26 November 1971 | Exeter City | Layer Road | |
MF | ![]() | Bobby Mills | 4 March 1972 | Brentford | Griffin Park | |
MF | ![]() | David Burnside | 11 March 1972 | Aldershot | Layer Road | |
FB | ![]() | John McLaughlin | 18 March 1972 | Hartlepool | Victoria Park | |
MF | ![]() | Tony Wingate | 18 March 1972 | Hartlepool | Victoria Park | |
CB | ![]() | Richard Bourne | 3 April 1972 | Chester | Sealand Road |
See also
References
General
Books
- Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-629-3.
Websites
- "Colchester United football club match record: 1972". 11v11.com. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
Specific
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