1957–58 Colchester United F.C. season

Colchester United
1957–58 season
Chairman Bill Allen[1]
Manager Benny Fenton
Stadium Layer Road
Third Division South 12th
FA Cup 1st round
(eliminated by
Wisbech Town)
Top goalscorer League:
Ken Plant (19)
All:
Ken Plant (19)
Highest home attendance 11,077
v Norwich City, 14 September 1957[2]
Lowest home attendance 4,391
v Northampton Town, 30 September 1957[3]
Average home league attendance 10,891[4]
Biggest win 4–0
v Watford, 26 December 1957
Biggest defeat 0–7
v Reading, 18 September 1957
Football kit (white jersey with blue, vertical stripes; white shorts;; and blue socks with white, horizontal hoops).
Home colours
← 1956–57 1958–59 →

The 1957–58 season was Colchester United's 16th season in their history and their eighth season in the Third Division South, the third tier of English football. Alongside competing in the Third Division South, the club also participated in the FA Cup. They were eliminated at the first round stage of the cup for the fifth successive season, on this occasion to non-league side Wisbech Town. In the league, with the division being restructured at the end of the season, Colchester managed to finish in the top half of the table by three points to avoid a move to the newly-formed Fourth Division, instead remaining in the third tier.

Season overview

With Football League reorganisation looming at the end of the season, Colchester's priority for the 1957–58 season was to finish in the top half of the table to join the top half of the Third Division North to form the new nationwide Third Division. The other teams would form the Fourth Division.

During the campaign, Benny Fenton's squad suffered from numerous call-ups for national service, and as such Fenton brought in reinforcements in November with Neil Langman arriving from Plymouth Argyle for £6,750 and John Evans for £4,000 from Liverpool. Meanwhile, Birmingham City offered Colchester £10,000 for winger Peter Wright, but he opted to remain as a part-time player.

Colchester secured their place in the third tier for another season in the final game of the season when they beat Southampton 4–2 at Layer Road.[5]

Players

As of match played 1 May 1957.[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
England GK Percy Ames
England GK John Wright
England DF Brian Dobson
England DF Benny Fenton
England DF George Fisher
Scotland DF John Fowler
England DF Trevor Harris
England DF Bertie Hill
England DF Ron Hunt
England DF John Laidlaw
England DF Alf Marshall
Scotland DF Chic Milligan
England DF Derek Parker
No. Position Player
England DF Edgar Rumney
England FW Russell Blake
England FW John Evans
Scotland FW Bobby Hill
England FW Martyn King
England FW Neil Langman
England FW Kevin McCurley
Scotland FW Sammy McLeod
Scotland FW Hamish McNeill
England FW Ken Plant
England FW Tommy Williams
England FW Peter Wright

Match details

Third Division South

Third Division South results round by round

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Result W L D W W L L L D L D W L D W D W W L D W D L W W D D W D W L W L W W L L L D D D L L W L W
Position 7 3 11 7 6 6 13 15 16 22 21 16 21 15 13 12 7 7 8 8 7 8 12 11 11 12 10 8 8 9 9 7 8 8 7 9 10 11 10 11 11 12 12 12 12 12

Last updated: 21 March 2016.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

      Win       Draw       Loss

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGAv1Pts2Notes
10Queens Park Rangers4618141464650.98550
11Newport County4617141573671.09048
12Colchester United4617131677790.97547
13Northampton Town461962187791.10144Moved to Fourth Division
14Crystal Palace4615131870720.97243

1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season.

2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

Matches

FA Cup

Main article: 1957–58 FA Cup

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

[6][7]

No. Pos Nat Player TotalThird Division
South 		FA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England Percy Ames 47 0 46 0 1 0
DF England Brian Dobson 17 0 16 0 1 0
DF England Benny Fenton 23 3 23 3 0 0
DF England George Fisher 46 1 45 1 1 0
DF Scotland John Fowler 46 0 46 0 0 0
DF England Trevor Harris 7 0 7 0 0 0
DF England Bertie Hill 32 0 31 0 1 0
DF England Ron Hunt 4 0 4 0 0 0
DF Scotland Chic Milligan 27 0 26 0 1 0
DF England Derek Parker 30 1 29 1 1 0
DF England Edgar Rumney 5 0 5 0 0 0
FW England Russell Blake 8 2 8 2 0 0
FW England John Evans 24 7 24 7 0 0
FW Scotland Bobby Hill 11 0 11 0 0 0
FW England Neil Langman 23 8 23 8 0 0
FW England Kevin McCurley 29 12 28 12 1 0
FW Scotland Sammy McLeod 16 2 15 2 1 0
FW Scotland Hamish McNeill 2 1 2 1 0 0
FW England Ken Plant 45 19 44 19 1 0
FW England Tommy Williams 29 5 28 5 1 0
FW England Peter Wright 46 16 45 16 1 0

Goalscorers

[7]

Place Nation Position Name Third Division South FA Cup Total
1 England FW Ken Plant 19 0 19
2 England FW Peter Wright 16 0 16
3 England FW Kevin McCurley 12 0 12
4 England FW Neil Langman 8 0 8
5 England FW John Evans 7 0 7
6 England FW Tommy Williams 5 0 5
7 England DF Benny Fenton 3 0 3
8 England FW Russell Blake 2 0 2
Scotland FW Sammy McLeod 2 0 2
10 England DF George Fisher 1 0 1
Scotland FW Hamish McNeill 1 0 1
England DF Derek Parker 1 0 1
Own goals 0 0 0
TOTALS 77 0 77

Disciplinary record

[8]

Nationality Position Player Third Division South FA Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card
England DF Benny Fenton 1 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 1 0 0 0 1 0

Captains

Number of games played as team captain.[9]

Place Nation Position Player Third Division South FA Cup Total
Not recorded
 46 1 47

Player debuts

Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.[10]

Position Player Date Opponent Ground Notes
DF England Edgar Rumney 2 September 1957 Queens Park Rangers Layer Road
FW Scotland Hamish McNeill 21 September 1957 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Dean Court
FW England John Evans 23 November 1957 Port Vale Layer Road
FW England Neil Langman 23 November 1957 Port Vale Layer Road

    Transfers and contracts

    In

    Date Pos Player From Fee Ref
    1 May 1957 DF England Edgar Rumney England Colchester Casuals Free transfer [11]
    1 June 1957 DF England John Laidlaw Scotland Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare Free transfer [12]
    1 August 1957 FW Scotland Hamish McNeill Scotland Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic £600 [13]
    14 October 1957 DF England Alf Marshall England Dagenham £25 [14]
    23 November 1957 FW England John Evans England Liverpool £4,000 [15]
    23 November 1957 FW England Neil Langman England Plymouth Argyle £6,750 [16]

    Out

    Date Pos Player To Fee Ref
    31 May 1957 FW England Les Barrell England Clacton Town Released [17]
    1 June 1957 FW England Eddie Smith England Queens Park Rangers £1,050 [18]
    1 July 1957 DF England Reg Stewart England Hastings Town Free transfer [19]

    See also

    References

    General

    Books

    Websites

    Specific

    1. ↑ Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 278. ISBN 978-1-85983-629-3.
    2. ↑ "Colchester Utd 1–2 Norwich City". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
    3. ↑ "Colchester Utd 1–0 Northampton Town". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
    4. ↑ "Average Attendance Figures Per Season". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
    5. ↑ Hudson, Matt (11 July 2012). "The 1950s and 1960s". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
    6. 1 2 "Appearances". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
    7. 1 2 "Goals". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
    8. ↑ "Discipline". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
    9. ↑ "All matches". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
    10. ↑ "Alltime- List of Debuts". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
    11. ↑ "Edgar Rumney". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
    12. ↑ "John Laidlaw". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
    13. ↑ "Hamish McNeill". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
    14. ↑ "Alf Marshall". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
    15. ↑ "John Evans". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
    16. ↑ "Neil Langman". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
    17. ↑ "Les Barrell". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
    18. ↑ "Eddie Smith". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
    19. ↑ "Reg Stewart". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
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