1966–67 Colchester United F.C. season

Colchester United

1966–67 season

Chairman

William Allen
(until January 1967)
Harold Moore
(from January 1967)^[1]

Manager

13th

2nd Round

1st Round

Top goalscorer

League:
Reg Stratton (24)
All:
Reg Stratton (24)

Highest home attendance

8,969 (Leyton Orient)

Lowest home attendance

3,965 (Scunthorpe United)

Average home league attendance

5,523

Home colours

← 1965–66

1967–68 →

The 1966–67 season was Colchester United's first season back in the Football League Third Division after spending one season in the Football League Fourth Division.

Season Review

Manager Neil Franklin boosted his squad with the signings of forwards Peter Bullock and Ken Hodgson. The moves proved profitable as the pair scored 15 and 16 League goals respectively. Fellow striker Stratton helped himself to 24 goals and it was something of a surprise that U's only finished mid-table.

Franklin suggested that the 1966-67 season would be one of consolidation in readiness for a push for the elusive Second Division place that Colchester desired.^[2]

Squad

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

No.	Position	Player
––	GK	Alan Buck
––	DF	Duncan Forbes
––	DF	John Fowler
––	DF	Brian Hall
––	DF	Mick Loughton
––	DF	Dennis Mochan
––	MF	Bobby Blackwood
––	MF	John Mansfield

No.	Position	Player
––	MF	Johnny Martin
––	MF	Alan Shires
––	MF	Derek Trevis
––	FW	Peter Barlow
––	FW	Peter Bullock
––	FW	Ken Hodgson
––	FW	Reg Stratton
––	FW	Brian Westlake

Player Info

Pos.	Name	Place of Birth	Date of Birth	Previous Club	Date Joined	Fee
GK	Alan Buck	Colchester	25 August 1946	Youth Team	1 August 1964	Free
DF	Duncan Forbes	Edinburgh	19 June 1941	Musselburgh Athletic	14 April 1962	Free
DF	John Fowler	Leith	17 October 1933	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	20 August 1955	Free
DF	Brian Hall	Burbage	9 March 1939	Mansfield Town	6 March 1965	Free
DF	Mick Loughton	Colchester	8 December 1942	Youth Team	1 August 1964	Free
DF	Dennis Mochan	Falkirk	12 December 1935	Nottingham Forest	24 September 1966	Free
MF	Bobby Blackwood	Edinburgh	20 August 1934	Ipswich Town	1 September 1965	Free
MF	John Mansfield	Colchester	13 September 1946	Youth Team	1 August 1964	Free
MF	Johnny Martin	Ashington	4 December 1946	Aston Villa	20 August 1966	Free
MF	Alan Shires	Leigh-on-Sea	29 June 1948	Southend United	27 August 1966	Free
MF	Derek Trevis	Birmingham	9 September 1942	Aston Villa	7 March 1964	Free
FW	Peter Barlow	Portsmouth	9 January 1950	Youth Team	1 August 1966	Free
FW	Peter Bullock	Stoke-on-Trent	17 November 1941	Southend United	30 October 1965	Free
FW	Ken Hodgson	Newcastle upon Tyne	19 January 1942	Bournemouth	20 August 1966	£4,000
FW	Reg Stratton	Kingsley	10 July 1939	Fulham	21 August 1965	Free
FW	Brian Westlake	Newcastle-under-Lyme	19 September 1943	Tranmere Rovers	18 February 1967	Free

Transfers

Transfers In

Date	Pos.	Player Name	Previous Club	Transfer Fee	Notes
1 August 1966	FW	Peter Barlow	Youth Team	Free
20 August 1966	MF	Johnny Martin	Aston Villa	Free
20 August 1966	FW	Ken Hodgson	Bournemouth	£4,000
27 August 1966	MF	Alan Shires	Southend United	Free
24 September 1966	DF	Dennis Mochan	Nottingham Forest	Free
18 February 1967	FW	Brian Westlake	Tranmere Rovers	Free

Transfers Out

Date	Pos.	Player Name	New Club	Transfer Fee	Notes
28 May 1966	MF	Barrie Aitchison	Cambridge City	Free
11 February 1967	MF	Arthur Kaye	Released	Free
11 March 1967	DF	Ray Price	Chelmsford City	Free
22 April 1967	GK	Sandy Kennon	Lowestoft Town	Free
22 April 1967	DF	David Raine	Burton Albion	Free

Results

Third Division Results Summary

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Av	Pts
12	Walsall	46	18	10	18	65	72	0.903	46
13	Colchester United	46	17	10	19	76	73	1.041	44
14	Leyton Orient	46	13	18	15	58	68	0.853	44

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GAv = Goal average; Pts = Points

Third Division Results

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
20/08/1966	Middlesbrough	H	2-3	4,385	Bullock, Stratton
27/08/1966	Shrewsbury Town	A	1-2	4,819	Stratton
03/09/1966	Watford	H	2-1	4,232	Hodgson, Stratton (pen.)
06/09/1966	Swindon Town	A	1-1	11,600	Hodgson
10/09/1966	Bristol Rovers	H	3-1	4,736	O.G., Hodgson, Stratton
17/09/1966	Oxford United	A	1-1	6,503	Hodgson
24/09/1966	Oldham Athletic	H	3-2	5,921	O.G., Hodgson (2)
26/09/1966	Swindon Town	H	2-1	7,874	Forbes, Hodgson
30/09/1966	Scunthorpe United	A	1-3	5,222	Stratton
08/10/1966	Reading	A	3-2	7,213	Martin, Shires (2)
15/10/1966	Doncaster Rovers	H	5-0	6,461	Bullock (2), Hodgson, Stratton (2)
17/10/1966	Leyton Orient	H	2-2	8,969	Stratton (2)
22/10/1966	Mansfield Town	A	0-2	6,028
29/10/1966	Grimsby Town	H	4-0	6,330	Bullock, Hodgson, Stratton (2)
04/11/1966	Walsall	A	0-1	8,192
12/11/1966	Peterborough United	H	1-4	6,353	Hodgson
14/11/1966	Leyton Orient	A	3-3	5,714	Hodgson, Stratton (2)
19/11/1966	Torquay United	A	0-5	5,056
03/12/1966	Darlington	A	4-0	5,706	Mansfield (2), Martin, Stratton
10/12/1966	Queens Park Rangers	H	1-3	8,195	Stratton
17/12/1966	Middlesbrough	A	0-4	8,891
26/12/1966	Bournemouth	A	1-1	5,478	Martin
27/12/1966	Bournemouth	H	2-0	6,140	Bullock, Hodgson
31/12/1966	Shrewsbury Town	H	3-1	4,980	Bullock, Hodgson, Stratton
14/01/1967	Bristol Rovers	A	1-4	15,415	Stratton
21/01/1967	Oxford United	H	1-2	4,755	Stratton
28/01/1967	Workington	A	0-1	2,589
04/02/1967	Oldham Athletic	A	0-4	8,961
11/02/1967	Scunthorpe United	H	0-1	3,965
18/02/1967	Gillingham	A	1-2	6,147	Stratton
25/02/1967	Reading	H	2-0	4,331	Stratton, Westlake
03/03/1967	Doncaster Rovers	A	4-1	8,481	Martin (2) (pen.), Stratton, Westlake
11/03/1967	Gillingham	H	0-0	4,915
18/03/1967	Mansfield Town	H	3-0	4,175	Bullock, Martin, Westlake
24/03/1967	Swansea City	H	3-1	7,277	Bullock (2), Hodgson
25/03/1967	Grimsby Town	H	0-0	4,487
27/03/1967	Swansea City	A	0-1	5,748
01/04/1967	Walsall	H	5-1	4,809	Bullock (2), Martin, Westlake (2)
08/04/1967	Peterborough United	A	1-2	5,362	Hodgson
10/04/1967	Workington	H	2-2	4,767	Bullock, Hodgson
15/04/1967	Torquay United	H	1-0	5,672	Stratton
22/04/1967	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	1-1	10,567	Stratton
29/04/1967	Darlington	H	2-3	4,578	Martin, Stratton
06/05/1967	Queens Park Rangers	A	1-2	10,935	Hall
09/05/1967	Watford	A	0-0	20,169
13/05/1967	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	3-2	4,238	Bullock (3)

Source: 1966-67 Season Colchester United Results - coludata.co.uk

League Cup

Main article: 1966–67 Football League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
23/08/1966	R1	Queens Park Rangers	A	0-5	5,497

Source: 1966-67 Season Colchester United Results - coludata.co.uk

FA Cup

Main article: 1966–67 FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
26/11/1966	R1	Gainsborough Trinity	A	1-0	3,968	Hall
07/01/1967	R2	Peterborough United	H	0-3	9,081

Source: 1966-67 Season Colchester United Results - coludata.co.uk

Squad statistics

^[3]

No.	Nat.	Pos.	Name	Total		Third Division		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Nat.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
––	GK		Alan Buck	26	0	25	0	1	0	0	0
––	GK		Sandy Kennon	23	0	21	0	2	0	0	0
––	DF		Duncan Forbes	49	1	46	1	2	0	1	0
––	DF		John Fowler	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
––	DF		Brian Hall	48	2	45	1	2	1	1	0
––	DF		Mick Loughton	25	0	23	0	1	0	1	0
––	DF		Dennis Mochan	35	0	34	0	1	0	0	0
––	DF		Ray Price	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
––	DF		David Raine	27	0	26	0	1	0	0	0
––	MF		Bobby Blackwood	22	0	20	0	1	0	1	0
––	MF		Arthur Kaye	14	0	11	0	2	0	1	0
––	MF		John Mansfield	8	2	8	2	0	0	0	0
––	MF		Johnny Martin	49	8	46	8	2	0	1	0
––	MF		Alan Shires	17	2	15	2	1	0	1	0
––	MF		Derek Trevis	48	0	45	0	2	0	1	0
––	FW		Peter Barlow	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
––	FW		Peter Bullock	43	15	41	15	1	0	1	0
––	FW		Ken Hodgson	47	16	44	16	2	0	1	0
––	FW		Reg Stratton	49	24	46	24	2	0	1	0
––	FW		Brian Westlake	15	5	15	5	0	0	0	0

Scorers

^[4]

All

Scorer	Goals
Reg Stratton	24
Ken Hodgson	16
Peter Bullock	15
Johnny Martin	8
Brian Westlake	5
Brian Hall	2
John Mansfield
Alan Shires
Duncan Forbes	1
Own goal	2

League

Scorer	Goals
Reg Stratton	24
Ken Hodgson	16
Peter Bullock	15
Johnny Martin	8
Brian Westlake	5
John Mansfield	2
Alan Shires	2
Duncan Forbes	1
Brian Hall	1
Own goal	2

FA Cup

Scorer	Goals
Brian Hall	1

League Cup

Scorer	Goals

References

↑ 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.
↑ "The U's History: The 60s". Colchester United F.C. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
↑ "1966–67 Season Appearance Data". coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
↑ "1966–67 Season Goalscorers Data". coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2011.

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