1962–63 Colchester United F.C. season

Colchester United
1962–63 season
Chairman Bill Allen[1]
Manager Benny Fenton
Stadium Layer Road
Third Division 12th
FA Cup 1st round
(eliminated by
Wimbledon)
League Cup 2nd round
(eliminated by
Northampton Town)
Top goalscorer League:
Martyn King (26)
All:
Martyn King (28)
Highest home attendance 7,244
v Southend United, 4 May 1963[2]
Lowest home attendance 3,059
v Bradford Park Avenue, 15 December 1962[3]
Average home league attendance 5,313[4]
Biggest win 4–1
v Brighton & Hove Albion, 10 November 1962
Biggest defeat 0–6
v Notts County, 17 May 1963
Football kit (white jersey with blue, vertical stripes; black shorts; and white socks with two blue, horizontal hoops).
Home colours
← 1961–62 1963–64 →

The 1962–63 season was Colchester United's 21st season in their history and their first season back in the third tier of English football following promotion from the Fourth Division the previous season. Alongside competing in the Third Division, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the League Cup. Colchester consolidated their Third Division return by finishing mid-table. In the cups, they bowed out in the first round of the FA Cup to Isthmian League side Wimbledon, while they overcame Watford in the first round of the League Cup only to crash out to Northampton Town in the second.

Season overview

Despite debts of £2,000, the club were not prepared to sell prize forward Bobby Hunt when Newcastle United came in with an offer of £17,000.

During the season, Colchester made their television debut when they featured in the new Anglia Television programme Match of the Week. Highlights were shown on 13 October 1962 of Colchester's Layer Road defeat to Crystal Palace. Martyn King was back on top of the scoring charts for Colchester, leading the way with 26 league goals, Hunt following up with 19. With the defence shipping 93 goals across the season, a mid-table finish loomed for Colchester on their return to the Third Division after just one year away. However, in the FA Cup, they were ousted by Isthmian League Wimbledon in the first round, while they also experienced a second round exit in the League Cup to Northampton Town.[5]

Players

As of match played 17 May 1963.[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
Scotland GK George Ramage
Scotland DF Duncan Forbes
Scotland DF John Fowler
England DF Richie Griffiths
England DF Ron Hunt
England DF David Laitt
England DF Mick Loughton
England DF Roy McCrohan
No. Position Player
England DF Edgar Rumney
England DF Keith Rutter
England FW Mike Grice
Scotland FW Bobby Hill
England FW Bobby Hunt
England FW Martyn King
England FW Tony Miller
Scotland FW Billy Stark
England FW Peter Wright

Match details

Third Division

Third Division results round by round

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Result D W D W D L D L D D W W L W D W L L D W L L D L L D L D L W W W L W W L D W W W W W L W L L
Position 14 2 6 3 5 7 9 9 13 17 14 8 15 10 9 3 7 11 14 12 13 13 13 14 18 18 19 17 19 17 16 17 17 15 14 16 16 14 12 10 9 8 9 8 9 10

Last updated: 1 May 2016.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

  Win   Draw   Loss

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGAv1Pts2Promotion, qualification or relegation
10Hull City4619101774691.07248
11Crystal Palace4617131668581.17247
12Colchester United4618111773930.78547
13Queens Park Rangers4617111885761.11845
14Bristol City46161317100921.08745

Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Number of goals scored

(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.

Notes:

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

League Cup

FA Cup

Main article: 1962–63 FA Cup

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

[6][7]

No. Pos Nat Player TotalThird Division FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England Percy Ames 37 0 34 0 1 0 2 0
GK Scotland George Ramage 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland Duncan Forbes 48 0 46 0 1 0 1 0
DF Scotland John Fowler 49 0 46 0 1 0 2 0
DF England Richie Griffiths 26 0 23 0 1 0 2 0
DF England Ron Hunt 34 2 33 2 0 0 1 0
DF England Roy McCrohan 33 2 32 2 1 0 0 0
DF England Edgar Rumney 11 0 10 0 0 0 1 0
DF England Keith Rutter 21 0 21 0 0 0 0 0
FW England Mike Grice 47 8 45 8 1 0 1 0
FW Scotland Bobby Hill 31 4 28 4 1 0 2 0
FW England Bobby Hunt 47 20 45 19 1 0 1 1
FW England Martyn King 44 28 42 26 1 1 1 1
FW Scotland Billy Stark 21 3 21 3 0 0 0 0
FW England Peter Wright 41 6 38 6 1 0 2 0
Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season
DF England Brian Abrey 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF Scotland John Brown 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
DF England Trevor Harris 20 0 18 0 0 0 2 0
FW England John Baines 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW England David Coleman 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0
FW Scotland Sammy McLeod 10 0 9 0 0 0 1 0

Goalscorers

[7]

Place Nation Position Name Third Division FA Cup League Cup Total
1 England FW Martyn King 26 1 1 28
2 England FW Bobby Hunt 19 0 1 20
3 England FW Mike Grice 8 0 0 8
4 England FW Peter Wright 6 0 0 6
5 Scotland FW Bobby Hill 4 0 0 4
6 Scotland FW Billy Stark 3 0 0 3
7 England DF Ron Hunt 2 0 0 2
England DF Roy McCrohan 2 0 0 2
9 England FW David Coleman 1 0 0 1
Own goals 2 0 0 2
TOTALS 73 1 2 76

Disciplinary record

[8]

Nationality Position Player Third Division FA Cup League Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card
TOTALS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Captains

Number of games played as team captain.[9]

Place Nation Position Player Third Division FA Cup League Cup Total
Not recorded
 46 1 2 49

Player debuts

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

Position Player Date Opponent Ground Notes
FW England Mike Grice 18 August 1962 Bradford Park Avenue Park Avenue [11][lower-alpha 1]
DF England Roy McCrohan 15 September 1962 Northampton Town Layer Road
DF Scotland John Brown 26 September 1962 Northampton Town County Ground
FW Scotland Billy Stark 1 December 1962 Peterborough United London Road Stadium
DF England Keith Rutter 26 February 1963 Coventry City Highfield Road
GK Scotland George Ramage 15 March 1963 Halifax Town The Shay
  1. ↑ Second debut for the club.

Transfers and contracts

In

Date Pos Player From Fee Ref
1 August 1962 DF England David Laitt Apprentice Free transfer [12]
18 August 1962 FW England Mike Grice England Coventry City £1,000 [13]
1 September 1962 DF England Roy McCrohan England Norwich City Part exchange with Mike Foster [14]
1 November 1962 FW Scotland Billy Stark England Carlisle United £3,750 [15]
26 February 1963 DF England Keith Rutter England Queens Park Rangers £4,000 [16]

Out

Date Pos Player To Fee Ref
31 May 1962 DF England Alf Marshall England Clacton Town Released [17]
31 May 1962 FW England Tony Howe England Haverhill Rovers Released [18]
31 May 1962 FW England Colin Lundstrum England Clacton Town Released [19]
1 September 1962 FW England John Baines England Lexden Wanderers Free transfer [20]
1 September 1962 FW England Mike Foster England Norwich City £3,000 plus Roy McCrohan [21]
20 October 1962 FW England David Coleman England Clacton Town Released [22]
3 November 1962 DF Scotland John Brown Scotland Stenhousemuir Released [23]
1 December 1962 DF Scotland Sammy McLeod England Romford £1,000 [24]
1 April 1963 DF England Brian Abrey Retired Retired [25]
16 April 1963 DF England Trevor Harris England Chelmsford City Free transfer [26]

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 3–1 Southend United". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Colchester Utd 1–4 Bradford Park Avenue". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Average Attendance Figures Per Season". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  5. ↑ Hudson, Matt (11 July 2012). "The 1950s and 1960s". Colchester United FC.
  6. 1 2 "Appearances". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Goals". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  8. ↑ "Discipline". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  9. ↑ "All matches". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  10. ↑ "Alltime- List of Debuts". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  11. ↑ "Bradford Park Avenue 1–1 Colchester Utd". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  12. ↑ "David Laitt". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  13. ↑ "Mike Grice". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  14. ↑ "Roy McCrohan". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  15. ↑ "Billy Stark". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  16. ↑ "Keith Rutter". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  17. ↑ "Alf Marshall". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  18. ↑ "Tony Howe". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  19. ↑ "Colin Lundstrum". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  20. ↑ "John Baines". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  21. ↑ "Mike Foster". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  22. ↑ "David J Coleman". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  23. ↑ "John Brown". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  24. ↑ "Sammy McLeod". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  25. ↑ "Brian Abrey". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  26. ↑ "Trevor Harris". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
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