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1946–47 Colchester United F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Colchester United
season	1946–47
chairman	Bill Allen
manager	Ted Fenton
(from 15 April 1946)
stadium	Layer Road
league	Southern League
league result	8th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	1st round
(eliminated by
Reading)
cup2	Southern League Cup
cup2 result	Semi-final
(eliminated by
Gillingham)
league topscorer
Arthur Turner (22)
season topscorer
Arthur Turner (24)
highest attendance	6,787
v Gothic, 16 November 1946
lowest attendance	2,661
v Barry Town, 8 February 1947
average attendance	6,218
largest win	6–1
v Exeter City Reserves, 19 October 1946
largest loss	0–5
v Reading, 30 November 1946
pattern_name1	Home
pattern_la1	_white_stripes
pattern_b1	_whitestripes
pattern_ra1	_white_stripes
pattern_so1	_3whitehoops
leftarm1	0000FF
body1	0000FF
rightarm1	0000FF
shorts1	FFFFFF
socks1	0000FF
alt1	Football kit (white jersey with blue, vertical stripes; white shorts;; and blue socks with white, horizontal hoops).
prevseason	1945–46
nextseason	1947–48

(from 15 April 1946) (eliminated by Reading) (eliminated by Gillingham) Arthur Turner (22) Arthur Turner (24) v Gothic, 16 November 1946 v Barry Town, 8 February 1947 v Exeter City Reserves, 19 October 1946 v Reading, 30 November 1946 The 1946–47 season was Colchester United's fifth season in their history and their fifth in the Southern League. Alongside competing in the Southern League, the club also participated in the FA Cup and Southern League Cup. New manager Ted Fenton began to assemble a team of professionals following the reliance on guest players during the 1945–46 season, as the club finished 8th in the league. They reached the first round of the FA Cup, but were defeated by Football League side Reading. They were also Southern League Cup semi-finalists, defeated at Priestfield Stadium by Gillingham.

Season overview

New manager Ted Fenton joined the club for the 1946–47 season. He was no stranger to Layer Road, having turned out for Colchester Town in the 1930s whilst a teenager. Fenton's contacts meant that he could quickly assemble a squad of professionals following the war years, which would eventually include 28 part-time professionals. The team would finish mid-table during Fenton's first season.

During the season, the stadium had its Main Stand extended, and the property behind what would become the Barside was purchased to overcome disputes regarding access by supporters to that side of the ground. At the end of the season, the Popular Side stand was demolished, and the timbers were reused to improve the Layer Road End. Meanwhile, the Main Stand had a boundary wall built that would prevent supporters attempting to enter the ground without paying.

Players

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
15 April 1946	WH	ENG	Ted Fenton	ENG West Ham United	Player-manager
30 May 1946	FB	ENG	Albert Walker	ENG Doncaster Rovers	Free transfer
6 June 1946	CF	ENG	Len Cater	Free agent	Free transfer
13 June 1946	IF	ENG	Bob Curry	ENG Gainsborough Trinity	Free transfer
4 July 1946	WG	ENG	Wilf Bott	ENG Queens Park Rangers	Free transfer	url=http://www.coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=123	title=Wilf Bott	publisher=Coludata.co.uk	access-date=20 July 2015 }}
11 July 1946	GK	ENG	Harry Wright	ENG Chelmsford City	Free transfer
14 July 1946	GK	ENG	Peter Chiswick	ENG West Ham United	Free transfer
18 July 1946	RH	ENG	John Leah	ENG South Liverpool	Free transfer
25 July 1946	OL	SCO	Alan Ross	ENG Ipswich Town	Free transfer	url=http://www.coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=119	title=Alan Ross	publisher=Coludata.co.uk	access-date=20 July 2015 }}
28 July 1946	CF	SCO	Alex Stewart	British Army	Trial	url=http://www.coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=121	title=Alex Stewart	publisher=Coludata.co.uk	access-date=20 July 2015 }}
8 August 1946	WG	ENG	Jack Finch	ENG Fulham	Free transfer	url=http://www.coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=118	title=Jack Finch	publisher=Coludata.co.uk	access-date=20 July 2015 }}
15 August 1946	CF	ENG	Dennis Cant	ENG Crittall Athletic	Free transfer
31 August 1946	LW	SCO	Sid Smith	SCO Dundee United	Free transfer	url=http://www.coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=120	title=Sid Smith	publisher=Coludata.co.uk	access-date=20 July 2015 }}
September 1946	FB	ENG	Digger Kettle	ENG Arclight Sports	Free transfer
September 1946	CF	ENG	Arthur Turner	ENG Charlton Athletic	Free transfer
4 September 1946	GK		John Jelly	ENG Colchester Casuals	Free transfer
14 September 1946	CB		Bob Harding	Unknown	Free transfer
21 September 1946	WG	ENG	Dennis Hillman	ENG Brighton & Hove Albion	Free transfer
October 1946	OL		Bob Neville	ENG Rowhedge	Free transfer
10 October 1946	IR		Stan Gibbs	Royal Air Force	Free transfer	url=http://www.coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=135	title=Stan Gibbs	publisher=Coludata.co.uk	access-date=20 July 2015 }}
7 December 1946	CB		Don Swift	ENG Severall's Athletic	Free transfer	url=http://www.coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=133	title=Don Swift	publisher=Coludata.co.uk	access-date=20 July 2015 }}
March 1947	IF	ENG	Trevor Smith	ENG Yeovil Town	Free transfer	url=http://www.coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=768	title=Trevor Smith	publisher=Coludata.co.uk	access-date=20 July 2015 }}
3 March 1947	WH/IR	ENG	Frank Stamper	Army Fire Fighting Centre	Free transfer
26 March 1947	CB	ENG	Albert Page	ENG Tottenham Hotspur	Free transfer
7 May 1947	WH	ENG	Arthur Biggs	ENG Bedford Town	Free transfer
15 May 1947	IF	ENG	Ian Gillespie	ENG Ipswich Town	Free transfer
7 June 1947	FW	ENG	Bill Jeffries	ENG Hull City	Trial	url=http://www.coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=789	title=Bill Jeffries	publisher=Coludata.co.uk	access-date=20 July 2015 }}

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
End of season	CF	ENG	Bob Gregg	Free agent	Released
End of season	IR		Bobby Hoines	Free agent	Released
End of season	CH		Jimmy Jenkins	Free agent	Released
8 May 1946	CF	ENG	Frank Rawcliffe	ENG Newport County	£250
31 August 1946	CF	SCO	Alex Stewart	Free agent	Released	name=FG	Date of departure refers to the date of the player's final game for the club}}
September 1946	CF		Chris Harman	Free agent	Released
7 September 1946	WG	ENG	Jack Finch	Free agent	Released	name=FG}}
October 1946	WG	ENG	Wilf Bott	ENG Guildford City	Free transfer
November 1946	FB	IRE	Paddy Shiels	Free agent	Released
November 1946	LW	SCO	Sid Smith	Free agent	Released
30 November 1946	OL	ENG	Bob Collins	Free agent	Released
25 December 1946	CB		Don Swift	Free agent	Released	name=FG}}
January 1947	IR	SCO	Tom Tobin	ENG Clacton Town	Free transfer
April 1947	IR		Stan Gibbs	Free agent	Released
19 April 1947	DF	ENG	Syd Fieldus	Colchester United	Management staff
7 June 1947	FW	ENG	Bill Jeffries	ENG Hull City	End of trial	name=FG}}

Total incoming: ~ £250

Match details

Friendlies

Turner Neville Turner Hillman Turner Cater

Southern League

Main article: 1946–47 Southern Football League

League table

Matches

Curry Davis Burley Somerfield Challis Mustard Hodgson Curry Cater Curry Horton Cater White Turner Curry Hamilton Merritt Hillman Fenton Horton Summers Collins Crowe Wakeman Cater Sergeant Kingsnorth Akers Curry Neville Wakeman Donnelly T Smith Cater Hullett Fenton Curry McDonough T Smith Unknown goalscorer Bex Gillespie Cater Curry Grace Turner Curry Kettle

Southern League Cup

Foreman Sergeant Cater Curry Hutchings Cater Turner Hodgson Curry Briggs Russell Curry

FA Cup

Main article: 1946–47 FA Cup

Curry Cater Hillman McPhee Chitty Barney

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

|- !colspan="14"|Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season |}

Goalscorers

Place	Nationality	Position	Name	Southern League	Southern League Cup	FA Cup	Total
1	ENG	CF	Arthur Turner	21	3	0	24
2	ENG	IF	Bob Curry	14	4	1	19
3	ENG	CF	Len Cater	9	3	1	13
4	ENG	WG	Dennis Hillman	3	3	1	7
5	ENG	CF	Dennis Cant	3	0	2	5
ENG	OL	Bob Collins	3	2	0	5
7		CF	Bob Hodgson	1	2	0	3
8	ENG	WH	Arthur Biggs	2	0	0	2
ENG	WH	Ted Fenton	2	0	0	2
	OL	Bob Neville	1	1	0	2
ENG	IF	Trevor Smith	2	0	0	2
12	ENG	IF	Ian Gillespie	1	0	0	1
ENG	LW	Bob Hutchings	0	1	0	1
ENG	FB	Digger Kettle	1	0	0	1
SCO	CF	Alex Stewart	1	0	0	1
	Own goals	1	0	0	1
	TOTALS	65	19	5	89

Disciplinary record

Nationality	Position	Name	Southern League	Southern League Cup	FA Cup	Total
ENG	WH	Ted Fenton	1	0	0	0
	TOTALS	1	0	0	0	1

Captains

Number of games played as team captain.

Place	Nationality	Position	Player	Southern League	Southern League Cup	FA Cup	Total
1	WAL	FB	Bill Bower	30	6	2	38
		1	1	0	2
	TOTALS	31	7	2	40

Clean sheets

Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.

Place	Nationality	Player	Southern League	Southern League Cup	FA Cup	Total
1	ENG	Harry Wright	3	0	0	3
2	ENG	Peter Chiswick	1	1	0	2
	TOTALS	4	1	0	5

Player debuts

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

Position	Nationality	Player	Date	Opponent	Ground
GK	ENG	Harry Wright	31 August 1946	Gloucester City	Layer Road
WH	ENG	Ted Fenton	31 August 1946	Gloucester City	Layer Road
CF	ENG	Len Cater	31 August 1946	Gloucester City	Layer Road
IF	ENG	Bob Curry	31 August 1946	Gloucester City	Layer Road
WG	ENG	Jack Finch	31 August 1946	Gloucester City	Layer Road
OL	SCO	Alan Ross	31 August 1946	Gloucester City	Layer Road
LW	SCO	Sid Smith	31 August 1946	Gloucester City	Layer Road
CF	SCO	Alex Stewart	31 August 1946	Gloucester City	Layer Road
GK		John Jelly	4 September 1946	Chelmsford City	New Writtle Street
WG	ENG	Wilf Bott	4 September 1946	Chelmsford City	New Writtle Street
CF	ENG	Dennis Cant	4 September 1946	Chelmsford City	New Writtle Street
CB		Bob Harding	14 September 1946	Hereford United	Layer Road
FB	ENG	Albert Walker	14 September 1946	Hereford United	Layer Road
CF	ENG	Arthur Turner	19 September 1946	Millwall Reserves	Layer Road
RH	ENG	John Leah	26 September 1946	Chelmsford City	Layer Road
WG	ENG	Dennis Hillman	26 September 1946	Chelmsford City	Layer Road
GK	ENG	Peter Chiswick	28 September 1946	Worcester City	Layer Road
DF		Don Swift	7 December 1946	Chelmsford City	Layer Road
OL		Bob Neville	7 December 1946	Chelmsford City	Layer Road
FB	ENG	Digger Kettle	26 December 1946	Gillingham	Priestfield Stadium
IR		Stan Gibbs	1 March 1947	Gravesend & Northfleet	Stonebridge Road
IF	ENG	Trevor Smith	23 March 1947	Yeovil Town	Huish Athletic Ground
CB	ENG	Albert Page	29 March 1947	Cheltenham Town	Whaddon Road
WH/IR	ENG	Frank Stamper	19 April 1947	Merthyr Tydfil	Penydarren Park
WH	ENG	Arthur Biggs	17 May 1947	Bedford Town	The Eyrie
IF	ENG	Ian Gillespie	17 May 1947	Bedford Town	The Eyrie
FW	ENG	Bill Jeffries	7 June 1947	Gillingham	Priestfield Stadium

References

General

Specific

References

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"Colchester Utd 2–0 Barry". Coludata.co.uk.
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