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1948–49 Colchester United F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Colchester United
season	1948–49
chairman	Bill Allen
manager	Jimmy Allen
(from July 1948)
stadium	Layer Road
league	Southern League
league result	4th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	1st round
(eliminated by
Reading)
cup2	Southern League Cup
cup2 result	Runners-up
league topscorer
Arthur Turner (28)
season topscorer
Arthur Turner (31)
highest attendance	19,072
v Reading, 27 November 1948
lowest attendance	4,131
v Bedford Town, 21 October 1948
average attendance	8,476
largest win	6–0
v Bedford Town, 21 October 1948
largest loss	0–5
v Merthyr Tydfil, 22 April 1949;
1–6
v Gloucester City, 30 April 1949
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	1947–48
nextseason	1949–50

(from July 1948) (eliminated by Reading) Arthur Turner (28) Arthur Turner (31) v Reading, 27 November 1948 v Bedford Town, 21 October 1948 v Bedford Town, 21 October 1948 v Merthyr Tydfil, 22 April 1949; 1–6 v Gloucester City, 30 April 1949 The 1948–49 season was Colchester United's seventh season in their history and their seventh in the Southern League. Alongside competing in the Southern League, the club also participated in the FA Cup and Southern League Cup. The club finished as runners–up in the Southern League Cup to Yeovil Town just ten days after losing the delayed 1947–48 season final to Merthyr Tydfil. The club exited the FA Cup in the first round to Reading, although the first encounter between the clubs was abandoned due to heavy fog. The match gathered a record Layer Road and Colchester United crowd of 19,072, before being abandoned with the scores at 1–1.

Season overview

Former Aston Villa and Portsmouth defender Jimmy Allen was tasked with taking Colchester United into the Football League when he stepped into the void left following Ted Fenton's departure for West Ham United during the simmer.

The ex-England international oversaw his side reach the final of the Southern League Cup for the second successive season. With the 1947–48 final held over from the previous season, Colchester first lost that final against Merthyr Tydfil 5–0, before losing the 1948–49 season final 3–0 to Yeovil Town ten days later. During these ten days, the club also played four league fixtures.

On the back of a successful FA Cup run across the 1947–48 season, much was expected of Colchester for their 1948–49 campaign. They drew Reading at home for their first–round fixture, but the game which drew a record Layer Road and Colchester United crowd of 19,072 was abandoned with the scores tied at 1–1 due to heavy fog. The rearranged match saw the U's crash out with a 4–2 defeat.

In the Southern League, Colchester once again finished in fourth position while Chelmsford City and Gillingham battled for the title, with the Kent side winning their second title in three years.

Players

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
May 1948	GK	ENG	Ken Whitehead	ENG Clacton Town	Free transfer
May 1948	CF	ENG	Denis Maffey	ENG Ipswich Town	Free transfer
June 1948	WH	ENG	Wally Nunn	ENG Swindon Town	Free transfer
June 1948	WG	ENG	Stan Foxall	ENG West Ham United	Free transfer
August 1948	WH	ENG	Alf Miller	ENG Plymouth Argyle	Free transfer
21 August 1948	WG	ENG	Harry Cranfield	ENG Bristol Rovers	Free transfer	url=http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=151	title=Harry Cranfield	publisher=Coludata.co.uk	access-date=29 January 2016 }}
4 September 1948	WG	ENG	Norman George	Unknown	Free transfer
February 1949	FB	ENG	George French	ENG West Ham United	Free transfer
23 April 1949	GK	WAL	Graham Davies	ENG Watford	Trial	url=http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=158	title=Graham Davies	publisher=Coludata.co.uk	access-date=29 January 2016 }}
May 1949	GK	ENG	George Wright	ENG Plymouth Argyle	£1,000
5 May 1949	CH	ENG	Peter Hildyard	ENG Leyton Orient	Trial	url=http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=159	title=Peter Hildyard	publisher=Coludata.co.uk	access-date=29 January 2016 }}

Total spending: ~ £1,000

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
End of season	FB	ENG	Albert Walker	Free agent	Retired
Summer 1948	CB	ENG	Albert Page	ENG Chingford Town	Free transfer
Summer 1948	IF	ENG	Ian Gillespie	ENG Leiston	Player-manager
1 May 1948	GK	ENG	Ernest Setchell	Free agent	Released
July 1948	WH	ENG	Ted Fenton	ENG West Ham United	Assistant manager
November 1948	FB	WAL	Aubrey Darmody	ENG Great Yarmouth Town	Free transfer
November 1948	WH	ENG	Arthur Biggs	ENG Vauxhall Motors	Free transfer
January 1949	GK	ENG	John Le Mare	ENG West Ham United	Free transfer
2 April 1949	WG	ENG	Harry Cranfield	ENG King's Lynn	Free transfer	name=FG}}
2 May 1949	GK	WAL	Graham Davies	ENG Watford	End of trial	name=FG}}
5 May 1949	CH	ENG	Peter Hildyard	ENG Leyton Orient	End of trial	name=FG}}

Match details

Southern League

Main article: 1948–49 Southern Football League

League table

Matches

Foxall Parsons Murphy Johnston Tobin Allen Foxall Curry Cutting Plunkett Turner Curry Cutting Turner Cutting Turner Lancaster Sinclair Curry Turner Hillman Cutting Foxall Curry Hillman Turner Cater Hillman Foxall Curry Hillman Cutting Cater Keeble Unknown goalscorer Cutting Turner Curry Cutting Hobbis Robson Curry George Summer Cater Powell Keeble Hillman Cater Keeble Keeble

Southern League Cup

1947–48 season fixture

Jarman Davies Beech

1948–49 season fixtures

Hillman Cutting Turner Curry Cater Dicker Cutting Foxall Unknown goalscorer Coffey

FA Cup

Main article: 1948–49 FA Cup

McPhee Dix

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	29	3	0	32
2	ENG	IF	Bob Curry	17	2	0	19
3	ENG	IF	Fred Cutting	13	3	0	16
4	ENG	WG	Stan Foxall	7	4	0	11
5	ENG	CF	Len Cater	5	1	2	8
ENG	WG	Dennis Hillman	6	2	0	8
ENG	CF	Vic Keeble	8	0	0	8
8	ENG	WG	Bob Allen	3	0	0	3
9	ENG	WG	Norman George	1	0	0	1
ENG	CF	Denis Maffey	1	0	0	1
	Unknown goalscorer	3	1	0	4
	Own goals	1	0	0	1
	TOTALS	94	16	2	112

Clean sheets

Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.

Place	Nationality	Player	Southern League	Southern League Cup	FA Cup	Total
1	ENG	Ken Whitehead	9	1	0	10
2	WAL	Graham Davies	1	0	0	1
ENG	George Wright	1	0	0	1
	TOTALS	11	1	0	12

Player debuts

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

Position	Nationality	Player	Date	Opponent	Ground
WH	ENG	Wally Nunn	21 August 1948	Cheltenham Town	Whaddon Road
WG	ENG	Harry Cranfield	21 August 1948	Cheltenham Town	Whaddon Road
WG	ENG	Stan Foxall	21 August 1948	Cheltenham Town	Whaddon Road
WH	ENG	Alf Miller	1 September 1948	Chelmsford City	New Writtle Street
GK	ENG	Ken Whitehead	4 September 1948	Barry Town	Jenner Park Stadium
CF	ENG	Denis Maffey	11 December 1948	Chelmsford City	New Writtle Street
WG	ENG	Norman George	15 April 1949	Guildford City	Layer Road
GK	WAL	Graham Davies	28 April 1949	Worcester City	Layer Road
GK	ENG	George Wright	5 May 1949	Hereford United	Layer Road
CH	ENG	Peter Hildyard	5 May 1949	Hereford United	Layer Road

References

General

Specific

References

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"Colchester Utd A–A Reading". Coludata.co.uk.
"Colchester Utd 6–0 Bedford Town". Coludata.co.uk.
"Average Attendance Figures Per Season". Coludaybyday.co.uk.
Hudson, Matt. (11 August 2013). "The 1930s and 1940s". Colchester United FC.
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"Dennis Maffey". Coludata.co.uk.
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"Norman George". Coludata.co.uk.
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"George Wright". Coludata.co.uk.
"Peter Hildyard". Coludata.co.uk.
"Albert Walker". Coludata.co.uk.
"Albert Page". Coludata.co.uk.
"Ian Gillespie". Coludata.co.uk.
"Ernest Setchell". Coludata.co.uk.
"Ted Fenton". Coludata.co.uk.
"Aubrey Darmody". Coludata.co.uk.
"Alf Biggs". Coludata.co.uk.
"John Lamare". Coludata.co.uk.
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"Alltime- List of Debuts". Coludaybyday.co.uk.

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