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1950–51 Colchester United F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Colchester United
season	1950–51
chairman	Bill Allen
manager	Jimmy Allen
stadium	Layer Road
league	Third Division South
league result	16th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	1st round
(eliminated by
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic)
league topscorer
Arthur Turner (13)
season topscorer
Arthur Turner (15)
highest attendance	14,199
v Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, 7 September 1950
lowest attendance	6,941
v Gillingham, 16 December 1950
average attendance	10,571
largest win	7–1
v Woodford Town, 11 November 1950
largest loss	1–7
v Plymouth Argyle, 28 October 1950
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	1949–50
nextseason	1951–52

(eliminated by Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic) Arthur Turner (13) Arthur Turner (15) v Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, 7 September 1950 v Gillingham, 16 December 1950 v Woodford Town, 11 November 1950 v Plymouth Argyle, 28 October 1950 The 1950–51 season was Colchester United's ninth season in their history and their first ever season in the Football League, competing 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. The club ended the league season in 16th-position, while they exited the FA Cup in the first round following a defeat to Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic.

Season overview

Colchester's first–ever game in the Football League was against their old Southern League rivals Gillingham at Priestfield Stadium on 19 August 1950. A crowd of 19,542 witnessed the 0–0 draw between the sides. Five days later, Bob Curry scored the U's first–ever Football League goal during a 1–1 draw at Swindon Town, but it was not until 31 August that the Layer Road crowd were able to enjoy its first Football League goal for the home side. Arthur Turner, the season's top–scorer with 15 goals, struck five minutes into a 4–1 win in the return game with Swindon. Colchester remained unbeaten in their first seven games, a run that equalled a record for new clubs entering the Football League set by Aberdare Athletic in 1921–22.

After occupying second position in the Third Division South table, the U's suffered a slump in form, losing nine of the next ten games. They finished the season in 16th-position, averaging 10,571 through the Layer Road turnstiles. It would be the only season that Layer Road would host a five-figure season average.

Players

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
20 July 1950	FB	WAL	Trevor Rowlands	ENG Norwich City	£1,000
August 1950	FB	ENG	Bill Rochford	ENG Southampton	£1,000	url=http://www.coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=175	title=Bill Rochford	publisher=Coludata.co.uk	access-date=4 February 2016 }}
August 1950	WG	ENG	Peter Aitchison	Amateur	Free
19 August 1950	WH	SCO	Jimmy Elder	ENG Portsmouth	£1,000
19 August 1950	WH	ENG	Len Jones	ENG Southend United	Undisclosed
19 August 1950	WG	ENG	John Church	ENG Norwich City	£1,000
19 August 1950	IF	SCO	Johnny McKim	ENG Chelsea	£1,000
30 September 1950	FB	ENG	John Harrison	ENG Aston Villa	Nominal
30 September 1950	WH	SCO	Joe Locherty	ENG Sheffield Wednesday	£1,000	url=http://www.coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=173	title=Joe Locherty	publisher=Coludata.co.uk	access-date=4 February 2016 }}
17 February 1951	GK	ENG	Barney Bircham	ENG Grimsby Town	£800	url=http://www.coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=174	title=Barney Bircham	publisher=Coludata.co.uk	access-date=4 February 2016 }}
26 March 1951	FW	ENG	Dick Cullum	ENG Colchester Colts	Free

Total spending: ~ £6,800

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
End of season	GK	ENG	Ken Whitehead	ENG Whitton United	Released
End of season	WG	ENG	Stan Foxall	ENG Chelmsford City	Released
End of season	CF	ENG	Denis Maffey	ENG Great Yarmouth Town	Free
End of season	OL		Bob Neville	ENG Clacton Town	Released
6 May 1950	FB	ENG	Doug Beach	ENG Chelmsford City	Free
20 January 1951	WH	SCO	Joe Locherty	ENG Scarborough	Released	name=FG}}
24 February 1951	FB	ENG	Bill Rochford	Retired	Retired	name=FG}}
24 March 1951	GK	ENG	Barney Bircham	Free agent	Released	name=FG}}
26 March 1951	WG	ESP	José Gallego	ENG Cambridge United	Released
28 April 1951	WH	ENG	Bill Layton	ENG Harwich & Parkeston	Player-manager

Match details

Third Division South

Main article: 1950–51 Football League

Results round by round

League table

Matches

Report Report Curry Church Curry McKim Curry Turner Jones McGibbon Cutting Hollis Dixon Report Wakefield Curry Report Dougall Govan Strauss Tadman Report Church McCrory Wookey Church Elder Church Thomas Thompson Willard Varty McKim Smith Unknown goalscorer Report Blackman Church Report Elder Keeble Report McCrory Pembery Reid Winter Raine McKim Keeble Morgan Keeble

FA Cup

Main article: 1950–51 FA Cup

Layton Curry Cutting Jones

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goalscorers

Place	Nationality	Position	Name	Third Division South	FA Cup	Total
1	ENG	CF	Arthur Turner	13	2	15
2	ENG	IF	Bob Curry	12	2	14
3	ENG	WG	John Church	10	0	10
4	SCO	IF	Johnny McKim	8	0	8
5	ENG	CF	Vic Keeble	7	0	7
6	ENG	IF	Fred Cutting	3	1	4
SCO	WH	Jimmy Elder	4	0	4
8	ENG	WH	Len Jones	2	1	3
9	ENG	WG	Bob Allen	1	0	1
ENG	FW	Dick Cullum	1	0	1
ENG	WH	Bill Layton	0	1	1
SCO	WH	Joe Locherty	1	0	1
WAL	FB	Trevor Rowlands	1	0	1
	Own goals	0	0	0
	TOTALS	63	7	70

Clean sheets

Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.

Place	Nationality	Player	Third Division South	FA Cup	Total
1	ENG	George Wright	8	0	8
2	ENG	Barney Bircham	1	0	1
	TOTALS	9	0	9

Player debuts

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

Position	Nationality	Player	Date	Opponent	Ground
WH	SCO	Jimmy Elder	19 August 1950	Gillingham	Priestfield Stadium
WH	ENG	Len Jones	19 August 1950	Gillingham	Priestfield Stadium
WG	ENG	John Church	19 August 1950	Gillingham	Priestfield Stadium
IF	SCO	Johnny McKim	19 August 1950	Gillingham	Priestfield Stadium
FB	ENG	John Harrison	30 September 1950	Northampton Town	County Ground
WH	SCO	Joe Locherty	30 September 1950	Northampton Town	County Ground
GK	ENG	Barney Bircham	17 February 1951	Northampton Town	Layer Road
FB	ENG	Bill Rochford	17 February 1951	Northampton Town	Layer Road
FB	WAL	Trevor Rowlands	3 March 1951	Southend United	Layer Road
FW	ENG	Dick Cullum	26 March 1951	Torquay United	Plainmoor

References

General

Books

Websites

Specific

References

(2008). "The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years". Breedon Books.
"Colchester Utd 4–1 Bournemouth". Coludata.co.uk.
"Colchester Utd 4–2 Gillingham". Coludata.co.uk.
"Average Attendance Figures Per Season". Coludaybyday.co.uk.
"The 1950s and 1960s Hudson Matt 11 July 2012". Colchester United FC.
"Appearances". Coludata.co.uk.
"Trevor Rowlands". Coludata.co.uk.
"Bill Rochford". Coludata.co.uk.
"Peter Aitchison". Coludata.co.uk.
"Jimmy Elder". Coludata.co.uk.
"Len Jones". Coludata.co.uk.
"John Church". Coludata.co.uk.
"Johnny McKim". Coludata.co.uk.
"John Harrison". Coludata.co.uk.
"Joe Locherty". Coludata.co.uk.
"Barney Bircham". Coludata.co.uk.
"Dick Cullum". Coludata.co.uk.
"Ken Whitehead". Coludata.co.uk.
"Stan Foxall". Coludata.co.uk.
"Dennis Maffey". Coludata.co.uk.
"Bob Neville". Coludata.co.uk.
"Doug Beach". Coludata.co.uk.
"Jose Gallego". Coludata.co.uk.
"Bill Layton". Coludata.co.uk.
"Goals". Coludata.co.uk.
"Clean sheets (1st team)". Coludata.co.uk.
"Alltime- List of Debuts". Coludaybyday.co.uk.

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