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1951–52 Colchester United F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Colchester United
season	1951–52
chairman	Bill Allen
manager	Jimmy Allen
stadium	Layer Road
league	Third Division South
league result	10th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	3rd round
(eliminated by
Barnsley)
league topscorer
Vic Keeble (16)
season topscorer
Vic Keeble (17)
highest attendance	15,175
v Ipswich Town, 1 March 1952
lowest attendance	6,128
v Watford, 3 May 1952
average attendance	9,429
largest win	4–1
v Bristol City, 20 October 1951;
4–1
v Reading, 3 April 1952
largest loss	0–7
v Leyton Orient, 5 January 1952
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	1950–51
nextseason	1952–53

(eliminated by Barnsley) Vic Keeble (16) Vic Keeble (17) v Ipswich Town, 1 March 1952 v Watford, 3 May 1952 v Bristol City, 20 October 1951; 4–1 v Reading, 3 April 1952 v Leyton Orient, 5 January 1952 The 1951–52 season was Colchester United's tenth season in their history and their second season 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. Colchester reached the third round of the FA Cup before being knocked out by Second Division side Barnsley. In the league, they bettered the previous season's 16th-placed finish by finishing 10th.

Season overview

Colchester's 1951–52 season began poorly, with six defeats in the opening seven games due to an injury-ravaged squad. Rooted to the foot of the table, a mid-season revival including a double over local rivals Ipswich Town eventually saw the U's finish the season 10th in the final standings.

Vic Keeble became Colchester's first export that commanded a high transfer fee when he moved to First Division Newcastle United for a £15,000 fee in January 1952. Despite his mid-season sale, Keeble remained the top scorer for the U's with 17 goals. Manager Jimmy Allen signed Kevin McCurley from Liverpool for £750 as a replacement for Keeble in March 1952. He scored six times in eleven games during the final two months of the campaign.

Players

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee
1951	WH	ENG	Harry Wilkinson	ENG Exeter City	Free transfer
Summer 1951	FW	ENG	Jack McClelland	Amateur	Free transfer
June 1951	CF	ENG	Kevin McCurley	ENG Liverpool	£750
July 1951	WH	ENG	Trevor Harris	Amateur	Free transfer
July 1951	FB	ENG	Phil Rookes	ENG Portsmouth	£1,000
August 1951	WG	SCO	Adam Davidson	ENG Sheffield Wednesday	Free transfer
18 August 1951	IF	ENG	Augie Scott	ENG Southampton	£2,000
October 1951	WH	ENG	Ron Hunt	Amateur	Free transfer
November 1951	WG	ENG	Peter Wright	Amateur	Free transfer
8 March 1952	GK	ENG	Frank Coombs	ENG Southend United	£450

Total spending: ~ £4,200

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee
End of season	IF	ENG	Bob Curry	ENG Clacton Town	Player-manager
August 1951	WG	ENG	Bob Allen	ENG Bedford Town	Free transfer
2 November 1951	WG	ENG	Dennis Hillman	ENG Gillingham	Free transfer
29 January 1952	CF	ENG	Vic Keeble	ENG Newcastle United	£15,000
23 February 1952	IF	ENG	Fred Cutting	ENG Great Yarmouth Town	Free transfer

Total incoming: ~ £15,000

Match details

Third Division South

Main article: 1951–52 Football League

Results round by round

League table

Matches

Garbutt Reed Willard Report Owen Report Ratcliffe Tadman Report Keeble Keeble Report Keeble Keeble Keeble Lewis Keeble Stewart Keeble Report Keeble Keeble Report McKim Elder Report Report Wakefield McCurley McCurley Saward

FA Cup

Main article: 1951–52 FA Cup

Scott Elder Davidson

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goalscorers

Place	Nationality	Position	Name	Third Division South	FA Cup	Total
1	ENG	CF	Vic Keeble	16	1	17
2	SCO	IF	Johnny McKim	10	0	10
3	ENG	IF	Fred Cutting	9	0	9
4	ENG	CF	Kevin McCurley	6	0	6
ENG	IF	Augie Scott	4	2	6
6	ENG	WG	John Church	3	0	3
SCO	WH	Jimmy Elder	2	1	3
8	ENG	WG	Peter Aitchison	2	0	2
ENG	CF	Arthur Turner	2	0	2
10	SCO	WG	Adam Davidson	0	1	1
ENG	WH	Len Jones	1	0	1
WAL	FB	Trevor Rowlands	1	0	1
	Own goals	0	0	0
	TOTALS	56	5	61

Disciplinary record

Nationality	Position	Name	Third Division South	FA Cup	Total
ENG	CB	Reg Stewart	0	1	0
	TOTALS	0	1	0	0

Clean sheets

Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.

Place	Nationality	Player	Third Division South	FA Cup	Total
1	ENG	George Wright	9	0	9
2	ENG	Frank Coombs	5	0	5
	TOTALS	14	0	14

Player debuts

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

Position	Nationality	Player	Date	Opponent	Ground
FB	ENG	Phil Rookes	18 August 1951	Brighton & Hove Albion	Goldstone Ground
IF	ENG	Augie Scott	18 August 1951	Brighton & Hove Albion	Goldstone Ground
WG	SCO	Adam Davidson	13 September 1951	Plymouth Argyle	Layer Road
WG	ENG	Peter Aitchison	25 December 1951	Gillingham	Priestfield Stadium
GK	ENG	Frank Coombs	8 March 1952	Bristol City	Ashton Gate Stadium
WH	ENG	Ron Hunt	15 March 1952	Port Vale	Layer Road
CF	ENG	Kevin McCurley	22 March 1952	Northampton Town	County Ground
WG	ENG	Peter Wright	22 March 1952	Northampton Town	County Ground

References

General

Books

Websites

Specific

References

(2008). "The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years". Breedon Books.
"Colchester Utd 1–0 Ipswich Town". Coludata.co.uk.
"Colchester Utd 1–0 Watford". Coludata.co.uk.
"Average Attendance Figures Per Season". Coludaybyday.co.uk.
Hudson, Matt. (11 July 2012). "The 1950s and 1960s". Colchester United FC.
"Appearances". Coludata.co.uk.
"Harry Wilkinson". Coludata.co.uk.
"JOHNNY McCLELLAND". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database.
(1994). "The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City Football Club 1868 to 1994". Lion Press.
"Kevin McCurley". Coludata.co.uk.
"Trevor Harris". Coludata.co.uk.
"Phil Rookes". Coludata.co.uk.
"Adam Davidson". Coludata.co.uk.
"Augie Scott". Coludata.co.uk.
"Ron Hunt". Coludata.co.uk.
"Peter Wright". Coludata.co.uk.
"Frank Coombs". Coludata.co.uk.
"Bob Curry". Coludata.co.uk.
"Bob Allen". Coludata.co.uk.
"Dennis Hillman". Coludata.co.uk.
"Vic Keeble". Coludata.co.uk.
"Fred Cutting". Coludata.co.uk.
"Goals". Coludata.co.uk.
"Discipline". Coludata.co.uk.
"Clean sheets (1st team)". Coludata.co.uk.
"Alltime- List of Debuts". Coludaybyday.co.uk.

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