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1957–58 Colchester United F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Colchester United
season	1957–58
chairman	Bill Allen
manager	Benny Fenton
stadium	Layer Road
league	Third Division South
league result	12th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	1st round
(eliminated by
Wisbech Town)
league topscorer
Ken Plant (19)
season topscorer
Ken Plant (19)
highest attendance	11,077
v Norwich City, 14 September 1957
lowest attendance	4,391
v Northampton Town, 30 September 1957
average attendance	10,891
largest win	4–0
v Watford, 26 December 1957
largest loss	0–7
v Reading, 18 September 1957
pattern_name1	Home
pattern_la1	_white_stripes
pattern_b1	_whitestripes3
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	1956–57
nextseason	1958–59

(eliminated by Wisbech Town) Ken Plant (19) Ken Plant (19) v Norwich City, 14 September 1957 v Northampton Town, 30 September 1957 v Watford, 26 December 1957 v Reading, 18 September 1957 The 1957–58 season was Colchester United's 16th season in their history and their eighth 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. They were eliminated at the first round stage of the cup for the fifth successive season, on this occasion to non-league side Wisbech Town. In the league, with the division being restructured at the end of the season, Colchester managed to finish in the top half of the table by three points to avoid a move to the newly formed Fourth Division, instead remaining in the third tier.

Season overview

With Football League reorganisation looming at the end of the season, Colchester's priority for the 1957–58 season was to finish in the top half of the table to join the top half of the Third Division North to form the new nationwide Third Division. The other teams would form the Fourth Division.

During the campaign, Benny Fenton's squad suffered from numerous call-ups for national service, and as such Fenton brought in reinforcements in November with Neil Langman arriving from Plymouth Argyle for £6,750 and John Evans for £4,000 from Liverpool. Meanwhile, Birmingham City offered Colchester £10,000 for winger Peter Wright, but he opted to remain as a part-time player.

Colchester secured their place in the third tier for another season in the final game of the season when they beat Southampton 4–2 at Layer Road.

Players

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee
1 May 1957	FB	ENG	Edgar Rumney	ENG Colchester Casuals	Free transfer
June 1957	FB	ENG	John Laidlaw	SCO Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare	Free transfer
August 1957	IF	SCO	Hamish McNeill	SCO Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	£600
14 October 1957	FB	ENG	Alf Marshall	ENG Dagenham	£25
November 1957	CF	ENG	Neil Langman	ENG Plymouth Argyle	£6,750
23 November 1957	IF	ENG	John Evans	ENG Liverpool	£4,000

Total spending: ~ £11,375

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee
31 May 1957	WG	ENG	Les Barrell	ENG Clacton Town	Released
June 1957	IF	ENG	Eddie Smith	ENG Queens Park Rangers	£1,050
July 1957	CB	ENG	Reg Stewart	ENG Hastings United	Free transfer

Total incoming: ~ £1,050

Match details

Third Division South

Main article: 1957–58 Football League

Results round by round

League table

Matches

P. Wright Towers P. Wright McCurley Report P. Wright McCurley Report McCurley Williams Plant Report Edwards Skull Richards Williams Dixon Plant Sexton Harburn Howard Williams Evans Langman Report P. Wright Plant Plant Langman Langman Langman P. Wright Report Richards Kelly Wilkinson Reeves Page McCurley P. Wright Report Baker Blake McLeod Williams Reeves

FA Cup

Main article: 1957–58 FA Cup

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Goalscorers

Place	Nationality	Position	Name	Third Division South	FA Cup	Total
1	ENG	CF	Ken Plant	19	0	19
2	ENG	WG	Peter Wright	16	0	16
3	ENG	CF	Kevin McCurley	12	0	12
4	ENG	CF	Neil Langman	8	0	8
5	ENG	IF	John Evans	7	0	7
6	ENG	WG	Tommy Williams	5	0	5
7	ENG	WH	Benny Fenton	3	0	3
8	ENG	WG	Russell Blake	2	0	2
SCO	IF	Sammy McLeod	2	0	2
10	ENG	FB	George Fisher	1	0	1
SCO	IF	Hamish McNeill	1	0	1
ENG	WH	Derek Parker	1	0	1
	Own goals	0	0	0
	TOTALS	77	0	77

Disciplinary record

Nationality	Position	Name	Third Division South	FA Cup	Total
ENG	WH	Benny Fenton	1	0	0
	TOTALS	1	0	0	0

Clean sheets

Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.

Place	Nationality	Player	Third Division South	FA Cup	Total
1	ENG	Percy Ames	7	0	7
	TOTALS	7	0	7

Player debuts

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

Position	Nationality	Player	Date	Opponent	Ground
FB	ENG	Edgar Rumney	2 September 1957	Queens Park Rangers	Layer Road
IF	SCO	Hamish McNeill	21 September 1957	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Dean Court
IF	ENG	John Evans	23 November 1957	Port Vale	Layer Road
CF	ENG	Neil Langman	23 November 1957	Port Vale	Layer Road

References

General

Books

Websites

Specific

References

(2008). "The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years". Breedon Books.
"Colchester Utd 1–2 Norwich City". Coludata.co.uk.
"Colchester Utd 1–0 Northampton Town". 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.
"Edgar Rumney". Coludata.co.uk.
"John Laidlaw". Coludata.co.uk.
"Hamish McNeill". Coludata.co.uk.
"Alf Marshall". Coludata.co.uk.
"Neil Langman". Coludata.co.uk.
"John Evans". Coludata.co.uk.
"Les Barrell". Coludata.co.uk.
"Eddie Smith". Coludata.co.uk.
"Reg Stewart". 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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