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1958–59 Colchester United F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Colchester United
season	1958–59
chairman	Bill Allen
manager	Benny Fenton
stadium	Layer Road
league	Third Division
league result	5th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	4th round
(eliminated by
Arsenal)
league topscorer
Neil Langman (20)
season topscorer
Neil Langman (27)
highest attendance	16,000
v Arsenal, 24 January 1959
lowest attendance	4,406
v Notts County, 23 February 1959
average attendance	8,357
largest win	8–2
v Stockport County, 4 October 1958;
7–1
v Yeovil Town, 11 December 1958
largest loss	0–4
v Arsenal, 28 January 1959;
0–4
v Brentford, 21 March 1959
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	1957–58
nextseason	1959–60

(eliminated by Arsenal) Neil Langman (20) Neil Langman (27) v Arsenal, 24 January 1959 v Notts County, 23 February 1959 v Stockport County, 4 October 1958; 7–1 v Yeovil Town, 11 December 1958 v Arsenal, 28 January 1959; 0–4 v Brentford, 21 March 1959 The 1958–59 season was Colchester United's 17th season in their history and their ninth season in the third tier of English football, the newly formed national Third Division. Alongside competing in the Third Division, the club also participated in the FA Cup. Colchester reached the fourth round of the FA Cup, beating Bath City, Yeovil Town and Chesterfield on their way to meeting Arsenal. Drawn at home, Colchester held Arsenal to a 2–2 Layer Road draw, but were defeated 4–0 at Highbury in the replay. Colchester finished fifth in the Third Division, nine points shy of promotion.

Season overview

In the new national Third Division, Colchester excelled against their northern counterparts, winning 21 games, more than half of which were clubs previously in the Third Division North. Colchester finished the season in fifth position, just nine points away from Hull City in second place, and ten behind champions Plymouth Argyle. They also earned a club record win when they beat Stockport County 8–2 on 4 October, and a club record away win when they beat Yeovil Town 7–1.

The club's main highlight during the campaign was their FA Cup run, their first venture outside of the first round in six seasons. Colchester defeated old Southern League rivals Bath City and Yeovil Town in the first and second rounds, before seeing off Chesterfield to set up a fourth round tie with Arsenal. For the first time local police set a limit on crowd numbers at Layer Road for the Arsenal game with 16,000 witnessing the 2–2 draw. 62,686 people watched the replay at Highbury in thick fog as the Gunners ran out 4–0 winners.

Both big-money signings from last season, Neil Langman and John Evans, helped repay their transfer fees by scoring 27 and 16 goals respectively. Meanwhile, the proceeds from the Arsenal fixture meant that floodlighting could be installed at Layer Road for the first time.

Players

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee
May 1958	IF	ENG	Tony Miller	Amateur	Free transfer
July 1958	WH	ENG	Cyril Hammond	ENG Charlton Athletic	Free transfer
July 1958	FB	SCO	John Roe	SCO West Calder United	Free transfer
18 April 1959	IF	SCO	Ian Johnstone	SCO Ormiston Primrose	Free transfer

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee
End of season	WH	ENG	Benny Fenton	ENG Colchester United	Retired from playing, remained as manager
July 1958	WH	ENG	Bert Hill	ENG Dartford	Free transfer
26 December 1958	IF	SCO	Hamish McNeill	ENG Cambridge City	Nominal

Match details

Third Division

Main article: 1958–59 Football League

Results round by round

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League table

Matches

Langman McLeod Report Report McLeod Report Langman McLeod Clarke Langman Smith Coates Heath Report P. Wright Blake Graham McLeod Williams Evans Langman McCurley Report Langman P. Wright Langman Williams Smith McLeod Towers Hoskins Reeves Report Marshall Reeves Page McLeod Blake Williams

FA Cup

Main article: 1958–59 FA Cup

Langman McLeod Williams Langman Evans Programme Herd Julians

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Goalscorers

Place	Nationality	Position	Name	Third Division	FA Cup	Total
1	ENG	CF	Neil Langman	20	7	27
2	ENG	IF	John Evans	14	2	16
3	SCO	IF	Sammy McLeod	8	2	10
4	ENG	WG	Tommy Williams	5	1	6
5	ENG	WG	Russell Blake	5	0	5
ENG	CF	Kevin McCurley	5	0	5
ENG	CF	Ken Plant	3	2	5
ENG	WG	Peter Wright	5	0	5
9	ENG	FB	George Fisher	1	0	1
SCO	IF	Bobby Hill	1	0	1
SCO	CB	Chic Milligan	1	0	1
	Own goals	3	0	3
	TOTALS	71	14	85

Clean sheets

Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.

Place	Nationality	Player	Third Division	FA Cup	Total
1	ENG	Percy Ames	12	2	14
	TOTALS	12	2	14

Player debuts

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

Position	Nationality	Player	Date	Opponent	Ground
WH	ENG	Cyril Hammond	23 August 1958	Bury	Layer Road
FB	ENG	Alf Marshall	8 October 1958	Reading	Elm Park
IF	SCO	Ian Johnstone	18 April 1959	Chesterfield	Layer Road

References

General

Books

Websites

Specific

References

(2008). "The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years". Breedon Books.
"Colchester Utd 2–2 Arsenal". Coludata.co.uk.
"Colchester Utd 4–1 Notts County". 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.
"Tony Miller". Coludata.co.uk.
"Cyril Hammond". Coludata.co.uk.
"John Roe". Coludata.co.uk.
"Ian Johnstone". Coludata.co.uk.
"Benny Fenton". Coludata.co.uk.
"Bert Hill". Coludata.co.uk.
"Hamish McNeill". 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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