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1959–60 Colchester United F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Colchester United
season	1959–60
chairman	Bill Allen
manager	Benny Fenton
stadium	Layer Road
league	Third Division
league result	9th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	1st round
(eliminated by
Queens Park Rangers)
league topscorer
Martyn King (30)
season topscorer
Martyn King (30)
highest attendance	13,053
v Norwich City, 20 February 1960
lowest attendance	5,215
v Accrington Stanley, 30 April 1960
average attendance	7,856
largest win	4–0
v Tranmere Rovers, 5 March 1960;
5–1
v Accrington Stanley, 30 April 1960
largest loss	1–4
v Grimsby Town, 1 September 1959;
1–4
v Shrewsbury Town, 19 September 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	1958–59
nextseason	1960–61

(eliminated by Queens Park Rangers) Martyn King (30) Martyn King (30) v Norwich City, 20 February 1960 v Accrington Stanley, 30 April 1960 v Tranmere Rovers, 5 March 1960; 5–1 v Accrington Stanley, 30 April 1960 v Grimsby Town, 1 September 1959; 1–4 v Shrewsbury Town, 19 September 1959 The 1959–60 season marked Colchester United's 18th year in existence and their tenth season in the third tier of English football, the Third Division. In addition to competing in the Third Division, the club took part in the FA Cup, where they were eliminated by league rivals Queens Park Rangers in the first round. Colchester ended the season in ninth place in the Third Division.

Season overview

Colchester's first game under floodlights at Layer Road was on 24 August 1959 when 9,689 watched the 2–2 draw with Grimsby Town. The ground became something of a fortress, with only two losses recorded during the campaign. However, Colchester struggled on their travels, earning just three wins. The mixed form led to a ninth position finish in the Third Division table.

The most notable bonus for the season was Martyn King's completion of national service meaning he was available for every game. Appearing in 40 matches, forward King equalled Kevin McCurley's club record of 30 Football League goals in a single season, which included three hat-tricks.

Players

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee
July 1959	FB	SCO	Tommy Millar	SCO Bo'ness United	Free transfer
January 1960	CF	ENG	John Baines	ENG Colchester Casuals	Free transfer
March 1960	WG	ENG	Tony Howe	ENG Colchester Casuals	Free transfer
March 1960	FW	ENG	Bobby Hunt	Amateur	Free transfer

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee
July 1959	CF	ENG	Ken Plant	ENG Nuneaton Borough	Free transfer
29 August 1959	IF	SCO	Ian Johnstone	ENG Clacton Town	Free transfer
6 October 1959	FB	SCO	John Roe	SCO Dundee United	Free transfer
Spring 1960	CB	ENG	Brian Dobson	ENG Clacton Town	Released

Match details

Third Division

Main article: 1959–60 Football League

Results round by round

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League table

Matches

Williams Huxford Mulgrew Reeves Williams Langman P. Wright McLeod King Langman Towers Evans Langman P. Wright Williams Report King King Williams P. Wright Williams Blake Hammond Hill B. Hunt Laidlaw Singer P. Wright Report Summerbee Gauld Williams King Report P. Wright Price Report Unknown goalscorer Langman P. Wright Williams

FA Cup

Main article: 1959–60 FA Cup

P. Wright Bedford Angell

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

|- !colspan="14"|Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season |}

Goalscorers

Place	Nationality	Position	Name	Third Division	FA Cup	Total
1	ENG	CF	Martyn King	30	0	30
2	ENG	WG	Peter Wright	11	1	12
3	ENG	CF	Neil Langman	11	0	11
4	ENG	WG	Tommy Williams	9	0	9
5	ENG	CF	Kevin McCurley	7	1	8
6	SCO	IF	Bobby Hill	4	0	4
7	SCO	IF	Sammy McLeod	3	0	3
8	ENG	WG	Russell Blake	1	0	1
ENG	IF	John Evans	1	0	1
ENG	FB	George Fisher	1	0	1
ENG	WH	Cyril Hammond	1	0	1
ENG	FW	Bobby Hunt	1	0	1
ENG	FB	John Laidlaw	1	0	1
SCO	CB	Chic Milligan	1	0	1
	Own goals	1	0	1
	TOTALS	83	2	85

Clean sheets

Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.

Place	Nationality	Player	Third Division	FA Cup	Total
1	ENG	Percy Ames	10	0	10
	TOTALS	10	0	10

Player debuts

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

Position	Nationality	Player	Date	Opponent	Ground
FB	SCO	Tommy Millar	1 September 1959	Grimsby Town	Blundell Park
FB	ENG	John Laidlaw	5 September 1959	Southampton	The Dell
FB	SCO	John Roe	3 October 1959	Norwich City	Carrow Road
FW	ENG	Bobby Hunt	19 March 1960	York City	Layer Road

References

General

Books

Websites

Specific

References

(2008). "The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years". Breedon Books.
"Colchester Utd 3–0 Norwich City". Coludata.co.uk.
"Colchester Utd 5–1 Accrington Stanley". 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.
"Tommy Millar". Coludata.co.uk.
"John Baines". Coludata.co.uk.
"Tony Howe". Coludata.co.uk.
"Bobby Hunt". Coludata.co.uk.
"Ken Plant". Coludata.co.uk.
"Ian Johnstone". Coludata.co.uk.
"John Roe". Coludata.co.uk.
"Brian Dobson". 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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