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1963–64 Colchester United F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Colchester United
season	1963–64
chairman	Bill Allen
manager	Benny Fenton
(until September)
Neil Franklin
(from December)
stadium	Layer Road
league	Third Division
league result	17th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	3rd round
(eliminated by
Workington)
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	2nd round
(eliminated by
Queens Park Rangers)
league topscorer
Bobby Hunt (20)
season topscorer
Bobby Hunt (23)
highest attendance	7,772
v Fulham, 25 September 1963
lowest attendance	3,263
v Port Vale, 4 April 1964
average attendance	5,242
largest win	4–0
v Notts County, 30 November 1963
4–0
v Crewe Alexandra, 22 February 1964
largest loss	0–4
v Peterborough United, 21 October 1963
pattern_name1	Home
pattern_la1	_white_stripes
pattern_b1	_whitestripes3
pattern_ra1	_white_stripes
pattern_so1	_color_2_stripes_blue
leftarm1	0000FF
body1	0000FF
rightarm1	0000FF
shorts1	000000
socks1	FFFFFF
alt1	Football kit (white jersey with blue, vertical stripes; black shorts; and white socks with two blue, horizontal hoops).
prevseason	1962–63
nextseason	1964–65

(until September) Neil Franklin (from December) (eliminated by Workington) (eliminated by Queens Park Rangers) Bobby Hunt (20) Bobby Hunt (23) v Fulham, 25 September 1963 v Port Vale, 4 April 1964 v Notts County, 30 November 1963 4–0 v Crewe Alexandra, 22 February 1964 v Peterborough United, 21 October 1963 The 1963–64 season was Colchester United's 22nd season in their history and their second successive season in the Third Division, the third tier of English football. Alongside competing in the Third Division, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the League Cup.

A mid-season managerial change saw Benny Fenton leave for Leyton Orient and ex-England international Neil Franklin arrive from APOEL. They finished the season in 17th-place and had a good run in the League Cup, seeing off First Division Fulham in the first round, and then Second Division Northampton Town in the second round, before being knocked out in the third round by Fourth Division side Workington. Colchester made the second round of the FA Cup but were beaten by Queens Park Rangers.

Season overview

The 1963–64 season proved to be one of change for Colchester United. Benny Fenton left the club to take over at Second Division Leyton Orient in September. Incoming was former England international Neil Franklin, who had been managing APOEL in Cyprus. Franklin's first piece of business was the sale of prolific forward Bobby Hunt to Northampton Town for £18,000. Hunt's 23 goals scored by the end of February was not surpassed despite his exit as Colchester finished the season in a disappointing 17th–position.

Colchester had an impressive run in the League Cup, seeing off Fulham of the First Division 5–3 in the first round, before beating Northampton in the second round but falling to defeat against Workington in the third. They beat Brighton & Hove Albion in the first round of the FA Cup, but were defeated in the second by Queens Park Rangers.

Players

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
July 1963	GK	ENG	Alan Buck	Amateur	Free transfer
August 1963	FB	ENG	Pat Woods	AUS South Coast United	Free transfer	url=http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=251	title=Pat Woods	publisher=Coludata.co.uk	access-date=7 May 2016 }}
24 August 1963	IF	AUS	Tommy McColl	SCO Dennistoun Waverley	Free transfer
14 September 1963	WH	SCO	John Docherty	SCO Heart of Midlothian	Free transfer
7 March 1964	MF	ENG	Derek Trevis	ENG Aston Villa	Free transfer

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
7 October 1963	WH	ENG	Ron Hunt	Retired	Retired
March 1964	FW	ENG	Bobby Hunt	ENG Northampton Town	£18,000
28 March 1964	FB	ENG	Pat Woods	AUS South Coast United	Free transfer	name=FG}}

Total incoming: ~ £18,000

Match details

Friendlies

Beesley Bradbury Jones Gilfillan

Third Division

Main article: 1963–64 Football League

Results round by round

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League table

Matches

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B. Hunt Stark Wright Dick Stark King King Jones Fowler Rutter Stark Wright Coughlan King B. Hunt O'Rourke Turner Hamilton Jarman Whitaker Frizzell King King B. Hunt Stark Lazarus Harris Oliver Clark Atyeo Rowland Woolley

League Cup

Main article: 1963–64 Football League Cup

King B. Hunt Grice Key Wright

FA Cup

Main article: 1963–64 FA Cup

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goalscorers

Place	Nationality	Position	Name	Third Division	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	ENG	FW	Bobby Hunt	20	1	2	23
2	ENG	CF	Martyn King	18	0	2	20
3	SCO	FW	Billy Stark	15	0	2	17
4	ENG	WG	Peter Wright	7	0	3	10
5	ENG	WG	Mike Grice	4	0	1	5
6	ENG	WH	Roy McCrohan	3	0	0	3
7	SCO	WH	John Docherty	1	0	0	1
AUS	IF	Tommy McColl	1	0	0	1
	Own goals	1	0	0	1
	TOTALS	70	1	10	81

Disciplinary record

Nationality	Position	Name	Third Division	FA Cup
ENG	CF	Martyn King	0	1
ENG	WG	Peter Wright	1	0
	TOTALS	1	1	0

Clean sheets

Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.

Place	Nationality	Player	Third Division	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	SCO	George Ramage	8	1	0	9
2	ENG	Percy Ames	4	0	0	4
	TOTALS	12	1	0	13

Player debuts

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

Position	Nationality	Player	Date	Opponent	Ground
FB	ENG	Pat Woods	24 August 1963	Barnsley	Layer Road
IF	AUS	Tommy McColl	24 August 1963	Barnsley	Layer Road
WH	SCO	John Docherty	14 September 1963	Wrexham	Racecourse Ground
IF	ENG	Tony Miller	1 February 1964	Queens Park Rangers	Loftus Road
MF	ENG	Derek Trevis	7 March 1964	Mansfield Town	Layer Road

References

General

Books

Websites

Specific

References

(2008). "The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years". Breedon Books.
"Colchester Utd 5–3 Fulham". Coludata.co.uk.
"Colchester Utd 1–2 Port Vale". 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.
"Alan Buck". Coludata.co.uk.
"Pat Woods". Coludata.co.uk.
"Tommy McColl". Coludata.co.uk.
"John Docherty". Coludata.co.uk.
"Derek Trevis". Coludata.co.uk.
"Ron Hunt". Coludata.co.uk.
"Bobby Hunt". 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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