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1965–66 Colchester United F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Colchester United
season	1965–66
chairman	Bill Allen
manager	Neil Franklin
stadium	Layer Road
league	Fourth Division
league result	4th (promoted)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	1st round
(eliminated by
Queens Park Rangers)
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	2nd round
(eliminated by
Middlesbrough)
league topscorer
Reg Stratton (18)
season topscorer
Reg Stratton (21)
highest attendance	10,200
v Luton Town, 8 April 1966
lowest attendance	2,768
v Notts County, 22 November 1965
average attendance	5,225
largest win	4–0
v Barnsley, 11 September 1965
largest loss	0–4
v Queens Park Rangers, 18 November 1965
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	1964–65
nextseason	1966–67

(eliminated by Queens Park Rangers) (eliminated by Middlesbrough) Reg Stratton (18) Reg Stratton (21) v Luton Town, 8 April 1966 v Notts County, 22 November 1965 v Barnsley, 11 September 1965 v Queens Park Rangers, 18 November 1965 The 1965–66 season was Colchester United's 24th season in their history and their first back in the fourth tier of English football, the Fourth Division, following relegation the previous season. Alongside competing in the Fourth Division, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the League Cup.

Colchester were immediately promoted back to the Third Division after ending the season in fourth position. Queens Park Rangers handed Colchester another early FA Cup exit following a replay, while Middlesbrough knocked the U's out of the League Cup in the second round.

Season overview

Neil Franklin brought in forward Reg Stratton to lead the line for the new season and he responded with 18 league goals and 21 in total. They won ten times on their travels, setting a new club record, while losing just three times at Layer Road. After leading the Fourth Division table across Easter, subsequent defeats to promotion rivals Darlington on two occasions and Torquay United saw Colchester drop to fourth position ahead of the final game of the season. A 2–1 defeat to Newport County left fans awaiting the result of Luton Town's game with Chester with Luton just one point behind and the game kicking off 15-minutes later than the U's fixture. The game finished 1–1 with Colchester, Luton, and Tranmere Rovers all tied on 56 points. Goal average would separate the sides, with Franklin's side pipping Tranmere to the final promotion spot by 0.08.

As the club did four years prior, the U's bounced back from the Fourth Division at the first attempt. The season was also notable as player replacements were allowed for the first time. Ray Price became Colchester's first substitute when he came on to replace the injured Ted Phillips after 85-minutes of their 2–0 home win over Rochdale on 18 September.

Players

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
28 May 1965	FW	ENG	Reg Stratton	ENG Fulham	Free transfer
1 June 1965	FB	ENG	David Raine	ENG Doncaster Rovers	Nominal
1 June 1965	MF	SCO	Bobby Blackwood	ENG Ipswich Town	Free transfer
July 1965	MF	SCO	Dave Lamont	Apprentice	Free transfer
21 August 1965	WH	ENG	Jackie Bell	ENG Norwich City	Free transfer	url=http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=266	title=Jackie Bell	publisher=Coludata.co.uk	access-date=23 January 2017 }}
21 August 1965	WG	ENG	Arthur Kaye	ENG Middlesbrough	Free transfer
September 1965	FW	ENG	Peter Barlow	Apprentice	Free transfer
11 September 1965	IF	ENG	Ted Phillips	ENG Luton Town	Part exchange with Billy Stark
October 1965	WG	ENG	John Hornsby	ENG Evenwood Town	£25/5s
16 October 1965	WH	ENG	David Buck	Apprentice	Free transfer
30 October 1965	FW	ENG	Peter Bullock	ENG Southend United	Nominal

Total spending: ~ £25/5s

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
End of season	WH	SCO	John Docherty	ENG Chelmsford City	Released
End of season	FB	ENG	Richie Griffiths	ENG Haverhill Rovers	Released
End of season	IF	WAL	Gareth Salisbury	ENG Chesterfield	Released
23 April 1965	IF	SCO	Bobby Hill	ENG Bury Town	Released
23 April 1965	IF	ENG	Arthur Langley	ENG Nottingham Forest	Released
28 August 1965	FW	SCO	Billy Stark	ENG Luton Town	£1,000 plus Ted Phillips
October 1965	WH	WAL	Tecwyn Jones	ENG Crewe Alexandra	Nominal
12 February 1966	WH	ENG	Jackie Bell	ENG Gainford Town	Released	name=FG}}

Total incoming: ~ £1,000

Match details

Fourth Division

Main article: 1965–66 Football League

Results round by round

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League table

Matches

Aitchison Aitchison Phillips White Report Trevis Report Loughton Phillips Trevis Blackwood Hall Forbes Butler Hale Hall Bullock Morris Stratton Worthington Phillips Hornsby Phillips Trevis Bullock Stratton Bullock Phillips Bullock Stratton Hale

League Cup

Main article: 1965–66 Football League Cup

Report Stratton Irvine McMordie

FA Cup

Main article: 1965–66 FA Cup

Blackwood Sanderson Collins Allen (2) Sanderson

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goalscorers

Place	Nationality	Position	Name	Fourth Division	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	ENG	FW	Reg Stratton	18	0	3	21
2	ENG	IF	Ted Phillips	13	0	0	13
3	ENG	FW	Peter Bullock	11	0	0	11
ENG	LB	Brian Hall	9	1	1	11
5	SCO	MF	Bobby Blackwood	3	2	0	5
6	ENG	MF	Derek Trevis	4	0	0	4
7	ENG	WG	Barrie Aitchison	3	0	0	3
8	ENG	WG	Arthur Kaye	2	0	0	2
9	SCO	CB	Duncan Forbes	1	0	0	1
ENG	WG	John Hornsby	1	0	0	1
ENG	CB	Mick Loughton	1	0	0	1
ENG	MF	John Mansfield	1	0	0	1
SCO	FW	Billy Stark	1	0	0	1
	Own goals	2	0	0	2
	TOTALS	70	3	4	77

Clean sheets

Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.

Place	Nationality	Player	Fourth Division	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	RSA	Sandy Kennon	15	0	0	15
	TOTALS	15	0	0	15

Player debuts

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

Position	Nationality	Player	Date	Opponent	Ground
WH	ENG	Jackie Bell	21 August 1965	Port Vale	Vale Park
WG	ENG	John Hornsby	21 August 1965	Port Vale	Vale Park
WG	ENG	Arthur Kaye	21 August 1965	Port Vale	Vale Park
FW	ENG	Reg Stratton	21 August 1965	Port Vale	Vale Park
MF	SCO	Bobby Blackwood	1 September 1965	Exeter City	Layer Road
IF	ENG	Ted Phillips	11 September 1965	Barnsley	Layer Road
FB	ENG	David Raine	22 September 1965	Middlesbrough	Layer Road
WH	ENG	David Buck	16 October 1965	Hartlepools United	Layer Road
FB	ENG	David Laitt	30 October 1965	Southport	Layer Road
FW	ENG	Peter Bullock	30 October 1965	Southport	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 Luton Town". 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.
"Reg Stratton". Coludata.co.uk.
"David Raine". Coludata.co.uk.
"Bobby Blackwood". Coludata.co.uk.
(2008). "The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years". Breedon Books.
"Jackie Bell". Coludata.co.uk.
"Arthur Kaye". Coludata.co.uk.
"Peter Barlow". Coludata.co.uk.
"Ted Phillips". Coludata.co.uk.
"John Hornsby". Coludata.co.uk.
"David Buck". Coludata.co.uk.
"Peter Bullock". Coludata.co.uk.
"John Docherty". Coludata.co.uk.
"Richie Griffiths". Coludata.co.uk.
"Gareth Salisbury". Coludata.co.uk.
"Bobby Hill". Coludata.co.uk.
"Arthur Langley". Coludata.co.uk.
"Billy Stark". Coludata.co.uk.
"Tecwyn Jones". 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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