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1967–68 Colchester United F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Colchester United
season	1967–68
chairman	Harold Moore
(until January)
Arthur Neville
(from January)
manager	Neil Franklin
stadium	Layer Road
league	Third Division
league result	22nd (relegated)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	3rd round
(eliminated by
West Bromwich Albion)
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	1st round
(eliminated by
Brighton & Hove Albion)
league topscorer
Reg Stratton (9)
season topscorer
Reg Stratton (11)
highest attendance	15,981
v West Bromwich Albion, 27 January 1968
lowest attendance	2,483
v Peterborough United, 11 May 1968
average attendance	4,591
largest win	2–0
v Bristol Rovers, 23 December 1967
v Chelmsford City, 6 January 1968
largest loss	0–5
v Barrow, 13 November 1967
pattern_name1	Home
pattern_la1	_whiteshoulders
pattern_b1	_thinwhitestripes
pattern_ra1	_whiteshoulders
pattern_so1	_top_on_white
leftarm1	0000FF
body1	0000FF
rightarm1	0000FF
shorts1	FFFFFF
socks1	0000FF
alt1	Football kit (white jersey with blue, vertical stripes; white shorts; and white socks with two blue, horizontal hoops).
prevseason	1966–67
nextseason	1968–69

(until January) Arthur Neville (from January) (eliminated by West Bromwich Albion) (eliminated by Brighton & Hove Albion) Reg Stratton (9) Reg Stratton (11) v West Bromwich Albion, 27 January 1968 v Peterborough United, 11 May 1968 v Bristol Rovers, 23 December 1967 v Chelmsford City, 6 January 1968 v Barrow, 13 November 1967 The 1967–68 season was Colchester United's 26th season in their history and their second successive season in the third tier of English football, the Third Division. Alongside competing in the Third Division, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the League Cup.

Colchester were relegated to the Fourth Division after a two–year stay in the Third Division. They succumbed following 15 defeats in 22 games, recording just one win during this time. Manager Neil Franklin was sacked two days after the season ending 5–1 home defeat by Peterborough United. They fared better in the FA Cup, earning a third round replay against First Division West Bromwich Albion where they were defeated 4–0, but exited the League Cup in the first round, beaten by Brighton & Hove Albion by the same scoreline.

Season overview

Colchester's league and FA Cup form contrasted during the 1967–68 season. A trip to Torquay United in the first round of the Cup saw the U's earn a replay at home, where they won 2–1. Essex rivals Chelmsford City were beaten 2–0 in the second round, a joint–best result for the campaign for Colchester. Layer Road then played host to First Division West Bromwich Albion in front of a crowd just short of 16,000. With the score at 1–1, both goalscorer Reg Stratton and John Mansfield had goals ruled out for infringements late on as the tie went to a replay. The U's lost 4–0 at The Hawthorns to the eventual Cup winners.

With the attention on Colchester's cup run, their league form had dropped significantly. After challenging for the promotion positions, Colchester lost 15 of their remaining 22 games after Boxing Day, winning just once. A new all-time record low attendance of 2,483 watched the final day 5–1 defeat by Peterborough United at Layer Road.

With Colchester relegated, and their third relegation in eight seasons, manager Neil Franklin was sacked two days after the season-ending defeat to Peterborough.

Players

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 1967	GK	ENG	Ernie Adams	ENG Arsenal	Free transfer
23 December 1967	MF	ENG	Roger Joslyn	Apprentice	Free transfer
9 September 1967	FB	SCO	John Fowler	Free agent	Free transfer	url=http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=208	title=John Fowler	publisher=Coludata.co.uk	access-date=1 February 2017 }}
16 September 1967	FW	SCO	Tommy McKechnie	ENG Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Free transfer	url=http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=283	title=Tommy McKechnie	publisher=Coludata.co.uk	access-date=1 February 2017 }}
16 September 1967	WG	ENG	Terry Price	ENG Orient	£2,000
7 October 1967	CB	ENG	Bob Walker	ENG Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Free transfer	url=http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=285	title=Bob Walker	publisher=Coludata.co.uk	access-date=1 February 2017 }}
January 1968	FW	SCO	Jim Oliver	ENG Brighton & Hove Albion	£2,000

Total spending: ~ £4,000

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
End of season	GK	RSA	Sandy Kennon	ENG Lowestoft Town	Released
End of season	FB	ENG	David Raine	ENG Burton Albion	Released
Summer 1967	FB	ENG	Ray Price	ENG Chelmsford City	Released
July 1967	CF	ENG	Brian Westlake	BEL Royal Daring Club de Bruxelles	£5,000
13 November 1967	FB	SCO	John Fowler	Free agent	Released
28 February 1968	MF	SCO	Dave Lamont	ENG Eastern Gas	Released
22 April 1968	FW	SCO	Tommy McKechnie	ENG Bury Town	Free transfer	name=FG}}

Total incoming: ~ £5,000

Match details

Third Division

Main article: 1967–68 Football League

Results round by round

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League table

Matches

Report Redrobe Bullock Bullock Mochan Edwards Report McKechnie Report Price Hodgson Stratton Blackwood Price Stratton

Hall Report Price Conmy Hall Garwood

League Cup

Main article: 1967–68 Football League Cup

Livesey Napier

FA Cup

Main article: 1967–68 FA Cup

McKechnie Clark Kaye

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goalscorers

Place	Nationality	Position	Name	Third Division	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	ENG	FW	Reg Stratton	9	2	0	11
2	ENG	FW	Peter Bullock	7	0	0	7
3	SCO	FW	Tommy McKechnie	5	1	0	6
4	ENG	FW	Peter Barlow	4	1	0	5
ENG	CB	Mick Loughton	5	0	0	5
6	ENG	MF	Derek Trevis	2	2	0	4
7	SCO	MF	Bobby Blackwood	3	0	0	3
ENG	FW	Ken Hodgson	3	0	0	3
ENG	WG	Johnny Martin	3	0	0	3
ENG	WG	Terry Price	3	0	0	3
11	ENG	LB	Brian Hall	2	0	0	2
SCO	FB	Dennis Mochan	2	0	0	2
13	SCO	CB	Duncan Forbes	1	0	0	1
ENG	WG	Alan Shires	1	0	0	1
	Own goals	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS	50	6	0	56

Clean sheets

Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.

Place	Nationality	Player	Third Division	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	ENG	Ernie Adams	6	1	0	7
	TOTALS	6	1	0	7

Player debuts

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

Position	Nationality	Player	Date	Opponent	Ground
GK	ENG	Ernie Adams	19 August 1967	Oldham Athletic	Layer Road
FB	SCO	John Fowler	9 September 1967	Oxford United	Manor Ground
FW	SCO	Tommy McKechnie	16 September 1967	Bury	Layer Road
WG	ENG	Terry Price	16 September 1967	Bury	Layer Road
CB	ENG	Bob Walker	7 October 1967	Brighton & Hove Albion	Layer Road
MF	SCO	Dave Lamont	4 November 1967	Torquay United	Layer Road
MF	ENG	Roger Joslyn	23 December 1967	Bristol Rovers	Layer Road
FW	SCO	Jim Oliver	24 February 1968	Brighton & Hove Albion	Goldstone Ground

References

General

Books

Websites

Specific

References

(2008). "The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years". Breedon Books.
"Colchester Utd 1–1 West Bromwich Albion". Coludata.co.uk.
"Colchester Utd 1–5 Peterborough United". 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.
"Ernie Adams". Coludata.co.uk.
"Roger Joslyn". Coludata.co.uk.
"John Fowler". Coludata.co.uk.
"Tommy McKechnie". Coludata.co.uk.
"Terry Price". Coludata.co.uk.
"Bob Walker". Coludata.co.uk.
"Jim Oliver". Coludata.co.uk.
"Sandy Kennon". Coludata.co.uk.
"David Raine". Coludata.co.uk.
"Ray Price". Coludata.co.uk.
"Brian Westlake". Coludata.co.uk.
"Dave Lamont". Coludata.co.uk.
"Goals". Coludata.co.uk.
"Clean sheets (1st team)". Coludata.co.uk.
"Alltime- List of Debuts". Coludaybyday.co.uk.
"Oxford United 3–1 Colchester Utd". Coludata.co.uk.

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