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1974–75 Colchester United F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Colchester United
season	1974–75
chairman	Robert Jackson
(until November)
Jack Rippingale (from November)
manager	Jim Smith
stadium	Layer Road
league	Third Division
league result	11th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	2nd round
(eliminated by
Leatherhead)
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	5th round
(eliminated by
Aston Villa)
league topscorer
Bobby Svarc (24)
season topscorer
Bobby Svarc (25)
highest attendance	11,812
v Aston Villa, 3 December 1974
lowest attendance	3,202
v Bury, 2 May 1975
average attendance	5,460
largest win	5–0
v Grimsby Town, 15 November 1974
largest loss	1–4
v Swindon Town, 30 November 1974
v Charlton Athletic, 1 January 1975
2–5
Walsall, 15 March 1975
pattern_name1	Home
pattern_la1	_white_stripes
pattern_b1	_3whitestripes
pattern_ra1	_white_stripes
leftarm1	0000FF
body1	0000FF
rightarm1	0000FF
shorts1	0000FF
alt1	Football kit (white jersey with blue, vertical stripes; blue shorts; and white socks).
prevseason	1973–74
nextseason	1975–76

(until November) Jack Rippingale (from November) (eliminated by Leatherhead) (eliminated by Aston Villa) Bobby Svarc (24) Bobby Svarc (25) v Aston Villa, 3 December 1974 v Bury, 2 May 1975 v Grimsby Town, 15 November 1974 v Swindon Town, 30 November 1974 v Charlton Athletic, 1 January 1975 2–5 Walsall, 15 March 1975 The 1974–75 season was Colchester United's 33rd season in their history and their first season back in the third tier of English football for six years, the Third Division. Alongside competing in the Third Division, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the League Cup.

Jim Smith consolidated Colchester's position back in the third tier by leading them to an eleventh position finish to the season. They experienced a successful cup run in the League Cup, eventually falling to Second Division Aston Villa in the quarter-final stage. However, they were knocked out of the FA Cup in the second round by non-League outfit Leatherhead.

Season overview

Ahead of the new season, Colchester's board warned that a break-even gate of 9,200 was required and that players would be sold if attendances didn't reach an average of 7,500. However, manager Jim Smith returned to former club Boston United to sign Bobby Svarc's old strike partner John Froggatt for £6,000. The acquisition was fruitful, with Svarc finding the back of the net 24 times in the league and 25 times in total, with Froggatt registering 18 with 16 in the league.

Having reached the quarter-final of the FA Cup four seasons prior, the U's emulated that achievement in the League Cup. After beating Oxford United and Southend United, they hosted First Division Carlisle United, beating the Cumbrians 2–0 to earn a home tie with Southampton. A 0–0 draw at Layer Road led to a 1–0 replay win at The Dell, courtesy of a Barry Dominey goal. This set up a quarter-final tie with Second Division Aston Villa. Villa were just too strong for United, winning 2–1 before a Layer Road crowd of 11,812.

Colchester's success in the League Cup was not replicated in the FA Cup as they were knocked out by non-League outfit Leatherhead in the second round. In the league, a strong start to the season was followed up by a weaker second half to the campaign as the U's fell from fifth to eleventh where they ended the season.

Crowds fell a long way short of the target expected by the board, with a league average of 4,941 attending during the season.

Players

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee
Summer 1974	FB	ENG	Stewart Bright	Apprentice	Free transfer
Summer 1974	WG	ENG	Ian Allinson	Apprentice	Free transfer
Summer 1974	FW	ENG	John Froggatt	ENG Boston United	£6,000
17 August 1974	MF	SCO	Jimmy Lindsay	ENG Watford	Free transfer

Total spending: ~ £6,000

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
Summer 1974	MF	ENG	Bobby Mills	ENG Chelmsford City	Nominal
Summer 1974	MF	ENG	Tony Wingate	ENG Barnet	Released
25 January 1975	CB	WAL	Stuart Morgan	ENG Bournemouth	£4,000
February 1975	FB	ENG	Alex Smith	ENG Halifax Town	Nominal
2 May 1975	WG	ENG	Colwyn Rowe	ENG Chelmsford City	Released
31 March 1975	FW	ENG	Barry Dyson	ENG Chelmsford City	Released	url=http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=353	title=Barry Dyson	publisher=Coludata.co.uk	access-date=11 February 2018 }}

Total incoming: ~ £4,000

Loans in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date
4 January 1975	FW	ENG	John Sims	ENG Derby County	10 January 1975
February 1975	FB	SCO	Danny Cameron	ENG Sheffield Wednesday	4 March 1975
February 1975	MF	ENG	Ian McDonald	ENG Liverpool	4 March 1975

Loans out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
February 1975	FW	ENG	Barry Dyson	ENG Chelmsford City	31 March 1975	name=Loan	Loan start and end dates refer to the date of the player's first and final games for the club}}

Match details

Third Division

Main article: 1974–75 Football League

Results round by round

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League table

Matches

Oates Hawkins Froggatt Thomas Svarc Bailey Lindsay Svarc Redrobe Lee Tyler Gray Dolan Svarc Svarc Eastoe Froggatt Dominey Cook Bradley Powell Warman Coppell Cook Morgan Dominey Smallman McDonald Towner Foley Bennett Andrews Harrison Buckley Lindsay Svarc Moss Cannon Rowe Richardson Svarc Morley Svarc Svarc Bailey

League Cup

Main article: 1974–75 Football League Cup

Leslie Graydon

FA Cup

Main article: 1974–75 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 Svarc	24	0	1	25
2	ENG	FW	John Froggatt	16	1	1	18
3	SCO	MF	Jimmy Lindsay	6	0	1	7
4	ENG	MF	Steve Leslie	3	0	3	6
5	ENG	FB	Micky Cook	3	0	0	3
ENG	CB	Barry Dominey	2	0	1	3
ENG	MF	Steve Foley	3	0	0	3
8	ENG	CB	Ray Harford	2	0	0	2
ENG	MF	Ian McDonald	2	0	0	2
ENG	WG	Colwyn Rowe	2	0	0	2
ENG	MF	Phil Thomas	2	0	0	2
12	ENG	MF	Ray Bunkell	1	0	0	1
ENG	FW	Barry Dyson	1	0	0	1
ENG	FB	Mick Packer	1	0	0	1
ENG	CB	Lindsay Smith	1	0	0	1
	Own goals	1	0	0	1
	TOTALS	70	1	7	78

Disciplinary record

Nationality	Position	Name	Third Division	FA Cup
ENG	MF	Steve Leslie	0	1
WAL	CB	Stuart Morgan	0	1
ENG	CB	Ray Harford	1	0
	TOTALS	1	2	0

Clean sheets

Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.

Place	Nationality	Player	Third Division	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	WAL	Mike Walker	13	1	5	19
	TOTALS	13	1	5	19

Player debuts

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

Position	Nationality	Player	Date	Opponent	Ground
MF	SCO	Jimmy Lindsay	17 August 1974	Watford	Layer Road
FW	ENG	John Froggatt	17 August 1974	Watford	Layer Road
FW	ENG	John Sims	4 January 1975	Aldershot	Layer Road
FB	SCO	Danny Cameron	8 February 1975	Wrexham	Racecourse Ground
MF	ENG	Ian McDonald	8 February 1975	Wrexham	Racecourse Ground
WG	ENG	Ian Allinson	19 April 1975	Preston North End	Layer Road

References

General

Books

Websites

Specific

References

(2008). "The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years". Breedon Books.
"Colchester Utd 1–2 Aston Villa". Coludata.co.uk.
"Colchester Utd 3–2 Bury". Coludata.co.uk.
"Average Attendance Figures Per Season". Coludaybyday.co.uk.
Hudson, Matt. (11 July 2012). "The 1970s and 1980s". Colchester United FC.
"Appearances". Coludata.co.uk.
"Stewart Bright". Coludata.co.uk.
"Ian Allinson". Coludata.co.uk.
"John Froggatt". Coludata.co.uk.
"Jimmy Lindsay (Midfielder)". Coludata.co.uk.
"Bobby Mills". Coludata.co.uk.
"Tony Wingate". Coludata.co.uk.
"Stuart Morgan". Coludata.co.uk.
"Alex Smith". Coludata.co.uk.
"Colwyn Rowe". Coludata.co.uk.
"Barry Dyson". Coludata.co.uk.
"John Sims". Coludata.co.uk.
"Danny Cameron". Coludata.co.uk.
"Ian McDonald". 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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