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1976–77 Colchester United F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Colchester United
season	1976–77
chairman	Jack Rippingale
manager	Bobby Roberts
stadium	Layer Road
league	Fourth Division
league result	3rd (promoted)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	4th round
(eliminated by
Derby County)
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	1st round
(eliminated by
Millwall)
league topscorer
Bobby Gough (17)
season topscorer
Colin Garwood (24)
highest attendance	14,030
v Derby County, 29 January 1977
lowest attendance	2,489
v Halifax Town, 24 August 1976
average attendance	4,944
largest win	5–0
v Newport County, 1 January 1977
largest loss	0–2
v Cambridge United, 21 August 1976
v Scunthorpe United, 23 October 1976
v Darlington, 7 May 1977
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	1975–76
nextseason	1977–78

(eliminated by Derby County) (eliminated by Millwall) Bobby Gough (17) Colin Garwood (24) v Derby County, 29 January 1977 v Halifax Town, 24 August 1976 v Newport County, 1 January 1977 v Cambridge United, 21 August 1976 v Scunthorpe United, 23 October 1976 v Darlington, 7 May 1977 The 1976–77 season was Colchester United's 35th season in their history and first season back in 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 bounced back to the Third Division at the first attempt under Bobby Roberts with a largely unchanged team from the previous season. He led them to a third-place finish in the league, while in the FA Cup, Colchester took First Division Derby County to a replay in the fourth round. In the League Cup, it took Second Division Millwall three attempts to dispatch the U's in a replay following the initial two legs.

Season overview

Colchester made an instant return to the Third Division after the board kept the faith in manager Bobby Roberts. The season began strongly with twelve successive home victories. Despite a first round League Cup defeat to Millwall, an impressive FA Cup run saw the U's lose out in the fourth round to First Division Derby County in a replay at the Baseball Ground. Over 14,000 fans had seen Colin Garwood equalise in the seventh minute of injury time in the first match at Layer Road.

A settled side aided Colchester's progress across the season. Eight players played over 40 of the 46 league games. The two favoured forwards of Bobby Gough and Colin Garwood registered 17 and 16 goals respectively, while centre-half Steve Dowman scored twelve goals in his debut season. Colchester were promoted in third position behind only Cambridge United and Exeter City.

Players

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
24 August 1976	CB	ENG	Steve Dowman	Apprentice	Free transfer

Total spending: ~ £0

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee
End of season	CB	ENG	Barry Dominey	ENG Yeovil Town	Released
End of season	CB	ENG	Derek Harrison	ENG Salisbury City	Released
End of season	WG	ENG	Terry Anderson	Free agent	Released
August 1976	GK	ENG	Lee Smelt	Margate	Free transfer
23 November 1976	FB	ENG	Stewart Bright	Chelmsford City	Free transfer

Total incoming: ~ £0

Loans in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
19 February 1977	GK	ENG	Glenn Ellis	ENG Ipswich Town	22 February 1977

Match details

Fourth Division

Main article: 1976–77 Football League

Results round by round

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League table

Matches

Gough Cook Garwood Mayes Packer Garwood Allinson Gough Garwood Allinson Keeley Kitchen Laidlaw Cook Cook Garwood Dowman Dowman Smith Charles Smith Dowman Garwood Gough Dowman Garwood Packer Allinson Leslie Prudham Gough Dowman Dowman Packer Dowman Lally Lee Gough Garwood Gough Allinson

League Cup

Main article: 1976–77 Football League Cup

Shanahan Garwood Bunkell Salvage Fairbrother

FA Cup

Main article: 1976–77 FA Cup

Leslie Froggatt Packer Fraser Kellock Garwood

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goalscorers

Place	Nationality	Position	Name	Fourth Division	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	ENG	FW	Colin Garwood	16	4	4	24
2	ENG	FW	Bobby Gough	17	1	1	19
3	ENG	CB	Steve Dowman	12	0	0	12
4	ENG	FW	John Froggatt	6	2	0	8
5	ENG	WG	Ian Allinson	7	0	0	7
ENG	FB	Mick Packer	5	2	0	7
ENG	CB	Lindsay Smith	6	0	1	7
8	ENG	MF	Ray Bunkell	2	0	1	3
ENG	FB	Micky Cook	3	0	0	3
ENG	MF	Steve Leslie	2	1	0	3
	Own goals	1	0	0	1
	TOTALS	77	10	7	94

Disciplinary record

Nationality	Position	Name	Fourth Division	FA Cup
ENG	FB	Mick Packer	2	1
ENG	FW	John Froggatt	1	0
ENG	FB	Johnny Williams	1	0
	TOTALS	4	1	0

Clean sheets

Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.

Place	Nationality	Player	Fourth Division	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	WAL	Mike Walker	14	1	0	15
2	ENG	Glenn Ellis	1	0	0	1
	TOTALS	15	1	0	16

Player debuts

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

Position	Nationality	Player	Date	Opponent	Ground	Notes
CB	ENG	Steve Dowman	24 August 1976	Halifax Town	Layer Road
GK	ENG	Glenn Ellis	19 February 1977	Watford	Layer Road

References

General

Books

Websites

Specific

References

(2008). "The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years". Breedon Books.
"Colchester Utd 1–1 Derby County". Coludata.co.uk.
"Colchester Utd 3–0 Halifax Town". 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.
"Steve Dowman (Defender)". Coludata.co.uk.
"Barry Dominey". Coludata.co.uk.
"Derek Harrison". Coludata.co.uk.
"Terry Anderson". Coludata.co.uk.
"Lee Smelt". Margate Football Club history.
"Stewart Bright". Coludata.co.uk.
"Glen Ellis (Goalkeeper)". 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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