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1982–83 Colchester United F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Colchester United
season	1982–83
chairman	Maurice Cadman
manager	Allan Hunter
(until 18 January)
Cyril Lea
(from 1 February)
stadium	Layer Road
league	Fourth Division
league result	6th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	1st round
(eliminated by
Torquay United)
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	2nd round
(eliminated by
Southampton)
cup3	Football League Trophy
cup3 result	Group stage
league topscorer
Ian Allinson (22)
season topscorer
Ian Allinson (26)
highest attendance	7,679
v Southampton, 6 October 1982
lowest attendance	1,625
v Stockport County, 17 December 1982
average attendance	2,690
largest win	5–1
v Scunthorpe United, 15 April 1983
largest loss	0–4
v Halifax Town, 14 January 1983
pattern_name1	Home
pattern_la1	_shoulder_stripes_white_stripes
pattern_b1	_thinwhitestripes2
pattern_ra1	_shoulder_stripes_white_stripes
leftarm1	0000FF
body1	0000FF
rightarm1	0000FF
shorts1	FFFFFF
socks1	FFFFFF
prevseason	1981–82
nextseason	1983–84

(until 18 January) Cyril Lea (from 1 February) (eliminated by Torquay United) (eliminated by Southampton) Ian Allinson (22) Ian Allinson (26) v Southampton, 6 October 1982 v Stockport County, 17 December 1982 v Scunthorpe United, 15 April 1983 v Halifax Town, 14 January 1983 The 1982–83 season was Colchester United's 41st season in their history and second consecutive season in fourth tier of English football, the Fourth Division. Alongside competing in the Fourth Division, the club also participated in the FA Cup, the League Cup and the Football League Trophy.

Colchester challenged for the top four but once again fell short, on this occasion missing promotion by just two points. A tragic season saw forward John Lyons take his own life, while Allan Hunter resigned two months later, replaced by his assistant Cyril Lea in February.

In the cups, Colchester were entered into the second and final iteration of the Football League Trophy, which the U's exited at the group stage, which defeats to Southampton and Torquay United in the second and first round of the League and FA Cup respectively denied the club a cup run.

Season overview

Allan Hunter continued in his role as player-manager for the new season, with former Ipswich Town coach Cyril Lea his assistant. Colchester led the table undefeated after seven games and earned a League Cup second round tie against Southampton. Following a 0–0 draw at Layer Road, with England international Peter Shilton in inspired form, the U's could not repeat their heroics from 1974 at The Dell, losing 4–2 and making another early exit.

The season then took a tragic turn, when in November, just hours after turning out for the U's against Chester City, forward John Lyons committed suicide at his home in Layer de la Haye. After this incident and having to give up his own playing career, Allan Hunter resigned as manager in January with Colchester in seventh place. Cyril Lea took over initially until the end of the campaign and promptly won eight of his first eleven games. However, four defeats in 17 days during April cost the U's and they finished sixth position in the league, missing promotion by just two points.

Ian Allinson ended the season as Colchester's top scorer with 26 league and cup goals, while youth graduate Tony Adcock scored 17 goals. Veteran goalkeeper Mike Walker, who had missed just nine games in ten seasons for the club, announced his retirement at the end of the season.

Players

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
Summer 1982	GK	ENG	Alec Chamberlain	ENG Ipswich Town	Undisclosed
Summer 1982	CB	ENG	Kevin Beattie	Free agent	Free transfer	url=http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=402	title=Kevin Beattie	publisher=Coludata.co.uk	access-date=25 April 2018 }}
Summer 1982	MF/FB	ENG	Andy Farrell	Apprentice	Free transfer
Summer 1982	FW	ENG	Craig Oldfield	ENG Stowmarket Town	Free transfer
December 1982	CB	ENG	Adrian Keith	ENG West Ham United	Free transfer
17 December 1982	MF	ENG	Jeff Hull	ENG Basildon United	Undisclosed
25 March 1983	FW	WAL	Keith Bowen	ENG Brentford	£10,000	url=http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=407	title=Keith Bowen	publisher=Coludata.co.uk	access-date=25 April 2018 }}

Total spending: ~ £10,000

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
End of season	GK	ENG	Jeff Wood	FIN HJK Helsinki	Free transfer
November 1982	CB	ENG	Kevin Beattie	ENG Middlesbrough	Free transfer
9 November 1982	FW	WAL	John Lyons
January 1983	CB	NIR	Allan Hunter	Free agent	Retired
February 1983	FW	SCO	Kevin Bremner	ENG Millwall	£25,000	url=http://coludata.co.uk/item.php?pg=player&it=393	title=Kevin Bremner	publisher=Coludata.co.uk	access-date=25 April 2018 }}
22 April 1983	MF	ENG	Dennis Longhorn	ENG Chelmsford City	Released
2 May 1983	GK	WAL	Mike Walker	Free agent	Retired
13 May 1983	FB	ENG	Mick Packer	ENG Wivenhoe Town	Became player-manager
13 May 1983	WG	ENG	Ian Allinson	ENG Arsenal	Free transfer

Total incoming: ~ £25,000

Loans in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
1 January 1983	FW	ENG	John Linford	ENG Ipswich Town	1 March 1983
12 March 1983	FW	WAL	Keith Bowen	ENG Brentford	19 March 1983	name=Loan	Loan start and end dates refer to the date of the player's first and final games for the club}}

Loans out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
October 1982	FW	SCO	Kevin Bremner	ENG Birmingham City	October 1982	2160	Kevin Bremner	accessdate=25 April 2018 }}
December 1982	FW	SCO	Kevin Bremner	WAL Wrexham	December 1982
January 1983	FW	SCO	Kevin Bremner	ENG Plymouth Argyle	January 1983

Match details

Fourth Division

Main article: 1982–83 Football League

Results round by round

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League table

Matches

Wignall Lyons Leslie Groves Allinson Angus Rowland McDonough Burrows McDonough Cook Kerr Allinson Adcock Allinson Hawley McDonough Firm McDonough Packer Hughes Adcock Wignall Adcock Bartley Staniforth Allinson Bancroft Hull Hodges Adcock Hull Adcock Bowen Bowen Adcock Aspinall Brown Pollard Senior Fox Allinson Bowen Coyle Quinn French Bowen McDonough Coleman Groves

Football League Trophy

Main article: 1982–83 Football League Trophy#Group A

Allinson Lyons Jenkins

League Cup

Main article: 1982–83 Football League Cup

Groves Cassells Armstrong Moran Lyons

FA Cup

Main article: 1982–83 FA Cup

Cooper Grapes

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goalscorers

Place	Nationality	Position	Name	Fourth Division	FA Cup	League Cup	Football League Trophy	Total
1	ENG	WG	Ian Allinson	22	0	2	2	26
2	ENG	FW	Tony Adcock	17	0	0	0	17
3	WAL	FW	John Lyons	6	0	1	3	10
4	ENG	FW	Roy McDonough	8	0	0	0	8
5	ENG	CB	Steve Wignall	4	0	1	0	5
6	WAL	FW	Keith Bowen	4	0	0	0	4
ENG	MF	Jeff Hull	4	0	0	0	4
8	ENG	FB	Phil Coleman	2	0	0	1	3
ENG	WG	Perry Groves	2	0	1	0	3
10	SCO	FW	Kevin Bremner	2	0	0	0	2
ENG	MF	Roger Osborne	2	0	0	0	2
12	ENG	FB	Micky Cook	1	0	0	0	1
ENG	MF	Steve Leslie	1	0	0	0	1
	Own goals	0	0	0	0	0
	TOTALS	75	0	5	6	86

Disciplinary record

Nationality	Position	Name	Fourth Division	FA Cup
ENG	FB	Micky Cook	0	1
ENG	FW	Roy McDonough	0	1
ENG	FB	Mick Packer	0	1
ENG	CB	Steve Wignall	0	1
	TOTALS	0	4	0

Clean sheets

Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.

Place	Nationality	Player	Fourth Division	FA Cup	League Cup	Football League Trophy	Total
1	WAL	Mike Walker	15	0	3	1	19
2	ENG	Alec Chamberlain	1	0	0	0	1
	TOTALS	16	0	3	1	20

Player debuts

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

Position	Nationality	Player	Date	Opponent	Ground
CB	ENG	Kevin Beattie	17 August 1982	Watford	Vicarage Road
MF	ENG	Jeff Hull	17 December 1982	Stockport County	Layer Road
CB	ENG	Adrian Keith	1 January 1983	Torquay United	Plainmoor
GK	ENG	Alec Chamberlain	3 January 1983	Hartlepool United	Layer Road
FW	ENG	John Linford	14 January 1983	Halifax Town	The Shay
FW	WAL	Keith Bowen	12 March 1983	Bury	Layer Road
FW	WAL	Keith Bowen	25 March 1983	Tranmere Rovers	Layer Road

References

General

Books

Websites

Specific

References

(2008). "The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years". Breedon Books.
"Colchester Utd 0–0 Southampton". Coludata.co.uk.
"Colchester Utd 3–0 Stockport County". 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.
"Alec Chamberlain (Goalkeeper)". Coludata.co.uk.
"Kevin Beattie". Coludata.co.uk.
"Andy Farrell". Coludata.co.uk.
"Craig Oldfield". Coludata.co.uk.
"Adrian Keith". Coludata.co.uk.
"Jeff Hull". Coludata.co.uk.
"Keith Bowen". Coludata.co.uk.
"Jeff Wood". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database.
"John Lyons". Coludata.co.uk.
"Allan Hunter". Coludata.co.uk.
"Kevin Bremner". Coludata.co.uk.
"Dennis Longhorn". Coludata.co.uk.
"Mike Walker (Goalkeeper)". Coludata.co.uk.
"Mick Packer". Coludata.co.uk.
"Ian Allinson". Coludata.co.uk.
"John Linford". Coludata.co.uk.
1. Kevin Bremner
"Goals". Coludata.co.uk.
"Discipline". Coludata.co.uk.
"Clean sheets (1st team)". Coludata.co.uk.
"Alltime- List of Debuts". Coludaybyday.co.uk.
"Colchester Utd 3–3 Tranmere Rovers". Coludata.co.uk.

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