1960–61 Colchester United F.C. season

Colchester United
1960–61 season
Chairman	Bill Allen
Manager	Benny Fenton
Stadium	Layer Road
Third Division	23rd (relegated)
FA Cup	2nd round; (eliminated by; Aldershot)
League Cup	2nd round; (eliminated by; Southampton)
Top goalscorer	League: ; Martyn King (23); All: ; Martyn King (25)
Highest home attendance	9,130; v Newcastle United, 10 October 1960
Lowest home attendance	3,141; v Chesterfield, 29 April 1961
Average home league attendance	5,203
Biggest win	5–0; v Maidenhead United, 5 November 1960
Biggest defeat	0–5; v Bristol City, 10 September 1960;; 2–7; v Tranmere Rovers, 11 March 1961
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1959–60 1961–62 →

The 1960–61 season was Colchester United's 19th season in their history and their eleventh 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 new League Cup competition. Colchester reached the second round in both cups, beating Maidenhead United in the first round of the FA Cup before being eliminated by Aldershot. In the League Cup, Colchester hosted First Division Newcastle United in the first round. They won 4–1, but were knocked out by Southampton in round two.

In the league, Colchester had a very poor season. Seven consecutive defeats left the club languishing in the bottom four by early October 1960, and they remained no higher than one place above the relegation positions for the rest of the season. They were relegated for the first time in their history in 23rd position.

Season overview

After gathering just one point in eleven games, Colchester had hit the bottom of the Third Division by October 1960 and never managed to climb out of the bottom five places. Average attendances plummeted, with a new record–low attendance of 3,141 achieved in the final game of the season against Chesterfield. Despite this, Martyn King managed to score a hat–trick in the game, a 4–3 win for Colchester and finished the season with 25 goals to his name. Colchester had conceded a club record 101 goals in the league.

Aside from Colchester's league woes, they did enjoy some success in the inaugural League Cup competition. They hosted First Division Newcastle United at Layer Road and comprehensively beat them 4–1 in front of a season-best 9,130 crowd. In round two, they were beaten 2–0 at home to Southampton. In the FA Cup, Colchester achieved their best win of the season at home to Maidenhead United in the first round, but were dumped out of the cup by Aldershot in round two.

Players

As of match played 29 April 1961.

Name	Position	Place of birth	Date of birth	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
Percy Ames	GK	Plymouth	(1931-12-13)13 December 1931 (aged 28)	238	0	Tottenham Hotspur	1 May 1955	Free transfer
John Wright	GK	Aldershot	(1933-08-13)13 August 1933 (aged 26)	4	0	Colchester Casuals	23 May 1952	Free transfer
Defenders
Peter Carey	FB	Barking	(1933-04-14)14 April 1933 (aged 27)	0	0	Queens Park Rangers	November 1960	Undisclosed
Alan Eagles	FB	Edgware	(1933-09-06)6 September 1933 (aged 26)	0	0	Leyton Orient	January 1961	£3,000
John Fowler	FB	Leith	(1933-10-17)17 October 1933 (aged 26)	201	3	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	20 August 1955	Free transfer
John Laidlaw	FB	Aldershot	(1936-07-05)5 July 1936 (aged 23)	40	1	Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare	June 1957	Free transfer
Alf Marshall	FB	Dagenham	(1933-05-21)21 May 1933 (aged 27)	29	0	Dagenham	14 October 1957	£25
Tommy Millar	FB	Edinburgh	(1938-12-03)3 December 1938 (aged 21)	5	0	Bo'ness United	July 1959	Free transfer
Edgar Rumney	FB	Abberton	(1936-09-15)15 September 1936 (aged 23)	5	0	Colchester Casuals	1 May 1957	Free transfer
Midfielders
Cyril Hammond	WH	Woolwich	(1927-10-10)10 October 1927 (aged 32)	81	1	Charlton Athletic	July 1958	Free transfer
Trevor Harris	WH	Colchester	(1936-02-06)6 February 1936 (aged 24)	11	0	Amateur	July 1951	Free transfer
Ron Hunt	WH	Colchester	(1933-09-26)26 September 1933 (aged 26)	62	0	Amateur	October 1951	Free transfer
Derek Parker	WH	Wivenhoe	(1926-06-23)23 June 1926 (aged 33)	124	1	West Ham United	March 1957	£2,500
Forwards
John Baines	CF	Colchester	(1937-09-25)25 September 1937 (aged 22)	0	0	Colchester Casuals	January 1960	Free transfer
Bobby Hill	IF	Edinburgh	(1938-06-09)9 June 1938 (aged 21)	101	13	Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare	9 June 1955	Free transfer
Tony Howe	WG	Colchester	(1939-02-14)14 February 1939 (aged 21)	0	0	Colchester Casuals	March 1960	Free transfer
Bobby Hunt	FW	Colchester	(1942-10-01)1 October 1942 (aged 17)	1	1	Amateur	March 1960	Free transfer
Martyn King	CF	Birmingham	(1937-08-23)23 August 1937 (aged 22)	46	31	Amateur	Summer 1955	Free transfer
Sammy McLeod	IF	Glasgow	(1934-01-04)4 January 1934 (aged 26)	119	19	Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare	20 August 1955	Free transfer
Tony Miller	IF	Chelmsford	(1937-10-26)26 October 1937 (aged 22)	0	0	Amateur	May 1958	Free transfer
Tommy Williams	WG	Battersea	(1935-02-10)10 February 1935 (aged 25)	118	23	Carshalton Athletic	September 1956	Free transfer
Peter Wright	WG	Colchester	(1934-01-26)26 January 1934 (aged 26)	300	63	Amateur	November 1951	Free transfer

^ ^a ^b Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
November 1960	FB		Peter Carey	Queens Park Rangers	Undisclosed
January 1961	FB		Alan Eagles	Leyton Orient	£3,000

Total spending: ~ £3,000

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee
Summer 1960	FB	George Fisher	Bexleyheath & Welling	Released
Summer 1960	CF	Kevin McCurley	Oldham Athletic	Nominal
June 1960	IF	John Evans	Romford	Released
3 April 1961	WG	Russell Blake	Chelmsford City	Released
22 April 1961	CB	Chic Milligan	Clacton Town	Released
24 April 1961	CF	Neil Langman	Bath City	Released

^ ^a ^b ^c Date of departure refers to the date of the player's final game for the club

Match details

Third Division

Results round by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H
Result	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	W	D	W	W	D	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	W
Position	4	1	9	14	13	5	12	15	18	20	23	24	24	23	24	24	24	23	23	22	20	20	20	20	20	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23

Source: 11v11.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
20	Southend United	46	14	11	21	60	76	0.789	39
21	Tranmere Rovers	46	15	8	23	79	115	0.687	38	Relegated
22	Bradford City	46	11	14	21	65	87	0.747	36
23	Colchester United	46	11	11	24	68	101	0.673	33
24	Chesterfield	46	10	12	24	67	87	0.770	32

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches

20 August 1960 (1960-08-20) 1	Colchester United	4–0	Hull City	Colchester
	Hammond pen.' pen.' King	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,731

22 August 1960 (1960-08-22) 2	Colchester United	1–1	Grimsby Town	Colchester
	King	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 7,194

27 August 1960 (1960-08-27) 3	Reading	2–1	Colchester United	Reading
	Lacey 15' Wheeler 66'	Report	Howe 37'	Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 7,775

30 August 1960 (1960-08-30) 4	Grimsby Town	2–1	Colchester United	Cleethorpes
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	King	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 11,000

3 September 1960 (1960-09-03) 5	Colchester United	4–3	Coventry City	Colchester
	Hammond pen.' King Langman Williams	Report	Myerscough Straw	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,431

5 September 1960 (1960-09-05) 6	Colchester United	4–2	Barnsley	Colchester
	Hammond pen.' King Howe	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,034

10 September 1960 (1960-09-10) 7	Bristol City	5–0	Colchester United	Bristol
	Unknown goalscorer	Report		Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 11,808

14 September 1960 (1960-09-14) 8	Barnsley	3–0	Colchester United	Barnsley
	Unknown goalscorer	Report		Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 3,000

17 September 1960 (1960-09-17) 9	Colchester United	0–1	Queens Park Rangers	Colchester
		Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,750

20 September 1960 (1960-09-20) 10	Bury	4–0	Colchester United	Bury
	Unknown goalscorer	Report		Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 9,253

24 September 1960 (1960-09-24) 11	Notts County	4–2	Colchester United	Nottingham
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	Langman Williams	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 14,134

26 September 1960 (1960-09-26) 12	Colchester United	0–2	Bury	Colchester
		Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,263

1 October 1960 (1960-10-01) 13	Colchester United	0–1	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Colchester
		Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,576

8 October 1960 (1960-10-08) 14	Colchester United	1–1	Shrewsbury Town	Colchester
	Langman	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,191

15 October 1960 (1960-10-15) 15	Halifax Town	2–1	Colchester United	Halifax
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	King	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 6,210

22 October 1960 (1960-10-22) 16	Colchester United	0–3	Tranmere Rovers	Colchester
		Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,569

29 October 1960 (1960-10-29) 17	Watford	2–2	Colchester United	Watford
	Bunce Holton	Report	King Williams pen.'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 13,031

12 November 1960 (1960-11-12) 18	Swindon Town	0–2	Colchester United	Swindon
		Report Report	Langman	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 11,782

19 November 1960 (1960-11-19) 19	Colchester United	3–3	Torquay United	Colchester
	B. Hunt Fowler Langman	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,483

3 December 1960 (1960-12-03) 20	Colchester United	2–0	Southend United	Colchester
	Langman Williams	Report Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,007

10 December 1960 (1960-12-10) 21	Chesterfield	2–3	Colchester United	Chesterfield
	Havenhand Frear	Report	Fowler 49' Harris 88' (pen.) King	Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 3,342

17 December 1960 (1960-12-17) 22	Hull City	1–1	Colchester United	Kingston upon Hull
	Sewell	Report	King	Stadium: Boothferry Park Attendance: 6,047

22 December 1960 (1960-12-22) 23	Newport County	3–2	Colchester United	Newport
	Burton Meyer	Report	King Langman	Stadium: Somerton Park Attendance: 6,182

26 December 1960 (1960-12-26) 24	Colchester United	1–1	Newport County	Colchester
	King	Report	McPherson	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,732

31 December 1960 (1960-12-31) 25	Colchester United	2–2	Reading	Colchester
	Langman Williams	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,252

14 January 1961 (1961-01-14) 26	Coventry City	2–0	Colchester United	Coventry
	Kletzenbauer Straw	Report		Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 10,197

21 January 1961 (1961-01-21) 27	Colchester United	0–1	Bristol City	Colchester
		Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,099

28 January 1961 (1961-01-28) 28	Colchester United	2–4	Brentford	Colchester
	B. Hunt Williams	Report	Rainford Bristow Towers	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,040

4 February 1961 (1961-02-04) 29	Queens Park Rangers	3–2	Colchester United	Shepherd's Bush
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	P. Wright Williams	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 10,232

6 February 1961 (1961-02-06) 30	Port Vale	3–0	Colchester United	Burslem
	Poole Portwood	Report		Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 6,504

11 February 1961 (1961-02-11) 31	Colchester United	1–2	Notts County	Colchester
	Williams	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,634

18 February 1961 (1961-02-18) 32	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	4–4	Colchester United	Bournemouth
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	Own goal o.g.' King McLeod	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 6,712

25 February 1961 (1961-02-25) 33	Southend United	2–1	Colchester United	Southend-on-Sea
	Fryatt McKinven	Report Report	Eagles	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,047

4 March 1961 (1961-03-04) 34	Colchester United	3–1	Halifax Town	Colchester
	McLeod Harris pen.'	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,710

7 March 1961 (1961-03-07) 35	Bradford City	0–1	Colchester United	Bradford
		Report	King	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 7,590

11 March 1961 (1961-03-11) 36	Tranmere Rovers	7–2	Colchester United	Birkenhead
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	Own goal o.g.' King	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 11,299

18 March 1961 (1961-03-18) 37	Colchester United	1–4	Watford	Colchester
	Langman	Report	Bunce Nicholas Walker	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,648

25 March 1961 (1961-03-25) 38	Brentford	0–0	Colchester United	Brentford
		Report		Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 4,600

31 March 1961 (1961-03-31) 39	Colchester United	0–4	Walsall	Colchester
		Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,480

1 April 1961 (1961-04-01) 40	Colchester United	3–1	Swindon Town	Colchester
	B. Hunt 27' King 52' P. Wright 75'	Report Report	Woodruff 2'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,182 Referee: A. Sturgeon

3 April 1961 (1961-04-03) 41	Walsall	3–0	Colchester United	Walsall
	Unknown goalscorer	Report		Stadium: Fellows Park Attendance: 12,985

8 April 1961 (1961-04-08) 42	Torquay United	1–1	Colchester United	Torquay
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	Hill	Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 4,047

15 April 1961 (1961-04-15) 43	Colchester United	2–0	Port Vale	Colchester
	King	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,500

22 April 1961 (1961-04-22) 44	Shrewsbury Town	2–2	Colchester United	Shrewsbury
	McLaughlin 30' Baker 55'	Report	R. Hunt 27' B. Hunt 59'	Stadium: Gay Meadow Attendance: 6,891

24 April 1961 (1961-04-24) 45	Colchester United	2–4	Bradford City	Colchester
	Langman P. Wright	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,542

29 April 1961 (1961-04-29) 46	Colchester United	4–3	Chesterfield	Colchester
	Own goal o.g.' King	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,141

League Cup

10 October 1960 (1960-10-10) 1st round	Colchester United	4–1	Newcastle United	Colchester
	Williams 2' King 4', 85' P. Wright 44'	Report	Neale 46'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 9,130

31 October 1960 (1960-10-31) 2nd round	Colchester United	0–2	Southampton	Colchester
		Report	Paine Sydenham	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,264

FA Cup

5 November 1960 (1960-11-05) 1st round	Colchester United	5–0	Maidenhead United	Colchester
	B. Hunt 43', 76' Langman 44', 78' Williams 86'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,771

26 November 1960 (1960-11-26) 2nd round	Aldershot	3–1	Colchester United	Aldershot
	Kirkup 20', 77', 79'	Report	Hill 51'	Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 8,425

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Third Division		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Percy Ames	49	0	45	0	2	0	2	0
	GK	ENG	John Wright	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Peter Carey	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Alan Eagles	16	1	16	1	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	John Fowler	49	2	45	2	2	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	John Laidlaw	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Alf Marshall	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Tommy Millar	17	0	14	0	2	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Edgar Rumney	18	0	17	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Cyril Hammond	19	4	19	4	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Trevor Harris	31	2	27	2	2	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Ron Hunt	32	1	28	1	2	0	2	0
	MF	ENG	Derek Parker	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	John Baines	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Bobby Hill	37	2	33	1	2	1	2	0
	FW	ENG	Tony Howe	10	2	10	2	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Bobby Hunt	29	6	27	4	2	2	0	0
	FW	ENG	Martyn King	41	25	38	23	1	0	2	2
	FW	SCO	Sammy McLeod	22	3	20	3	1	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Tommy Williams	40	10	36	8	2	1	2	1
	FW	ENG	Peter Wright	23	4	21	3	0	0	2	1
Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season
	DF	SCO	Chic Milligan	42	0	38	0	2	0	2	0
	FW	ENG	Russell Blake	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Neil Langman	37	13	34	11	2	2	1	0

Goalscorers

Place	Position	Name	Third Division	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	CF	Martyn King	23	0	2	25
2	CF	Neil Langman	11	2	0	13
3	WG	Tommy Williams	8	1	1	10
4	FW	Bobby Hunt	4	2	0	6
5	WH	Cyril Hammond	4	0	0	4
5	WG	Peter Wright	3	0	1	4
7	IF	Sammy McLeod	3	0	0	3
8	FB	John Fowler	2	0	0	2
	WH	Trevor Harris	2	0	0	2
	IF	Bobby Hill	1	1	0	2
	WG	Tony Howe	2	0	0	2
12	FB	Alan Eagles	1	0	0	1
12	WH	Ron Hunt	1	0	0	1
		Own goals	3	0	0	3
		TOTALS	68	6	4	78

Clean sheets

Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.

Place	Nationality	Player	Third Division	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1		Percy Ames	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	Player	Date	Opponent	Ground
WG	Tony Howe	20 August 1960	Hull City	Layer Road
FB	Peter Carey	14 January 1961	Coventry City	Highfield Road
FB	Alan Eagles	14 January 1961	Coventry City	Highfield Road
CF	John Baines	4 March 1961	Halifax Town	Layer Road

References

General

Books

Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-629-3.
Ambrosen, Tony (1993). Amber in the Blood: A History Of Newport County. Uxbridge: Yore Publications. ISBN 978-1-874427-40-7.
Kent, Jeff (1990). The Valiants' Years: The Story of Port Vale. Stafford: Witan Books. ISBN 0-9508981-4-7.
White, Eric (1989). 100 Years of Brentford. Redditch: Oldfield Press. ISBN 0951526200.

Websites

"Colchester United football club match record: 1961". 11v11.com. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
"Season View". TigerBase. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
"1960/61 to 1969/70" (PDF). Watford Football Club archive 1881–2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.

Specific

^ Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 278. ISBN 978-1-85983-629-3.
^ "Colchester Utd 4–1 Newcastle United". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
^ "Colchester Utd 4–3 Chesterfield". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
^ "Average Attendance Figures Per Season". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
^ Hudson, Matt (11 July 2012). "The 1950s and 1960s". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Appearances". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
^ "Peter Carey". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
^ "Alan Eagles". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
^ "George Fisher". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
^ "Kevin McCurley". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
^ "John Evans". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
^ "Russell Blake". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
^ "Chic Milligan". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
^ "Neil Langman". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Goals". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
^ "Clean sheets (1st team)". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
^ "Alltime- List of Debuts". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2016.

[DG-7] Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club

[FG-14] Date of departure refers to the date of the player's final game for the club

[WWCU-1] Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 278. ISBN 978-1-85983-629-3.

[2] "Colchester Utd 4–1 Newcastle United". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2016.

[3] "Colchester Utd 4–3 Chesterfield". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2016.

[4] "Average Attendance Figures Per Season". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2016.

[5] Hudson, Matt (11 July 2012). "The 1950s and 1960s". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 5 May 2011.

[apps-6] "Appearances". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 27 March 2016.

[8] "Peter Carey". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2016.

[9] "Alan Eagles". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2016.

[10] "George Fisher". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2016.

[11] "Kevin McCurley". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2016.

[12] "John Evans". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2016.

[13] "Russell Blake". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2016.

[15] "Chic Milligan". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.

[16] "Neil Langman". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2016.

[goals-17] "Goals". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2016.

[18] "Clean sheets (1st team)". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2017.

[19] "Alltime- List of Debuts". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2016.