1945–46 Colchester United F.C. season

Colchester United

1945–46 season

Chairman

Bill Allen^[1]

Manager

Syd Fieldus
(until April 1946)

Stadium

Layer Road

Southern League

8th

FA Cup

4th Qualifying Round
(eliminated by
Wisbech Town)

Top goalscorer

League:
Chris Harman (4)
All:
Bob Hodgson (5)

Highest home attendance

5,206
v Chelmsford City, 1 September 1945^[2]

Lowest home attendance

2,665
v Swindon Town Reserves, 23 February 1946^[3]

Average home league attendance

3,858^[4]

Biggest win

5–0
v Barry Town, 9 February 1946

Biggest defeat

0–8
v Yeovil & Petters United, 22 September 1945;
v Bath City, 2 February 1946

Home colours

← 1939–40

1946–47 →

The 1945–46 season was Colchester United's fourth season in their history and their fourth in the Southern League. It was also their first since the end of World War II hostilities. Alongside competing in the Southern League, the club also participated in the FA Cup and Southern League Cup. Relying heavily on guest appearances of players from other clubs, Colchester United finished in 8th position in the Southern League, with a total of 81 different players registering appearances over the course of the season.

Season overview

The determination of a number of club directors and former player Syd Fieldus saw the club remain alive yet dormant during the war years. Fieldus was appointed secretary-manager, and attended the first post-war Southern League meeting during the summer of 1945. Following late changes to the structure of the competitions, where a national league was created over an Eastern and Western division, the club were close to pulling out of the competition entirely, risking falling further down the football pyramid. However, the club were to remain after the supporters club pledged to fund an average of £50 required for away travel to the likes of Cardiff City, Hereford United and Worcester City.

Fieldus liaised with Major Dai Rees to forge a strong relationship with Colchester Garrison, as the club on sported four contracted players. The first-team was complemented by a number of servicemen of varying degrees of ability, which meant that by the end of the campaign, 81 different players were used to compete in only 31 league and cup games. Players were often registered just moments before a scheduled kick-off time. After competing in all 20 scheduled games for the season, Fieldus urged the board to appoint a full-time manager for the 1946–47 season.^[5]

Players

As of match played 18 April 1946.^[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Bill Bower
		DF	Jimmy Jenkins
		DF	Syd Fieldus
		DF	Paddy Shiels
		FW	Bob Collins
		FW	Chris Harman

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Bob Hodgson
		FW	Bobby Hoines
		FW	Bob Hutchings
		FW	Frank Rawcliffe
		FW	Tom Tobin

Match details

Friendlies

30 August 1945 (1945-08-30) Friendly	Colchester United	1–1	Ipswich Town	Colchester
18:00	Day	Report	Smythe	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,525

8 September 1945 (1945-09-08) Friendly	Colchester United	2–1	Guildford City	Colchester
15:15	Beach 15' (pen.), 30'	Report	Green 2'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,875

10 September 1945 (1945-09-10) Friendly	Ipswich Town	2–1	Colchester United	Ipswich
15:00	Own goal 20' Price 83'	Report	Hornby 36'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 8,420

20 October 1945 (1945-10-20) Friendly	Guildford City	5–3	Colchester United	Guildford
	McPheat 15', 37', 89' Stock 35' Lucas	Report	Harman 87' Hornby	Stadium: St Joseph's Road Attendance: 1,800

27 October 1945 (1945-10-27) Friendly	Colchester United	5–0	Tottenham Hotspur XI	Colchester
	Southam 25', 27' Harman 34', 35' Wilmott 55'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,929

1 December 1945 (1945-12-01) Friendly	Colchester United	2–1	Arsenal XI	Colchester
14:30	Harman Wilmott	Report	Jones 20'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,010

22 December 1945 (1945-12-22) Friendly	Gillingham	3–7	Colchester United	Gillingham
	Herbert Temlett Tukehurst	Report	Harman Hawksworth Barnard	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium

25 December 1945 (1945-12-25) Friendly	Colchester United	7–2	Colchester Junior League XI	Colchester
	Ferguson 3' Harman Barnard Canham	Report	Naunton	Stadium: Layer Road Referee: E. Vince

26 December 1945 (1945-12-26) Friendly	Colchester United	8–2	Short Sports (Rochester)	Colchester
	Barnard 17', 20' Wilmott 65' Harman Hawksworth Ferguson	Report	Foss Kelly	Stadium: Layer Road

5 January 1946 (1946-01-05) Friendly	Colchester United	3–3	Ekco Sports	Colchester
14:15	Southam 12' (pen.) Titcombe	Report	Lewis 89' West	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,000

19 April 1946 (1946-04-19) Friendly	Colchester United	1–1	Brentford	Colchester
15:30	Rawcliffe	Report	Boulter 43'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,790 Referee: W. Lawrence

22 April 1946 (1946-04-22) Friendly	Colchester United	2–2	Norwich City	Colchester
15:30	Bower 22' (pen.) Own goal 25'	Report	Hutchinson 20' Kingston 33' (o.g.)	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,317

27 April 1946 (1946-04-27) Friendly	Ipswich Town Reserves	1–0	Colchester United	Ipswich
	Parker	Report		Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 6,000 Referee: W. Hillyard

4 May 1946 (1946-05-04) Friendly	Norwich City Reserves	4–1	Colchester United	Norwich
	Walker 1' Methven 25' Colley	Report	Hodgson 90'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 1,063

Southern League

Main article: 1945–46 Southern Football League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF¹	GA¹	GAv²	Pts³
6	Yeovil & Petters United	18	7	1	10	57	52	1.1	18
7	Worcester City	20	8	2	10	60	58	1.03	18
8	Colchester United	20	7	3	10	29	47	0.62	17
9	Bedford Town	16	4	1	11	30	49	0.61	15
10	Swindon Town Reserves	18	4	3	11	36	65	0.55	14

^{Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Number of goals scored}

^{(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.}

^Notes:

^{1 Number of goals for and/or against is inaccurate.}

^{2 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season.}

^{3 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

Matches

25 August 1945 (1945-08-25) 1	Chelmsford City	1–2	Colchester United	Chelmsford
	Holliday 67'	Report	Titcombe 20' Hornby 48'	Stadium: New Writtle Street Attendance: 5,000

1 September 1945 (1945-09-01) 2	Colchester United	3–4	Chelmsford City	Colchester
15:15	Reeves 10' Robinson 25' Harman 40'	Report	Foreman 55', 65' Buchanan 75'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,206

15 September 1945 (1945-09-15) 3	Bedford Town	2–0	Colchester United	Bedford
	Mulligan 70' McCormack	Report		Stadium: Ford End Road

22 September 1945 (1945-09-22) 4	Yeovil & Petters United	8–0	Colchester United	Yeovil
	Laing 25' Hunt Langley Regan (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Huish Athletic Ground

29 September 1945 (1945-09-29) 5	Colchester United	1–4	Bedford Town	Colchester
	Southam 5' (pen.)	Report	Flint 14' Pope 45', 52' Dellahay	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,676

6 October 1945 (1945-10-06) 6	Colchester United	1–0	Cheltenham Town	Colchester
	Hornby 8'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,318

13 October 1945 (1945-10-13) 7	Colchester United	1–0	Cardiff City Reserves	Colchester
15:15	Hornby 85'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,554

10 November 1945 (1945-11-10) 8	Colchester United	3–1	Bath City	Colchester
14:30	Smirk 20' Harman 37' Gregg 50' (pen.)	Report	Mitchell 75'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,949

17 November 1945 (1945-11-17) 9	Hereford United	3–1	Colchester United	Hereford
	Shell 70', 80' Brown	Report	Harman 60'	Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 3,000

24 November 1945 (1945-11-24) 10	Colchester United	2–1	Worcester City	Colchester
14:30	Robinson 26' (pen.), 35'	Report	Layton 60'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,294 Referee: R. Savage

8 December 1945 (1945-12-08) 11	Barry Town	0–0	Colchester United	Barry
		Report		Stadium: Jenner Park Stadium

15 December 1945 (1945-12-15) 12	Colchester United	3–3	Yeovil & Petters United	Colchester
14:15	Hawksworth 10' Wilmott 15' Barnard 30'	Report	Lewis 16' Langley 75' Hunt 78'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,135

29 December 1945 (1945-12-29) 13	Cheltenham Town	1–0	Colchester United	Cheltenham
	Goring 25'	Report		Stadium: Whaddon Road

12 January 1946 (1946-01-12) 14	Colchester United	0–3	Hereford United	Colchester
14:15		Report	Bowyer 5' Blair 75' Thompson 76'	Stadium: Layer Road

26 January 1946 (1946-01-26) 15	Worcester City	6–2	Colchester United	Worcester
	Sheveling 14' James (o.g.) Brown Duggan Layton	Report	Beach	Stadium: St George's Lane

2 February 1946 (1946-02-02) 16	Bath City	8–0	Colchester United	Bath
	Davies 48' Browne Caldwell Mustard	Report		Stadium: Twerton Park

9 February 1946 (1946-02-09) 17	Colchester United	5–0	Barry Town	Colchester
	Dudley 5', 20' Righton Harman 46' Collins 75'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,896 Referee: R. Savage

16 February 1946 (1946-02-16) 18	Swindon Town Reserves	1–0	Colchester United	Swindon
	Hardman 78'	Report		Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 1,769

23 February 1946 (1946-02-23) 19	Colchester United	5–1	Swindon Town Reserves	Colchester
	Hodgson 18', 28' Smale Westwood Jones	Report	Higgs 17'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,665

16 March 1946 (1946-03-16) 20	Cardiff City Reserves	0–0	Colchester United	Colchester
15:15		Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,944

FA Cup

Main article: 1945–46 FA Cup

3 November 1945 (1945-11-03) 4th Qualifying Round	Wisbech Town	5–0	Colchester United	Wisbech
	Pownall 8', 23' Corry 26', 42' Roberts 82'	Report		Stadium: Fenland Stadium Attendance: 2,748

Southern League Cup

19 January 1946 (1946-01-19) 1	Colchester United	3–1	Guildford City	Colchester
	Townsend 7', 60', 88'	Report	Hawkes 15'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,843

9 March 1946 (1946-03-09) 2	Cheltenham Town	0–1	Colchester United	Cheltenham
		Report	Hodgson 30'	Stadium: Whaddon Road

23 March 1946 (1946-03-23) 3	Colchester United	2–0	Swindon Town Reserves	Colchester
15:15	Bidewell 14' Smale 70'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,907

28 March 1946 (1946-03-28) 4	Bedford Town	2–2	Colchester United	Bedford
17:00	Unknown goalscorer	Report	Rawcliffe Bidewell	Stadium: The Eyrie

30 March 1946 (1946-03-30) 5	Colchester United	3–3	Cheltenham Town	Colchester
15:15	Shiels 35' Bidewell	Report	Goring 1', 24' Parris 85'	Stadium: Layer Road Referee: G. Clack

3 April 1946 (1946-04-03) 6	Chelmsford City	2–0	Colchester United	Chelmsford
	Foreman 20' Burley 46'	Report		Stadium: New Writtle Street Attendance: 6,000

6 April 1946 (1946-04-06) 7	Swindon Town Reserves	4–2	Colchester United	Swindon
	Higgs 20', 85', 86' Wells 80'	Report	Hodgson 44' Rawcliffe 81'	Stadium: County Ground

11 April 1946 (1946-04-11) 8	Colchester United	1–1	Chelmsford City	Swindon
	Collins	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: County Ground

13 April 1946 (1946-04-13) 9	Guildford City	2–5	Colchester United	Guildford
	Davies Elmwood	Report	Sutton 15', 61', 80' Bamford 89' (pen.) Rawcliffe	Stadium: St Joseph's Road Attendance: 2,700

18 April 1946 (1946-04-18) 10	Colchester United	3–3	Bedford Town	Colchester
18:15	Bower Hodgson Jones	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,521

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

^[6]^[7]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Southern League		Southern League Cup		FA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	DF		Bill Bower	30	1	20	0	10	1	0	0
	DF		Syd Fieldus	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Jimmy Jenkins	27	0	19	0	7	0	1	0
	DF		Paddy Shiels	15	1	6	0	8	1	1	0
	FW		Bob Collins	8	2	2	1	6	1	0	0
	FW		Chris Harman	15	4	11	4	3	0	1	0
	FW		Bob Hodgson	9	5	3	2	6	3	0	0
	FW		Bobby Hoines	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Bob Hutchings	12	0	4	0	8	0	0	0
	FW		Frank Rawcliffe	11	3	2	0	9	3	0	0
	FW		Tom Tobin	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season
	GK		Harry Brown	12	0	10	0	2	0	0	0
	GK		Robert Brown	7	0	2	0	5	0	0	0
	GK		Peter Dawson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Ray Dring	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
	GK		Alf Jefferies	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	GK		Alex Kingston	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
	GK		Billy Light	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Bill Wilkie	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Cecil Allan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Harry Bamford	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
	DF		Doug Beach	4	2	3	2	1	0	0	0
	DF		Bramhall	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Bobby Browne	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		George Coulson	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		Geoff Fox	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		Gray	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Percy Heal	6	0	5	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Holmes	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Joe James	9	0	8	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		Charlie Jones	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		Sid Jones	15	2	8	1	7	1	0	0
	DF		W Milne	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Roddy Munro	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		David Nelson	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
	DF		O'Sullivan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Robson	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Jack Southam	13	1	11	1	2	0	0	0
	DF		Ron West	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Andrews	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		George Barnard	4	1	3	1	1	0	0	0
	FW		Beveridge	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Bickmore	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Sid Bidewell	7	4	1	0	6	4	0	0
	FW		Buckley	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Jock Cameron	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Ron Canham	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Albert Day	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		Len Duquemin	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		Frank Dudley	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	0
	FW		Jock Ferguson	6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		H Fletcher	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		Godfrey	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Jim Gotts	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		Cecil Green	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		Bob Gregg	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	0
	FW		Derek Hawksworth	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		Hogg	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Ronnie Hornby	8	3	7	3	0	0	1	0
	FW		Cliff Hubbard	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Fred Inskip	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Leslie Jones	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Paddy Kernohan	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Billy Leighton	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		Ernest Muttitt	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		Reeves	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		Righton	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		Jackie Robinson	2	3	2	3	0	0	0	0
	FW		Douglas Smale	8	2	2	1	6	1	0	0
	FW		Alf Smirk	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		Stanyon	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Ernest Steele	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		John Sutton	1	3	0	0	1	3	0	0
	FW		Ivan Thacker	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		A Thompson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Stan Titcombe	6	1	5	1	0	0	1	0
	FW		Len Townsend	1	3	0	0	1	3	0	0
	FW		Johnny Westwood	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		Rod Williams	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Wilmott	8	1	6	1	1	0	1	0

Goalscorers

^[7]

Place	Position	Name	Southern League	Southern League Cup	Total
1	FW	Bob Hodgson	2	3	5
2	FW	Sid Bidewell	0	4	4
2	FW	Chris Harman	4	0	4
4	FW	Ronnie Hornby	3	0	3
	FW	Frank Rawcliffe	0	3	3
	FW	Jackie Robinson	3	0	3
	FW	John Sutton	0	3	3
	FW	Len Townsend	0	3	3
9	DF	Doug Beach	2	0	2
	FW	Bob Collins	1	1	2
	FW	Frank Dudley	2	0	2
	DF	Sid Jones	1	1	2
	FW	Douglas Smale	1	1	2
14	DF	Harry Bamford	0	1	1
	FW	George Barnard	1	0	1
	FW	Bill Bower	0	1	1
	FW	Bob Gregg	1	0	1
	FW	Derek Hawksworth	1	0	1
	FW	Reeves	1	0	1
	FW	Righton	1	0	1
	DF	Paddy Shiels	0	1	1
	FW	Alf Smirk	1	0	1
	DF	Jack Southam	1	0	1
	FW	Stan Titcombe	1	0	1
	FW	Johnny Westwood	1	0	1
	FW	Wilmott	1	0	1
		Own goals	0	0	0
		TOTALS	0	0	0

Disciplinary record

^[8]

Nationality	Position	Player	Southern League		Southern League Cup		FA Cup		Total
Nationality	Position	Player
		TOTALS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Captains

Number of games played as team captain.^[9]

Place	Position	Player	Southern League	Southern League Cup	FA Cup	Total
1	DF	Jimmy Jenkins	19	5	1	25
2	DF	Bill Bower	0	2	0	2
		Not recorded	1	3	0	4

Player debuts

Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.^[10]

Position	Player	Date	Opponent	Ground
DF	Doug Beach	25 August 1945	Chelmsford City	New Writtle Street
DF	Bill Bower	25 August 1945	Chelmsford City	New Writtle Street
DF	Jimmy Jenkins	25 August 1945	Chelmsford City	New Writtle Street
DF	W Milne	25 August 1945	Chelmsford City	New Writtle Street
DF	Robson	25 August 1945	Chelmsford City	New Writtle Street
FW	Godfrey	25 August 1945	Chelmsford City	New Writtle Street
FW	Chris Harman	25 August 1945	Chelmsford City	New Writtle Street
FW	Ronnie Hornby	25 August 1945	Chelmsford City	New Writtle Street
FW	Reeves	25 August 1945	Chelmsford City	New Writtle Street
FW	Stan Titcombe	25 August 1945	Chelmsford City	New Writtle Street
GK	Ray Dring	15 September 1945	Bedford Town	Ford End Road
FW	Albert Day	15 September 1945	Bedford Town	Ford End Road
DF	Bramhall	22 September 1945	Yeovil & Petters United	Huish Athletic Ground
DF	Gray	22 September 1945	Yeovil & Petters United	Huish Athletic Ground
DF	Holmes	22 September 1945	Yeovil & Petters United	Huish Athletic Ground
DF	Jack Southam	22 September 1945	Yeovil & Petters United	Huish Athletic Ground
FW	Paddy Kernohan	22 September 1945	Yeovil & Petters United	Huish Athletic Ground
FW	Stanyon	22 September 1945	Yeovil & Petters United	Huish Athletic Ground
GK	Peter Dawson	29 September 1945	Bedford Town	Layer Road
FW	Buckley	29 September 1945	Bedford Town	Layer Road
FW	Jock Cameron	29 September 1945	Bedford Town	Layer Road
FW	Fred Inskip	29 September 1945	Bedford Town	Layer Road
FW	A Thompson	29 September 1945	Bedford Town	Layer Road
GK	Harry Brown	6 October 1945	Cheltenham Town	Layer Road
DF	Percy Heal	6 October 1945	Cheltenham Town	Layer Road
DF	O'Sullivan	6 October 1945	Cheltenham Town	Layer Road
FW	Andrews	6 October 1945	Cheltenham Town	Layer Road
FW	Rod Williams	6 October 1945	Cheltenham Town	Layer Road
FW	Wilmott	6 October 1945	Cheltenham Town	Layer Road
DF	David Nelson	13 October 1945	Cardiff City Reserves	Layer Road
FW	Bobby Browne	13 October 1945	Cardiff City Reserves	Layer Road
DF	Paddy Shiels	3 November 1945	Wisbech Town	Fenland Stadium
FW	Bob Gregg	3 November 1945	Wisbech Town	Fenland Stadium
FW	Alf Smirk	10 November 1945	Bath City	Layer Road
GK	Bill Wilkie	17 November 1945	Hereford United	Edgar Street
DF	Joe James	17 November 1945	Hereford United	Edgar Street
FW	George Barnard	17 November 1945	Hereford United	Edgar Street
FW	Jock Ferguson	24 November 1945	Worcester City	Layer Road
FW	Jackie Robinson	24 November 1945	Worcester City	Layer Road
DF	Sid Jones	8 December 1945	Barry Town	Jenner Park Stadium
DF	Ron West	8 December 1945	Barry Town	Jenner Park Stadium
FW	Bickmore	8 December 1945	Barry Town	Jenner Park Stadium
FW	Derek Hawksworth	8 December 1945	Barry Town	Jenner Park Stadium
FW	Leslie Jones	15 December 1945	Yeovil & Petters United	Layer Road
DF	Charlie Jones	29 December 1945	Cheltenham Town	Whaddon Road
FW	Ron Canham	29 December 1945	Cheltenham Town	Whaddon Road
FW	Cecil Green	29 December 1945	Cheltenham Town	Whaddon Road
FW	Billy Leighton	29 December 1945	Cheltenham Town	Whaddon Road
FW	Bobby Hoines	12 January 1946	Hereford United	Layer Road
GK	Alf Jefferies	19 January 1946	Guildford City	Layer Road
FW	Len Townsend	19 January 1946	Guildford City	Layer Road
FW	Beveridge	26 January 1946	Worcester City	St George's Lane
FW	Hogg	26 January 1946	Worcester City	St George's Lane
FW	Cliff Hubbard	2 February 1946	Bath City	Twerton Park
FW	Ernest Steele	2 February 1946	Bath City	Twerton Park
GK	Alex Kingston	9 February 1946	Barry Town	Layer Road
FW	Bob Collins	9 February 1946	Barry Town	Layer Road
FW	Frank Dudley	9 February 1946	Barry Town	Layer Road
FW	Bob Hutchings	9 February 1946	Barry Town	Layer Road
FW	Righton	9 February 1946	Barry Town	Layer Road
FW	Bob Hodgson	16 February 1946	Swindon Town Reserves	County Ground
GK	Robert Brown	23 February 1946	Swindon Town Reserves	Layer Road
FW	H Fletcher	23 February 1946	Swindon Town Reserves	Layer Road
FW	Frank Rawcliffe	23 February 1946	Swindon Town Reserves	Layer Road
FW	Douglas Smale	23 February 1946	Swindon Town Reserves	Layer Road
FW	Johnny Westwood	23 February 1946	Swindon Town Reserves	Layer Road
FW	Sid Bidewell	16 March 1946	Cardiff City Reserves	Ninian Park
DF	Geoff Fox	3 April 1946	Chelmsford City	New Writtle Street
FW	Len Duquemin	3 April 1946	Chelmsford City	New Writtle Street
DF	Harry Bamford	13 April 1946	Guildford City	St Joseph's Road
DF	George Coulson	13 April 1946	Guildford City	St Joseph's Road
DF	Roddy Munro	13 April 1946	Guildford City	St Joseph's Road
FW	Jim Gotts	13 April 1946	Guildford City	St Joseph's Road
FW	Ernest Muttitt	13 April 1946	Guildford City	St Joseph's Road
FW	John Sutton	13 April 1946	Guildford City	St Joseph's Road
FW	Tom Tobin	18 April 1946	Bedford Town	Layer Road

Transfers and contracts

In

Date	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Ref
20 July 1945	DF	Jimmy Jenkins	Bristol City	Free transfer	^[11]
10 August 1945	DF	W Milne	Colchester Garrison (16th Infantry Training Corps)	Free transfer	^[12]
10 August 1945	FW	Ronnie Hornby	Colchester Garrison (16th Infantry Training Corps)	Free transfer	^[13]
10 August 1945	FW	Wilmott	Colchester Garrison (No. 1 Holding Battalion)	Free transfer	^[14]
25 August 1945	FW	Chris Harman	Bath City	Free transfer	^[15]
6 October 1945	DF	Percy Heal	Colchester Garrison (No. 1 Holding Battalion)	Free transfer	^[16]
6 October 1945	DF	O'Sullivan	Royal Air Force	Free transfer	^[17]
26 October 1945	FW	Bob Gregg	Free agent	Free transfer	^[18]
3 November 1945	DF	Paddy Shiels	Colchester Garrison (No. 1 Holding Battalion)	Free transfer	^[19]
17 November 1945	FW	George Barnard	West Ham United	Free transfer	^[20]
17 November 1945	GK	Bill Wilkie	Crittall Athletic	Free transfer	^[21]
28 November 1945	DF	Bill Bower	Millwall	Free transfer	^[22]
29 December 1945	FW	Ron Canham	Royal Air Force	Free transfer	^[23]
11 January 1946	FW	Bobby Hoines	Colchester Garrison (No. 1 Holding Battalion)	Free transfer	^[24]
9 February 1946	FW	Bob Collins	Colchester Garrison (No. 1 Holding Battalion Infantry Training Corps)	Free transfer	^[25]
9 February 1946	FW	Bob Hutchings	Colchester Garrison (No. 1 Holding Battalion)	Free transfer	^[26]
9 February 1946	FW	Righton	Colchester Garrison (16th Infantry Training Corps)	Free transfer	^[27]
23 February 1946	GK	Robert Brown	West Ham United	Free transfer	^[28]
9 March 1946	FW	Frank Rawcliffe	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Free transfer	^[29]
18 April 1946	FW	Tom Tobin	Colchester Garrison	Free transfer	^[30]
1 May 1946	FW	Bob Hodgson	Great Bromley	Free transfer	^[31]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Ref
1 September 1945	GK	Billy Light	Clacton Town	Player-manager	^[32]
6 October 1945	DF	O'Sullivan	Free agent	Released	^[17]
3 November 1945	DF	Percy Heal	Free agent	Released	^[16]
3 November 1945	DF	W Milne	Free agent	Released	^[12]
17 November 1945	GK	Bill Wilkie	Free agent	Released	^[21]
24 November 1945	FW	Ivan Thacker	Lowestoft Town	Free transfer	^[33]
24 November 1945	FW	Bob Gregg	Free agent	Released	^[18]
1 December 1945	FW	Ronnie Hornby	Free agent	Released	^[13]
29 December 1945	FW	Ron Canham	Free agent	Released	^[23]
19 January 1946	FW	George Barnard	Arsenal	£800	^[20]
19 January 1946	FW	Wilmott	Free agent	Released	^[14]
16 February 1946	FW	Righton	Free agent	Released	^[27]
3 April 1946	GK	Robert Brown	Free agent	Released	^[28]

Guest players

Date	Pos	Player	From	End date	Ref
13 July 1945	DF	David Nelson	Arsenal	11 April 1946	^[34]
13 July 1945	FW	A Thompson	Colchester Garrison (No. 1 Holding Battalion)	29 September 1945	^[35]
20 July 1945	GK	Ray Dring	Huddersfield Town	3 November 1945	^[36]
20 July 1945	DF	Jack Southam	West Bromwich Albion	11 April 1946	^[37]
20 July 1945	DF	Ron West	Colchester Garrison (No. 1 Holding Battalion)	8 December 1945	^[38]
20 July 1945	FW	Albert Day	Brighton & Hove Albion	11 April 1946	^[39]
20 July 1945	FW	Reeves	Swansea City	10 November 1945	^[40]
27 July 1945	DF	Bill Bower	Millwall	28 November 1945	^[22]
10 August 1945	GK	Peter Dawson	Rowhedge	29 September 1945	^[41]
10 August 1945	DF	Doug Beach	Luton Town	18 April 1946	^[42]
10 August 1945	FW	Paddy Kernohan	Colchester Garrison (Army Fire Fighting Centre)	29 September 1945	^[43]
10 August 1945	FW	Stan Titcombe	Swindon Town	1 March 1946	^[44]
22 August 1945	FW	Godfrey	Colchester Garrison (17th Infantry Training Corps)	29 September 1945	^[45]
25 August 1945	DF	Robson	York City	3 November 1945	^[46]
1 September 1945	FW	Jackie Robinson	Sheffield Wednesday	24 November 1945	^[47]
8 September 1945	DF	Bobby Browne	Leeds United	13 October 1945	^[48]
22 September 1945	DF	Bramhall	Colchester Garrison (Army Fire Fighting Centre)	22 September 1945	^[49]
22 September 1945	DF	Gray	Colchester Garrison (Army Fire Fighting Centre)	22 September 1945	^[50]
22 September 1945	DF	Holmes	Colchester Garrison (Army Fire Fighting Centre)	22 September 1945	^[51]
22 September 1945	FW	Stanyon	Colchester Garrison (Army Fire Fighting Centre)	22 September 1945	^[52]
29 September 1945	DF	Cecil Allan	Colchester Casuals	29 September 1945	^[53]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
29 September 1945	FW	Buckley	Colchester Garrison (No. 1 Holding Battalion)	29 September 1945	^[54]
29 September 1945	FW	Jock Cameron	Colchester Garrison (No. 1 Holding Battalion)	29 September 1945	^[55]
29 September 1945	FW	Fred Inskip	Nottingham Forest	29 September 1945	^[56]
6 October 1945	GK	Harry Brown	Queens Park Rangers	18 April 1946	^[57]
6 October 1945	FW	Andrews	Unknown	6 October 1945	^[58]
6 October 1945	FW	Rod Williams	West Ham United	13 October 1945	^[59]
10 November 1945	FW	Alf Smirk	Southend United	9 February 1946	^[60]
17 November 1945	DF	Joe James	Brentford	2 February 1946	^[61]
17 November 1945	FW	George Barnard	West Ham United	17 November 1945	^[20]
24 November 1945	FW	Jock Ferguson	Colchester Garrison (No. 1 Holding Battalion)	2 February 1946	^[62]
8 December 1945	DF	Sid Jones	Arsenal	18 April 1946	^[63]
8 December 1945	FW	Bickmore	Colchester Garrison (No. 1 Holding Battalion)	8 December 1945	^[64]
8 December 1945	FW	Derek Hawksworth	Bradford Park Avenue	12 January 1946	^[65]
15 December 1945	FW	Leslie Jones	Arsenal	15 December 1945	^[66]
29 December 1945	DF	Charlie Jones	Southend United	19 January 1946	^[67]
29 December 1945	FW	Billy Leighton	Southend United	19 January 1946	^[68]
19 January 1946	FW	Len Townsend	Brentford	19 January 1946	^[69]
2 February 1946	FW	Cliff Hubbard	West Ham United	2 February 1946	^[70]
2 February 1946	FW	Ernest Steele	British Army	2 February 1946	^[71]
9 February 1946	GK	Alex Kingston	Southampton	16 February 1946	^[72]
9 February 1946	FW	Frank Dudley	Southend United	9 February 1946	^[73]
16 February 1946	FW	Bob Hodgson	Great Bromley	1 May 1946	^[31]
23 February 1946	FW	H Fletcher	Colchester Garrison	3 April 1946	^[74]
23 February 1946	FW	Frank Rawcliffe	Wolverhampton Wanderers	9 March 1946	^[29]
23 February 1946	FW	Douglas Smale	Chelsea	6 April 1946	^[75]
23 February 1946	FW	Johnny Westwood	Tottenham Hotspur	23 February 1946	^[76]
9 March 1946	GK	Alf Jefferies	Oxford City	9 March 1946	^[77]
16 March 1946	FW	Sid Bidewell	Chelsea	13 April 1946	^[78]
3 April 1946	DF	Geoff Fox	Ipswich Town	3 April 1946	^[79]
3 April 1946	FW	Len Duquemin	Tottenham Hotspur	3 April 1946	^[80]

Loans in

Date	Pos	Player	From	End date	Ref
29 December 1945	FW	Cecil Green	Cheltenham Town	29 December 1945	^[81]
26 January 1946	FW	Beveridge	Worcester City	26 January 1946	^[82]
26 January 1946	FW	Hogg	Worcester City	26 January 1946	^[83]
13 April 1946	DF	Harry Bamford	Brentford	13 April 1946	^[84]
13 April 1946	DF	George Coulson	Brentford	13 April 1946	^[85]
13 April 1946	DF	Roddy Munro	Brentford	13 April 1946	^[86]
13 April 1946	FW	Jim Gotts	Brentford	13 April 1946	^[87]
13 April 1946	FW	Ernest Muttitt	Brentford	13 April 1946	^[88]
13 April 1946	FW	John Sutton	Brentford	13 April 1946	^[89]

Notes

↑ Second debut for the club.

References

General

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.

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