1962–63 Colchester United F.C. season

Colchester United

1962–63 season
Chairman	Bill Allen[1]
Manager	Benny Fenton
Stadium	Layer Road
Third Division	12th
FA Cup	1st round (eliminated by Wimbledon)
League Cup	2nd round (eliminated by Northampton Town)
Top goalscorer	League: Martyn King (26) All: Martyn King (28)
Highest home attendance	7,244 v Southend United, 4 May 1963[2]
Lowest home attendance	3,059 v Bradford Park Avenue, 15 December 1962[3]
Average home league attendance	5,313[4]
Biggest win	4–1 v Brighton & Hove Albion, 10 November 1962
Biggest defeat	0–6 v Notts County, 17 May 1963
Home colours
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The 1962–63 season was Colchester United's 21st season in their history and their first season back in the third tier of English football following promotion from the Fourth Division the previous season. Alongside competing in the Third Division, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the League Cup. Colchester consolidated their Third Division return by finishing mid-table. In the cups, they bowed out in the first round of the FA Cup to Isthmian League side Wimbledon, while they overcame Watford in the first round of the League Cup only to crash out to Northampton Town in the second.

Season overview

Despite debts of £2,000, the club were not prepared to sell prize forward Bobby Hunt when Newcastle United came in with an offer of £17,000.

During the season, Colchester made their television debut when they featured in the new Anglia Television programme Match of the Week. Highlights were shown on 13 October 1962 of Colchester's Layer Road defeat to Crystal Palace. Martyn King was back on top of the scoring charts for Colchester, leading the way with 26 league goals, Hunt following up with 19. With the defence shipping 93 goals across the season, a mid-table finish loomed for Colchester on their return to the Third Division after just one year away. However, in the FA Cup, they were ousted by Isthmian League Wimbledon in the first round, while they also experienced a second round exit in the League Cup to Northampton Town.^[5]

Players

As of match played 17 May 1963.^[6]

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

No. Position Player GK Percy Ames GK George Ramage DF Duncan Forbes DF John Fowler DF Richie Griffiths DF Ron Hunt DF David Laitt DF Mick Loughton DF Roy McCrohan

No. Position Player DF Edgar Rumney DF Keith Rutter FW Mike Grice FW Bobby Hill FW Bobby Hunt FW Martyn King FW Tony Miller FW Billy Stark FW Peter Wright

Match details

Third Division

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	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	A
Result	D	W	D	W	D	L	D	L	D	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	L
Position	14	2	6	3	5	7	9	9	13	17	14	8	15	10	9	3	7	11	14	12	13	13	13	14	18	18	19	17	19	17	16	17	17	15	14	16	16	14	12	10	9	8	9	8	9	10

Last updated: 1 May 2016.
Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

  Win   Draw   Loss

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv1	Pts2	Promotion, qualification or relegation
10	Hull City	46	19	10	17	74	69	1.072	48
11	Crystal Palace	46	17	13	16	68	58	1.172	47
12	Colchester United	46	18	11	17	73	93	0.785	47
13	Queens Park Rangers	46	17	11	18	85	76	1.118	45
14	Bristol City	46	16	13	17	100	92	1.087	45

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

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

Matches

League Cup

FA Cup

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

^[6][7]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Third Division		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Percy Ames	37	0	34	0	1	0	2	0
	GK		George Ramage	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Duncan Forbes	48	0	46	0	1	0	1	0
	DF		John Fowler	49	0	46	0	1	0	2	0
	DF		Richie Griffiths	26	0	23	0	1	0	2	0
	DF		Ron Hunt	34	2	33	2	0	0	1	0
	DF		Roy McCrohan	33	2	32	2	1	0	0	0
	DF		Edgar Rumney	11	0	10	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Keith Rutter	21	0	21	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Mike Grice	47	8	45	8	1	0	1	0
	FW		Bobby Hill	31	4	28	4	1	0	2	0
	FW		Bobby Hunt	47	20	45	19	1	0	1	1
	FW		Martyn King	44	28	42	26	1	1	1	1
	FW		Billy Stark	21	3	21	3	0	0	0	0
	FW		Peter Wright	41	6	38	6	1	0	2	0
Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season
	DF		Brian Abrey	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		John Brown	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
	DF		Trevor Harris	20	0	18	0	0	0	2	0
	FW		John Baines	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		David Coleman	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0
	FW		Sammy McLeod	10	0	9	0	0	0	1	0

Goalscorers

^[7]

Place	Nation	Position	Name	Third Division	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1		FW	Martyn King	26	1	1	28
2		FW	Bobby Hunt	19	0	1	20
3		FW	Mike Grice	8	0	0	8
4		FW	Peter Wright	6	0	0	6
5		FW	Bobby Hill	4	0	0	4
6		FW	Billy Stark	3	0	0	3
7		DF	Ron Hunt	2	0	0	2
		DF	Roy McCrohan	2	0	0	2
9		FW	David Coleman	1	0	0	1
			Own goals	2	0	0	2
			TOTALS	73	1	2	76

Disciplinary record

^[8]

Nationality	Position	Player	Third Division		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
		TOTALS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Captains

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

Place	Nation	Position	Player	Third Division	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
			Not recorded	46	1	2	49

Player debuts

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

Position	Player	Date	Opponent	Ground	Notes
FW	Mike Grice	18 August 1962	Bradford Park Avenue	Park Avenue	[11][lower-alpha 1]
DF	Roy McCrohan	15 September 1962	Northampton Town	Layer Road
DF	John Brown	26 September 1962	Northampton Town	County Ground
FW	Billy Stark	1 December 1962	Peterborough United	London Road Stadium
DF	Keith Rutter	26 February 1963	Coventry City	Highfield Road
GK	George Ramage	15 March 1963	Halifax Town	The Shay

Transfers and contracts

In

Date	Pos	Player	From	Fee	Ref
1 August 1962	DF	David Laitt	Apprentice	Free transfer	[12]
18 August 1962	FW	Mike Grice	Coventry City	£1,000	[13]
1 September 1962	DF	Roy McCrohan	Norwich City	Part exchange with Mike Foster	[14]
1 November 1962	FW	Billy Stark	Carlisle United	£3,750	[15]
26 February 1963	DF	Keith Rutter	Queens Park Rangers	£4,000	[16]

Out

Date	Pos	Player	To	Fee	Ref
31 May 1962	DF	Alf Marshall	Clacton Town	Released	[17]
31 May 1962	FW	Tony Howe	Haverhill Rovers	Released	[18]
31 May 1962	FW	Colin Lundstrum	Clacton Town	Released	[19]
1 September 1962	FW	John Baines	Lexden Wanderers	Free transfer	[20]
1 September 1962	FW	Mike Foster	Norwich City	£3,000 plus Roy McCrohan	[21]
20 October 1962	FW	David Coleman	Clacton Town	Released	[22]
3 November 1962	DF	John Brown	Stenhousemuir	Released	[23]
1 December 1962	DF	Sammy McLeod	Romford	£1,000	[24]
1 April 1963	DF	Brian Abrey	Retired	Retired	[25]
16 April 1963	DF	Trevor Harris	Chelmsford City	Free transfer	[26]

See also

• List of Colchester United F.C. seasons

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. 
• Kent, Jeff (1990). The Valiants' Years: The Story of Port Vale. Stafford: Witan Books. ISBN 0-9508981-4-7. 

Websites

• "Colchester United football club match record: 1963". 11v11.com. Retrieved 30 April 2016. 
• "TigerBase – Season View". TigerBase. Retrieved 30 April 2016. 
• "Statistics 1962/63". The Millwall History Files. Retrieved 30 April 2016. 
• "1960/61 to 1969/70" (PDF). Watford Football Club archive 1881–2015. Retrieved 1 May 2016. 

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