1976–77 Colchester United F.C. season

Colchester United

1976–77 season

Chairman

Jack Rippingale^[1]

Manager

3rd (Promoted)

4th Round

1st Round

Top goalscorer

League:
Bobby Gough (17)
All:
Colin Garwood (24)

Highest home attendance

8,912 (Bradford City)

Lowest home attendance

2,489 (Halifax Town)

Average home league attendance

4,643

Home colours

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The 1976–77 season was Colchester United's first season back in the Football League Fourth Division spending the two previous seasons playing in the Football League Third Division. The season ended in success with Colchester being promoted back to the Third Division, finishing third.

Season Review

The Board kept faith with manager Bobby Roberts for the 1976–77 campaign and, just as they did in the 1960s, United bounced back to the Third Division at the first attempt.

Built on 12 successive home victories from the start of the season United's 'G-men' Bobby Gough and Colin Garwood scored 17 and 16 goals respectively with centre-half Steve Dowman adding an amazing twelve strikes in his first season.

A splendid FA Cup run saw United reach the Fourth Round only to lose to First Division Derby in a replay at The Baseball Ground. Over 14,000 had seen Garwood equalise in the seventh minute of injury time in the first match at Layer Road.

Once again a settled side aided United's progress - eight players played over 40 of the 46 League games.^[2]

Squad

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

No.	Position	Player
––	GK	Mike Walker
––	DF	Micky Cook
––	DF	Steve Dowman
––	DF	Mick Packer
––	DF	Lindsay Smith
––	DF	Johnny Williams
––	MF	Ian Allinson

No.	Position	Player
––	MF	Ray Bunkell
––	MF	Paul Dyer
––	MF	Steve Foley
––	MF	Steve Leslie
––	FW	John Froggatt
––	FW	Colin Garwood
––	FW	Bobby Gough

Player Info

Pos.	Name	Place of Birth	Date of Birth	Previous Club	Date Joined	Fee
GK	Mike Walker	Colwyn Bay	28 November 1945	Watford	25 August 1973	£4,000
DF	Micky Cook	Enfield	9 April 1951	Leyton Orient	6 October 1969	Free
DF	Steve Dowman	Manor Park	15 April 1958	Youth Team	1 August 1976	Free
DF	Mick Packer	Willesden	20 April 1950	Watford	25 August 1973	Free
DF	Lindsay Smith	Enfield	18 September 1954	Youth Team	1 August 1970	Free
DF	Johnny Williams	Tottenham	26 March 1947	Watford	23 August 1975	Free
MF	Ian Allinson	Hitchin	1 October 1957	Youth Team	1 August 1974	Free
MF	Ray Bunkell	Edmonton	18 September 1949	Swindon Town	8 December 1973	£5,000
MF	Paul Dyer	Leicester	24 January 1953	Notts County	16 August 1975	Free
MF	Steve Foley	Clacton-on-Sea	21 June 1953	Youth Team	1 August 1971	Free
MF	Steve Leslie	Hornsey	4 September 1952	Youth Team	1 August 1970	Free
FW	John Froggatt	Stanton Hill	13 December 1945	Boston United	17 August 1974	£6,000
FW	Colin Garwood	Heacham	29 June 1949	Huddersfield Town	14 February 1976	Free
FW	Bobby Gough	Ladywood	20 July 1949	Southport	10 January 1976	£7,000

Transfers

Transfers In

Date	Pos.	Player Name	Previous Club	Transfer Fee	Notes
1 August 1976	DF	Steve Dowman	Youth Team	Free

Transfers Out

Date	Pos.	Player Name	New Club	Transfer Fee	Notes
23 October 1976	DF	Stewart Bright	Chelmsford City	Free
21 January 1977	DF	Barry Dominey	Yeovil Town	Free

Loans In

Date	Pos.	Player Name	Parent Club	Date Returned	Notes
19 February 1977	GK	Glenn Ellis	Ipswich Town	22 February 1977

Results

Fourth Division Results Summary

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2	Exeter City (P)	46	25	12	9	70	46	+24	62
3	Colchester United (P)	46	25	9	12	77	43	+34	59
4	Bradford City (P)	46	23	13	10	78	51	+27	59

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Fourth Division Results

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
21/08/1976	Cambridge United	A	0-2	3,056
24/08/1976	Halifax Town	H	3-0	2,489	Allinson (2), Gough
28/08/1976	Rochdale	A	0-1	1,440
04/09/1976	Exeter City	H	3-1	2,516	Froggatt, Cook, Garwood
11/09/1976	Watford	A	1-2	5,386	Dowman
18/09/1976	Crewe Alexandra	H	3-2	2,519	Froggatt, Garwood, Allinson
25/09/1976	Bournemouth	A	0-0	3,881
01/10/1976	Workington	H	3-1	2,957	Garwood (2), Gough
08/10/1976	Southend United	A	0-0	6,690
16/10/1976	Hartlepool United	H	6-2	3,180	Gough (2), Garwood (3), Allinson
23/10/1976	Scunthorpe United	A	0-2	3,157
25/10/1976	Doncaster Rovers	A	2-3	3,856	Packer (pen.), Cook
30/10/1976	Brentford	H	2-1	3,607	Garwood, Cook
01/11/1976	Torquay United	H	4-0	3,102	Gough, Garwood (2), Dowman
12/11/1976	Stockport County	H	1-0	3,948	Dowman
27/11/1976	Barnsley	A	0-1	5,662	Garwood
04/12/1976	Darlington	H	4-0	2,951	Gough, Dowman (2), Smith
18/12/1976	Bradford City	A	0-1	4,173
27/12/1976	Aldershot	H	1-0	6,007	Smith
28/12/1976	Swansea City	A	1-2	5,666	Bunkell
01/01/1977	Newport County	H	5-0	4,614	Gough (2), Smith, Dowman, Garwood
03/01/1977	Brentford	A	4-1	4,610	Garwood, Gough (2), Dowman
18/01/1977	Southport	H	4-1	5,634	Bunkell, Garwood, Packer (pen.), Allinson
21/01/1977	Cambridge United	H	0-1	7,639
05/02/1977	Rochdale	H	1-0	4,943	Dowman
12/02/1977	Exeter City	A	0-1	6,132
19/02/1977	Watford	H	1-0	5,678	Packer (pen.)
22/02/1977	Newport County	A	2-1	1,575	Gough (2)
26/02/1977	Crewe Alexandra	A	0-1	2,410
04/03/1977	Bournemouth	H	1-0	4,948	Froggatt
08/03/1977	Halifax Town	A	2-1	2,097	Packer, Leslie
12/03/1977	Workington	A	4-2	1,223	Froggatt, Gough, Dowman, Packer (pen.)
19/03/1977	Southend United	H	0-1	6,637
21/03/1977	Huddersfield Town	A	0-0	7,508
26/03/1977	Hartlepool United	A	2-2	1,822	Allinson, Dowman
02/04/1977	Scunthorpe United	H	1-1	3,799	Leslie
05/04/1977	Aldershot	A	1-1	2,586	Gough
08/04/1977	Swansea City	H	1-1	5,184	Dowman
11/04/1977	Torquay United	A	2-2	3,189	Dowman, Gough
15/04/1977	Doncaster Rovers	H	1-0	4,668	Gough
19/04/1977	Huddersfield Town	H	3-1	5,051	Smith (2), Garwood
22/04/1977	Stockport County	A	1-1	2,826	Garwood
29/04/1977	Barnsley	H	1-0	5,802	Smith
03/05/1977	Southport	A	3-1	867	Froggatt (2), Gough
07/05/1977	Darlington	A	0-2	1,964
14/05/1977	Bradford City	H	2-1	8,912	Ratcliffe (o.g.), Allinson

Source: 1976-77 Season Colchester United Results - coludata.co.uk

League Cup

Main article: 1976–77 Football League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14/08/1976	R1 (L1)	Millwall	A	1-2	4,599	Smith
17/08/1976	R1 (L2)	Millwall	H	2-1	3,155	Gough, Garwood
30/08/1976	R1 (R)	Millwall	H	4-4 2-4 on Pens	3,695	Garwood (3), Bunkell (pen.)

Source: 1976-77 Season Colchester United Results - coludata.co.uk

FA Cup

Main article: 1976–77 FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
20/11/1976	R1	Cambridge United	A	1-1	5,090	Packer (pen.)
24/11/1976	R1 (R)	Cambridge United	H	2-0	6,041	Garwood, Leslie
20/12/1976	R2	Brentford	H	3-2	4,730	Gough, Froggatt, Packer (pen.)
08/01/1977	R3	Kettering Town	A	3-2	7,176	Froggatt, Garwood (2)
29/01/1977	R4	Derby County	H	1-1	14,030	Garwood
02/02/1977	R4 (R)	Derby County	A	0-1	22,155

Source: 1976-77 Season Colchester United Results - coludata.co.uk

Squad statistics

^[3]

No.	Nat.	Pos.	Name	Total		Division Four		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Nat.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
––	GK		Glenn Ellis	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
––	GK		Mike Walker	53	0	44	0	6	0	3	0
––	DF		Stewart Bright	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
––	DF		Micky Cook	55	3	46	3	6	0	3	0
––	DF		Barry Dominey	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
––	DF		Steve Dowman	42	12	36	12	6	0	0	0
––	DF		Mick Packer	47	7	39	5	5	2	3	0
––	DF		Lindsay Smith	54	7	45	6	6	0	3	1
––	DF		Johnny Williams	52	0	43	0	6	0	3	0
––	MF		Ian Allinson	44	7	40	7	2	0	2	0
––	MF		Ray Bunkell	24	3	18	2	3	0	3	1
––	MF		Paul Dyer	43	0	34	0	6	0	3	0
––	MF		Steve Foley	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
––	MF		Steve Leslie	50	3	41	2	6	1	3	0
––	FW		John Froggatt	52	8	43	6	6	2	3	0
––	FW		Colin Garwood	51	24	42	16	6	4	3	4
––	FW		Bobby Gough	52	19	43	17	6	1	3	1

Scorers

^[4]

All

Scorer	Goals
Colin Garwood	24
Bobby Gough	19
Steve Dowman	12
John Froggatt	8
Ian Allinson	7
Mick Packer
Lindsay Smith
Ray Bunkell	3
Micky Cook
Steve Leslie
Own goal	1

League

Scorer	Goals
Bobby Gough	17
Colin Garwood	16
Steve Dowman	12
Ian Allinson	7
John Froggatt	6
Lindsay Smith	6
Mick Packer	5
Micky Cook	3
Ray Bunkell	2
Steve Leslie	2
Own goal	1

FA Cup

Scorer	Goals
Colin Garwood	4
John Froggatt	2
Mick Packer	2
Bobby Gough	1
Steve Leslie	1

League Cup

Scorer	Goals
Colin Garwood	4
Ray Bunkell	1
Bobby Gough
Lindsay Smith

Most Frequent Starting XI

This section shows players in a 5-2-3 formation with the most league starts during the season.

Pos.	Name	Apps.	Goals
GK	Mike Walker	44	0
DF	Micky Cook	46	4
DF	Mick Packer	35	5
DF	Steve Dowman	33	12
DF	Lindsay Smith	45	6
DF	Johnny Williams	43	0
MF	Ian Allinson	31	7
MF	Steve Leslie	40	2
FW	John Froggatt	43	6
FW	Bobby Gough	43	17
FW	Colin Garwood	40	16

Walker

Cook

Packer

Dowman

Smith

Williams

Allinson

Leslie

Froggatt

Gough

Garwood

References

↑ 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.
↑ "The U's History: The 70s". Colchester United F.C. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
↑ "1976–77 Season Appearance Data". coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
↑ "1977–78 Season Goalscorers Data". coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2011.

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