1955–56 Colchester United F.C. season

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Colchester United
1955–56 season
Chairman Bill Allen[1]
Manager Benny Fenton
Stadium Layer Road
Third Division South 12th
FA Cup 1st round
(eliminated by
Torquay United)
Top goalscorer League:
Kevin McCurley (29)
All:
Kevin McCurley (29)
Highest home attendance 13,176
v Ipswich Town, 26 December 1955[2]
Lowest home attendance 4,811
v Millwall, 11 February 1956[3]
Average home league attendance 7,668[4]
Biggest win 5–0
v Swindon Town, 3 March 1956
Biggest defeat 0–6
v Leyton Orient, 8 September 1955
Home colours
← 1954–55 1956–57 →

The 1955–56 season was Colchester United's 14th season in their history and their sixth season in the Third Division South, the third tier of English football. Alongside competing in the Third Division South, the club also participated in the FA Cup in which the club were eliminated by Torquay United in the first round. The season was Benny Fenton's first full campaign in charge, and after building his own squad over the summer, he led Colchester to their highest position since the 1951–52 season with a 12th-placed finish. This came on the back of two consecutive seasons of successful re-election applications.

Season overview

Manager Benny Fenton assembled his own squad for the 1955–56 season, bringing in goalkeeper Percy Ames from Tottenham Hotspur, while also signing a number of players from Scottish junior football including John Fowler, Bobby Hill and Sammy McLeod.

Fenton's side played an exciting attacking game. They scored 76 goals in the league, with Kevin McCurley scoring a club Football League best total of 29 goals, and strike partner Ken Plant scoring 17. Both players notched two hat-tricks each during the season as the club safely finished the campaign in 12th-place.

Colchester played their first game under floodlights on 28 February 1955 when they beat Reading 3–1 at Elm Park. While Layer Road was still bereft of floodlighting, lighting had been installed for training purposes at the ground.[5]

Players

As of match played 28 April 1956.[6]

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

No. Position Player
England GK Percy Ames
England GK John Wright
England DF Bob Dale
England DF Brian Dobson
England DF Benny Fenton
England DF George Fisher
Scotland DF John Fowler
England DF George French
England DF Trevor Harris
England DF John Harrison
England DF Bertie Hill
No. Position Player
England DF Billy Hunt
England DF Ron Hunt
England DF Reg Stewart
England FW Russell Blake
Scotland FW Bobby Hill
England FW Martyn King
England FW Kevin McCurley
Scotland FW Sammy McLeod
England FW Alfred Noble
England FW Ken Plant
England FW Peter Wright

Match details

Third Division South

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Main article: 1955–56 Football League

Third Division South 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 A H H A A H H A AH H H A A H A H A H H A H A H A H A A H H H H A A H A H A H H A A H A A H
Result D L L W L L L W D D L D W W W L W W W D L W L D L W D D W W L W D W W L W L D L D L W L L W
Position 13 19 22 19 20 22 23 20 21 21 22 21 20 18 14 16 14 13 12 13 13 11 12 12 14 12 12 12 9 9 11 10 11 9 8 9 7 9 8 9 9 10 9 9 11 12

Last updated: 14 March 2016.
Source: [1]
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 Gillingham 46 19 10 17 69 71 0.972 48
11 Northampton Town 46 20 7 19 67 71 0.944 47
12 Colchester United 46 18 11 17 76 81 0.938 47
13 Shrewsbury Town 46 17 12 17 69 66 1.045 46
14 Southampton 46 18 8 20 91 81 1.123 44

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

FA Cup

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Main article: 1955–56 FA Cup

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

[6][7]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Third Division
South		 FA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England Percy Ames 45 0 44 0 1 0
GK England John Wright 2 0 2 0 0 0
DF England Bob Dale 40 2 39 2 1 0
DF England Brian Dobson 6 0 6 0 0 0
DF England Benny Fenton 33 2 32 2 1 0
DF England George Fisher 43 1 42 1 1 0
DF Scotland John Fowler 16 2 16 2 0 0
DF England Trevor Harris 2 0 2 0 0 0
DF England John Harrison 41 1 40 1 1 0
DF England Bertie Hill 22 1 22 1 0 0
DF England Billy Hunt 1 0 1 0 0 0
DF England Ron Hunt 3 0 3 0 0 0
DF England Reg Stewart 42 1 41 1 1 0
FW England Russell Blake 5 0 5 0 0 0
FW Scotland Bobby Hill 4 1 4 1 0 0
FW England Kevin McCurley 47 29 46 29 1 0
FW Scotland Sammy McLeod 43 2 42 2 1 0
FW England Alfred Noble 1 0 1 0 0 0
FW England Ken Plant 37 17 36 17 1 0
FW England Peter Wright 46 9 45 9 1 0
Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season
FW England Mike Grice 38 6 37 6 1 0

Goalscorers

[7]

Place Nation Position Name Third Division South FA Cup Total
1 England FW Kevin McCurley 29 0 29
2 England FW Ken Plant 17 0 17
3 England FW Peter Wright 9 0 9
4 England FW Mike Grice 6 0 6
5 England DF Bob Dale 2 0 2
England DF Benny Fenton 2 0 2
Scotland DF John Fowler 2 0 2
Scotland FW Sammy McLeod 2 0 2
9 England DF George Fisher 1 0 1
England DF John Harrison 1 0 1
England DF Bertie Hill 1 0 1
Scotland FW Bobby Hill 1 0 1
England DF Reg Stewart 1 0 1
Own goals 2 0 2
TOTALS 76 0 76

Disciplinary record

[8]

Nationality Position Player Third Division South FA Cup Total
Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card
TOTALS 0 0 0 0 0 0

Captains

Number of games played as team captain.[9]

Place Nation Position Player Third Division South FA Cup Total
Not recorded
 46 1 47

Player debuts

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

Position Player Date Opponent Ground Notes
GK England Percy Ames 20 August 1955 Exeter City St James Park
DF Scotland John Fowler 20 August 1955 Exeter City St James Park
FW Scotland Sammy McLeod 20 August 1955 Exeter City St James Park
DF England Billy Hunt 27 August 1955 Southend United Layer Road
DF England George Fisher 1 September 1955 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Layer Road
FW England Russell Blake 8 September 1955 Leyton Orient Brisbane Road
FW England Alfred Noble 27 December 1955 Ipswich Town Portman Road
DF England Brian Dobson 24 March 1956 Aldershot Recreation Ground
FW Scotland Bobby Hill 2 April 1956 Walsall Fellows Park

Transfers and contracts

In

Date Pos Player From Fee Ref
1 May 1955 GK England Percy Ames England Tottenham Hotspur Free transfer [11]
1 June 1955 FW England Martyn King Apprentice Free transfer [12]
9 June 1955 FW Scotland Bobby Hill Scotland Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare Free transfer [13]
20 August 1955 DF Scotland John Fowler Scotland Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic Free transfer [14]
20 August 1955 FW Scotland Sammy McLeod Scotland Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare Free transfer [15]
1 September 1955 DF England George Fisher England Fulham £1,000 [16]
1 September 1955 FW England Alfred Noble England Briggs Sports Free transfer [17]

Out

Date Pos Player To Fee Ref
4 May 1955 DF Scotland Jimmy Elder England Yeovil Town Released [18]
4 May 1955 DF England Fred Lewis England Headington United Free transfer [19]
31 May 1955 DF Republic of Ireland Austin Dunne England Tonbridge Free transfer [20]
31 May 1955 FW Wales Cliff Birch England Spalding United Free transfer [21]
1 July 1955 FW Republic of Ireland Paddy Leonard England Tonbridge Free transfer [22]
1 August 1955 FW Scotland Johnny McKim England Clacton Town Released [23]
1 September 1955 DF England Roy Bicknell Retired Retired [24]
1 February 1956 DF Northern Ireland Frank McCourt England Poole Town Released [25]
17 March 1956 FW England Mike Grice England West Ham United £9,000 [26]

See also

References

General

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