List of Colchester United F.C. seasons

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Colchester United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Colchester, Essex, that was founded in 1937. The club went on to compete in the Southern Football League from 1937 until 1950,[1] when they were elected to the Football League.[2] During this time, Colchester produced one of the most notable FA Cup runs by a non-league side in 1947–48, as they defeated fellow non-leaguers Banbury Spencer in the first round, before beating Football League clubs Wrexham, Huddersfield Town and Bradford Park Avenue. They finally fell to Blackpool in the fifth round.[3] The club played in the Third Division South for eight seasons, until the league was re-organised at the end of the 1957–58 season. The club finished in 12th position in the table, meaning that from the 1958–59 season, the U's would be playing in the Third Division.[4] Colchester remained in the Third Division until they were relegated in 1961,[5] but made an immediate return to the third tier when they finished the 1961–62 season in second position, one point behind champions Millwall.[6] Three years later, the club finished 23rd of 24 clubs in the Third Division, as they were relegated back to the Fourth Division.[7] Another single season in the fourth tier followed as Colchester were promoted in fourth position.[8] Their spell in the Third Division didn't last long, as they again finished in the relegation zone in 1968.[9] The U's remained in the Fourth Division for a further six seasons, but during this period, the U's embarked on one of the most notable runs in FA Cup history, as manager Dick Graham took his ageing side to the 1970–71 quarter-finals. They dispatched non-league side Ringmer, before knocking-out Cambridge United, Barnet and Rochdale following a replay. United faced Don Revie's Leeds United in the fifth round, who were at the top of the First Division at the time. The U's race to an unprecedented 3–0 lead in the match, before Leeds pulled two goals back. The match ended 3–2 to Colchester to record a famous giant-killing victory. They then faced Everton in the quarter-final match but lost 5–0 at Goodison Park.[10] Three seasons later, Colchester sealed promotion once again as they ended the 1973–74 season in third place.[11] Relegation followed in 1976,[12] with promotion following one season later.[13] Colchester returned to the Fourth Division for the final time in 1981 as they finished 22nd of 24 teams.[14] The club struggled financially in the late 1980s and suffered a drop in form, causing them to finish bottom of the Football League in 1990 and were relegated to the Conference.[15][10]

Colchester returned to the Football League at the second attempt, finishing second to Barnet in 1990–91,[16] before beating Wycombe Wanderers to the title in 1991–92. The club completed a league and cup double as they lifted the FA Trophy. Now in the recently re-named Division Three, Colchester earned a play-off spot in the 1996–97 season, but lost in the semi-finals to Plymouth Argyle. The U's reached Wembley for the 1997 Football League Trophy Final, where they were defeated on penalties by Carlisle United.[17][18] However, Colchester did achieve Wembley success the following season as they beat Torquay United 1–0 in the 1998 Football League Third Division play-off Final.[19] The club consolidated their position in the third tier for a number of seasons, before they achieved another feat in earning promotion to the Championship in 2006 by finishing in second position to Southend United.[20] Colchester finished in 10th position in the Championship, their highest-ever league finish.[21] However, the following season, they were relegated back to League One, where they currently play.[22]

Since their formation in 1937, Colchester United have spent two seasons in the second tier of English football, 36 seasons in the third tier, 24 seasons in the fourth tier and two seasons in non-League football.[23] The table below details Colchester United's in all senior first-team competitions from the 1937–38 season to the end of the most recently completed season.

Key

Details of abandoned competitions are shown in italics and appropriately footnoted.

Seasons

Season League[23][24][25] FA
Cup[23]		 League
Cup[23]		 Other[23][26] Top goalscorer[27][lower-alpha 1] Average
attendance[28][lower-alpha 2]
Division P W D L F A Pts Pos Comp Result Name Goals
1937–38 SFL 34 15 8 11 90 58 38 6/18 DNE – SLC W Scotland Alec Cheyne 33 5,167
1938–39 SFL 44 31 5 8 110 37 67 1/23 R1 – SLC SF Wales Arthur Pritchard 44 8,307
1939–40 SFL 3 1 1 1 4 3 3 N/A N/A – – – England Len Astill
England Joe Birch
Scotland Alec Cheyne
England George Law		 2 4,200
No competitive football was played between 1939 and 1945 due to the Second World War
1945–46 SFL 20 7 3 10 29 47 17 8/11 4QR – – – England Bob Hodgson 5 3,858
1946–47 SFL 31 15 4 12 65 60 35 8/17 R1 – SLC SF England Arthur Turner 24 6,218
1947–48 SFL 34 17 10 7 88 41 44 4/17 R5 – SLC F England Bob Curry 30 9,231
1948–49 SFL 42 21 10 11 94 61 52 4/22 R1 – SLC F England Arthur Turner 24 8,476
1949–50 SFL 46 31 9 6 109 51 71 2/24 4QR – SLC W England Vic Keeble 42 8,639
1950–51 FLD3S 46 14 12 20 63 76 40 16/24 R1 – – – England Bob Curry 15 10,571
1951–52 FLD3S 46 17 12 17 56 77 46 10/24 R3 – – – England Vic Keeble 17 9,429
1952–53 FLD3S 46 12 14 20 59 76 38 22/24 R3 – – – England Kevin McCurley 18 8,002
1953–54 FLD3S 46 10 10 26 50 78 30 23/24 R1 – – – England Bert Barlow 10 7,797
1954–55 FLD3S 46 9 13 24 53 91 31 24/24 R1 – – – England Ken Plant 13 7,284
1955–56 FLD3S 46 18 11 17 76 81 47 12/24 R1 – – – England Kevin McCurley 29 7,668
1956–57 FLD3S 46 22 14 10 84 56 58 3/24 R1 – – – England Ken Plant 24 9,351
1957–58 FLD3S 46 17 13 16 77 79 47 12/24 R1 – – – England Ken Plant 19 10,891
1958–59 FLD3 46 21 10 15 71 67 52 5/24 R4 – – – England Neil Langman 26 8,357
1959–60 FLD3 46 18 11 17 83 74 47 9/24 R1 – – – England Martyn King 30 7,856
1960–61 FLD3 46 11 11 24 68 101 33 23/24 R2 R2 – – England Martyn King 25 5,203
1961–62 FLD4 46 23 9 12 104 71 55 2/24 R1 R1 – – England Bobby Hunt 40 5,532
1962–63 FLD3 46 18 11 17 73 93 47 12/24 R1 R2 – – England Martyn King 27 5,313
1963–64 FLD3 46 12 19 15 70 68 43 17/24 R3 R2 – – England Bobby Hunt 24 5,242
1964–65 FLD3 46 10 10 26 50 89 30 23/24 R2 R1 – – Scotland Billy Stark 14 3,634
1965–66 FLD4 46 23 10 13 70 47 56 4/24 R1 R2 – – England Reg Stratton 21 5,225
1966–67 FLD3 46 17 10 19 76 73 44 13/24 R2 R1 – – England Reg Stratton 24 5,714
1967–68 FLD3 46 9 15 22 50 87 33 23/24 R3 R1 – – England Reg Stratton 11 4,591
1968–69 FLD4 46 20 12 14 57 53 52 6/24 R2 R2 – – England Danny Light 14 6,048
1969–70 FLD4 46 17 14 15 64 63 48 10/24 R1 R2 – – England Ken Jones 16 4,664
1970–71 FLD4 46 21 12 13 70 54 54 6/24 QF R2 – – England Ray Crawford 31 6,362
1971–72 FLD4 46 19 10 17 70 69 48 11/24 R1 R3 WC W England Brian Lewis 22 5,695
1972–73 FLD4 46 10 11 25 48 76 31 22/24 R2 R1 – – England Mick Mahon 12 3,440
1973–74 FLD4 46 24 12 10 73 36 60 3/24 R1 R1 – – England Bobby Svarc 26 5,601
1974–75 FLD3 46 17 13 16 70 63 47 11/24 R2 QF – – England Bobby Svarc 25 5,460
1975–76 FLD3 46 12 14 20 41 65 38 22/24 R1 R1 – – England Steve Foley 7 3,385
1976–77 FLD4 46 25 9 12 77 43 59 3/24 R4 R1 – – England Colin Garwood 24 4,944
1977–78 FLD3 46 15 18 13 55 44 48 8/24 R2 R3 – – England Bobby Gough 17 4,566
1978–79 FLD3 46 17 17 12 60 55 51 7/24 R5 R1 – – England Bobby Gough 22 3,921
1979–80 FLD3 46 20 12 14 64 56 52 5/24 R3 R2 – – England Trevor Lee 18 3,932
1980–81 FLD3 46 14 11 21 45 65 39 22/24 R3 R1 – – Scotland Kevin Bremner 10 2,956
1981–82 FLD4 46 20 12 14 82 57 72 6/24 R3 R3 – – England Ian Allinson 26 3,161
1982–83 FLD4 46 24 9 13 75 55 81 6/24 R1 R2 – – England Ian Allinson 26 2,690
1983–84 FLD4 46 17 16 13 69 53 67 8/24 R3 R3 AMC R2 (S) England Tony Adcock 33 2,847
1984–85 FLD4 46 20 14 12 87 65 74 7/24 R2 R1 AMC R2 (S) England Tony Adcock 28 2,225
1985–86 FLD4 46 19 13 14 88 63 70 6/24 R1 R1 AMC R1 (S) England Tony Adcock 16 2,253
1986–87 FLD4 46 21 7 18 64 56 70 5/24 R2 R1 AMC R1 (S) England Tony Adcock
England Tommy English		 12 2,753
1987–88 FLD4 46 19 10 17 47 51 67 9/24 R3 R1 AMC R2 (S) England Dale Tempest 14 1,776
1988–89 FLD4 46 12 14 20 60 78 50 22/24 R4 R1 AMC QF (S) England Mario Walsh 15 2,871
1989–90 FLD4 46 11 10 25 48 75 43 24/24 R2 R1 AMC R1 (S) England Trevor Morgan 12 3,139
1990–91 CON 42 25 10 7 68 35 85 2/22 R2 –
R2
 England Mario Walsh 18 3,196
1991–92 CON 42 28 10 4 98 40 94 1/22 R1 –
BLT
FAT
R2
 England Roy McDonough 29 3,381
1992–93 FLD3 42 18 5 19 67 76 59 10/22 R2 R1 FLT R1 (S) England Gary Bennett
England Steve McGavin		 10 3,768
1993–94 FLD3 42 13 10 19 56 71 49 17/22 R1 R1 FLT R3 (S) England Steve Brown 13 2,833
1994–95 FLD3 42 16 10 16 56 64 58 10/22 R3 R1 FLT R1 (S) England Steve Whitton 13 3,201
1995–96 FLD3 46 18 18 10 61 51 72 7/24 R1 R1 FLT R3 (S) England Tony Adcock 17 3,299
1996–97 FLD3 46 17 17 12 62 51 68 8/24 R1 R2 FLT F England Tony Adcock 14 3,422
1997–98 FLD3 46 21 11 14 72 60 74 4/24 R2 R1 FLT R1 (S) England David Gregory 10 3,267
1998–99 FLD2 46 12 16 18 52 70 52 18/24 R1 R1 FLT R1 (S) England David Gregory 14 4,303
1999–2000 FLD2 46 14 10 22 59 82 52 18/24 R1 R1 FLT R1 (S) England Steve McGavin 16 3,801
2000–01 FLD2 46 15 12 19 55 59 57 17/24 R1 R2 FLT R1 (S) England Mick Stockwell 11 3,466
2001–02 FLD2 46 15 12 19 65 77 57 15/24 R1 R2 FLT R2 (S) England Scott McGleish 16 3,705
2002–03 FLD2 46 14 16 16 52 56 58 12/24 R1 R1 FLT R1 (S) England Joe Keith
England Scott McGleish		 9 3,367
2003–04 FLD2 46 17 13 16 52 56 64 11/24 R5 R2 FLT F (S) England Scott McGleish 17 3,730
2004–05 FL1 46 14 17 15 60 50 59 15/24 R4 R3 FLT R1 (S) England Craig Fagan 14 3,481
2005–06 FL1 46 22 13 11 58 40 79 2/24 R5 R1 FLT F (S) Scotland Chris Iwelumo 19 3,843
2006–07 FLC 46 20 9 17 70 56 69 10/24 R3 R1 – – England Jamie Cureton 24 5,466
2007–08 FLC 46 7 17 22 62 86 38 24/24 R3 R1 – – Jamaica Kevin Lisbie 17 5,446
2008–09 FL1 46 18 9 19 58 58 63 12/24 R1 R2 FLT SF (S) Republic of Ireland Mark Yeates 13 5,076
2009–10 FL1 46 20 12 14 64 52 72 8/24 R3 R1 FLT R1 (S) Jamaica Kevin Lisbie 13 5,437
2010–11 FL1 46 16 14 16 57 63 62 10/24 R3 R2 FLT R2 (S) Republic of Ireland Dave Mooney 14 4,071
2011–12 FL1 46 13 20 13 61 66 59 10/24 R2 R1 FLT R1 (S) England Anthony Wordsworth 13 3,747
2012–13 FL1 46 14 9 23 47 68 51 20/24 R1 R1 FLT R2 (S) England Jabo Ibehre
England Freddie Sears		 8 3,530
2013–14 FL1 46 13 14 19 53 61 53 16/24 R1 R1 FLT R1 (S) England Freddie Sears 12 3,631
2014–15 FL1 46 14 10 22 58 77 52 19/24 R3 R1 FLT R2 (S) England Freddie Sears 14 3,704
2015–16 FL1 46 9 13 24 57 99 40 23/24 R4 R1 FLT R1 (S) England George Moncur 14 4,299

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Includes goals scored in the Southern League, the Football League (including play-offs), Football Conference, FA Cup, Football League Cup, Associate Members' Cup/Football League Trophy, FA Trophy, Bob Lord Trophy, Southern League Cup and Watney Cup.
  2. ↑ Includes home attendances recorded in the Southern League, the Football League (including play-offs), Football Conference, FA Cup, Football League Cup, Associate Members' Cup/Football League Trophy, FA Trophy, Bob Lord Trophy, Southern League Cup and Watney Cup.

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