1957–58 Colchester United F.C. season

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Colchester United

1957–58 season
Chairman	Bill Allen[1]
Manager	Benny Fenton
Stadium	Layer Road
Third Division South	12th
FA Cup	1st round (eliminated by Wisbech Town)
Top goalscorer	League: Ken Plant (19) All: Ken Plant (19)
Highest home attendance	11,077 v Norwich City, 14 September 1957[2]
Lowest home attendance	4,391 v Northampton Town, 30 September 1957[3]
Average home league attendance	10,891[4]
Biggest win	4–0 v Watford, 26 December 1957
Biggest defeat	0–7 v Reading, 18 September 1957
Football kit (white jersey with blue, vertical stripes; white shorts;; and blue socks with white, horizontal hoops). Home colours
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The 1957–58 season was Colchester United's 16th season in their history and their eighth 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. They were eliminated at the first round stage of the cup for the fifth successive season, on this occasion to non-league side Wisbech Town. In the league, with the division being restructured at the end of the season, Colchester managed to finish in the top half of the table by three points to avoid a move to the newly formed Fourth Division, instead remaining in the third tier.

With Football League reorganisation looming at the end of the season, Colchester's priority for the 1957–58 season was to finish in the top half of the table to join the top half of the Third Division North to form the new nationwide Third Division. The other teams would form the Fourth Division.

During the campaign, Benny Fenton's squad suffered from numerous call-ups for national service, and as such Fenton brought in reinforcements in November with Neil Langman arriving from Plymouth Argyle for 6,750ドル and John Evans for 4,000ドル from Liverpool. Meanwhile, Birmingham City offered Colchester 10,000ドル for winger Peter Wright, but he opted to remain as a part-time player.

Colchester secured their place in the third tier for another season in the final game of the season when they beat Southampton 4–2 at Layer Road.^[5]

As of match played 1 May 1957.^[6]

Name	Position	Nationality	Place of birth	Date of birth	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
Percy Ames	GK	England	Plymouth	(1931年12月13日)13 December 1931 (aged 25)	92	0	England Tottenham Hotspur	1 May 1955	Free transfer
John Wright	GK	England	Aldershot	(1933年08月13日)13 August 1933 (aged 23)	4	0	England Colchester Casuals	23 May 1952	Free transfer
Defenders
Brian Dobson	CB	England	Colchester	(1934年03月01日)1 March 1934 (aged 23)	6	0	Amateur	January 1956	Free transfer
George Fisher	FB	England	Bermondsey	(1925年06月19日)19 June 1925 (aged 31)	89	3	England Fulham	1 September 1955	1,000ドル
John Fowler	FB	Scotland	Leith	(1933年10月17日)17 October 1933 (aged 23)	60	3	Scotland Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	20 August 1955[a]	Free transfer
John Laidlaw	FB	England	Aldershot	(1936年07月05日)5 July 1936 (aged 20)	0	0	Scotland Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare	June 1957	Free transfer
Alf Marshall	FB	England	Dagenham	(1933年05月21日)21 May 1933 (aged 24)	0	0	England Dagenham	14 October 1957	25ドル
Chic Milligan	CB	Scotland	Ardrossan	(1930年07月26日)26 July 1930 (aged 26)	35	1	Scotland Ardrossan Winton Rovers	18 August 1956[a]	1,000ドル
Edgar Rumney	FB	England	Abberton	(1936年09月15日)15 September 1936 (aged 20)	0	0	England Colchester Casuals	1 May 1957	Free transfer
Midfielders
Benny Fenton	WH	England	West Ham	(1918年10月10日)10 October 1918 (aged 38)	83	12	England Charlton Athletic	5 March 1955[a]	500ドル
Trevor Harris	WH	England	Colchester	(1936年02月06日)6 February 1936 (aged 21)	3	0	Amateur	July 1951	Free transfer
Bert Hill	WH	England	West Ham	(1930年03月08日)8 March 1930 (aged 27)	75	3	England Chelsea	September 1952	300ドル
Ron Hunt	WH	England	Colchester	(1933年09月26日)26 September 1933 (aged 23)	34	0	Amateur	October 1951	Free transfer
Derek Parker	WH	England	Wivenhoe	(1926年06月23日)23 June 1926 (aged 30)	6	0	England West Ham United	March 1957	2,500ドル
Forwards
Russell Blake	WG	England	Colchester	(1935年07月24日)24 July 1935 (aged 21)	7	0	England Dedham Old Boys	8 September 1955[a]	Free transfer
John Evans	IF	England	Tilbury	(1929年08月28日)28 August 1929 (aged 27)	0	0	England Liverpool	23 November 1957[a]	4,000ドル
Bobby Hill	IF	Scotland	Edinburgh	(1938年06月09日)9 June 1938 (aged 18)	43	8	Scotland Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare	9 June 1955	Free transfer
Martyn King	CF	England	Birmingham	(1937年08月23日)23 August 1937 (aged 19)	3	1	Amateur	Summer 1955	Free transfer
Neil Langman	CF	England	Bere Alston	(1932年02月21日)21 February 1932 (aged 25)	0	0	England Plymouth Argyle	November 1957	6,750ドル
Kevin McCurley	CF	England	Consett	(1926年04月02日)2 April 1926 (aged 31)	189	74	England Liverpool	June 1951	750ドル
Sammy McLeod	IF	Scotland	Glasgow	(1934年01月04日)4 January 1934 (aged 23)	47	4	Scotland Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare	20 August 1955[a]	Free transfer
Hamish McNeill	IF	Scotland	Alva	(1934年11月16日)16 November 1934 (aged 22)	0	0	Scotland Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	August 1957	600ドル
Ken Plant	CF	England	Nuneaton	(1925年08月15日)15 August 1925 (aged 31)	143	60	England Bury	January 1954	Undisclosed
Tommy Williams	WG	England	Battersea	(1935年02月10日)10 February 1935 (aged 22)	23	3	England Carshalton Athletic	September 1956	Free transfer
Peter Wright	WG	England	Colchester	(1934年01月26日)26 January 1934 (aged 23)	158	30	Amateur	November 1951	Free transfer

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 May 1957	FB	England	Edgar Rumney	England Colchester Casuals	Free transfer	[7]
June 1957	FB	England	John Laidlaw	Scotland Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare	Free transfer	[8]
August 1957	IF	Scotland	Hamish McNeill	Scotland Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	600ドル	[9]
14 October 1957	FB	England	Alf Marshall	England Dagenham	25ドル	[10]
November 1957	CF	England	Neil Langman	England Plymouth Argyle	6,750ドル	[11]
23 November 1957	IF	England	John Evans	England Liverpool	4,000ドル	[12] [a]

• Total spending: Decrease ~ 11,375ドル

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
31 May 1957	WG	England	Les Barrell	England Clacton Town	Released	[13]
June 1957	IF	England	Eddie Smith	England Queens Park Rangers	1,050ドル	[14]
July 1957	CB	England	Reg Stewart	England Hastings United	Free transfer	[15]

• Total incoming: Increase ~ 1,050ドル

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
10	Queens Park Rangers	46	18	14	14	64	65	0.985	50
11	Newport County	46	17	14	15	73	67	1.090	48
12	Colchester United	46	17	13	16	77	79	0.975	47
13	Northampton Town	46	19	6	21	87	79	1.101	44	Moved to 4th Division
14	Crystal Palace	46	15	13	18	70	72	0.972	43

^{[6] [16]}

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Third Division South		FA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	England ENG	Percy Ames	47	0	46	0	1	0
DF	England ENG	Brian Dobson	17	0	16	0	1	0
DF	England ENG	George Fisher	46	1	45	1	1	0
DF	Scotland SCO	John Fowler	46	0	46	0	0	0
DF	Scotland SCO	Chic Milligan	27	0	26	0	1	0
DF	England ENG	Edgar Rumney	5	0	5	0	0	0
MF	England ENG	Benny Fenton	23	3	23	3	0	0
MF	England ENG	Trevor Harris	7	0	7	0	0	0
MF	England ENG	Bert Hill	32	0	31	0	1	0
MF	England ENG	Ron Hunt	4	0	4	0	0	0
MF	England ENG	Derek Parker	30	1	29	1	1	0
FW	England ENG	Russell Blake	8	2	8	2	0	0
FW	England ENG	John Evans	24	7	24	7	0	0
FW	Scotland SCO	Bobby Hill	11	0	11	0	0	0
FW	England ENG	Neil Langman	23	8	23	8	0	0
FW	England ENG	Kevin McCurley	29	12	28	12	1	0
FW	Scotland SCO	Sammy McLeod	16	2	15	2	1	0
FW	Scotland SCO	Hamish McNeill	2	1	2	1	0	0
FW	England ENG	Ken Plant	45	19	44	19	1	0
FW	England ENG	Tommy Williams	29	5	28	5	1	0
FW	England ENG	Peter Wright	46	16	45	16	1	0

^[16]

Place	Nationality	Position	Name	Third Division South	FA Cup	Total
1	England	CF	Ken Plant	19	0	19
2	England	WG	Peter Wright	16	0	16
3	England	CF	Kevin McCurley	12	0	12
4	England	CF	Neil Langman	8	0	8
5	England	IF	John Evans	7	0	7
6	England	WG	Tommy Williams	5	0	5
7	England	WH	Benny Fenton	3	0	3
8	England	WG	Russell Blake	2	0	2
	Scotland	IF	Sammy McLeod	2	0	2
10	England	FB	George Fisher	1	0	1
	Scotland	IF	Hamish McNeill	1	0	1
	England	WH	Derek Parker	1	0	1
Own goals	0	0	0
TOTALS	77	0	77

^[17]

Nationality	Position	Name	Third Division South		FA Cup		Total
			Yellow card	Red card	Yellow card	Red card	Yellow card	Red card
England	WH	Benny Fenton	1	0	0	0	1	0
TOTALS	1	0	0	0	1	0

Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.^[18]

Place	Nationality	Player	Third Division South	FA Cup	Total
1	England	Percy Ames	7	0	7
TOTALS	7	0	7

Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.^[19]

Position	Nationality	Player	Date	Opponent	Ground	Notes
FB	England	Edgar Rumney	2 September 1957	Queens Park Rangers	Layer Road
IF	Scotland	Hamish McNeill	21 September 1957	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	Dean Court
IF	England	John Evans	23 November 1957	Port Vale	Layer Road
CF	England	Neil Langman	23 November 1957	Port Vale	Layer Road

• List of Colchester United F.C. seasons

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.
• Ambrosen, Tony (1993). Amber in the Blood: A History Of Newport County. Uxbridge: Yore Publications. ISBN 978-1-874427-40-7.
• Kent, Jeff (1990). The Valiants' Years: The Story of Port Vale. Stafford: Witan Books. ISBN 0-9508981-4-7.
• White, Eric (1989). 100 Years of Brentford. Redditch: Oldfield Press. ISBN 0951526200.

Websites

• "Colchester United football club match record: 1958". 11v11.com. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
• "Statistics 1957/58". The Millwall History Files. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
• "1950/51 to 1959/60" (PDF). Watford Football Club archive 1881–2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.

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