Английская Википедия:1971–72 Colchester United F.C. season
Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox football club season The 1971–72 season was Colchester United's 30th season in their history and their fourth successive season in the fourth tier of English football, the Fourth Division. Alongside competing in the Fourth Division, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the League Cup, as well as being entered into the pre-season Watney Cup.
Continuing with their cup success of the previous season, Dick Graham's high-scoring side were entered into the Watney Cup, a pre-season tournament held between the two highest scoring teams in each of the four divisions in the Football League who had not achieved promotion or entered European football. Colchester defeated West Bromwich Albion in their first ever penalty shoot-out following a 4–4 draw at The Hawthorns.
Colchester reached the third round of the League Cup, where they were knocked out by Blackpool, and were eliminated from the FA Cup in the first round by Shrewsbury Town. Meanwhile, the U's ended their league campaign in eleventh position, nine points away from promotion.
Season overview
Colchester's goalscoring exploits of the previous campaign enabled qualification for the 1971–72 pre-season Watney Cup competition, open to the two highest scoring teams from each division, exclusively for teams that had not achieved promotion or entered into European competition. Both Luton Town and Carlisle United were beaten at Layer Road ahead of the final, held against West Bromwich Albion at their Hawthorns stadium. The encounter registered four goals apiece, taking the fixture to a penalty shoot-out. Albion missed two penalties, while Colchester youngster Phil Bloss scored the decisive spot kick to win the competition.
Although early favourites for promotion, a club debt of over £21,000 meant that manager Dick Graham needed to inject youth into his ageing side, bringing apprentices Steve Leslie, Steve Foley, Lindsay Smith, Micky Cook and John McLaughlin to name but a few into the first-team picture during the season. All became regulars but youth alone was not sufficient for Colchester to maintain a promotion push as they finished the season in eleventh position, nine points adrift of promotion.
Meanwhile, Colchester experienced a brief run in the League Cup, defeating Brentford and Swindon Town at Layer Road in the first and second rounds respectively, but were heavily beaten at Blackpool in round three. An early exit in the FA Cup followed. After reaching the quarter-final stage last season, the U's were humbled 4–1 at home to Shrewsbury Town in the first round.[1]
Players
Transfers
In
Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. |
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July 1971 | CB | Шаблон:Flagicon | Barry Smith | Apprentice | Free transfer | [3] |
4 March 1972 | MF | Шаблон:Flagicon | Bobby Mills | Apprentice | Free transfer | [4]Шаблон:Efn |
18 March 1972 | FB | Шаблон:Flagicon | John McLaughlin | Apprentice | Free transfer | [5]Шаблон:Efn |
18 March 1972 | MF | Шаблон:Flagicon | Tony Wingate | Apprentice | Free transfer | [6]Шаблон:Efn |
3 April 1972 | CB | Шаблон:Flagicon | Richard Bourne | Apprentice | Free transfer | [7]Шаблон:Efn |
Out
- Total incoming: Шаблон:Gain ~ £19,500
Loans in
Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | End date | Ref. |
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26 November 1971 | FB | Шаблон:Flagicon | Charlie Woods | Шаблон:Flagicon Watford | 18 December 1972 | [23]Шаблон:Efn |
March 1972 | MF | Шаблон:Flagicon | David Burnside | Шаблон:Flagicon Bristol City | 29 April 1972 | [24]Шаблон:Efn |
Match details
Fourth Division
Results round by round
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League table
Matches
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Watney Cup
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League Cup
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FA Cup
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Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
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Goalscorers
Place | Nationality | Position | Name | Fourth Division | FA Cup | League Cup | Watney Cup | Total |
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1 | Шаблон:Flagicon | MF | Brian Lewis | 15 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 23 |
2 | Шаблон:Flagicon | MF | Steve Leslie | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
3 | Шаблон:Flagicon | WG | Mick Mahon | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
4 | Шаблон:Flagicon | FB | Eric Burgess | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
5 | Шаблон:Flagicon | FW | Brian Gibbs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
6 | Шаблон:Flagicon | MF | Steve Foley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Шаблон:Flagicon | FB | Brian Hall | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Шаблон:Flagicon | FW | Dave Simmons | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
9 | Шаблон:Flagicon | CB | Lindsay Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
10 | Шаблон:Flagicon | MF | Ken Jones | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Шаблон:Flagicon | CB | John Kurila | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
12 | Шаблон:Flagicon | MF | Phil Bloss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Шаблон:Flagicon | FB | Micky Cook | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Шаблон:Flagicon | CB | Brian Garvey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
TOTALS | 70 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 85 |
Disciplinary record
Nationality | Position | Name | Fourth Division | FA Cup | League Cup | Watney Cup | Total | |||||
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Шаблон:Flagicon | FW | Brian Gibbs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Шаблон:Flagicon | FB | Micky Cook | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Шаблон:Flagicon | CB | Brian Garvey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Шаблон:Flagicon | MF | Brian Lewis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Шаблон:Flagicon | FB | John Gilchrist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Шаблон:Flagicon | MF | Ken Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Шаблон:Flagicon | CB | John Kurila | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Шаблон:Flagicon | MF | Steve Leslie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Шаблон:Flagicon | WG | Mick Mahon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
TOTALS | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
Clean sheets
Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.[27]
Place | Nationality | Player | Fourth Division | FA Cup | League Cup | Watney Cup | Total |
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1 | Шаблон:Flagicon | Barry Smith | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Шаблон:Flagicon | Graham Smith | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
TOTALS | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
Player debuts
Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.[28]
Position | Nationality | Player | Date | Opponent | Ground | Notes |
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GK | Шаблон:Flagicon | Barry Smith | 28 August 1971 | Bury | Gigg Lane | |
FB | Шаблон:Flagicon | Charlie Woods | 26 November 1971 | Exeter City | Layer Road | |
MF | Шаблон:Flagicon | Steve Foley | 26 November 1971 | Exeter City | Layer Road | |
MF | Шаблон:Flagicon | Bobby Mills | 4 March 1972 | Brentford | Griffin Park | |
MF | Шаблон:Flagicon | David Burnside | 11 March 1972 | Aldershot | Layer Road | |
FB | Шаблон:Flagicon | John McLaughlin | 18 March 1972 | Hartlepool | Victoria Park | |
MF | Шаблон:Flagicon | Tony Wingate | 18 March 1972 | Hartlepool | Victoria Park | |
CB | Шаблон:Flagicon | Richard Bourne | 3 April 1972 | Chester | Sealand Road |
See also
References
General
Books
Websites
Specific
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