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Colchester United

1949–50 season
Chairman	Bill Allen
Manager	Jimmy Allen
Stadium	Layer Road
Southern League	2nd Elected to the Football League
FA Cup	4th qualifying round (eliminated by Wealdstone)
Southern League Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Vic Keeble (42) All: Vic Keeble (46)
Highest home attendance	14,718 v Chelmsford City, 17 September 1949
Lowest home attendance	5,352 v Cheltenham Town, 23 March 1950
Average home league attendance	8,639
Biggest win	8–0 v Kidderminster Harriers, 19 November 1949
Biggest defeat	0–5 v Merthyr Tydfil, 26 April 1950; 1–6 v Gillingham, 29 April 1950
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The 1949–50 season was Colchester United's eighth season in their history and their eighth and final season in the Southern League. Alongside competing in the Southern League, the club also participated in the FA Cup and Southern League Cup. The club finished as runner-up to Merthyr Tydfil in the league, but despite this Colchester were elected to the Football League at the end of the campaign with the expansion of the League from 88 to 92 clubs. The club won the Southern League Cup 6–4 on aggregate, while they exited the FA Cup at the fourth qualifying round stage following a 1–0 defeat by Wealdstone.

Season overview

Layer Road suffered storm damage ahead of the 1949–50 season, and owing to a shortage of steel, re-construction work was not complete as the season commenced. Manager Jimmy Allen strengthened his defence with the signing of Reg Stewart from Sheffield Wednesday and Bill Layton from Bradford Park Avenue, and by Christmas 1949, Colchester had lost just three of their 28 games played, one of which was the 1–0 FA Cup fourth qualifying round defeat to Wealdstone. The game was one of the first FA Cup ties to be broadcast on television, but on this occasion it was the U's who were on the receiving end of a cup shock.

Colchester had topped the table all season until a fixture-congested April, which saw them held to home draws by Torquay United Reserves and Gravesend & Northfleet, while suffering 5–0 and 6–1 defeats at main title rivals Merthyr Tydfil and Gillingham in the space of three days. Between those defeats, the U's had recovered some pride with a 3–0 Southern League Cup final first-leg win over Bath City. Competing in their fourth match in just five days, a weary Colchester side allowed Bath to lead the second-leg 4–1, meaning the tie would go to extra time. Vic Keeble and Dennis Hillman scored in the added 30-minutes, helping Colchester lift the trophy for the second time with their third final appearance in 3 years.

With Gillingham having defeated Merthyr Tydfil during midweek, all Colchester needed to do in their final fixture was to win at Barry Town to secure the title. However, they were held to a goalless draw and Merthyr Tydfil took the title on goal average. Despite this, Vic Keeble had been the club's top scorer with 46 goals, a record which remains intact. Supplementing this were Fred Cutting's 24 goal haul and Bob Curry's 22, while fellow forward Arthur Turner had spent the majority of the season out injured with cartilage damage.

On 3 June 1950, only Everton and West Bromwich Albion opposed the expansion of the Football League from 88 to 92 clubs by expanding the Third Division North and South, instead preferring another regional league. Of the applications for Third Division South election, Gillingham polled 44 votes, Colchester 28, Worcester City 11, Chelmsford City 8, Peterborough United 5 and Merthyr Tydfil and Yeovil Town just one vote each. Colchester United were elected to the Football League with a Supporters Club membership of over 16,000 and an average gate of over 8,500.

Players

As of match played 6 May 1950.

Name	Position	Nationality	Place of birth	Date of birth	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
Ken Whitehead	GK			(1925-09-01)1 September 1925 (aged 23)	38	0	Clacton Town	May 1948	Free transfer
George Wright	GK		Plymouth	(1919-10-10)10 October 1919 (aged 29)	2	0	Plymouth Argyle	May 1949	£1,000
Defenders
Doug Beach	FB		Watford	(1920-02-02)2 February 1920 (aged 29)	0	0	Southend United	8 October 1949	Free transfer
George French	FB		Colchester	(1926-11-10)10 November 1926 (aged 22)	0	0	West Ham United	February 1949	Free transfer
Digger Kettle	FB		Colchester	(1922-06-03)3 June 1922 (aged 26)	106	1	Arclight Sports	September 1946	Free transfer
Reg Stewart	CB		Sheffield	(1925-10-30)30 October 1925 (aged 23)	0	0	Sheffield Wednesday	20 August 1949	£1,000
Midfielders
Harry Bearryman	WH		Wandsworth	(1924-09-26)26 September 1924 (aged 24)	94	5	Chelsea	4 July 1947	Free transfer
Bill Layton	WH		Shirley	(1915-01-13)13 January 1915 (aged 34)	0	0	Bradford Park Avenue	August 1949	£800
John Moore	WH		Chiswick	(1923-09-25)25 September 1923 (aged 25)	0	0	Brentford	8 September 1949	£1,000
Forwards
Bob Allen	WG		Bromley-by-Bow	(1916-10-11)11 October 1916 (aged 32)	72	3	Gainsborough Trinity	13 June 1946	Free transfer
Bob Curry	IF		Gateshead	(1918-11-02)2 November 1918 (aged 30)	130	68	Northampton Town	13 June 1947	Free transfer
Fred Cutting	IF		North Walsham	(1921-12-04)4 December 1921 (aged 27)	73	31	Norwich City	6 December 1947	Free transfer
Stan Foxall	WG		Crowle	(1914-09-08)8 September 1914 (aged 34)	35	11	West Ham United	June 1948	Free transfer
José Gallego	WG		San Sebastián	(1923-04-08)8 April 1923 (aged 26)	0	0	Southampton	July 1949	Free transfer
Dennis Hillman	WG		Southend-on-Sea	(1918-11-27)27 November 1918 (aged 30)	95	21	Brighton & Hove Albion	21 September 1946	Free transfer
Vic Keeble	CF		Colchester	(1930-06-25)25 June 1930 (aged 18)	30	17	King George Youth Club	23 May 1947	£10
Denis Maffey	CF		Sunderland	(1922-02-22)22 February 1922 (aged 27)	31	1	Ipswich Town	May 1948	Free transfer
Bob Neville	OL		Colchester	(1925-10-04)4 October 1925 (aged 23)	7	2	Rowhedge	October 1946	Free transfer
Arthur Turner	CF		Poplar	(1921-01-22)22 January 1921 (aged 28)	111	83	Charlton Athletic	September 1946	Free transfer

1. Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game in his second spell for the club
2. ^ Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
July 1949	WG		José Gallego	Southampton	Free transfer
August 1949	WH		Bill Layton	Bradford Park Avenue	£800
20 August 1949	CB		Reg Stewart	Sheffield Wednesday	£1,000 (paid on joining Football League in 1950)
8 September 1949	WH		John Moore	Brentford	£1,000
8 October 1949	FB		Doug Beach	Southend United	Free transfer
20 October 1949	CB		Ronnie Sales	Leyton Orient	Free transfer
22 October 1949	CF		John Sharpe	Southampton	Trial

• Total spending: ~ £2,800

1. ^ Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club
2. Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game in his second spell for the club

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
End of season	GK		Harry Wright	Guildford City	Coach
End of season	WH		Wally Nunn	Guildford City	Free transfer
End of season	WH/IR		Frank Stamper	Hartlepools United	Undisclosed
End of season	WG		Norman George	Free agent	Released
End of season	IF		Andy Brown	Kidderminster Harriers	Free transfer
End of season	IR		Ray Townrow	Clacton Town	Free transfer
May 1949	WH		Alf Miller	Colchester United	Coaching staff
10 September 1949	CF		Len Cater	Clacton Town	Free transfer
1 October 1949	FB		Bill Bower	Sudbury Town	Free transfer
20 October 1949	CB		Ronnie Sales	Hartlepools United	Free
22 October 1949	CF		John Sharpe	Free agent	End of trial

1. ^ Date of departure refers to the date of the player's final game for the club

Match details

Southern League

League table

Matches

20 August 1949 (1949-08-20) 1	Colchester United	3–0	Weymouth	Colchester
	Layton Curry	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 9,897

27 August 1949 (1949-08-27) 2	Colchester United	4–1	Headington United	Colchester
	Own goal Curry Keeble	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 9,203

1 September 1949 (1949-09-01) 3	Gloucester City	2–3	Colchester United	Gloucester
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	Cutting Keeble	Stadium: Longlevens

3 September 1949 (1949-09-03) 4	Bath City	1–1	Colchester United	Bath
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	Bearryman	Stadium: Twerton Park

8 September 1949 (1949-09-08) 5	Chingford Town	3–1	Colchester United	Chingford
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	Curry	Stadium: Newgate Street

10 September 1949 (1949-09-10) 6	Chelmsford City	2–2	Colchester United	Chelmsford
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	Allen (pen.) Keeble	Stadium: New Writtle Street

14 September 1949 (1949-09-14) 7	Cheltenham Town	1–3	Colchester United	Cheltenham
	Crowe	Report	Gallego 48' Curry 67' Foxall 74'	Stadium: Whaddon Road

17 September 1949 (1949-09-17) 8	Colchester United	4–1	Chelmsford City	Colchester
	Allen (pen.) Cutting Keeble	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 14,718

22 September 1949 (1949-09-22) 9	Colchester United	4–1	Worcester City	Colchester
	Curry Bearryman Keeble	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 8,542

24 September 1949 (1949-09-24) 10	Colchester United	2–1	Gillingham	Colchester
	Curry Keeble	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 10,942

29 September 1949 (1949-09-29) 11	Colchester United	3–2	Hereford United	Colchester
	Allen Cutting Keeble	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,998

1 October 1949 (1949-10-01) 12	Dartford	2–0	Colchester United	Dartford
	Unknown goalscorer	Report		Stadium: Watling Street

8 October 1949 (1949-10-08) 13	Colchester United	5–0	Bath City	Colchester
	Curry Cutting Foxall Keeble	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 9,003

15 October 1949 (1949-10-15) 14	Tonbridge	0–2	Colchester United	Tonbridge
		Report	Keeble	Stadium: Angel Ground

20 October 1949 (1949-10-20) 15	Lovell's Athletic	1–2	Colchester United	Newport
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	Curry Keeble	Stadium: Rexville

22 October 1949 (1949-10-22) 16	Colchester United	2–1	Yeovil Town	Colchester
	Cutting	Report	Foulds	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 10,632

29 October 1949 (1949-10-29) 17	Torquay United Reserves	3–5	Colchester United	Torquay
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	Curry Hillman Keeble	Stadium: Plainmoor

5 November 1949 (1949-11-05) 18	Colchester United	4–0	Lovell's Athletic	Colchester
	Layton (pen.) Curry Keeble	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,231

19 November 1949 (1949-11-19) 19	Colchester United	8–0	Kidderminster Harriers	Colchester
	Curry Cutting Bearryman Foxall Keeble	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 7,320

26 November 1949 (1949-11-26) 20	Exeter City Reserves	2–3	Colchester United	Exeter
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	Curry Keeble	Stadium: St James Park

10 December 1949 (1949-12-10) 22	Colchester United	1–0	Hastings United	Colchester
	Layton	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,536

24 December 1949 (1949-12-24) 23	Bedford Town	2–4	Colchester United	Bedford
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	Curry Cutting Keeble	Stadium: The Eyrie

26 December 1949 (1949-12-26) 24	Colchester United	1–0	Bedford Town	Colchester
	Cutting	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 9,083

27 December 1949 (1949-12-27) 25	Hastings United	0–5	Colchester United	Hastings
		Report	Cutting Foxall Keeble	Stadium: The Pilot Field

31 December 1949 (1949-12-31) 26	Colchester United	3–0	Merthyr Tydfil	Colchester
	Cutting Keeble	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 9,957

7 January 1950 (1950-01-07) 27	Colchester United	6–1	Gloucester City	Colchester
	Cutting 33' Foxall 43' Lawson 60' (o.g.) Keeble 67', 70' Layton 72'	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 8,329

14 January 1950 (1950-01-14) 28	Colchester United	2–0	Barry Town	Colchester
	Layton Keeble	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 9,131

28 January 1950 (1950-01-28) 29	Gravesend & Northfleet	2–1	Colchester United	Northfleet
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	Keeble	Stadium: Stonebridge Road

4 February 1950 (1950-02-04) 30	Headington United	2–3	Colchester United	Oxford
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	Curry Cutting Keeble	Stadium: Manor Ground

11 February 1950 (1950-02-11) 31	Colchester United	3–0	Chingford Town	Colchester
	Curry Cutting	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 7,797

4 March 1950 (1950-03-04) 32	Hereford United	0–1	Colchester United	Hereford
		Report	Curry	Stadium: Edgar Street

18 March 1950 (1950-03-18) 33	Worcester City	1–3	Colchester United	Worcester
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	Layton (pen.) Hillman Keeble	Stadium: St George's Lane

23 March 1950 (1950-03-23) 34	Colchester United	2–2	Cheltenham Town	Colchester
	Hillman Cutting	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,352

25 March 1950 (1950-03-25) 35	Kidderminster Harriers	1–1	Colchester United	Kidderminster
	McGowan	Report	Keeble	Stadium: Aggborough

1 April 1950 (1950-04-01) 36	Yeovil Town	1–0	Colchester United	Yeovil
	Mansley	Report		Stadium: Huish Athletic Ground

7 April 1950 (1950-04-07) 37	Colchester United	2–1	Guildford City	Colchester
	Cutting	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 10,841

8 April 1950 (1950-04-08) 38	Colchester United	1–0	Dartford	Colchester
	Keeble	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 8,443

10 April 1950 (1950-04-10) 39	Guildford City	1–1	Colchester United	Guildford
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	Keeble	Stadium: St Joseph's Road

13 April 1950 (1950-04-13) 40	Colchester United	2–0	Tonbridge	Colchester
	Layton Keeble	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,003

20 April 1950 (1950-04-20) 42	Colchester United	2–2	Gravesend & Northfleet	Colchester
	Cutting Keeble	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 7,549

22 April 1950 (1950-04-22) 43	Colchester United	3–0	Exeter City Reserves	Colchester
	Own goal Hillman Keeble	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 8,111

26 April 1950 (1950-04-26) 44	Merthyr Tydfil	5–0	Colchester United	Merthyr Tydfil
	Unknown goalscorer	Report		Stadium: Penydarren Park

29 April 1950 (1950-04-29) 45	Gillingham	6–1	Colchester United	Gillingham
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	Keeble	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium

Southern League Cup

12 October 1949 (1949-10-12) 2nd round	Gillingham	0–1	Colchester United	Gillingham
		Report	Curry	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,639

21 January 1950 (1950-01-21) 3rd round	Chelmsford City	1–2	Colchester United	Chelmsford
	Unknown goalscorer	Report	Cutting Bearryman	Stadium: New Writtle Street

11 March 1950 (1950-03-11) Semi-final	Colchester United	3–2	Tonbridge	Colchester
	Curry Keeble	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 10,130

27 April 1950 (1950-04-27) Final 1st leg	Bath City	0–3	Colchester United	Bath
		Report	Hillman Cutting	Stadium: Twerton Park

3 May 1950 (1950-05-03) Final 2nd leg	Colchester United	3–4 (a.e.t.) (6–4 agg.)	Bath City	Colchester
	Hillman Keeble	Report	Hawkins Kelly Mills Snook	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 7,600

FA Cup

12 November 1949 (1949-11-12) 4th qualifying round	Wealdstone	1–0	Colchester United	Ruislip
	Saunders 28'	Report		Stadium: Lower Mead Attendance: 9,549

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Southern League		Southern League Cup		FA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	George Wright	52	0	46	0	5	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Doug Beach	35	0	30	0	4	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Digger Kettle	44	0	39	0	4	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Reg Stewart	51	0	45	0	5	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Harry Bearryman	52	4	46	3	5	1	1	0
	MF	ENG	Bill Layton	43	7	37	7	5	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	John Moore	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Bob Allen	17	3	16	3	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Bob Curry	42	22	37	20	4	2	1	0
	FW	ENG	Fred Cutting	52	24	46	21	5	3	1	0
	FW	ENG	Stan Foxall	51	5	45	5	5	0	1	0
	FW	ESP	José Gallego	8	1	8	1	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Dennis Hillman	41	6	35	4	5	2	1	0
	FW	ENG	Vic Keeble	51	46	45	42	5	4	1	0
	FW	ENG	Denis Maffey	6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Arthur Turner	6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season
	DF	WAL	Bill Bower	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Ronnie Sales	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Len Cater	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		John Sharpe	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Place	Nationality	Position	Name	Southern League	Southern League Cup	FA Cup	Total
1		CF	Vic Keeble	42	4	0	46
2		IF	Fred Cutting	21	3	0	24
3		IF	Bob Curry	20	2	0	22
4		WH	Bill Layton	7	0	0	7
5		WG	Dennis Hillman	4	2	0	6
6		WG	Stan Foxall	5	0	0	5
7		WH	Harry Bearryman	3	1	0	4
8		WG	Bob Allen	3	0	0	3
9		WG	José Gallego	1	0	0	1
			Own goals	3	0	0	3
			TOTALS	109	12	0	121

Clean sheets

Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.

Place	Nationality	Player	Southern League	Southern League Cup	FA Cup	Total
1		George Wright	18	2	0	20
		TOTALS	18	2	0	20

Player debuts

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

Position	Nationality	Player	Date	Opponent	Ground	Notes
WH		Bill Layton	20 August 1949	Weymouth	Layer Road
CB		Reg Stewart	20 August 1949	Weymouth	Layer Road
WG		José Gallego	20 August 1949	Weymouth	Layer Road
WH		John Moore	8 September 1949	Chingford Town	Newgate Street
FB		Doug Beach	8 October 1949	Chelmsford City	Layer Road
CB		Ronnie Sales	20 October 1949	Lovell's Athletic	Rexville
CF		John Sharpe	22 October 1949	Yeovil Town	Layer Road

1. Second debut for the club

See also

• List of Colchester United F.C. seasons

References

General

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.

Specific

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6. "Four new clubs for the Football League". The Coventry Evening Telegraph. 3 June 1950. p. 11. Retrieved 8 May 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive. The Football League, at their annual meeting in London to-day, agreed to extend the Third Division by two clubs in each section. Gillingham and Colchester United were elected to the South Section ...
7. "Bigger English League". Belfast Telegraph. Belfast. 3 June 1950. p. 5. Retrieved 8 May 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive. In the Southern Section Gillingham (44 votes) and Colchester United (28) were elected.
8. "Four New League Clubs". The Times. 5 June 1950. p. 7. Retrieved 12 May 2019 – via The Times Archive. The Annual Meeting of the Football League was held in London on Saturday when each section of the Third Division was increased from 22 clubs to 24. The new clubs selected were Gillingham and Colchester United, to the Southern section, ...
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