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Colchester United

1969–70 season
Chairman	Bill Graver
Manager	Dick Graham
Stadium	Layer Road
Fourth Division	10th
FA Cup	1st round (eliminated by Newport County)
League Cup	2nd round (eliminated by Ipswich Town)
Top goalscorer	League: Ken Jones (16) All: Ken Jones (16)
Highest home attendance	7,133 v Peterborough United, 25 August 1969
Lowest home attendance	2,571 v Darlington, 20 December 1969
Average home league attendance	4,664
Biggest win	3–0 v Reading, 20 August 1969 v Workington, 24 January 1970 v York City, 28 February 1970 4–1 v Chesterfield, 2 March 1970
Biggest defeat	0–4 v Ipswich Town, 3 September 1969
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The 1969–70 season was Colchester United's 28th season in their history and their second 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.

Colchester ended an injury blighted season in tenth position in the Fourth Division, while they were knocked out in the first round of the FA Cup by Newport County, and in the second round of the League Cup by neighbours and rivals Ipswich Town in their heaviest defeat of the campaign.

Season overview

For the new season, manager Dick Graham employed a new policy of recruiting older, more experienced players. He said:

I believe in signing players who have done something big and giving them a new lease of life

He brought in Bobby Cram, formerly of West Bromwich Albion and hitherto playing in Canada, to become his captain for the season, while also paying £5,000 for Ken Jones from Millwall.

An eleven-game unbeaten home run gave Colchester a chance for a promotion push, but an expanding injury list held back the U's progress. Trainer Dennis Mochan made a final appearance for the club during the campaign having taking up a coaching position at the end of the previous season. The club finished in tenth place, while exiting both Cups in the early rounds; a defeat to Newport County in the first round of the FA Cup, and a second round defeat to Ipswich Town in the League Cup.

Players

As of match played 28 April 1970.

Name	Position	Nationality	Place of birth	Date of birth	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
Graham Smith	GK		Liverpool	(1947-11-02)2 November 1947 (aged 21)	0	0	Notts County	Summer 1969	Free transfer
Ron Willis	GK		Romford	(1947-12-27)27 December 1947 (aged 21)	3	0	Charlton Athletic	October 1968	£1,500
Defenders
Dave Bickles	CB		West Ham	(1944-04-06)6 April 1944 (aged 25)	35	3	Crystal Palace	28 September 1968	Free transfer
Micky Cook	FB		Enfield	(1951-04-09)9 April 1951 (aged 18)	0	0	Orient	1 March 1969	Free transfer
Bobby Cram	FB		Hetton-le-Hole	(1939-11-19)19 November 1939 (aged 29)	0	0	Vancouver Royals	17 January 1970	Free transfer
Alan Dennis	CB		Colchester	(1951-02-22)22 February 1951 (aged 18)	0	0	Apprentice	April 1967	Free transfer
Brian Hall	LB		Burbage	(1939-03-09)9 March 1939 (aged 30)	204	22	Mansfield Town	March 1965	Free transfer
Bert Howe	FB		Charlton	(1938-11-16)16 November 1938 (aged 30)	0	0	Orient	Summer 1969	Free transfer
Bobby Howlett	CB		West Ham	(1948-12-12)12 December 1948 (aged 20)	0	0	Southend United	Summer 1968	Free transfer
Adrian Webster	DF		Colchester	(1951-11-06)6 November 1951 (aged 17)	0	0	Apprentice	July 1968	Free transfer
Brian Wood	CB		Hamworthy	(1940-12-08)8 December 1940 (aged 28)	30	1	Orient	14 September 1968	£4,000
Midfielders
Steve Foley	MF		Clacton-on-Sea	(1953-06-21)21 June 1953 (aged 15)	0	0	Apprentice	July 1969	Free transfer
Ken Jones	MF		Keighley	(1941-02-09)9 February 1941 (aged 28)	0	0	Millwall	November 1969	£5,000
Roger Joslyn	MF		Colchester	(1950-05-07)7 May 1950 (aged 19)	53	3	Apprentice	23 December 1967	Free transfer
Forwards
Micky Brown	WG		Farnham Common	(1944-04-11)11 April 1944 (aged 25)	22	3	Luton Town	26 October 1968	£3,000
Terry Dyson	WG		Malton	(1934-11-29)29 November 1934 (aged 34)	43	3	Fulham	24 August 1968	Free transfer
Brian Gibbs	FW		Gillingham	(1936-10-06)6 October 1936 (aged 32)	38	11	Gillingham	September 1968	£8,000
Danny Light	FW		Chiswick	(1948-07-10)10 July 1948 (aged 20)	45	14	Crystal Palace	August 1968	£4,000
Roy Massey	FW		Mexborough	(1943-09-10)10 September 1943 (aged 25)	0	0	Orient	July 1969	£5,000
Jim Oliver	FW		Falkirk	(1941-12-03)3 December 1941 (aged 27)	58	10	Brighton & Hove Albion	January 1968	£2,000
Ray Whittaker	WG		Bow	(1945-01-15)15 January 1945 (aged 24)	0	0	Luton Town	9 August 1969	Free transfer

1. ^ 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.
Summer 1969	GK		Graham Smith	Notts County	Free transfer
Summer 1969	FB		Bert Howe	Orient	Free transfer
Summer 1969	WG		Steve Pitt	Tottenham Hotspur	Free transfer
July 1969	MF		Steve Foley	Apprentice	Free transfer
July 1969	FW		Roy Massey	Orient	£5,000
9 August 1969	WG		Ray Whittaker	Luton Town	Free transfer
November 1969	MF		Ken Jones	Millwall	£5,000
17 January 1970	FB		Bobby Cram	Vancouver Royals	Free transfer

• Total spending: ~ £10,000

1. ^ Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
End of season	CB		Brian Honeywood	Chelmsford City	Free transfer
Summer 1969	WG		Johnny Martin	Workington	Released
31 May 1969	WG		Terry Price	Chelmsford City	Free transfer
1 July 1969	GK		Ernie Adams	Crewe Alexandra	Free transfer
August 1969	GK		Tony Macedo	Durban City	£6,000
5 August 1969	FB		Owen Simpson	Southend United	£4,000
October 1969	WG		Steve Pitt	Stevenage Borough	Released
25 October 1969	FB		Dennis Mochan	Colchester United	Coaching staff

• Total incoming: ~ £10,000

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

Loans in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
11 October 1969	FB		Eddie Presland	Crystal Palace	8 November 1969
1 November 1969	WG		Malcolm Slater	Orient	25 November 1969

1. ^ Loan start and end dates refer to the date of the player's first and final games for the club

Match details

Fourth Division

Results round by round

League table

1. The two teams who scored the most goals in each division, and did not qualify for Europe and were not promoted, qualified for the Watney Cup.

Matches

9 August 1969 (1969-08-09) 1	Lincoln City	3–3	Colchester United	Lincoln
	Fletcher 20', 21' Harford 80'	Report	Gibbs 36', 56' Massey 75'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 6,761

16 August 1969 (1969-08-16) 2	Colchester United	2–0	Wrexham	Colchester
	Gibbs 52' Whittaker 61'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,292 Referee: N Graham

23 August 1969 (1969-08-23) 3	Notts County	1–1	Colchester United	Nottingham
	Hobson 32'	Report	Massey 21'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 4,901 Referee: A Seeley

25 August 1969 (1969-08-25) 4	Colchester United	2–1	Peterborough United	Colchester
	Hall 54' Gibbs 90'	Report Report	Moss 83'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 7,133 Referee: L Sinkins

6 September 1969 (1969-09-06) 6	Darlington	3–2	Colchester United	Darlington
	Melling 21' (pen.), 70' Robson 26'	Report	Massey 59', 84'	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 3,767 Referee: I Smith

13 September 1969 (1969-09-13) 7	Colchester United	1–0	Crewe Alexandra	Colchester
	Massey 69'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,084 Referee: N Paget

16 September 1969 (1969-09-16) 8	Oldham Athletic	1–2	Colchester United	Oldham
	Beardall 15'	Report	Massey 50' Brown 64'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 3,993 Referee: T Gill

27 September 1969 (1969-09-27) 10	Colchester United	1–1	Swansea City	Colchester
	Massey 60'	Report	Gwyther 74'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,748 Referee: A Green

29 September 1969 (1969-09-29) 11	Colchester United	0–2	Scunthorpe United	Colchester
		Report	Deere 52' Heath 57' (pen.)	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,328

4 October 1969 (1969-10-04) 12	Newport County	4–1	Colchester United	Newport
	Derrick 3' Hill 13', 35' Raybould 33'	Report	Whittaker 86'	Stadium: Somerton Park Attendance: 2,996 Referee: G Jones

6 October 1969 (1969-10-06) 13	Wrexham	4–2	Colchester United	Wrexham
	Smith 6', 9', 14' Park 8'	Report	Brown 4' Hall 60'	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 11,967

11 October 1969 (1969-10-11) 14	Colchester United	2–1	Bradford Park Avenue	Colchester
	Whittaker 67' Brown 90'	Report	Massie 32'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,440 Referee: J Lewis

18 October 1969 (1969-10-18) 15	York City	4–2	Colchester United	York
	Hall 25' (o.g.) Boyer 50', 82' Mahon 90'	Report	Brown 69' Hall 86'	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 3,961

25 October 1969 (1969-10-25) 16	Colchester United	0–1	Chester	Colchester
		Report	Bradbury 80'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,754 Referee: H Hackney

1 November 1969 (1969-11-01) 17	Aldershot	1–1	Colchester United	Aldershot
	Melia 23'	Report	Brown 40'	Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 5,966 Referee: W Hall

8 November 1969 (1969-11-08) 18	Colchester United	0–2	Southend United	Colchester
		Report Report	Clayton 20' McMillan 77'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,021 Referee: Ken Burns

22 November 1969 (1969-11-22) 19	Colchester United	3–2	Grimsby Town	Colchester
	Gibbs 56' Brown 59', 82'	Report	Brace 2' Hickman 84'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,474 Referee: F Bassett

25 November 1969 (1969-11-25) 20	Northampton Town	1–1	Colchester United	Northampton
	Kiernan 9'	Report	Brown 27'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 3,256 Referee: R Weedon

13 December 1969 (1969-12-13) 21	Crewe Alexandra	0–1	Colchester United	Crewe
		Report	Jones 22'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 2,670 Referee: K Styles

20 December 1969 (1969-12-20) 22	Colchester United	2–1	Darlington	Colchester
	Jones 21' Gibbs 57'	Report	Gauden 58'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,571 Referee: K Sweet

26 December 1969 (1969-12-26) 23	Colchester United	2–1	Notts County	Colchester
	Gibbs 35', 76'	Report	Ryan 42'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,789

10 January 1970 (1970-01-10) 24	Colchester United	1–1	Hartlepool	Colchester
	Jones 29'	Report Report	Kirk 75'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,200 Referee: J Sier

17 January 1970 (1970-01-17) 25	Swansea City	1–0	Colchester United	Swansea
	Thomas 1'	Report		Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 8,008

24 January 1970 (1970-01-24) 26	Colchester United	3–0	Workington	Colchester
	Whittaker 30' Gibbs 39' Jones 45'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,265 Referee: K Wynn

27 January 1970 (1970-01-27) 27	Scunthorpe United	1–1	Colchester United	Scunthorpe
	Cassidy 18'	Report	Jones 78'	Stadium: Old Showground Attendance: 6,276 Referee: J Thacker

31 January 1970 (1970-01-31) 28	Colchester United	1–1	Newport County	Colchester
	Gibbs 16'	Report	Wood o.g.'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,679 Referee: H Ellis

7 February 1970 (1970-02-07) 29	Bradford Park Avenue	0–1	Colchester United	Bradford
		Report	Brown 6'	Stadium: Park Avenue Attendance: 2,972 Referee: C Robinson

21 February 1970 (1970-02-21) 30	Southend United	2–1	Colchester United	Southend-on-Sea
	Best 9' Moore 76'	Report Report	Oliver 31'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 6,778 Referee: G Hartley

28 February 1970 (1970-02-28) 31	Colchester United	3–0	York City	Colchester
	Jones 21', 70' Gibbs 73'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,803 Referee: I Hunting

2 March 1970 (1970-03-02) 32	Colchester United	4–1	Chesterfield	Colchester
	Wood 30' Jones 39', 60' Gibbs 85'	Report	Pugh 47'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,665 Referee: R Johnson

11 March 1970 (1970-03-11) 33	Exeter City	2–1	Colchester United	Exeter
	Mitten 30' Banks 82'	Report	Jones 75'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 4,010 Referee: T Reynolds

14 March 1970 (1970-03-14) 34	Colchester United	1–1	Brentford	Colchester
	Jones 58'	Report	Ross 37'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,878 Referee: J Yates

18 March 1970 (1970-03-18) 35	Workington	1–1	Colchester United	Workington
	Spencer 47'	Report	Jones 60'	Stadium: Borough Park Attendance: 2,368 Referee: P Baldwin

21 March 1970 (1970-03-21) 36	Chesterfield	2–0	Colchester United	Chesterfield
	Randall 33' Moss 86'	Report		Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 9,257

27 March 1970 (1970-03-27) 37	Colchester United	3–1	Aldershot	Colchester
	Jones 16', 46' (pen.) Howe 44'	Report	Brown 58'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,163 Referee: Kevin Howley

28 March 1970 (1970-03-28) 38	Colchester United	2–1	Exeter City	Colchester
	Gibbs 3' Jones 72'	Report	Wingate 20'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,842 Referee: K Styles

1 April 1970 (1970-04-01) 39	Chester	1–0	Colchester United	Chester
	Tarbuck 82'	Report		Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 2,580 Referee: B Golightly

4 April 1970 (1970-04-04) 40	Peterborough United	1–1	Colchester United	Peterborough
	Hall 53'	Report Report	Jones 7'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 4,165 Referee: A Hart

6 April 1970 (1970-04-06) 41	Colchester United	0–3	Northampton Town	Colchester
		Report	McNeil 24', 43', 50'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,776

13 April 1970 (1970-04-13) 42	Colchester United	3–1	Oldham Athletic	Colchester
	Whittaker 5' Joslyn 24' Hall 60'	Report	Blore 23'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,921 Referee: Ron Challis

18 April 1970 (1970-04-18) 43	Brentford	2–0	Colchester United	Brentford
	Renwick 12' Docherty 63'	Report		Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 4,720

22 April 1970 (1970-04-22) 44	Colchester United	2–0	Lincoln City	Colchester
	Whittaker 13', 18'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,611

25 April 1970 (1970-04-25) 45	Port Vale	1–1	Colchester United	Burslem
	McLaren 38'	Report	Dyson 75'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 5,626 Referee: W Wallace

28 April 1970 (1970-04-28) 46	Grimsby Town	5–3	Colchester United	Cleethorpes
	Oates 20', 41' Hickman 56', 71', 82'	Report	Light 44', 63' Gibbs 55'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 2,074 Referee: A Bone

League Cup

13 August 1969 (1969-08-13) 1st round	Colchester United	1–1	Reading	Colchester
	Massey 9'	Report	Harris 43' (pen.)	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,165

20 August 1969 (1969-08-20) 1st round replay	Reading	0–3	Colchester United	Reading
		Report	Massey 43', 72', 83'	Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 11,065 Referee: Ron Challis

3 September 1969 (1969-09-03) 2nd round	Ipswich Town	4–0	Colchester United	Ipswich
	Carroll 21' Mills 49' Brogan 80' (pen.), 81' (pen.)	Report Report		Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 19,012 Referee: R Paine

FA Cup

15 November 1969 (1969-11-15) 1st round	Newport County	2–1	Colchester United	Newport
	White 1' Thomas 50'	Report	Ferguson 24' (o.g.)	Stadium: Somerton Park Attendance: 4,224 Referee: J Sier

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Fourth Division		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Graham Smith	46	0	43	0	1	0	2	0
	GK	ENG	Ron Willis	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Dave Bickles	36	0	33	0	1	0	2	0
	DF	ENG	Micky Cook	21	0	19+1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Bobby Cram	21	0	21	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Alan Dennis	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Brian Hall	49	4	45	4	1	0	3	0
	DF	ENG	Bert Howe	30	1	29	1	0	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Bobby Howlett	18	0	10+6	0	0	0	1+1	0
	DF	ENG	Brian Wood	47	1	43	1	1	0	3	0
	MF	ENG	Ken Jones	28	16	28	16	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Roger Joslyn	45	1	38+4	1	0	0	2+1	0
	FW	ENG	Micky Brown	36	9	30+2	9	1	0	3	0
	FW	ENG	Terry Dyson	15	1	13+2	1	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Brian Gibbs	45	14	41	14	1	0	3	0
	FW	ENG	Danny Light	28	2	23+1	2	1	0	3	0
	FW	ENG	Roy Massey	23	11	18+1	7	1	0	3	4
	FW	SCO	Jim Oliver	22	1	17+2	1	0+1	0	2	0
	FW	ENG	Ray Whittaker	41	7	36+1	7	1	0	3	0
Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season
	DF	SCO	Dennis Mochan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Eddie Presland	6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Steve Pitt	7	0	4+2	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	Malcolm Slater	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Place	Nationality	Position	Name	Fourth Division	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1		MF	Ken Jones	16	0	0	16
2		FW	Brian Gibbs	14	0	0	14
3		FW	Roy Massey	7	0	4	11
4		WG	Micky Brown	9	0	0	9
5		WG	Ray Whittaker	7	0	0	7
6		LB	Brian Hall	4	0	0	4
7		FW	Danny Light	2	0	0	2
8		WG	Terry Dyson	1	0	0	1
		FB	Bert Howe	1	0	0	1
		MF	Roger Joslyn	1	0	0	1
		FW	Jim Oliver	1	0	0	1
		CB	Brian Wood	1	0	0	1
			Own goals	0	1	0	1
			TOTALS	64	1	4	69

Disciplinary record

Nationality	Position	Name	Fourth Division		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
	WG	Terry Dyson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	Brian Gibbs	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	LB	Brian Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FB	Bert Howe	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	CB	Bobby Howlett	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	Jim Oliver	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	WG	Malcolm Slater	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
		TOTALS	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0

Clean sheets

Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.

Place	Nationality	Player	Fourth Division	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1		Graham Smith	9	0	1	10
		TOTALS	9	0	1	10

Player debuts

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

Position	Nationality	Player	Date	Opponent	Ground	Notes
GK		Graham Smith	9 August 1969	Lincoln City	Sincil Bank
FB		Bert Howe	9 August 1969	Lincoln City	Sincil Bank
CB		Bobby Howlett	9 August 1969	Lincoln City	Sincil Bank
FW		Roy Massey	9 August 1969	Lincoln City	Sincil Bank
WG		Steve Pitt	9 August 1969	Lincoln City	Sincil Bank
WG		Ray Whittaker	9 August 1969	Lincoln City	Sincil Bank
FB		Micky Cook	6 October 1969	Wrexham	Racecourse Ground
FB		Eddie Presland	11 October 1969	Bradford Park Avenue	Layer Road
WG		Malcolm Slater	1 November 1969	Aldershot	Recreation Ground
MF		Ken Jones	22 November 1969	Grimsby Town	Layer Road
FB		Bobby Cram	17 January 1970	Swansea City	Vetch Field
CB		Alan Dennis	22 April 1970	Lincoln City	Layer Road

See also

• List of Colchester United F.C. seasons

References

General

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

Websites

• "Colchester United football club match record: 1970". 11v11.com. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
• "Chester Fixtures 1969/70". Chester FC. Retrieved 5 February 2017.

Specific

1. Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 278. ISBN 978-1-85983-629-3.
2. "Colchester Utd 2–1 Peterborough United". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
3. "Colchester Utd 2–1 Darlington". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
4. "Average Attendance Figures Per Season". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
5. Hudson, Matt (11 July 2012). "The 1950s and 1960s". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
6. ^ "Appearances". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
7. "Graham Smith". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
8. "Bert Howe". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
9. ^ "Steve Pitt". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
10. "Steve Foley". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
11. "Roy Massey". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
12. "Ray Whittaker". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
13. "Ken Jones". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
14. "Bobby Cram". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
15. "Brian Honeywood". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
16. "Johnny Martin". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
17. "Terry Price". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
18. "Ernie Adams". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
19. "Tony Macedo". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
20. "Owen Simpson". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
21. "Dennis Mochan". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
22. "Eddie Presland". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
23. "Malcolm Slater". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
24. ^ "Goals". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
25. "Discipline". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
26. "Clean sheets (1st team)". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
27. "Alltime- List of Debuts". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2017.

• Colchester United F.C. seasons
• English football clubs 1969–70 season