1964–65 Colchester United F.C. season

Colchester United
1964–65 season
Chairman	William Allen^[1]
Manager	Neil Franklin
Third Division	23rd (Relegated)
FA Cup	2nd Round
League Cup	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Billy Stark (13) All: Billy Stark (14)
Highest home attendance	6,074 (Peterborough United)
Lowest home attendance	2,528 (Port Vale)
Average home league attendance	3,737
← 1963–64 1965–66 →

The 1964–65 season was Colchester United's third consecutive season in the Football League Third Division. The season ended in relegation for only the second time in Colchester's history to the Football League Fourth Division.

Season Review

The biggest surprise of the 1964-65 season came when Peter Wright was not on the retained list. Playing his entire career as a part-timer Wright set the record for appearances in a United shirt completing 453 League and Cup games scoring 99 goals. He was only 30 at the time of his release.

Manager Neil Franklin also sold Martyn King to Wrexham in October 1964. This, and the sale of Bobby Hunt the previous season, did not impress the U's faithful. Bringing in 14 new players in just a season and a half proved too much of an upheaval for United. The loss of their prolific strike force was naturally the most devastating blow and only 50 League goals were scored. Inevitably United struggled throughout the season.

Franklin's first signings Derek Trevis and Duncan Forbes were ever-presents with Billy Stark being leading scorer with just 13 League goals. Colchester were relegated back to the Fourth Division with Franklin having already being given a year's contract extension mid-season. Average attendances hit an all-time low of 3,655 and the Supporters Club could only muster 997 members - a far cry from the heady days of the late 1940s.^[2]

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
––	GK	Alan Buck
––	GK	Sandy Kennon
––	DF	John Docherty
––	DF	Duncan Forbes
––	DF	John Fowler
––	DF	Brian Hall
––	DF	Tecwyn Jones
––	DF	Mick Loughton
––	DF	Ray Price

No.	Position	Player
––	MF	Barrie Aitchison
––	MF	Mike Grice
––	MF	John Mansfield
––	MF	Derek Trevis
––	FW	Bobby Hill
––	FW	Arthur Longbottom
––	FW	Gareth Salisbury
––	FW	Billy Stark

Player Info

Pos.	Name	Place of Birth	Date of Birth	Previous Club	Date Joined	Fee
GK	Alan Buck	Colchester	25 August 1946	Youth Team	1 August 1964	Free
GK	Sandy Kennon	Johannesburg	28 November 1933	Norwich City	6 March 1965	Free
DF	John Docherty	Glasgow	28 February 1935	Hearts	14 September 1963	Free
DF	Duncan Forbes	Edinburgh	19 June 1941	Musselburgh Athletic	14 April 1962	Free
DF	John Fowler	Leith	17 October 1933	Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	20 August 1955	Free
DF	Brian Hall	Burbage	9 March 1939	Mansfield Town	6 March 1965	Free
DF	Tecwyn Jones	Ruabon	27 January 1941	Wrexham	10 August 1964	Part-exchange
DF	Mick Loughton	Colchester	8 December 1942	Youth Team	1 August 1964	Free
DF	Ray Price	Hetton-le-Hole	18 May 1944	Norwich City	6 February 1965	Free
MF	Barrie Aitchison	Colchester	15 November 1937	Tottenham Hotspur	22 August 1964	£750
MF	Mike Grice	Woking	3 November 1931	Coventry City	18 August 1962	£1,000
MF	John Mansfield	Colchester	13 September 1946	Youth Team	1 August 1964	Free
MF	Derek Trevis	Birmingham	9 September 1942	Aston Villa	7 March 1964	Free
FW	Bobby Hill	Edinburgh	9 June 1938	Easthouses Lily	2 April 1956	Free
FW	Arthur Longbottom	Leeds	30 January 1933	Oxford United	10 October 1964	Free
FW	Gareth Salisbury	Caernarfon	11 March 1941	Luton Town	22 August 1964	Free
FW	Billy Stark	Glasgow	27 May 1937	Carlisle United	1 December 1962	£3,750

Transfers

Transfers In

Date	Pos.	Player Name	Previous Club	Transfer Fee	Notes
1 August 1964	GK	Alan Buck	Youth Team	Free
1 August 1964	DF	Mick Loughton	Youth Team	Free
1 August 1964	MF	John Mansfield	Youth Team	Free
22 August 1964	MF	Barrie Aitchison	Tottenham Hotspur	£750
22 August 1964	FW	Pat Connolly	Macclesfield Town	Free
22 August 1964	FW	Gareth Salisbury	Luton Town	Free
12 September 1964	MF	Noel Kearney	Ipswich Town	Free
10 October 1964	DF	Tecwyn Jones	Wrexham	Part-exchange	Part-exchange deal for Martyn King
10 October 1964	FW	Arthur Longbottom	Oxford United	Free
6 February 1965	DF	Ray Price	Norwich City	Free
6 March 1965	GK	Sandy Kennon	Norwich City	Free
6 March 1965	DF	Brian Hall	Mansfield Town	Free

Transfers Out

Date	Pos.	Player Name	New Club	Transfer Fee	Notes
1 May 1964	DF	Roy McCrohan	Bristol Rovers	Free
1 May 1964	DF	Keith Rutter	Ashford Town	Free
1 May 1964	MF	Peter Wright	Romford	Free
14 September 1964	FW	Tommy McColl	Chelsea	£7,500
4 October 1964	MF	Noel Kearney	Chelmsford City	Free
5 October 1964	DF	Richie Griffiths	Colchester Casuals	Free
10 October 1964	FW	Martyn King	Wrexham	Part-exchange	Part-exchange deal for Tecwyn Jones
31 October 1964	DF	Edgar Rumney	Sudbury Town	Free	Player-coach
25 February 1965	GK	Percy Ames	Romford	Free
16 April 1965	FW	Pat Connolly	Altrincham	Free

Results

Third Division Results Summary

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Av	Pts
22	Port Vale (R)	46	9	14	23	41	76	0.539	32
23	Colchester United (R)	46	10	10	26	50	89	0.562	30
24	Barnsley (R)	46	9	11	26	54	90	0.600	29

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GAv = Goal average; Pts = Points

Third Division Results

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
22/08/1964	Carlisle United	H	0-1	4,420
26/08/1964	Luton Town	A	1-3	9,797	Stark
29/08/1964	Port Vale	A	2-1	8,190	Salisbury, Stark
31/08/1964	Luton Town	H	0-1	5,115
05/09/1964	Hull City	H	1-2	3,310	Trevis
07/09/1964	Mansfield Town	A	1-0	11,573	McColl
12/09/1964	Brentford	H	0-3	3,977
14/09/1964	Mansfield Town	H	0-1	3,544
19/09/1964	Bristol Rovers	A	2-2	13,211	King, Stark
26/09/1964	Oldham Athletic	H	2-2	3,462	King, Trevis
30/09/1964	Grimsby Town	A	0-2	8,455
03/10/1964	Exeter City	H	0-2	5,800
05/10/1964	Grimsby Town	H	0-1	3,837
10/10/1964	Bristol City	A	1-1	9,983	Longbottom
14/10/1964	Bournemouth	A	1-3	7,526	Stark
17/10/1964	Queens Park Rangers	H	1-2	3,529	Longbottom
19/10/1964	Bournemouth	H	4-3	3,454	Aitchison, Longbottom (2), Stark
24/10/1964	Shrewsbury Town	A	0-3	4,770
26/10/1964	Workington	H	1-1	3,700	Connolly
31/10/1964	Reading	H	2-2	3,350	Longbottom
07/11/1964	Southend United	A	3-6	6,941	Connolly (2), Longbottom
20/11/1964	Scunthorpe United	A	0-0	7,454
28/11/1964	Walsall	H	2-1	3,394	Connolly, Stark
12/12/1964	Carlisle United	A	1-4	5,747	Aitchison
19/12/1964	Port Vale	H	2-0	2,528	Longbottom, Trevis
26/12/1964	Gillingham	A	1-2	10,692	Stark
28/12/1964	Gillingham	H	2-1	3,966	Trevis (2)
02/01/1965	Hull City	A	1-5	16,928	Stark
09/01/1965	Barnsley	H	4-1	2,824	Docherty, Longbottom (2), Stark
16/01/1965	Brentford	A	0-1	9,000
23/01/1965	Bristol Rovers	H	1-1	4,851	Stark
30/01/1965	Watford	A	0-3	5,720
06/02/1965	Oldham Athletic	A	1-3	6,926	Salisbury
13/02/1965	Exeter City	H	1-1	3,073	Longbottom
20/02/1965	Bristol City	H	2-3	2,905	Stark (2)
26/02/1965	Queens Park Rangers	A	0-5	4,462
06/03/1965	Watford	H	0-0	3,385
13/03/1965	Reading	A	1-1	5,502	Connolly
20/03/1965	Southend United	H	3-1	2,929	O.G., Connolly, Longbottom
26/03/1965	Barnsley	A	2-1	3,070	Hall, Loughton
03/04/1965	Scunthorpe United	H	2-1	3,212	Grice, Trevis
10/04/1965	Walsall	A	1-2	2,766	Longbottom
16/04/1965	Peterborough United	H	0-1	6,074
17/04/1965	Shrewsbury Town	H	0-4	3,058
19/04/1965	Peterborough United	A	1-4	6,262	Aitchison
23/04/1965	Workington	A	0-1	3,001

Source: 1964-65 Season Colchester United Results - coludata.co.uk

League Cup

Main article: 1964–65 Football League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
02/09/1964	R1	Torquay United	H	1-1	2,218	Aitchison
10/09/1964	R1 (R)	Torquay United	A	0-3	4,683

Source: 1964-65 Season Colchester United Results - coludata.co.uk

FA Cup

Main article: 1964–65 FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14/11/1964	R1	Bideford	H	3-3	4,566	Longbottom, Salisbury, Trevis
18/11/1964	R1 (R)	Bideford	A	2-1	4,513	Connolly, Stark
05/12/1964	R2	Torquay United	A	0-2	4,724

Source: 1964-65 Season Colchester United Results - coludata.co.uk

Squad statistics

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No.	Nat.	Pos.	Name	Total		Third Division		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Nat.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
––	GK		Percy Ames	30	0	26	0	2	0	2	0
––	GK		Alan Buck	11	0	10	0	1	0	0	0
––	GK		Sandy Kennon	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0
––	DF		John Docherty	46	1	41	1	3	0	2	0
––	DF		Duncan Forbes	51	0	46	0	3	0	2	0
––	DF		John Fowler	40	0	35	0	3	0	2	0
––	DF		Richie Griffiths	11	0	9	0	0	0	2	0
––	DF		Brian Hall	10	1	10	1	0	0	0	0
––	DF		Tecwyn Jones	25	0	25	0	0	0	0	0
––	DF		Mick Loughton	28	1	25	1	3	0	0	0
––	DF		Ray Price	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
––	DF		Edgar Rumney	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
––	MF		Barrie Aitchison	41	4	36	3	3	0	2	1
––	MF		Mike Grice	45	1	40	1	3	0	2	0
––	MF		Noel Kearney	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
––	MF		John Mansfield	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
––	MF		Derek Trevis	51	7	46	6	3	1	2	0
––	FW		Pat Connolly	25	7	21	6	3	1	1	0
––	FW		Bobby Hill	15	0	14	0	0	0	1	0
––	FW		Martyn King	7	2	6	2	0	0	1	0
––	FW		Arthur Longbottom	36	13	33	12	3	1	0	0
––	FW		Tommy McColl	6	1	4	1	0	0	2	0
––	FW		Gareth Salisbury	17	3	15	2	1	1	1	0
––	FW		Billy Stark	30	14	28	13	2	1	0	0

Scorers

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All

Scorer	Goals
Billy Stark	14
Arthur Longbottom	13
Pat Connolly	7
Derek Trevis	7
Barrie Aitchison	4
Gareth Salisbury	3
Martyn King	2
John Docherty	1
Mike Grice
Brian Hall
Mick Loughton
Tommy McColl
Own goal	1

League

Scorer	Goals
Billy Stark	13
Arthur Longbottom	12
Pat Connolly	6
Derek Trevis	6
Barrie Aitchison	3
Martyn King	2
Gareth Salisbury	2
John Docherty	1
Mike Grice
Brian Hall
Mick Loughton
Tommy McColl
Own goal	1

FA Cup

Scorer	Goals
Pat Connolly	1
Arthur Longbottom
Gareth Salisbury
Billy Stark
Derek Trevis

League Cup

Scorer	Goals
Barrie Aitchison	1

References

↑ 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.
↑ "The U's History: The 60s". Colchester United F.C. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
↑ "1964–65 Season Appearance Data". coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
↑ "1964–65 Season Goalscorers Data". coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2011.

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