1968–69 Colchester United F.C. season

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Season Review

Colchester's new manager was Dick Graham. He had led Crystal Palace from the Fourth to the Second Division and his mandate was clear. Graham needed to emulate his work at Selhurst Park. After seven games and one point Graham savaged his inherited squad, axing six players and selling Duncan Forbes and Derek Trevis for a combined fee of £19,000. He brought in a number of players including goalkeeper Tony Macedo and former Spurs double-winner Terry Dyson. The U's proceeded to earn 33 points from a possible 42 reaching fourth place.

A disappointing Easter period when they faced rivals Bradford, Halifax and Swansea realised just two draws and United finished 1968–69 in 6th position just four points short of promotion.^[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	Tony Macedo
––	GK	Ron Willis
––	DF	Dave Bickles
––	DF	Brian Hall
––	DF	Brian Honeywood
––	DF	Dennis Mochan
––	DF	Owen Simpson

No.	Position	Player
––	DF	Brian Wood
––	MF	Micky Brown
––	MF	Terry Dyson
––	MF	Roger Joslyn
––	FW	Brian Gibbs
––	FW	Danny Light
––	FW	Jim Oliver

Player Info

Pos.	Name	Place of Birth	Date of Birth	Previous Club	Date Joined	Fee
GK	Tony Macedo	Gibraltar	22 February 1938	Fulham	7 September 1968	£6,000
GK	Ron Willis	Romford	27 December 1947	Charlton Athletic	23 November 1968	£2,000
DF	Dave Bickles	West Ham	6 April 1944	Crystal Palace	28 September 1968	Free
DF	Brian Hall	Burbage	9 March 1939	Mansfield Town	6 March 1965	Free
DF	Brian Honeywood	Chelmsford	8 May 1949	Ipswich Town	10 August 1968	Free
DF	Dennis Mochan	Falkirk	12 December 1935	Nottingham Forest	24 September 1966	Free
DF	Owen Simpson	Mickley	18 December 1943	Leyton Orient	10 August 1968	Free
DF	Brian Wood	Hamworthy	8 December 1940	Leyton Orient	14 September 1968	£4,000
MF	Micky Brown	Slough	11 April 1944	Luton Town	26 October 1968	Free
MF	Terry Dyson	Malton	29 November 1934	Fulham	24 August 1968	Free
MF	Roger Joslyn	Colchester	7 May 1950	Youth Team	1 August 1967	Free
FW	Brian Gibbs	Gillingham	6 October 1936	Gillingham	14 September 1968	£6,000
FW	Danny Light	Chiswick	10 July 1948	Crystal Palace	24 August 1968	£4,000
FW	Jim Oliver	Falkirk	3 December 1941	Brighton & Hove Albion	24 February 1968	£2,000

Transfers

Transfers In

Date	Pos.	Player Name	Previous Club	Transfer Fee	Notes
10 August 1968	DF	Brian Honeywood	Ipswich Town	Free
10 August 1968	DF	Colin Moughton	Queens Park Rangers	Free
10 August 1968	DF	Owen Simpson	Leyton Orient	Free
24 August 1968	DF	Gerry Perryman	Northampton Town	Free
24 August 1968	MF	Terry Dyson	Fulham	Free
24 August 1968	FW	Danny Light	Crystal Palace	£4,000
14 September 1968	DF	Brian Wood	Leyton Orient	£4,000
14 September 1968	FW	Brian Gibbs	Gillingham	£6,000
28 September 1968	DF	Dave Bickles	Crystal Palace	Free
26 October 1968	MF	Micky Brown	Luton Town	Free
2 November 1968	GK	Tony Macedo	Fulham	£6,000
16 November 1968	FW	Ken O'Rourke	Arsenal	Free
23 November 1968	GK	Ron Willis	Charlton Athletic	£2,000
23 November 1968	MF	Barry Rowan	Detroit Cougars	Free

Transfers Out

Date	Pos.	Player Name	New Club	Transfer Fee	Notes
11 May 1968	DF	John Fowler	Released	Free
11 May 1968	DF	Mick Loughton	Brentwood Town	Free
11 May 1968	MF	Bobby Blackwood	Hawick Royal Albert	Free
26 August 1968	GK	Alan Buck	Poole Town	Free
26 August 1968	DF	Colin Moughton	Bedford Town	Free
26 August 1968	FW	Peter Barlow	Workington	Free
4 September 1968	GK	Ernie Adams	Crewe Alexandra	Free
4 September 1968	DF	Gerry Perryman	Corby Town	Free
4 September 1968	MF	John Mansfield	Brentwood Town	Free
7 September 1968	DF	Duncan Forbes	Norwich City	£10,000
20 September 1968	MF	Derek Trevis	Walsall	£11,000
23 November 1968	FW	Ken O'Rourke	Bedford Town	Free
7 December 1968	MF	Barry Rowan	Durban United	Free
28 February 1969	FW	Ken Hodgson	Poole Town	Free
22 March 1969	MF	Johnny Martin	Workington	Free
21 April 1969	FW	Terry Price	Chelmsford City	Free

Loans In

Date	Pos.	Player Name	Parent Club	Date Returned	Notes
31 August 1968	DF	Brian Wood	Leyton Orient	7 September 1968
7 September 1968	GK	Tony Macedo	Fulham	26 October 1968

Results

Fourth Division Results Summary

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Av	Pts
5	Darlington	46	17	18	11	62	45	1.378	52
6	Colchester United	46	20	12	14	57	53	1.075	52
7	Southend United	46	19	13	14	78	61	1.279	51

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

Fourth Division Results

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
10/08/1968	Brentford	A	0-4	7,580
17/08/1968	Rochdale	H	0-0	3,969
24/08/1968	Chester City	A	1-5	5,813	Simpson
26/08/1968	Scunthorpe United	H	0-4	3,771
31/08/1968	Doncaster Rovers	H	1-2	3,199	Simpson (pen.)
07/09/1968	York City	H	1-0	3,756	Light
14/09/1968	Bradford City	A	1-1	6,879	Light
16/09/1968	Chesterfield	A	2-0	4,693	Gibbs, Trevis
20/09/1968	Port Vale	H	1-0	6,441	Joslyn
28/09/1968	Exeter City	A	1-1	5,146	Simpson
04/10/1968	Grimsby Town	H	2-1	7,543	Gibbs (2)
08/10/1968	Scunthorpe United	A	3-2	2,748	Gibbs (2), Bickles
12/10/1968	Newport County	A	0-1	3,262
19/10/1968	Darlington	H	0-0	6,323
26/10/1968	Lincoln City	A	3-0	6,833	Peden (o.g.), Hall, Oliver
02/11/1968	Wrexham	H	2-1	5,806	Price, Oliver
04/11/1968	Workington	H	3-0	6,702	Light, Oliver, Price
09/11/1968	Bradford Park Avenue	A	1-2	2,011	Oliver
23/11/1968	Swansea City	A	0-2	5,080
29/11/1968	Southend United	H	4-0	10,604	Oliver, Simpson, Gibbs, Dyson (pen.)
14/12/1968	Newport County	H	2-1	3,532	Light, Wood
26/12/1968	Grimsby Town	A	4-2	5,559	Oliver, Bickles, Light (2)
11/01/1969	Wrexham	H	3-0	7,471	Gibbs, Light (2)
18/01/1969	Bradford Park Avenue	H	3-0	5,914	Hall, Dyson (pen.), Oliver
24/01/1969	Workington	A	1-0	2,584	Oliver
01/02/1969	Aldershot	A	2-1	8,383	Gibbs, Dyson
14/02/1969	Southend United	A	1-3	12,681	Light
22/02/1969	Notts County	H	1-1	6,612	Gibbs
28/02/1969	Brentford	H	2-1	7,268	Joslyn, Light
04/03/1969	Halifax Town	A	1-2	3,400	Shawcross (o.g.)
08/03/1969	Rochdale	H	0-4	4,988
10/03/1969	Aldershot	H	2-0	6,577	Hall, Light
14/03/1969	Chester City	H	1-1	7,312	Oliver
22/03/1969	Doncaster Rovers	A	0-1	10,799
24/03/1969	Lincoln City	H	1-1	6,787	Joslyn
29/03/1969	York City	A	0-2	3,140
04/04/1969	Chesterfield	H	1-0	7,180	Brown
05/04/1969	Exeter City	H	1-0	5,650	Light
08/04/1969	Peterborough United	A	1-0	6,548	Brown
12/04/1969	Port Vale	A	0-0	3,774
14/04/1969	Peterborough United	H	2-2	6,564	Brown, Bickles
18/04/1969	Bradford City	H	1-1	8,196	Gibbs
21/04/1969	Halifax Town	H	0-0	7,429
25/04/1969	Swansea City	H	0-1	7,136
28/04/1969	Darlington	A	1-1	7,505	Gibbs
02/05/1969	Notts County	A	0-2	3,576

Source: 1968-69 Season Colchester United Results - coludata.co.uk

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14/08/1968	R1	Reading	H	2-0	3,824	Hall, Oliver (pen.)
04/09/1968	R2	Workington	H	0-1	3,523

Source: 1968-69 Season Colchester United Results - coludata.co.uk

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
16/11/1968	R1	Chesham United	H	5-0	5,497	Light (2), Hall (2), Price
07/12/1968	R2	Exeter City	H	0-1	6,180

Source: 1968-69 Season Colchester United Results - coludata.co.uk

Squad statistics

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No.	Nat.	Pos.	Name	Total		Division Four		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Nat.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
––	GK		Ernie Adams	6	0	4	0	0	0	2	0
––	GK		Alan Buck	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
––	GK		Tony Macedo	40	0	38	0	2	0	0	0
––	GK		Ron Willis	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
––	DF		Dave Bickles	35	3	34	3	1	0	0	0
––	DF		Duncan Forbes	8	0	6	0	0	0	2	0
––	DF		Brian Hall	50	6	46	3	2	2	2	1
––	DF		Brian Honeywood	21	0	18	0	1	0	2	0
––	DF		Dennis Mochan	43	0	41	0	2	0	0	0
––	DF		Colin Moughton	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
––	DF		Gerry Perryman	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
––	DF		Owen Simpson	45	4	43	4	1	0	1	0
––	DF		Brian Wood	30	1	28	1	2	0	0	0
––	MF		Micky Brown	22	3	20	3	2	0	0	0
––	MF		Terry Dyson	43	3	41	3	2	0	0	0
––	MF		Roger Joslyn	41	3	38	3	1	0	2	0
––	MF		John Mansfield	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	0
––	MF		Johnny Martin	9	0	7	0	0	0	2	0
––	MF		Terry Price	24	3	21	2	1	1	2	0
––	MF		Barry Rowan	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
––	MF		Derek Trevis	10	1	8	1	0	0	2	0
––	FW		Peter Barlow	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
––	FW		Brian Gibbs	38	11	37	11	1	0	0	0
––	FW		Ken Hodgson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
––	FW		Danny Light	45	14	43	12	2	2	0	0
––	FW		Jim Oliver	43	10	41	9	1	0	1	1
––	FW		Ken O'Rourke	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0

Scorers

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All

Scorer	Goals
Danny Light	14
Brian Gibbs	11
Jim Oliver	10
Brian Hall	6
Owen Simpson	4
Dave Bickles	3
Micky Brown
Terry Dyson
Roger Joslyn
Terry Price
Derek Trevis	1
Brian Wood	1
Own goal	2

League

Scorer	Goals
Danny Light	12
Brian Gibbs	11
Jim Oliver	9
Owen Simpson	4
Dave Bickles	3
Micky Brown
Terry Dyson
Brian Hall
Roger Joslyn
Terry Price	2
Derek Trevis	1
Brian Wood	1
Own goal	2

FA Cup

Scorer	Goals
Brian Hall	2
Danny Light	2
Terry Price	1

League Cup

Scorer	Goals
Brian Hall	1
Jim Oliver	1

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1968–69 Colchester United F.C. season

Contents

Season Review

Squad

Player Info

Transfers

Transfers In

Transfers Out

Loans In

Results

Fourth Division Results Summary

Fourth Division Results

League Cup

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