1985–86 Colchester United F.C. season

The 1985–86 season was Colchester United's 44th season in their history and fifth consecutive season in fourth tier of English football, the Fourth Division. Alongside competing in the Fourth Division, the club also participated in the FA Cup, the League Cup and the Associate Members' Cup.

Colchester United
1985–86 season
ChairmanJonathan Crisp[1]
ManagerCyril Lea
(until 10 April)
Mike Walker
(from 10 April)
StadiumLayer Road
Fourth Division6th
FA Cup1st round
(eliminated by
Wycombe Wanderers)
League Cup1st round
(eliminated by
Millwall)
Associate Members' CupPreliminary round (southern section)
Top goalscorerLeague:
Tony Adcock (15)

All:
Tony Adcock (16)
Highest home attendance3,927
v Exeter City, 4 October 1985[2]
Lowest home attendance1,356
v Crewe Alexandra, 25 March 1986[3]
Average home league attendance2,253[4]
Biggest win5–0
v Peterborough United, 22 April 1986
Biggest defeat0–4
v Chester City, 6 November 1985

Colchester finished sixth in the league table come the end of the season, but were nine points distant of promoted Port Vale in fourth place. The U's were knocked out of the FA Cup by non-League opposition in Wycombe Wanderers in the first round, and exited the League Cup in the first round to Millwall. Despite a win against Southend United in the Associate Members' Cup, Colchester were defeated by Northampton Town who progressed from the group stages to the knockout phase of the competition.

Three weeks prior to the end of the season, manager Cyril Lea was sacked and replaced by former U's goalkeeper Mike Walker.

Season overview

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Following regulation changes in the wake of the Heysel Stadium disaster and the Bradford City stadium fire, Layer Road was facing £500,000 of safety improvements to bring the ground up to standards. With the club ailing financially, sections of the ground were closed, reducing capacity to 4,900.

Manager Cyril Lea continued a trend of recruiting former Ipswich Town by bringing in forwards Robin Turner and Trevor Whymark during the season.

In October, the club were top of the table, but after suffering six successive league defeats, four without scoring, the club slid down the table and crashed out of the FA Cup to non-League Wycombe Wanderers. They had already made an early exit to Millwall in the League Cup and would soon follow suit in the Associate Members' Cup.

Lea struggled to find a strike partner for Tony Adcock following a car crash that ended Keith Bowen's playing career. The side were otherwise free scoring, and despite a good record, Lea was sacked three weeks ahead of the end of the campaign and replaced by Reserve team coach Mike Walker. Walker, initially in a caretaker capacity, took the U's on an unbeaten run for their final eight games of the season, winning five. This left the club in sixth position in the table, nine points shy of promotion.

The season was notable for hat-tricks, with Perry Groves twice achieving the feat against Southend United and brothers Tommy and Tony English scoring hat-tricks within five days of one another. The brothers were also both sent off at Crewe Alexandra in April, a game which Colchester won 2–0.[5]

Players

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As of match played 6 May 1986.[6]
Name Position Nationality Place of birth Date of birth Apps Goals Signed from Date signed Fee
Goalkeepers
Alec Chamberlain GK   March (1964-06-20)20 June 1964 (aged 20) 114 0   Ipswich Town Summer 1982 Undisclosed
Defenders
Terry Baker CB   Rochford (1965-11-13)13 November 1965 (aged 19) 0 0   Billericay Town November 1985 Free transfer
Keith Day CB   Grays (1962-11-29)29 November 1962 (aged 22) 52 4   Aveley Summer 1984 Undisclosed
Tony English DF/MF   Luton (1966-10-19)19 October 1966 (aged 18) 25 3   Coventry City 24 December 1984 Free transfer
Kirk Game CB   Rochford (1966-10-22)22 October 1966 (aged 18) 0 0   Southend United August 1985 Free transfer
Rudi Hedman CB   Lambeth (1964-11-16)16 November 1964 (aged 20) 40 2 Apprentice February 1984 Free transfer
Ian Phillips FB   Cumnock (1959-04-23)23 April 1959 (aged 26) 93 6   Northampton Town September 1983 £5,000
Midfielders
Andy Farrell MF/FB   Colchester (1965-10-07)7 October 1965 (aged 19) 67 0 Apprentice Summer 1982 Free transfer
John Reeves MF   Hackney (1963-07-08)8 July 1963 (aged 21) 0 0   Fulham August 1985 Undisclosed
Forwards
Tony Adcock FW   Bethnal Green (1963-03-27)27 March 1963 (aged 22) 171 84 Apprentice 31 March 1981 Free transfer
Simon Burman WG/MF   Ipswich (1965-11-26)26 November 1965 (aged 19) 9 0 Apprentice 15 February 1985 Free transfer
Tommy English FW   Cirencester (1961-10-18)18 October 1961 (aged 23) 1 0   Canberra City 8 November 1985[a] Undisclosed
Mick Ferguson FW   Newcastle upon Tyne (1954-10-03)3 October 1954 (aged 30) 0 0   Brighton & Hove Albion 31 March 1986 Undisclosed
Perry Groves WG   Bow (1965-04-19)19 April 1965 (aged 20) 133 17   Cornard Dynamos Summer 1981 Free transfer
  1. ^ Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game in his second spell for the club

Transfers

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Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
August 1985 CB   Kirk Game   Southend United Free transfer [7]
August 1985 MF   John Reeves   Fulham Undisclosed [8]
November 1985 CB   Terry Baker   Billericay Town Free transfer [9]
8 November 1985 FW   Tommy English   Canberra City Undisclosed [10][a]
23 November 1985 FW   Trevor Whymark   Diss Town Free transfers [11][b]
20 December 1985 FW   Robin Turner   Swansea City Undisclosed [12][a]
31 March 1986 FW   Mick Ferguson   Brighton & Hove Albion Undisclosed [13]
  • Total spending:   ~ £0
  1. ^ a b 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
Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
End of season FW   Liburd Henry   Rainham Town Free transfer [14]
26 October 1985 FW   Keith Bowen Free agent Retired [15][a]
6 November 1985 MF   Jeff Hull Free agent Retired [16][a]
14 December 1985 FW   Trevor Whymark Free agent Released [11]
31 January 1986 MF   Russell Irving   Stowmarket Town Undisclosed [17][a]
31 March 1986 MF   Noel Parkinson Free agent Retired [18][a]
8 April 1986 CB   Stewart Houston Free agent Retired [19][a][b]
6 May 1986 MF   Roger Osborne   Sudbury Town Undisclosed [20][a]
6 May 1986 FW   Robin Turner   Bury Town Released [12][a]
  • Total incoming:   ~ £0
  1. ^ a b c d e f g Date of departure refers to the date of the player's final game for the club
  2. ^ Joined Plymouth Argyle as coach

Loans in

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Date Position Nationality Name From End date Ref.
November 1985 FW   Robin Turner   Swansea City 14 December 1985 [12][a]
  1. ^ Loan end date refers to the date of the player's final game for the club

Match details

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Fourth Division

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Results round by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAHAAHHAHAHAAHAHHAHHAAHHAAHH
ResultWLWLWWWWWWDLDWLLLLLLWDLWDDLDWDDDLLDWLWDDWWWWWD
Position5116844221111112577912101113111110101299121215161413141212121288666
Source: 11v11.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
4 Port Vale 46 21 16 9 67 37 +30 79 Promoted
5 Orient 46 20 12 14 79 64 +15 72
6 Colchester United 46 19 13 14 88 63 +25 70
7 Hartlepool United 46 20 10 16 68 67 +1 70
8 Northampton Town 46 18 10 18 79 58 +21 64
Source: [citation needed]

Matches

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17 August 1985 (1985-08-17) 1 Colchester United 3–1 Stockport County Colchester
11:30 BST Osborne   36'
Day   71'
Adcock   74'
Report Smith   78' Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 1,719
Referee: E Scales
24 August 1985 (1985-08-24) 2 Wrexham 2–1 Colchester United Wrexham
Bowen   59' (o.g.)
Steel   63'
Report Reeves   30' Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 2,296
Referee: M Reed
27 August 1985 (1985-08-27) 3 Colchester United 4–0 Aldershot Colchester
19:30 BST Tony English   36'
Adcock   73'
Groves   78'
Hedman   82'
Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 1,928
Referee: K Baker
31 August 1985 (1985-08-31) 4 Torquay United 2–1 Colchester United Torquay
Lambert   3'
Crowe   54'
Report Adcock   27' Stadium: Plainmoor
Attendance: 1,023
Referee: A Robinson
6 September 1985 (1985-09-06) 5 Colchester United 3–1 Halifax Town Colchester
19:30 BST Adcock   1', 20'
Bowen   56'
Report Gallagher   60' Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 2,023
Referee: M Cotton
14 September 1985 (1985-09-14) 6 Tranmere Rovers 3–4 Colchester United Birkenhead
Sinclair   30'
Muir   41'
Worthington   58' (pen.)
Report Tony English   34'
Groves   38'
Parkinson   40'
Day   46'
Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 1,362
Referee: D Shaw
17 September 1985 (1985-09-17) 7 Colchester United 4–1 Cambridge United Colchester
Adcock   2', 30', 57'
Groves   85'
Report Crown   75' Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 2,574
Referee: N Butler
21 September 1985 (1985-09-21) 8 Orient 1–2 Colchester United Leyton
Shinners   33' Report Parkinson   56'
Bowen   88'
Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 2,577
Referee: G Napthine
27 September 1985 (1985-09-27) 9 Colchester United 1–0 Port Vale Colchester
19:30 BST Bowen   32' Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 3,110
Referee: Alan Gunn
1 October 1985 (1985-10-01) 10 Burnley 0–2 Colchester United Burnley
Report Adcock   46'
Bowen   60'
Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 3,375
Referee: A Saunders
4 October 1985 (1985-10-04) 11 Colchester United 1–1 Exeter City Colchester
19:30 BST Day   29' Report Gale   47' Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 3,927
Referee: D Reeves
12 October 1985 (1985-10-12) 12 Mansfield Town 2–1 Colchester United Mansfield
Luke   56'
Chamberlain   62'
Report Tony English   51' Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 3,364
Referee: K Brean
18 October 1985 (1985-10-18) 13 Colchester United 1–1 Scunthorpe United Colchester
19:30 BST Reeves   78' Report Broddle   67' Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 3,462
Referee: Brian Hill
22 October 1985 (1985-10-22) 14 Southend United 2–4 Colchester United Southend-on-Sea
19:45 BST Gymer   74'
McDonough   77'
Report Bowen   16'
Groves   49', 63', 85'
Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 8,120
Referee: D Vickers
26 October 1985 (1985-10-26) 15 Colchester United 0–2 Northampton Town Colchester
11:00 BST Report Chard   2'
Mann   23'
Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 2,872
Referee: M James
2 November 1985 (1985-11-02) 16 Hereford United 2–0 Colchester United Hereford
Phillips   7', 37' Report Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 3,081
Referee: R Groves
6 November 1985 (1985-11-06) 17 Chester City 4–0 Colchester United Chester
Greenough   16'
Rimmer   59', 70'
Abel   75'
Report Stadium: Sealand Road
Attendance: 2,809
Referee: David Allison
8 November 1985 (1985-11-08) 18 Colchester United 0–1 Rochdale Colchester
19:30 GMT Report McMahon   70' Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 2,624
Referee: I Hemley
23 November 1985 (1985-11-23) 19 Preston North End 3–2 Colchester United Preston
14:00 GMT Thomas   16'
Gray
Stevens   47'
Report Parkinson   68' (pen.)
Adcock   80'
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 2,793
Referee: F Roberts
14 December 1985 (1985-12-14) 20 Hartlepool United 4–1 Colchester United Hartlepool
Shoulder   2', 43' (pen.)
Dixon   74'
Robinson   78'
Report Hedman   36' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 2,507
Referee: A Banks
20 December 1985 (1985-12-20) 21 Colchester United 5–2 Wrexham Colchester
19:30 GMT Comstive   9' (o.g.)
Adcock   17', 84'
Groves   77'
Hedman   79'
Report Cunnington   55'
Gregory   77'
Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 1,683
Referee: A Robinson
28 December 1985 (1985-12-28) 22 Aldershot 1–1 Colchester United Aldershot
Coleman   35' Report Day   4' Stadium: Recreation Ground
Attendance: 1,757
Referee: Keith Cooper
1 January 1986 (1986-01-01) 23 Swindon Town 2–1 Colchester United Swindon
Cole   4'
Wade   45'
Report Parkinson   55' Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 8,802
Referee: Rob Lewis
3 January 1986 (1986-01-03) 24 Colchester United 4–1 Hereford United Colchester
19:30 GMT Parkinson   43', 83'
Tommy English   77'
Phillips   80'
Report Delve   84' Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 2,214
Referee: Tony Ward
11 January 1986 (1986-01-11) 25 Colchester United 0–0 Torquay United Colchester
11:30 GMT Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 2,063
Referee: D Hedges
17 January 1986 (1986-01-17) 26 Stockport County 1–1 Colchester United Stockport
Hodkinson   9' Report Groves   30' Stadium: Edgeley Park
Attendance: 2,336
Referee: T Mills
24 January 1986 (1986-01-24) 27 Colchester United 1–2 Tranmere Rovers Colchester
19:30 GMT Parkinson   78' Report Hilditch   30'
Mungall   41'
Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 2,013
Referee: Colin Downey
31 January 1986 (1986-01-31) 28 Halifax Town 2–2 Colchester United Halifax
Sanderson   70'
Kellock   73'
Report Baker   36'
Adcock   60'
Stadium: The Shay
Attendance: 989
Referee: G Aplin
4 February 1986 (1986-02-04) 29 Colchester United 2–0 Southend United Colchester
Adcock   4'
Clark   22' (o.g.)
Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 1,915
Referee: E Scales
1 March 1986 (1986-03-01) 30 Port Vale 1–1 Colchester United Burslem
Jones   77' Report Groves   68' Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 2,726
Referee: Peter Willis
8 March 1986 (1986-03-08) 31 Exeter City 2–2 Colchester United Exeter
Ward   67'
Crawford   67'
Report Adcock   42'
Burman   85'
Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 1,520
Referee: Keith Cooper
14 March 1986 (1986-03-14) 32 Colchester United 0–0 Mansfield Town Colchester
19:30 GMT Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 1,956
Referee: L Shapter
22 March 1986 (1986-03-22) 33 Northampton Town 1–0 Colchester United Northampton
Donald   13' Report Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 2,035
Referee: P Tyldesley
25 March 1986 (1986-03-25) 34 Colchester United 1–2 Crewe Alexandra Colchester
Tony English   62' Report Cutler   20'
Phillips   31' (o.g.)
Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 1,356
Referee: I Hemley
28 March 1986 (1986-03-28) 35 Colchester United 1–1 Swindon Town Colchester
19:30 GMT Tony English   54' Report Bamber   62' Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 2,997
Referee: Alan Gunn
31 March 1986 (1986-03-31) 36 Peterborough United 1–2 Colchester United Peterborough
Fuccillo   29' Report Tony English   6'
Baker   84'
Stadium: London Road Stadium
Attendance: 2,316
Referee: M Reed
4 April 1986 (1986-04-04) 37 Colchester United 2–3 Chester City Colchester
19:30 BST Tommy English   57', 62' (pen.) Report Johnson   3'
Glenn   30'
Greenough   62'
Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 2,281
Referee: D Reeves
8 April 1986 (1986-04-08) 38 Colchester United 4–0 Orient Colchester
Ferguson   17'
Day   33'
Phillips   66'
Tony English   78'
Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 1,771
Referee: J Holbrook
12 April 1986 (1986-04-12) 39 Rochdale 3–3 Colchester United Rochdale
Baker   32' (o.g.)
Taylor   50', 74' (pen.)
Report Ferguson   20'
Farrell   76'
Tommy English   83' (pen.)
Stadium: Spotland Stadium
Attendance: 1,182
Referee: P Vanes
15 April 1986 (1986-04-15) 40 Scunthorpe United 1–1 Colchester United Scunthorpe
Dixon   21' Report Ferguson   7' Stadium: Old Showground
Attendance: 1,238
Referee: G Tyson
18 April 1986 (1986-04-18) 41 Colchester United 4–0 Preston North End Colchester
19:30 BST Tommy English   30' (pen.), 75', 83' (pen.)
Ferguson   78'
Report Gibson   27'
Atkins   85'  
Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 2,046
Referee: Tony Ward
22 April 1986 (1986-04-22) 42 Colchester United 5–0 Peterborough United Colchester
19:30 BST Reeves   26'
Tommy English   64'
Tony English   66', 80', 89'
Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 1,863
Referee: Martin Bodenham
26 April 1986 (1986-04-26) 43 Crewe Alexandra 0–2 Colchester United Crewe
Blissett   66' Report Groves   25', 39'
Tommy English   66'
Tony English   66'
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 1,555
Referee: N Glover
29 April 1986 (1986-04-29) 44 Cambridge United 1–3 Colchester United Cambridge
Crown   69' (pen.) Report Reeves   7'
Ferguson   14', 35'
Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 3,115
Referee: G Napthine
2 May 1986 (1986-05-02) 45 Colchester United 3–1 Hartlepool United Colchester
19:30 BST Ferguson   25'
Tommy English   89'
Tony English   90'
Groves   79'  
Report Hogan   7' (pen.) Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 2,410
Referee: H Taylor
6 May 1986 (1986-05-06) 46 Colchester United 2–2 Burnley Colchester
19:30 BST Groves   41'
Tommy English   80'
Report Lawrence   62'
Devine   84'
Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 2,726
Referee: M Cotton

League Cup

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21 August 1985 (1985-08-21) 1st round 1st leg Colchester United 2–3 Millwall Colchester
18:30 BST Bowen   12', 89' Report Lovell   7' (pen.), 10' (pen.)
Fashanu   14'
Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 1,430
2 September 1985 (1985-09-02) 1st round 2nd leg Millwall 4–1 Colchester United New Cross
Lovell   9'
Lowndes   35'
Fashanu   72'
Leslie   80'
Report Bowen   78' (pen.) Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 3,330
Referee: J Bray
Note: Millwall won 7–3 on aggregate.

FA Cup

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16 November 1985 (1985-11-16) 1st round Wycombe Wanderers 2–0 Colchester United High Wycombe
West   3'
Read   40'
Report Stadium: Loakes Park
Attendance: 3,089
Referee: E Scales

Associate Members' Cup

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Group 2
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Northampton Town 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 6
Colchester United 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2 3
Southend United 2 0 0 2 2 7 −5 0
Source: [citation needed]
14 January 1986 (1986-01-14) Preliminary round (southern section) Colchester United 4–1 Southend United Colchester
Groves   12', 38', 39'
Adcock   29'
Report Clark   47' Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 1,364
Referee: J Moules
21 January 1986 (1986-01-21) Preliminary round (southern section) Northampton Town 2–1 Colchester United Northampton
Schiavi   4'
Benjamin   82'
Report Baker   36' Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 1,958
Referee: Gerald Ashby

Squad statistics

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Appearances and goals

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[6][21]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Fourth Division FA Cup League Cup Football League Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   ENG Alec Chamberlain 51 0 46 0 1 0 2 0 2 0
DF   ENG Terry Baker 23 3 21 2 0 0 0 0 2 1
DF   ENG Keith Day 32 5 30 5 0 0 2 0 0 0
DF   ENG Tony English 50 11 45 11 1 0 2 0 2 0
DF   ENG Kirk Game 6 0 3+1 0 1 0 0 0 0+1 0
DF   ENG Rudi Hedman 44 3 38+1 3 1 0 2 0 2 0
DF   SCO Ian Phillips 41 2 37 2 0 0 2 0 2 0
MF   ENG Andy Farrell 25 1 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
MF   ENG John Reeves 27 4 24 4 1 0 2 0 0 0
FW   ENG Tony Adcock 38 16 33 15 1 0 2 0 2 1
FW   ENG Simon Burman 11 1 10+1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   ENG Tommy English 24 10 16+7 10 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
FW   ENG Mick Ferguson 10 7 9+1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   ENG Perry Groves 47 15 42+1 12 1 0 1 0 2 3
Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season
DF   SCO Stewart Houston 41 0 36 0 1 0 2 0 2 0
MF   ENG Jeff Hull 5 0 4+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   ENG Roger Osborne 38 1 28+6 1 0 0 1+1 0 2 0
MF   ENG Noel Parkinson 40 7 35 7 1 0 1+1 0 2 0
FW   WAL Keith Bowen 17 8 15 5 0 0 2 3 0 0
FW   ENG Russell Irving 10 0 2+7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
FW   ENG Robin Turner 14 0 6+5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
FW   ENG Trevor Whymark 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers

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Place Nationality Position Name Fourth Division FA Cup League Cup Football League Trophy Total
1   FW Tony Adcock 15 0 0 1 16
2   WG Perry Groves 12 0 0 3 15
3   DF/MF Tony English 11 0 0 0 11
4   FW Tommy English 10 0 0 0 10
5   FW Keith Bowen 5 0 3 0 8
6   FW Mick Ferguson 7 0 0 0 7
  MF Noel Parkinson 7 0 0 0 7
8   CB Keith Day 5 0 0 0 5
9   MF John Reeves 4 0 0 0 4
10   CB Terry Baker 2 0 0 1 3
  CB Rudi Hedman 3 0 0 0 3
12   FB Ian Phillips 2 0 0 0 2
13   WG/MF Simon Burman 1 0 0 0 1
  MF/FB Andy Farrell 1 0 0 0 1
  MF Roger Osborne 1 0 0 0 1
Own goals 2 0 0 0 2
TOTALS 88 0 3 5 96

Disciplinary record

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Nationality Position Name Fourth Division FA Cup League Cup Football League Trophy Total
                   
  WG Perry Groves 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
  DF/MF Tony English 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
  FW Tommy English 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
  MF John Reeves 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
  CB Keith Day 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  WG/MF Simon Burman 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  MF/FB Andy Farrell 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  MF Noel Parkinson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  FW Tony Adcock 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW Keith Bowen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW Mick Ferguson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  CB Rudi Hedman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
TOTALS 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 3

Clean sheets

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Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.[23]

Place Nationality Player Fourth Division FA Cup League Cup Football League Trophy Total
1   Alec Chamberlain 10 0 0 0 10
TOTALS 10 0 0 0 10

Player debuts

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Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.[24]

Position Nationality Player Date Opponent Ground Notes
MF   John Reeves 17 August 1985 Stockport County Layer Road
CB   Kirk Game 8 November 1985 Rochdale Layer Road
FW   Tommy English 9 November 1985 Rochdale Layer Road [25][a]
FW   Robin Turner 8 November 1985 Rochdale Layer Road
FW   Trevor Whymark 23 November 1985 Preston North End Deepdale
FW   Robin Turner 20 December 1985 Wrexham Layer Road [26][a]
CB   Terry Baker 11 January 1986 Torquay United Layer Road
FW   Mick Ferguson 31 March 1986 Peterborough United London Road Stadium
  1. ^ a b Second debut for the club

See also

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References

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General

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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.

Websites

Specific

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  1. ^ Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 279. ISBN 978-1-85983-629-3.
  2. ^ "Colchester Utd 1–1 Exeter City". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Colchester Utd 1–2 Crewe Alexandra". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Average Attendance Figures Per Season". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  5. ^ Hudson, Matt (11 July 2012). "The 1970s and 1980s". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Appearances". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Kirk Game". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  8. ^ "John Reeves". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Terry Baker". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  10. ^ "Tommy English". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  11. ^ a b "Trevor Whymark". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  12. ^ a b c "Robin Turner". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  13. ^ "Mick Ferguson". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  14. ^ Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. pp. 153–154. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
  15. ^ "Keith Bowen". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  16. ^ "Jeff Hull". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  17. ^ "Russell Irving". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
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