1974–75 Colchester United F.C. season

The 1974–75 season was Colchester United's 33rd season in their history and their first season back in the third tier of English football for six years, the Third Division. Alongside competing in the Third Division, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the League Cup.

Colchester United

1974–75 season
Chairman	Robert Jackson (until November) Jack Rippingale (from November)[1]
Manager	Jim Smith
Stadium	Layer Road
Third Division	11th
FA Cup	2nd round (eliminated by Leatherhead)
League Cup	5th round (eliminated by Aston Villa)
Top goalscorer	League: Bobby Svarc (24) All: Bobby Svarc (25)
Highest home attendance	11,812 v Aston Villa, 3 December 1974[2]
Lowest home attendance	3,202 v Bury, 2 May 1975[3]
Average home league attendance	5,460[4]
Biggest win	5–0 v Grimsby Town, 15 November 1974
Biggest defeat	1–4 v Swindon Town, 30 November 1974 v Charlton Athletic, 1 January 1975 2–5 Walsall, 15 March 1975
Home colours

Jim Smith consolidated Colchester's position back in the third tier by leading them to an eleventh position finish to the season. They experienced a successful cup run in the League Cup, eventually falling to Second Division Aston Villa in the quarter-final stage. However, they were knocked out of the FA Cup in the second round by non-League outfit Leatherhead.

Season overview

Ahead of the new season, Colchester's board warned that a break-even gate of 9,200 was required and that players would be sold if attendances didn't reach an average of 7,500. However, manager Jim Smith returned to former club Boston United to sign Bobby Svarc's old strike partner John Froggatt for £6,000. The acquisition was fruitful, with Svarc finding the back of the net 24 times in the league and 25 times in total, with Froggatt registering 18 with 16 in the league.

Having reached the quarter-final of the FA Cup four seasons prior, the U's emulated that achievement in the League Cup. After beating Oxford United and Southend United, they hosted First Division Carlisle United, beating the Cumbrians 2–0 to earn a home tie with Southampton. A 0–0 draw at Layer Road led to a 1–0 replay win at The Dell, courtesy of a Barry Dominey goal. This set up a quarter-final tie with Second Division Aston Villa. Villa were just too strong for United, winning 2–1 before a Layer Road crowd of 11,812.

Colchester's success in the League Cup was not replicated in the FA Cup as they were knocked out by non-League outfit Leatherhead in the second round. In the league, a strong start to the season was followed up by a weaker second half to the campaign as the U's fell from fifth to eleventh where they ended the season.

Crowds fell a long way short of the target expected by the board, with a league average of 4,941 attending during the season.[5]

Players

As of match played 2 May 1975.[6]

Name	Position	Nationality	Place of birth	Date of birth	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
Mike Walker	GK		Colwyn Bay	28 November 1945 (aged 28)	48	0	Watford	July 1973	£4,000
Defenders
Stewart Bright	FB		Colchester	13 October 1957 (aged 16)	0	0	Apprentice	Summer 1974	Free transfer
Micky Cook	FB		Enfield	9 April 1951 (aged 23)	192	6	Orient	1 March 1969	Free transfer
Barry Dominey	CB		Edmonton	21 October 1955 (aged 18)	3	0	Enfield WMC	September 1973	Free transfer
Ray Harford	CB		Halifax	1 June 1945 (aged 29)	69	3	Port Vale	3 February 1973[lower-alpha 1]	£1,750
Mick Packer	FB		Willesden	20 April 1950 (aged 24)	35	0	Watford	July 1973	Free transfer
Lindsay Smith	CB		Enfield	18 September 1954 (aged 19)	89	5	Apprentice	20 April 1971[lower-alpha 1]	Free transfer
Midfielders
Ray Bunkell	MF		Edmonton	18 September 1949 (aged 24)	6	0	Swindon Town	December 1973	Part exchange
Steve Foley	MF		Clacton-on-Sea	21 June 1953 (aged 20)	91	21	Apprentice	July 1969	Free transfer
Steve Leslie	MF		Hornsey	4 September 1952 (aged 21)	104	21	Apprentice	20 April 1971[lower-alpha 1]	Free transfer
Jimmy Lindsay	MF		Hamilton	12 July 1949 (aged 24)	0	0	Watford	17 August 1974[lower-alpha 1]	Free transfer
Bobby Roberts	MF		Edinburgh	2 September 1940 (aged 33)	2	0	Coventry City	1 March 1973	Free transfer
Phil Thomas	MF		Sherborne	14 December 1952 (aged 21)	77	6	Bournemouth	Summer 1972	Free transfer
Forwards
Ian Allinson	WG		Hitchin	1 October 1957 (aged 16)	0	0	Apprentice	Summer 1974	Free transfer
John Froggatt	FW		Stanton Hill	13 December 1945 (aged 28)	0	0	Boston United	Summer 1974	£6,000
Bobby Svarc	FW		Leicester	8 February 1946 (aged 28)	68	34	Boston United	December 1972	£6,000

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 1974	FB		Stewart Bright	Apprentice	Free transfer	[7]
Summer 1974	WG		Ian Allinson	Apprentice	Free transfer	[8]
Summer 1974	FW		John Froggatt	Boston United	£6,000	[9]
17 August 1974	MF		Jimmy Lindsay	Watford	Free transfer	[10][lower-alpha 1]

• Total spending: ~ £6,000

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.
Summer 1974	MF		Bobby Mills	Chelmsford City	Nominal	[11]
Summer 1974	MF		Tony Wingate	Barnet	Released	[12]
25 January 1975	CB		Stuart Morgan	Bournemouth	£4,000	[13][lower-alpha 1]
February 1975	FB		Alex Smith	Halifax Town	Nominal	[14]
2 May 1975	WG		Colwyn Rowe	Chelmsford City	Released	[15][lower-alpha 1]
31 March 1975	FW		Barry Dyson	Chelmsford City	Released	[16]

• Total incoming: ~ £4,000

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.
4 January 1975	FW		John Sims	Derby County	10 January 1975	[17][lower-alpha 1]
February 1975	FB		Danny Cameron	Sheffield Wednesday	4 March 1975	[18][lower-alpha 1]
February 1975	MF		Ian McDonald	Liverpool	4 March 1975	[19][lower-alpha 1]

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

Loans out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
February 1975	FW		Barry Dyson	Chelmsford City	31 March 1975	[16][lower-alpha 1]

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

Match details

Third Division

Results round by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H
Result	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	W	W	L	D	D	D	L	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	D	W
Position	15	18	11	12	7	3	3	3	5	5	3	4	2	4	4	3	3	4	4	2	5	3	4	5	6	4	4	9	8	11	12	11	8	7	10	9	10	10	11	10	13	13	14	12	11	11

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

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
9	Preston North End	46	19	11	16	63	56	1.125	49
10	Gillingham	46	17	14	15	65	60	1.083	48
11	Colchester United	46	17	13	16	70	63	1.111	47
12	Hereford United	46	16	14	16	64	66	0.970	46
13	Wrexham	46	15	15	16	65	55	1.182	45	Welsh Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup: First round

Source: rsssf.com

Matches

17 August 1974 1	Colchester United	1–1	Watford	Colchester
	Leslie  37'	Report	Scullion  56'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,715 Referee: L Shapter

24 August 1974 2	Blackburn Rovers	3–2	Colchester United	Blackburn
	Martin  29' Oates  46' Hawkins  53'	Report	Cook  43' Froggatt  51'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 8,390 Referee: G Nolan

31 August 1974 3	Colchester United	1–0	Bournemouth	Colchester
	Cook  44'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,930 Referee: R Toseland

7 September 1974 4	Chesterfield	1–1	Colchester United	Chesterfield
	Moss  83'	Report	Svarc  7'	Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 3,474 Referee: N Ashley

14 September 1974 5	Colchester United	3–0	Charlton Athletic	Colchester
	Leslie  23' (pen.) Thomas  31' Svarc  67'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,527 Referee: R Kirkpatrick

17 September 1974 6	Colchester United	1–0	Plymouth Argyle	Colchester
	Packer  90'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,389 Referee: T Spencer

21 September 1974 7	Aldershot	0–1	Colchester United	Aldershot
		Report	Svarc  79'	Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 3,539 Referee: K Salmon

24 September 1974 8	Bury	0–0	Colchester United	Bury
		Report	Leslie  78'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 5,223 Referee: L Douglas

28 September 1974 9	Colchester United	1–2	Walsall	Colchester
	Svarc  56'	Report	Buckley  8', 80'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,877 Referee: Rob Lewis

30 September 1974 10	Port Vale	2–2	Colchester United	Burslem
	Williams  64' Bailey  72'	Report	Froggatt  9' Lindsay  47'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 3,722 Referee: J Cross

5 October 1974 11	Colchester United	4–2	Gillingham	Colchester
	Froggatt  20', 40' Svarc  46', 79'	Report	Feely  18', 31'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,684 Referee: R Clay

12 October 1974 12	Preston North End	0–2	Colchester United	Preston
		Report	Harford  11', 84'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 10,259 Referee: J Hough

15 October 1974 13	Colchester United	2–0	Port Vale	Colchester
	Svarc  11', 30'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,184 Referee: Ray Tinkler

23 October 1974 14	Hereford United	3–1	Colchester United	Hereford
	McNeil  7' Redrobe  30' Lee  70' (pen.)	Report	Thomas  88'	Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 6,390 Referee: K Baker

26 October 1974 15	Halifax Town	1–1	Colchester United	Halifax
	Blair  31'	Report	Svarc  60'	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 1,935 Referee: I Smith

29 October 1974 16	Colchester United	1–1	Southend United	Colchester
	Lindsay  73' (pen.)	Report	Guthrie  26'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,547 Referee: P Richardson

2 November 1974 17	Colchester United	1–1	Wrexham	Colchester
	Svarc  20'	Report	Gareth Davies  78'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,432 Referee: T Page

6 November 1974 18	Colchester United	1–2	Hereford United	Colchester
	Svarc  69'	Report	McNeil  41' Tyler  49'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,131 Referee: R Robinson

9 November 1974 19	Huddersfield Town	3–2	Colchester United	Huddersfield
	Gowling  17' Gray  24' Dolan  57'	Report	Froggatt  38' Svarc  75'	Stadium: Leeds Road Attendance: 5,233 Referee: D Richardson

15 November 1974 20	Colchester United	5–0	Grimsby Town	Colchester
	Froggatt  4', 12', 62' Svarc  16', 87'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,489 Referee: Ron Challis

30 November 1974 21	Swindon Town	4–1	Colchester United	Swindon
	Moss  20' (pen.), 54', 84' (pen.) Eastoe  22'	Report	Svarc  23'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 10,072 Referee: Clive Thomas

6 December 1974 22	Colchester United	2–1	Tranmere Rovers	Colchester
	L Smith  32' Froggatt  49'	Report	Tynan  34'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,554 Referee: A Glasson

20 December 1974 23	Colchester United	1–1	Crystal Palace	Colchester
	Leslie  63'	Report	Evans  28'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,914 Referee: A Robinson

28 December 1974 24	Colchester United	4–1	Peterborough United	Colchester
	Froggatt  2' Dominey  4' Cook  36' Bradley  51' (o.g.)	Report	Turner  75'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 7,790 Referee: T Reynolds

1 January 1975 25	Charlton Athletic	4–1	Colchester United	Charlton
	Horsfield  12', 76' Powell  39' Warman  70'	Report	Dyson  16'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 15,246 Referee: A Hamil

4 January 1975 26	Colchester United	0–0	Aldershot	Colchester
		Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,096 Referee: Tom Bune

10 January 1975 27	Tranmere Rovers	2–0	Colchester United	Birkenhead
	Crossley  70' (pen.) Coppell  82'	Report		Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 2,819

18 January 1975	Colchester United	A–A	Swindon Town	Colchester
	Lindsay Cook Morgan	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,441
Note: Match abandoned after 57-minutes with the score at 3–0 due to a waterlogged pitch.

25 January 1975 28	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–0	Colchester United	Hove
	Binney  28', 64'	Report	Morgan	Stadium: Goldstone Ground Attendance: 9,937 Referee: B Newsome

1 February 1975 29	Colchester United	3–2	Huddersfield Town	Colchester
	Froggatt  23', 32' Dominey  75'	Report	Gowling  59' (pen.), 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,921 Referee: J Bent

8 February 1975 30	Wrexham	2–1	Colchester United	Wrexham
	Whittle  38' Smallman  60'	Report	Lindsay  85'	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 3,433 Referee: W Johnson

15 February 1975 31	Colchester United	2–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Colchester
	Svarc  5' McDonald  6'	Report	Binney  14' Towner  68'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,161 Referee: M Taylor

22 February 1975 32	Grimsby Town	1–1	Colchester United	Cleethorpes
	Lewis  61'	Report	McDonald  41'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 5,608 Referee: G Trevett

1 March 1975 33	Bournemouth	0–2	Colchester United	Bournemouth
		Report	Froggatt  22' Foley  61'	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 4,578 Referee: Malcolm Sinclair

4 March 1975 34	Colchester United	2–0	Swindon Town	Colchester
	Svarc  14', 55'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,041 Referee: L Shapter

15 March 1975 35	Walsall	5–2	Colchester United	Walsall
	Atthey  40' Bennett  48' Andrews  70' Harrison  73' Buckley  76'	Report	Foley  25' Lindsay  64'	Stadium: Fellows Park Attendance: 4,914 Referee: J Williams

19 March 1975 36	Watford	1–2	Colchester United	Watford
	Scullion  19'	Report	Froggatt  4' Svarc  59'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 3,941 Referee: D Nippard

22 March 1975 37	Colchester United	1–2	Chesterfield	Colchester
	Lindsay  62'	Report	Shanahan  5' Moss  17'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,152 Referee: R Crabb

25 March 1975 38	Crystal Palace	2–1	Colchester United	Selhurst
	Evans  67' Cannon  78'	Report	Froggatt  54'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 16,851 Referee: E Read

28 March 1975 39	Peterborough United	1–0	Colchester United	Peterborough
	Gregory  79'	Report		Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 7,559

4 April 1975 40	Colchester United	2–0	Halifax Town	Colchester
	Svarc  4' Rowe  29'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,501 Referee: Ray Tinkler

12 April 1975 41	Gillingham	2–1	Colchester United	Gillingham
	Yeo  32' Richardson  62'	Report	Rowe  50'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 6,504 Referee: D Biddle

15 April 1975 42	Plymouth Argyle	1–0	Colchester United	Plymouth
	Mariner  50'	Report		Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 23,551 Referee: A Lees

19 April 1975 43	Colchester United	2–2	Preston North End	Colchester
	Bunkell  34' Svarc  62'	Report	Smith  24' Morley  77'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,228

22 April 1975 44	Colchester United	2–0	Blackburn Rovers	Colchester
	Lindsay  6' Svarc  82'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,183 Referee: John Homewood

25 April 1975 45	Southend United	1–1	Colchester United	Southend-on-Sea
	Dominey  44' (o.g.)	Report	Foley  78'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 5,924 Referee: C White

2 May 1975 46	Colchester United	3–2	Bury	Colchester
	Froggatt  1' Svarc  3', 5'	Report	Hamstead  41' Bailey  82'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,202 Referee: K Salmon

League Cup

20 August 1974 1st round	Colchester United	1–0	Oxford United	Colchester
	Lindsay  27' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,609 Referee: M Taylor

11 September 1974 2nd round	Southend United	0–2	Colchester United	Southend-on-Sea
		Report	Leslie  64' (pen.), 67' (pen.)	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 7,865 Referee: J Bent

9 October 1974 3rd round	Colchester United	2–0	Carlisle United	Colchester
	Svarc  75' Leslie  78' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 7,842 Referee: P Reeves

13 November 1974 4th round	Colchester United	0–0	Southampton	Colchester
		Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 9,515 Referee: D Turner

25 November 1974 4th round replay	Southampton	0–1	Colchester United	Southampton
		Report	Dominey  58'	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 11,492 Referee: D Turner

3 December 1974 5th round	Colchester United	1–2	Aston Villa	Colchester
	Froggatt  84'	Report	Little  28' Graydon  60'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 11,812 Referee: I Hunting

FA Cup

23 November 1974 1st round	Watford	0–1	Colchester United	Watford
		Report	Froggatt  75'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 8,228 Referee: I Hunting

14 December 1974 2nd round	Leatherhead	1–0	Colchester United	Leatherhead
	Doyle  20'	Report		Stadium: Fetcham Grove Attendance: 3,500 Referee: A Hart

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

[6][20]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Third Division		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Mike Walker	54	0	46	0	2	0	6	0
	DF		Micky Cook	54	3	46	3	2	0	6	0
	DF		Barry Dominey	32	3	22+5	2	2	0	3	1
	DF		Ray Harford	49	2	40+1	2	2	0	6	0
	DF		Mick Packer	37	1	30	1	2	0	5	0
	DF		Lindsay Smith	49	1	38+5	1	1	0	2+3	0
	MF		Ray Bunkell	34	1	23+6	1	1+1	0	3	0
	MF		Steve Foley	18	3	16+2	3	0	0	0	0
	MF		Steve Leslie	42	6	32+2	3	2	0	6	3
	MF		Jimmy Lindsay	52	7	45	6	2	0	5	1
	MF		Phil Thomas	35	2	26+1	2	2	0	6	0
	FW		Ian Allinson	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		John Froggatt	54	18	46	16	2	1	6	1
	FW		Bobby Svarc	50	25	42	24	2	0	6	1
Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season
	DF		Danny Cameron	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Stuart Morgan	13	0	11	0	0	0	2	0
	DF		Alex Smith	26	0	22	0	0	0	4	0
	MF		Ian McDonald	5	2	5	2	0	0	0	0
	FW		Barry Dyson	7	1	5+1	1	0	0	0+1	0
	FW		Colwyn Rowe	11	2	4+7	2	0	0	0	0
	FW		John Sims	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

[20]

Place	Nationality	Position	Name	Third Division	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1		FW	Bobby Svarc	24	0	1	25
2		FW	John Froggatt	16	1	1	18
3		MF	Jimmy Lindsay	6	0	1	7
4		MF	Steve Leslie	3	0	3	6
5		FB	Micky Cook	3	0	0	3
		CB	Barry Dominey	2	0	1	3
		MF	Steve Foley	3	0	0	3
8		CB	Ray Harford	2	0	0	2
		MF	Ian McDonald	2	0	0	2
		WG	Colwyn Rowe	2	0	0	2
		MF	Phil Thomas	2	0	0	2
12		MF	Ray Bunkell	1	0	0	1
		FW	Barry Dyson	1	0	0	1
		FB	Mick Packer	1	0	0	1
		CB	Lindsay Smith	1	0	0	1
			Own goals	1	0	0	1
			TOTALS	70	1	7	78

Disciplinary record

[21]

Nationality	Position	Name	Third Division		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
	MF	Steve Leslie	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	CB	Stuart Morgan	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	CB	Ray Harford	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
		TOTALS	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2

Clean sheets

Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.[22]

Place	Nationality	Player	Third Division	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1		Mike Walker	13	1	5	19
		TOTALS	13	1	5	19

Player debuts

Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.[23]

Position	Nationality	Player	Date	Opponent	Ground	Notes
MF		Jimmy Lindsay	17 August 1974	Watford	Layer Road
FW		John Froggatt	17 August 1974	Watford	Layer Road
FW		John Sims	4 January 1975	Aldershot	Layer Road
FB		Danny Cameron	8 February 1975	Wrexham	Racecourse Ground
MF		Ian McDonald	8 February 1975	Wrexham	Racecourse Ground
WG		Ian Allinson	19 April 1975	Preston North End	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.

Websites

• "Colchester United football club match record: 1975". 11v11.com. Retrieved 24 April 2018.

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 1–2 Aston Villa". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
3. "Colchester Utd 3–2 Bury". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
4. "Average Attendance Figures Per Season". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
5. Hudson, Matt (11 July 2012). "The 1970s and 1980s". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
6. "Appearances". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
7. "Stewart Bright". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
8. "Ian Allinson". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
9. "John Froggatt". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
10. "Jimmy Lindsay (Midfielder)". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
11. "Bobby Mills". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
12. "Tony Wingate". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
13. "Stuart Morgan". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
14. "Alex Smith". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
15. "Colwyn Rowe". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
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