1991–92 Colchester United F.C. season

The 1991–92 season was Colchester United's 50th season in their history and their second consecutive season in the Conference, the fifth tier of English football and the highest tier of non-League football in England. Alongside competing in the Conference, the club also participated in the FA Cup, the FA Trophy and the Bob Lord Trophy.

Colchester United

1991–92 season
Chairman	James Bowdidge[1][2]
Manager	Roy McDonough
Stadium	Layer Road
Conference	1st (promoted)
FA Cup	1st round (eliminated by Exeter City)
FA Trophy	Winners
Bob Lord Trophy	3rd round (eliminated by Wycombe Wanderers)[3]
Top goalscorer	League: Roy McDonough (26) All: Roy McDonough (29)
Highest home attendance	7,193 v Barrow, 2 May 1992[4]
Lowest home attendance	919 v Wycombe Wanderers, 16 December 1991[5]
Average home league attendance	3,381[6]
Biggest win	5–0 v Bath City, 31 August 1991 v Burton Albion, 26 October 1991 v Barrow, 2 May 1992
Biggest defeat	2–6 v Wycombe Wanderers, 16 December 1991
Home colours

Manager Ian Atkins left for a coaching role at Birmingham City in the summer after narrowly missing out on the Conference title the previous campaign. Experienced forward Roy McDonough was appointed the club's new player-manager tasked with taking Colchester United back to the Football League. Both Colchester and Wycombe Wanderers ended the season on 94 points, with the U's promoted on superior goal difference.

In the FA Cup, Colchester went out in the first round to Exeter City, while McDonough fielded a weakened side in the Bob Lord Trophy, crashing out 6–2 to league rivals Wycombe. However, in the FA Trophy, following two replay wins in the first two rounds of the competition, the U's reached the Wembley final, where they faced Witton Albion, who had dumped them out at the quarter-final stage the previous season. Colchester won the match 3–1 to complete a non-League double.

Season overview

Following Ian Atkins decision to return to Birmingham City in a coaching capacity, new chairman James Bowdidge appointed Roy McDonough in a player-manager role. Having been Atkins' assistant, McDonough promised to abandon Atkins' sweeper system and to instead promote a more attacking formula.

McDonough himself equalled a club record by scoring four goals in a game at Slough Town in August. On 28 September 1991, in Colchester's top-of-the-table clash against rivals Wycombe Wanderers at Adams Park, Scott Barrett became the first Colchester goalkeeper to score from open play. His long upfield goal kick in the 90th minute of the game bounced over Wycombe goalkeeper Paul Hyde and sealed what would prove to be a vital 2–1 win.

In November, the U's became the first team to be knocked out of the FA Cup without conceding a goal. After seeing off Burton Albion 5–0 in the fourth qualifying round, they twice drew 0–0 with Exeter City in the first round and following replay, only to lose on penalties.

As 1992 dawned, Colchester found themselves seven points ahead of nearest rivals Wycombe in the league, but 16 home wins in succession failed to shake off their Buckinghamshire counterparts. A poor 4–1 defeat at Welling United and a lackadaisical 4–4 draw at Macclesfield Town threatened to derail the U's attempts to reach the Football League.

Meanwhile, Colchester were focused on their FA Trophy cup run. Kingstonian and Merthyr Tydfil were dispatched in replays following a 2–2 and 0–0 draw respectively. The U's then saw off Morecambe and Telford United convincingly, and then a 4–1 aggregate win over Macclesfield in the semi-final. They progressed to the Wembley final, with the tie to be played after the final fixture of the Conference season.

Going into the last game of the season, it was evident McDonough had delivered on his promise of attacking football. The U's found themselves level on points with Wycombe, but crucially carried an eight-goal advantage. United beat already relegated Barrow 5–0 at Layer Road with a Mike Masters hat-trick sealing the Conference championship. McDonough had scored 29 goals, with 26 for Steve McGavin and 18 for Gary Bennett, with a total of 98 league goals achieved.

A week after the promotion celebrations at Layer Road, a crowd of 32,254 witnessed Colchester United in their first-ever Wembley appearance. A famous non-League double was achieved as they gained revenge over Witton Albion, who had dumped the U's out of the competition last campaign. Colchester won 3–1 courtesy of goals from Mike Masters, Steve McGavin and Nicky Smith. Thousands of fans packed Colchester High Street a few days later as the U's team paraded their trophies around the town.[7]

Players

As of match played 10 May 1992.[8]

Name	Position	Nationality	Place of birth	Date of birth	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
Scott Barrett	GK		Ilkeston	2 April 1963 (aged 28)	64	0	Stoke City	Summer 1990	£25,000
Defenders
Tony English	DF/MF		Luton	19 October 1966 (aged 24)	308	40	Coventry City	24 December 1984	Free transfer
James Goodwin	DF		Colchester	20 July 1974 (aged 16)	0	0	Apprentice	8 October 1991[lower-alpha 1]	Free transfer
Martin Grainger	FB		Enfield Town	23 August 1972 (aged 18)	16	2	Apprentice	16 December 1989[lower-alpha 1]	Free transfer
Andy Partner	CB		Colchester	21 October 1974 (aged 16)	0	0	Apprentice	16 December 1991[lower-alpha 1]	Free transfer
Ian Phillips	FB		Cumnock	23 April 1959 (aged 32)	175	10	Kettering Town	26 August 1991[lower-alpha 2]	Undisclosed[lower-alpha 3]
Paul Roberts	DF		West Ham	27 April 1962 (aged 29)	0	0	Fisher Athletic	28 September 1991[lower-alpha 1]	£750
Midfielders
Eamonn Collins	MF		Dublin	22 October 1965 (aged 25)	87	5	Portsmouth	May 1989	Free transfer
Jason Cook	MF		Edmonton	29 December 1969 (aged 21)	0	0	Southend United	28 September 1991[lower-alpha 1]	Free transfer
Robbie Devereux	MF		Great Cornard	31 January 1971 (aged 20)	2	0	Cornard United	February 1992	Non-contract
Warren Donald	MF/FB		Hillingdon	7 October 1964 (aged 26)	46	1	Northampton Town	27 August 1990[lower-alpha 1]	Free transfer
Wayne Hannigan	MF				1	0	Home Farm	26 February 1991[lower-alpha 1]	Undisclosed
Mark Kinsella	MF		Dublin	12 August 1972 (aged 18)	21	0	Home Farm	18 August 1989	Free transfer
Nicky Smith	LM		Berkeley	28 January 1969 (aged 22)	41	0	Southend United	18 August 1990[lower-alpha 1]	Free transfer
Forwards
Paul Abrahams	FW/WG		Colchester	31 October 1973 (aged 17)	0	0	Apprentice	26 August 1991[lower-alpha 1]	Free transfer
Gary Bennett	WG		Enfield Town	13 November 1970 (aged 20)	94	19	Tottenham Hotpsur	21 October 1988[lower-alpha 1]	Free transfer
Julian Dart	FW		Luton	25 September 1973 (aged 17)	0	0	Apprentice	14 January 1992[lower-alpha 1]	Free transfer
Roy McDonough	FW		Solihull	16 October 1958 (aged 32)	140	35	Southend United	13 October 1990[lower-alpha 2]	Part exchange
Steve McGavin	FW		North Walsham	24 January 1969 (aged 22)	8	0	Sudbury Town	1 April 1991[lower-alpha 1]	£10,000
Steve Restarick	FW		Barking	28 November 1971 (aged 19)	3	2	West Ham United	Early 1988–89 season	Free transfer

1. Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club
2. Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game in his second spell for the club
3. Joined as player-coach

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
Summer 1991	DF		Simon Gray	Ipswich Town	Non-contract	[9]
26 August 1991	FW/WG		Paul Abrahams	Apprentice	Free transfer	[10][lower-alpha 1]
26 August 1991	FB		Ian Phillips	Kettering Town	Undisclosed	[11][lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3]
7 September 1991	DF		James Goodwin	Apprentice	Free transfer	[12][lower-alpha 1]
28 September 1991	MF		Jason Cook	Southend United	Free transfer	[13][lower-alpha 1]
28 September 1991	DF		Paul Roberts	Fisher Athletic	£750	[14][lower-alpha 1]
8 October 1991	FW		Sean Duffett	Gas Recreation	Free transfer	[15][lower-alpha 1]
16 December 1991	CB		Andy Partner	Apprentice	Free transfer	[16][lower-alpha 1]
14 January 1992	FW		Julian Dart	Apprentice	Free transfer	[17][lower-alpha 1]
18 January 1992	FW		Mike Masters	San Francisco Bay Blackhawks	Undisclosed	[18][lower-alpha 2]
February 1992	MF		Robbie Devereux	Cornard United	Non-contract	[19]
11 February 1992	WG		Ian Stewart	Aldershot	Free transfer	[20][lower-alpha 1]

• Total spending: ~ £750

1. Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club
2. Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game in his second spell for the club
3. Joined as player-coach

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
End of season	FB		Marcelle Bruce	Baldock Town	Released	[21]
End of season	CB		Neale Marmon	FC Homburg	Undisclosed	[22]
End of season	FB		Gary Osbourne	Cradley Town	Released	[23]
30 June 1991	CB		Ian Atkins	Birmingham City	Free transfer	[24][lower-alpha 1]
17 August 1991	FW		Mario Walsh	Redbridge Forest	£15,000	[25][lower-alpha 2]
8 October 1991	FW		Sean Duffett	Wivenhoe Town	Released	[15][lower-alpha 2]
16 December 1991	DF		Simon Gray	Wivenhoe Town	Released	[9][lower-alpha 2]
2 May 1992	CB		Shaun Elliott	Gateshead	Released	[26][lower-alpha 2]
2 May 1992	WG		Ian Stewart	Harrow Borough	Released	[20][lower-alpha 2]
10 May 1992	FW		Mike Masters	Newbury Town	Released	[18][lower-alpha 2]

• Total incoming: ~ £15,000

1. Joined as player-assistant manager
2. 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.
24 March 1992	MF/CB		Dave Martin	Southend United	10 May 1992	[27][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.
	MF		Wayne Hannigan	Wivenhoe Town		[28]
	FW		Steve Restarick	Wivenhoe Town		[29]
	FW		Mario Walsh	Kettering Town		[25]

Match details

Conference

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Colchester United[lower-alpha 1]	42	28	10	4	98	40	+58	94	Football Conference Champions, promoted to Football League Third Division
2	Wycombe Wanderers	42	30	4	8	84	35	+49	94	Conference League Cup winners
3	Kettering Town	42	20	13	9	72	50	+22	73
4	Merthyr Tydfil	42	18	14	10	59	56	+3	68
5	Farnborough Town[lower-alpha 2]	42	18	12	12	68	53	+15	66

Source: [30]
Notes:

1. FA Trophy winners
2. New club in the Conference

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
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	H	H
Result	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W
Position	3	5	2	2	2	3	2	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: Statto.com (archived)
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

17 August 1991 1	Colchester United	2–0	Macclesfield Town	Colchester
15:00 BST	Bennett  10' McGavin  45'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,233

24 August 1991 2	Barrow	1–1	Colchester United	Barrow-in-Furness
15:00 BST	Cowperthwaite  49'	Report	Kinsella  5'	Stadium: Holker Street Attendance: 1,480 Referee: R Poulain

26 August 1991 3	Slough Town	2–4	Colchester United	Slough
	O'Connor  6' Thompson  12' Donnellan  90'	Report	McDonough  4', 24', 28', 41'	Stadium: Wexham Park Stadium Attendance: 2,226

31 August 1991 4	Colchester United	5–0	Bath City	Colchester
15:00 BST	McGavin  28', 51' Bennett  32', 39', 87'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,416 Referee: M Hair

7 September 1991 5	Witton Albion	2–2	Colchester United	Northwich
15:00 BST	Thomas  19' Ellis  60'	Report	Collins  27' McDonough  47'	Stadium: Wincham Park Attendance: 1,045 Referee: K Whittaker

10 September 1991 6	Colchester United	2–3	Farnborough Town	Colchester
19:30 BST	McGavin  21' Collins  86'	Report	Coombs  25' Read  45', 67'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,954 Referee: W Norbury

13 September 1991 7	Colchester United	4–0	Yeovil Town	Colchester
19:30 BST	English  41' Bennett  51', 90' McGavin  56'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,979 Referee: I Mitchell

21 September 1991 8	Cheltenham Town	1–1	Colchester United	Cheltenham
15:00 BST	Owen  40'	Report	McDonough  15'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 1,157 Referee: K Leach

28 September 1991 9	Wycombe Wanderers	1–2	Colchester United	High Wycombe
15:00 BST	Guppy  57'	Report	Smith  49' Barrett  90'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 5,186 Referee: Clive Wilkes

5 October 1991 10	Colchester United	3–3	Altrincham	Colchester
15:00 BST	Anderson  16' (o.g.) McGavin  35' McDonough  70' (pen.)	Report	McKenna  19' Anderson  50' Brady  76' (pen.)	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,853 Referee: Graham Poll

12 October 1991 11	Colchester United	2–1	Runcorn	Colchester
15:00 BST	Bennett  52' McDonough  86' (pen.)	Report	Redmond  69'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,617 Referee: A Danskin

18 October 1991 12	Telford United	0–3	Colchester United	Telford
19:45 BST		Report	McDonough  9', 23' (pen.) Smith  38'	Stadium: Bucks Head Attendance: 1,109 Referee: T Atkinson

30 October 1991 13	Yeovil Town	0–1	Colchester United	Yeovil
19:30 GMT		Report	McGavin  90'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 2,385

2 November 1991 14	Colchester United	2–0	Stafford Rangers	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Smith  35' McDonough  41'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,139 Referee: G Pearson

9 November 1991 15	Farnborough Town	0–2	Colchester United	Farnborough
15:00 GMT		Report	Bennett  67' Elliott  80'	Stadium: Cherrywood Road Attendance: 3,069 Referee: S Tomlin

23 November 1991 16	Colchester United	3–1	Welling United	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Bennett  51' Cook  60' English  73'	Report	Robbins  62'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,933 Referee: D Orr

30 November 1991 17	Nortwich Victoria	1–1	Colchester United	Northwich
15:00 GMT	Butler  44' (pen.)	Report	McDonough  64'	Stadium: Drill Field Attendance: 1,042 Referee: J McGrath

3 December 1991 18	Stafford Rangers	3–3	Colchester United	Stafford
	Wolverson  59' Simpson  58' Bradshaw  86'	Report	Bennett  41', 77' McGavin  66'	Stadium: Marston Road Attendance: 961 Referee: R Andrews

7 December 1991 19	Colchester United	3–0	Wycombe Wanderers	Colchester
	Bennett  33' McGavin  62', 86'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,086 Referee: Paul Taylor

14 December 1991 20	Gateshead	0–2	Colchester United	Gateshead
13:30 GMT		Report	Bennett  5' McDonough  30'	Stadium: Gateshead International Stadium Attendance: 542 Referee: G Bradbury

21 December 1991 21	Colchester United	3–2	Witton Albion	Colchester
15:00 GMT	McGavin  3' Bennett  9' English  79'	Report	Thomas  42', 63'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,842

26 December 1991 22	Redbridge Forest	2–1	Colchester United	Dagenham
	Pamphlett  20' Walsh  81'	Report	McDonough  15'	Stadium: Victoria Road Attendance: 2,327 Referee: J Smyth

28 December 1991 23	Runcorn	1–3	Colchester United	Runcorn
15:00 GMT	Saunders  8'	Report	Bennett  15' Cook  69' McGavin  88'	Stadium: Canal Street Attendance: 883 Referee: Eddie Wolstenholme

1 January 1992 24	Colchester United	1–0	Redbridge Forest	Colchester
11:30 GMT	McGavin  17'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,773 Referee: K Bullivant

4 January 1992 25	Merthyr Tydfil	2–0	Colchester United	Merthyr Tydfil
	Coates  54' D'Auria  83'	Report		Stadium: Penydarren Park Attendance: 1,032 Referee: D Colwell

18 January 1992 26	Colchester United	4–0	Cheltenham Town	Colchester
15:00 GMT	McGavin  46', 86' McDonough  75' Kinsella  90'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,643 Referee: A Danskin

24 January 1992 27	Kettering Town	2–2	Colchester United	Kettering
	Hill  15', 20' (pen.)	Report	McGavin  5' Smith  11'	Stadium: Rockingham Road Attendance: 4,100 Referee: D Shadwell

7 February 1992 28	Kidderminster Harriers	2–2	Colchester United	Kidderminster
	Davies  4' Humphreys  25'	Report	Bennett  60' Smith  61'	Stadium: Aggborough Stadium Attendance: 1,828 Referee: D Mansfield

11 February 1992 29	Colchester United	1–0	Boston United	Colchester
19:30 GMT	McGavin  52'	Report	Nuttell  62'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,229 Referee: J Moore

15 February 1992 30	Welling United	4–1	Colchester United	Welling
	Robbins  5', 75' Ransom  24' White  89'	Report	McDonough  10' (pen.)	Stadium: Park View Road Attendance: 1,837 Referee: I Mitchell

28 February 1992 31	Altrincham	1–2	Colchester United	Altrincham
19:30 GMT	McKenna  23'	Report	McGavin  15' McDonough  35'	Stadium: Moss Lane Attendance: 905 Referee: Terry Heilbron

7 March 1992 32	Colchester United	2–0	Gateshead	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Roberts  45' Masters	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,897 Referee: D Madgewick

21 March 1992 33	Colchester United	1–0	Northwich Victoria	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Smith  83'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,218 Referee: M Hair

24 March 1992 34	Bath City	0–0	Colchester United	Bath
		Report		Stadium: Twerton Park Attendance: 1,101 Referee: B Priest

28 March 1992 35	Colchester United	3–0	Kidderminster Harriers	Colchester
15:00 GMT	English  42' Benton  45' (o.g.) Stewart  90'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,073 Referee: Paul Taylor

14 April 1992 36	Colchester United	4–0	Slough Town	Colchester
19:30 BST	McDonough  38' Masters  83' Stewart  87' Kinsella  90'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,197 Referee: J Moore

18 April 1992 37	Colchester United	2–0	Telford United	Colchester
15:00 BST	McDonough  67', 89'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,964 Referee: C Finch

20 April 1992 38	Colchester United	2–0	Merthyr Tydfil	Colchester
	Smith  25' Masters  64'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,148

22 April 1992 39	Boston United	0–4	Colchester United	Boston
19:30 BST	Nuttell  50'	Report	McGavin  14' McDonough  70', 74' (pen.) Masters  88'	Stadium: York Street Attendance: 2,305 Referee: Alan Streets

25 April 1992 40	Macclesfield Town	4–4	Colchester United	Macclesfield
15:00 BST	Lambert  27', 62' Doherty  47' Edwards  49'	Report	Kendall  3' (o.g.) English  22', 76' McDonough  60'	Stadium: Moss Rose Attendance: 886 Referee: P Roberts

28 April 1992 41	Colchester United	3–1	Kettering Town	Colchester
19:30 BST	McDonough  27', 57' McGavin  61'	Report	North  90'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 6,303 Referee: W Norbury

2 May 1992 42	Colchester United	5–0	Barrow	Colchester
15:00 BST	Masters  8', 15', 77' Smith  47' McDonough  65'	Report	Power  17'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 7,193 Referee: Graham Poll

Bob Lord Trophy

8 October 1991 2nd round[3]	Colchester United	4–0	Kettering Town	Colchester
19:30 BST	McGavin  16' Collins  45' Kinsella  74', 84'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 1,289

16 December 1991 3rd round[3]	Colchester United	2–6	Wycombe Wanderers	Colchester
	Restarick  34' McGavin  86'	Report	West  27', 51', 90' Hutchinson  61', 65' Creaser  76'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 919 Referee: J Moore

FA Cup

26 October 1991 4th qualifying round	Colchester United	5–0	Burton Albion	Colchester
15:00 BST	McDonough  1' (pen.) McGavin  51', 80' (pen.) Restarick  85' Kinsella  89'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,547 Referee: R Bigger

16 November 1991 1st round	Colchester United	0–0	Exeter City	Colchester
		Report	Williams  18'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,965 Referee: G Pooley

27 November 1991 1st round replay	Exeter City	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Colchester United	Exeter
19:30 GMT		Report		Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 4,066 Referee: G Pooley

FA Trophy

11 January 1992 1st round	Colchester United	2–2	Kingstonian	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Restarick  9' English  90'	Report	Cherry  5' Tutt  10'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,724 Referee: Paul Taylor

14 January 1992 1st round replay	Kingstonian	2–3	Colchester United	Kingston upon Thames
	Cherry  51' (pen.), 84' (pen.)	Report	Smith  39' Bennett  72' McGavin  79'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 1,642 Referee: Paul Taylor

2 February 1992 2nd round	Merthyr Tydfil	0–0	Colchester United	Merthyr Tydfil
		Report		Stadium: Penydarren Park Attendance: 1,211

4 February 1992 2nd round replay	Colchester United	1–0	Merthyr Tydfil	Colchester
19:30 GMT	McDonough  86'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,746 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

22 February 1992 3rd round	Colchester United	3–1	Morecambe	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Stewart  12' Collins  32' McGavin  65'	Report	Cain  26'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,206 Referee: P Vanes

14 March 1992 4th round	Colchester United	4–0	Telford United	Colchester
15:00 GMT	McGavin  19' Kinsella  50' Bennett  53' Smith  67'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,894

4 April 1992 Semi-final 1st leg	Colchester United	3–0	Macclesfield Town	Colchester
15:00 BST	Stewart  23' English  25' McDonough  70' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,443 Referee: Tony Ward

10 April 1992 Semi-final 2nd leg	Macclesfield Town	1–1	Colchester United	Macclesfield
20:00 BST	Timmons  20'	Report	Cook  45'	Stadium: Moss Rose Attendance: 1,650
Note: Colchester won 4–1 on aggregate.

10 May 1992 Final	Colchester United	3–1	Witton Albion	Wembley
15:00 BST	Masters  5' Smith  19' McGavin  89' Cook  81'	Report	Lutkevich  57'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 32,254

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

[8][31]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Conference		FA Cup		FA Trophy		Bob Lord Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK		Scott Barrett	56	1	42	1	3	0	9	0	2	0
	DF		Tony English	52	8	37+1	6	3	2	9	0	2	0
	DF		James Goodwin	5	0	0+3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Martin Grainger	17	0	9+2	0	0+2	0	0+2	0	2	0
	DF		Andy Partner	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF		Ian Phillips	4	0	1+2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Paul Roberts	45	1	34	1	0	0	9	0	2	0
	MF		Eamonn Collins	41	4	29+3	2	3	0	3+2	1	1	1
	MF		Jason Cook	44	3	28+3	2	2	0	9	1	2	0
	MF		Warren Donald	53	0	38+3	0	3	0	8	0	1	0
	MF		Wayne Hannigan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
	MF		Mark Kinsella	55	7	37+5	3	3	1	8+1	1	0+1	2
	MF		Nicky Smith	55	11	42	8	3	0	9	3	1	0
	FW		Paul Abrahams	6	0	0+3	0	0+1	0	0	0	1+1	0
	FW		Gary Bennett	51	18	31+8	16	3	0	4+4	2	1	0
	FW		Julian Dart	2	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0	0	0
	FW		Roy McDonough	51	29	40	26	3	1	7	2	1	0
	FW		Steve McGavin	53	28	39	20	3	2	9	4	2	2
	FW		Steve Restarick	12	3	1+6	0	0+2	1	2	1	1	1
Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season
	DF		Shaun Elliott	44	1	32+5	1	2	0	5	0	0	0
	DF		Simon Gray	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
	MF		Dave Martin	12	0	8+1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
	FW		Sean Duffett	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW		Mike Masters	19	8	7+8	7	0	0	2+2	1	0	0
	FW		Ian Stewart	14	4	6+4	2	0	0	3+1	2	0	0
	FW		Mario Walsh	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

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Place	Nationality	Position	Name	Conference	FA Cup	FA Trophy	Bob Lord Trophy	Total
1		FW	Roy McDonough	26	1	2	0	29
2		FW	Steve McGavin	20	2	4	2	28
3		WG	Gary Bennett	16	2	0	0	18
4		LM	Nicky Smith	8	3	0	0	11
5		DF/MF	Tony English	6	2	0	0	8
		FW	Mike Masters	7	0	1	0	8
7		MF	Mark Kinsella	3	1	1	2	7
8		MF	Eamonn Collins	2	0	1	1	4
		WG	Ian Stewart	2	0	2	0	4
10		MF	Jason Cook	2	0	1	0	3
		FW	Steve Restarick	0	1	1	1	3
12		GK	Scott Barrett	1	0	0	0	1
		CB	Shaun Elliott	1	0	0	0	1
		DF	Paul Roberts	1	0	0	0	1
			Own goals	3	0	0	0	3
			TOTALS	98	5	20	6	129

Disciplinary record

[32]

Nationality	Position	Name	Conference		FA Cup		FA Trophy		Bob Lord Trophy		Total
	MF	Jason Cook	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
	WG	Gary Bennett	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FB	Martin Grainger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	Roy McDonough	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	Steve McGavin	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
		TOTALS	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	1

Clean sheets

Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.[33]

Place	Nationality	Player	Conference	FA Cup	FA Trophy	Bob Lord Trophy	Total
1		Scott Barrett	21	3	4	1	29
		TOTALS	21	3	4	1	29

Player debuts

Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.[34]

Position	Nationality	Player	Date	Opponent	Ground	Notes
FW/WG		Paul Abrahams	26 August 1991	Slough Town	Wexham Park Stadium
FB		Ian Phillips	26 August 1991	Slough Town	Wexham Park Stadium	[35][lower-alpha 1]
DF		James Goodwin	7 September 1991	Witton Albion	Wincham Park
DF		Simon Gray	21 September 1991	Cheltenham Town	Whaddon Road
MF		Jason Cook	28 September 1991	Wycombe Wanderers	Adams Park
DF		Paul Roberts	28 September 1991	Wycombe Wanderers	Adams Park
FW		Sean Duffett	8 October 1991	Kettering Town	Layer Road
CB		Andy Partner	16 December 1991	Wycombe Wanderers	Layer Road
FW		Julian Dart	14 January 1992	Kingstonian	Kingsmeadow
FW		Mike Masters	18 January 1992	Cheltenham Town	Layer Road	[36][lower-alpha 1]
WG		Ian Stewart	11 February 1992	Boston United	Layer Road
MF/CB		Dave Martin	24 March 1992	Bath City	Twerton Park

1. Second debut for the club

See also

• List of Colchester United F.C. seasons

References

General

Books

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