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1987–88 Colchester United F.C. season

The 1987–88 season was Colchester United's 46th season in their history and seventh 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.

After a promising start to the season under Mike Walker, a disagreement between him and chairman Jonathan Crisp saw Walker leave Layer Road and in his place Roger Brown was recruited. From joint top of the table, Brown's side won just five games in the second half of the season to finish the season ninth.

Colchester reached the third round of the FA Cup, beating Tamworth and Hereford United before elimination by Plymouth Argyle. In the Associate Members' Cup, Colchester reached the southern section quarter-final, where they were defeated 3–2 by Notts County. The club were less successful in the League Cup as they fell to a 5–1 aggregate defeat to Fulham.

Season overview

Keen to improve on last years play-off disappointment, manager Mike Walker recruited former U's boss Allan Hunter as his coach.

Club regulars Tony Adcock and Alec Chamberlain both left the club during the summer of 1987 in big money moves. Adcock signed for Second Division Manchester City for £75,000, while Chamberlain joined First Division Everton for £80,000 as understudy to Neville Southall. Walker then broke the club transfer record to bring in striker Dale Tempest for £40,000.

Chairman Jonathan Crisp announced that, in light of worsening football hooliganism across the nation, a 100% members-only scheme would be in place for the new season, banning away fans from attending matches at Layer Road. To deflect any negative attention, he also leaked details regarding a new stadium at Turner Rise while introducing developers Norcross Estates as shirt sponsors.

Owing to the new scheme, only 1,300 members attended the first fixture of the season, a drop of 1,400 on last seasons average attendance. A new record low crowd was set on 29 September when just 1,140 watched the 2–1 win over Swansea City.

Having rebuilt his side and winning seven out of eight games, Walker was abruptly sacked by Crisp while the U's were joint-top of the Fourth Division table. Crisp had claimed that Walker had resigned, but alleged personal differences were said to have been the cause. Bizarrely, Walker won the Manager of the Month award after he had been sacked.

Incoming as new manage was Roger Brown, formerly manager of Poole Town while working as a factory manager. He had been recommended to Crisp by his advisors, but he took the U's from top spot on New Year's Day to ninth at the end of the season after earning just five wins from January until May.

Crisp had to concede his membership scheme in November after hundreds of Wolverhampton Wanderers fans registered as members to boost the Layer Road attendance to an unusually high figure of 2,413 for that season. Crisp claimed the scheme had only been an experiment, and this was reflected in the season average of just 1,776.

Following on from his Turner Rise leaked plans, Crisp considered selling Layer Road and ground sharing Portman Road with Ipswich Town while the new stadium was built. His decision however was swayed by a group of former club directors. By selling up, Crisp would have recouped his outlay, but when the stadium plans were delayed over land ownership, Colchester United would have been left completely homeless with no assets except for the players.[5]

Players

As of match played 6 May 1988.[6]
  1. ^ Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game in his third spell for the club
  2. ^ a b c d e f Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club
  3. ^ Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game in his second spell for the club

Transfers

In

  1. ^ a b c d e 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 third spell for the club

Out

  1. ^ a b c d e f Date of departure refers to the date of the player's final game for the club

Loans in

  1. ^ a b c d Loan end date refers to the date of the player's final game for the club
  2. ^ Loan end date refers to the date of the player's final game in his first spell for the club
  3. ^ Loan start and end dates refer to the date of the player's first and final games in his second spell for the club
  4. ^ a b Loan start and end dates refer to the date of the player's first and final games for the club

Loans out

Match details

Fourth Division

Results round by round

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

League table

Source: [citation needed]

Matches

League Cup

Associate Members' Cup

Source: [citation needed]

FA Cup

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

[6][38]

Goalscorers

[38]

Disciplinary record

[39]

Clean sheets

Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.[40]

Player debuts

Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.[41]

  1. ^ Second debut for the club
  2. ^ Third debut for the club

See also

References

General

Books

Websites

Specific

  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 3–0 Tamworth". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Colchester Utd 3–2 Peterborough United". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Average Attendance Figures Per Season". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  5. ^ Hudson, Matt (11 July 2012). "The 1970s and 1980s". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Appearances". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  7. ^ a b "John Ray". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Mario Walsh". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  9. ^ a b "Trevor Lake (Goalkeeper)". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  10. ^ "Dale Tempest". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  11. ^ "Gary Smith". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  12. ^ "Colin Hill". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  13. ^ "Tommy Keane". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  14. ^ "Keith Williams". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  15. ^ a b c "Mark Walton (Goalkeeper)". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  16. ^ "Steve Hetzke". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  17. ^ "Stuart Hicks". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  18. ^ "Scott Daniels". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  19. ^ "Lee Hunter". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  20. ^ "Ian Phillips". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  21. ^ "Simon Burman". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  22. ^ "Alec Chamberlain (Goalkeeper)". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  23. ^ "Andy Farrell". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  24. ^ "Kirk Game". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  25. ^ "Tony Adcock". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  26. ^ "Keith Day". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  27. ^ "Sean Norman". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  28. ^ "Simon Lowe". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  29. ^ a b "Scott Young". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  30. ^ "Terry Baker". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  31. ^ "Paul Hinshelwood". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  32. ^ "John Reeves". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  33. ^ "Graham Benstead (Goalkeeper)". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  34. ^ "Darren Angell". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  35. ^ a b "David H Coleman". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  36. ^ "Glenn Keeley". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  37. ^ "Sean Farrell". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  38. ^ a b "Goals". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  39. ^ "Discipline". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  40. ^ "Clean sheets (1st team)". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  41. ^ "Alltime- List of Debuts". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  42. ^ "Colchester Utd 3–0 Tamworth". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  43. ^ "Exeter City 0–2 Colchester Utd". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 24 July 2018.