1950–51 Colchester United F.C. season
| 1950–51 season | |||
| Manager |  Jimmy Allen | ||
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| Third Division South | 16th | ||
| FA Cup | 1st Round | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Bob Curry (13) All: Bob Curry (15) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 14,100 (Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 6,941 (Gillingham) | ||
| Average home attendance | 10,570 | ||
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The 1950–51 season was Colchester United's first ever season in The Football League after being elected from the Southern Football League alongside Gillingham. They finished a respectable 16th position in the Football League Third Division South.
Season Review
Elevation to The Football League meant that, as predicted by Ted Davis in 1937, The U's would have to release or pay for the players that were registered with other League clubs. Manager Jimmy Allen signed Reg Stewart and Bill Layton and a further £8,000 was spent on recruiting ten new players.
Colchester's first-ever League game was against old Southern League foes Gillingham at Priestfield on August 19th 1950. A crowd of 19,542 witnessed a 0-0 draw. Five days later Bob Curry scored United's first-ever League goal in a 1-1 draw at Swindon. However, it was not until August 31st that Layer Road enjoyed its first U's goal. Arthur Turner struck five minutes into a 4-1 win in the return game with Swindon. In fact, Colchester remained unbeaten in their first seven games. This run equalled a record for new clubs entering the Football League set by Aberdare Athletic in 1921-22.
The U's occupied second spot in the table before the bubble burst with nine defeats in the next 10 games. Colchester finished the 1950-51 season in a creditable 16th position and averaged 10,573 through the Layer Road turnstiles. It would be the only time that Layer Road hosted a five-figure average.
Prolific marksman Vic Keeble had the distinction of becoming Layer Road's first hat trick hero when he grabbed all the goals in a 3-0 win over Plymouth on March 17th 1951.
Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Player Info
Transfers
Transfers In
Transfers Out
Results
Third Division South Results Summary
Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GAv = Goal average; Pts = Points
Third Division South Results
Source: 1950-51 Season Colchester United Results - coludata.co.uk
FA Cup
Source: 1950-51 Season Colchester United Results - coludata.co.uk
Squad statistics
Scorers
All
League
FA Cup
References
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