1982–83 Colchester United F.C. season

Colchester United
1982–83 season
Chairman	Maurice Cadman
Manager	Allan Hunter; (until 18 January); Cyril Lea; (from 1 February)
Stadium	Layer Road
Fourth Division	6th
FA Cup	1st round; (eliminated by; Torquay United)
League Cup	2nd round; (eliminated by; Southampton)
Football League Trophy	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ian Allinson (22); All: ; Ian Allinson (26)
Highest home attendance	7,679; v Southampton, 6 October 1982
Lowest home attendance	1,625; v Stockport County, 17 December 1982
Average home league attendance	2,690
Biggest win	5–1; v Scunthorpe United, 15 April 1983
Biggest defeat	0–4; v Halifax Town, 14 January 1983
	File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Home colours
	File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Home colours
	← 1981–82 1983–84 →

The 1982–83 season was Colchester United's 41st season in their history and second 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 Football League Trophy. Colchester challenged for the top four but once again fell short, on this occasion missing promotion by just two points. A tragic season saw forward John Lyons take his own life, while Allan Hunter resigned two months later, replaced by his assistant Cyril Lea in February. In the cups, Colchester were entered into the second and final iteration of the Football League Trophy, which the U's exited at the group stage, which defeats to Southampton and Torquay United in the second and first round of the League and FA Cup respectively denied the club a cup run.

Season overview

Allan Hunter continued in his role as player-manager for the new season, with former Ipswich Town coach Cyril Lea his assistant. Colchester led the table undefeated after seven games and earned a League Cup second round tie against Southampton. Following a 0–0 draw at Layer Road, with England international Peter Shilton in inspired form, the U's could not repeat their heroics from 1974 at The Dell, losing 4–2 and making another early exit. The season then took a tragic turn, when in November, just hours after turning out for the U's against Chester City, forward John Lyons committed suicide at his home in Layer de la Haye. After this incident and having to give up his own playing career, Allan Hunter resigned as manager in January with Colchester in seventh place. Cyril Lea took over initially until the end of the campaign and promptly won eight of his first eleven games. However, four defeats in 17 days during April cost the U's and they finished sixth position in the league, missing promotion by just two points. Ian Allinson ended the season as Colchester's top scorer with 26 league and cup goals, while youth graduate Tony Adcock scored 17 goals. Veteran goalkeeper Mike Walker, who had missed just nine games in ten seasons for the club, announced his retirement at the end of the season.^[5]

Players

As of match played 13 May 1983.^[6]

Name	Position	Nationality	Place of birth	Date of birth	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
Alec Chamberlain	GK	England	March	(1964-06-20)20 June 1964 (aged 17)	0	0	England Ipswich Town	Summer 1982	Undisclosed
Ian Cranstone	GK	England	Rochford		0	0	England Tottenham Hotspur	Summer 1977	Free transfer
Bobby Hamilton	GK				0	0	Unknown	Summer 1977
Defenders
Phil Coleman	FB	England	Woolwich	(1960-09-08)8 September 1960 (aged 21)	51	4	England Millwall	February 1981	£15,000
Micky Cook	FB	England	Enfield	(1951-04-09)9 April 1951 (aged 31)	607	21	England Orient	1 March 1969	Free transfer
Adrian Keith	CB	England	Colchester	(1962-12-16)16 December 1962 (aged 19)	0	0	England West Ham United	December 1982	Free transfer
Wayne Ward	FB	England	Colchester	(1964-04-28)28 April 1964 (aged 18)	5	0	Apprentice	April 1982	Free transfer
Steve Wignall	CB	England	Liverpool	(1954-09-17)17 September 1954 (aged 27)	236	12	England Doncaster Rovers	September 1977	£5,000
Midfielders
Andy Farrell	MF/FB	England	Colchester	(1965-10-07)7 October 1965 (aged 16)	0	0	Apprentice	Summer 1982	Free transfer
Andy Gooding	MF				0	0	Apprentice	Summer 1981	Free transfer
Jeff Hull	MF	England	Rochford	(1960-08-25)25 August 1960 (aged 21)	0	0	England Basildon United	17 December 1982^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Undisclosed
Steve Leslie	MF	England	Hornsey	(1952-09-04)4 September 1952 (aged 29)	435	44	Apprentice	20 April 1971^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Free transfer
Roger Osborne	MF	England	Otley	(1950-03-09)9 March 1950 (aged 32)	60	5	England Ipswich Town	February 1981	£25,000
Forwards
Tony Adcock	FW	England	Bethnal Green	(1963-03-27)27 March 1963 (aged 19)	49	6	Apprentice	31 March 1981	Free transfer
Keith Bowen	FW	Wales	England Northampton	(1958-02-26)26 February 1958 (aged 24)	0	0	England Brentford	25 March 1983^{[lower-alpha 2]}	£10,000
Perry Groves	WG	England	Bow	(1965-04-19)19 April 1965 (aged 17)	9	0	England Cornard Dynamos	Summer 1981	Free transfer
Roy McDonough	FW	England	Solihull	(1958-10-16)16 October 1958 (aged 23)	62	18	England Chelsea	February 1981	£15,000
Craig Oldfield	FW	England	Warley	(1963-11-24)24 November 1963 (aged 18)	0	0	England Stowmarket Town	Summer 1982	Free transfer
John Taylor	FW	England	Norwich	(1964-10-24)24 October 1964 (aged 17)	0	0	Apprentice	Summer 1981	Free transfer

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club
↑ Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game in his second spell for the club

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
Summer 1982	GK	England	Alec Chamberlain	England Ipswich Town	Undisclosed	^[7]
Summer 1982	CB	England	Kevin Beattie	Free agent	Free transfer	^[8]
Summer 1982	MF/FB	England	Andy Farrell	Apprentice	Free transfer	^[9]
Summer 1982	FW	England	Craig Oldfield	England Stowmarket Town	Free transfer	^[10]
December 1982	CB	England	Adrian Keith	England West Ham United	Free transfer	^[11]
17 December 1982	MF	England	Jeff Hull	England Basildon United	Undisclosed	^[12]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
25 March 1983	FW	Wales	Keith Bowen	England Brentford	£10,000	^[13]^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Total spending: Decrease ~ £10,000

↑ Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club
↑ Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game in his second spell for the club

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
End of season	GK	England	Jeff Wood	Finland HJK Helsinki	Free transfer	^[14]
November 1982	CB	England	Kevin Beattie	England Middlesbrough	Free transfer	^[8]
9 November 1982	FW	Wales	John Lyons			^[15]^{[lower-alpha 1]}^{[lower-alpha 2]}
January 1983	CB	Northern Ireland	Allan Hunter	Free agent	Retired	^[16]^{[lower-alpha 3]}
February 1983	FW	Scotland	Kevin Bremner	England Millwall	£25,000	^[17]
22 April 1983	MF	England	Dennis Longhorn	England Chelmsford City	Released	^[18]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2 May 1983	GK	Wales	Mike Walker	Free agent	Retired	^[19]^{[lower-alpha 1]}^{[lower-alpha 4]}
13 May 1983	FB	England	Mick Packer	England Wivenhoe Town	Became player-manager	^[20]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
13 May 1983	WG	England	Ian Allinson	England Arsenal	Free transfer	^[21]^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Total incoming: Increase ~ £25,000

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Date of departure refers to the date of the player's final game for the club
↑ John Lyons committed suicide on 10 November 1982
↑ Allan Hunter resigned from his position as player-manager at Colchester United on 18 January
↑ Mike Walker joined Colchester United's coaching staff after retiring from playing

Loans in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
1 January 1983	FW	England	John Linford	England Ipswich Town	1 March 1983	^[22]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
12 March 1983	FW	Wales	Keith Bowen	England Brentford	19 March 1983	^[13]^{[lower-alpha 2]}

↑ Loan end date refers to the date of the player's final game for the club
↑ 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.
October 1982	FW	Scotland	Kevin Bremner	England Birmingham City	October 1982	^[17]^[23]
December 1982	FW	Scotland	Kevin Bremner	Wales Wrexham	December 1982	^[17]^[23]
January 1983	FW	Scotland	Kevin Bremner	England Plymouth Argyle	January 1983	^[17]^[23]

Match details

Fourth 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	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	W	W
Position	7	9	3	1	1	1	2	5	8	8	10	13	10	9	8	7	6	6	7	5	7	7	8	7	7	7	6	6	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5

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

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
4	Scunthorpe United	46	23	14	9	71	42	+29	83	Promoted
5	Bury	46	23	12	11	74	46	+28	81
6	Colchester United	46	24	9	13	75	55	+20	81
7	York City	46	22	13	11	88	58	+30	79
8	Swindon Town	46	19	11	16	61	54	+7	68

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches

28 August 1982 (1982-08-28) 1	Colchester United	1–0	Halifax Town	Colchester
	McDonough File:Soccerball shade.svg 47'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,610 Referee: Rob Lewis

4 September 1982 (1982-09-04) 2	Hereford United	0–0	Colchester United	Hereford
	Crabbe Red card 65'	Report		Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 2,465 Referee: L Robinson

6 September 1982 (1982-09-06) 3	Port Vale	0–0	Colchester United	Burslem
		Report		Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 2,877 Referee: Vic Callow

10 September 1982 (1982-09-10) 4	Colchester United	4–1	Rochdale	Colchester
	Allinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' (pen.) Wignall File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Lyons File:Soccerball shade.svg 49', 90'	Report	Wellings File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' (pen.)	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,836 Referee: D Brazier

17 September 1982 (1982-09-17) 5	Crewe Alexandra	0–1	Colchester United	Crewe
		Report	Lyons File:Soccerball shade.svg 33'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 2,539

25 September 1982 (1982-09-25) 6	Colchester United	4–1	Blackpool	Colchester
15:00 BST	Lyons File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' Leslie File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' Groves File:Soccerball shade.svg 63' Allinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'	Report	Pashley File:Soccerball shade.svg 36' (pen.)	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,918 Referee: Ian Borrett

28 September 1982 (1982-09-28) 7	Colchester United	0–0	Hull City	Colchester
19:30 BST		Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,071 Referee: Colin Downey

2 October 1982 (1982-10-02) 8	Scunthorpe United	2–1	Colchester United	Scunthorpe
	O'Berg File:Soccerball shade.svg 32' Angus File:Soccerball shade.svg 48'	Report	Osborne File:Soccerball shade.svg 50'	Stadium: Old Showground Attendance: 2,616 Referee: A Robinson

10 October 1982 (1982-10-10) 9	Swindon Town	3–0	Colchester United	Swindon
15:00 BST	Rideout File:Soccerball shade.svg 36' (pen.) Rowland File:Soccerball shade.svg 44', 53'	Report		Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,473 Referee: L Burden

15 October 1982 (1982-10-15) 10	Colchester United	2–2	Darlington	Colchester
	Allinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' McDonough File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'	Report	Walsh File:Soccerball shade.svg 50', 56'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,547 Referee: D Letts

19 October 1982 (1982-10-19) 11	Northampton Town	2–1	Colchester United	Northampton
19:30 BST	Denyer File:Soccerball shade.svg 46' Burrows File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'	Report	Allinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 1,955 Referee: T Spencer

30 October 1982 (1982-10-30) 12	Bury	1–0	Colchester United	Bury
	Parker File:Soccerball shade.svg 63'	Report		Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 2,653 Referee: G Tyson

2 November 1982 (1982-11-02) 13	Colchester United	3–0	Wimbledon	Colchester
19:30 GMT	Allinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' McDonough File:Soccerball shade.svg 52', 70'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,219 Referee: H Taylor

6 November 1982 (1982-11-06) 14	Colchester United	2–0	Mansfield Town	Colchester
	Lyons File:Soccerball shade.svg 9', 44' Cook Red card 50'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,009 Referee: J Martin

9 November 1982 (1982-11-09) 15	Colchester United	1–0	Chester City	Colchester
	Wignall File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,362 Referee: Tony Ward

13 November 1982 (1982-11-13) 16	Tranmere Rovers	2–4	Colchester United	Birkenhead
	Mungall File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' Kerr File:Soccerball shade.svg 74'	Report	McDonough File:Soccerball shade.svg 1' Allinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 3', 20' Adcock File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 1,410

27 November 1982 (1982-11-27) 17	Bristol City	0–2	Colchester United	Bristol
		Report	Bremner File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Allinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 4,310 Referee: Tom Bune

3 December 1982 (1982-12-03) 18	Colchester United	0–0	York City	Colchester
19:30 GMT	Wignall Red card 20'	Report	Byrne Red card 20'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,214 Referee: Alan Gunn

11 December 1982 (1982-12-11) 19	Hull City	3–0	Colchester United	Kingston upon Hull
	Flounders File:Soccerball shade.svg 69', 81' Hawley File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'	Report		Stadium: Boothferry Park Attendance: 4,323 Referee: David Hutchinson

17 December 1982 (1982-12-17) 20	Colchester United	3–0	Stockport County	Colchester
19:30 GMT	Allinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 24', 70' McDonough File:Soccerball shade.svg 51'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 1,625 Referee: Alf Grey

27 December 1982 (1982-12-27) 21	Peterborough United	2–1	Colchester United	Peterborough
	Winters File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' Firm File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'	Report	Bremner File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' McDonough Red card 34' Packer Red card 69'	Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 4,235 Referee: J Key

28 December 1982 (1982-12-28) 22	Colchester United	0–0	Aldershot	Colchester
19:30 GMT		Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,463 Referee: J Deakin

1 January 1983 (1983-01-01) 23	Torquay United	2–0	Colchester United	Torquay
	Cooper File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' Hughes File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'	Report		Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 2,758 Referee: A Glasson

3 January 1983 (1983-01-03) 24	Colchester United	4–1	Hartlepool United	Colchester
	Allinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' Adcock File:Soccerball shade.svg 22', 85' Wignall File:Soccerball shade.svg 44'	Report	Brown File:Soccerball shade.svg 20'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,239 Referee: M James

7 January 1983 (1983-01-07) 25	Colchester United	3–2	Hereford United	Colchester
19:30 GMT	Allinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' (pen.), 34' Adcock File:Soccerball shade.svg 59'	Report	Harvey File:Soccerball shade.svg 4' Bartley File:Soccerball shade.svg 52'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,216 Referee: D Reeves

14 January 1983 (1983-01-14) 26	Halifax Town	4–0	Colchester United	Halifax
	Nuttall File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Staniforth File:Soccerball shade.svg 34', 83', 86'	Report		Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 1,863 Referee: R Guy

21 January 1983 (1983-01-21) 27	Colchester United	4–3	Crewe Alexandra	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Adcock File:Soccerball shade.svg 8', 37', 86' Allinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' (pen.)	Report	Cliss File:Soccerball shade.svg 9', 69' Bancroft File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,221 Referee: K Salmon

5 February 1983 (1983-02-05) 28	Blackpool	1–2	Colchester United	Blackpool
	Hetzke File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'	Report	Adcock File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' Hull File:Soccerball shade.svg 61'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 1,747 Referee: P Tyldesley

15 February 1983 (1983-02-15) 29	Wimbledon	2–1	Colchester United	Wimbledon
19:30 GMT	Smith File:Soccerball shade.svg 70' Hodges File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'	Report	Adcock File:Soccerball shade.svg 20'	Stadium: Plough Lane Attendance: 1,753 Referee: L Shapter

18 February 1983 (1983-02-18) 30	Colchester United	1–0	Swindon Town	Colchester
19:30 GMT	Cook File:Soccerball shade.svg 71'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,386 Referee: Martin Bodenham

26 February 1983 (1983-02-26) 31	Darlington	1–3	Colchester United	Darlington
	McLean File:Soccerball shade.svg 72' (pen.)	Report	McDonough File:Soccerball shade.svg 9' Adcock File:Soccerball shade.svg 41', 57'	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 1,089 Referee: A Challinor

1 March 1983 (1983-03-01) 32	Colchester United	3–1	Northampton Town	Colchester
19:30 GMT	Allinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' (pen.) Hull File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' Adcock File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'	Report	Massey File:Soccerball shade.svg 2'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,501 Referee: M Taylor

5 March 1983 (1983-03-05) 33	Chester City	1–1	Colchester United	Chester
	Simpson File:Soccerball shade.svg 61'	Report	Adcock File:Soccerball shade.svg 56'	Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 1,136 Referee: Keith Cooper

12 March 1983 (1983-03-12) 34	Colchester United	2–1	Bury	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Allinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' Bowen File:Soccerball shade.svg 44'	Report	Potts File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,357 Referee: M Dimblebee

19 March 1983 (1983-03-19) 35	Mansfield Town	1–1	Colchester United	Mansfield
	Nicholson File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'	Report	Hull File:Soccerball shade.svg 48'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 2,371 Referee: R Bridges

25 March 1983 (1983-03-25) 36	Colchester United	3–3	Tranmere Rovers	Colchester
19:30 GMT	Osborne File:Soccerball shade.svg 4' Bowen File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' Adcock File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'	Report	Griffiths File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Aspinall File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' Brown File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,547 Referee: E Scales

1 April 1983 (1983-04-01) 37	Colchester United	1–0	Peterborough United	Colchester
	Allinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 9'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,759 Referee: Rob Lewis

2 April 1983 (1983-04-02) 38	Aldershot	0–1	Colchester United	Aldershot
		Report	Hull File:Soccerball shade.svg 34'	Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 1,670 Referee: M Robinson

9 April 1983 (1983-04-09) 39	York City	3–0	Colchester United	York
	Busby File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' Pollard File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' (pen.) Senior File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'	Report		Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 2,538 Referee: R Nixon

12 April 1983 (1983-04-12) 40	Colchester United	1–2	Port Vale	Colchester
	Adcock File:Soccerball shade.svg 2'	Report	Newton File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' Fox File:Soccerball shade.svg 76'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,275 Referee: D Hedges

15 April 1983 (1983-04-15) 41	Colchester United	5–1	Scunthorpe United	Colchester
19:30 BST	Adcock File:Soccerball shade.svg 9', 54' Allinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 10', 81' (pen.) Bowen File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'	Report	Cammack File:Soccerball shade.svg 17'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,155 Referee: Ian Borrett

22 April 1983 (1983-04-22) 42	Stockport County	3–0	Colchester United	Stockport
19:30 BST	Smith File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' Coyle File:Soccerball shade.svg 63' Quinn File:Soccerball shade.svg 64'	Report		Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 1,733 Referee: H Wilson

26 April 1983 (1983-04-26) 43	Rochdale	2–1	Colchester United	Rochdale
	Higgins File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' French File:Soccerball shade.svg 32'	Report	Allinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,219 Referee: M Peck

29 April 1983 (1983-04-29) 44	Colchester United	3–1	Bristol City	Colchester
19:30 BST	Allinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' (pen.) Bowen File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' McDonough File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'	Report	Ritchie File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' (pen.)	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,196 Referee: Tony Ward

2 May 1983 (1983-05-02) 45	Hartlepool United	1–4	Colchester United	Hartlepool
11:45 BST	Linacre File:Soccerball shade.svg 74'	Report	Allinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 32' Coleman File:Soccerball shade.svg 65', 66' Groves File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 804 Referee: D Shaw

13 May 1983 (1983-05-13) 46	Colchester United	1–0	Torquay United	Colchester
	Wignall File:Soccerball shade.svg 71'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,181 Referee: Alan Gunn

Football League Trophy

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	BP	Pts
Watford	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	2	11
Colchester United	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	1	7
Southend United	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	0	1
Orient	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	0	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

13 August 1982 (1982-08-13) 1st round	Colchester United	3–1	Southend United	Colchester
	Coleman File:Soccerball shade.svg 36' Allinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 46' Lyons File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'	Report	Cusack File:Soccerball shade.svg 34'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 1,662 Referee: K Salmon

17 August 1982 (1982-08-17) 1st round	Watford	2–1	Colchester United	Watford
19:30 BST	Blissett File:Soccerball shade.svg 72' Jenkins File:Soccerball shade.svg 79'	Report	Allinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 3,837 Referee: D Hedges

21 August 1982 (1982-08-21) 1st round	Orient	0–2	Colchester United	Leyton
15:00 BST		Report	Lyons File:Soccerball shade.svg 60', 89'	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 1,384 Referee: K Baker

League Cup

31 August 1982 (1982-08-31) 1st round 1st leg	Colchester United	2–0	Aldershot	Colchester
	Wignall File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Groves File:Soccerball shade.svg 35'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 1,665 Referee: M Dimblebee

14 September 1982 (1982-09-14) 1st round 2nd leg	Aldershot	0–1	Colchester United	Aldershot
		Report	Allinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'	Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 1,680 Referee: M Taylor
Note: Colchester won 3–0 on aggregate

6 October 1982 (1982-10-06) 2nd round 1st leg	Colchester United	0–0	Southampton	Colchester
19:30 BST		Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 7,679 Referee: B Hill

26 October 1982 (1982-10-26) 2nd round 2nd leg	Southampton	4–2	Colchester United	Southampton
	Wallace File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' Cassells File:Soccerball shade.svg 40' Armstrong File:Soccerball shade.svg 73' Moran File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Report	Allinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' (pen.) Lyons File:Soccerball shade.svg 50'	Stadium: The Dell Referee: E Read
Note: Southampton won 4–2 on aggregate

FA Cup

20 November 1982 (1982-11-20) 1st round	Colchester United	0–2	Torquay United	Colchester
		Report	Little File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' Cooper File:Soccerball shade.svg 62' Grapes Red card 40'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,913 Referee: D Reeves

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

^[6]^[24]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Fourth Division		FA Cup		League Cup		Football League Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	England ENG	Alec Chamberlain	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	England ENG	Phil Coleman	45	3	37	2	1	0	4	0	3	1
	DF	England ENG	Micky Cook	48	1	41	1	0	0	4	0	3	0
	DF	England ENG	Adrian Keith	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	England ENG	Wayne Ward	16	0	14	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	England ENG	Steve Wignall	52	5	44	4	1	0	4	1	3	0
	MF	England ENG	Jeff Hull	27	4	27	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	England ENG	Steve Leslie	36	1	26+3	1	1	0	4	0	1+1	0
	MF	England ENG	Roger Osborne	53	2	45	2	1	0	4	0	3	0
	FW	England ENG	Tony Adcock	34	17	26+4	17	0+1	0	1	0	2	0
	FW	Wales WAL	Keith Bowen	13	4	13	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	England ENG	Perry Groves	22	3	8+9	2	0	0	2	1	3	0
	FW	England ENG	Roy McDonough	49	8	38+3	8	1	0	4	0	2+1	0
Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season
	GK	Wales WAL	Mike Walker	50	0	42	0	1	0	4	0	3	0
	DF	England ENG	Kevin Beattie	7	0	3+1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
	DF	Northern Ireland NIR	Allan Hunter	25	0	17+1	0	1	0	3	0	1+2	0
	DF	England ENG	Mick Packer	12	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	England ENG	Dennis Longhorn	29	0	27+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	England ENG	Ian Allinson	54	26	46	22	1	0	4	2	3	2
	FW	Scotland SCO	Kevin Bremner	19	2	10+5	2	1	0	0+2	0	1	0
	FW	England ENG	John Linford	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	Wales WAL	John Lyons	22	10	15	6	0	0	4	1	3	3

Goalscorers

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Place	Nationality	Position	Name	Fourth Division	League Cup	Football League Trophy	Total
1	England	WG	Ian Allinson	22	2	2	26
2	England	FW	Tony Adcock	17	0	0	17
3	Wales	FW	John Lyons	6	1	3	10
4	England	FW	Roy McDonough	8	0	0	8
5	England	CB	Steve Wignall	4	1	0	5
6	Wales	FW	Keith Bowen	4	0	0	4
6	England	MF	Jeff Hull	4	0	0	4
8	England	FB	Phil Coleman	2	0	1	3
8	England	WG	Perry Groves	2	1	0	3
10	Scotland	FW	Kevin Bremner	2	0	0	2
10	England	MF	Roger Osborne	2	0	0	2
12	England	FB	Micky Cook	1	0	0	1
12	England	MF	Steve Leslie	1	0	0	1
			Own goals	0	0	0	0
			TOTALS	75	5	6	86

Disciplinary record

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Nationality	Position	Name	Fourth Division		FA Cup		League Cup		Football League Trophy		Total
Nationality	Position	Name	Yellow card	Red card	Yellow card	Red card	Yellow card	Red card	Yellow card	Red card	Yellow card	Red card
England	FB	Micky Cook	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
England	FW	Roy McDonough	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
England	FB	Mick Packer	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
England	CB	Steve Wignall	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
		TOTALS	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4

Clean sheets

Number of games goalkeepers kept a clean sheet.^[26]

Place	Nationality	Player	Fourth Division	League Cup	Football League Trophy	Total
1	Wales	Mike Walker	15	3	1	19
2	England	Alec Chamberlain	1	0	0	1
		TOTALS	16	3	1	20

Player debuts

Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.^[27]

Position	Nationality	Player	Date	Opponent	Ground	Notes
CB	England	Kevin Beattie	17 August 1982	Watford	Vicarage Road
MF	England	Jeff Hull	17 December 1982	Stockport County	Layer Road
CB	England	Adrian Keith	1 January 1983	Torquay United	Plainmoor
GK	England	Alec Chamberlain	3 January 1983	Hartlepool United	Layer Road
FW	England	John Linford	14 January 1983	Halifax Town	The Shay
FW	Wales	Keith Bowen	12 March 1983	Bury	Layer Road
FW	Wales	Keith Bowen	25 March 1983	Tranmere Rovers	Layer Road	^[28]^{[lower-alpha 1]}

↑ Second debut for the club

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: 1983". 11v11.com. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

Specific

↑ 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.
↑ "Colchester Utd 0–0 Southampton". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
↑ "Colchester Utd 3–0 Stockport County". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
↑ "Average Attendance Figures Per Season". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
↑ Hudson, Matt (11 July 2012). "The 1970s and 1980s". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 "Appearances". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
↑ "Alec Chamberlain (Goalkeeper)". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 "Kevin Beattie". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
↑ "Andy Farrell". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
↑ "Craig Oldfield". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
↑ "Adrian Keith". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
↑ "Jeff Hull". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 "Keith Bowen". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
↑ "Jeff Wood". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
↑ "John Lyons". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
↑ "Allan Hunter". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
↑ ^17.0 ^17.1 ^17.2 ^17.3 "Kevin Bremner". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
↑ "Dennis Longhorn". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
↑ "Mike Walker (Goalkeeper)". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
↑ "Mick Packer". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
↑ "Ian Allinson". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
↑ "John Linford". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
↑ ^23.0 ^23.1 ^23.2 "Kevin Bremner". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
↑ ^24.0 ^24.1 "Goals". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
↑ "Discipline". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
↑ "Clean sheets (1st team)". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
↑ "Alltime- List of Debuts". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
↑ "Colchester Utd 3–3 Tranmere Rovers". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2018.

[DG-7] 1.0 ^1.1 Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club

[SDG-8] Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game in his second spell for the club

[DG-15] Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club

[SDG-17] Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game in his second spell for the club

[FG-20] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Date of departure refers to the date of the player's final game for the club

[21] John Lyons committed suicide on 10 November 1982

[23] Allan Hunter resigned from his position as player-manager at Colchester United on 18 January

[27] Mike Walker joined Colchester United's coaching staff after retiring from playing

[Loanend-31] Loan end date refers to the date of the player's final game for the club

[Loan-32] Loan start and end dates refer to the date of the player's first and final games for the club

[39] Second debut for the club

[WWCU-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 0–0 Southampton". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[3] "Colchester Utd 3–0 Stockport County". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[4] "Average Attendance Figures Per Season". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[5] Hudson, Matt (11 July 2012). "The 1970s and 1980s". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[apps-6] 6.0 ^6.1 "Appearances". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[9] "Alec Chamberlain (Goalkeeper)". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[Beattie-10] 8.0 ^8.1 "Kevin Beattie". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[11] "Andy Farrell". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2018.

[12] "Craig Oldfield". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2018.

[13] "Adrian Keith". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[14] "Jeff Hull". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[Bowen-16] 13.0 ^13.1 "Keith Bowen". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[18] "Jeff Wood". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 28 April 2018.

[19] "John Lyons". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[22] "Allan Hunter". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[Bremner-24] 17.0 ^17.1 ^17.2 ^17.3 "Kevin Bremner". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[25] "Dennis Longhorn". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[26] "Mike Walker (Goalkeeper)". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[28] "Mick Packer". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[29] "Ian Allinson". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[30] "John Linford". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[Bremner2-33] 23.0 ^23.1 ^23.2 "Kevin Bremner". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[goals-34] 24.0 ^24.1 "Goals". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

[35] "Discipline". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

[36] "Clean sheets (1st team)". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

[37] "Alltime- List of Debuts". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

[38] "Colchester Utd 3–3 Tranmere Rovers". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2018.

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