1958–59 Colchester United F.C. season
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The 1958–59 season was Colchester United's 17th season in their history and their ninth season in the third tier of English football, the newly formed national
Third Division In sport, the Third Division, also called Division 3, Division Three, or Division III, is often the third-highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Association football *Belgian Thir ...
. Alongside competing in the Third Division, the club also participated in the FA Cup. Colchester reached the fourth round of the FA Cup, beating Bath City, Yeovil Town and
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on their way to meeting
Arsenal An arsenal is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, or issued, in any combination, whether privately or publicly owned. Arsenal and armoury (British English) or armory (American English) are mostly ...
. Drawn at home, Colchester held Arsenal to a 2–2 Layer Road draw, but were defeated 4–0 at Highbury in the replay. Colchester finished fifth in the Third Division, nine points shy of promotion.


Season overview

In the new national
Third Division In sport, the Third Division, also called Division 3, Division Three, or Division III, is often the third-highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Association football *Belgian Thir ...
, Colchester excelled against their northern counterparts, winning 21 games, more than half of which were clubs previously in the
Third Division North The Third Division North of the Football League was a tier in the English football league system from 1921 to 1958. It ran in parallel with the Third Division South with clubs elected to the League or relegated from a higher division allocated to ...
. Colchester finished the season in fifth position, just nine points away from Hull City in second place, and ten behind champions
Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle Football Club is a professional football club based in the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. As of the 2021–22 season, the team are competing in League One, the third tier of English football. They have played at Home Park, ...
. They also earned a club record win when they beat Stockport County 8–2 on 4 October, and a club record away win when they beat Yeovil Town 7–1. The club's main highlight during the campaign was their FA Cup run, their first venture outside of the first round in six seasons. Colchester defeated old Southern League rivals Bath City and Yeovil Town in the first and second rounds, before seeing off
Chesterfield Chesterfield may refer to: Places Canada * Rural Municipality of Chesterfield No. 261, Saskatchewan * Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut United Kingdom * Chesterfield, Derbyshire, a market town in England ** Chesterfield (UK Parliament constitue ...
to set up a fourth round tie with
Arsenal An arsenal is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, or issued, in any combination, whether privately or publicly owned. Arsenal and armoury (British English) or armory (American English) are mostly ...
. For the first time local police set a limit on crowd numbers at Layer Road for the Arsenal game with 16,000 witnessing the 2–2 draw. 62,686 people watched the replay at Highbury in thick fog as the Gunners ran out 4–0 winners. Both big-money signings from last season,
Neil Langman Neil Hedley Langman (born 21 February 1932) is an English retired footballer who played as a centre forward. Langman started his career with local amateur club Tavistock before signing for Football League club Plymouth Argyle in 1954. He sco ...
and John Evans, helped repay their transfer fees by scoring 27 and 16 goals respectively. Meanwhile, the proceeds from the Arsenal fixture meant that floodlighting could be installed at Layer Road for the first time.


Players


Transfers


In


Out


Match details


Third Division


Results round by round


League table


Matches


FA Cup


Squad statistics


Appearances and goals


Goalscorers


Clean sheets

Number of games goalkeepers kept a
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.


Player debuts

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


See also

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List of Colchester United F.C. seasons Colchester United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Colchester, Essex, that was founded in 1937. Colchester United competed in the Southern Football League from 1937 until 1950, when they were elected to the Foo ...


References


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