1988–89_Colchester_United_F.C._season

Colchester United
1988–89 season
Chairman	Jonathan Crisp
Manager	Roger Brown; (until 15 October); Steve Foley (caretaker); (21 October until 12 January); Jock Wallace; (from 12 January)
Stadium	Layer Road
Fourth Division	22nd
FA Cup	4th round; (eliminated by; Sheffield United)
League Cup	1st round; (eliminated by; Northampton Town)
Associate Members' Cup	Quarter-final (southern section); (eliminated by; Hereford United)
Top goalscorer	League: ; Mario Walsh (9); All: ; Mario Walsh (15)
Highest home attendance	7,588; v Sheffield United, 31 January 1989
Lowest home attendance	993; v Southend United, 20 December 1988
Average home league attendance	2,871
Biggest win	4–0; v Exeter City, 5 May 1989
Biggest defeat	0–8; v Leyton Orient, 15 October 1988
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1987–88 1989–90 →

1988–89 Colchester United F.C. season

Colchester United 1988–89 football season

The 1988–89 season was Colchester United's 47th season in their history and eighth 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.

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Roger Brown's unsuccessful tenure came to and end following a club record 8–0 defeat at Leyton Orient in October. With the club languishing bottom of the entire football league, former Rangers manager Jock Wallace boosted the club and helped them avoid relegation to the Conference, ending the season 22nd of 24 clubs.

Remarkably, Colchester had a successful FA Cup run as they saw off Fulham, Swansea City and Shrewsbury Town on their way to a fourth round tie with Sheffield United, who knocked out the U's following a Layer Road replay. They again reached the area quarter-final of the Associate Members' Cup where they were defeated by Hereford United, and a 5–0 thrashing at Northampton Town spelt an early exit from the League Cup.

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[TDG-7] Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game in his third spell for the club

[DG-8] Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club

[SDG-9] Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game in his second spell for the club

[DG-18] Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club

[SDG-22] Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game in his second spell for the club

[31] Joined as player-coach

[FG-35] Date of departure refers to the date of the player's final game for the club

[39] Joined as player-manager

[42] Joined Chesterfield as coach

[44] Date of departure refers to the date of the player's final game in his first spell for the club

[Loanend-46] Loan end date refers to the date of the player's final game for the club

[2deb-53] Second debut for the club

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[Warner-26] [21]
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Name	Position	Place of birth	Date of birth	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee
Goalkeepers
Mark Walton	GK	Merthyr Tydfil	(1969-06-01)1 June 1969 (aged 19)	24	0	Luton Town	26 December 1987^{[lower-alpha 1]}	£17,500
Defenders
Phil Coleman	FB	Woolwich	(1960-09-08)8 September 1960 (aged 27)	105	7	MyPa	December 1988	Free transfer
Scott Daniels	CB	South Benfleet	(1969-11-22)22 November 1969 (aged 18)	1	0	Apprentice	23 April 1988^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Free transfer
Tony English	DF/MF	Luton	(1966-10-19)19 October 1966 (aged 21)	166	23	Coventry City	24 December 1984	Free transfer
Stuart Hicks	CB	Peterborough	(1967-05-30)30 May 1967 (aged 21)	7	0	Wisbech Town	March 1988	Free transfer
Colin Hill	CB	Uxbridge	(1963-11-12)12 November 1963 (aged 24)	30	1	Marítimo	30 October 1987^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Undisclosed
John Pollard	CB	Chelmsford	(1971-11-17)17 November 1971 (aged 16)	0	0	Apprentice	5 May 1989^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Free transfer
Rodney Rooke	FB	Orsett	(1970-04-07)7 April 1970 (aged 18)	0	0	Apprentice	Summer 1988	Non-contract
Robert Scott	FB	Broxburn	(1964-01-13)13 January 1964 (aged 24)	0	0	Whitburn Junior	24 March 1989^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Free transfer
Clive Stafford	FB	Ipswich	(1963-04-04)4 April 1963 (aged 25)	0	0	Diss Town	February 1989	Unknown
Midfielders
Mark Radford	MF	Leicester	(1968-12-20)20 December 1968 (aged 19)	16	0	Apprentice	26 January 1987^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Free transfer
Les Taylor	MF	North Shields	(1956-12-04)4 December 1956 (aged 31)	0	0	Reading	January 1989	£20,000
Richard Wilkins	MF/DF	Lambeth	(1965-05-28)28 May 1965 (aged 23)	84	15	Haverhill Rovers	18 November 1986^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Undisclosed
Forwards
Ian Allinson	WG	Hitchin	(1957-10-01)1 October 1957 (aged 30)	363	82	Luton Town	16 December 1988^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Free transfer
Gary Bennett	WG	Enfield Town	(1970-11-13)13 November 1970 (aged 17)	0	0	Tottenham Hotpsur	21 October 1988^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Free transfer
Steve Restarick	FW	Barking	(1971-11-28)28 November 1971 (aged 16)	0	0	West Ham United	Early 1988–89 season	Free transfer
Mario Walsh	FW	Paddington	(1966-01-19)19 January 1966 (aged 22)	15	2	Torquay United	Summer 1987	£15,000

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
Summer 1988	FB	Kevin Bedford	Wimbledon	Undisclosed	^[7]
Summer 1988	FB	Steve Cartwright	Tamworth	Free transfer	^[8]
Summer 1988	FB	Rodney Rooke	Apprentice	Non-contract	^[9]
Summer 1988	FB	Dave Swindlehurst	Wimbledon	Undisclosed	^[10]
Summer 1988	MF	Dave Barnett	Windsor & Eton	Undisclosed	^[11]
Early 1988–89 season	FW	Steve Restarick	West Ham United	Free transfer	^[12]
October 1988	WG	Ian Brown	Harwich & Parkeston	Non-contract	^[13]
21 October 1988	WG	Gary Bennett	Tottenham Hotspur	Free transfer	^[14]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
11 November 1988	GK	Mark Coombe	Bristol City	Non-contract	^[15]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
December 1988	FB	Phil Coleman	MyPa	Free transfer	^[16]
16 December 1988	WG	Ian Allinson	Luton Town	Free transfer	^[17]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
January 1989	MF	Les Taylor	Reading	£20,000	^[18]
February 1989	FB	Clive Stafford	Diss Town	Unknown	^[19]
8 February 1989	WG	Paul McGee	Bohemian	£35,000	^[20]
18 February 1989	FW	John Warner	Burnham Ramblers	Free transfer	^[21]
24 March 1989	FB	Robert Scott	Whitburn Junior	Free transfer	^[22]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5 May 1989	CB	John Pollard	Apprentice	Free transfer	^[23]^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
End of season	CB	John Ray	Wycombe Wanderers	Undisclosed	^[24]
End of season	MF	Keith Williams	Swanage Town & Herston	Released	^[25]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Summer 1988	WG	Tommy Keane	Galway United	Undisclosed	^[26]
July 1988	MF	Gary Smith	Enfield	Undisclosed	^[27]
October 1988	WG	Ian Brown	Harwich & Parkeston	Released	^[13]
October 1988	WG	Winston White	Burnley	£17,500	^[28]
15 October 1988	FB	Steve Cartwright	Tamworth	Released	^[8]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
11 November 1988	FB	Stephen Grenfell	Bromley	Free transfer	^[29]
December 1988	CB	Rudi Hedman	Crystal Palace	£100,000	^[30]
3 December 1988	GK	Mark Coombe	Torquay United	Free transfer	^[15]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
20 December 1988	MF	Nick Chatterton	Free agent	Retired	^[31]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
31 January 1989	FB	Dave Swindlehurst	Bromley	Undisclosed	^[10]^{[lower-alpha 2]}^{[lower-alpha 3]}
1 March 1989	WG	Paul McGee	Wimbledon	£150,000	^[20]
27 March 1989	FB	Kevin Bedford	Unknown	Unknown	^[7]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
April 1989	MF	Dave Barnett	Edmonton Brick Men	Released	^[11]
21 April 1989	WG	Lee Hunter	Wivenhoe Town	Released	^[32]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
13 May 1989	CB	Steve Hetzke	Free agent	Retired	^[33]^{[lower-alpha 2]}^{[lower-alpha 4]}
13 May 1989	FW	Dale Tempest	Eastern	Undisclosed	^[34]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
13 May 1989	FW	John Warner	Heybridge Swifts	Released	^[21]^{[lower-alpha 5]}

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
24 October 1988	MF		Tony Kelly	West Bromwich Albion	21 January 1989	^[35]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
February 1989	GK		Tom McAlister	West Ham United	1 May 1989	^[36]^{[lower-alpha 1]}

27 August 1988 (1988-08-27) 1	Colchester United	1–0	York City	Colchester
15:00 BST	Tempest 58' Barnett	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 1,664 Referee: R Pawley

1988–89_Colchester_United_F.C._season

1988–89 Colchester United F.C. season

Season overview

Players

Transfers

In

Out

Loans in

Loans out

Match details

Fourth Division

Results round by round

League table

Matches

League Cup

FA Cup

Associate Members' Cup

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Goalscorers

Disciplinary record

Clean sheets

Player debuts

See also

References

General

Specific

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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	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A
Result	W	D	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W
Position	8	1	9	12	10	12	16	11	17	21	21	22	22	23	23	22	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	22

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
20	Stockport County	46	10	21	15	54	52	+2	51
21	Halifax Town	46	13	11	22	69	75	−6	50
22	Colchester United	46	12	14	20	60	78	−18	50
23	Doncaster Rovers	46	13	10	23	49	78	−29	49
24	Darlington	46	8	18	20	53	76	−23	42	Relegated to Conference

2 September 1988 (1988-09-02) 2	Tranmere Rovers	0–0	Colchester United	Birkenhead
		Report		Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 3,401 Referee: Keith Cooper

9 September 1988 (1988-09-09) 3	Colchester United	0–1	Doncaster Rovers	Colchester
		Report	Rankine 80'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 1,726 Referee: J Moules

16 September 1988 (1988-09-16) 4	Wrexham	2–2	Colchester United	Wrexham
	Hunter 55' Cooper 68'	Report	Swindlehurst 17' Tempest 83'	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 2,873 Referee: R Hamer

20 September 1988 (1988-09-20) 5	Colchester United	3–1	Scarborough	Colchester
19:30 BST	Swindlehurst 23' (pen.) Tempest 88' Wilkins 90'	Report	Cook 50' (pen.)	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 1,420 Referee: Kelvin Morton

24 September 1988 (1988-09-24) 6	Burnley	2–0	Colchester United	Burnley
	Rowell 43' O'Connell 55'	Report		Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 7,177 Referee: Alan Wilkie

1 October 1988 (1988-10-01) 7	Colchester United	1–3	Lincoln City	Colchester
	Swindlehurst 14'	Report	Hobson 5', 90' Hill 51' (o.g.)	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 1,529 Referee: M James

4 October 1988 (1988-10-04) 8	Carlisle United	1–2	Colchester United	Carlisle
	Sendall 48'	Report	Tempest 47' Swindlehurst 61'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 2,193 Referee: A Simmons

8 October 1988 (1988-10-08) 9	Colchester United	1–2	Scunthorpe United	Colchester
	Hedman 28' Barnett 78'	Report	Flounders 13' Richardson 86'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 1,299 Referee: Ian Borrett

15 October 1988 (1988-10-15) 10	Leyton Orient	8–0	Colchester United	Leyton
	Hull 8', 53', 74' Sitton 11' Baker 20' Comfort 41' Hales 85' (pen.) Day 90'	Report		Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 3,421 Referee: Paul Durkin

4 November 1988 (1988-11-04) 14	Crewe Alexandra	3–1	Colchester United	Crewe
	Gardiner 13' Edwards 63' Callaghan 76'	Report	Walsh 9'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 2,787 Referee: David Allison

8 November 1988 (1988-11-08) 15	Halifax Town	3–2	Colchester United	Halifax
	Martin 42' McPhillips 45' (pen.), 87'	Report	Kelly 13' Wilkins 84'	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 2,176 Referee: Joe Timmons

21 October 1988 (1988-10-21) 11	Colchester United	1–2	Cambridge United	Colchester
19:30 BST	English 88'	Report	Anderson 65', 79'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,138 Referee: G Pooley

25 October 1988 (1988-10-25) 12	Rotherham United	2–0	Colchester United	Rotherham
	Green 48' Williamson 90'	Report		Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 4,066 Referee: John Lloyd

28 October 1988 (1988-10-28) 13	Colchester United	1–1	Stockport County	Colchester
19:30 GMT	Tempest 37'	Report	Hill 48' (o.g.)	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 1,643 Referee: Paul Alcock

11 November 1988 (1988-11-11) 16	Colchester United	2–2	Torquay United	Colchester
19:30 GMT	English 13' Kelly 85'	Report	Loram 62' Thompson 90'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 1,926 Referee: David Elleray

25 November 1988 (1988-11-25) 17	Colchester United	1–2	Darlington	Colchester
19:30 GMT	Radford 72'	Report	Worthington 26' (pen.), 62'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 1,550 Referee: Tony Ward

3 December 1988 (1988-12-03) 18	Exeter City	4–2	Colchester United	Exeter
	Taylor 18' Neville 30' Hiley 53' Rowbotham 88'	Report	Swindlehurst 25' Tempest 79'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 2,132 Referee: Keith Cooper

16 December 1988 (1988-12-16) 19	Rochdale	1–1	Colchester United	Rochdale
	O'Shaughnessy 29'	Report	Walsh 58'	Stadium: Spotland Stadium Attendance: 1,258 Referee: J Key

26 December 1988 (1988-12-26) 20	Colchester United	1–2	Peterborough United	Colchester
15:00 GMT	Walsh 65'	Report	Gunn 44' (pen.) McElhinney 87'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,828 Referee: I Hemley

30 December 1988 (1988-12-30) 21	Colchester United	1–2	Hartlepool United	Colchester
19:30 GMT	English 45'	Report	Borthwick 67' Stokes 78'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,359 Referee: Vic Callow

2 January 1989 (1989-01-02) 22	Grimsby Town	2–2	Colchester United	Cleethorpes
	O'Kelly 14' Alexander 26'	Report	Wilkins 32' Allinson 76'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 4,472 Referee: Stephen Lodge

13 January 1989 (1989-01-13) 23	Colchester United	2–3	Tranmere Rovers	Colchester
19:30 GMT	Walsh 16', 50'	Report	McCarrick 53' Harvey 61' Vickers 89'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,458 Referee: M James

21 January 1989 (1989-01-21) 24	York City	2–0	Colchester United	York
	Dixon 33' Howlett 66'	Report		Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 2,219 Referee: Roger Dilkes

4 February 1989 (1989-02-04) 25	Scarborough	0–0	Colchester United	Scarborough
		Report		Stadium: Athletic Ground Attendance: 1,913 Referee: Keith Hackett

10 February 1989 (1989-02-10) 26	Colchester United	2–2	Burnley	Colchester
19:30 GMT	Allinson 62' Walsh 74'	Report	White 14', 16' (pen.)	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,809 Referee: M Bailey

18 February 1989 (1989-02-18) 27	Scunthorpe United	2–3	Colchester United	Scunthorpe
	Lister 57' Nicol 75'	Report	Wilkins 10' English 23' Warner 84'	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 4,286 Referee: K Redfearn

24 February 1989 (1989-02-24) 28	Colchester United	1–0	Leyton Orient	Colchester
19:30 GMT	Allinson 20'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,269 Referee: Ian Borrett

28 February 1989 (1989-02-28) 29	Colchester United	1–1	Rotherham United	Colchester
19:30 GMT	Allinson 81'	Report	Grealish 27'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,671 Referee: D Hedges

5 March 1989 (1989-03-05) 30	Cambridge United	3–1	Colchester United	Cambridge
	Taylor 32' Leadbitter 42' Ryan 53'	Report	Wilkins 30'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 4,205 Referee: J Moules

10 March 1989 (1989-03-10) 31	Colchester United	2–1	Crewe Alexandra	Colchester
19:30 GMT	English 19', 82'	Report	Murphy 43'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,088 Referee: A Seville

13 March 1989 (1989-03-13) 32	Stockport County	1–0	Colchester United	Stockport
	Cooke 49'	Report		Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 2,027 Referee: George Courtney