1990–91 Colchester United F.C. season
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The 1990–91 season was Colchester United's
Colchester United F.C.
Colchester United Football Club is an English football club based in Colchester. The club was formed in 1937, and briefly shared their old Layer Road home with now defunct side Colchester Town who had previously used the ground from 1910....

 first season outside of the Football League since 1950, when they were elected to the football league. The season ended with Colchester finishing runners-up in the Conference
Football Conference
The Football Conference is a football league in England which consists of three divisions called Conference National, Conference North, and Conference South. Some Football Conference clubs are fully professional, such as Luton Town, but most of them are semi-professional...

 behind Barnet
Barnet F.C.
Barnet Football Club is an English football team from High Barnet, London, England, currently playing in Football League Two. The ground is in the town of Barnet within the London Borough of Barnet....

 by two points.

Season Review

Lincoln
Lincoln City F.C.
Lincoln City Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The club are currently members of the Conference National in 2011–12 following relegation from the Football League....

 and Darlington
Darlington F.C.
Darlington Football Club is a professional association football club based in Darlington, County Durham, currently playing in the Conference National. The club was founded in 1883, and originally played its games at Feethams, before moving to the Darlington Arena in 2003...

 had both returned to the Football League at the first attempt from the Conference
Football Conference
The Football Conference is a football league in England which consists of three divisions called Conference National, Conference North, and Conference South. Some Football Conference clubs are fully professional, such as Luton Town, but most of them are semi-professional...

 and the onus was on new Player Manager Ian Atkins
Ian Atkins
Ian Leslie Atkins is a former English professional footballer who became a manager later in his career, and now works as a coach with Sunderland. During a 20-year playing career he had eight clubs, including two spells with Sunderland and Birmingham City and playing more than 200 games with his...

 to achieve the same. 

United remained full-time and wearing a navy and white striped kit enjoyed a 100% record from their first six home games.



Layer Road
Layer Road
Layer Road was a Football League stadium in Colchester, England. It was only used for football matches and was the home ground of Colchester United before being replaced by the Weston Homes Community Stadium. The stadium held spectators and was built in 1907, originally for use by Colchester Town...

 was sold back to the Council for £1.2m to help clear debts with the club leasing for a maximum of three seasons. 

Barnet
Barnet F.C.
Barnet Football Club is an English football team from High Barnet, London, England, currently playing in Football League Two. The ground is in the town of Barnet within the London Borough of Barnet....

 and Kettering
Kettering Town F.C.
Kettering Town Football Club are a football club originating in Kettering, Northamptonshire but currently based in the nearby village of Irthlingborough. The club play in the Conference National after winning the Conference North in 2007–08...

 were U's main challengers and it took until April for U's to hit top spot.



United faced the ignominy of having to compete in the FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

 Fourth Qualifying Round and had a shock home defeat to Witton Albion
Witton Albion F.C.
Witton Albion F.C. are a football club based in Northwich, England. They were founded in 1887. They have won the Cheshire Senior Cup 11 times since 1902. Their most recent success in this competition was in 2006, when they defeated Stalybridge Celtic in the final. They have also reached the FA Cup...

 in the FA Trophy
FA Trophy
The Football Association Challenge Trophy, commonly known as the FA Trophy, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after The Football Association and competed for primarily by semi-professional teams...

 Quarter Finals after beating neighbours Wivenhoe Town
Wivenhoe Town F.C.
Wivenhoe Town F.C. is an English football club based in Wivenhoe, Essex. The club are currently members of the Eastern Counties League Premier Division and play at Broad Lane.-History:...

.



Facing late challengers Altrincham
Altrincham F.C.
Altrincham Football Club is an English association football club from Altrincham, Greater Manchester. They currently play in the Conference North, having been relegated from the Conference National at the end of the 2010–11 season.-History:...

 drew a Layer Road crowd of 7,221, but a draw and Barnet's matching form meant that Colchester finished runners-up by two points. 

Chairman Jonathan Crisp fumed: "To come second with a fully professional squad in a part-time League is a bloody disgrace." 

He soon left the club, a wiser if not poorer man, as did Atkins who joined Birmingham
Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...

 as coach.

Squad

Player Info


Pos. Name Place of Birth Date of Birth Previous Club Date Joined Fee
GK  England Scott Barrett
Scott Barrett (footballer)
Scott Barrett is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and is now assistant manager at Barnet.-Career:...

 England Ilkeston
Ilkeston
Ilkeston is a town within the Borough of Erewash, in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the River Erewash, from which the local borough takes its name. Its population at the 2001 census was 37,550...

2 April 1963  England Stoke City
Stoke City F.C.
Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...

18 August 1990 Free
DF  England Ian Atkins
Ian Atkins
Ian Leslie Atkins is a former English professional footballer who became a manager later in his career, and now works as a coach with Sunderland. During a 20-year playing career he had eight clubs, including two spells with Sunderland and Birmingham City and playing more than 200 games with his...

 England Sheldon
Sheldon, West Midlands
Sheldon is an area of eastern Birmingham in the West Midlands, England. It is close to the border with the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull and Birmingham International Airport....

16 January 1957  England Birmingham City
Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...

18 August 1990 Free
DF  United States Marcelle Bruce  United States Detroit 15 March 1971  England Youth Team 1 August 1989 Free
DF  England Scott Daniels
Scott Daniels (footballer)
Scott Charles Daniels is a former professional footballer who played league football as a defender for Colchester United, Exeter City, Northampton Town and non-league football for Dover Athletic, Ramsgate and Folkestone Invicta.-External links:**...

 England South Benfleet 22 November 1969  England Youth Team 1 August 1987 Free
DF  England Warren Donald
Warren Donald
Warren Donald is an English-born footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League in the 1980s and 1990s.Born in Uxbridge, he joined West Ham United as an apprentice, making two League appearances for them...

 England Uxbridge
Uxbridge
Uxbridge is a large town located in north west London, England and is the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Hillingdon. It forms part of the ceremonial county of Greater London. It is located west-northwest of Charing Cross and is one of the major metropolitan centres...

7 October 1964  England Northampton Town
Northampton Town F.C.
Northampton Town Football Club are an English professional football club based in Northampton, Northamptonshire. They currently play in Football League Two, the lowest league division, after being relegated from League One on the last day of the 2008–09 season...

27 August 1990 Free
DF  England Shaun Elliott
Shaun Elliott
Shaun Elliott is an English former professional footballer.Elliott was a central defender who began his career with Sunderland before playing for Norwich City, Blackpool and Colchester United. He also played with the Seattle Sounders in the North American Soccer League...

 England Haltwhistle
Haltwhistle
Haltwhistle is a small town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, situated east of Brampton, near Hadrian's Wall, and the villages of Plenmeller, Rowfoot and Melkridge...

26 January 1957  England Blackpool
Blackpool F.C.
Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...

15 December 1990 £7,000
DF  England Tony English
Tony English
Tony English played 351 league games and 45 cup games as a defender for Colchester United between 1984 and 1996, captaining the side to a Conference and FA Trophy double. Born in Luton, as a junior he played for Coventry City before joining the Colchester United youth setup and then progressing to...

 England Luton
Luton
Luton is a large town and unitary authority of Bedfordshire, England, 30 miles north of London. Luton and its near neighbours, Dunstable and Houghton Regis, form the Luton/Dunstable Urban Area with a population of about 250,000....

19 October 1966  England Coventry City
Coventry City F.C.
Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...

1 January 1985 Free
DF  England Martin Grainger
Martin Grainger
Martin Grainger is a former English football player, he was a defender who ended his playing career with Birmingham City in December 2004...

 England Enfield
London Borough of Enfield
The London Borough of Enfield is the most northerly London borough and forms part of Outer London. It borders the London Boroughs of Barnet, Haringey and Waltham Forest...

23 August 1972  England Youth Team 1 August 1989 Free
DF  England Neale Marmon
Neale Marmon
Neale Gordon Marmon , is a former English footballer who spend the majority of his career in Germany....

 England Bournemouth
Bournemouth
Bournemouth is a large coastal resort town in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. According to the 2001 Census the town has a population of 163,444, making it the largest settlement in Dorset. It is also the largest settlement between Southampton and Plymouth...

21 April 1961  Germany Hannover 96
Hannover 96
Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96, Hannover or simply 96, is a German association football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony.-Foundation to WWII:...

20 January 1990 Nominal
DF  England Gary Osbourne  England Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...

22 October 1969  England Telford United
Telford United F.C.
Telford United F.C. was an English football club based in Telford, Shropshire.The club existed under various names for a total of 132 years from its formation in 1872. The club was founder members of the Alliance Premier League in 1979 and played at this level for 25 years before being wound up in...

1 April 1991 Free
DF  England John Pollard  England Chelmsford
Chelmsford
Chelmsford is the county town of Essex, England and the principal settlement of the borough of Chelmsford. It is located in the London commuter belt, approximately northeast of Charing Cross, London, and approximately the same distance from the once provincial Roman capital at Colchester...

17 November 1971  England Youth Team 1 August 1988 Free
MF  England Garry Brooke
Garry Brooke
Garry James Brooke Bethnal Green, London) is a former professional footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur, Norwich City, FC Groningen, Wimbledon, Stoke City and Brentford before moving into non-league football....

 England Bethnal Green
Bethnal Green
Bethnal Green is a district of the East End of London, England and part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, with the far northern parts falling within the London Borough of Hackney. Located northeast of Charing Cross, it was historically an agrarian hamlet in the ancient parish of Stepney,...

24 November 1960  England Baldock Town
Baldock Town F.C.
Baldock Town F.C. is an English association football club based in Baldock, Hertfordshire. The club existed from 1889 until 2001, when it folded but the name Baldock Town was revived in 2006 when a club previously called simply Baldock changed its name...

21 January 1991 Free
MF  Republic of Ireland Eamonn Collins
Eamonn Collins (footballer)
Eamonn Anthony Stephen Collins is an Irish retired footballer and football manager, who is now a players' agent.In his playing career, he was the youngest player ever to turn out in a professional game in England, when he played for Blackpool in 1980, six weeks before his 15th birthday...

 Republic of Ireland Inchicore
Inchicore
-Location and access:Located five kilometres due west of the city centre, Inchicore lies south of the River Liffey, west of Kilmainham, north of Drimnagh and east of Ballyfermot. The majority of Inchicore is in the Dublin 8 postal district...

22 October 1965  England Portsmouth
Portsmouth F.C.
Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the city of Portsmouth. The club is nicknamed Pompey. Portsmouth's home matches have been played at Fratton Park since the club's formation in 1898. The team currently play in the Football League Championship after being relegated from...

19 August 1989 Free
MF  Republic of Ireland Mark Kinsella
Mark Kinsella
Mark Anthony Kinsella is an Irish former professional footballer and current football coach. He played as a central midfielder for most of his career....

 Republic of Ireland Dublin 12 August 1972  Republic of Ireland Home Farm
Home Farm F.C.
Home Farm Football Club is an Irish football club based in Whitehall, Dublin. Originally founded in 1928, the club joined the League of Ireland in 1972 after merging with Drumcondra. Following this merger they were briefly known as Home Farm Drumcondra...

26 August 1989 Free
MF  England Nicky Smith
Nicky Smith
Nicholas Leslie "Nicky" Smith is a former professional footballer. After his professional career ended, he played for several non-League teams whilst serving as a policeman and has captained, coached and managed the England police team, as well as managing A.F.C...

 England Berkeley
Berkeley, Gloucestershire
Berkeley is a town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It lies in the Vale of Berkeley between the east bank of the River Severn and the M5 motorway within the Stroud administrative district. The town is noted for Berkeley Castle where the imprisoned Edward II was murdered.- Geography...

28 January 1969  England Southend United
Southend United F.C.
Southend United Football Club is an English football club based at Roots Hall Stadium, Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, who play in Football League Two. Their home ground is Roots Hall, and the club plan to move into a new 22,000-seater stadium located at Fossetts Farm.-Stadium:The club has had...

18 August 1990 Free
MF  England Les Taylor
Les Taylor (footballer)
Leslie Taylor is an English former footballer who captained Watford in the 1984 FA Cup Final. He played as a hard-working central-midfielder. Graham Taylor, his Watford manager, described him as "sniffer and a ratter".Taylor started his career at Oxford United, signing professional terms in...

 England North Shields
North Shields
North Shields is a town on the north bank of the River Tyne, in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside, in North East England...

4 December 1956  England Reading
Reading F.C.
Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship...

13 January 1989 £20,000
FW  England Gary Bennett
Gary Bennett (footballer born 1970)
Gary Bennett is a former English professional footballer. A prolific striker, he holds goalscoring records at two of his former clubs.-Biography:...

 England Enfield
London Borough of Enfield
The London Borough of Enfield is the most northerly London borough and forms part of Outer London. It borders the London Boroughs of Barnet, Haringey and Waltham Forest...

13 November 1970  England Youth Team 1 August 1988 Free
FW  England Roy McDonough
Roy McDonough
Roy McDonough is a former professional football player and manager in the English football league. His surname is occasionally misspelt in the media as Roy McDonagh.-Playing career:...

 England Solihull
Solihull
Solihull is a town in the West Midlands of England with a population of 94,753. It is a part of the West Midlands conurbation and is located 9 miles southeast of Birmingham city centre...

16 October 1958  England Southend United
Southend United F.C.
Southend United Football Club is an English football club based at Roots Hall Stadium, Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, who play in Football League Two. Their home ground is Roots Hall, and the club plan to move into a new 22,000-seater stadium located at Fossetts Farm.-Stadium:The club has had...

13 October 1990 Free
FW  England Steve McGavin
Steve McGavin
Steven James "Steve" McGavin is an English former professional footballer.-Biography:Born in North Walsham, McGavin played non-League football for Sudbury Town in his late teens and early 20s, before being signed by Colchester United for £10000 in July 1992. After scoring 17 goals in 58 games, he...

 England North Walsham
North Walsham
North Walsham is a market town and civil parish in Norfolk, England in the North Norfolk district.-Demographics:The civil parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 11,998. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of North...

24 January 1969  England Sudbury Town
Sudbury Town F.C.
Sudbury Town F.C. was an English football club based in Sudbury, Suffolk. Established in 1885, the club merged with Sudbury Wanderers in 1999 to form A.F.C. Sudbury.-History:...

1 April 1991 £3,000
FW  England Steve Restarick  England Barking
Barking
Barking is a suburban town in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, in East London, England. A retail and commercial centre situated in the west of the borough, it lies east of Charing Cross. Barking was in the historic county of Essex until it was absorbed by Greater London. The area is...

28 November 1971  England Youth Team 1 August 1989 Free
FW  England Laurie Ryan  England Watford
Watford
Watford is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, situated northwest of central London and within the bounds of the M25 motorway. The borough is separated from Greater London to the south by the urbanised parish of Watford Rural in the Three Rivers District.Watford was created as an urban...

15 October 1963  England Cambridge United
Cambridge United F.C.
Cambridge United Football Club is a professional football club from Cambridge, England. They are currently playing the 2011-2012 season in the Conference National, the fifth tier of the English league system, where they have competed since 2005 following their relegation from the Football League...

15 December 1990 Free
FW  England Mario Walsh
Mario Walsh
Mario Markus Walsh is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played in Football League for Torquay, Colchester and Southend United, before returning to Colchester now in the Football Conference. After one season, he joined Redbridge Forest-External links:**...

 England Paddington
Paddington
Paddington is a district within the City of Westminster, in central London, England. Formerly a metropolitan borough, it was integrated with Westminster and Greater London in 1965...

19 January 1966  England Southend United
Southend United F.C.
Southend United Football Club is an English football club based at Roots Hall Stadium, Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, who play in Football League Two. Their home ground is Roots Hall, and the club plan to move into a new 22,000-seater stadium located at Fossetts Farm.-Stadium:The club has had...

1 September 1990 £25,000

Transfers In

Date Pos. Player Name Previous Club Transfer Fee Notes
18 August 1990 GK  England Scott Barrett
Scott Barrett (footballer)
Scott Barrett is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and is now assistant manager at Barnet.-Career:...

 England Stoke City Free
18 August 1990 DF  England Ian Atkins
Ian Atkins
Ian Leslie Atkins is a former English professional footballer who became a manager later in his career, and now works as a coach with Sunderland. During a 20-year playing career he had eight clubs, including two spells with Sunderland and Birmingham City and playing more than 200 games with his...

 England Birmingham City Free
18 August 1990 MF  England Nicky Smith
Nicky Smith
Nicholas Leslie "Nicky" Smith is a former professional footballer. After his professional career ended, he played for several non-League teams whilst serving as a policeman and has captained, coached and managed the England police team, as well as managing A.F.C...

 England Southend United Free
18 August 1990 FW  Wales Morrys Scott
Morrys Scott
Morrys James Scott is a Welsh former professional footballer. He made a total 32 appearances in The Football League between 1989 and 1993 before moving into the Welsh Premier League.-Career:...

 Wales Cardiff City
Cardiff city
Cardiff City may refer to:* Cardiff city centre* Cardiff City Council* Cardiff City F.C.* Cardiff City L.F.C.* Cardiff City Stadium...

Free
27 August 1990 DF  England Warren Donald
Warren Donald
Warren Donald is an English-born footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League in the 1980s and 1990s.Born in Uxbridge, he joined West Ham United as an apprentice, making two League appearances for them...

 England Northampton Town Free
1 September 1990 FW  England Mario Walsh
Mario Walsh
Mario Markus Walsh is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played in Football League for Torquay, Colchester and Southend United, before returning to Colchester now in the Football Conference. After one season, he joined Redbridge Forest-External links:**...

 England Southend United £25,000
22 September 1990 MF  England Mark Rees  England Walsall
Walsall F.C.
Walsall Football Club are an English association football club based in Walsall, West Midlands. They currently play in League One. The club was founded in 1888 as Walsall Town Swifts, an amalgamation of Walsall Town F.C. and Walsall Swifts F.C. The club was one of the founder members of the Second...

Free
13 October 1990 FW  England Roy McDonough
Roy McDonough
Roy McDonough is a former professional football player and manager in the English football league. His surname is occasionally misspelt in the media as Roy McDonagh.-Playing career:...

 England Southend United Free Swap deal with Morrys Scott
Morrys Scott
Morrys James Scott is a Welsh former professional footballer. He made a total 32 appearances in The Football League between 1989 and 1993 before moving into the Welsh Premier League.-Career:...

; Player-manager
15 December 1990 DF  England Shaun Elliott
Shaun Elliott
Shaun Elliott is an English former professional footballer.Elliott was a central defender who began his career with Sunderland before playing for Norwich City, Blackpool and Colchester United. He also played with the Seattle Sounders in the North American Soccer League...

 England Blackpool
Blackpool F.C.
Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...

£7,000
15 December 1990 FW  England Laurie Ryan  England Cambridge United Free
21 January 1991 MF  England Garry Brooke
Garry Brooke
Garry James Brooke Bethnal Green, London) is a former professional footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur, Norwich City, FC Groningen, Wimbledon, Stoke City and Brentford before moving into non-league football....

 England Baldock Town
Baldock Town F.C.
Baldock Town F.C. is an English association football club based in Baldock, Hertfordshire. The club existed from 1889 until 2001, when it folded but the name Baldock Town was revived in 2006 when a club previously called simply Baldock changed its name...

Free
26 February 1991 MF  Republic of Ireland Wayne Hannigan  Republic of Ireland Home Farm
Home Farm F.C.
Home Farm Football Club is an Irish football club based in Whitehall, Dublin. Originally founded in 1928, the club joined the League of Ireland in 1972 after merging with Drumcondra. Following this merger they were briefly known as Home Farm Drumcondra...

Free
1 April 1991 DF  England Gary Osbourne  England Telford United Free
1 April 1991 FW  England Steve McGavin
Steve McGavin
Steven James "Steve" McGavin is an English former professional footballer.-Biography:Born in North Walsham, McGavin played non-League football for Sudbury Town in his late teens and early 20s, before being signed by Colchester United for £10000 in July 1992. After scoring 17 goals in 58 games, he...

 England Sudbury Town
Sudbury Town F.C.
Sudbury Town F.C. was an English football club based in Sudbury, Suffolk. Established in 1885, the club merged with Sudbury Wanderers in 1999 to form A.F.C. Sudbury.-History:...

£3,000

Transfers Out

Date Pos. Player Name New Club Transfer Fee Notes
31 May 1990 DF  England Billy Gilbert
Billy Gilbert
Billy Gilbert was an American comedian and actor known for his comic sneeze routines. He appeared in over 200 feature films, short subjects and television shows starting in 1929. He is not to be confused with silent film actor Billy Gilbert Billy Gilbert (September 12, 1894 – September 23,...

 England Maidstone United Free
31 May 1990 DF  England Stuart Hicks
Stuart Hicks
Stuart Jason Hicks was a professional footballer who played as a defender.-Playing career:Hicks began his career with hometown club Peterborough United, where he turned professional in August 1984. However he failed to make any league appearances for the Posh and he subsequently went on loan to...

 England Scunthorpe United Free
31 May 1990 DF  Scotland Robert Scott  Scotland East Fife
East Fife F.C.
East Fife Football Club are a Scottish football club based in the Fife coastal town of Methil...

Free
31 May 1990 MF  England Richard Wilkins
Richard Wilkins (footballer)
Richard Wilkins is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He currently manages Bury Town.-Biography:...

 England Cambridge United £65,000
31 May 1990 FW  England Trevor Morgan
Trevor Morgan (footballer)
Trevor James Morgan is a former professional footballer and currently Coach at Kingfisher East Bengal FC. He was appointed to this role on July 16, 2010.-Playing career:...

 England Exeter City Free
18 September 1990 MF  England Steve Ball
Steve Ball
Steven James "Steve" Ball is an English former professional football player. He played as a midfielder.-Career:...

 England Norwich City Free
22 September 1990 MF  England Mark Rees  Republic of Ireland Shamrock Rovers Free
13 October 1990 FW  Wales Morrys Scott
Morrys Scott
Morrys James Scott is a Welsh former professional footballer. He made a total 32 appearances in The Football League between 1989 and 1993 before moving into the Welsh Premier League.-Career:...

 England Southend United Free Swap deal with Roy McDonough
Roy McDonough
Roy McDonough is a former professional football player and manager in the English football league. His surname is occasionally misspelt in the media as Roy McDonagh.-Playing career:...


Loans In

Date Pos. Player Name Parent Club Date Returned Notes
18 August 1990 MF  England Mark Yates
Mark Yates (footballer)
Mark Jason Yates is an English football manager and former player, currently managing Cheltenham Town. As a player he played primarily in a central midfield role.-Playing career:...

 England Birmingham City 2 February 1991
19 September 1990 FW  England Laurie Ryan  England Cambridge United 29 September 1990
24 November 1990 FW  United States Mike Masters  United States San Francisco Bay Blackhawks
San Francisco Bay Blackhawks
San Francisco Bay Blackhawks was a professional soccer team which came into existence in 1989 as a team in the Western Soccer League . The Blackhawks spent time in the American Professional Soccer League and the United States Interregional Soccer League...

25 March 1991
30 March 1991 DF  England Rudi Hedman
Rudi Hedman
Rudolph Gideon "Rudi" Hedman is a retired English professional footballer. He mainly played as a defender.-External links:**...

 England Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace F.C.
Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...

4 May 1991
30 March 1991 MF  England David Leworthy  England Reading
Reading F.C.
Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship...

30 April 1991

Conference Results Summary

Pos Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Barnet
Barnet F.C.
Barnet Football Club is an English football team from High Barnet, London, England, currently playing in Football League Two. The ground is in the town of Barnet within the London Borough of Barnet....

 (C)
42 26 9 7 103 52
51
87
2 Colchester United
Colchester United F.C.
Colchester United Football Club is an English football club based in Colchester. The club was formed in 1937, and briefly shared their old Layer Road home with now defunct side Colchester Town who had previously used the ground from 1910....

42 25 10 7 68 35 +33 85
3 Altrincham
Altrincham F.C.
Altrincham Football Club is an English association football club from Altrincham, Greater Manchester. They currently play in the Conference North, having been relegated from the Conference National at the end of the 2010–11 season.-History:...

42 23 13 6 87 46
41
82

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Conference Results

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
18/08/1990 Yeovil Town
Yeovil Town F.C.
Yeovil Town F.C. are an English association football team based in Yeovil, Somerset. The club play in League One after having won the League Two championship in 2004–05...

A 0-2 4,169
22/08/1990 Welling United
Welling United F.C.
Welling United Football Club are an English football club, based in Welling in the London Borough of Bexley. They currently play in the Conference South. The 2010–11 season was not a good one for them as the club had financial problems, nearly going bankrupt but lots of supporters chipped in and...

A 1-1 1,828 Yates
Mark Yates (footballer)
Mark Jason Yates is an English football manager and former player, currently managing Cheltenham Town. As a player he played primarily in a central midfield role.-Playing career:...

25/08/1990 Merthyr Tydfil
Merthyr Tydfil F.C.
Merthyr Tydfil Football Club was a Welsh football club based at the Penydarren Park ground in Merthyr Tydfil. In 2010 the club was liquidated and reformed under the name Merthyr Town, which was accepted into Division One of the Western League.-History:...

H 3-1 2,008 Yates
Mark Yates (footballer)
Mark Jason Yates is an English football manager and former player, currently managing Cheltenham Town. As a player he played primarily in a central midfield role.-Playing career:...

, Bennett
Gary Bennett (footballer born 1970)
Gary Bennett is a former English professional footballer. A prolific striker, he holds goalscoring records at two of his former clubs.-Biography:...

, Collins
Eamonn Collins (footballer)
Eamonn Anthony Stephen Collins is an Irish retired footballer and football manager, who is now a players' agent.In his playing career, he was the youngest player ever to turn out in a professional game in England, when he played for Blackpool in 1980, six weeks before his 15th birthday...

27/08/1990 Fisher Athletic
Fisher Athletic F.C.
Fisher Athletic F.C. was a semi-professional football club from South East London, which last played in the Conference South, which is one of the two leagues that form the sixth tier of the English football league system. The Bermondsey-based club ground-shared at Champion Hill Stadium, the home...

A 0-0 1,395
01/09/1990 Northwich Victoria
Northwich Victoria F.C.
Northwich Victoria Football Club are an English football club who play at the Victoria Stadium in Wincham, Northwich, Cheshire in the Northern Premier League Premier Division, the seventh tier of the English football league system.Northwich are an old club, founded in 1874 and named in honour of...

H 4-0 1,966 Walsh
Mario Walsh
Mario Markus Walsh is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played in Football League for Torquay, Colchester and Southend United, before returning to Colchester now in the Football Conference. After one season, he joined Redbridge Forest-External links:**...

 (2), Yates
Mark Yates (footballer)
Mark Jason Yates is an English football manager and former player, currently managing Cheltenham Town. As a player he played primarily in a central midfield role.-Playing career:...

, English
Tony English
Tony English played 351 league games and 45 cup games as a defender for Colchester United between 1984 and 1996, captaining the side to a Conference and FA Trophy double. Born in Luton, as a junior he played for Coventry City before joining the Colchester United youth setup and then progressing to...

08/09/1990 Barrow A 2-2 1,441 Walsh
Mario Walsh
Mario Markus Walsh is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played in Football League for Torquay, Colchester and Southend United, before returning to Colchester now in the Football Conference. After one season, he joined Redbridge Forest-External links:**...

, Yates
Mark Yates (footballer)
Mark Jason Yates is an English football manager and former player, currently managing Cheltenham Town. As a player he played primarily in a central midfield role.-Playing career:...

15/09/1990 Telford United
Telford United F.C.
Telford United F.C. was an English football club based in Telford, Shropshire.The club existed under various names for a total of 132 years from its formation in 1872. The club was founder members of the Alliance Premier League in 1979 and played at this level for 25 years before being wound up in...

H 2-0 2,164 Daniels
Scott Daniels (footballer)
Scott Charles Daniels is a former professional footballer who played league football as a defender for Colchester United, Exeter City, Northampton Town and non-league football for Dover Athletic, Ramsgate and Folkestone Invicta.-External links:**...

, Walsh
Mario Walsh
Mario Markus Walsh is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played in Football League for Torquay, Colchester and Southend United, before returning to Colchester now in the Football Conference. After one season, he joined Redbridge Forest-External links:**...

19/09/1990 Boston United
Boston United F.C.
Boston United Football Club are an association football club based in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. They currently play in the Conference North. The club is known as 'the Pilgrims' in reference to the Pilgrim Fathers, who fled from Boston to the USA and founded Boston, Massachusetts. The club's...

A 3-1 1,620 Walsh
Mario Walsh
Mario Markus Walsh is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played in Football League for Torquay, Colchester and Southend United, before returning to Colchester now in the Football Conference. After one season, he joined Redbridge Forest-External links:**...

 (2), Bennett
Gary Bennett (footballer born 1970)
Gary Bennett is a former English professional footballer. A prolific striker, he holds goalscoring records at two of his former clubs.-Biography:...

22/09/1990 Cheltenham Town
Cheltenham Town F.C.
Cheltenham Town Football Club is an English football club playing in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. Founded in 1887, the team has played at four different grounds, namely Agg-Gardner's Recreation Ground, Carter's Field and now the Abbey Business Stadium, although it is more...

H 3-1 2,527 Atkins
Ian Atkins
Ian Leslie Atkins is a former English professional footballer who became a manager later in his career, and now works as a coach with Sunderland. During a 20-year playing career he had eight clubs, including two spells with Sunderland and Birmingham City and playing more than 200 games with his...

 (pen.
Penalty kick
A penalty kick is a type of direct free kick in association football, taken from twelve yards out from goal and with only the goalkeeper of the defending team between the penalty taker and the goal.Penalty kicks are performed during normal play...

), Bennett
Gary Bennett (footballer born 1970)
Gary Bennett is a former English professional footballer. A prolific striker, he holds goalscoring records at two of his former clubs.-Biography:...

, Walsh
Mario Walsh
Mario Markus Walsh is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played in Football League for Torquay, Colchester and Southend United, before returning to Colchester now in the Football Conference. After one season, he joined Redbridge Forest-External links:**...

29/09/1990 Runcorn A 3-0 861 Atkins
Ian Atkins
Ian Leslie Atkins is a former English professional footballer who became a manager later in his career, and now works as a coach with Sunderland. During a 20-year playing career he had eight clubs, including two spells with Sunderland and Birmingham City and playing more than 200 games with his...

 (2) (pen.
Penalty kick
A penalty kick is a type of direct free kick in association football, taken from twelve yards out from goal and with only the goalkeeper of the defending team between the penalty taker and the goal.Penalty kicks are performed during normal play...

), Marmon
Neale Marmon
Neale Gordon Marmon , is a former English footballer who spend the majority of his career in Germany....

06/10/1990 Macclesfield Town
Macclesfield Town F.C.
Macclesfield Town Football Club is an English football team. The club was formed in 1874 and is based in the town of Macclesfield in Cheshire. The team play its home games at the 6,355 capacity Moss Rose stadium...

A 0-1 1,100
13/10/1990 Sutton United
Sutton United F.C.
Sutton United Football Club is an English football club currently playing in the Conference South. They are based in Sutton, London, and play their home games at the Borough Sports Ground in Gander Green Lane....

H 1-0 2,716 Bennett
Gary Bennett (footballer born 1970)
Gary Bennett is a former English professional footballer. A prolific striker, he holds goalscoring records at two of his former clubs.-Biography:...

20/10/1990 Bath City
Bath City F.C.
Bath City Football Club are a semi-professional football club based in Bath, Somerset. They play in the Conference National league after gaining promotion from the Conference South via the play-offs in May 2010...

A 2-1 1,078 Atkins
Ian Atkins
Ian Leslie Atkins is a former English professional footballer who became a manager later in his career, and now works as a coach with Sunderland. During a 20-year playing career he had eight clubs, including two spells with Sunderland and Birmingham City and playing more than 200 games with his...

 (pen.
Penalty kick
A penalty kick is a type of direct free kick in association football, taken from twelve yards out from goal and with only the goalkeeper of the defending team between the penalty taker and the goal.Penalty kicks are performed during normal play...

), Yates
Mark Yates (footballer)
Mark Jason Yates is an English football manager and former player, currently managing Cheltenham Town. As a player he played primarily in a central midfield role.-Playing career:...

27/10/1990 Barrow H 1-0 2,650 Walsh
Mario Walsh
Mario Markus Walsh is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played in Football League for Torquay, Colchester and Southend United, before returning to Colchester now in the Football Conference. After one season, he joined Redbridge Forest-External links:**...

03/11/1990 Stafford Rangers
Stafford Rangers F.C.
Stafford Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional English football team from Stafford which plays in the Northern Premier League Premier Division.The team wear black and white stripes with black shorts...

H 2-0 2,403 Walsh
Mario Walsh
Mario Markus Walsh is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played in Football League for Torquay, Colchester and Southend United, before returning to Colchester now in the Football Conference. After one season, he joined Redbridge Forest-External links:**...

, English
Tony English
Tony English played 351 league games and 45 cup games as a defender for Colchester United between 1984 and 1996, captaining the side to a Conference and FA Trophy double. Born in Luton, as a junior he played for Coventry City before joining the Colchester United youth setup and then progressing to...

10/11/1990 Kettering Town
Kettering Town F.C.
Kettering Town Football Club are a football club originating in Kettering, Northamptonshire but currently based in the nearby village of Irthlingborough. The club play in the Conference National after winning the Conference North in 2007–08...

A 0-1 5,020
24/11/1990 Wycombe Wanderers
Wycombe Wanderers F.C.
Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional football team from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, which has been promoted to Football League One after finishing third in Football League Two in the season 2010–11. The club's nicknames are "The Chairboys" and "The Blues", and they play...

H 2-2 2,970 Yates
Mark Yates (footballer)
Mark Jason Yates is an English football manager and former player, currently managing Cheltenham Town. As a player he played primarily in a central midfield role.-Playing career:...

, Walsh
Mario Walsh
Mario Markus Walsh is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played in Football League for Torquay, Colchester and Southend United, before returning to Colchester now in the Football Conference. After one season, he joined Redbridge Forest-External links:**...

01/12/1990 Stafford Rangers
Stafford Rangers F.C.
Stafford Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional English football team from Stafford which plays in the Northern Premier League Premier Division.The team wear black and white stripes with black shorts...

A 2-0 1,304 Marmon
Neale Marmon
Neale Gordon Marmon , is a former English footballer who spend the majority of his career in Germany....

, McDonough
Roy McDonough
Roy McDonough is a former professional football player and manager in the English football league. His surname is occasionally misspelt in the media as Roy McDonagh.-Playing career:...

15/12/1990 Merthyr Tydfil
Merthyr Tydfil F.C.
Merthyr Tydfil Football Club was a Welsh football club based at the Penydarren Park ground in Merthyr Tydfil. In 2010 the club was liquidated and reformed under the name Merthyr Town, which was accepted into Division One of the Western League.-History:...

A 0-3 710
22/12/1990 Cheltenham Town
Cheltenham Town F.C.
Cheltenham Town Football Club is an English football club playing in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. Founded in 1887, the team has played at four different grounds, namely Agg-Gardner's Recreation Ground, Carter's Field and now the Abbey Business Stadium, although it is more...

A 2-1 1,397 English
Tony English
Tony English played 351 league games and 45 cup games as a defender for Colchester United between 1984 and 1996, captaining the side to a Conference and FA Trophy double. Born in Luton, as a junior he played for Coventry City before joining the Colchester United youth setup and then progressing to...

, Walsh
Mario Walsh
Mario Markus Walsh is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played in Football League for Torquay, Colchester and Southend United, before returning to Colchester now in the Football Conference. After one season, he joined Redbridge Forest-External links:**...

26/12/1990 Barnet
Barnet F.C.
Barnet Football Club is an English football team from High Barnet, London, England, currently playing in Football League Two. The ground is in the town of Barnet within the London Borough of Barnet....

H 0-0 3,946
29/12/1990 Boston United
Boston United F.C.
Boston United Football Club are an association football club based in Boston, Lincolnshire, England. They currently play in the Conference North. The club is known as 'the Pilgrims' in reference to the Pilgrim Fathers, who fled from Boston to the USA and founded Boston, Massachusetts. The club's...

H 3-1 2,416 Collins
Eamonn Collins (footballer)
Eamonn Anthony Stephen Collins is an Irish retired footballer and football manager, who is now a players' agent.In his playing career, he was the youngest player ever to turn out in a professional game in England, when he played for Blackpool in 1980, six weeks before his 15th birthday...

, English
Tony English
Tony English played 351 league games and 45 cup games as a defender for Colchester United between 1984 and 1996, captaining the side to a Conference and FA Trophy double. Born in Luton, as a junior he played for Coventry City before joining the Colchester United youth setup and then progressing to...

, Walsh
Mario Walsh
Mario Markus Walsh is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played in Football League for Torquay, Colchester and Southend United, before returning to Colchester now in the Football Conference. After one season, he joined Redbridge Forest-External links:**...

01/01/1991 Barnet
Barnet F.C.
Barnet Football Club is an English football team from High Barnet, London, England, currently playing in Football League Two. The ground is in the town of Barnet within the London Borough of Barnet....

A 3-1 5,105 Bennett
Gary Bennett (footballer born 1970)
Gary Bennett is a former English professional footballer. A prolific striker, he holds goalscoring records at two of his former clubs.-Biography:...

, Walsh
Mario Walsh
Mario Markus Walsh is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played in Football League for Torquay, Colchester and Southend United, before returning to Colchester now in the Football Conference. After one season, he joined Redbridge Forest-External links:**...

, Masters
05/01/1991 Slough Town
Slough Town F.C.
Slough Town F.C. is an English semi-professional football club. The club was officially founded in 1890 after the amalgamation of three local clubs, Swifts, Slough Albion and Young Men's Friendly Society, who between them forged a new club, Slough F.C....

H 2-1 2,175 Bennett
Gary Bennett (footballer born 1970)
Gary Bennett is a former English professional footballer. A prolific striker, he holds goalscoring records at two of his former clubs.-Biography:...

, Walsh
Mario Walsh
Mario Markus Walsh is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played in Football League for Torquay, Colchester and Southend United, before returning to Colchester now in the Football Conference. After one season, he joined Redbridge Forest-External links:**...

19/01/1991 Altrincham
Altrincham F.C.
Altrincham Football Club is an English association football club from Altrincham, Greater Manchester. They currently play in the Conference North, having been relegated from the Conference National at the end of the 2010–11 season.-History:...

A 2-2 1,388 English
Tony English
Tony English played 351 league games and 45 cup games as a defender for Colchester United between 1984 and 1996, captaining the side to a Conference and FA Trophy double. Born in Luton, as a junior he played for Coventry City before joining the Colchester United youth setup and then progressing to...

, McDonough
Roy McDonough
Roy McDonough is a former professional football player and manager in the English football league. His surname is occasionally misspelt in the media as Roy McDonagh.-Playing career:...

26/01/1991 Sutton United
Sutton United F.C.
Sutton United Football Club is an English football club currently playing in the Conference South. They are based in Sutton, London, and play their home games at the Borough Sports Ground in Gander Green Lane....

A 1-0 1,496 McDonough
Roy McDonough
Roy McDonough is a former professional football player and manager in the English football league. His surname is occasionally misspelt in the media as Roy McDonagh.-Playing career:...

02/03/1991 Bath City
Bath City F.C.
Bath City Football Club are a semi-professional football club based in Bath, Somerset. They play in the Conference National league after gaining promotion from the Conference South via the play-offs in May 2010...

H 2-0 2,277 Atkins
Ian Atkins
Ian Leslie Atkins is a former English professional footballer who became a manager later in his career, and now works as a coach with Sunderland. During a 20-year playing career he had eight clubs, including two spells with Sunderland and Birmingham City and playing more than 200 games with his...

 (pen.
Penalty kick
A penalty kick is a type of direct free kick in association football, taken from twelve yards out from goal and with only the goalkeeper of the defending team between the penalty taker and the goal.Penalty kicks are performed during normal play...

), Walsh
Mario Walsh
Mario Markus Walsh is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played in Football League for Torquay, Colchester and Southend United, before returning to Colchester now in the Football Conference. After one season, he joined Redbridge Forest-External links:**...

05/03/1991 Slough Town
Slough Town F.C.
Slough Town F.C. is an English semi-professional football club. The club was officially founded in 1890 after the amalgamation of three local clubs, Swifts, Slough Albion and Young Men's Friendly Society, who between them forged a new club, Slough F.C....

A 2-0 1,120 McDonough
Roy McDonough
Roy McDonough is a former professional football player and manager in the English football league. His surname is occasionally misspelt in the media as Roy McDonagh.-Playing career:...

 (2)
09/03/1991 Macclesfield Town
Macclesfield Town F.C.
Macclesfield Town Football Club is an English football team. The club was formed in 1874 and is based in the town of Macclesfield in Cheshire. The team play its home games at the 6,355 capacity Moss Rose stadium...

H 1-0 2,735 Atkins
Ian Atkins
Ian Leslie Atkins is a former English professional footballer who became a manager later in his career, and now works as a coach with Sunderland. During a 20-year playing career he had eight clubs, including two spells with Sunderland and Birmingham City and playing more than 200 games with his...

 (pen.
Penalty kick
A penalty kick is a type of direct free kick in association football, taken from twelve yards out from goal and with only the goalkeeper of the defending team between the penalty taker and the goal.Penalty kicks are performed during normal play...

)
12/03/1991 Runcorn H 2-2 2,969 Ryan, Bennett
Gary Bennett (footballer born 1970)
Gary Bennett is a former English professional footballer. A prolific striker, he holds goalscoring records at two of his former clubs.-Biography:...

23/03/1991 Fisher Athletic
Fisher Athletic F.C.
Fisher Athletic F.C. was a semi-professional football club from South East London, which last played in the Conference South, which is one of the two leagues that form the sixth tier of the English football league system. The Bermondsey-based club ground-shared at Champion Hill Stadium, the home...

H 2-1 2,492 McDonough
Roy McDonough
Roy McDonough is a former professional football player and manager in the English football league. His surname is occasionally misspelt in the media as Roy McDonagh.-Playing career:...

, Walsh
Mario Walsh
Mario Markus Walsh is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played in Football League for Torquay, Colchester and Southend United, before returning to Colchester now in the Football Conference. After one season, he joined Redbridge Forest-External links:**...

25/03/1991 Wycombe Wanderers
Wycombe Wanderers F.C.
Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional football team from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, which has been promoted to Football League One after finishing third in Football League Two in the season 2010–11. The club's nicknames are "The Chairboys" and "The Blues", and they play...

A 0-1 3,200
30/03/1991 Yeovil Town
Yeovil Town F.C.
Yeovil Town F.C. are an English association football team based in Yeovil, Somerset. The club play in League One after having won the League Two championship in 2004–05...

H 0-1 3,115
01/04/1991 Gateshead
Gateshead F.C.
Gateshead Football Club are a professional Association football club, based in Gateshead, England. They currently play in the Conference National, the fifth level of the English football league system.Ian Bogie is the current manager....

A 2-1 753 Leworthy
Dave Leworthy
David Leworthy is an English former footballer who made his name as an intelligent centre forward.Born on 22 October 1962 in Portsmouth, Leworthy grew up on the city's notorious Portsea estate...

, McDonough
Roy McDonough
Roy McDonough is a former professional football player and manager in the English football league. His surname is occasionally misspelt in the media as Roy McDonagh.-Playing career:...

05/04/1991 Northwich Victoria
Northwich Victoria F.C.
Northwich Victoria Football Club are an English football club who play at the Victoria Stadium in Wincham, Northwich, Cheshire in the Northern Premier League Premier Division, the seventh tier of the English football league system.Northwich are an old club, founded in 1874 and named in honour of...

A 2-2 1,094 Walsh
Mario Walsh
Mario Markus Walsh is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played in Football League for Torquay, Colchester and Southend United, before returning to Colchester now in the Football Conference. After one season, he joined Redbridge Forest-External links:**...

, McDonough
Roy McDonough
Roy McDonough is a former professional football player and manager in the English football league. His surname is occasionally misspelt in the media as Roy McDonagh.-Playing career:...

09/04/1991 Welling United
Welling United F.C.
Welling United Football Club are an English football club, based in Welling in the London Borough of Bexley. They currently play in the Conference South. The 2010–11 season was not a good one for them as the club had financial problems, nearly going bankrupt but lots of supporters chipped in and...

H 2-1 2,889 Atkins
Ian Atkins
Ian Leslie Atkins is a former English professional footballer who became a manager later in his career, and now works as a coach with Sunderland. During a 20-year playing career he had eight clubs, including two spells with Sunderland and Birmingham City and playing more than 200 games with his...

 (pen.
Penalty kick
A penalty kick is a type of direct free kick in association football, taken from twelve yards out from goal and with only the goalkeeper of the defending team between the penalty taker and the goal.Penalty kicks are performed during normal play...

), English
Tony English
Tony English played 351 league games and 45 cup games as a defender for Colchester United between 1984 and 1996, captaining the side to a Conference and FA Trophy double. Born in Luton, as a junior he played for Coventry City before joining the Colchester United youth setup and then progressing to...

17/04/1991 Kettering Town
Kettering Town F.C.
Kettering Town Football Club are a football club originating in Kettering, Northamptonshire but currently based in the nearby village of Irthlingborough. The club play in the Conference National after winning the Conference North in 2007–08...

H 3-1 5,048 Bennett
Gary Bennett (footballer born 1970)
Gary Bennett is a former English professional footballer. A prolific striker, he holds goalscoring records at two of his former clubs.-Biography:...

, English
Tony English
Tony English played 351 league games and 45 cup games as a defender for Colchester United between 1984 and 1996, captaining the side to a Conference and FA Trophy double. Born in Luton, as a junior he played for Coventry City before joining the Colchester United youth setup and then progressing to...

, Donald
Warren Donald
Warren Donald is an English-born footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League in the 1980s and 1990s.Born in Uxbridge, he joined West Ham United as an apprentice, making two League appearances for them...

20/04/1991 Altrincham
Altrincham F.C.
Altrincham Football Club is an English association football club from Altrincham, Greater Manchester. They currently play in the Conference North, having been relegated from the Conference National at the end of the 2010–11 season.-History:...

H 1-1 7,221 Leworthy
Dave Leworthy
David Leworthy is an English former footballer who made his name as an intelligent centre forward.Born on 22 October 1962 in Portsmouth, Leworthy grew up on the city's notorious Portsea estate...

22/04/1991 Kidderminster Harriers
Kidderminster Harriers F.C.
Kidderminster Harriers F.C. are an English football club based in Kidderminster, Worcestershire formed in 1886 They currently play in the Conference National and have played at Aggborough Stadium since they were formed...

A 0-0 1,721
26/04/1991 Telford United
Telford United F.C.
Telford United F.C. was an English football club based in Telford, Shropshire.The club existed under various names for a total of 132 years from its formation in 1872. The club was founder members of the Alliance Premier League in 1979 and played at this level for 25 years before being wound up in...

A 0-2 1,592
30/04/1991 Gateshead
Gateshead F.C.
Gateshead Football Club are a professional Association football club, based in Gateshead, England. They currently play in the Conference National, the fifth level of the English football league system.Ian Bogie is the current manager....

H 3-0 2,667 Bennett
Gary Bennett (footballer born 1970)
Gary Bennett is a former English professional footballer. A prolific striker, he holds goalscoring records at two of his former clubs.-Biography:...

, Leworthy
Dave Leworthy
David Leworthy is an English former footballer who made his name as an intelligent centre forward.Born on 22 October 1962 in Portsmouth, Leworthy grew up on the city's notorious Portsea estate...

 (2)
04/05/1991 Kidderminster Harriers
Kidderminster Harriers F.C.
Kidderminster Harriers F.C. are an English football club based in Kidderminster, Worcestershire formed in 1886 They currently play in the Conference National and have played at Aggborough Stadium since they were formed...

H 2-0 3,481 Ryan (2)

Source: 1990-91 Season Colchester United Results - coludata.co.uk

FA Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
17/11/1990 R1 Reading
Reading F.C.
Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship...

H 2-1 3,761 Atkins
Ian Atkins
Ian Leslie Atkins is a former English professional footballer who became a manager later in his career, and now works as a coach with Sunderland. During a 20-year playing career he had eight clubs, including two spells with Sunderland and Birmingham City and playing more than 200 games with his...

 (pen.
Penalty kick
A penalty kick is a type of direct free kick in association football, taken from twelve yards out from goal and with only the goalkeeper of the defending team between the penalty taker and the goal.Penalty kicks are performed during normal play...

), Marmon
Neale Marmon
Neale Gordon Marmon , is a former English footballer who spend the majority of his career in Germany....

12/12/1990 R2 Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient F.C.
Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63...

H 0-0 6,150
27/11/1991 R1 (R) Leyton Orient
Leyton Orient F.C.
Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63...

A 1-4 4,615 Masters

Source: 1990-91 Season Colchester United Results - coludata.co.uk

FA Trophy

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
15/01/1991 R1 Windsor & Eton
Windsor & Eton F.C.
Windsor & Eton F.C. was an English association football club based in Windsor, Berkshire, last playing in the Southern League Premier Division in 2010–11, until it was wound up on 2 February 2011 due to large debts. A new club, Windsor F.C., has been formed to compete in the 2011–12...

A 1-0 727 Bennett
Gary Bennett (footballer born 1970)
Gary Bennett is a former English professional footballer. A prolific striker, he holds goalscoring records at two of his former clubs.-Biography:...

02/02/1991 R2 Runcorn H 2-0 2,348 Walsh
Mario Walsh
Mario Markus Walsh is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played in Football League for Torquay, Colchester and Southend United, before returning to Colchester now in the Football Conference. After one season, he joined Redbridge Forest-External links:**...

, Marmon
Neale Marmon
Neale Gordon Marmon , is a former English footballer who spend the majority of his career in Germany....

23/02/1991 R3 Wivenhoe Town
Wivenhoe Town F.C.
Wivenhoe Town F.C. is an English football club based in Wivenhoe, Essex. The club are currently members of the Eastern Counties League Premier Division and play at Broad Lane.-History:...

H 3-0 4,923 McDonough
Roy McDonough
Roy McDonough is a former professional football player and manager in the English football league. His surname is occasionally misspelt in the media as Roy McDonagh.-Playing career:...

, Bennett
Gary Bennett (footballer born 1970)
Gary Bennett is a former English professional footballer. A prolific striker, he holds goalscoring records at two of his former clubs.-Biography:...

 (2)
16/03/1991 QF Witton Albion
Witton Albion F.C.
Witton Albion F.C. are a football club based in Northwich, England. They were founded in 1887. They have won the Cheshire Senior Cup 11 times since 1902. Their most recent success in this competition was in 2006, when they defeated Stalybridge Celtic in the final. They have also reached the FA Cup...

H 0-2 3,079

Source: 1990-91 Season Colchester United Results - coludata.co.uk

Conference League Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
21/01/1991 R1 Fisher Athletic
Fisher Athletic F.C.
Fisher Athletic F.C. was a semi-professional football club from South East London, which last played in the Conference South, which is one of the two leagues that form the sixth tier of the English football league system. The Bermondsey-based club ground-shared at Champion Hill Stadium, the home...

A 3-2 (a.e.t.) 293 Marmon
Neale Marmon
Neale Gordon Marmon , is a former English footballer who spend the majority of his career in Germany....

, Restarick (2)
26/02/1991 R2 Sutton United
Sutton United F.C.
Sutton United Football Club is an English football club currently playing in the Conference South. They are based in Sutton, London, and play their home games at the Borough Sports Ground in Gander Green Lane....

A 0-2 582

Source: 1990-91 Season Colchester United Results - coludata.co.uk

Squad statistics

No. Nat. Pos. Name Total Conference
Football Conference
The Football Conference is a football league in England which consists of three divisions called Conference National, Conference North, and Conference South. Some Football Conference clubs are fully professional, such as Luton Town, but most of them are semi-professional...

FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

FA Trophy
FA Trophy
The Football Association Challenge Trophy, commonly known as the FA Trophy, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after The Football Association and competed for primarily by semi-professional teams...

Conference LC
Conference League Cup
The Conference League Cup was an English football competition open to clubs playing in levels 5 or 6 of the English football league system , which covers the three Football Conference divisions.The Conference League Cup was formed...

Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps

All

Scorer Goals
 England Mario Walsh
Mario Walsh
Mario Markus Walsh is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played in Football League for Torquay, Colchester and Southend United, before returning to Colchester now in the Football Conference. After one season, he joined Redbridge Forest-External links:**...

18
 England Gary Bennett
Gary Bennett (footballer born 1970)
Gary Bennett is a former English professional footballer. A prolific striker, he holds goalscoring records at two of his former clubs.-Biography:...

12
 England Roy McDonough
Roy McDonough
Roy McDonough is a former professional football player and manager in the English football league. His surname is occasionally misspelt in the media as Roy McDonagh.-Playing career:...

9
 England Ian Atkins
Ian Atkins
Ian Leslie Atkins is a former English professional footballer who became a manager later in his career, and now works as a coach with Sunderland. During a 20-year playing career he had eight clubs, including two spells with Sunderland and Birmingham City and playing more than 200 games with his...

8
 England Tony English
Tony English
Tony English played 351 league games and 45 cup games as a defender for Colchester United between 1984 and 1996, captaining the side to a Conference and FA Trophy double. Born in Luton, as a junior he played for Coventry City before joining the Colchester United youth setup and then progressing to...

7
 England Mark Yates
Mark Yates (footballer)
Mark Jason Yates is an English football manager and former player, currently managing Cheltenham Town. As a player he played primarily in a central midfield role.-Playing career:...

6
 England Neale Marmon
Neale Marmon
Neale Gordon Marmon , is a former English footballer who spend the majority of his career in Germany....

5
 England Dave Leworthy
Dave Leworthy
David Leworthy is an English former footballer who made his name as an intelligent centre forward.Born on 22 October 1962 in Portsmouth, Leworthy grew up on the city's notorious Portsea estate...

4
 England Laurie Ryan 3
 Republic of Ireland Eamonn Collins
Eamonn Collins (footballer)
Eamonn Anthony Stephen Collins is an Irish retired footballer and football manager, who is now a players' agent.In his playing career, he was the youngest player ever to turn out in a professional game in England, when he played for Blackpool in 1980, six weeks before his 15th birthday...

2
 United States Mike Masters
 England Steve Restarick
 England Scott Daniels
Scott Daniels (footballer)
Scott Charles Daniels is a former professional footballer who played league football as a defender for Colchester United, Exeter City, Northampton Town and non-league football for Dover Athletic, Ramsgate and Folkestone Invicta.-External links:**...

1
 England Warren Donald
Warren Donald
Warren Donald is an English-born footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League in the 1980s and 1990s.Born in Uxbridge, he joined West Ham United as an apprentice, making two League appearances for them...



League

Scorer Goals
 England Mario Walsh
Mario Walsh
Mario Markus Walsh is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played in Football League for Torquay, Colchester and Southend United, before returning to Colchester now in the Football Conference. After one season, he joined Redbridge Forest-External links:**...

17
 England Gary Bennett
Gary Bennett (footballer born 1970)
Gary Bennett is a former English professional footballer. A prolific striker, he holds goalscoring records at two of his former clubs.-Biography:...

9
 England Roy McDonough
Roy McDonough
Roy McDonough is a former professional football player and manager in the English football league. His surname is occasionally misspelt in the media as Roy McDonagh.-Playing career:...

8
 England Ian Atkins
Ian Atkins
Ian Leslie Atkins is a former English professional footballer who became a manager later in his career, and now works as a coach with Sunderland. During a 20-year playing career he had eight clubs, including two spells with Sunderland and Birmingham City and playing more than 200 games with his...

7
 England Tony English
Tony English
Tony English played 351 league games and 45 cup games as a defender for Colchester United between 1984 and 1996, captaining the side to a Conference and FA Trophy double. Born in Luton, as a junior he played for Coventry City before joining the Colchester United youth setup and then progressing to...

 England Mark Yates
Mark Yates (footballer)
Mark Jason Yates is an English football manager and former player, currently managing Cheltenham Town. As a player he played primarily in a central midfield role.-Playing career:...

6
 England Dave Leworthy
Dave Leworthy
David Leworthy is an English former footballer who made his name as an intelligent centre forward.Born on 22 October 1962 in Portsmouth, Leworthy grew up on the city's notorious Portsea estate...

4
 England Laurie Ryan 3
 Republic of Ireland Eamonn Collins
Eamonn Collins (footballer)
Eamonn Anthony Stephen Collins is an Irish retired footballer and football manager, who is now a players' agent.In his playing career, he was the youngest player ever to turn out in a professional game in England, when he played for Blackpool in 1980, six weeks before his 15th birthday...

2
 England Neale Marmon
Neale Marmon
Neale Gordon Marmon , is a former English footballer who spend the majority of his career in Germany....

 England Scott Daniels
Scott Daniels (footballer)
Scott Charles Daniels is a former professional footballer who played league football as a defender for Colchester United, Exeter City, Northampton Town and non-league football for Dover Athletic, Ramsgate and Folkestone Invicta.-External links:**...

1
 England Warren Donald
Warren Donald
Warren Donald is an English-born footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League in the 1980s and 1990s.Born in Uxbridge, he joined West Ham United as an apprentice, making two League appearances for them...

 United States Mike Masters


FA Cup

Scorer Goals
 England Ian Atkins
Ian Atkins
Ian Leslie Atkins is a former English professional footballer who became a manager later in his career, and now works as a coach with Sunderland. During a 20-year playing career he had eight clubs, including two spells with Sunderland and Birmingham City and playing more than 200 games with his...

1
 England Neale Marmon
Neale Marmon
Neale Gordon Marmon , is a former English footballer who spend the majority of his career in Germany....

 United States Mike Masters


FA Trophy

Scorer Goals
 England Gary Bennett
Gary Bennett (footballer born 1970)
Gary Bennett is a former English professional footballer. A prolific striker, he holds goalscoring records at two of his former clubs.-Biography:...

3
 England Neale Marmon
Neale Marmon
Neale Gordon Marmon , is a former English footballer who spend the majority of his career in Germany....

1
 England Roy McDonough
Roy McDonough
Roy McDonough is a former professional football player and manager in the English football league. His surname is occasionally misspelt in the media as Roy McDonagh.-Playing career:...

 England Mario Walsh
Mario Walsh
Mario Markus Walsh is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played in Football League for Torquay, Colchester and Southend United, before returning to Colchester now in the Football Conference. After one season, he joined Redbridge Forest-External links:**...



Conference League Cup

Scorer Goals
 England Steve Restarick 2
 England Neale Marmon
Neale Marmon
Neale Gordon Marmon , is a former English footballer who spend the majority of his career in Germany....

1

Most Frequent Starting XI

This section shows players in a 5-3-2 formation with the most league starts during the season.
Pos. Name Apps. Goals
GK  England Scott Barrett
Scott Barrett (footballer)
Scott Barrett is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and is now assistant manager at Barnet.-Career:...

42 0
DF  England Scott Daniels
Scott Daniels (footballer)
Scott Charles Daniels is a former professional footballer who played league football as a defender for Colchester United, Exeter City, Northampton Town and non-league football for Dover Athletic, Ramsgate and Folkestone Invicta.-External links:**...

40 1
DF  England Ian Atkins
Ian Atkins
Ian Leslie Atkins is a former English professional footballer who became a manager later in his career, and now works as a coach with Sunderland. During a 20-year playing career he had eight clubs, including two spells with Sunderland and Birmingham City and playing more than 200 games with his...

41 7
DF  England Tony English
Tony English
Tony English played 351 league games and 45 cup games as a defender for Colchester United between 1984 and 1996, captaining the side to a Conference and FA Trophy double. Born in Luton, as a junior he played for Coventry City before joining the Colchester United youth setup and then progressing to...

39 7
DF  England Neale Marmon
Neale Marmon
Neale Gordon Marmon , is a former English footballer who spend the majority of his career in Germany....

36 2
DF  England Warren Donald
Warren Donald
Warren Donald is an English-born footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League in the 1980s and 1990s.Born in Uxbridge, he joined West Ham United as an apprentice, making two League appearances for them...

33 1
MF  England Nicky Smith
Nicky Smith
Nicholas Leslie "Nicky" Smith is a former professional footballer. After his professional career ended, he played for several non-League teams whilst serving as a policeman and has captained, coached and managed the England police team, as well as managing A.F.C...

34 0
MF  Republic of Ireland Eamonn Collins
Eamonn Collins (footballer)
Eamonn Anthony Stephen Collins is an Irish retired footballer and football manager, who is now a players' agent.In his playing career, he was the youngest player ever to turn out in a professional game in England, when he played for Blackpool in 1980, six weeks before his 15th birthday...

35 2
MF  England Mark Yates
Mark Yates (footballer)
Mark Jason Yates is an English football manager and former player, currently managing Cheltenham Town. As a player he played primarily in a central midfield role.-Playing career:...

22 6
FW  England Mario Walsh
Mario Walsh
Mario Markus Walsh is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played in Football League for Torquay, Colchester and Southend United, before returning to Colchester now in the Football Conference. After one season, he joined Redbridge Forest-External links:**...

31 17
FW  England Gary Bennett
Gary Bennett (footballer born 1970)
Gary Bennett is a former English professional footballer. A prolific striker, he holds goalscoring records at two of his former clubs.-Biography:...

34 9

Barrett
Scott Barrett (footballer)
Scott Barrett is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and is now assistant manager at Barnet.-Career:...

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