1994–95 Colchester United F.C. season

Colchester United

1994–95 season
Chairman	Gordon Parker[1]
Manager	George Burley (From 1 June until 24 December 1994) Dale Roberts (Caretaker) (24 December 1994 to 12 January 1995) Steve Wignall (From 12 January 1995)
Division Three	10th
FA Cup	3rd Round
Coca-Cola Cup	1st Round
Auto Windscreens Shield	1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Steve Whitton (10) All: Steve Whitton (13)
Highest home attendance	6,055 (Darlington)
Lowest home attendance	2,239 (Walsall)
Average home league attendance	3,276
Home colours
← 1993–94 1995–96 →

The 1994–95 season was Colchester United's third consecutive season in the fourth tier of English football.

Season Review

With Roy McDonough sacked at the end of the 1993/94 season, few, if any, listed the name of former Ipswich full-back George Burley as a candidate but the Scotsman was duly appointed in July 1994. Six straight defeats was not an ideal baptism, Burley dug out his boots, brought in new faces and called upon Dale Roberts as coach. The turn around was immediate as United suffered just one defeat in the next 20 League and Cup matches.

Few fans arriving for the Boxing Day clash with Northampton knew that Burley had resigned on Christmas Eve. Tapped up by Ipswich, who had been refused permission to speak to him, Burley walked out on fifth placed Colchester leaving a sour taste for years to come. Roberts became Caretaker for United's first-ever encounter with a Premiership side. Unfortunately it was Wimbledon, 1-0 winners, and half the 6,903 crowd at Selhurst Park were from Colchester.

Again the Colchester board defied speculation and appointed stalwart ex-defender Steve Wignall as new manager in January 1995. Crowds increased, to 3,277, helped by an interesting promotion when all 6,055 were admitted free to the clash with Darlington on 4 March 1995.

Well placed for a play-off berth, United gained just two points from the last four games and finished 12 points adrift.^[2]

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player –– GK John Cheesewright –– GK Carl Emberson –– DF Tim Allpress –– DF Simon Betts –– DF Gus Caesar –– DF Peter Cawley –– DF Gary Culling –– DF Jean Dalli –– DF Tony English –– DF Paul Gibbs –– DF Ben Lewis –– DF Adam Locke –– DF Tony McCarthy

No. Position Player –– DF Paul Stoneman –– MF Steve Ball –– MF Michael Cheetham –– MF Tony Dennis –– MF Chris Fry –– MF Mark Kinsella –– MF Trevor Putney –– FW Leighton Allen –– FW Tony Lock –– FW Robbie Reinelt –– FW Niall Thompson –– FW Steve Whitton

Player Info

Pos.	Name	Place of Birth	Date of Birth	Previous Club	Date Joined	Fee
GK	John Cheesewright	Romford	12 January 1973	Dagenham & Redbridge	13 January 1994	Free
GK	Carl Emberson	Epsom	13 July 1973	Millwall	6 July 1994	£25,000
DF	Tim Allpress	Hitchin	27 January 1971	Preston North End	16 August 1993	Free
DF	Simon Betts	Middlesbrough	3 March 1973	Ipswich Town	11 December 1992	Free
DF	Gus Caesar	Tottenham	5 March 1966	Airdrieonians	11 August 1994	Free
DF	Peter Cawley	Walton-on-Thames	15 September 1965	Barnet	9 October 1992	Free
DF	Gary Culling	Braintree	6 April 1972	Braintree Town	11 August 1994	Free
DF	Jean Dalli	Enfield	13 August 1976	Youth Team	1 August 1994	Free
DF	Tony English	Luton	19 October 1966	Coventry City	1 January 1985	Free
DF	Paul Gibbs	Gorleston	26 October 1972	Diss Town	6 March 1995	Undisclosed
DF	Ben Lewis	Chelmsford	22 June 1977	Youth Team	1 August 1994	Free
DF	Adam Locke	Croydon	20 August 1970	Southend United	23 September 1994	Free
DF	Tony McCarthy	Dublin	9 November 1969	Millwall	17 March 1995	Free
DF	Paul Stoneman	Whitley Bay	26 February 1973	Blackpool	1 August 1994	Undisclosed
MF	Steve Ball	Colchester	2 September 1969	Cambridge United	14 September 1992	Free
MF	Michael Cheetham	Amsterdam	30 June 1967	Chesterfield	23 March 1995	Free
MF	Tony Dennis	Eton	1 December 1963	Chesterfield	10 August 1994	Free
MF	Chris Fry	Cardiff	23 October 1969	Hereford United	24 October 1993	Undisclosed
MF	Mark Kinsella	Dublin	12 August 1972	Home Farm	26 August 1989	Free
MF	Trevor Putney	Harold Hill	9 April 1960	Leyton Orient	1 August 1994	Free
FW	Leighton Allen	Brighton	22 November 1973	Gillingham	31 August 1994	Free
FW	Tony Lock	Harlow	3 September 1976	Youth Team	1 August 1994	Free
FW	Robbie Reinelt	Loughton	11 March 1974	Gillingham	22 March 1995	Free
FW	Niall Thompson	Birmingham	16 April 1974	Crystal Palace	4 November 1994	Free
FW	Steve Whitton	London	4 December 1960	Ipswich Town	24 March 1994	£10,000

Transfers

Transfers In

Date	Pos.	Player Name	Previous Club	Transfer Fee	Notes
6 July 1994	GK	Carl Emberson	Millwall	£25,000
1 August 1994	DF	Jean Dalli	Youth Team	Free
1 August 1994	DF	Ben Lewis	Youth Team	Free
1 August 1994	DF	Paul Stoneman	Blackpool	Undisclosed
1 August 1994	MF	Trevor Putney	Leyton Orient	Free
1 August 1994	MF	Danny Roberts	Youth Team	Free
1 August 1994	FW	Tony Lock	Youth Team	Free
3 August 1994	DF	George Burley	Motherwell	Free	Player-manager
10 August 1994	MF	Tony Dennis	Chesterfield	Free
11 August 1994	DF	Gus Caesar	Airdrieonians	Free
11 August 1994	DF	Gary Culling	Braintree Town	Free
31 August 1994	FW	Leighton Allen	Gillingham	Free
23 September 1994	DF	Adam Locke	Southend United	Free
4 November 1994	FW	Niall Thompson	Crystal Palace	Free
6 March 1995	DF	Paul Gibbs	Diss Town	Undisclosed
17 March 1995	DF	Tony McCarthy	Millwall	Free
22 March 1995	FW	Robbie Reinelt	Gillingham	Free	Swap deal with Steve Brown
23 March 1995	MF	Michael Cheetham	Chesterfield	Free

Transfers Out

Date	Pos.	Player Name	New Club	Transfer Fee	Notes
31 May 1994	GK	Taylor Barada	Richmond Kickers	Free
31 May 1994	DF	Christian Hyslop	Hendon	Free
31 May 1994	DF	Sean Campbell	Chelmsford City	Free
31 May 1994	MF	Tony Cook	Berkhamsted Town	Free
31 May 1994	MF	Alan Dickens	Chesham United	Free
31 May 1994	MF	Nicky Smith	Northampton Town	Free
31 May 1994	FW	Justin Booty	Braintree Town	Free
31 May 1994	FW	Justin Gentle	Chesham United	Free
31 May 1994	FW	Roy McDonough	Dagenham & Redbridge	Free	Player-manager
23 August 1994	MF	Danny Roberts	Released	Free
30 August 1994	DF	Andy Partner	Released	Free
16 December 1994	DF	George Burley	Retired	Free	Left to become manager of Ipswich Town
22 March 1995	FW	Steve Brown	Gillingham	Free	Swap deal with Robbie Reinelt

Loans In

Date	Pos.	Player Name	Parent Club	Date Returned	Notes
16 August 1994	DF	Arron Davis	Torquay United	31 May 1995
16 February 1995	FW	Carl Asaba	Brentford	29 April 1995
9 March 1995	FW	Martin Williams	Luton Town	25 March 1995

Results

Division Three Results Summary

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Doncaster Rovers	42	17	10	15	58	43	+15	61
10	Colchester United	42	16	10	16	56	64	-8	58
11	Barnet	42	15	11	16	56	63	-7	56

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

Division Three Results

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
13/08/1994	Torquay United	H	1-3	3,175	Kinsella
20/08/1994	Mansfield Town	A	0-2	2,247
27/08/1994	Doncaster Rovers	H	0-3	2,320
30/08/1994	Exeter City	A	0-1	1,804
03/09/1994	Scarborough	A	1-0	1,494
10/09/1994	Hartlepool United	H	1-0	2,428	Whitton
13/09/1994	Walsall	H	3-2	2,239	Kinsella (2), Whitton
17/09/1994	Torquay United	A	3-3	3,390	Whitton, Brown, Dennis
24/09/1994	Darlington	A	3-2	2,260	Whitton (2), Bronw
01/10/1994	Bury	H	1-0	3,286	Cawley
08/10/1994	Chesterfield	H	0-3	3,476
15/10/1994	Carlisle United	A	0-0	5,817
22/10/1994	Preston North End	H	3-1	3,015	Brown, Whitton
29/10/1994	Wigan Athletic	A	2-1	1,621	Kinsella, Fry
05/11/1994	Gillingham	H	2-2	3,817	Fry, Kinsella
19/11/1994	Rochdale	A	0-0	1,903
26/11/1994	Scunthorpe United	H	4-2	2,904	Brown, Abrahams (2), Whitton
10/12/1994	Mansfield Town	H	1-1	3,016	Fry
16/12/1994	Doncaster Rovers	A	2-1	2,460	Cawley, Brown
26/12/1994	Northampton Town	H	0-1	5,064
27/12/1994	Fulham	A	2-1	4,243	Kinsella, Blake (o.g.)
31/12/1994	Hereford United	H	2-2	3,322	Stoneman, Whitton
10/01/1995	Preston North End	A	1-2	6,377	Fry
14/01/1995	Barnet	H	1-1	3,706	Putney
28/01/1995	Wigan Athletic	H	0-1	3,067
04/02/1995	Scunthorpe United	A	4-3	2,748	Locke, English, Thompson (2)
11/02/1995	Rochdale	H	0-0	3,080
18/02/1995	Barnet	A	1-0	2,242	Asaba
21/02/1995	Lincoln City	A	0-2	1,969
25/02/1995	Bury	A	1-4	2,484	Fry
04/03/1995	Darlington	H	1-0	6,055	Asaba
11/03/1995	Hartlepool United	A	1-3	1,371	Fry
18/03/1995	Exeter City	H	3-1	2,375	Thompson, Betts (pen.), Lock
25/03/1995	Scarborough	H	0-2	3,025
01/04/1995	Walsall	A	0-2	3,622
08/04/1995	Hereford United	A	0-3	1,669
11/04/1995	Gillingham	A	3-1	3,328	Betts (pen.), Thompson (2)
15/04/1995	Fulham	H	5-2	3,448	Cheetham, English, Caesar, Fry (2)
17/04/1995	Northampton Town	A	1-1	5,011	Whitton
22/04/1995	Lincoln City	H	1-2	2,654	McCarthy
29/04/1995	Carlisle United	H	0-1	3,333
06/05/1995	Chesterfield	A	2-2	4,133	Whitton, Putney (pen.)

Source: 1994-95 Season Colchester United Results - coludata.co.uk

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
16/08/1994	R1 (L1)	Brentford	H	0-2	2,521
23/08/1994	R1 (L2)	Brentford	A	0-2	2,315

Source: 1994-95 Season Colchester United Results - coludata.co.uk

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
12/11/1994	R1	Yeading	A	2-2	1,500	Kinsella, Abrahams
22/11/1994	R1 (R)	Yeading	H	7-1	4,016	Abrahams (2), Whitton (2), Brown (2), Kinsella
03/12/1994	R2	Exeter City	A	2-1	3,528	Whitton, English
07/01/1995	R3	Wimbledon	A	0-1	6,903

Source: 1994-95 Season Colchester United Results - coludata.co.uk

League Trophy

Southern Section

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
27/09/1994	R1 (Group)	Leyton Orient	H	1-0	1,486	Abrahams
08/11/1994	R1 (Group)	Fulham	A	2-3	1,451	Abrahams, Kinsella

Source: 1994-95 Season Colchester United Results - coludata.co.uk

Squad statistics

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No.	Nat.	Pos.	Name	Total		Division Three		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
––	GK		John Cheesewright	29	0	23	0	3	0	1	0	2	0
––	GK		Carl Emberson	22	0	20	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
––	DF		Tim Allpress	13	0	11	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
––	DF		Simon Betts	41	2	35	2	4	0	0	0	2	0
––	DF		George Burley	9	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
––	DF		Gus Caesar	47	1	39	1	4	0	2	0	2	0
––	DF		Peter Cawley	29	2	23	2	4	0	0	0	2	0
––	DF		Gary Culling	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
––	DF		Jean Dalli	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
––	DF		Arron Davis	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
––	DF		Tony English	41	3	33	2	4	1	2	0	2	0
––	DF		Paul Gibbs	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
––	DF		Adam Locke	28	1	22	1	4	0	0	0	2	0
––	DF		Tony McCarthy	10	1	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
––	DF		Andy Partner	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
––	DF		Paul Stoneman	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
––	MF		Michael Cheetham	9	1	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
––	MF		Tony Dennis	41	2	33	2	4	0	2	0	2	0
––	MF		Chris Fry	37	8	33	8	2	0	1	0	1	0
––	MF		Mark Kinsella	50	9	42	6	4	2	2	0	2	1
––	MF		Trevor Putney	30	2	28	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
––	MF		Danny Roberts	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
––	FW		Paul Abrahams	36	7	28	2	4	3	2	0	2	2
––	FW		Leighton Allen	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
––	FW		Carl Asaba	12	2	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
––	FW		Steve Brown	36	8	28	6	4	2	2	0	2	0
––	FW		Tony Lock	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
––	FW		Robbie Reinelt	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
––	FW		Niall Thompson	14	5	13	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
––	FW		Steve Whitton	44	13	36	10	4	3	2	0	2	0
––	FW		Martin Williams	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Scorers

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All Scorer Goals Steve Whitton 13 Mark Kinsella 9 Steve Brown 8 Chris Fry Paul Abrahams 7 Niall Thompson 5 Tony English 3 Carl Asaba 2 Simon Betts Peter Cawley Tony Dennis Trevor Putney Gus Caesar 1 Michael Cheetham Tony Lock Adam Locke Tony McCarthy Paul Stoneman Own goal 1

League Scorer Goals Steve Whitton 10 Chris Fry 8 Steve Brown 6 Mark Kinsella Niall Thompson 5 Paul Abrahams 2 Carl Asaba Simon Betts Peter Cawley Tony Dennis Tony English Trevor Putney Gus Caesar 1 Michael Cheetham Tony Lock Adam Locke Tony McCarthy Paul Stoneman Own goal 1

FA Cup Scorer Goals Paul Abrahams 3 Steve Whitton Steve Brown 2 Mark Kinsella Tony English 1

League Cup Scorer Goals

League Trophy Scorer Goals Paul Abrahams 2 Mark Kinsella 1

Most Frequent Starting XI

This section shows players in a 4-4-2 formation with the most league starts during the season.

Pos. Name Apps. Goals GK John Cheesewright 23 0 DF Simon Betts 34 2 DF Gus Caesar 39 1 DF Peter Cawley 23 2 DF Tony English 33 2 MF Tony Dennis 32 2 MF Trevor Putney 28 2 MF Mark Kinsella 42 6 MF Chris Fry 24 8 FW Steve Whitton 36 10 FW Steve Brown 26 6

Cheesewright Betts Caesar Cawley English Dennis Putney Kinsella Fry Whitton Brown

References

1. Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 279. ISBN 978-1-85983-629-3.
2. "The U's History: The 90s". Colchester United F.C. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
3. "1994–95 Season Appearance Data". coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
4. "1994–95 Season Goalscorers Data". coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2011.