1966–67 Colchester United F.C. season
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The 1966–67 season was Colchester United's 25th season in their history and their first back in the third tier of English football, the Third Division, following promotion from the Fourth Division the previous season. Alongside competing in the Third Division, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the League Cup.
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1966–67 season | ||
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Chairman | Bill Allen (until January) Harold Moore (from January)[1] | |
Manager | Neil Franklin | |
Stadium | Layer Road | |
Third Division | 13th | |
FA Cup | 2nd round (eliminated by Peterborough United) | |
League Cup | 1st round (eliminated by Queens Park Rangers) | |
Top goalscorer | League: Reg Stratton (24) All: Reg Stratton (24) | |
Highest home attendance | 9,081 v Peterborough United, 7 January 1967[2] | |
Lowest home attendance | 3,965 v Scunthorpe United, 11 February 1967[3] | |
Average home league attendance | 5,714[4] | |
Biggest win | 5–0 v Doncaster Rovers, 15 October 1966 | |
Biggest defeat | 0–5 v Queens Park Rangers, 23 August 1966 v Torquay United, 19 November 1966 | |
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Colchester finished comfortably mid-table by finishing 13th. Queens Park Rangers defeated the U's 5–0 in the League Cup, while Peterborough United knocked them out in the second round of the FA Cup.