1999–2000 Colchester United F.C. season
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The 1999–2000 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....

 second consecutive season in the third tier of English football
Football in England
Association football is a national sport in England, where the first modern set of rules for the code were established in 1863, which were a major influence on the development of the modern Laws of the Game...

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Season Review

All was not well behind the scenes when Managing Director Steven Gage resigned on the eve of the 1999–2000 season. Within two weeks Mick Wadsworth
Mick Wadsworth
Michael "Mick" Wadsworth is an English football coach and former player, who is currently the Manager at Football League One club Hartlepool United.-Playing career:...

 was off too. He lived in Pontefract
Pontefract
Pontefract is an historic market town in West Yorkshire, England. Traditionally in the West Riding, near the A1 , the M62 motorway and Castleford. It is one of the five towns in the metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield and has a population of 28,250...

 and declared that Colchester was too far south to drive - then, directly after a League Cup
Football League Cup
The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...

 tie at Selhurst Park
Selhurst Park
Selhurst Park is an English football stadium located in the London suburb of South Norwood in the Borough of Croydon. It is the current home ground of Crystal Palace Football Club. Its present capacity is 26,309.-History:...

, he joined 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...



. In reality, he had got rid of fans favourites and brought in a bunch of highly paid mercenaries, blowing the entire playing budget - most were linked to controversial football agent Barry Silkman
Barry Silkman
Barry Silkman, is an English former footballer who had a brief spell in midfield at Manchester City in 1979 and a longer one at Leyton Orient .-Playing career:...

.

 When midfielder Brian Launders
Brian Launders
Brian Launders is a retired Irish football midfielder.-Clubs:*1993-1996 : Crystal Palace*1996-1997 : Crewe Alexandra*1997-1998 : BV Veendam*1998-1999 : Derby County*1999-1999 : Colchester United...

 was sacked for gross misconduct, Silkman took United to Court and this exposed the influence agents had on the game, something Steve Wignall
Steve Wignall
Steven Leslie "Steve" Wignall is an English former professional football manager and player. During his playing career, Wignall, who played as a central defender, made over 600 appearances in the Football League.-Playing career:...

 had pre-empted. 



As a result United, now led by Chairman Peter Heard
Peter Heard
Peter Heard is President and ex-chairman of Colchester United Football Club, a Football Association councillor and former FA board member.As the representative for Football League Division One he failed in his attempt to be re-elected to the FA Board after Colchester were promoted to the...

, invoked a policy of not dealing with agents ever again. Promoting from within, Heard appointed Steve Whitton
Steve Whitton
Stephen Paul "Steve" Whitton is a former English footballer who played as a striker. He was born in East Ham, London.In a playing career spanning 20 years , he made more than 450 league appearances. Whitton played in the Football League and Premier League in England, the Swedish Allsvenskan and...

 as manager in August 1999. One win in eleven including a 5-2 mauling at Cambridge
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...

 saw United bottom by October. 

Whitton re-instated Joe Dunne
Joe Dunne
Joseph John "Joe" Dunne is an Irish former professional footballer. He played professionally for Gillingham and Colchester United and made nearly 280 Football League appearances in a 13-year career. He is currently Colchester's Assistant Manager, having previously served as youth team manager,...

, Tony Lock
Tony Lock (footballer)
Anthony "Tony" Lock is an English football forward currently without a club.-Clubs:*1995-2001 : Colchester United*2002-2006 : Grays Athletic-References:...

 and Richard Wilkins
Richard Wilkins (footballer)
Richard Wilkins is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He currently manages Bury Town.-Biography:...

 and re-signed 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...

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A thrilling 5-4 January 2000 win over Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers F.C.
Bristol Rovers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Bristol, that competes in Football League Two. The team plays its home matches at the Memorial Stadium, in the Horfield area of the city....

 was the highlight of the season and the emergence of the skilful Lomana Lua Lua, with 14 goals, complimented 16 from McGavin.

Squad

Player Info


No. Name Place of Birth Date of Birth Previous Club Date Joined Fee
1  England Simon Brown
Simon Brown (footballer born 1976)
Simon James Brown is an English footballer, who currently plays for Cambridge United. Brown is a goalkeeper.-Playing career:...

 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...

5 December 1976  England Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....

20 July 1999 Free
3  England Joe Keith
Joe Keith
Joe Keith is a professional football player currently playing for Tilbury. Keith's main position is left wing, but he can also play at left full back and left wing back....

 England London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

1 October 1978  England West Ham United
West Ham United F.C.
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...

24 May 1999 Free
4  England Gavin Johnson  England Stowmarket
Stowmarket
-See also:* Stowmarket Town F.C.* Stowmarket High School-External links:* * * * *...

10 October 1970  Scotland Dunfermline Athletic
Dunfermline Athletic F.C.
Dunfermline Athletic Football Club are a Scottish football team based in Dunfermline, Fife, commonly known as just Dunfermline. They currently compete in the Scottish Premier League....

14 November 1999 Free
5  Republic of Ireland David Greene
David Greene (footballer)
David Greene is a retired Irish football defender. Son of a Galway mother and a Dublin father, David played for the Republic of Ireland U21 side six times.-References:...

 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....

26 October 1973  England Luton Town
Luton Town F.C.
Luton Town Football Club is an English professional football club based since 1905 at Kenilworth Road, Luton, Bedfordshire. The club currently competes in the fifth tier of English football, the Conference National, for the third consecutive season during the 2011–12 season.Formed in 1885, it was...

21 June 1996 £30,000
6  Republic of Ireland Joe Dunne
Joe Dunne
Joseph John "Joe" Dunne is an Irish former professional footballer. He played professionally for Gillingham and Colchester United and made nearly 280 Football League appearances in a 13-year career. He is currently Colchester's Assistant Manager, having previously served as youth team manager,...

 Republic of Ireland Dublin 25 May 1973  England Dover Athletic
Dover Athletic F.C.
Dover Athletic Football Club is an association football team based in the town of Dover, Kent, England. The club was formed in 1983 after the dissolution of the town's previous club, Dover, whose place in the Southern League was taken by the new club...

15 December 1999 Free
7  England Karl Duguid
Karl Duguid
Karl Anthony Duguid is an English footballer who plays primarily as a midfielder for Colchester United.He began his career with Colchester United and made his senior debut in 1995. He helped the club win promotion to the Second Division in 1998, via the play-offs, and the Championship in 2006, by...

 England Hitchin
Hitchin
Hitchin is a town in Hertfordshire, England, with an estimated population of 30,360.-History:Hitchin is first noted as the central place of the Hicce people mentioned in a 7th century document, the Tribal Hidage. The tribal name is Brittonic rather than Old English and derives from *siccā, meaning...

21 March 1978  England Youth Team 16 July 1995 Free
8  England David Gregory  England Polstead
Polstead
Polstead is a small village and civil parish in the South of Suffolk, England.- History :It is noted for being the site of the Red Barn Murder in 1827...

23 January 1970  England Peterborough United
Peterborough United F.C.
Peterborough United Football Club are a professional English football club based in Peterborough. Peterborough United formed in 1934 and played in the old Midland League, which they won six times; eventually being admitted to the Football League in 1960, replacing Gateshead. Their home ground is...

7 December 1995 Free
9  England Jamie Moralee
Jamie Moralee
Jamie Moralee is an English former football playerHis business interests include co-ownership of the company New Era Overseas, which looks to help footballers with financial investment. He is married to Lisa, with a son, Frankie, born in 2005...

 England Wandsworth
Wandsworth
Wandsworth is a district of south London, England, in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It is situated southwest of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.-Toponymy:...

2 December 1971  England Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club are an English association football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. They currently play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system....

11 May 1999 Free
11  England Jason Dozzell
Jason Dozzell
Jason Irvin Winans Dozzell is an English former professional association footballer who made more than 500 Football League appearances for Ipswich Town, Tottenham Hotspur, Northampton Town and Colchester United...

 England Ipswich
Ipswich
Ipswich is a large town and a non-metropolitan district. It is the county town of Suffolk, England. Ipswich is located on the estuary of the River Orwell...

9 December 1967  England Northampton Town F.C. 15 October 1998 Free
13  England Andy Walker
Andy Walker (footballer born 1981)
Andrew William 'Andy' Walker is an English footballer who currently plays for Isthmian League Premier Division side Cray Wanderers.-Career:Walker played professionally for both Colchester United and Exeter City and has also had a stint at Doncaster Rovers...

 England Sidcup
Sidcup
Sidcup is a district in South East London in the London Borough of Bexley and small parts of the district in the London Borough of Greenwich.Located south east of Charing Cross, Sidcup is bordered by the London Boroughs of Greenwich and Bromley and Kent County Council, and whilst now part of...

9 June 1981  England Youth Team 1 August 1998 Free
15  Democratic Republic of the Congo Lomana LuaLua
Lomana LuaLua
Lomana Trésor LuaLua is a Congolese footballer who plays for Blackpool, and the Congo DR national football team.LuaLua was born in Kinshasa, but moved to England at a young age. After impressing in a college football match, he signed for Colchester United. There, he scored a total of 21 goals in...

 Zaire Kinshasa
Kinshasa
Kinshasa is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The city is located on the Congo River....

28 December 1980  England Youth Team 1 August 1998 Free
18  England Chris Keeble  England Colchester
Colchester
Colchester is an historic town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester in Essex, England.At the time of the census in 2001, it had a population of 104,390. However, the population is rapidly increasing, and has been named as one of Britain's fastest growing towns. As the...

17 September 1978  England Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town F.C.
Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02....

23 March 2000 Free
19  England Tony Lock
Tony Lock (footballer)
Anthony "Tony" Lock is an English football forward currently without a club.-Clubs:*1995-2001 : Colchester United*2002-2006 : Grays Athletic-References:...

 England Harlow
Harlow
Harlow is a new town and local government district in Essex, England. It is located in the west of the county and on the border with Hertfordshire, on the Stort Valley, The town is near the M11 motorway and forms part of the London commuter belt.The district has a current population of 78,889...

3 September 1976  England Youth Team 1 August 1994 Free
20  France Thomas Pinault
Thomas Pinault
Thomas Pinault is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Racing Club de Grasse in France CFA 2....

 France Grasse
Grasse
-See also:*Route Napoléon*Ancient Diocese of Grasse*Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department-External links:*...

4 December 1981  France AS Cannes
AS Cannes
Association Sportive de Cannes Football is a French association football club based in Cannes. The club was formed 1902 as a sports club and currently play in the Championnat de France amateur, the fourth division of French football. Cannes plays its home matches at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin...

1 July 1999 Free
21  England Craig Farley  England Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...

17 March 1981  England Watford
Watford F.C.
Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade...

6 May 1999 Free
23  England Aaron Skelton
Aaron Skelton
Aaron Skelton is a former professional footballer who played at right-back, right-wing, center-midfield and center-back during his time at Luton Town and Colchester....

 England Welwyn Garden City
Welwyn Garden City
-Economy:Ever since its inception as garden city, Welwyn Garden City has attracted a strong commercial base with several designated employment areas. Among the companies trading in the town are:*Air Link Systems*Baxter*British Lead Mills*Carl Zeiss...

22 November 1974  England Luton Town
Luton Town F.C.
Luton Town Football Club is an English professional football club based since 1905 at Kenilworth Road, Luton, Bedfordshire. The club currently competes in the fifth tier of English football, the Conference National, for the third consecutive season during the 2011–12 season.Formed in 1885, it was...

3 July 1997 Free
24  England Ross Johnson
Ross Johnson (footballer)
Ross Johnson is an English footballer who plays mostly as a defender.-External links:* Ross Johnson at coludata.co.uk...

 England Brighton
Brighton
Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...

2 February 1976  England Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club are an English association football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. They currently play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system....

14 February 2000 Free
25  Nigeria Kelechie-Krisantes Opara  Nigeria Owerri
Owerri
Owerri is the capital of Imo State in Nigeria, set in the heart of the Igboland. Owerri consists of three Local Govern Areas including Owerri Municipal, Owerri North and Owerri West, it has an estimated population of about 400,000 as of 2006...

21 December 1981  England Youth Team 1 August 1998 Free
26  England Glenn Williamson  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...

22 December 1982  England Youth Team 1 August 1999 Free
27  Nigeria Sam Okafor  Nigeria Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

17 March 1982  England Youth Team 1 August 1998 Free
29  England Andy Arnott
Andy Arnott
Andrew John "Andy" Arnott is an English former professional football player. His clubs included Gillingham, Leyton Orient and Brighton & Hove Albion. He made over 150 Football League appearances.-External links:*...

 England Chatham 18 October 1973  England Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club are an English association football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. They currently play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system....

1 November 1999 Free
30  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 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...

1 October 1999 Free
31  England Jack Wignall  England Colchester
Colchester
Colchester is an historic town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester in Essex, England.At the time of the census in 2001, it had a population of 104,390. However, the population is rapidly increasing, and has been named as one of Britain's fastest growing towns. As the...

26 September 1981  England Youth Team 1 August 1999 Free

Transfers In

Date Pos. Player Name Previous Club League Transfer Fee Notes
6 May 1999 DF  England Craig Farley  England Watford
Watford F.C.
Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade...

Premier League Free
11 May 1999 FW  England Jamie Moralee
Jamie Moralee
Jamie Moralee is an English former football playerHis business interests include co-ownership of the company New Era Overseas, which looks to help footballers with financial investment. He is married to Lisa, with a son, Frankie, born in 2005...

 England Brighton & Hove Albion Football League Division Three Free
24 May 1999 DF  England Joe Keith
Joe Keith
Joe Keith is a professional football player currently playing for Tilbury. Keith's main position is left wing, but he can also play at left full back and left wing back....

 England West Ham United Premier League Free
28 May 1999 MF  Saint Kitts and Nevis Sagi Burton
Sagi Burton
Osagyefo Lenin Ernesto Burton-Godwin , known commonly as Sagi Burton, is an English-born former Kittitian international football defender...

 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...

Football League Division One Free
28 May 1999 MF Brian Launders
Brian Launders
Brian Launders is a retired Irish football midfielder.-Clubs:*1993-1996 : Crystal Palace*1996-1997 : Crewe Alexandra*1997-1998 : BV Veendam*1998-1999 : Derby County*1999-1999 : Colchester United...

 England Derby County
Derby County F.C.
Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...

Premier League Undisclosed
1 July 1999 MF  France Thomas Pinault
Thomas Pinault
Thomas Pinault is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Racing Club de Grasse in France CFA 2....

 France AS Cannes
AS Cannes
Association Sportive de Cannes Football is a French association football club based in Cannes. The club was formed 1902 as a sports club and currently play in the Championnat de France amateur, the fourth division of French football. Cannes plays its home matches at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin...

Championnat National
Championnat National
The Championnat de France National, commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, serves as the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2...

Free
1 July 1999 FW  France Steve Germain  France AS Cannes
AS Cannes
Association Sportive de Cannes Football is a French association football club based in Cannes. The club was formed 1902 as a sports club and currently play in the Championnat de France amateur, the fourth division of French football. Cannes plays its home matches at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin...

Championnat National
Championnat National
The Championnat de France National, commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, serves as the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2...

Free
20 July 1999 GK  England Simon Brown
Simon Brown (footballer born 1976)
Simon James Brown is an English footballer, who currently plays for Cambridge United. Brown is a goalkeeper.-Playing career:...

 England Tottenham Hotspur Premier League Free
1 August 1999 GK  England Glenn Williamson  England Youth Team N/A Free
1 August 1999 DF  England Jack Wignall  England Youth Team N/A Free
1 October 1999 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 Northampton Town Football League Division Three Free
1 November 1999 DF  England Andy Arnott
Andy Arnott
Andrew John "Andy" Arnott is an English former professional football player. His clubs included Gillingham, Leyton Orient and Brighton & Hove Albion. He made over 150 Football League appearances.-External links:*...

 England Brighton & Hove Albion Football League Division Three Free
14 November 1999 DF  England Gavin Johnson  Scotland Dunfermline Athletic Scottish First Division Free
15 December 1999 DF  Republic of Ireland Joe Dunne
Joe Dunne
Joseph John "Joe" Dunne is an Irish former professional footballer. He played professionally for Gillingham and Colchester United and made nearly 280 Football League appearances in a 13-year career. He is currently Colchester's Assistant Manager, having previously served as youth team manager,...

 England Dover Athletic Conference National
Conference National
Conference National is the top division of the Football Conference in England. It is the highest level of the National League System and fifth highest of the overall English football league system...

Free
14 February 2000 DF  England Ross Johnson
Ross Johnson (footballer)
Ross Johnson is an English footballer who plays mostly as a defender.-External links:* Ross Johnson at coludata.co.uk...

 England Brighton & Hove Albion Football League Division Three Free
23 March 2000 MF  England Chris Keeble  England Ipswich Town Football League Division One Free

Transfers Out

Date Pos. Player Name New Club League Transfer Fee Notes
4 May 1999 GK  England Tamer Fernandes
Tamer Fernandes
Tamer Fernandes is a retired English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.-Career:Born in Paddington, Fernandes played league football for Brentford and Colchester United. He later played non-league football for Hemel Hempstead Town.-References:...

 England Hemel Hempstead Town Southern Football League Premier Division Free
4 May 1999 DF  England Scott Stamps
Scott Stamps
Scott Stamps is a professional football currently playing for Southern Football League Division One Midlands side Sutton Coldfield Town where he plays as a defender.-Torquay United:...

 England Kidderminster Harriers Football League Division Three Free
4 May 1999 MF  England Simon Betts
Simon Betts
Simon Richard Betts , is an English footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League.-External links:*...

 England Scarborough
Scarborough F.C.
Scarborough Football Club was an English football club based in the seaside resort of Scarborough, North Yorkshire. They were one of the oldest football clubs in England, formed in 1879, before they were wound up on 20 June 2007, with debts of £2.5 million.In the 2006–07 season...

Football 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...

Free
4 May 1999 MF  England Nicky Haydon  England Kettering Town Southern Football League Premier Division Free
4 May 1999 MF  England Dave Rainford
Dave Rainford
David John Rainford is an English footballer who plays for Chelmsford City in the Conference South. He combines his football with a job as a teacher....

 England Grays Athletic Isthmian League Premier Division Free
4 May 1999 FW  England Paul Abrahams
Paul Abrahams
Paul Abrahams is an English retired professional association football who played as a striker. In a Football League career that lasted from 1992 to 1999, Abrahams made a total of 179 league appearances, scoring 34 goals, for both Colchester United and Brentford...

 England Kettering Town Southern Football League Premier Division Free
4 May 1999 FW  England Tony Adcock
Tony Adcock
Anthony "Tony" Charles Adcock is an English former professional footballer. He was born in Bethnal Green, London.-Career:...

 England Heybridge Swifts Southern Football League Premier Division Free
31 May 1999 DF  France Stéphane Pounewatchy
Stéphane Pounewatchy
Stéphane Pounewatchy is a retired French footballer, turned football agent. He was a defender who plied his trade in France, England and Scotland.-Playing career:...

 England Scunthorpe United Football League Division Two Free
22 June 1999 GK  England Carl Emberson
Carl Emberson
Carl Wayne Emberson is a retired English football goalkeeper and coach at Bristol Rovers.-Career:He played in the 1990–91 Final of the FA Youth Cup with Millwall, but failed to make a first-team appearance for the club.He joined Colchester United for ₤25,000 in 1994, where he had previously been...

 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...

Football League Division One Free
14 July 1999 FW  England Mark Sale
Mark Sale
Mark David Sale is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. He made more than 200 appearances in the Football League and many more in non-league football. He is currently youth team manager at Burton Albion....

 England Rushden & Diamonds Football 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...

£30,000
28 July 1999 MF  England Paul Buckle
Paul Buckle
Paul John Buckle is an English professional footballer and football club manager. He is currently manager of League Two side Bristol Rovers.-Career:...

 England Exeter City Football League Division Three Free
4 August 1999 DF  Republic of Ireland Joe Dunne
Joe Dunne
Joseph John "Joe" Dunne is an Irish former professional footballer. He played professionally for Gillingham and Colchester United and made nearly 280 Football League appearances in a 13-year career. He is currently Colchester's Assistant Manager, having previously served as youth team manager,...

 England Dover Athletic Conference National
Conference National
Conference National is the top division of the Football Conference in England. It is the highest level of the National League System and fifth highest of the overall English football league system...

Free
29 October 1999 MF  Republic of Ireland Brian Launders
Brian Launders
Brian Launders is a retired Irish football midfielder.-Clubs:*1993-1996 : Crystal Palace*1996-1997 : Crewe Alexandra*1997-1998 : BV Veendam*1998-1999 : Derby County*1999-1999 : Colchester United...

 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...

Football League Division One Free
6 November 1999 MF  England Warren Aspinall
Warren Aspinall
Warren Aspinall is an English former footballer, who played for a number of teams, having the most significant impact at Portsmouth and Carlisle United....

 England Brighton & Hove Albion Football League Division Three Free
19 November 1999 MF  Saint Kitts and Nevis Sagi Burton
Sagi Burton
Osagyefo Lenin Ernesto Burton-Godwin , known commonly as Sagi Burton, is an English-born former Kittitian international football defender...

 England Sheffield United Football League Division One Free
15 December 1999 FW  France Steve Germain  European Union Released N/A Free
5 February 2000 FW  England Neil Gregory
Neil Gregory
Neil Richard Gregory is an English professional football striker, who, until recently, has been playing for Canvey Island.Gregory began his career as an apprentice with Ipswich Town, turning professional in February 1992...

 England Canvey Island
Canvey Island F.C.
Canvey Island F.C, known as the Gulls or Yellow Army, are an English football club founded in 1926 that play in the Isthmian League Premier Division....

Isthmian League Premier Division Free
14 March 2000 MF  England Steve Forbes
Steve Forbes (footballer)
Steve Forbes is an English former professional football player. His clubs included Millwall, Colchester United and Peterborough Utd . He made just under 100 Football League appearances.- External links :...

 England Stevenage Borough Conference National
Conference National
Conference National is the top division of the Football Conference in England. It is the highest level of the National League System and fifth highest of the overall English football league system...

Free
23 March 2000 DF  France Fabrice Richard
Fabrice Richard
Fabrice Richard is a former professional footballer who played as a defender.-External links:* at chamoisfc79.fr...

 France FC Red Star Saint-Ouen Championnat de France amateur Free
31 March 2000 MF  Wales Geraint Williams
Geraint Williams
David Geraint Williams is a former professional footballer who also played for Wales. He has also managed Colchester United and Leyton Orient.- Career :...

 European Union Retired N/A Free
31 March 2000 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:...

 European Union Retired N/A Free

Loans In

Date Pos. Player Name Parent Club League Date Returned Notes
23 September 1999 DF  England Andy Arnott
Andy Arnott
Andrew John "Andy" Arnott is an English former professional football player. His clubs included Gillingham, Leyton Orient and Brighton & Hove Albion. He made over 150 Football League appearances.-External links:*...

 England Brighton & Hove Albion Football League Division Three 20 October 1999
14 November 1999 GK  England John Vaughan
John Vaughan (footballer)
John Vaughan is an English former professional footballer who made nearly 400 league appearances in a varied career. He is currently the goalkeeping coach at Huddersfield Town.-Playing career:...

 England Lincoln City
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....

Football League Division Three 31 December 1999
26 November 1999 DF  England Alan White
Alan White (footballer)
Alan White is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender. He has made over 400 appearances in the Football League.-Career:...

 England Luton Town Football League Division Two 27 December 1999
30 December 1999 DF  England Titus Bramble
Titus Bramble
Titus Malachi Bramble is an English footballer who plays for Sunderland as a defender. He is currently suspended by Sunderland after bring arrested for possession of a class A drug and sexual assault.-Ipswich Town:...

 England Ipswich Town Football League Division One 30 January 2000
12 January 2000 DF  England Ross Johnson
Ross Johnson (footballer)
Ross Johnson is an English footballer who plays mostly as a defender.-External links:* Ross Johnson at coludata.co.uk...

 England Brighton & Hove Albion Football League Division Three 12 February 2000
23 March 2000 DF  Nigeria Efe Sodje
Efe Sodje
Efetobore "Efe" Sodje is a footballer who is currently playing for Bury. He is a central defender...

 England Luton Town Football League Division Two 8 May 2000
23 March 2000 MF  Republic of Ireland Barry Ferguson
Barry Ferguson (Irish footballer)
Barry Ferguson is a former Irish professional football player and currently a development officer with the Football Association of Ireland ....

 England Coventry City Barclays Premier League 8 May 2000

Loans Out

Date Pos. Player Name New Club League Date Returned Notes
23 September 1999 MF  England Warren Aspinall
Warren Aspinall
Warren Aspinall is an English former footballer, who played for a number of teams, having the most significant impact at Portsmouth and Carlisle United....

 England Brighton & Hove Albion Football League Division Three 5 November 1999
23 September 1999 FW  England Neil Gregory
Neil Gregory
Neil Richard Gregory is an English professional football striker, who, until recently, has been playing for Canvey Island.Gregory began his career as an apprentice with Ipswich Town, turning professional in February 1992...

 United States Boston Bulldogs
Boston Bulldogs (soccer)
The Boston Bulldogs were a soccer club originally founded in 1996 as the Worcester Wildfire. The team debuted in the USISL and would play in the A-League from 1997 to 2000...

US A-League
A-League (1995–2004)
The A-League was a professional men's soccer league which featured teams from both the United States and Canada. The A-League emerged out of the restructured American Professional Soccer League in 1995 and operated until 2004, after which it was re-branded the USL First Division...

1 October 1999
1 December 1999 FW  England Neil Gregory
Neil Gregory
Neil Richard Gregory is an English professional football striker, who, until recently, has been playing for Canvey Island.Gregory began his career as an apprentice with Ipswich Town, turning professional in February 1992...

 England Canvey Island
Canvey Island
Canvey Island is a civil parish and reclaimed island in the Thames estuary in England. It is separated from the mainland of south Essex by a network of creeks...

Isthmian League Premier Division 1 February 2000

Division Two Results Summary

Pos Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
17 Brentford
Brentford F.C.
Brentford Football Club are a professional English football club based in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow. They are currently playing in Football League One....

46 13 13 20 47 61
52
18 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....

46 14 10 22 59 82 -23 52
19 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...

46 12 12 22 64 65
48

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

Division Two Results

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
07/08/1999 Chesterfield
Chesterfield F.C.
Chesterfield Football Club is an English football club based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. The club currently plays in Football League One, the third tier of English football. Despite being the fourth oldest Football League club in England, they have spent most of their existence in the lower...

A 0-1 2,930
14/08/1999 Notts County
Notts County F.C.
Notts County Football Club are an English professional football club based in Nottingham. They are the oldest of all the clubs in the world that are now professional, having been formed in 1862. They currently play in League One of The Football League, the third tier of the English football system...

H 0-3 3,986
21/08/1999 Bournemouth
A.F.C. Bournemouth
A.F.C. Bournemouth is an English football club currently playing in Football League One. The club plays at Dean Court in Kings Park, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset and have been in existence since 1899....

A 0-4 4,508
28/08/1999 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 3-2 3,443 Aspinal
Warren Aspinall
Warren Aspinall is an English former footballer, who played for a number of teams, having the most significant impact at Portsmouth and Carlisle United....

 (2), Duguid
Karl Duguid
Karl Anthony Duguid is an English footballer who plays primarily as a midfielder for Colchester United.He began his career with Colchester United and made his senior debut in 1995. He helped the club win promotion to the Second Division in 1998, via the play-offs, and the Championship in 2006, by...

30/08/1999 Bury
Bury F.C.
Bury Football Club is an association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester. The team currently play in League One. The club's nickname is The Shakers which was bestowed upon them by club chairman JT Ingham, an industrialist and ironmonger of the late 1890s.-Formation of the club and the...

A 2-5 3,360 Wilkins
Richard Wilkins (footballer)
Richard Wilkins is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He currently manages Bury Town.-Biography:...

, LuaLua
Lomana LuaLua
Lomana Trésor LuaLua is a Congolese footballer who plays for Blackpool, and the Congo DR national football team.LuaLua was born in Kinshasa, but moved to England at a young age. After impressing in a college football match, he signed for Colchester United. There, he scored a total of 21 goals in...

11/09/1999 Scunthorpe United H 0-1 3,280
18/09/1999 Burnley
Burnley F.C.
Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...

A 0-3 10,090
25/09/1999 Millwall
Millwall F.C.
Millwall Football Club is an English professional football club based in South Bermondsey, south east London, that plays in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded as Millwall Rovers in 1885, the club has retained its name despite having last played in the...

A 0-1 7,161
01/10/1999 Wrexham H 2-2 3,315 Duguid
Karl Duguid
Karl Anthony Duguid is an English footballer who plays primarily as a midfielder for Colchester United.He began his career with Colchester United and made his senior debut in 1995. He helped the club win promotion to the Second Division in 1998, via the play-offs, and the Championship in 2006, by...

, Wilkins
Richard Wilkins (footballer)
Richard Wilkins is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He currently manages Bury Town.-Biography:...

15/10/1999 Cambridge United A 2-5 5,039 Dozzell
Jason Dozzell
Jason Irvin Winans Dozzell is an English former professional association footballer who made more than 500 Football League appearances for Ipswich Town, Tottenham Hotspur, Northampton Town and Colchester United...

 (2)
19/10/1999 Bristol City A 1-1 7,777 Duguid
Karl Duguid
Karl Anthony Duguid is an English footballer who plays primarily as a midfielder for Colchester United.He began his career with Colchester United and made his senior debut in 1995. He helped the club win promotion to the Second Division in 1998, via the play-offs, and the Championship in 2006, by...

23/10/1999 Millwall F.C.
Millwall F.C.
Millwall Football Club is an English professional football club based in South Bermondsey, south east London, that plays in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded as Millwall Rovers in 1885, the club has retained its name despite having last played in the...

H 1-2 3,392 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...

26/10/1999 Wigan Athletic H 2-2 2,915 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...

, Duguid
Karl Duguid
Karl Anthony Duguid is an English footballer who plays primarily as a midfielder for Colchester United.He began his career with Colchester United and made his senior debut in 1995. He helped the club win promotion to the Second Division in 1998, via the play-offs, and the Championship in 2006, by...

02/11/1999 Oxford United A 1-1 4,444 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...

06/11/1999 Preston North End H 2-2 3,818 Skelton
Aaron Skelton
Aaron Skelton is a former professional footballer who played at right-back, right-wing, center-midfield and center-back during his time at Luton Town and Colchester....

, LuaLua
Lomana LuaLua
Lomana Trésor LuaLua is a Congolese footballer who plays for Blackpool, and the Congo DR national football team.LuaLua was born in Kinshasa, but moved to England at a young age. After impressing in a college football match, he signed for Colchester United. There, he scored a total of 21 goals in...

14/11/1999 Oldham Athletic A 2-1 5,147 LuaLua
Lomana LuaLua
Lomana Trésor LuaLua is a Congolese footballer who plays for Blackpool, and the Congo DR national football team.LuaLua was born in Kinshasa, but moved to England at a young age. After impressing in a college football match, he signed for Colchester United. There, he scored a total of 21 goals in...

, Greene
David Greene (footballer)
David Greene is a retired Irish football defender. Son of a Galway mother and a Dublin father, David played for the Republic of Ireland U21 side six times.-References:...

 (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...

)
19/11/1999 Brentford
Brentford F.C.
Brentford Football Club are a professional English football club based in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow. They are currently playing in Football League One....

H 0-3 3,464
23/11/1999 Cardiff City
Cardiff City F.C.
Cardiff City Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes in the English football pyramid and is currently playing in the Football League Championship. Cardiff City is the best supported football club in Wales, averaging approximately 22,500 for...

H 0-3 2,557
27/11/1999 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...

A 1-1 14,183 Skelton
Aaron Skelton
Aaron Skelton is a former professional footballer who played at right-back, right-wing, center-midfield and center-back during his time at Luton Town and Colchester....

03/12/1999 Chesterfield
Chesterfield F.C.
Chesterfield Football Club is an English football club based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. The club currently plays in Football League One, the third tier of English football. Despite being the fourth oldest Football League club in England, they have spent most of their existence in the lower...

H 1-0 3,027 LuaLua
Lomana LuaLua
Lomana Trésor LuaLua is a Congolese footballer who plays for Blackpool, and the Congo DR national football team.LuaLua was born in Kinshasa, but moved to England at a young age. After impressing in a college football match, he signed for Colchester United. There, he scored a total of 21 goals in...

11/12/1999 Bristol Rovers A 1-2 7,023 LuaLua
Lomana LuaLua
Lomana Trésor LuaLua is a Congolese footballer who plays for Blackpool, and the Congo DR national football team.LuaLua was born in Kinshasa, but moved to England at a young age. After impressing in a college football match, he signed for Colchester United. There, he scored a total of 21 goals in...

17/12/1999 Luton Town H 3-0 3,049 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...

 (2), Dozzell
Jason Dozzell
Jason Irvin Winans Dozzell is an English former professional association footballer who made more than 500 Football League appearances for Ipswich Town, Tottenham Hotspur, Northampton Town and Colchester United...

26/12/1999 Gillingham
Gillingham F.C.
Gillingham Football Club is an English professional football club based in the town of Gillingham, Kent. The only Kent-based club in the Football League, they play their home matches at the Priestfield Stadium...

A 1-2 7,338 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...

03/01/2000 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...

A 1-1 3,462 Duguid
Karl Duguid
Karl Anthony Duguid is an English footballer who plays primarily as a midfielder for Colchester United.He began his career with Colchester United and made his senior debut in 1995. He helped the club win promotion to the Second Division in 1998, via the play-offs, and the Championship in 2006, by...

08/01/2000 Bristol Rovers H 5-4 4,482 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...

 (2), Duguid
Karl Duguid
Karl Anthony Duguid is an English footballer who plays primarily as a midfielder for Colchester United.He began his career with Colchester United and made his senior debut in 1995. He helped the club win promotion to the Second Division in 1998, via the play-offs, and the Championship in 2006, by...

 (2), LuaLua
Lomana LuaLua
Lomana Trésor LuaLua is a Congolese footballer who plays for Blackpool, and the Congo DR national football team.LuaLua was born in Kinshasa, but moved to England at a young age. After impressing in a college football match, he signed for Colchester United. There, he scored a total of 21 goals in...

15/01/2000 Notts County
Notts County F.C.
Notts County Football Club are an English professional football club based in Nottingham. They are the oldest of all the clubs in the world that are now professional, having been formed in 1862. They currently play in League One of The Football League, the third tier of the English football system...

A 2-1 4,931 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...

 (2)
18/01/2000 Wycombe Wanderers H 1-0 4,075 LuaLua
Lomana LuaLua
Lomana Trésor LuaLua is a Congolese footballer who plays for Blackpool, and the Congo DR national football team.LuaLua was born in Kinshasa, but moved to England at a young age. After impressing in a college football match, he signed for Colchester United. There, he scored a total of 21 goals in...

22/01/2000 Bournemouth
A.F.C. Bournemouth
A.F.C. Bournemouth is an English football club currently playing in Football League One. The club plays at Dean Court in Kings Park, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset and have been in existence since 1899....

H 3-1 3,767 Moralee
Jamie Moralee
Jamie Moralee is an English former football playerHis business interests include co-ownership of the company New Era Overseas, which looks to help footballers with financial investment. He is married to Lisa, with a son, Frankie, born in 2005...

, LuaLua
Lomana LuaLua
Lomana Trésor LuaLua is a Congolese footballer who plays for Blackpool, and the Congo DR national football team.LuaLua was born in Kinshasa, but moved to England at a young age. After impressing in a college football match, he signed for Colchester United. There, he scored a total of 21 goals in...

 (2)
29/01/2000 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...

A 0-2 7,304
05/02/2000 Bury
Bury F.C.
Bury Football Club is an association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester. The team currently play in League One. The club's nickname is The Shakers which was bestowed upon them by club chairman JT Ingham, an industrialist and ironmonger of the late 1890s.-Formation of the club and the...

H 1-3 3,915 Duguid
Karl Duguid
Karl Anthony Duguid is an English footballer who plays primarily as a midfielder for Colchester United.He began his career with Colchester United and made his senior debut in 1995. He helped the club win promotion to the Second Division in 1998, via the play-offs, and the Championship in 2006, by...

12/02/2000 Wigan Athletic A 1-0 6,022 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...

19/02/2000 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...

H 1-0 4,364 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...

26/02/2000 Burnley
Burnley F.C.
Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...

H 1-2 6,194 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...

04/03/2000 Scunthorpe United A 0-0 4,253
07/03/2000 Preston North End A 3-2 11,323 Keith
Joe Keith
Joe Keith is a professional football player currently playing for Tilbury. Keith's main position is left wing, but he can also play at left full back and left wing back....

, LuaLua
Lomana LuaLua
Lomana Trésor LuaLua is a Congolese footballer who plays for Blackpool, and the Congo DR national football team.LuaLua was born in Kinshasa, but moved to England at a young age. After impressing in a college football match, he signed for Colchester United. There, he scored a total of 21 goals in...

, Duguid
Karl Duguid
Karl Anthony Duguid is an English footballer who plays primarily as a midfielder for Colchester United.He began his career with Colchester United and made his senior debut in 1995. He helped the club win promotion to the Second Division in 1998, via the play-offs, and the Championship in 2006, by...

11/03/2000 Oxford United H 1-2 4,058 Skelton
Aaron Skelton
Aaron Skelton is a former professional footballer who played at right-back, right-wing, center-midfield and center-back during his time at Luton Town and Colchester....

17/03/2000 Cardiff City
Cardiff City F.C.
Cardiff City Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes in the English football pyramid and is currently playing in the Football League Championship. Cardiff City is the best supported football club in Wales, averaging approximately 22,500 for...

A 2-3 5,174 Dozzell
Jason Dozzell
Jason Irvin Winans Dozzell is an English former professional association footballer who made more than 500 Football League appearances for Ipswich Town, Tottenham Hotspur, Northampton Town and Colchester United...

, LuaLua
Lomana LuaLua
Lomana Trésor LuaLua is a Congolese footballer who plays for Blackpool, and the Congo DR national football team.LuaLua was born in Kinshasa, but moved to England at a young age. After impressing in a college football match, he signed for Colchester United. There, he scored a total of 21 goals in...

21/03/2000 Oldham Athletic H 0-1 3,282
25/03/2000 Gillingham
Gillingham F.C.
Gillingham Football Club is an English professional football club based in the town of Gillingham, Kent. The only Kent-based club in the Football League, they play their home matches at the Priestfield Stadium...

H 2-1 4,337 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...

, Lock
Tony Lock (footballer)
Anthony "Tony" Lock is an English football forward currently without a club.-Clubs:*1995-2001 : Colchester United*2002-2006 : Grays Athletic-References:...

01/04/2000 Luton Town A 2-3 5,125 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...

, Lock
Tony Lock (footballer)
Anthony "Tony" Lock is an English football forward currently without a club.-Clubs:*1995-2001 : Colchester United*2002-2006 : Grays Athletic-References:...

08/04/2000 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...

H 1-1 3,351 Duguid
Karl Duguid
Karl Anthony Duguid is an English footballer who plays primarily as a midfielder for Colchester United.He began his career with Colchester United and made his senior debut in 1995. He helped the club win promotion to the Second Division in 1998, via the play-offs, and the Championship in 2006, by...

15/04/2000 Wycombe Wanderers A 0-3 4,558
22/04/2000 Cambridge United H 3-1 4,902 Duguid
Karl Duguid
Karl Anthony Duguid is an English footballer who plays primarily as a midfielder for Colchester United.He began his career with Colchester United and made his senior debut in 1995. He helped the club win promotion to the Second Division in 1998, via the play-offs, and the Championship in 2006, by...

, 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...

, Keeble
24/04/2000 Wrexham A 0-1 2,460
29/04/2000 Bristol City
Bristol City F.C.
Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City...

H 3-4 4,013 LuaLua
Lomana LuaLua
Lomana Trésor LuaLua is a Congolese footballer who plays for Blackpool, and the Congo DR national football team.LuaLua was born in Kinshasa, but moved to England at a young age. After impressing in a college football match, he signed for Colchester United. There, he scored a total of 21 goals in...

, Skelton
Aaron Skelton
Aaron Skelton is a former professional footballer who played at right-back, right-wing, center-midfield and center-back during his time at Luton Town and Colchester....

 (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...

), Duguid
Karl Duguid
Karl Anthony Duguid is an English footballer who plays primarily as a midfielder for Colchester United.He began his career with Colchester United and made his senior debut in 1995. He helped the club win promotion to the Second Division in 1998, via the play-offs, and the Championship in 2006, by...

06/05/2000 Brentford
Brentford F.C.
Brentford Football Club are a professional English football club based in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow. They are currently playing in Football League One....

A 0-0 5,297

Source: 1999-2000 Season Colchester United Results - coludata.co.uk

League Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
10/08/1999 R1 (L1) 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...

H 2-2 4,242 Dozzell
Jason Dozzell
Jason Irvin Winans Dozzell is an English former professional association footballer who made more than 500 Football League appearances for Ipswich Town, Tottenham Hotspur, Northampton Town and Colchester United...

, LuaLua
Lomana LuaLua
Lomana Trésor LuaLua is a Congolese footballer who plays for Blackpool, and the Congo DR national football team.LuaLua was born in Kinshasa, but moved to England at a young age. After impressing in a college football match, he signed for Colchester United. There, he scored a total of 21 goals in...

24/08/1999 R1 (L2) 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...

A 1-3 5,471 Keith
Joe Keith
Joe Keith is a professional football player currently playing for Tilbury. Keith's main position is left wing, but he can also play at left full back and left wing back....


Source: 1999-2000 Season Colchester United Results - coludata.co.uk

FA Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
30/10/1999 R1 Swansea City A 1-2 3,622 LuaLua
Lomana LuaLua
Lomana Trésor LuaLua is a Congolese footballer who plays for Blackpool, and the Congo DR national football team.LuaLua was born in Kinshasa, but moved to England at a young age. After impressing in a college football match, he signed for Colchester United. There, he scored a total of 21 goals in...


Source: 1999-2000 Season Colchester United Results - coludata.co.uk

League Trophy

Southern Section
DateRoundOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
07/12/1999 R1 (S) Swansea City A 1-3 1,222 Moralee
Jamie Moralee
Jamie Moralee is an English former football playerHis business interests include co-ownership of the company New Era Overseas, which looks to help footballers with financial investment. He is married to Lisa, with a son, Frankie, born in 2005...


Source: 1999-2000 Season Colchester United Results - coludata.co.uk

Squad statistics

No. Nat. Pos. Name Total Division Two 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...

League Cup
Football League Cup
The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...

League Trophy
Football League Trophy
The Football League Trophy, currently known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is an annual English association football knock-out competition open to the 48 clubs in Football League One and Football League Two, the bottom two divisions in the four fully professional top...

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Scorer Goals
 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...

16
 Democratic Republic of the Congo Lomana LuaLua
Lomana LuaLua
Lomana Trésor LuaLua is a Congolese footballer who plays for Blackpool, and the Congo DR national football team.LuaLua was born in Kinshasa, but moved to England at a young age. After impressing in a college football match, he signed for Colchester United. There, he scored a total of 21 goals in...

14
 England Karl Duguid
Karl Duguid
Karl Anthony Duguid is an English footballer who plays primarily as a midfielder for Colchester United.He began his career with Colchester United and made his senior debut in 1995. He helped the club win promotion to the Second Division in 1998, via the play-offs, and the Championship in 2006, by...

12
 England Jason Dozzell
Jason Dozzell
Jason Irvin Winans Dozzell is an English former professional association footballer who made more than 500 Football League appearances for Ipswich Town, Tottenham Hotspur, Northampton Town and Colchester United...

6
 England Aaron Skelton
Aaron Skelton
Aaron Skelton is a former professional footballer who played at right-back, right-wing, center-midfield and center-back during his time at Luton Town and Colchester....

4
 England Warren Aspinall
Warren Aspinall
Warren Aspinall is an English former footballer, who played for a number of teams, having the most significant impact at Portsmouth and Carlisle United....

2
 England Joe Keith
Joe Keith
Joe Keith is a professional football player currently playing for Tilbury. Keith's main position is left wing, but he can also play at left full back and left wing back....

 England Tony Lock
Tony Lock (footballer)
Anthony "Tony" Lock is an English football forward currently without a club.-Clubs:*1995-2001 : Colchester United*2002-2006 : Grays Athletic-References:...

 England Jamie Moralee
Jamie Moralee
Jamie Moralee is an English former football playerHis business interests include co-ownership of the company New Era Overseas, which looks to help footballers with financial investment. He is married to Lisa, with a son, Frankie, born in 2005...

 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:...

 Republic of Ireland David Greene
David Greene (footballer)
David Greene is a retired Irish football defender. Son of a Galway mother and a Dublin father, David played for the Republic of Ireland U21 side six times.-References:...

1
 England Chris Keeble


League

Scorer Goals
 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...

16
 England Karl Duguid
Karl Duguid
Karl Anthony Duguid is an English footballer who plays primarily as a midfielder for Colchester United.He began his career with Colchester United and made his senior debut in 1995. He helped the club win promotion to the Second Division in 1998, via the play-offs, and the Championship in 2006, by...

12
 Democratic Republic of the Congo Lomana LuaLua
Lomana LuaLua
Lomana Trésor LuaLua is a Congolese footballer who plays for Blackpool, and the Congo DR national football team.LuaLua was born in Kinshasa, but moved to England at a young age. After impressing in a college football match, he signed for Colchester United. There, he scored a total of 21 goals in...

 England Jason Dozzell
Jason Dozzell
Jason Irvin Winans Dozzell is an English former professional association footballer who made more than 500 Football League appearances for Ipswich Town, Tottenham Hotspur, Northampton Town and Colchester United...

5
 England Aaron Skelton
Aaron Skelton
Aaron Skelton is a former professional footballer who played at right-back, right-wing, center-midfield and center-back during his time at Luton Town and Colchester....

4
 England Warren Aspinall
Warren Aspinall
Warren Aspinall is an English former footballer, who played for a number of teams, having the most significant impact at Portsmouth and Carlisle United....

2
 England Tony Lock
Tony Lock (footballer)
Anthony "Tony" Lock is an English football forward currently without a club.-Clubs:*1995-2001 : Colchester United*2002-2006 : Grays Athletic-References:...

 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:...

 Republic of Ireland David Greene
David Greene (footballer)
David Greene is a retired Irish football defender. Son of a Galway mother and a Dublin father, David played for the Republic of Ireland U21 side six times.-References:...

1
 England Chris Keeble
 England Joe Keith
Joe Keith
Joe Keith is a professional football player currently playing for Tilbury. Keith's main position is left wing, but he can also play at left full back and left wing back....

 England Jamie Moralee
Jamie Moralee
Jamie Moralee is an English former football playerHis business interests include co-ownership of the company New Era Overseas, which looks to help footballers with financial investment. He is married to Lisa, with a son, Frankie, born in 2005...



FA Cup

Scorer Goals
 Democratic Republic of the Congo Lomana LuaLua
Lomana LuaLua
Lomana Trésor LuaLua is a Congolese footballer who plays for Blackpool, and the Congo DR national football team.LuaLua was born in Kinshasa, but moved to England at a young age. After impressing in a college football match, he signed for Colchester United. There, he scored a total of 21 goals in...

1


League Cup

Scorer Goals
 England Jason Dozzell
Jason Dozzell
Jason Irvin Winans Dozzell is an English former professional association footballer who made more than 500 Football League appearances for Ipswich Town, Tottenham Hotspur, Northampton Town and Colchester United...

1
 England Joe Keith
Joe Keith
Joe Keith is a professional football player currently playing for Tilbury. Keith's main position is left wing, but he can also play at left full back and left wing back....

 Democratic Republic of the Congo Lomana LuaLua
Lomana LuaLua
Lomana Trésor LuaLua is a Congolese footballer who plays for Blackpool, and the Congo DR national football team.LuaLua was born in Kinshasa, but moved to England at a young age. After impressing in a college football match, he signed for Colchester United. There, he scored a total of 21 goals in...



League Trophy

Scorer Goals
 England Jamie Moralee
Jamie Moralee
Jamie Moralee is an English former football playerHis business interests include co-ownership of the company New Era Overseas, which looks to help footballers with financial investment. He is married to Lisa, with a son, Frankie, born in 2005...

1

Most Frequent Starting XI

This section shows players in a 4-4-2 formation with the most league starts during the season.
No. Pos. Name Apps. Goals
1 GK  England Simon Brown
Simon Brown (footballer born 1976)
Simon James Brown is an English footballer, who currently plays for Cambridge United. Brown is a goalkeeper.-Playing career:...

38 0
5 DF  Republic of Ireland David Greene
David Greene (footballer)
David Greene is a retired Irish football defender. Son of a Galway mother and a Dublin father, David played for the Republic of Ireland U21 side six times.-References:...

29 1
6 DF  Republic of Ireland Joe Dunne
Joe Dunne
Joseph John "Joe" Dunne is an Irish former professional footballer. He played professionally for Gillingham and Colchester United and made nearly 280 Football League appearances in a 13-year career. He is currently Colchester's Assistant Manager, having previously served as youth team manager,...

19 0
4 DF  England Gavin Johnson 24 0
3 DF  England Joe Keith
Joe Keith
Joe Keith is a professional football player currently playing for Tilbury. Keith's main position is left wing, but he can also play at left full back and left wing back....

45 1
7 MF  England Karl Duguid
Karl Duguid
Karl Anthony Duguid is an English footballer who plays primarily as a midfielder for Colchester United.He began his career with Colchester United and made his senior debut in 1995. He helped the club win promotion to the Second Division in 1998, via the play-offs, and the Championship in 2006, by...

40 12
8 MF  England David Gregory 45 0
23 MF  England Aaron Skelton
Aaron Skelton
Aaron Skelton is a former professional footballer who played at right-back, right-wing, center-midfield and center-back during his time at Luton Town and Colchester....

27 4
11 MF  England Jason Dozzell
Jason Dozzell
Jason Irvin Winans Dozzell is an English former professional association footballer who made more than 500 Football League appearances for Ipswich Town, Tottenham Hotspur, Northampton Town and Colchester United...

38 5
15 FW  Democratic Republic of the Congo Lomana LuaLua
Lomana LuaLua
Lomana Trésor LuaLua is a Congolese footballer who plays for Blackpool, and the Congo DR national football team.LuaLua was born in Kinshasa, but moved to England at a young age. After impressing in a college football match, he signed for Colchester United. There, he scored a total of 21 goals in...

24 12
30 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...

30 16

Brown
Simon Brown
Simon Brown, born in 1956 in Sydney, New South Wales, is an Australian Science Fiction writer.He originally trained as a journalist and worked for a range of Australian Government Departments, including the Australian Electoral Commission and the NSW Railways Department...

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