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The 1950–51 season was Colchester United's first ever season in The Football League after being elected from the Southern Football League alongside Gillingham. They finished in 16th position in the Football League Third Division South. ==Season review== Elevation to The Football League meant that, as predicted by Ted Davis in 1937, The U's would have to release or pay for the players that were registered with other league clubs. Manager Jimmy Allen signed Reg Stewart and Bill Layton and a further £8,000 was spent on recruiting ten new players. Colchester's first-ever Football League game was against old Southern League foes Gillingham at Priestfield on 19 August 1950. A crowd of 19,542 witnessed a 0–0 draw. Five days later Bob Curry scored United's first-ever Football League goal in a 1–1 draw at Swindon. However, it was not until 31 August that Layer Road enjoyed its first U's goal. Arthur Turner struck five minutes into a 4–1 win in the return game with Swindon. Colchester remained unbeaten in their first seven games, a run that equalled a record for new clubs entering the Football League set by Aberdare Athletic in 1921–22. The U's occupied second spot in the table before losing nine of the next 10 games. Colchester finished the 1950–51 season in 16th position and averaged 10,573 through the Layer Road turnstiles. It would be the only time that Layer Road hosted a five-figure average. Prolific marksman Vic Keeble had the distinction of becoming Layer Road's first hat trick hero when he grabbed all the goals in a 3–0 win over Plymouth on 17 March 1951.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The U's History: The 50s )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1950–51 Colchester United F.C. season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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