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The 1965–66 season was Colchester United's first season back in the Football League Fourth Division after spending three consecutive seasons in the Football League Third Division. The season ended with promotion back to the third tier. ==Season Review== As they did four years previously, United bounced back up from the Fourth Division at the first attempt although it was not until the final day of the season that they sealed promotion. Manager Neil Franklin brought in Reg Stratton to lead his attack and the forward responded with 17 League goals. United won ten games on their travels, a new club record, and lost just three times at Layer Road. Colchester led the table at Easter 1966 despite being held twice by rivals Luton with the Layer Road holiday fixture attracting 10,200. Subsequent defeats to promotion contenders Darlington (twice) and Torquay saw United drop to fourth place prior to the last game of the season. A disastrous 2-1 defeat at mid-table Newport had U's fans biting their nails as Luton were only a point behind and their game at Chester had kicked off 15 minutes later. In the end the game finished 1-1 and with the U's, Tranmere and the Hatters tied on 56 points it was down to goal average to separate the sides. Franklin's side pipped Tranmere by 0.08 (equivalent to about 6 goals difference in today's rules). The season was also notable as player replacements were allowed for the first time. Ray Price became United's first substitute when he took over from Ted Philips after 85 minutes of the 18 September 1965 home fixture with Rochdale. Gates had improved, with on-the-pitch success, to an average of 5,148.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The U's History: The 60s )〕 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「1965–66 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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