1948–49 Colchester United F.C. season
| 1948–49 season | |||
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| Chairman | Bill Allen | ||
| Manager |
Jimmy Allen (from July 1948) |
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| Stadium | Layer Road | ||
| Southern League | 4th | ||
| FA Cup | 1st round (eliminated by Reading) |
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| Southern League Cup | Runners-up | ||
| Top goalscorer |
League: Arthur Turner (28) All: Arthur Turner (31) |
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| Highest home attendance | 19,072 v Reading, 27 November 1948 |
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| Lowest home attendance | 4,131 v Bedford Town, 21 October 1948 |
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| Average home league attendance | 8,476 | ||
| Biggest win | 6–0 v Bedford Town, 21 October 1948 |
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| Biggest defeat | 0–5 v Merthyr Tydfil, 22 April 1949; 1–6 v Gloucester City, 30 April 1949 |
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The 1948–49 season was Colchester United's seventh season in their history and their seventh in the Southern League. Alongside competing in the Southern League, the club also participated in the FA Cup and Southern League Cup. The club finished as runners-up in the Southern League Cup to Yeovil Town just ten days after losing the delayed 1947–48 season final to Merthyr Tydfil. The club exited the FA Cup in the first round to Reading, although the first encounter between the clubs was abandoned due to heavy fog. The match gathered a record Layer Road and Colchester United crowd of 19,072, before being abandoned with the scores at 1–1.
Former Aston Villa and Portsmouth defender Jimmy Allen was tasked with taking Colchester United into the Football League when he stepped into the void left following Ted Fenton's departure for West Ham United during the simmer.
The ex-England international oversaw his side reach the final of the Southern League Cup for the second successive season. With the 1947–48 final held over from the previous season, Colchester first lost that final against Merthyr Tydfil 5–0, before losing the 1948–49 season final 3–0 to Yeovil Town ten days later. During these ten days, the club also played four league fixtures.
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