1945–46_Colchester_United_F.C._season

Colchester United
1945–46 season
Chairman	Bill Allen
Manager	Syd Fieldus; (until April 1946)
Stadium	Layer Road
Southern League	8th
FA Cup	4th Qualifying Round; (eliminated by; Wisbech Town)
Top goalscorer	League: ; Chris Harman (4); All: ; Bob Hodgson (5)
Highest home attendance	5,206; v Chelmsford City, 1 September 1945
Lowest home attendance	2,665; v Swindon Town Reserves, 23 February 1946
Average home league attendance	3,858
Biggest win	5–0; v Barry Town, 9 February 1946
Biggest defeat	0–8; v Yeovil & Petters United, 22 September 1945;; v Bath City, 2 February 1946
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	← 1939–40 1946–47 →

1945–46 Colchester United F.C. season

Colchester United 1945–46 football season

The 1945–46 season was Colchester United's fourth season in their history and their fourth in the Southern League. It was also their first since the end of World War II hostilities. Alongside competing in the Southern League, the club also participated in the FA Cup and Southern League Cup. Relying heavily on guest appearances of players from other clubs, Colchester United finished in 8th position in the Southern League, with a total of 81 different players registering appearances over the course of the season.

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Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Southern League		Southern League Cup		FA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	DF	WAL	Bill Bower	30	1	20	0	10	1	0	0
	DF	ENG	Syd Fieldus	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Jimmy Jenkins	27	0	19	0	7	0	1	0
	DF	NIR	Paddy Shiels	15	1	6	0	8	1	1	0
	FW	ENG	Bob Collins	8	2	2	1	6	1	0	0
	FW	ENG	Bob Gregg	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	0
	FW		Chris Harman	15	4	11	4	3	0	1	0
	FW		Bob Hodgson	9	5	3	2	6	3	0	0
	FW		Bobby Hoines	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Bob Hutchings	12	0	4	0	8	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Frank Rawcliffe	11	3	2	0	9	3	0	0
	FW	SCO	Tom Tobin	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season
	GK	ENG	Harry Brown	12	0	10	0	2	0	0	0
	GK		Robert Brown	7	0	2	0	5	0	0	0
	GK		Peter Dawson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	Ray Dring	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
	GK	ENG	Alf Jefferies	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	GK		Alex Kingston	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
	GK	ENG	Billy Light	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Bill Wilkie	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	NIR	Cecil Allan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Doug Beach	4	2	3	2	1	0	0	0
	DF		George Coulson	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Joe James	9	0	8	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	WAL	Charlie Jones	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Sid Jones	15	2	8	1	7	1	0	0
	DF		W Milne	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Roddy Munro	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		O'Sullivan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	DF		Robson	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	ENG	Jack Southam	13	1	11	1	2	0	0	0
	DF		Ron West	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Harry Bamford	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
	MF		Bramhall	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Bobby Browne	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Geoff Fox	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Gray	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF		Percy Heal	6	0	5	0	0	0	1	0
	MF		Holmes	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	David Nelson	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
	FW		Andrews	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	George Barnard	4	1	3	1	1	0	0	0
	FW		Beveridge	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Bickmore	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Sid Bidewell	7	4	1	0	6	4	0	0
	FW		Buckley	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Jock Cameron	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Ron Canham	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Albert Day	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Frank Dudley	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Len Duquemin	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Jock Ferguson	6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		H Fletcher	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		Godfrey	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Jim Gotts	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Cecil Green	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Derek Hawksworth	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		Hogg	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Ronnie Hornby	8	3	7	3	0	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Cliff Hubbard	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Fred Inskip	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	WAL	Leslie Jones	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Paddy Kernohan	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Billy Leighton	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Ernest Muttitt	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	FW		Reeves	5	1	5	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		Righton	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Jackie Robinson	2	3	2	3	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Douglas Smale	8	2	2	1	6	1	0	0
	FW	ENG	Alf Smirk	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
	FW		Stanyon	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Ernest Steele	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		John Sutton	1	3	0	0	1	3	0	0
	FW	ENG	Ivan Thacker	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		A Thompson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Stan Titcombe	6	1	5	1	0	0	1	0
	FW	ENG	Len Townsend	1	3	0	0	1	3	0	0
	FW	ENG	Johnny Westwood	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
	FW	WAL	Rod Williams	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Wilmott	8	1	6	1	1	0	1	0

Player debuts

Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.^[89]

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Position	Player	Date	Opponent	Ground	Notes
FB	Doug Beach	25 August 1945	Chelmsford City	New Writtle Street
FB	Bill Bower	25 August 1945	Chelmsford City	New Writtle Street
CH	Jimmy Jenkins	25 August 1945	Chelmsford City	New Writtle Street
FB	W Milne	25 August 1945	Chelmsford City	New Writtle Street
CH	Robson	25 August 1945	Chelmsford City	New Writtle Street
IR/CF	Godfrey	25 August 1945	Chelmsford City	New Writtle Street
CF	Chris Harman	25 August 1945	Chelmsford City	New Writtle Street
WG	Ronnie Hornby	25 August 1945	Chelmsford City	New Writtle Street
WG	Reeves	25 August 1945	Chelmsford City	New Writtle Street
WG	Stan Titcombe	25 August 1945	Chelmsford City	New Writtle Street
GK	Ray Dring	15 September 1945	Bedford Town	Ford End Road
WG	Albert Day	15 September 1945	Bedford Town	Ford End Road
LH	Bramhall	22 September 1945	Yeovil & Petters United	Huish Athletic Ground
RH	Gray	22 September 1945	Yeovil & Petters United	Huish Athletic Ground
RH	Holmes	22 September 1945	Yeovil & Petters United	Huish Athletic Ground
FB	Jack Southam	22 September 1945	Yeovil & Petters United	Huish Athletic Ground
CF	Paddy Kernohan	22 September 1945	Yeovil & Petters United	Huish Athletic Ground
WG	Stanyon	22 September 1945	Yeovil & Petters United	Huish Athletic Ground
GK	Peter Dawson	29 September 1945	Bedford Town	Layer Road
LB	Cecil Allan	29 September 1945	Bedford Town	Layer Road	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
IR	Buckley	29 September 1945	Bedford Town	Layer Road
IL	Jock Cameron	29 September 1945	Bedford Town	Layer Road
WG	Fred Inskip	29 September 1945	Bedford Town	Layer Road
IR	A Thompson	29 September 1945	Bedford Town	Layer Road
GK	Harry Brown	6 October 1945	Cheltenham Town	Layer Road
LH	Percy Heal	6 October 1945	Cheltenham Town	Layer Road
CH	O'Sullivan	6 October 1945	Cheltenham Town	Layer Road
CF	Andrews	6 October 1945	Cheltenham Town	Layer Road
CF	Rod Williams	6 October 1945	Cheltenham Town	Layer Road
IR	Wilmott	6 October 1945	Cheltenham Town	Layer Road
WH	David Nelson	13 October 1945	Cardiff City Reserves	Layer Road
WH	Bobby Browne	13 October 1945	Cardiff City Reserves	Layer Road
FB	Paddy Shiels	3 November 1945	Wisbech Town	Fenland Stadium
CF	Bob Gregg	3 November 1945	Wisbech Town	Fenland Stadium
IF	Alf Smirk	10 November 1945	Bath City	Layer Road
GK	Bill Wilkie	17 November 1945	Hereford United	Edgar Street
CB	Joe James	17 November 1945	Hereford United	Edgar Street
CF	George Barnard	17 November 1945	Hereford United	Edgar Street
IL	Jock Ferguson	24 November 1945	Worcester City	Layer Road
IF	Jackie Robinson	24 November 1945	Worcester City	Layer Road
FB	Sid Jones	8 December 1945	Barry Town	Jenner Park Stadium
CH	Ron West	8 December 1945	Barry Town	Jenner Park Stadium
OL	Bickmore	8 December 1945	Barry Town	Jenner Park Stadium
WG	Derek Hawksworth	8 December 1945	Barry Town	Jenner Park Stadium
IF	Leslie Jones	15 December 1945	Yeovil & Petters United	Layer Road
FB	Charlie Jones	29 December 1945	Cheltenham Town	Whaddon Road
CF	Ron Canham	29 December 1945	Cheltenham Town	Whaddon Road
IR	Cecil Green	29 December 1945	Cheltenham Town	Whaddon Road
IF	Billy Leighton	29 December 1945	Cheltenham Town	Whaddon Road
IR	Bobby Hoines	12 January 1946	Hereford United	Layer Road
GK	Alf Jefferies	19 January 1946	Guildford City	Layer Road
IR	Len Townsend	19 January 1946	Guildford City	Layer Road
OR	Beveridge	26 January 1946	Worcester City	St George's Lane
LW	Hogg	26 January 1946	Worcester City	St George's Lane
WG	Cliff Hubbard	2 February 1946	Bath City	Twerton Park
WG	Ernest Steele	2 February 1946	Bath City	Twerton Park
GK	Alex Kingston	9 February 1946	Barry Town	Layer Road
OL	Bob Collins	9 February 1946	Barry Town	Layer Road
CF	Frank Dudley	9 February 1946	Barry Town	Layer Road
LW	Bob Hutchings	9 February 1946	Barry Town	Layer Road
WG	Righton	9 February 1946	Barry Town	Layer Road
CF	Bob Hodgson	16 February 1946	Swindon Town Reserves	County Ground
GK	Robert Brown	23 February 1946	Swindon Town Reserves	Layer Road
CF	H Fletcher	23 February 1946	Swindon Town Reserves	Layer Road
CF	Frank Rawcliffe	23 February 1946	Swindon Town Reserves	Layer Road
WG	Douglas Smale	23 February 1946	Swindon Town Reserves	Layer Road
OL	Johnny Westwood	23 February 1946	Swindon Town Reserves	Layer Road
IF	Sid Bidewell	16 March 1946	Cardiff City Reserves	Ninian Park
RH	Geoff Fox	3 April 1946	Chelmsford City	New Writtle Street
CF	Len Duquemin	3 April 1946	Chelmsford City	New Writtle Street
LH	Harry Bamford	13 April 1946	Guildford City	St Joseph's Road
CH	George Coulson	13 April 1946	Guildford City	St Joseph's Road
FB	Roddy Munro	13 April 1946	Guildford City	St Joseph's Road
WG	Jim Gotts	13 April 1946	Guildford City	St Joseph's Road
IF	Ernest Muttitt	13 April 1946	Guildford City	St Joseph's Road
CF	John Sutton	13 April 1946	Guildford City	St Joseph's Road
IR	Tom Tobin	18 April 1946	Bedford Town	Layer Road

Second debut for the club

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[DG-7] Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club

[DG-10] Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club

[FG-31] Date of departure refers to the date of the player's final game for the club

[Guestend-35] Guest end date refers to the date of the player's final game for the club

[Guest-43] Guest start and end dates refer to the date of the player's first and final games for the club

[Loan-83] Loan start and end dates refer to the date of the player's first and final games for the club

[table_hth_CHC0.67323793176247-92] Chelmsford City, Cheltenham Town, Yeovil & Petters and Swindon Town II awarded three points for two unfulfilled matches. Bedford Town awarded six points for four unfulfilled matches.

[2deb-97] Second debut for the club

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Name	Position	Place of birth	Date of birth	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee
Defenders
Bill Bower	FB	Wrexham	(1911-11-17)17 November 1911 (aged 33)	0	0	Millwall	28 November 1945	Free transfer
Syd Fieldus	DF	Romford	(1909-05-27)27 May 1909 (aged 36)	23	3	Brentford	3 July 1937	Free transfer
Jimmy Jenkins	CH			0	0	Bristol City	20 July 1945	Free transfer
Paddy Shiels	FB	Antrim		0	0	Colchester Garrison (No. 1 Holding Battalion)	3 November 1945^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Free transfer
Forwards
Bob Collins	OL			0	0	Colchester Garrison (No. 1 Holding Battalion Infantry Training Corps)	9 February 1946^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Free transfer
Bob Gregg	CF	Ferryhill	(1904-02-04)4 February 1904 (aged 41)	0	0	Sligo Rovers	26 October 1945	Free transfer
Chris Harman	CF			0	0	Bath City	25 August 1945^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Free transfer
Bob Hodgson	CF			0	0	South Shields	February 1946	Free transfer
Bobby Hoines	IR			0	0	Colchester Garrison (No. 1 Holding Battalion)	11 January 1946	Free transfer
Bob Hutchings	LW	Southwark		0	0	Colchester Garrison (No. 1 Holding Battalion)	9 February 1946	Free transfer
Frank Rawcliffe	CF	Blackburn	(1921-12-10)10 December 1921 (aged 23)	0	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	9 March 1946	Free transfer
Tom Tobin	IR	Glasgow		0	0	Colchester Garrison	18 April 1946^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Free transfer

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
20 July 1945	CH	Jimmy Jenkins	Bristol City	Free transfer	^[7]
10 August 1945	FB	W Milne	Colchester Garrison (16th Infantry Training Corps)	Free transfer	^[8]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
10 August 1945	WG	Ronnie Hornby	Colchester Garrison (16th Infantry Training Corps)	Free transfer	^[9]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
10 August 1945	IR	Wilmott	Colchester Garrison (No. 1 Holding Battalion)	Free transfer	^[10]
25 August 1945	CF	Chris Harman	Bath City	Free transfer	^[11]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
6 October 1945	LH	Percy Heal	Colchester Garrison (No. 1 Holding Battalion)	Free transfer	^[12]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
6 October 1945	CH	O'Sullivan	Royal Air Force	Free transfer	^[13]
26 October 1945	CF	Bob Gregg	Sligo Rovers	Free transfer	^[14]
3 November 1945	FB	Paddy Shiels	Colchester Garrison (No. 1 Holding Battalion)	Free transfer	^[15]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
17 November 1945	CF	George Barnard	West Ham United	Free transfer	^[16]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
17 November 1945	GK	Bill Wilkie	Crittall Athletic	Free transfer	^[17]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
28 November 1945	FB	Bill Bower	Millwall	Free transfer	^[18]
29 December 1945	CF	Ron Canham	Royal Air Force	Free transfer	^[19]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
11 January 1946	IR	Bobby Hoines	Colchester Garrison (No. 1 Holding Battalion)	Free transfer	^[20]
February 1946	CF	Bob Hodgson	South Shields	Free transfer	^[21]
9 February 1946	OL	Bob Collins	Colchester Garrison (No. 1 Holding Battalion Infantry Training Corps)	Free transfer	^[22]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
9 February 1946	LW	Bob Hutchings	Colchester Garrison (No. 1 Holding Battalion)	Free transfer	^[23]
9 February 1946	WG	Righton	Colchester Garrison (16th Infantry Training Corps)	Free transfer	^[24]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
23 February 1946	GK	Robert Brown	West Ham United	Free transfer	^[25]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
9 March 1946	CF	Frank Rawcliffe	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Free transfer	^[26]
18 April 1946	IR	Tom Tobin	Colchester Garrison	Free transfer	^[27]^{[lower-alpha 1]}

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 September 1945	GK	Billy Light	Clacton Town	Player-manager	^[28]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
6 October 1945	CH	O'Sullivan	Free agent	Released	^[13]
3 November 1945	FB	W Milne	Free agent	Released	^[8]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
17 November 1945	GK	Bill Wilkie	Free agent	Released	^[17]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
24 November 1945	CF	Ivan Thacker	Lowestoft Town	Free transfer	^[29]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
1 December 1945	WG	Ronnie Hornby	Free agent	Released	^[9]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
29 December 1945	CF	Ron Canham	Free agent	Released	^[19]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
19 January 1946	CF	George Barnard	Arsenal	£800	^[16]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
19 January 1946	IR	Wilmott	Free agent	Released	^[10]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
February 1946	LH	Percy Heal	Free agent	Released	^[12]
16 February 1946	WG	Righton	Free agent	Released	^[24]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3 April 1946	GK	Robert Brown	Free agent	Released	^[25]^{[lower-alpha 1]}

30 August 1945 (1945-08-30) Friendly	Colchester United	1–1	Ipswich Town	Colchester
18:00	Day	Report	Smythe	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,525

8 September 1945 (1945-09-08) Friendly	Colchester United	2–1	Guildford City	Colchester
15:15	Beach 15' (pen.), 30'	Report	Green 2'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,875

1945–46_Colchester_United_F.C._season

1945–46 Colchester United F.C. season

Season overview

Players

Transfers

In

Out

Guest players

Loans in

Match details

Friendlies

Southern League

League table

Matches

FA Cup

Southern League Cup

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Goalscorers

Captains

Clean sheets

Player debuts

See also

Notes

References

General

Specific

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Date	Position	Name	From	End date	Ref.
13 July 1945	WH	David Nelson	Arsenal	April 1946	^[30]
13 July 1945	IR	A Thompson	Colchester Garrison (No. 1 Holding Battalion)	29 September 1945	^[31]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
20 July 1945	GK	Ray Dring	Colchester Garrison (17th Infantry Training Corps)	3 November 1945	^[32]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
20 July 1945	FB	Jack Southam	West Bromwich Albion	11 April 1946	^[33]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
20 July 1945	CH	Ron West	Colchester Garrison (No. 1 Holding Battalion)	8 December 1945	^[34]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
20 July 1945	WG	Albert Day	Brighton & Hove Albion	11 April 1946	^[35]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
20 July 1945	WG	Reeves	Swansea City	10 November 1945	^[36]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
27 July 1945	FB	Bill Bower	Millwall	28 November 1945	^[18]
10 August 1945	GK	Peter Dawson	Rowhedge	29 September 1945	^[37]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
10 August 1945	FB	Doug Beach	Luton Town	18 April 1946	^[38]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
10 August 1945	CF	Paddy Kernohan	Colchester Garrison (Army Fire Fighting Centre)	29 September 1945	^[39]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
10 August 1945	WG	Stan Titcombe	Swindon Town	16 May 1946	^[40]
22 August 1945	IR/CF	Godfrey	Colchester Garrison (17th Infantry Training Corps)	22 September 1945	^[41]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
25 August 1945	CH	Robson	York City	3 November 1945	^[42]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
1 September 1945	IF	Jackie Robinson	Sheffield Wednesday	24 November 1945	^[43]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
8 September 1945	WH	Bobby Browne	Leeds United	13 October 1945	^[44]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
22 September 1945	LH	Bramhall	Colchester Garrison (Army Fire Fighting Centre)	22 September 1945	^[45]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
22 September 1945	RH	Gray	Colchester Garrison (Army Fire Fighting Centre)	22 September 1945	^[46]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
22 September 1945	RH	Holmes	Colchester Garrison (Army Fire Fighting Centre)	22 September 1945	^[47]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
22 September 1945	WG	Stanyon	Colchester Garrison (Army Fire Fighting Centre)	22 September 1945	^[48]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
29 September 1945	LB	Cecil Allan	Colchester Casuals	29 September 1945	^[49]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
29 September 1945	IR	Buckley	Colchester Garrison (No. 1 Holding Battalion)	29 September 1945	^[50]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
29 September 1945	IL	Jock Cameron	Colchester Garrison (Army Fire Fighting Centre)	29 September 1945	^[51]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
29 September 1945	WG	Fred Inskip	Nottingham Forest	29 September 1945	^[52]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
6 October 1945	GK	Harry Brown	Queens Park Rangers	18 April 1946	^[53]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
6 October 1945	CF	Andrews	Unknown	6 October 1945	^[54]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
6 October 1945	CF	Rod Williams	West Ham United	13 October 1945	^[55]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
10 November 1945	IF	Alf Smirk	Southend United	9 February 1946	^[56]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
17 November 1945	CB	Joe James	Brentford	2 February 1946	^[57]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
17 November 1945	CF	George Barnard	West Ham United	17 November 1945	^[16]
24 November 1945	IL	Jock Ferguson	Colchester Garrison (No. 1 Holding Battalion)	2 February 1946	^[58]
8 December 1945	FB	Sid Jones	Arsenal	18 April 1946	^[59]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
8 December 1945	OL	Bickmore	Colchester Garrison (No. 1 Holding Battalion)	8 December 1945	^[60]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
8 December 1945	WG	Derek Hawksworth	Bradford Park Avenue	12 January 1946	^[61]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
15 December 1945	IF	Leslie Jones	Arsenal	15 December 1945	^[62]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
29 December 1945	FB	Charlie Jones	Southend United	19 January 1946	^[63]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
29 December 1945	IF	Billy Leighton	Southend United	19 January 1946	^[64]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
January 1946	GK	Alf Jefferies	Oxford City	9 March 1946	^[65]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
19 January 1946	IR	Len Townsend	Brentford	19 January 1946	^[66]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
2 February 1946	WG	Cliff Hubbard	Colchester Garrison (No. 1 Holding Battalion)	2 February 1946	^[67]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
2 February 1946	WG	Ernest Steele	British Army	2 February 1946	^[68]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
9 February 1946	GK	Alex Kingston	Southampton	16 February 1946	^[69]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
9 February 1946	CF	Frank Dudley	Southend United	9 February 1946	^[70]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
23 February 1946	CF	H Fletcher	Colchester Garrison	3 April 1946	^[71]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
23 February 1946	CF	Frank Rawcliffe	Wolverhampton Wanderers	9 March 1946	^[26]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
23 February 1946	WG	Douglas Smale	Chelsea	6 April 1946	^[72]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
23 February 1946	OL	Johnny Westwood	Tottenham Hotspur	23 February 1946	^[73]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
16 March 1946	IF	Sid Bidewell	Chelsea	13 April 1946	^[74]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
3 April 1946	RH	Geoff Fox	Ipswich Town	3 April 1946	^[75]^{[lower-alpha 2]}
3 April 1946	CF	Len Duquemin	Tottenham Hotspur	3 April 1946	^[76]^{[lower-alpha 2]}

10 September 1945 (1945-09-10) Friendly	Ipswich Town	2–1	Colchester United	Ipswich
15:00	Own goal 20' Price 83'	Report	Hornby 36'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 8,420

20 October 1945 (1945-10-20) Friendly	Guildford City	5–3	Colchester United	Guildford
	McPheat 15', 37', 89' Stock 35' Lucas	Report	Harman 87' Hornby	Stadium: St Joseph's Road Attendance: 1,800

27 October 1945 (1945-10-27) Friendly	Colchester United	5–0	Tottenham Hotspur XI	Colchester
	Southam 25', 27' Harman 34', 35' Wilmott 55'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,929

1 December 1945 (1945-12-01) Friendly	Colchester United	2–1	Arsenal XI	Colchester
14:30	Harman Wilmott	Report	Jones 20'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,010

22 December 1945 (1945-12-22) Friendly	Gillingham	3–7	Colchester United	Gillingham
	Herbert Temlett Tukehurst	Report	Harman Hawksworth Barnard	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium

25 December 1945 (1945-12-25) Friendly	Colchester United	7–2	Colchester Junior League XI	Colchester
	Ferguson 3' Harman Barnard Canham	Report	Naunton	Stadium: Layer Road Referee: E. Vince

26 December 1945 (1945-12-26) Friendly	Colchester United	8–2	Short Sports (Rochester)	Colchester
	Barnard 17', 20' Wilmott 65' Harman Hawksworth Ferguson	Report	Foss Kelly	Stadium: Layer Road

5 January 1946 (1946-01-05) Friendly	Colchester United	3–3	Ekco Sports	Colchester
14:15	Southam 12' (pen.) Titcombe	Report	Lewis 89' West	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,000

19 April 1946 (1946-04-19) Friendly	Colchester United	1–1	Brentford	Colchester
15:30	Rawcliffe	Report	Boulter 43'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,790 Referee: W. Lawrence

4 May 1946 (1946-05-04) Friendly	Norwich City Reserves	4–1	Colchester United	Norwich
	Walker 1' Methven 25' Colley	Report	Hodgson 90'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 1,063

22 April 1946 (1946-04-22) Friendly	Colchester United	2–2	Norwich City	Colchester
15:30	Bower 22' (pen.) Own goal 25'	Report	Hutchinson 20' Kingston 33' (o.g.)	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,317

27 April 1946 (1946-04-27) Friendly	Ipswich Town Reserves	1–0	Colchester United	Ipswich
	Parker	Report		Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 6,000 Referee: W. Hillyard

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Results
6	Yeovil & Petters United	18	7	1	10	57	52	1.096	18^{[lower-alpha 1]}
7	Worcester City	20	8	2	10	60	58	1.034	18
8	Colchester United	20	7	3	10	29	47	0.617	17
9	Bedford Town	16	4	1	11	30	49	0.612	15^{[lower-alpha 1]}
10	Swindon Town II	18	4	3	11	36	65	0.554	14^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Resigned from the league

25 August 1945 (1945-08-25) 1	Chelmsford City	1–2	Colchester United	Chelmsford
	Holliday 67'	Report	Titcombe 20' Hornby 48'	Stadium: New Writtle Street Attendance: 5,000

1 September 1945 (1945-09-01) 2	Colchester United	3–4	Chelmsford City	Colchester
15:15	Reeves 10' Robinson 25' Harman 40'	Report	Foreman 55', 65' Buchanan 75'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 5,206

15 September 1945 (1945-09-15) 3	Bedford Town	2–0	Colchester United	Bedford
	Mulligan 70' McCormack	Report		Stadium: Ford End Road

22 September 1945 (1945-09-22) 4	Yeovil & Petters United	8–0	Colchester United	Yeovil
	Laing 25' Hunt Langley Regan (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Huish Athletic Ground

29 September 1945 (1945-09-29) 5	Colchester United	1–4	Bedford Town	Colchester
	Southam 5' (pen.)	Report	Flint 14' Pope 45', 52' Dellahay	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,676

6 October 1945 (1945-10-06) 6	Colchester United	1–0	Cheltenham Town	Colchester
	Hornby 8'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,318

13 October 1945 (1945-10-13) 7	Colchester United	1–0	Cardiff City Reserves	Colchester
15:15	Hornby 85'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,554

10 November 1945 (1945-11-10) 8	Colchester United	3–1	Bath City	Colchester
14:30	Smirk 20' Harman 37' Gregg 50' (pen.)	Report	Mitchell 75'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,949

17 November 1945 (1945-11-17) 9	Hereford United	3–1	Colchester United	Hereford
	Shell 70', 80' Brown	Report	Harman 60'	Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 3,000

24 November 1945 (1945-11-24) 10	Colchester United	2–1	Worcester City	Colchester
14:30	Robinson 26' (pen.), 35'	Report	Layton 60'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,294 Referee: R. Savage

8 December 1945 (1945-12-08) 11	Barry Town	0–0	Colchester United	Barry
		Report		Stadium: Jenner Park Stadium

15 December 1945 (1945-12-15) 12	Colchester United	3–3	Yeovil & Petters United	Colchester
14:15	Hawksworth 10' Wilmott 15' Barnard 30'	Report	Lewis 16' Langley 75' Hunt 78'	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,135

29 December 1945 (1945-12-29) 13	Cheltenham Town	1–0	Colchester United	Cheltenham
	Goring 25'	Report		Stadium: Whaddon Road

12 January 1946 (1946-01-12) 14	Colchester United	0–3	Hereford United	Colchester
14:15		Report	Bowyer 5' Blair 75' Thompson 76'	Stadium: Layer Road

26 January 1946 (1946-01-26) 15	Worcester City	6–2	Colchester United	Worcester
	Sheveling 14' James (o.g.) Brown Duggan Layton	Report	Beach	Stadium: St George's Lane

2 February 1946 (1946-02-02) 16	Bath City	8–0	Colchester United	Bath
	Davies 48' Browne Caldwell Mustard	Report		Stadium: Twerton Park

9 February 1946 (1946-02-09) 17	Colchester United	5–0	Barry Town	Colchester
	Dudley 5', 20' Righton Harman 46' Collins 75'	Report		Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 2,896 Referee: R. Savage