| United thru time 12:43 - Oct 18 with 1955 views | bwildered |
United Through Time.
This project will celebrate the history of Colchester United Football Club by engaging supporters in sharing their favourite moments. These moments will be crafted into a timeline that will decorate the stadium, honouring the club’s history.
Will end up with all the usual big games, names in the great league and cup campaigns .
So instead let’s have some of your alternative moments, incidents which will not make the timeline but forever in your memory, on or off field in your association with watch the U’s , over the years. |  |
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| United thru time on 17:15 - Oct 19 with 412 views | wessex_exile |
| United thru time on 12:09 - Oct 19 by bwildered |
A night of total football. Never missed placed a pass all night. Outclassed from start to finish. Against Jim Smith side that included Bobby Svarc. [Post edited 19 Oct 12:09]
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A wonderful night, and I was at Ewood Park for the initial 1-1 as well. |  |
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| United thru time on 17:39 - Oct 19 with 361 views | SparkfilmsTV |
| United thru time on 20:51 - Oct 18 by durham_exile |
Football League Cup 2nd Round Replay at Layer Road, 7 September 1977.
Finished work in London and took the train to Colchester. Blackburn Rovers were the opposition. We won 4-0 with Bobby Gough scoring a brace, Ian Allinson and Colin Garwood. 5,500 crowd still one of the best games that I have seen at Layer Road. John Homewood was the referee and it was a great night.
Up the U's |
I have only just discovered that Bobby Svarc was featured in the lyrics of 'Fear My Wraith' by Half Man Half Biscuit'.
Bobby travelled down from Blackburn in 2008 to appear in 'Made in Colchester'.
59 goals in 116 games for Colchester!
Chester 0 Svarc 4 |  | | |
| United thru time on 15:45 - Oct 20 with 320 views | bwildered |
From highlights to a lowlight, now just over 36 years ago, the worst that thing can get, ( but that was still too come). Roger Brown last game, but also Winston White’s .
Saturday 15th October 1988 - 1st Team
Match details
Season: 1988-1989
Competition: English Fourth Division
Venue:
Brisbane Road
(Away match)
Attendance: 3,421
Kick off: 3:00pm
Match score
Half time score: 4-0
Full time score: 8-0
Officials
Referee: Paul Durkin | |
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| United thru time on 16:15 - Oct 20 with 314 views | bwildered |
Many U’s goals remembered in the derby games against Southend, particularly Cureton and Groves, but Winston White scoring the U’s only goal in 1987, in a 2-1 home defeat is well remembered. Juggled a ball on his foot and creamed it into the top corner at the Spion Kop end, a class goal from a class winger, who would walk into the first team now !
Sadly left after the Orient defeat to play back up north, he also played in an infamous testimonial game ? | |
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| United thru time on 11:14 - Oct 24 with 239 views | SparkfilmsTV |
I am going back a long way in time here.
I'm not sure what triggered these memories yesterday while l was trimming trees.
Just wondered if anyone on here remembers a U's Super Fan who we used to refer to as 'Birmingham Bill'.
He had a decent Brummie accent and travelled all over the country to watch Colchester United.
I can time this as the mid sixties to perhaps a decade later.
He had fair hair, glasses, always neat, slim build and wore fashionable casual clothes.
He was at Elm Park, Reading where the U's enjoyed an away day with a brace from Alan Shires.
Strange how the memories just seem to pop up from nowhere.
His preferred position to watch matches at Layer Road was towards to top of the open / clock end slightly towards what became known as Terrace 4. [Post edited 24 Oct 11:17]
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