1978–79 Colchester United F.C. season
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The 1978–79 season was Colchester United's 37th season in their history and second successive season in third tier of English football, the Third Division. Alongside competing in the Third Division, the club also participated in the FA Cup and the League Cup.
1978–79 season | ||
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Chairman | Jack Rippingale[1] | |
Manager | Bobby Roberts | |
Stadium | Layer Road | |
Third Division | 7th | |
FA Cup | 5th round (eliminated by Manchester United) | |
League Cup | 1st round (eliminated by Charlton Athletic) | |
Top goalscorer | League: Bobby Gough (16) All: Bobby Gough (22) | |
Highest home attendance | 13,171 v Manchester United, 20 February 1979[2] | |
Lowest home attendance | 2,311 v Chester, 12 September 1978[3] | |
Average home league attendance | 3,921[4] | |
Biggest win | 4–0 v Leatherhead, 19 December 1978 5–1 v Tranmere Rovers, 9 May 1979 | |
Biggest defeat | 0–4 v Carlisle United, 8 September 1978 | |
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Colchester improved on their previous league campaign by one position, finishing in a strong seventh. The U's were eliminated in the League Cup by Charlton Athletic in the first round, but had greater success in the FA Cup. They saw off Oxford United, Leatherhead, Darlington and Newport County before facing Manchester United in the fifth round of the competition at Layer Road. Colchester held on until the 86th-minute before Jimmy Greenhoff broke the deadlock and denied the U's an Old Trafford replay.