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Leading League goalscorers:
Freddy Eastwood
 (Southend United) &
Billy Sharp
(Scunthorpe United)
 23  goals each

The first competitive match ever played by Colchester United was on Saturday August 28th 1937 when they lost 0-3 at Yeovil & Petters United in the Southern League. Sixty-nine years later, on Saturday May 6th 2006, Colchester drew 0-0 at Yeovil Town in a League 1 fixture which again made history for the Essex club. The point gained saw them clinch promotion for the first time into the top two divisions of the League.

Who said that success and high attendances go together? Despite gaining automatic promotion Colchester United had by far the lowest average home League attendance in the division - just 3,969. In contrast Nottingham Forest had by far the highest home League average in the division - 20,257 - but they didn't even make the play-offs!

At the Rotherham United v Port Vale Carling Cup First Round match on Tuesday 23rd August 2005 Clive Oliver refereed and his son Michael ran one of the lines. It was the first time that a father and son had officiated together at a senior match in England. Referees

 

   P W D L F A Pts
    Results 1 Southend United 46 23 13 10 72 43 82 Promoted
    Results 2 Colchester United 46 22 13 11 58 40 79 Promoted
    Results 3 Brentford 46 20 16 10 72 52 76 Play Off
    Results 4 Huddersfield Town 46 19 16 11 72 59 73 Play Off
    Results 5 Barnsley 46 18 18 10 62 44 72 Promoted
    Results 6 Swansea City 46 18 17 11 78 55 71 Play Off
    Results 7 Nottingham Forest 46 19 12 15 67 52 69
    Results 8 Doncaster Rovers 46 20 9 17 55 51 69
    Results 9 Bristol City 48 18 11 17 66 62 65
    Results 10 Oldham Athletic 46 18 11 17 58 60 65
    Results 11 Bradford City 46 14 19 13 51 49 61
    Results 12 Scunthorpe United 46 15 15 16 68 73 60
    Results 13 Port Vale 46 16 12 18 49 54 60
    Results 14 Gillingham 46 16 12 18 50 64 60
    Results 15 Yeovil Town 46 15 11 20 54 62 56
    Results 16 Chesterfield 46 14 14 18 63 73 56
    Results 17 Bournemouth 46 12 19 15 49 53 55
    Results 18 Tranmere Rovers 46 13 15 18 50 52 54
    Results 19 Blackpool 46 12 17 17 56 64 53
    Results 20 Rotherham United 46 12 16 18 52 62 52
    Results 21 Hartlepool United 46 11 17 18 44 59 50 Relegated
    Results 22 Milton Keynes Dons 46 12 14 20 45 66 50 Relegated
    Results 23 Swindon Town 46 11 15 20 46 65 48 Relegated
    Results 24 Walsall 46 11 14 21 47 70 47 Relegated
   
    Full home and away table
   
   
Play Off Semi-Finals    Play Off
1st Leg
Thu May 11 Brentford 0 - 1 Huddersfield Town
Thu May 11 Swansea City 1 - 1 Brentford
2nd Leg
Sun May 14 Brentford 0 - 2 Swansea City
Mon May 15 Huddersfield Town 1 - 3 Barnsley
Aggregate scores
Barnsley 3 - 2 Huddersfield Town
Swansea City 3 - 1 Brentford
Play Off Final (at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff)
Sat May 27 Barnsley 2 - 2 Swansea City
   (Barnsley won 4-3 on penalties)
Barnsley were promoted to the Championship.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
     
     

 


Did You Know.....
 In the first 80 or so years after the Football League was founded only two clubs suffered points deductions - now several clubs a season are usually punished this way. To check out all the points deductions - and the reasons for them - 
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