1957–58 Colchester United F.C. season
Players
As of match played 1 May 1957. Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club

1957–58 Colchester United F.C. season

Section Title: Players
Table Section Text: As of match played 1 May 1957. Date of signing refers to the date of the player's first game for the club

Name	Position	Nationality	Place of birth	Date of birth	Apps	Goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee

Goalkeepers

Percy Ames	GK	England	Plymouth	13 December 1931 (aged 25)	92	0	England Tottenham Hotspur	1 May 1955	Free transfer

John Wright	GK	England	Aldershot	13 August 1933 (aged 23)	4	0	England Colchester Casuals	23 May 1952	Free transfer

Defenders

Brian Dobson	CB	England	Colchester	1 March 1934 (aged 23)	6	0	Amateur	January 1956	Free transfer

George Fisher	FB	England	Bermondsey	19 June 1925 (aged 31)	89	3	England Fulham	1 September 1955	£1,000

John Fowler	FB	Scotland	Leith	17 October 1933 (aged 23)	60	3	Scotland Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	20 August 1955	Free transfer

John Laidlaw	FB	England	Aldershot	5 July 1936 (aged 20)	0	0	Scotland Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare	June 1957	Free transfer

Alf Marshall	FB	England	Dagenham	21 May 1933 (aged 24)	0	0	England Dagenham	14 October 1957	£25

Chic Milligan	CB	Scotland	Ardrossan	26 July 1930 (aged 26)	35	1	Scotland Ardrossan Winton Rovers	18 August 1956	£1,000

Edgar Rumney	FB	England	Abberton	15 September 1936 (aged 20)	0	0	England Colchester Casuals	1 May 1957	Free transfer

Midfielders

Benny Fenton	WH	England	West Ham	10 October 1918 (aged 38)	83	12	England Charlton Athletic	5 March 1955	£500

Trevor Harris	WH	England	Colchester	6 February 1936 (aged 21)	3	0	Amateur	July 1951	Free transfer

Bert Hill	WH	England	West Ham	8 March 1930 (aged 27)	75	3	England Chelsea	September 1952	£300

Ron Hunt	WH	England	Colchester	26 September 1933 (aged 23)	34	0	Amateur	October 1951	Free transfer

Derek Parker	WH	England	Wivenhoe	23 June 1926 (aged 30)	6	0	England West Ham United	March 1957	£2,500

Forwards

Russell Blake	WG	England	Colchester	24 July 1935 (aged 21)	7	0	England Dedham Old Boys	8 September 1955	Free transfer

John Evans	IF	England	Tilbury	28 August 1929 (aged 27)	0	0	England Liverpool	23 November 1957	£4,000

Bobby Hill	IF	Scotland	Edinburgh	9 June 1938 (aged 18)	43	8	Scotland Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare	9 June 1955	Free transfer

Martyn King	CF	England	Birmingham	23 August 1937 (aged 19)	3	1	Amateur	Summer 1955	Free transfer

Neil Langman	CF	England	Bere Alston	21 February 1932 (aged 25)	0	0	England Plymouth Argyle	November 1957	£6,750

Kevin McCurley	CF	England	Consett	2 April 1926 (aged 31)	189	74	England Liverpool	June 1951	£750

Sammy McLeod	IF	Scotland	Glasgow	4 January 1934 (aged 23)	47	4	Scotland Easthouses Lily Miners Welfare	20 August 1955	Free transfer

Hamish McNeill	IF	Scotland	Alva	16 November 1934 (aged 22)	0	0	Scotland Bonnyrigg Rose Athletic	August 1957	£600

Ken Plant	CF	England	Nuneaton	15 August 1925 (aged 31)	143	60	England Bury	January 1954	Undisclosed

Tommy Williams	WG	England	Battersea	10 February 1935 (aged 22)	23	3	England Carshalton Athletic	September 1956	Free transfer

Peter Wright	WG	England	Colchester	26 January 1934 (aged 23)	158	30	Amateur	November 1951	Free transfer

Sentence(s)

In November, Neil Langman arrived from Plymouth Argyle for £6,750 and John Evans from Liverpool for £4,000.

final_sentence: In November, Neil Langman arrived from Plymouth Argyle for £6,750 and John Evans from Liverpool for £4,000.