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STAGSNET`S STATISTICAL PREVIEW
22nd November 2004 21:44
After drawing 1-1 at Field Mill on November 13, Halford giving Colchester the lead on 25 minutes and Alex John-Baptiste equalizing through a cracker three minutes later, the Stags now face a tough replay at Layer Road on Tuesday. The winner will face Rushden & Diamonds away in the FA Cup 2nd round on December 4.

The FA Cup 1st round game on the above-mentioned November Saturday was the first-ever cup tie between the two well-known giant-killers although the clubs have faced each other in league fixtures for 23 seasons, starting in 1958-59, when both sides were founder members of the old third division, for the time being ending in 2002-03 when the Stags won the home tie 4-2 on November 1, 2002, thanks to the Iyseden Christie show, banging in all the Stags goals that Friday night, and unluckily losing 0-1 at Layer Road in the final minutes on February 14, 2003 – a few moments before McGleish's winner for Colchester, Adam Eaton hit the woodwork.

Earlier this season, Colchester showed their giant-killing credentials (first shown in the late fourties when then First Division Huddersfield were kayoed at Layer Road as a non-league side) by disposing of Premership side West Bromwich after extra time to a 2-1 scoreline in the League Cup (thus gaining revenge for a 1968 FA Cup Third round replay 0-4 crash at The Hawthorns after the sides had been dead-locked 1-1 at Colchester), then making Southampton work very hard to go through to a 3-2 win.

Last term, both sides enjoyed long FA Cup runs. While the Stags reached the third round succumbing 0-2 at home to First Division Burnley, Colchester progressed even further. The fifth round and a 0-1-defeat away at Sheffield United after kayoeing Coventry in a fourth round replay was the FA Cup terminus for the “U”.

For the record, the clubs' longest FA Cup runs:

Stags in 1968-69: 1st round Tow Law 4-1 (home, scorers Ledger (2), Keeley, Sharkey); 2nd round Rotherham 2-2 (away, scorers Keeley, Sharkey), 2nd round replay Rotherham 1-0 (home, scorer: Ledger), 3rd round Sheffield United 2-1 (home, scorer Roberts D (2)), 4th round Southend 2-1 (home, scorers Sharkey, Roberts D), 5th round West Ham 3-0 (home, scorers Keeley, Roberts D, Sharkey), QF Leicester 0-1 (home).

Colchester in 1970-71: 1st round Ringmer 3-0 (home, scorer Crawford 3), 2nd round Cambridge U 3-0 home (scorers Jones, Garvey, Gilchrist), 3rd round Barnet 1-0 (away, scorer Mahon), 4th round Rochdale (3-3 away, scorers Crawford 2, Lewis), 4th round replay Rochdale 5-0 (home, scorers Lewis, Simmons, Parry og, Crawford, Mahon), 5th round Leeds 3-2 (home on February 13, 1971, scorer Crawford 2, Simmons, attendance 16000), QF Everton 0-5 (away).

Played for both sides: Brian Hall, Ray Harford, Ian Hathaway, Stuart Hicks, William Jeffries, Dennis Longhorn, Ian McDonald, Trevor Morgan, Noel Parkinson, Ian Phillips, Bobby Roberts (also managed Colchester), Mark Sale, Pat Sharkey.

Home stats: P 23, W 7, D 10, L 6, GF 31, GA 26
Away stats: P 23, W 6, D 5, L 12, GF 18, GA 28

Season Home Date Away Date

1958-59 3-2 1959-02-02 3-1 1959-04-04 Div 3 (old)
1959-60 1-3 1959-09-28 0-3 1959-09-21 Div 3 (old)
1961-62 4-0 1962-01-15 0-2 1962-03-23 Div 4 (old)
1963-64 1-1 1963-10-26 1-1 1964-03-07 Div 3 (old)
1964-65 0-1 1964-09-07 1-0 1964-09-14 Div 3 (old)
1966-67 2-0 1966-10-22 0-3 1967-03-18 Div 3 (old)
1967-68 2-1 1967-12-26 2-1 1967-12-30 Div 3 (old)
1972-73 1-1 1973-03-24 1-1 1972-10-28 Div 4 (old)
1973-74 2-2 1973-11-10 0-1 1974-03-22 Div 4 (old)
1975-76 0-0 1976-04-24 2-0 1975-08-23 Div 3 (old)
1978-79 1-1 1978-10-28 0-1 1979-03-09 Div 3 (old)
1979-80 0-1 1979-10-01 1-2 1979-09-18 Div 3 (old)
1981-82 1-3 1981-11-02 1-0 1982-03-16 Div 4 (old)
1982-83 1-1 1983-03-19 0-2 1982-11-05 Div 4 (old)
1983-84 0-0 1983-11-12 0-1 1984-03-10 Div 4 (old)
1984-85 0-1 1984-09-19 1-2 1985-02-26 Div 4 (old)
1985-86 2-1 1985-12-10 0-0 1986-03-14 Div 4 (old)
1993-94 1-1 1994-04-02 0-0 1993-12-27 Div 3
1994-95 2-0 1994-08-20 1-1 1994-12-10 Div 3
1995-96 1-2 1996-04-27 3-1 1995-11-25 Div 3
1996-97 1-1 1996-12-14 1-2 1997-03-14 Div 3
1997-98 1-1 1997-10-04 0-2 1998-02-13 Div 3
2002-03 4-2 2002-11-01 0-1 2003-02-14 Div 2

Cup games:

2004-05 1-1 2004-11-13 (1st round at Field Mill)

Update on players, scorers courtesy of the centenary book, the history CD and some editions of Rothmans Football Yearbook (1971-72 on Colchester 1970-71 FA Cup run).

Svante Bernhard aka Sweden Stag (pictured, above right)

 

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