Full Name: Colchester United Football Club

Previous Name: None

Nickname: The U's (previously The Oystermen) 

Year Formed: 1937

Turned Professional: 1937

Home Stadium: Weston Homes Community Stadium (Was: Layer Road (1937-2008)

Record Attendance:- 
- Layer Road: 19,042 v Reading, November 1948 (Match abandoned due to fog)
- Weston Homes Community Stadium: 10,064 v Norwich City, January 2010 (England U19s v Germany U19s: 9,692)

First League Game: L0-3 v Yeovil, August 1937 (Southern League), D0-0 v Gillingham, August 1950 (Football League)

Record League Victory: 9-1 v Bradford City (h, Division Four), December 1961 

Record Cup Victory: 9-1 v Leamington (h, FA Cup First Round), November 2005

Record Defeat:  0-8 v Leyton Orient (a, Division Four), October 1989

Record Cup Defeat: 0-7 v Preston North End (a, FA Cup Third Round), January 2010

Most League Points (two for a win): 60, Division Four (1973/4)

Most League Points (three for a win): 81, Division Four (1982/3)

Most League Goals: Martyn King - 131 between 1959 and 1965 

Highest League Goalscorer in season: Bobby Hunt - 37 in 1961/2 

Most League Goals in a match: Four, scored by Bobby Hunt (v Bradford City, December 1961 and v Doncaster Rovers in April 1962), by Martyn King (v Bradford City, December 1961) and Chris Iwelumo (v Hull City, November 2006) 

Most Capped Player: Whilst at club: Chris Coyne, 7 caps for Australia. U's players with international caps in whole career: Craig Forrest who collected 56 Canadian caps, closely followed by Allan Hunter (53 Northern Ireland caps) and Teddy Sheringham (51).

Most League Appearances: Micky Cook, 613 between 1969 and 1984

Youngest League Player: Lindsay Smith at 16 years 214 days when he appeared at Grimsby Town on 20th April 1971

Record Transfer Fee Received: £2.5m from Reading FC for Greg Halford, January 2007

Record Transfer Fee Paid: Undisclosed six figure sum for Steven Gillespie, July 2008

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