2014–15 Colchester United F.C. season
| 2014–15 season | |||
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| Owner | Robbie Cowling | ||
| Chairman | Robbie Cowling | ||
| Manager | Joe Dunne (until 1 September) Tony Humes (from 1 September) | ||
| Stadium | Colchester Community Stadium | ||
| League One | 19th | ||
| FA Cup | 3rd round (eliminated by Cardiff City) | ||
| League Cup | 1st round (eliminated by Charlton Athletic) | ||
| Football League Trophy | 2nd round (southern section) (eliminated by Gillingham) | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Freddie Sears (10) All: Freddie Sears (14) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 8,413 v Preston North End, 3 May 2015 | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 1,401 v Gillingham, 7 October 2014 | ||
| Average home league attendance | 3,704 | ||
| Biggest win | 3–0 v Crewe Alexandra, 27 September 2014 6–3 v Gosport Borough, 9 November 2014 | ||
| Biggest defeat | 0–6 v Milton Keynes Dons, 29 November 2014 v Chesterfield, 14 April 2015 | ||
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The 2014–15 season was Colchester United's 73rd season in their history and seventh successive season in the third tier of English football, League One. Alongside competing in the League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, the League Cup and the Football League Trophy.
A string of four consecutive defeats meant Joe Dunne lost his job and Tony Humes was appointed his replacement. Colchester had an upturn in league form and leapt to mid-table, but soon a string of poor results mean the U's spent much of the campaign in the relegation zone. Aside from after a home win over Bristol Rovers in February, United were in the bottom four from late November until the final day of the season, when results went in their favour and they beat Preston North End to secure League One survival by the narrowest of margins.
For the fourth successive year, Colchester failed to reach the second round of the League Cup following defeat by Charlton Athletic, and despite a bye to the second round of the Football League Trophy, Gillingham won 4–2 on penalties at the Colchester Community Stadium. Colchester did reach the third round of the FA Cup, featuring in two televised matches. Cardiff City comfortably beat the U's 3–1 following a first round win at Gosport Borough and a second round victory at home to Peterborough United.