Footballers who have played league football for both PNE & Colchester
A-H
753) Tim ALLPRESS
PNE 9 apps; 0 goals
U’s 34 apps 0 goals
PNE Debut 02/11/1991 v Chester (A) – Lost 2-3
965) Wayne BROWN
PNE 19 apps; 0 goals
U’s 142 apps 4 goals
PNE Debut 28/10/2008 v Watford (H) – Won 2-0
618) Danny CAMERON
PNE 122 apps; 0 goals
U’s 5 apps; 0 goals
PNE Debut 28/04/1976 v Hereford (A) – Lost 1-3
939) Liam CHILVERS
PNE 96 apps; 2 goals
U’s 113 apps; 3 goals
PNE Debut 05/08/2006 v Sheffield Wednesday (H) – Drawn 0-0
953) John HALLS
PNE 4 apps; 0 goals
U’s 6 apps; 0 goals
PNE Debut 03/11/2007 v Barnsley (A) – Lost 0-1
949) Karl HAWLEY
PNE 30 apps; 3 goals
U’s 4 apps; 10 goals
PNE Debut 11/08/2007 v Norwich (H) – Drawn 0-0
796) Stuart HICKS
PNE 12 apps; 0 goals
U’s 64 apps; 0 goals
PNE Debut 02/04/1994 v Chester (A) – Lost 2-3
Player Profile – Liam Chilvers
Liam Christopher Chilvers was born on 6 November 1981 in Chelmsford. He entered the Arsenal Academy at the age of seven, and featured in their FA Youth Cup Final victory over Coventry in 2000. On 22 December 2000, he joined Northampton on a four week loan and made his debut the next day, in a 2–1 win at Peterborough. He started six further games for the "Cobblers", only one of which ended in defeat, before returning to Arsenal at the end of his loan spell.
Chilvers joined Notts County on a three month loan spell in November 2001, and made eleven appearances for the club. He scored his first senior goal on 1 December, scoring a consolation goal in a 3–2 defeat at Bristol City.
He spent the first half of the 2002/03 season on loan at Belgian club K.S.K. Beveren, who had a partnership with Arsenal at the time. He was sent off on his debut in a 6–1 defeat by Sint-Truidense and made four further appearances out of position as a full-back, before he returned to England.
On 24 January 2003, he joined Colchester on loan until the end of the season, the following days he made his debut in a 2-0 home defeat the following day against Blackpool and made six appearances. His last match was a 4-1 home win over port vale on 1 March 2003. At the end of the campaign Arsenal and Northampton agreed a transfer that would see Chilvers sign a three year deal at Northampton; however Chilvers backed out on the deal in the final stages of negotiations.
He returned to Colchester United on loan at the start of the 2003/04 campaign, initially on a three month deal. He made his second debut for the club against Rotherham at Millmoor on 23 September, and was sent off for the first time in his l career for a professional foul in the last minute of a 1–0 defeat. He retained his first team place after serving his suspension, and the loan deal was extended until the end of the season. Chilvers made a total of 45 appearances in league and cup throughout the campaign.
Chilvers was released by Arsenal in June 2004, and so quickly agreed to join Colchester United on a permanent basis by manager Phil Parkinson. He was sent off the second time in his career when he received two yellow cards in a goalless draw at Port Vale on 8 March 2005; He netted his second senior goal on 16 April, his ninetieth minute equaliser at Huddersfield, in all he made 48 appearances in 2004/05.
He received interest from Barnsley in September 2005 but remained at Colchester. He made another 40 appearances in 2005/06 helping the club to win promotion into the Championship as League One runners-up. His last match was a 0-0 draw at Yeovil on 6 May 2006. In total Chilvers scored three league goals in 113 appearances.
Chilvers joined Preston on a two-year contract in July 2006, with an option for a further two years. His Lilywhite debut was a 0-0 draw against Sheffield Wednesday on 5 August 2006. His first goal for PNE came in a 3-2 win at Ipswich on 17 October 2006. He made 49 league and cup appearances in 2006/07 and at the end of the season he signed a new contract, which would see him tied to the club until June 2010.
He made 31 appearances in 2007/08, and was a key first team member until he ruptured his Achilles tendon in a pre-match warm-up in March and initially was expected to be out of action until December 2008.but returned to training in August 2008. However he still missed almost the whole of the 2008/09 campaign, and only appeared as a last minute substitute in a 2–1 win at Birmingham on 25 April. He played 26 games in 2009/10 however manager Darren Ferguson did not offer him a new contract at the end of the season. His final Preston match was a 1-1 draw against Coventry on 17 April 2010 and had netted twice in 97 league appearances.
Following a trial with Peterborough United, Chilvers signed for former club Notts County on two-year contract on 23 July 2010. He lost his first team place after he was sent off for a professional foul in a League Cup defeat to Wolves on 21 September. He returned to the starting eleven in November, though only played two games from December through to February. He returned to action to post a total of 27 appearances in 2010/11.
He did not play a competitive game for the "Magpies" at the start of the 2011/12 season, though he did play the second half of the club's 1–1 friendly draw with Juventus at the newly opened Juventus Stadium. Instead Chilvers joined Port Vale on a month long loan on 22 September and later extended until 24 December. He stated his hopes to win a permanent contract at the club but the club later revealed that he did not have any money available to sign any players either permanently or on loan during the January transfer window. He did though find himself back in first team contention at Notts County, particularly after Keith Curle replaced Allen as manager in mid-February. In May 2012 he was released by the club, along with 12 other players.