High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1948–49 season was Colchester United`s sixth consecutive full season in the Southern Football League. Colchester finished fourth in the league and progressed to the first round of the FA Cup. They were runners-up in both the 1948 and 1949 finals of the Southern League Cup - both finals were played during the 1948–49 season due to fixture congestion the previous season.