He joined Neil Franklin's Colchester United on a free transfer in September 1965, and played 25 league and cup games in the 1965–66 season, as the "U's" won promotion out of the Fourth Division.
Santa Fe's president, Luis Robledo, had studied at Cambridge and believed that high quality football could put an end to the countries civil war known as La Violencia.
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Stoke were rocked before the start of the season by the news that Neil Franklin and George Mountford had agreed to play for Independiente Santa Fe in Colombia.