1953–54 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
1953–54 season
Chairman	John Morgan
Manager	Cyril Spiers
Division One	10th
FA Cup	4th round
Welsh Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ken Chisholm & Wilf Grant (12); All: ; Wilf Grant (15)
Highest home attendance	49,137 v Arsenal, 26 September 1953
Lowest home attendance	15,777 v Sheffield Wednesday, 24 April 1954
Average home league attendance	32,410
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1952–53 1954–55 →

The 1953–54 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 27th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division One, then the first tier of English football, finishing tenth.

The season would also be the last time the club was managed by Cyril Spiers who, in his second spell at the club, is still Cardiff City's second longest serving manager of all time. His fourteen years at Ninian Park placing him second only to Fred Stewart.

Season review

Partial league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
8	Chelsea	42	16	12	14	74	68	1.088	44
9	Charlton Athletic	42	19	6	17	75	77	0.974	44
10	Cardiff City	42	18	8	16	51	71	0.718	44
11	Preston North End	42	19	5	18	87	58	1.500	43
12	Arsenal	42	15	13	14	75	73	1.027	43

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H
Result	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	D
Position	8	4	13	17	13	13	6	10	5	7	8	10	7	7	7	6	8	8	13	10	11	8	6	11	8	9	12	13	15	16	15	13	11	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	11	10

Source: ^[2]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

FA Cup

After a 3–1 victory over Midland Football League side Peterborough United in the third round, Cardiff were eliminated in round four by Third Division North side Port Vale.^[2]

Welsh Cup

Drawn against Barry Town in their first match, a 1–1 draw lead to a replay with Cardiff advancing after a 4–2 win. After receiving a bye in the sixth round, Cardiff were then drawn against Merthyr Tydfil in the seventh round and advanced to the semi-finals with a 5–3 victory. The club's campaign came to an end in the semi-finals for a consecutive season after a 2–1 defeat to Flint Town United.^[3]

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	GK	WAL	Ken Jones
--	GK	WAL	Ron Howells
--	GK	WAL	Graham Vearncombe
--	DF	WAL	Colin Baker
--	DF	WAL	Ron Davies
--	DF	WAL	John Frowen
--	DF	WAL	Colin Gale
--	DF	WAL	Ken Hollyman
--	DF	ENG	Jack Mansell
--	DF	ENG	Stan Montgomery
--	DF	WAL	Harry Parfitt
--	DF	ENG	Charles Rutter
--	DF	WAL	Alf Sherwood
--	DF	WAL	Ron Stitfall
--	DF	WAL	Derrick Sullivan
--	MF	WAL	Billy Baker
--	MF	WAL	Dennis Callan
--	MF	WAL	Alan Harrington


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	WAL	Islwyn Jones
--	MF	NIR	Bobby McLaughlin
--	MF	ENG	Cliff Nugent
--	MF	ENG	Mike Tiddy
--	MF	WAL	Roley Williams
--	MF	WAL	John Lloyd Williams
--	FW	ENG	Doug Blair
--	FW	ENG	Ken Chisholm
--	FW	ENG	Frank Dudley
--	FW	WAL	George Edwards
--	FW	WAL	Trevor Ford
--	FW	ENG	Wilf Grant
--	FW	ENG	Tommy Northcott
--	FW	WAL	Ken Oakley
--	FW	ENG	Johnny Rainford
--	FW	ENG	Brian Rutter
--	FW	WAL	Peter Thomas
--	FW	ENG	Keith Thomas

Fixtures and results

First Division

19 August 1953 (1953-08-19) 1	Middlesbrough	0–0	Cardiff City	Middlesbrough
				Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 33,726

22 August 1953 (1953-08-22) 2	Cardiff City	2–1	Aston Villa	Cardiff
15:15	Johnny Rainford Peter Thomas		Johnny Dixon	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 36,671

26 August 1953 (1953-08-26) 3	Huddersfield Town	2–0	Cardiff City	Huddersfield
	Jimmy Watson Vic Metcalfe			Stadium: Leeds Road Attendance: 30,089

29 August 1953 (1953-08-29) 4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–1	Cardiff City	Wolverhampton
	Dennis Wilshaw 34' Jimmy Mullen 38' Johnny Hancocks 39' (pen)		Wilf Grant	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 33,221 Referee: WH Clapton

2 September 1953 (1953-09-02) 5	Cardiff City	2–1	Huddersfield Town	Cardiff
18:15	Wilf Grant Ken Chisholm		Jimmy Glazzard	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 29,446 Referee: RH Mann (Worcester)

5 September 1953 (1953-09-05) 6	Cardiff City	1–1	Sunderland	Cardiff
15:15	Ken Chisholm		Tommy Wright	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 42,002 Referee: Frank Fiander (Bucks)

7 September 1953 (1953-09-07) 7	Sheffield United	0–1	Cardiff City	Sheffield
18:15			Ken Chisholm	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 34,043

12 September 1953 (1953-09-12) 8	Manchester City	1–1	Cardiff City	Manchester
	Stan Montgomery (og)		George Edwards	Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 31,915

16 September 1953 (1953-09-16) 9	Cardiff City	2–0	Sheffield United	Cardiff
17:45	George Edwards Wilf Grant			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 27,350 Referee: J McCann (Preston)

19 September 1953 (1953-09-19) 10	Cardiff City	1–1	Bolton Wanderers	Cardiff
15:15	Ken Chisholm		Harold Hassall	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 35,788 Referee: Stanley Rogers (Shrewsbury)

26 September 1953 (1953-09-26) 11	Cardiff City	0–3	Arsenal	Cardiff
15:15			Doug Lishman Doug Lishman (og) Jack Mansell	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 49,137

3 October 1953 (1953-10-03) 12	Portsmouth	1–1	Cardiff City	Portsmouth
15:00	Charlie Vaughan		Derrick Sullivan	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 31,766 Referee: H Pearce (Luton)

10 October 1953 (1953-10-10) 13	Preston North End	1–2	Cardiff City	Preston
	Dennis Hatsell		Ken Chisholm Ken Chisholm	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 23,500

17 October 1953 (1953-10-17) 14	Cardiff City	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Cardiff
15:15	Wilf Grant (pen)			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 41,083

24 October 1953 (1953-10-24) 15	Burnley	3–0	Cardiff City	Burnley
	Jimmy McIlroy 32' Billy Gray 69' Brian Pilkington 73'			Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 25,539 Referee: Harry Broadhurst (Atherstone)

31 October 1953 (1953-10-31) 16	Cardiff City	5–0	Charlton Athletic	Cardiff
15:00	Frank Dudley Ken Chisholm Ken Chisholm Ken Chisholm Mike Tiddy			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 25,340 Referee: Norman Taylor (Wiltshire)

7 November 1953 (1953-11-07) 17	Newcastle United	4–0	Cardiff City	Newcastle
14:30	Ivor Broadis Ivor Broadis George Hannah Jackie Milburn			Stadium: St James's Park Attendance: 42,355

14 November 1953 (1953-11-14) 18	Cardiff City	1–6	Manchester United	Cardiff
14:30	Ken Chisholm		Dennis Viollet Dennis Viollet Johnny Berry Jackie Blanchflower Jack Rowley Tommy Taylor	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 26,844 Referee: R Hall (Middlesex)

21 November 1953 (1953-11-21) 19	West Bromwich Albion	6–1	Cardiff City	West Bromwich
	Ronnie Allen Ronnie Allen Ronnie Allen Ronnie Allen Johnny Nicholls Johnny Nicholls		Ken Chisholm	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 39,444

28 November 1953 (1953-11-28) 20	Cardiff City	3–1	Liverpool	Cardiff
14:30	Wilf Grant 74' Ken Chisholm 75' George Edwards 88'	LFC Report	38' Louis Bimpson	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 21,284 Referee: Charles Bucknall (Birmingham)

5 December 1953 (1953-12-05) 21	Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	Cardiff City	Sheffield
14:15	Redfern Froggatt Jackie Sewell		Ken Chisholm	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 26,597 Referee: SJ Perry (Cradley, Staffordshire)

12 December 1953 (1953-12-12) 22	Cardiff City	1–0	Middlesbrough	Cardiff
14:30	Trevor Ford			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 31,776 Referee: Ken Collinge (Cheshire)

19 December 1953 (1953-12-19) 23	Aston Villa	1–2	Cardiff City	Birmingham
14:15	Johnny Dixon		Tommy Northcott Tommy Northcott	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 27,012

26 December 1953 (1953-12-26) 24	Chelsea	2–0	Cardiff City	London
14:15	Les Stubbs Frank Blunstone			Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 61,336 Referee: Norman C Taylor (Westbury)

28 December 1953 (1953-12-28) 25	Cardiff City	0–0	Chelsea	Cardiff
14:30				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 36,958 Referee: Norman C Taylor (Westbury)

2 January 1954 (1954-01-02) 26	Cardiff City	1–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Cardiff
14:30	Cliff Nugent 59'		20' Roy Swinbourne 37' Dennis Wilshaw 82' Johnny Hancocks	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 42,521 Referee: WH Clapton

16 January 1954 (1954-01-16) 27	Sunderland	5–0	Cardiff City	Sunderland
	Ted Purdon Ted Purdon Tommy Wright Tommy Wright Len Shackleton			Stadium: Roker Park Attendance: 40,629 Referee: TL Wood (Bury)

23 January 1954 (1954-01-23) 28	Cardiff City	0–3	Manchester City	Cardiff
15:00			Harry Anders Roy Clarke Don Revie	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 22,516

6 February 1954 (1954-02-06) 29	Bolton Wanderers	3–0	Cardiff City	Bolton
	Nat Lofthouse Willie Moir Dennis Stevens			Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 30,777

13 February 1954 (1954-02-13) 30	Arsenal	1–1	Cardiff City	London
15:00	Doug Lishman		Trevor Ford	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 45,497

27 February 1954 (1954-02-27) 31	Cardiff City	2–1	Preston North End	Cardiff
15:00	Wilf Grant Wilf Grant		Tom Finney	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 30,502

3 March 1954 (1954-03-03) 32	Cardiff City	3–2	Portsmouth	Cardiff
15:30	Cliff Nugent Mike Tiddy Wilf Grant		Duggie Reid Dick Pearson	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 17,842

6 March 1954 (1954-03-06) 33	Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	Cardiff City	London
			Mike Tiddy	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 45,248 Referee: H Ball (Worcester)

13 March 1954 (1954-03-13) 34	Cardiff City	1–0	Burnley	Cardiff
15:15	Derrick Sullivan 89'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 33,413 Referee: Harry Broadhurst (Atherstone)

20 March 1954 (1954-03-20) 35	Charlton Athletic	3–2	Cardiff City	London
	Eddie Firmani Gordon Hurst Stuart Leary		Wilf Grant Trevor Ford	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 20,717 Referee: Norman Taylor (Wiltshire)

27 March 1954 (1954-03-27) 36	Cardiff City	2–1	Newcastle United	Cardiff
15:15	Cliff Nugent Mike Tiddy		Alan Monkhouse	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 26,242

3 April 1954 (1954-04-03) 37	Manchester United	2–3	Cardiff City	Manchester
15:00	Jack Rowley Dennis Viollet		Wilf Grant Wilf Grant Derrick Sullivan	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 24,616 Referee: R Hall (Harrow)

10 April 1954 (1954-04-10) 38	Cardiff City	2–0	West Bromwich Albion	Cardiff
15:15	Wilf Grant Trevor Ford			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 43,614 Referee: John B Jackson (Watford)

16 April 1954 (1954-04-16) 39	Blackpool	4–1	Cardiff City	Blackpool
15:00	Allan Brown Stan Mortensen Ernie Taylor Bill Perry		Trevor Ford	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 26,194

17 April 1954 (1954-04-17) 40	Liverpool	0–1	Cardiff City	Liverpool
15:00		LFC report	43' Tommy Northcott	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 41,340 Referee: Charles Bucknall (Birmingham)

19 April 1954 (1954-04-19) 41	Cardiff City	0–1	Blackpool	Cardiff
15:15			Bill Perry	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 44,508

24 April 1954 (1954-04-24) 42	Cardiff City	2–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Cardiff
15:15	Alf Sherwood (pen) Trevor Ford		Dennis Woodhead Jackie Sewell	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 15,777

FA Cup

9 January 1954 (1954-01-09) Round 3	Cardiff City	3–1	Peterborough United	Cardiff
14:15	Trevor Ford Trevor Ford Tommy Northcott			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 34,000

30 January 1954 (1954-01-30) Round 4	Cardiff City	0–2	Port Vale	Cardiff
14:45			Ken Griffiths Albert Leake	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 27,000

Welsh Cup

20 January 1954 (1954-01-20) Round 5	Barry Town	1–1	Cardiff City	Barry
			C Burder	Stadium: Jenner Park Attendance: 2,500

10 February 1954 (1954-02-10) Round 5 (Replay)	Cardiff City	4–2	Barry Town	Cardiff
	Trevor Ford Mike Tiddy Cliff Nugent Cliff Nugent			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,500

20 February 1954 (1954-02-20) Round 7	Merthyr Tydfil	3–5	Cardiff City	Merthyr Tydfil
15:00			Wilf Grant Wilf Grant Wilf Grant (og) H Lowe Cliff Nugent	Stadium: Penydarren Park Attendance: 7,000

24 March 1954 (1954-03-24) Semi Final	Flint Town United	2–1	Cardiff City	Wrexham
			Tommy Northcott	Stadium: The Racecourse Attendance: 10,500

References

Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
"Football Club History Database – Cardiff City".

^ Shepherd, Richard (2007). The Cardiff City Miscellany. Pitch books. ISBN 978-1-905411-04-7.
^ ^a ^b "Cardiff City 1953–54 results". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
^ "Welsh Cup 1953/54". Welsh Football Data Archive. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2010.

[1] Shepherd, Richard (2007). The Cardiff City Miscellany. Pitch books. ISBN 978-1-905411-04-7.

[Statto-2] "Cardiff City 1953–54 results". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2010.

[3] "Welsh Cup 1953/54". Welsh Football Data Archive. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2010.

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1953–54 Cardiff City F.C. season

Season review

Partial league table

Results by round

FA Cup

Welsh Cup

Players

Fixtures and results

First Division

FA Cup

Welsh Cup

See also

References