1993–94 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
1993–94 season
Owner	Rick Wright
Manager	Eddie May
Football League Second Division	19th
FA Cup	5th round
League Cup	1st round
European Cup Winners Cup	1st round
Welsh Cup	Runners-up
Autoglass Trophy	2nd round
Top goalscorer	League: Nathan Blake (14); All: Phil Stant (22)
Highest home attendance	10,847 (v Wrexham, 5 February 1994)
Lowest home attendance	3,583 (v Rotherham United, 29 March 1994)
Average home league attendance	6,080
	← 1992–93 1994–95 →

The 1993–94 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 67th season in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Two, then the third tier of English football, finishing nineteenth.

Players

First team squad. ^[1] 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	ENG	Mark Grew
--	GK	ENG	Phil Kite
--	GK	WAL	Steve Williams
--	DF	WAL	Gareth Abraham
--	DF	WAL	Mark Aizlewood
--	DF	WAL	Lee Baddeley
--	DF	EIR	Derek Brazil
--	DF	WAL	Terry Evans
--	DF	WAL	Ben Graham
--	DF	WAL	Ian Jones
--	DF	WAL	Alan Knill
--	DF	WAL	Jason Perry
--	DF	WAL	Kevin Ratcliffe
--	DF	WAL	Damon Searle
--	DF	WAL	Scott Young
--	MF	ENG	Kevin Bartley
--	MF	ENG	Kevin Brock


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	ENG	John Cornwell
--	MF	ENG	Wayne Fereday
--	MF	GUY	Cohen Griffith
--	MF	ENG	Paul Hunt
--	MF	WAL	Robbie James
--	MF	NIR	Paul Millar
--	MF	ENG	Nick Richardson
--	MF	WAL	Lee Walker
--	MF	WAL	Nathan Wigg
--	MF	ENG	Darren Adams
--	FW	WAL	Tony Bird
--	FW	WAL	Nathan Blake
--	FW	WAL	Carl Dale
--	FW	WAL	Andy Evans
--	FW	ENG	Phil Stant
--	FW	ENG	Garry Thompson

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
17	Bournemouth	46	14	15	17	51	59	−8	57
18	Leyton Orient	46	14	14	18	57	71	−14	56
19	Cardiff City	46	13	15	18	66	79	−13	54
20	Blackpool	46	16	5	25	63	75	−12	53
21	Fulham	46	14	10	22	50	63	−13	52	Relegated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A
Result	W	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	D	W	D	D	W	D	W	W	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	L	L	L
Position	~	~	3	4	6	11	17	19	19	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	19	18	18	17	15	16	17	17	18	20	19	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	19	19	17	18	18	19

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

Fixtures and results

Second Division

14 August 1993 (1993-08-14) 1	Cardiff City	2–0	Leyton Orient	Cardiff
15:00	Nathan Blake Cohen Griffith			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,920

21 August 1993 (1993-08-21) 2	Fulham	1–3	Cardiff City	London
	Lee Baddeley (og)		Nathan Blake Nathan Blake Garry Thompson	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 5,696

28 August 1993 (1993-08-28) 3	Cardiff City	2–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Cardiff
15:00	Nathan Blake John Cornwell		Kurt Nogan Stuart Munday	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,687

31 August 1993 (1993-08-31) 4	Exeter City	2–2	Cardiff City	Exeter
	Ronnie Jepson Stuart Storer		Cohen Griffith John Cornwell	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 3,044 Referee: Terry Holbrook (Walsall)

4 September 1993 (1993-09-04) 5	Port Vale	2–2	Cardiff City	Stoke
	Bernie Slaven Bernie Slaven		Nathan Blake Cohen Griffith	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 8,140

11 September 1993 (1993-09-11) 6	Cardiff City	3–4	Hull City	Cardiff
15:00	Garry Thompson Nick Richardson Nick Richardson (pen)		Chris Lee Chris Lee Steve Moran Matt Bound	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,421 Referee: Gurnam Singh (Wolverhampton)

18 September 1993 (1993-09-18) 7	Blackpool	1–0	Cardiff City	Blackpool
	Bryan Griffiths			Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 4,767

25 September 1993 (1993-09-25) 8	Cardiff City	2–3	Plymouth Argyle	Cardiff
15:00	Phil Stant Paul Millar (footballer, born 1966)		Kevin Nugent Kevin Nugent Andy Comyn	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,632 Referee: John Brandwood (Lichfield)

2 October 1993 (1993-10-02) 9	York City	5–0	Cardiff City	York
	Derek Brazil (og) Steve Cooper Gary Swann Paul Barnes Jon McCarthy			Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 3,762

10 October 1993 (1993-10-10) 10	Barnet	0–0	Cardiff City	Chipping Barnet
				Stadium: Underhill Stadium Attendance: 2,084

16 October 1993 (1993-10-16) 11	Cardiff City	1–2	Bristol Rovers	Cardiff
15:00	Nick Richardson (pen)		John Taylor John Taylor	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,563

23 October 1993 (1993-10-23) 12	Wrexham	3–1	Cardiff City	Wrexham
	Mark Taylor Mark Taylor Gary Bennett		Tony Bird	Stadium: The Racecourse Attendance: 4,245

30 October 1993 (1993-10-30) 13	Cardiff City	2–2	Hartlepool United	Cardiff
15:00	Tony Bird 52' Nathan Blake 70' (pen)		3' Lenny Johnrose 20' Colin West	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,710

2 November 1993 (1993-11-02) 14	Brentford	1–1	Cardiff City	London
	Joe Allon		Nathan Blake	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 4,756

6 November 1993 (1993-11-06) 15	Cardiff City	3–1	Stockport County	Cardiff
15:00	Nathan Blake Nathan Blake Nathan Blake (pen)		David Frain	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,738

19 November 1993 (1993-11-19) 16	Cambridge United	1–1	Cardiff City	Cambridge
	Steve Claridge		Tony Bird	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 3,076

27 November 1993 (1993-11-27) 17	Cardiff City	1–1	Bradford City	Cardiff
15:00	Phil Stant		Sean McCarthy	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,213

11 December 1993 (1993-12-11) 18	Cardiff City	1–0	Fulham	Cardiff
15:00	Nathan Blake			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,120 Referee: Paul Vanes (West Midlands)

18 December 1993 (1993-12-18) 19	Leyton Orient	2–2	Cardiff City	London
	Mark Cooper Glenn Cockerill		Phil Stant Garry Thompson	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 3,691

22 December 1993 (1993-12-22) 20	Cardiff City	1–0	Swansea City	Cardiff
19:30	Garry Thompson			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,815

1 January 1994 (1994-01-01) 21	Cardiff City	3–0	Reading	Cardiff
15:00	Cohen Griffith Mark Aizlewood Nick Richardson			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,257 Referee: Paul Durkin (Dorset)

3 January 1994 (1994-01-03) 22	Rotherham United	5–2	Cardiff City	Rotherham
	Imre Varadi Imre Varadi Imre Varadi Shaun Goater Shaun Goodwin		(pen) Paul Millar (pen) Paul Millar	Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 3,395

15 January 1994 (1994-01-15) 23	Bristol Rovers	2–1	Cardiff City	Bath, Somerset
	John Taylor Ian MacLean		Nathan Blake	Stadium: Twerton Park Attendance: 5,683

22 January 1994 (1994-01-22) 24	Cardiff City	0–0	Barnet	Cardiff
15:00				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,698 Referee: Martin Bodenham (East Looe)

5 February 1994 (1994-02-05) 25	Cardiff City	5–1	Wrexham	Cardiff
15:00	Darren Adams Nick Richardson Tony Bird Nathan Blake Nathan Blake		(og) Lee Baddeley	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,847

12 February 1994 (1994-02-12) 26	Burnley	2–0	Cardiff City	Burnley
	Tony Philliskirk 54' John Francis 69'			Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 11,276

1 March 1994 (1994-03-01) 27	Cardiff City	2–1	Burnley	Cardiff
19:30	Garry Thompson Phil Stant		18' Steve Davis	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,496

5 March 1994 (1994-03-05) 28	Hull City	1–0	Cardiff City	Hull
	Dean Windass (pen)			Stadium: Boothferry Park Attendance: 4,998

12 March 1994 (1994-03-12) 29	Cardiff City	0–2	Blackpool	Cardiff
15:00			Andy Watson Bryan Griffiths	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,186

15 March 1994 (1994-03-15) 30	Bournemouth	3–2	Cardiff City	Bournemouth
	Steve Cotterill Steve Cotterill Gary Chivers		Carl Dale Cohen Griffith	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 2,385

19 March 1994 (1994-03-19) 31	Plymouth Argyle	1–2	Cardiff City	Plymouth
	Mickey Evans		Phil Stant Phil Stant	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 9,587

22 March 1994 (1994-03-22) 32	Hartlepool United	3–0	Cardiff City	Hartlepool
	Paul Olsson 25' Nicky Southall 61' (pen) Keith Houchen 75'			Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 1,077

26 March 1994 (1994-03-26) 33	Cardiff City	0–0	York City	Cardiff
15:00				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,806

29 March 1994 (1994-03-29) 34	Cardiff City	1–0	Rotherham United	Cardiff
19:30	Tony Bird			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,583 Referee: Clive Wilkes (Oxford)

2 April 1994 (1994-04-02) 35	Swansea City	1–0	Cardiff City	Swansea
	David Penney			Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 3,711

4 April 1994 (1994-04-04) 36	Cardiff City	2–2	Huddersfield Town	Cardiff
15:00	Kevin Brock Jason Perry		Phil Starbuck Simon Baldry	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,525

9 April 1994 (1994-04-09) 37	Reading	1–1	Cardiff City	Reading
	Michael Gilkes		(og) Jeff Hopkins	Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 7,219

12 April 1994 (1994-04-12) 38	Brighton & Hove Albion	3–5	Cardiff City	Brighton
	Paul McCarthy Kurt Nogan Kurt Nogan (pen)		Paul Millar (pen) Paul Millar (pen) Paul Millar Phil Stant Wayne Fereday	Stadium: Goldstone Ground Attendance: 7,653

16 April 1994 (1994-04-16) 39	Cardiff City	1–1	Brentford	Cardiff
15:00	Kevin Brock		Lee Harvey	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,268

19 April 1994 (1994-04-19) 40	Huddersfield Town	2–0	Cardiff City	Huddersfield
	Andy Booth Andy Booth			Stadium: Leeds Road Attendance: 6,267

21 April 1994 (1994-04-21) 41	Cardiff City	2–1	Bournemouth	Cardiff
19:30	Phil Stant Paul Millar (pen)		Steve Fletcher	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,838

23 April 1994 (1994-04-23) 42	Stockport County	2–2	Cardiff City	Stockport
	Bill Williams Jim Gannon		Phil Stant (og) Mike Flynn	Stadium: Edgeley Park Attendance: 5,455

26 April 1994 (1994-04-26) 43	Cardiff City	2–0	Exeter City	Cardiff
19:30	Mark Aizlewood Carl Dale			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,631

30 April 1994 (1994-04-30) 44	Cardiff City	2–7	Cambridge United	Cardiff
15:00	Cohen Griffith Carl Dale		Danny Granville Steve Butler Steve Butler Steve Butler Carlo Corazzin Carlo Corazzin Matthew Joseph	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,175

3 May 1994 (1994-05-03) 45	Cardiff City	1–3	Port Vale	Cardiff
19:30	Phil Stant		Kevin Kent David Lowe Ian Taylor	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,705

7 May 1994 (1994-05-07) 46	Bradford City	2–0	Cardiff City	Bradford
	Paul Reid Dean Richards			Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 6,642

Source ^[2] ^[3]

League Cup

17 August 1993 (1993-08-17) Round 1 (First leg)	Bournemouth	3–1	Cardiff City	Bournemouth
	Steve Fletcher Neil Masters Russell Beardsmore		Tony Bird	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 3,054

24 August 1993 (1993-08-24) Round 1 (Second leg)	Cardiff City	1–1 (2–4 agg.)	Bournemouth	Cardiff
19:30	Mark Morris (og)		Joe Parkinson	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,549

FA Cup

13 November 1993 (1993-11-13) Round 1	Enfield	0–0	Cardiff City	Enfield, London
				Stadium: Southbury Road Attendance: 2,374

30 November 1993 (1993-11-30) Round 1 (Replay)	Cardiff City	1–0	Enfield	Cardiff
19:30	Nathan Blake			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,232

4 December 1993 (1993-12-04) Round 2	Brentford	1–3	Cardiff City	Brentford
	Marcus Gayle		(og) Shane Westley Phil Stant Tony Bird	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 4,845

8 January 1994 (1994-01-08) Round 3	Cardiff City	2–2	Middlesbrough	Cardiff
15:00	Phil Stant Garry Thompson		Paul Wilkinson Alan Moore	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 13,750

19 January 1994 (1994-01-19) Round 3 (Replay)	Middlesbrough	1–2	Cardiff City	Middlesbrough
	Graham Kavanagh		Phil Stant Nathan Blake	Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 10,769

29 January 1994 (1994-01-29) Round 4	Cardiff City	1–0	Manchester City	Cardiff
15:00	Nathan Blake			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 20,486

20 February 1994 (1994-02-20) Round 5	Cardiff City	1–2	Luton Town	Cardiff
15:00	Phil Stant		Scott Oakes David Preece	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 17,296

UEFA Cup Winners Cup

15 September 1993 (1993-09-15) Round 1 (First leg)	Standard Liege	5–2	Cardiff City	Liege
	Roberto Bisconti 13' Marc Wilmots 63', 84' Andre Cruz 71' (pen) Patrick Asselman 76'		39', 62' Tony Bird	Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 10,700

28 September 1993 (1993-09-28) Round 1 (Second leg)	Cardiff City	1–3 (3–8 agg.)	Standard Liege	Cardiff
20:00	Robbie James 59'		14' Marc Wilmots 36' Mohammed Lashaf 50' Roberto Bisconti	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,006 Referee: Graziano Cesari (Italy)

Welsh Cup

26 October 1993 (1993-10-26) Round 3	Cardiff City	2–0	Afan Lido	Cardiff
19:30	Tony Bird Garry Thompson			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 1,451

7 December 1993 (1993-12-07) Round 4	Wrexham	0–2	Cardiff City	Wrexham
			Tony Bird Phil Stant	Stadium: The Racecourse Attendance: 2,142

9 February 1994 (1994-02-09) Round 5	Ebbw Vale	1–1	Cardiff City	Ebbw Vale
			Darren Adams	Stadium: Eugene Cross Park Attendance: 3,750

22 February 1994 (1994-02-22) Round 5 (Replay)	Cardiff City	3–0	Ebbw Vale	Cardiff
19:30	Garry Thompson Tony Bird Phil Stant			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 1,850 Referee: Roger Gifford (Llanbradach)

14 April 1994 (1994-04-14) Semi Final (First leg)	Swansea City	1–2	Cardiff City	Swansea
	John Cornforth		Phil Stant Phil Stant	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 3,286

28 April 1994 (1994-04-28) Semi Final (Second leg)	Cardiff City	4–1 (6–2 agg.)	Swansea City	Cardiff
19:30	Wayne Fereday Tony Bird Phil Stant Paul Millar (pen)		Andy McFarlane	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,606

15 May 1994 (1994-05-15) Final	Barry Town	2–1	Cardiff City	Cardiff
15:00	Dave D'Auria David Hough		Phil Stant	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 14,500 Referee: J Lloyd (Wrexham)

Autoglass Trophy

20 October 1993 (1993-10-20) Preliminary Round	Bristol Rovers	3–0	Cardiff City	Bath, Somerset
	Justin Skinner Marcus Stewart Marcus Stewart			Stadium: Twerton Park Attendance: 2,035

9 November 1993 (1993-11-09) Preliminary Round	Cardiff City	2–0	Torquay United	Cardiff
19:30	Garry Thompson Phil Stant			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 1,642

14 December 1993 (1993-12-14) Round 2	Wycombe Wanderers	3–2	Cardiff City	High Wycombe
	Tim Langford Terry Evans Steve Guppy		Phil Stant Cohen Griffith	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 2,703

References

^ "All Cardiff City football club players: 1994". 11v11. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Cardiff City 1993-94 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
^ "Cardiff City football club match record: 1994". 11v11. Retrieved 19 January 2022.

Bibliography

Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
Shepherd, Richard (2002). The Definitive Cardiff City F.C. Tony Brown. ISBN 1-899-46817-X.
Crooks, John (1992). Cardiff City Football Club: Official History of the Bluebirds. Yore Publications. ISBN 0-9513321-8-X.
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"Football Club History Database – Cardiff City". Archived from the original on 30 December 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2008.

Welsh Football Data Archive

[1] "All Cardiff City football club players: 1994". 11v11. Retrieved 19 January 2022.

[results-2] "Cardiff City 1993-94 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 19 January 2022.

[11v11results-3] "Cardiff City football club match record: 1994". 11v11. Retrieved 19 January 2022.

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