1952–53 Cardiff City F.C. season

The 1952–53 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 26th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division One, then the first tier of English football, finishing twelfth.

Cardiff City
1952–53 season
ChairmanWales Sir Herbert Merrett
Wales John Morgan[1]
ManagerEngland Cyril Spiers
Division One12th
FA Cup3rd round
Welsh CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ken Chisholm (13)

All:
Ken Chisholm (15)
Highest home attendance57,893 v Arsenal, 22 April 1953
Lowest home attendance19,830 v Chelsea, 28 March 1953
Average home league attendance37,932

Season review

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Football League First Division

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Partial league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
10 Tottenham Hotspur 42 15 11 16 78 69 1.130 41
11 Aston Villa 42 14 13 15 63 61 1.033 41
12 Cardiff City 42 14 12 16 54 46 1.174 40
13 Middlesbrough 42 14 11 17 70 77 0.909 39
14 Bolton Wanderers 42 15 9 18 61 69 0.884 39
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundAAHHAAHHAHAAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAAHHAHHAA
ResultLLWDLLDLWWDLDDWLWWDLDLDDLDWLWWWWDLWWLWDLLL
Position182212121718171917141416181916191817161616181918201917181713131011121210111010111112
Source: [2]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

FA Cup

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Entering in the third round, Cardiff were eliminated by Football League Third Division North side Halifax Town after a 3–1 defeat.[2]

Welsh Cup

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After a 5–2 victory over Merthyr Tydfil in the fifth round, Cardiff received a bye into the seventh round, advancing to the semi-finals with a 3–2 win over Barry Town. Their campaign came to an end following a 1–0 semi-final defeat to Rhyl.[3]

Players

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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 Ron Howells
-- GK   WAL Graham Vearncombe
-- 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   ENG Charles Rutter
-- DF   WAL Alf Sherwood
-- DF   WAL Ron Stitfall
-- DF   WAL Derek Sullivan
-- DF   WAL Glyn Williams
-- MF   WAL Billy Baker
-- MF   WAL Dennis Callan
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- MF   WAL Alan Harrington
-- MF   WAL Islwyn Jones
-- MF   NIR Bobby McLaughlin
-- MF   WAL Wendell Morgan
-- MF   ENG Cliff Nugent
-- MF   ENG Mike Tiddy
-- MF   WAL Roley Williams
-- FW   ENG Doug Blair
-- FW   ENG Ken Chisholm
-- FW   WAL George Edwards
-- FW   ENG Wilf Grant
-- FW   SCO George Hazlett
-- FW   ENG Tommy Northcott
-- FW   WAL Ken Oakley
-- FW   ENG Keith Thomas

Fixtures and results

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23 August 1952 (1952-08-23) 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 Cardiff City Wolverhampton
Jimmy Mullen   Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 52,309
27 August 1952 (1952-08-27) 2 Middlesbrough 3–0 Cardiff City Middlesbrough
Harry Bell  
Harry Bell  
Arthur Fitzsimons  
Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 42,159
30 August 1952 (1952-08-30) 3 Cardiff City 4–0 Sheffield Wednesday Cardiff
15:15 George Hazlett  
Ken Chisholm  
Ken Chisholm  
Wilf Grant  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 43,478
Referee: Stanley Rogers (Shrewsbury)
3 September 1952 (1952-09-03) 4 Cardiff City 1–1 Middlesbrough Cardiff
18:15 Doug Blair     Alex McRae Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 51,512
Referee: J McCann (Preston)
6 September 1952 (1952-09-06) 5 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Cardiff City London
15:15 Len Duquemin  
Sid McClellan  
  Ken Chisholm Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 62,150
Referee: WJ Edwards (Somerset)
10 September 1952 (1952-09-10) 6 West Bromwich Albion 1–0 Cardiff City West Bromwich
Ray Barlow   Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 29,343
13 September 1952 (1952-09-13) 7 Cardiff City 0–0 Burnley Cardiff
15:15 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 45,182
Referee: George Pankhurst (Warwick)
17 September 1952 (1952-09-17) 8 Cardiff City 1–2 West Bromwich Albion Cardiff
17:45 Keith Thomas     Ronnie Allen
  Jimmy Dudley
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 40,338
Referee: AW Smith (Aldershot)
20 September 1952 (1952-09-20) 9 Preston North End 2–3 Cardiff City Preston
Joe Dunn  
Ken Horton  
  Doug Blair
  Roley Williams
  Ken Chisholm
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 29,337
27 September 1952 (1952-09-27) 10 Cardiff City 2–0 Stoke City Cardiff
15:15 Roley Williams  
Roley Williams  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 39,223
Referee: Frank Fiander (Bucks)
4 October 1952 (1952-10-04) 11 Manchester City 2–2 Cardiff City Manchester
Ken Branagan  
Don Revie  
  Ken Chisholm
  Mike Tiddy
Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 33,551
Referee: R Hall
11 October 1952 (1952-10-11) 12 Charlton Athletic 3–1 Cardiff City London
15:15 John Evans  
Benny Fenton  
Frank Lock   (pen)
  George Edwards Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 30,583
Referee: RJ Burgess (Reading)
25 October 1952 (1952-10-25) 13 Derby County 1–1 Cardiff City Derby
15:00 Ray Straw   (pen)   Ken Chisholm Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 23,208
1 November 1952 (1952-11-01) 14 Cardiff City 2–2 Blackpool Cardiff
14:45 Tommy Northcott  
Ken Chisholm  
  Albert Hobson
  Ernie Taylor
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 43,662
Referee: H Ball (Worcester)
8 November 1952 (1952-11-08) 15 Chelsea 0–2 Cardiff City London
14:30   George Edwards
  (pen) Alf Sherwood
Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 52,139
Referee: Joe Williams (Woodthorpe)
15 November 1952 (1952-11-15) 16 Cardiff City 1–2 Manchester United Cardiff
14:30 Ken Chisholm   44'   37' John Aston
  42' Stan Pearson
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 40,096
Referee: Reg Leafe (Nottingham)
22 November 1952 (1952-11-22) 17 Portsmouth 0–2 Cardiff City Portsmouth
14:15   Tommy Northcott
  Wilf Grant
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 31,258
Referee: ES Vickery (Bristol)
13 December 1952 (1952-12-13) 18 Cardiff City 4–1 Sunderland Cardiff
14:30 Wilf Grant   17', 64'
George Edwards   41'
Ken Chisholm   79'
  65' Trevor Ford Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 42,518
Referee: Jack Clough (Bolton)
20 December 1952 (1952-12-20) 19 Cardiff City 0–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Cardiff
14:30 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 25,598
Referee: AH Blythe
25 December 1952 (1952-12-25) 20 Newcastle United 3–0 Cardiff City Newcastle
14:00 Billy Foulkes  
Billy Foulkes  
Bobby Mitchell   (pen)
Stadium: St James's Park
Attendance: 36,143
Referee: Frank Cowen (Manchester)
27 December 1952 (1952-12-27) 21 Cardiff City 0–0 Newcastle United Cardiff
14:30 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 52,202
Referee: Frank Cowen (Manchester)
3 January 1953 (1953-01-03) 22 Sheffield Wednesday 2–0 Cardiff City Sheffield
14:30 Derek Dooley  
Derek Dooley  
Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 39,652
Referee: Stanley Rogers (Kidderminster)
17 January 1953 (1953-01-17) 23 Cardiff City 0–0 Tottenham Hotspur Cardiff
14:45 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 36,423
Referee: WJ Edwards (Somerset)
24 January 1953 (1953-01-24) 24 Burnley 0–0 Cardiff City Burnley
Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 29,491
Referee: George Pankhurst (Warwick)
7 February 1953 (1953-02-07) 25 Cardiff City 0–2 Preston North End Cardiff
15:15   Derek Lewis
  (pen) Tom Finney
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 32,445
Referee: Alf Bond (Fulham)
14 February 1953 (1953-02-14) 26 Stoke City 0–0 Cardiff City Stoke
15:15 Stadium: Victoria Ground
Attendance: 21,626
Referee: Frank Fiander (Bucks)
21 February 1953 (1953-02-21) 27 Cardiff City 6–0 Manchester City Cardiff
15:15 Roley Williams  
Keith Thomas  
Keith Thomas  
Wilf Grant  
Wilf Grant  
George Edwards  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 24,886
Referee: R Hall
28 February 1953 (1953-02-28) 28 Cardiff City 0–1 Charlton Athletic Cardiff
15:15   Eddie Firmani Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 35,248
Referee: Roland Burgess (Reading)
7 March 1953 (1953-03-07) 29 Arsenal 0–1 Cardiff City London
15:00   Doug Blair Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 59,780
Referee: RH Mann (Worcester)
11 March 1953 (1953-03-11) 30 Cardiff City 1–0 Bolton Wanderers Cardiff
16:15 Ken Chisholm   Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 31,099
Referee: Les Overton (Derby)
14 March 1953 (1953-03-14) 31 Cardiff City 2–0 Derby County Cardiff
15:15 Tommy Northcott  
Roley Williams  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 33,670
Referee: NC Taylor
25 March 1953 (1953-03-25) 32 Blackpool 0–1 Cardiff City Blackpool
15:00   Tommy Northcott Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 15,227
Referee: H Ball (Worcester)
28 March 1953 (1953-03-28) 33 Cardiff City 3–3 Chelsea Cardiff
15:15 Mike Tiddy  
Mike Tiddy  
Doug Blair  
  Phil McKnight
  Bill Dickson
  (og) Stan Montgomery
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 19,830
Referee: Joe Williams (Woodthorpe)
3 April 1953 (1953-04-03) 34 Liverpool 2–1 Cardiff City Liverpool
14:30 Bill Jones   4'
Louis Bimpson   19'
LFC report   15' Tommy Northcott Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 52,259
Referee: W Ratcliffe (Leek, Staffs)
4 April 1953 (1953-04-04) 35 Manchester United 1–4 Cardiff City Manchester
15:00 Roger Byrne   86' (pen)   11' Wilf Grant
  75' Wilf Grant
  15' Ken Chisholm
  60' Mike Tiddy
Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 38,987
Referee: Reg Leafe (Nottingham)
6 April 1953 (1953-04-06) 36 Cardiff City 4–0 Liverpool Cardiff
15:15 Wilf Grant   11', 55'
Ken Chisholm   71', 88'
LFC Report Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 35,419
Referee: W Ratcliffe (Leek, Staffs)
11 April 1953 (1953-04-11) 37 Cardiff City 0–1 Portsmouth Cardiff
15:15   Jack Froggatt Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 35,945
Referee: ES Vickery (Bristol)
18 April 1953 (1953-04-18) 38 Bolton Wanderers 0–1 Cardiff City Bolton
  Alf Sherwood Stadium: Burnden Park
Attendance: 18,037
22 April 1953 (1953-04-22) 39 Cardiff City 0–0 Arsenal Cardiff
18:30 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 57,893
Referee: RH Mann (Worcester)
25 April 1953 (1953-04-25) 40 Cardiff City 1–2 Aston Villa Cardiff
15:15 Wilf Grant     Johnny Dixon
  Amos Moss
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 29,917
Referee: WJ Edwards (Somerset)
27 April 1953 (1953-04-27) 41 Sunderland 4–2 Cardiff City Sunderland
Trevor Ford   28', 33'
Len Shackleton   40'
Harry Kirtley   56'
  39' Keith Thomas
  79' Mike Tiddy
Stadium: Roker Park
Attendance: 7,469
Referee: Jack Clough (Bolton)
29 April 1953 (1953-04-29) 42 Aston Villa 2–0 Cardiff City Birmingham
18:30 Danny Blanchflower  
Davy Walsh  
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 18,876
Referee: WJ Edwards (Somerset)

FA Cup

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10 January 1953 (1953-01-10) Round 3 Halifax Town 3–1 Cardiff City Halifax
 
 
 
  Billy Baker Stadium: The Shay
Attendance: 25,000

Welsh Cup

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15 January 1953 (1953-01-15) Round 6 Merthyr Tydfil 2–5 Cardiff City Merthyr Tydfil
 
 
  Tommy Northcott
  Tommy Northcott
  Ken Chisholm
  Ken Chisholm
  George Hazlett
Stadium: Penydarren Park
Attendance: 8,000
31 January 1953 (1953-01-31) Round 7 Barry 2–3 Cardiff City Barry
15:00  
 
  Tommy Northcott
  Tommy Northcott
  Mike Tiddy
Stadium: Jenner Park
Attendance: 9,000
21 March 1953 (1953-03-21) Semi Final Rhyl 1–0 Cardiff City Rhyl
15:15   Stadium: Belle Vue
Attendance: 10,000

See also

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References

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  • Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
  • "Football Club History Database – Cardiff City".
  1. ^ Shepherd, Richard (2007). The Cardiff City Miscellany. Pitch books. ISBN 978-1-905411-04-7.
  2. ^ a b "Cardiff City 1952–53 results". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
  3. ^ "Welsh Cup 1952/53". Welsh Football Data Archive. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2010.