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.
| 1953–54 season | ||
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| Chairman |  John Morgan[1] | |
| 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 | |
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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
editPartial league table
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
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| 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
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
Results by round
editFA Cup
editAfter 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
editDrawn 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
editNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Fixtures and results
edit| 19 August 1953 1 | Middlesbrough | 0–0 | Cardiff City | Middlesbrough |
| Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 33,726 |
| 22 August 1953 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 3 | Huddersfield Town | 2–0 | Cardiff City | Huddersfield |
| Jimmy Watson Vic Metcalfe |
Stadium: Leeds Road Attendance: 30,089 |
| 29 August 1953 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 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 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 7 | Sheffield United | 0–1 | Cardiff City | Sheffield |
| 18:15 | Ken Chisholm |
Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 34,043 |
| 12 September 1953 8 | Manchester City | 1–1 | Cardiff City | Manchester |
| Stan Montgomery (og) |
George Edwards |
Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 31,915 |
| 16 September 1953 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 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 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 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 13 | Preston North End | 1–2 | Cardiff City | Preston |
| Dennis Hatsell |
Ken Chisholm Ken Chisholm |
Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 23,500 |
| 17 October 1953 14 | Cardiff City | 1–0 | Tottenham Hotspur | Cardiff |
| 15:15 | Wilf Grant (pen) |
Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 41,083 |
| 24 October 1953 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 22 | Cardiff City | 1–0 | Middlesbrough | Cardiff |
| 14:30 | Trevor Ford |
Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 31,776 Referee: Ken Collinge (Cheshire) |
| 19 December 1953 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 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 25 | Cardiff City | 0–0 | Chelsea | Cardiff |
| 14:30 | Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 36,958 Referee: Norman C Taylor (Westbury) |
| 2 January 1954 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 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 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 29 | Bolton Wanderers | 3–0 | Cardiff City | Bolton |
| Nat Lofthouse Willie Moir Dennis Stevens |
Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 30,777 |
| 13 February 1954 30 | Arsenal | 1–1 | Cardiff City | London |
| 15:00 | Doug Lishman |
Trevor Ford |
Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 45,497 |
| 27 February 1954 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 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 33 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0–1 | Cardiff City | London |
| Mike Tiddy |
Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 45,248 Referee: H Ball (Worcester) |
| 13 March 1954 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 41 | Cardiff City | 0–1 | Blackpool | Cardiff |
| 15:15 | Bill Perry |
Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 44,508 |
| 24 April 1954 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
edit| 9 January 1954 Round 3 | Cardiff City | 3–1 | Peterborough United | Cardiff |
| 14:15 | Trevor Ford Trevor Ford Tommy Northcott |
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Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 34,000 |
| 30 January 1954 Round 4 | Cardiff City | 0–2 | Port Vale | Cardiff |
| 14:45 | Ken Griffiths Albert Leake |
Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 27,000 |
Welsh Cup
edit| 20 January 1954 Round 5 | Barry Town | 1–1 | Cardiff City | Barry |
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C Burder |
Stadium: Jenner Park Attendance: 2,500 |
| 10 February 1954 Round 5 (Replay) | Cardiff City | 4–2 | Barry Town | Cardiff |
| Trevor Ford Mike Tiddy Cliff Nugent Cliff Nugent |
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Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,500 |
| 20 February 1954 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 Semi Final | Flint Town United | 2–1 | Cardiff City | Wrexham |
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Tommy Northcott |
Stadium: The Racecourse Attendance: 10,500 |
See also
editReferences
edit- 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.