1966–67 Cardiff City F.C. season

The 1966–67 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 40th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing twentieth.

Cardiff City
1966–67 season
ChairmanFred Dewey
ManagerJimmy Scoular
Football League Second Division20th
FA Cup3rd round
League Cup2nd round
Welsh CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Bobby Brown (14)
All: Bobby Brown (17)
Highest home attendance19,739 (v Coventry City, 22 April 1967)
Lowest home attendance5,540 (v Norwich City, 3 December 1966)
Average home league attendance10,258

Players

edit

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 Lyn Davies
-- GK   WAL Dilwyn John
-- GK   ENG Bob Wilson
-- DF   ENG Gary Bell
-- DF   ENG David Carver
-- DF   WAL Graham Coldrick
-- DF   WAL Steve Derrett
-- DF   ENG Bobby Ferguson
-- DF   SCO Don Murray
-- DF   ENG Derek Ryder
-- MF   ENG Ronnie Bird
-- MF   SCO Greg Farrell
-- MF   ENG Brian Harris
-- MF   SCO David Houston
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- MF   WAL Barrie Jones
-- MF   WAL Bryn Jones
-- MF   ENG Peter King
-- MF   WAL Bernie Lewis
-- MF   WAL Leighton Phillips
-- MF   WAL David Summerhayes
-- MF   ENG Gareth Williams
-- MF   ENG Jack Winspear
-- FW   ENG George Andrews
-- FW   ENG Bobby Brown
-- FW   ENG Norman Dean
-- FW   NIR Terry Harkin
-- FW   SCO George Johnston
-- FW   WAL John Toshack

League standings

edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
18 Rotherham United 42 13 10 19 61 70 0.871 36
19 Charlton Athletic 42 13 9 20 49 53 0.925 35
20 Cardiff City 42 12 9 21 61 87 0.701 33 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
21 Northampton Town (R) 42 12 6 24 47 84 0.560 30 Relegation to the Third Division
22 Bury (R) 42 11 6 25 49 83 0.590 28
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Cardiff City qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1966–67 Welsh Cup winners.

Results by round

edit
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundHAHHHAHAAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAAHAHAHA
ResultLWLWDLLLLDLLLDLWLWWWDLLWLDLWDLDLDWWLWLDLWL
Position16141315181821202122222222222222222121212121212021202121202221202020192020202020
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

edit
20 August 1966 (1966-08-20) 1 Cardiff City 0 – 2 Ipswich Town Cardiff
15:00   Ray Crawford
  Frank Brogan
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 7,628
Referee: Bill Handley (Cannock)
27 August 1966 (1966-08-27) 2 Bristol City 1 – 2 Cardiff City Bristol
15:00     (pen) John Toshack
  George Andrews
Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 11,952
31 August 1966 (1966-08-31) 3 Cardiff City 0 – 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers Cardiff
19:30   75', 85' Hugh McIlmoyle
  88' Pat Buckley
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 14,208
Referee: RF Prichard (Salisbury)
3 September 1966 (1966-09-03) 4 Cardiff City 4 – 2 Carlisle United Cardiff
15:00 John Toshack   15'
Peter King   13', 25'
George Andrews   28'
  Willie Carlin
  Willie Carlin
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,902
Referee: AE Dimond (Harlow New Town)
7 September 1966 (1966-09-07) 5 Cardiff City 1 – 1 Huddersfield Town Cardiff
19:30 George Andrews     87' Steve Smith Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 10,344
Referee: Peter Walters (Bridgwater)
10 September 1966 (1966-09-10) 6 Blackburn Rovers 4 – 1 Cardiff City Blackburn
 
 
 
 
  77' John Toshack Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 12,805
17 September 1966 (1966-09-17) 7 Cardiff City 2 – 5 Bolton Wanderers Cardiff
15:00 George Andrews   50'
John Toshack   78' (pen)
  18', 85' (pen) Francis Lee
  41' (og) Don Murray
  59', 70' Wyn Davies
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 7,594
21 September 1966 (1966-09-21) 8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 7 – 1 Cardiff City Wolverhampton
Terry Wharton   4', 37' (pen), 55' (pen)
Ernie Hunt   5'
Bobby Thomson   50'
Hugh McIlmoyle   58'
Dave Wagstaffe   85'
  22' George Andrews Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 19,678
24 September 1966 (1966-09-24) 9 Charlton Athletic 5 – 0 Cardiff City London
 
 
 
 
 
Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 10,182
1 October 1966 (1966-10-01) 10 Cardiff City 1 – 1 Derby County Cardiff
15:00 Bobby Saxton   (og)   Alan Durban Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,244
8 October 1966 (1966-10-08) 11 Cardiff City 2 – 4 Hull City Cardiff
15:00 Bernie Lewis  
George Andrews  
  ?', ?', ?', ?' Ken Wagstaff Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,407
15 October 1966 (1966-10-15) 12 Plymouth Argyle 7 – 1 Cardiff City Plymouth
Mike Bickle   ?', ?', ?', ?'
Norman Piper  
Richie Reynolds  
Nicky Jennings  
  Gareth Williams Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 14,404
29 October 1966 (1966-10-29) 13 Millwall 1 – 0 Cardiff City London
15:15   Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 12,586
Referee: Harold Williams (Sheffield)
4 November 1966 (1966-11-04) 14 Cardiff City 0 – 0 Rotherham United Cardiff
19:30 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,933
12 November 1966 (1966-11-12) 15 Preston North End 4 – 0 Cardiff City Preston
 
 
 
 
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 11,283
19 November 1966 (1966-11-19) 16 Cardiff City 3 – 0 Bury Cardiff
15:00 John Toshack  
John Toshack  
Bobby Brown  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,910
Referee: JR Osborne (Ipswich)
26 November 1966 (1966-11-26) 17 Coventry City 3 – 2 Cardiff City Coventry
Ian Gibson   ?', ?'
John Tudor  
  John Toshack
  John Toshack
Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 19,682
Referee: KJ Seddon (Formby, Lancashire)
3 December 1966 (1966-12-03) 18 Cardiff City 2 – 0 Norwich City Cardiff
18:30 Greg Farrell  
Graham Coldrick  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,540
10 December 1966 (1966-12-10) 19 Birmingham City 1 – 2 Cardiff City Birmingham
15:00 Mickey Bullock     Graham Coldrick
  Bobby Brown
Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 17,046
14 December 1966 (1966-12-14) 20 Cardiff City 4 – 2 Northampton Town Cardiff
19:30 Gareth Williams  
Gareth Williams  
Bobby Brown  
Bobby Brown  
  John Mackin
  Don Martin
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 7,954
Referee: David (DW) Smith (Stonehouse)
17 December 1966 (1966-12-17) 21 Ipswich Town 0 – 0 Cardiff City Ipswich
15:00 Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 11,166
Referee: RV Spittle (Great Yarmouth)
26 December 1966 (1966-12-26) 22 Cardiff City 1 – 2 Crystal Palace Cardiff
15:00 Gareth Williams    
 
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 17,020
Referee: RF Prichard (Salisbury)
27 December 1966 (1966-12-27) 23 Crystal Palace 3 – 1 Cardiff City London
19:30  
 
 
  John Toshack Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 13,553
Referee: Ken Wynn (Wolverhampton)
31 December 1966 (1966-12-31) 24 Cardiff City 5 – 1 Bristol City Cardiff
15:00 Bobby Brown   15', 73'
Gordon Low   41' (og)
Ronnie Bird   46', 62'
  61' Gerry Sharpe Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 12,305
Referee: Malcolm Sinclair (Guildford)
7 January 1967 (1967-01-07) 25 Carlisle United 3 – 0 Cardiff City Carlisle
15:00  
 
 
Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 10,295
Referee: Harold Richards (Oldham)
14 January 1967 (1967-01-14) 26 Cardiff City 1 – 1 Blackburn Rovers Cardiff
15:00 Bobby Brown     Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 11,322
21 January 1967 (1967-01-21) 27 Bolton Wanderers 3 – 1 Cardiff City Bolton
 
 
 
  George Johnston Stadium: Burnden Park
Attendance: 9,071
3 February 1967 (1967-02-03) 28 Cardiff City 4 – 1 Charlton Athletic Cardiff
19:30 Ronnie Bird   7'
Peter King  
George Johnston  
George Johnston  
  Rodney Green Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 10,812
11 February 1967 (1967-02-11) 29 Derby County 1 – 1 Cardiff City Derby
15:00 Kevin Hector   (pen)   Bobby Brown Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 14,573
25 February 1967 (1967-02-25) 30 Hull City 1 – 0 Cardiff City Hull
15:00   Stadium: Boothferry Park
Attendance: 23,629
4 March 1967 (1967-03-04) 31 Cardiff City 1 – 1 Millwall Cardiff
15:00 Peter King     Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 10,845
18 March 1967 (1967-03-18) 32 Northampton Town 2 – 0 Cardiff City Northampton
Dennis Brown  
Frank Large  
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 11,787
22 March 1967 (1967-03-22) 33 Cardiff City 0 – 0 Portsmouth Cardiff
19:30 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 11,727
25 March 1967 (1967-03-25) 34 Cardiff City 4 – 1 Plymouth Argyle Cardiff
15:00 John Toshack   22'
Norman Dean   67'
Barrie Jones   79'
Bobby Brown   81'
  33' Richie Reynolds Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 11,696
Referee: Roger Kirkpatrick (Leicester)
27 March 1967 (1967-03-27) 35 Portsmouth 1 – 2 Cardiff City Portsmouth
Ray Hiron     Peter King
  Gareth Williams
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 16,363
Referee: Reg Paine (Hounslow)
1 April 1967 (1967-04-01) 36 Rotherham United 4 – 1 Cardiff City Rotherham
15:00  
 
 
 
  78' Barrie Jones Stadium: Millmoor
Attendance: 8,585
Referee: Tommy Dawes (Norwich)
8 April 1967 (1967-04-08) 37 Cardiff City 4 – 0 Preston North End Cardiff
15:00 Barrie Jones   24'
Peter King   36'
George Ross   89' (og)
Bobby Brown   61'
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,630
15 April 1967 (1967-04-15) 38 Bury 2 – 0 Cardiff City Bury
15:15 George Jones   6'
Alex Dawson   52'
Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 6,234
22 April 1967 (1967-04-22) 39 Cardiff City 1 – 1 Coventry City Cardiff
15:00 Bobby Brown   60'   30' Johnny Key Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 19,739
Referee: Harry New (Portsmouth)
29 April 1967 (1967-04-29) 40 Norwich City 3 – 2 Cardiff City Norwich
15:00  
 
 
  Gareth Williams
  Norman Dean
Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 14,264
6 May 1967 (1967-05-06) 41 Cardiff City 3 – 0 Birmingham City Cardiff
15:00 Bobby Brown  
Bobby Brown  
Barrie Jones  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 12,678
13 May 1967 (1967-05-13) 42 Huddersfield Town 3 – 1 Cardiff City Huddersfield
Kevin McHale  
Colin Dobson   (pen)
Brian Clark  
  Bobby Brown Stadium: Leeds Road
Attendance: 3,847

League Cup

edit
24 August 1966 (1966-08-24) 1 Cardiff City 1 – 0 Bristol Rovers Cardiff
19:30 John Toshack   Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,574
Referee: Charles Nicholls (Plymouth)
14 September 1966 (1966-09-14) 2 Cardiff City 0 – 1 Exeter City Cardiff
19:30   Ray Harford Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,384
Referee: David Smith (Stonehouse, Gloucestershire)

FA Cup

edit
28 January 1967 (1967-01-28) 3 Barnsley 1 – 1 Cardiff City Barnsley
15:00 Johnny Evans     Ronnie Bird Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 21,464
Referee: Frank Cowen (Oldham)
31 January 1967 (1967-01-31) 3 (Replay) Cardiff City 2 – 1 Barnsley Cardiff
19:30 George Johnston   (pen)
Peter King  
  49' Barrie Thomas Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 21,020
Referee: Ken Burns (Dudley, Worcestershire)
18 February 1967 (1967-02-18) 4 Cardiff City 1 – 1 Manchester City Cardiff
15:00 Gareth Williams   30'   8' (og) Graham Coldrick Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 37,205
Referee: Bill Handley (Cannock)
22 February 1967 (1967-02-22) 4 (Replay) Manchester City 3 – 1 Cardiff City Manchester
19:30 Colin Bell  
Johnny Crossan  
Neil Young  
  9' (pen) George Johnston Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 41,616
Referee: Bill Handley (Cannock)

Welsh Cup

edit
17 January 1967 (1967-01-17) Round 5 Swansea Town 0 – 4 Cardiff City Swansea
  Bernie Lewis
  Greg Farrell
  George Johnston
  George Johnston
Stadium: Vetch Field
Attendance: 11,816
8 February 1967 (1967-02-08) Round 6 Cardiff City 6 – 3 Hereford United Cardiff
Peter King  
George Johnston  
George Johnston  
Graham Coldrick  
Bobby Ferguson  
Bobby Brown  
 
 
 
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 11,190
15 March 1967 (1967-03-15) Semi Final Newport County 1 – 2 Cardiff City Newport
19:15 Terry Melling     Bobby Brown
  Peter King
Stadium: Somerton Park
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Leo Callaghan (Merthyr Tydfil)
17 April 1967 (1967-04-17) Final (First Leg) Wrexham 2 – 2 Cardiff City Wrexham
 
Bobby Ferguson   ??' (og)
  1' Bobby Brown
  Peter King
Stadium: The Racecourse
Attendance: 11,437
Referee: WJ Gow (Swansea)
3 May 1967 (1967-05-03) Final (Second Leg) Cardiff City 2 – 1
(4 – 3 agg.)
Wrexham Cardiff
Norman Dean  
George Showell   (og)
  Albert Kinsey Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,299
Referee: WJ Gow (Swansea)

See also

edit

References

edit
  • Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
  • "Football Club History Database – Cardiff City". Archived from the original on 30 December 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2008.
  • Welsh Football Data Archive