1965–66 Cardiff City F.C. season

The 1965–66 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 39th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing twentieth.

Cardiff City

1965–66 season
Chairman	Fred Dewey
Manager	Jimmy Scoular
Football League Second Division	20th
FA Cup	4th round
League Cup	Semi-finals
European Cup Winners Cup	1st round
Welsh Cup	5th round
Top goalscorer	League: George Johnston (17) All: George Johnston (23)
Highest home attendance	19,827 (v Wolverhampton Wanderers, 4 September 1965)
Lowest home attendance	5,934 (v Norwich City, 10 May 1966)
Average home league attendance	11,005
Home colours

The season also saw the club reach the semi-finals of the Football League Cup, the furthest they have ever gone in the competition, before being beaten by West Ham United.

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	Lyn Davies
--	GK	WAL	Dilwyn John
--	GK	ENG	Bob Wilson
--	DF	WAL	Colin Baker
--	DF	ENG	David Carver
--	DF	WAL	Graham Coldrick
--	DF	ENG	Bobby Ferguson
--	DF	WAL	Alan Harrington
--	DF	SCO	Don Murray
--	DF	WAL	Peter Rodrigues
--	MF	ENG	Ronnie Bird
--	MF	SCO	Greg Farrell
--	MF	WAL	Barrie Hole

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	SCO	David Houston
--	MF	ENG	Peter King
--	MF	WAL	Bernie Lewis
--	MF	WAL	Pat Murphy
--	MF	WAL	David Summerhayes
--	MF	ENG	Gareth Williams
--	MF	WAL	David Yorath
--	FW	ENG	George Andrews
--	FW	WAL	John Charles
--	FW	NIR	Terry Harkin
--	FW	SCO	George Johnston
--	FW	WAL	John Toshack

League standings

Main article: 1965–66 Football League § Second Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
18	Plymouth Argyle	42	12	13	17	54	63	0.857	37
19	Bury	42	14	7	21	62	76	0.816	35
20	Cardiff City	42	12	10	20	71	91	0.780	34
21	Middlesbrough (R)	42	10	13	19	58	86	0.674	33	Relegation to the Third Division
22	Leyton Orient (R)	42	5	13	24	38	80	0.475	23

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated

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	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	D	L	D	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	W	L	L
Position			6	3	7	7	15	17	16	15	16	19	19	17	20	15	12	11	11	13	13	14	15	14	14	15	17	17	18	16	14	17	18	19	19	19	20	21	21	18	19	20

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

Second Division

Cardiff City v Bury

21 August 1965 (1965-08-21) 1	Cardiff City	1 – 0	Bury	Cardiff
15:00	John Charles 10'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 13,392 Referee: Denis Howell (Birmingham)

Cardiff City v Derby County

25 August 1965 (1965-08-25) 2	Cardiff City	2 – 1	Derby County	Cardiff
19:30	Terry Harkin John Charles		Gordon Hughes	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 15,260 Referee: Jim Finney (Hereford)

Norwich City v Cardiff City

28 August 1965 (1965-08-28) 3	Norwich City	3 – 2	Cardiff City	Norwich
15:00			(pen) George Johnston Terry Harkin	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 13,437

Derby County v Cardiff City

1 September 1965 (1965-09-01) 4	Derby County	1 – 5	Cardiff City	Derby
19:15	Gordon Hughes		George Johnston (pen) George Johnston John Charles John Charles Terry Harkin	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 10,221

Cardiff City v Wolverhampton Wanderers

4 September 1965 (1965-09-04) 5	Cardiff City	1 – 4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Cardiff
15:00	George Johnston (pen)			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 19,827

Rotherham United v Cardiff City

11 September 1965 (1965-09-11) 6	Rotherham United	6 – 4	Cardiff City	Rotherham
15:00	John Galley 27', 32'		26' Greg Farrell 30' Terry Harkin Terry Harkin George Johnston	Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 9,211

Charlton Athletic v Cardiff City

14 September 1965 (1965-09-14) 7	Charlton Athletic	5 – 2	Cardiff City	London
19:30			Terry Harkin George Johnston	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 13,172 Referee: Harry New (Hampshire)

Cardiff City v Manchester City

18 September 1965 (1965-09-18) 8	Cardiff City	4 – 3	Manchester City	Cardiff
15:00	George Johnston George Johnston Barrie Hole Terry Harkin		Matt Gray Jimmy Murray Glyn Pardoe	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,365 Referee: Peter Walters (Bridgwater)

Bristol City v Cardiff City

25 September 1965 (1965-09-25) 9	Bristol City	1 – 1	Cardiff City	Bristol
			Bernie Lewis	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 15,300

Cardiff City v Coventry City

6 October 1965 (1965-10-06) 10	Cardiff City	1 – 2	Coventry City	Cardiff
19:30	Gareth Williams		George Curtis Ronnie Rees	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 12,469

Plymouth Argyle v Cardiff City

9 October 1965 (1965-10-09) 11	Plymouth Argyle	2 – 2	Cardiff City	Plymouth
	Mike Trebilcock Barrie Jones		Greg Farrell George Johnston	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 10,740

Cardiff City v Portsmouth

16 October 1965 (1965-10-16) 12	Cardiff City	1 – 2	Portsmouth	Cardiff
15:00	George Johnston		Alex Wilson Ray Hiron	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,781 Referee: Norman Matthews (Oxford)

Bolton Wanderers v Cardiff City

23 October 1965 (1965-10-23) 13	Bolton Wanderers	2 – 1	Cardiff City	Bolton
			George Andrews	Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 11,088

Cardiff City v Ipswich Town

30 October 1965 (1965-10-30) 14	Cardiff City	1 – 0	Ipswich Town	Cardiff
15:00	Greg Farrell			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,325 Referee: RF Prichard (Salisbury)

Birmingham City v Cardiff City

6 November 1965 (1965-11-06) 15	Birmingham City	4 – 2	Cardiff City	Birmingham
	Mickey Bullock Bobby Thomson Stan Lynn (pen) Alec Jackson		George Andrews George Andrews	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 10,744

Cardiff City v Charlton Athletic

10 November 1965 (1965-11-10) 16	Cardiff City	3 – 1	Charlton Athletic	Cardiff
19:30	George Johnston (pen) George Johnston (pen) George Andrews			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,537 Referee: Ken Burns (Stourbridge)

Cardiff City v Leyton Orient

13 November 1965 (1965-11-13) 17	Cardiff City	3 – 1	Leyton Orient	Cardiff
15:00	George Johnston George Andrews John Toshack			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,017

Middlesbrough v Cardiff City

20 November 1965 (1965-11-20) 18	Middlesbrough	3 – 4	Cardiff City	Middlesbrough
15:00	Stan Anderson Edwin Holliday Eric McMordie		John Toshack John Toshack (og) Ian Davidson (pen) George Johnston	Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 11,898

Cardiff City v Huddersfield Town

27 November 1965 (1965-11-27) 19	Cardiff City	0 – 1	Huddersfield Town	Cardiff
15:00			74' Steve Smith	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,898

Crystal Palace v Cardiff City

4 December 1965 (1965-12-04) 20	Crystal Palace	0 – 0	Cardiff City	London
				Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 11,527

Cardiff City v Preston North End

11 December 1965 (1965-12-11) 21	Cardiff City	1 – 3	Preston North End	Cardiff
15:00	George Johnston 43'		5' Alex Dawson 30' Stan Lapot 77' Ernie Hannigan	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,754

Portsmouth v Cardiff City

18 December 1965 (1965-12-18) 22	Portsmouth	3 – 1	Cardiff City	Portsmouth
	Albert McCann 43' Dennis Edwards 62', 81'		64' George Andrews	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 8,434 Referee: Ray Tinkler (Boston)

Cardiff City v Southampton

27 December 1965 (1965-12-27) 23	Cardiff City	3 – 5	Southampton	Cardiff
15:00	Terry Harkin 5' George Andrews 43' Dave Walker 68' (og)		31', 50', 78' Martin Chivers 36', 55' Terry Paine	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 14,768

Cardiff City v Plymouth Argyle

1 January 1966 (1966-01-01) 24	Cardiff City	5 – 1	Plymouth Argyle	Cardiff
15:00	George Andrews 7', 75' Terry Harkin 44', 61' Barrie Hole 51'		69' Norman Piper	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,890 Referee: Harry New (Portsmouth)

Leyton Orient v Cardiff City

8 January 1966 (1966-01-08) 25	Leyton Orient	1 – 1	Cardiff City	London
			George Andrews	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 5,516 Referee: JE Thacker (Scarborough)

Bury v Cardiff City

29 January 1966 (1966-01-29) 26	Bury	1 – 1	Cardiff City	Bury
15:15			George Johnston	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 4,677

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Cardiff City

19 February 1966 (1966-02-19) 27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2 – 1	Cardiff City	Wolverhampton
			George Andrews	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 24,179

Cardiff City v Rotherham United

26 February 1966 (1966-02-26) 28	Cardiff City	0 – 0	Rotherham United	Cardiff
15:00				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,184

Cardiff City v Bolton Wanderers

5 March 1966 (1966-03-05) 29	Cardiff City	1 – 1	Bolton Wanderers	Cardiff
15:00	Greg Farrell			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,951

Manchester City v Cardiff City

12 March 1966 (1966-03-12) 30	Manchester City	2 – 2	Cardiff City	Manchester
15:00	Neil Young 10' Dave Connor 27'		4' John Toshack 33' George Johnston	Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 29,642 Referee: WJ Gow (Birmingham)

Cardiff City v Bristol City

18 March 1966 (1966-03-18) 31	Cardiff City	2 – 1	Bristol City	Cardiff
19:30	Peter King 15' John Toshack 40'		82' Brian Clark	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 13,405 Referee: Bill Handley (Cannock, Staffordshire)

Coventry City v Cardiff City

26 March 1966 (1966-03-26) 32	Coventry City	3 – 1	Cardiff City	Coventry
	Peter Denton Ron Farmer (pen) Ernie Machin		George Andrews	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 20,296

Cardiff City v Birmingham City

2 April 1966 (1966-04-02) 33	Cardiff City	1 – 3	Birmingham City	Cardiff
15:00	Barrie Hole		Geoff Vowden (og) David Carver	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,150

Cardiff City v Carlisle United

8 April 1966 (1966-04-08) 34	Cardiff City	1 – 1	Carlisle United	Cardiff
15:00	George Andrews			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,844

Ipswich Town v Cardiff City

9 April 1966 (1966-04-09) 35	Ipswich Town	2 – 1	Cardiff City	Ipswich
	Billy Baxter Gerry Baker		John Toshack	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 10,392 Referee: DA Corbett (Wolverhampton)

Carlisle United v Cardiff City

12 April 1966 (1966-04-12) 36	Carlisle United	2 – 0	Cardiff City	Carlisle
19:30				Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 11,252

Southampton v Cardiff City

20 April 1966 (1966-04-20) 37	Southampton	3 – 2	Cardiff City	Southampton
			Peter King Peter King	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 18,941

Huddersfield Town v Cardiff City

23 April 1966 (1966-04-23) 38	Huddersfield Town	1 – 1	Cardiff City	Huddersfield
	David Carver (og)		Peter King	Stadium: Leeds Road Attendance: 19,138

Cardiff City v Crystal Palace

30 April 1966 (1966-04-30) 39	Cardiff City	1 – 0	Crystal Palace	Cardiff
15:00	Peter King			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,420 Referee: VJ Batty (Cheshire)

Cardiff City v Middlesbrough

4 May 1966 (1966-05-04) 40	Cardiff City	5 – 3	Middlesbrough	Cardiff
19:30	Barrie Hole 25' Greg Farrell 29' (pen) George Andrews 35', 86' Peter King 65'		6', 27' (pen), 90' Dickie Rooks	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 12,935 Referee: Peter Walters (Bridgwater)

Preston North End v Cardiff City

7 May 1966 (1966-05-07) 41	Preston North End	9 – 0	Cardiff City	Preston
	Ernie Hannigan 9', 39', 44' Nobby Lawton 20' Brian Greenhalgh 28', 81' Brian Godfrey 71' (pen), 73', 76'			Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 10,018

Cardiff City v Norwich City

10 May 1966 (1966-05-10) 42	Cardiff City	0 – 2	Norwich City	Cardiff
19:30			??', ??' Hugh Curran	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,934 Referee: William Clements (West Bromwich)

League Cup

Crewe Alexandra v Cardiff City

22 September 1965 (1965-09-22) Round 1	Crewe Alexandra	1 – 1	Cardiff City	Crewe
19:30			Bernie Lewis	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 5,832

Cardiff City v Crewe Alexandra

29 September 1965 (1965-09-29) Round 1 (Replay)	Cardiff City	3 – 0	Crewe Alexandra	Cardiff
19:30	Peter King Peter King Terry Harkin			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,939

Cardiff City v Portsmouth

13 October 1965 (1965-10-13) Round 2	Cardiff City	2 – 0	Portsmouth	Cardiff
	Peter King George Andrews			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,803

Cardiff City v Reading

3 November 1965 (1965-11-03) Round 3	Cardiff City	5 – 1	Reading	Cardiff
19:30	George Johnston George Johnston George Johnston Terry Harkin Terry Harkin			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,698 Referee: Jim Finney (Hereford)

Cardiff City v Ipswich Town

17 November 1965 (1965-11-17) Quarter Final	Cardiff City	2 – 1	Ipswich Town	Cardiff
19:30	George Andrews Barrie Hole		Frank Brogan	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,748 Referee: Peter Brandwood (Walsall)

West Ham United v Cardiff City

15 December 1965 (1965-12-15) Semi Final (First Leg)	West Ham United	5 – 2	Cardiff City	London
19:30	Eddie Bovington 7' Johnny Byrne 42' Peter Brabrook 55' John Sissons 75' Geoff Hurst 89'		87', 88' George Andrews	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 19,980 Referee: Ray Tinkler (Boston)

Cardiff City v West Ham United

2 February 1966 (1966-02-02) Semi Final (Second Leg)	Cardiff City	1 – 5 (3 – 10 agg.)	West Ham United	Cardiff
19:30	Bernie Lewis 76'		5', 50' Geoff Hurst John Sissons Martin Peters Dennis Burnett	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 14,313

FA Cup

Cardiff City v Port Vale

26 January 1966 (1966-01-26) Round 3	Cardiff City	2 – 1	Port Vale	Cardiff
19:30	Peter King 7' Barrie Hole 90'		John Rowland	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 18,898 Referee: Eric Jennings (Stourbridge)

Southport v Cardiff City

12 February 1966 (1966-02-12) Round 4	Southport	2 – 0	Cardiff City	Southport
	Alan Spence Ron Smith			Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 14,230

European Cup Winners Cup

Cardiff City v Standard Liège

8 September 1965 (1965-09-08) Round 1 (First Leg)	Cardiff City	1 – 2	Standard Liège	Cardiff
19:30	George Johnston 30'		40' Roger Claessen 68' Leon Semmeling	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 12,798 Referee: Adrianus Aalbrecht (Netherlands)

Standard Liège v Cardiff City

20 October 1965 (1965-10-20) Round 1 (Second Leg)	Standard Liège	1 – 0 (3 – 1 agg.)	Cardiff City	Liege, Belgium
	Alan Harrington 48' (og)			Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 17,985 Referee: Francisco Guerra (Portugal)

Welsh Cup

Swansea Town v Cardiff City

4 January 1966 (1966-01-04) 5	Swansea Town	2 – 2	Cardiff City	Swansea
19:30	Don Murray (og) Ivor Allchurch		George Andrews Peter King	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 10,000

Cardiff City v Swansea Town

8 February 1966 (1966-02-08) 5 (Replay)	Cardiff City	3 – 5 (a.e.t.)	Swansea Town	Cardiff
19:30	Gareth Williams George Johnston George Johnston		Keith Todd Keith Todd Herbie Williams Jim McLaughlin Brian Evans	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,836 Referee: Leo Callaghan (Merthyr Tydfil)

See also

• List of Cardiff City F.C. seasons

References

• 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