1967–68 Cardiff City F.C. season

The 1967–68 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 41st season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing thirteenth.

Cardiff City
1967–68 season
ChairmanFred Dewey
ManagerJimmy Scoular
Football League Second Division13th
FA Cup3rd round
League Cup2nd round
European Cup Winners CupSemi-finals
Welsh CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Peter King (12)
All: Peter King (18)
Highest home attendance20,021 (v QPR, 16 April 1968)
Lowest home attendance8,396 (v Charlton, 11 May 1968)
Average home league attendance13,301

During the season they enjoyed their most successful season in European competition by reaching the semi-final of the European Cup Winners Cup before being beaten 4–3 on aggregate by German side Hamburg. It remains the furthest a Welsh team has ever reached in European competition.

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   ENG Fred Davies
-- 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   WAL Richie Morgan
-- DF   SCO Don Murray
-- MF   ENG Ronnie Bird
-- MF   SCO Malcolm Clarke
-- MF   ENG Brian Harris
-- MF   WAL Barrie Jones
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- MF   WAL Bryn Jones
-- MF   ENG Peter King
-- MF   ENG Leslie Lea
-- MF   WAL Bernie Lewis
-- MF   WAL Leighton Phillips
-- MF   WAL David Summerhayes
-- MF   ENG Gareth Williams
-- FW   SCO Sandy Allan
-- FW   ENG Bobby Brown
-- FW   ENG Brian Clark
-- FW   ENG Norman Dean
-- FW   WAL John Toshack

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
11 Crystal Palace 42 14 11 17 56 56 1.000 39
12 Bolton Wanderers 42 13 13 16 60 63 0.952 39
13 Cardiff City 42 13 12 17 60 66 0.909 38 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
14 Huddersfield Town 42 13 12 17 46 61 0.754 38
15 Charlton Athletic 42 12 13 17 63 68 0.926 37
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Cardiff City qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1967–68 Welsh Cup winners.

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundHAHAAHAHAAHAHAAHAHHAAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAH
ResultDDWLDWLLLLDDWWLLWWDLDLWLWDWWLLWLLLLDWWDDLD
Position9141210121313151417151414161515131515151515131413121216131415171718171617141415
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

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19 August 1967 (1967-08-19) 1 Cardiff City 1 – 1 Plymouth Argyle Cardiff
15:00 Bobby Brown   (pen)   87' John Mitten Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 17,169
26 August 1967 (1967-08-26) 2 Bolton Wanderers 1 – 1 Cardiff City Bolton
    Peter King Stadium: Burnden Park
Attendance: 10,654
30 August 1967 (1967-08-30) 3 Cardiff City 4 – 2 Crystal Palace Cardiff
19:30 Barrie Jones  
Bobby Brown  
Ronnie Bird  
Peter King  
 
 
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 14,351
2 September 1967 (1967-09-02) 4 Portsmouth 3 – 1 Cardiff City Portsmouth
Nicky Jennings  
George Smith  
Ray Pointer  
  Bobby Brown Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 17,308
5 September 1967 (1967-09-05) 5 Charlton Athletic 1 – 1 Cardiff City London
    Bobby Brown Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 8,523
9 September 1967 (1967-09-09) 6 Cardiff City 3 – 1 Norwich City Cardiff
15:00 Peter King  
Bobby Brown   Pen'
Barrie Jones  
  Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 14,674
16 September 1967 (1967-09-16) 7 Rotherham United 3 – 2 Cardiff City Rotherham
15:00  
 
 
  Peter King
  Don Murray
Stadium: Millmoor
Attendance: 5,842
Referee: John Yates (Redditch)
23 September 1967 (1967-09-23) 8 Cardiff City 1 – 5 Derby County Cardiff
15:00 Ronnie Bird   (pen)   ?', ?', ?' Kevin Hector
  ?', ?' John O'Hare
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 15,375
27 September 1967 (1967-09-27) 9 Crystal Palace 2 – 1 Cardiff City London
Bobby Woodruff   56'
Steve Kember   69'
  76' Barrie Jones Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 20,424
30 September 1967 (1967-09-30) 10 Preston North End 3 – 0 Cardiff City Preston
 
 
 
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 13,735
7 October 1967 (1967-10-07) 11 Cardiff City 1 – 1 Ipswich Town Cardiff
15:00 John Toshack     Billy Houghton Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 11,261
Referee: Derek Nippard (Bournemouth)
14 October 1967 (1967-10-14) 12 Bristol City 1 – 1 Cardiff City Bristol
15:00 Chris Crowe     Bobby Brown Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 15,609
21 October 1967 (1967-10-21) 13 Cardiff City 3 – 0 Middlesbrough Cardiff
19:30 John Toshack  
John Toshack  
Peter King  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 10,441
27 October 1967 (1967-10-27) 14 Hull City 1 – 2 Cardiff City Hull
19:30 Ken Wagstaff   13s'   Bobby Brown
  Ronnie Bird
Stadium: Boothferry Park
Attendance: 18,579
11 November 1967 (1967-11-11) 15 Blackpool 3 – 1 Cardiff City Blackpool
15:00 Gerry Ingram   8'
Jimmy Robson   46'
Alan Skirton   75'
  15' Malcolm Clarke Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 11,324
Referee: George McCabe (Sheffield)
18 November 1967 (1967-11-18) 16 Cardiff City 1 – 3 Birmingham City Cardiff
15:00 John Toshack     Johnny Vincent
  Barry Bridges
  Bert Murray
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 13,673
Referee: Dave Wallace (Swindon)
25 November 1967 (1967-11-25) 17 Carlisle United 1 – 3 Cardiff City Carlisle
15:00     John Toshack
  John Toshack
  Gary Bell
Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 10,966
2 December 1967 (1967-12-02) 18 Cardiff City 3 – 2 Blackburn Rovers Cardiff
15:00 Peter King   ?', 26'
Malcolm Clarke   62'
  Barrie Hole
  Keith Newton
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,829
Referee: Harold Davey (Dorset)
5 December 1967 (1967-12-05) 19 Cardiff City 2 – 2 Millwall Cardiff
19:30 John Toshack  
Bobby Brown  
 
 
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 11,993
9 December 1967 (1967-12-09) 20 Huddersfield Town 1 – 0 Cardiff City Huddersfield
Jimmy Nicholson   Stadium: Leeds Road
Attendance: 8,552
16 December 1967 (1967-12-16) 21 Plymouth Argyle 0 – 0 Cardiff City Plymouth
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 10,736
23 December 1967 (1967-12-23) 22 Cardiff City 1 – 3 Bolton Wanderers Cardiff
15:00 Bobby Brown    
 
 
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 11,082
26 December 1967 (1967-12-26) 23 Cardiff City 3 – 0 Aston Villa Cardiff
15:00 Leslie Lea   16', 81'
John Toshack   51'
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 18,180
Referee: Jim Finney (Hereford)
30 December 1967 (1967-12-30) 24 Aston Villa 2 – 1 Cardiff City Birmingham
15:00 Willie Anderson   61'
Brian Greenhalgh   78'
  36' Norman Dean Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 17,667
Referee: Reg Paine (Heston, Middlesex)
6 January 1968 (1968-01-06) 25 Cardiff City 3 – 0 Portsmouth Cardiff
15:00 Malcolm Clarke   21'
Ronnie Bird   31'
Peter King   39'
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 14,925
20 January 1968 (1968-01-20) 26 Cardiff City 2 – 2 Rotherham United Cardiff
15:00 Ronnie Bird   51'
Leighton Phillips   75'
  32' John Quinn
  45' David Bentley
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,748
Referee: David Smith (Stonehouse)
3 February 1968 (1968-02-03) 27 Derby County 3 – 4 Cardiff City Derby
15:00 Alan Hinton   46 '
Kevin Hector   50'
Alan Durban   85 '
  4', 84' Brian Clark
  31', 80' Peter King
Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 18,096
10 February 1968 (1968-02-10) 28 Cardiff City 2 – 0 Preston North End Cardiff
15:00 Brian Clark  
John Toshack  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 12,897
24 February 1968 (1968-02-24) 29 Ipswich Town 4 – 2 Cardiff City Ipswich
15:00 Ray Crawford  
Frank Brogan  
John O'Rourke   ??', ??'
  Brian Clark
  Leslie Lea
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 15,580
Referee: Maurice Fussey (Retford)
2 March 1968 (1968-03-02) 30 Cardiff City 0 – 1 Bristol City Cardiff
15:00   64' John Galley Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 15,334
9 March 1968 (1968-03-09) 31 Middlesbrough 2 – 3 Cardiff City Middlesbrough
15:00 Johnny Crossan  
John Hickton  
  John Toshack
  Brian Clark
  Barrie Jones
Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 15,582
Referee: Harold Davey (Mansfield)
22 March 1968 (1968-03-22) 32 Cardiff City 2 – 3 Hull City Cardiff
19:30 Brian Clark  
Peter King  
  Ken Wagstaff
  Ray Henderson
  Ray Henderson
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 11,975
30 March 1968 (1968-03-30) 33 Millwall 3 – 1 Cardiff City Millwall
15:15 Malcolm Clarke   23' (og)
Barry Kitchener   39'
Brian Conlon   63'
  28' Leslie Lea Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 7,904
Referee: JWJ Clarke (Studley)
6 April 1968 (1968-04-06) 34 Cardiff City 1 – 3 Blackpool Cardiff
15:00 Peter King    
 
 
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 14,416
Referee: AE Dimond (Harlow, Essex)
12 April 1968 (1968-04-12) 35 Queens Park Rangers 1 – 0 Cardiff City London
11:30   Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 23,043
13 April 1968 (1968-04-13) 36 Birmingham City 0 – 0 Cardiff City Birmingham
Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 29,044
16 April 1968 (1968-04-16) 37 Cardiff City 1 – 0 Queens Park Rangers Cardiff
19:30 John Toshack   Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 20,021
Referee: Bill Handley (Cannock)
Note: Mike Keen missed a penalty for QPR
20 April 1968 (1968-04-20) 38 Cardiff City 1 – 0 Carlisle United Cardiff
15:00 Barrie Jones   Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 13,926
27 April 1968 (1968-04-27) 39 Blackburn Rovers 1 – 1 Cardiff City Blackburn
    Barrie Jones Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 7,195
4 May 1968 (1968-05-04) 40 Cardiff City 0 – 0 Huddersfield Town Cardiff
15:00 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 10,647
Referee: RF Prichard (Salisbury)
8 May 1968 (1968-05-08) 41 Norwich City 1 – 0 Cardiff City Norwich
19:15 Ken Foggo   Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 10,177
11 May 1968 (1968-05-11) 42 Cardiff City 0 – 0 Charlton Athletic Cardiff
15:00 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,396

League Cup

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23 August 1967 (1967-08-23) 1 Aldershot 2 – 3 Cardiff City Aldershot
 
 
  ?', ?' Bobby Brown
  Peter King
Stadium: Recreation Ground
Attendance: 5,133
12 September 1967 (1967-09-12) 2 Burnley 2 – 1 Cardiff City Burnley
19:30 Gordon Harris   87'
Frank Casper   89'
  72' Graham Coldrick Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 11,631
Referee: Peter Baldwin (Redcar)

FA Cup

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27 January 1968 (1968-01-27) Round 3 Stoke City 4 – 1 Cardiff City Stoke
15:15 Willie Stevenson   44'
Roy Vernon   43'
Harry Burrows   52', 62'
  63' Barrie Jones Stadium: Victoria Ground
Attendance: 23,563

European Cup Winners' Cup

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20 September 1967 (1967-09-20) 1 (1st Leg) Shamrock Rovers 1 – 1 Cardiff City Dublin
20:00 Bobby Gilbert   16'   48' Peter King Stadium: Dalymount Park
Attendance: 21,883
Referee: Piet Roomer (Netherlands)
4 October 1967 (1967-10-04) 1 (2nd Leg) Cardiff City 2 – 0
(3 – 1 agg.)
Shamrock Rovers Cardiff
19:30 John Toshack   30'
Bobby Brown   74' (pen)
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 14,180
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)
15 November 1967 (1967-11-15) 2 (1st Leg) NAC Breda 1 – 1 Cardiff City Eindhoven
20:00 Jacques Visschers   9'   68' Peter King Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 7,618
Referee: Kare Sirevaag (Norway)
29 November 1967 (1967-11-29) 2(2nd Leg) Cardiff City 4 – 1
(5 – 2 agg.)
NAC Breda Cardiff
19:30 Bobby Brown   2 '
Barrie Jones   19 '
John Toshack   67 '
Malcolm Clarke   66'
  29' Frie Nouwens Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 16,411
Referee: Gunnar Michaelsen (Denmark)
6 March 1968 (1968-03-06) QF(1st Leg) Cardiff City 1 – 0 Torpedo Moscow Cardiff
19:30 Barrie Jones   43' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 30,567
Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)
19 March 1968 (1968-03-19) QF(2nd Leg) Torpedo Moscow 1 – 0
(1 – 1 agg.)
Cardiff City Tashkent
18:30 Mikhail Gershkovich   34' Stadium: Pakhtakor Stadium
Attendance: 37,049
Referee: Bertil Loow (Sweden)
3 April 1968 (1968-04-03) QF(replay) Torpedo Moscow 0 – 1 Cardiff City Augsburg
  41' Norman Dean Stadium: Rosenaustadion
Attendance: 25,851
Referee: Helmut Fritz (West Germany)
24 April 1968 (1968-04-24) SF(1st Leg) Hamburg 1 – 1 Cardiff City Hamburg
Helmut Sandemann   69'   4' Norman Dean Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 64,410
Referee: Jose Maria Ortiz de Mendibil (Spain)
1 May 1968 (1968-05-01) SF(2nd Leg) Cardiff City 2 – 3
(3 – 4 agg.)
Hamburg Cardiff
19:30 Norman Dean   10'
Brian Harris   78'
  15' Franz-Josef Honig
  57' Uwe Seeler
  90' Franz-Josef Honig
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 43,070
Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)
16 January 1968 (1968-01-16) Round 5 Cardiff City 8–0 Ebbw Vale Cardiff
19:30 John Toshack  
John Toshack  
John Toshack  
Ronnie Bird  
Ronnie Bird  
Ronnie Bird   (pen)
Peter King  
Leslie Lea  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,542
12 February 1968 (1968-02-12) Round 6 Wrexham 1–3 Cardiff City Wrexham
    Barrie Jones
  Leslie Lea
  Ronnie Bird
Stadium: The Racecourse
Attendance: 7,671
27 March 1968 (1968-03-27) Semi Final Chester City 0–3 Cardiff City Chester
19:00   Peter King
  John Toshack
  Leslie Lea
Stadium: Sealand Road
Attendance: 5,488
6 May 1968 (1968-05-06) Final (First leg) Hereford United 0–2 Cardiff City Hereford
19:15   Barrie Jones
  Peter King
Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 5,442
Referee: Iorwerth Jones (Trelewis)
16 May 1968 (1968-05-16) Final (Second leg) Cardiff City 4–1
(6–1 agg.)
Hereford United Cardiff
19:30 Norman Dean  
Malcolm Clarke  
Page   (og)
Leslie Lea  
  Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,036
Referee: Iorwerth Jones (Trelewis)

Source [1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Cardiff City 1967-68 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

Bibliography

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  • Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.