1974–75 Cardiff City F.C. season

The 1974–75 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 48th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing twenty-first, suffering relegation to Division Three.

Cardiff City
1974–75 season
ChairmanDavid Goldstone
ManagerJimmy Andrews
Football League Second Division21st
FA Cup3rd round
League Cup1st round
European Cup Winners Cup1st round
Welsh CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague: Gil Reece (9)
All: Gil Reece (10)
Highest home attendance22,344 (v Manchester United, 31 August 1974)
Lowest home attendance5,672 (v Hull City, 28 September 1974)
Average home league attendance9,224

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 Ron Healey
-- GK   NIR Bill Irwin
-- GK   ENG Terry Lee
-- DF   WAL Bryan Attley
-- DF   ENG Clive Charles
-- DF   WAL Phil Dwyer
-- DF   ENG John Impey
-- DF   NIR Albert Larmour
-- DF   NIR John McClelland
-- DF   WAL Richie Morgan
-- DF   SCO Don Murray
-- DF   WAL Freddie Pethard
-- DF   WAL David Powell
-- MF   ENG Willie Anderson
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- MF   SCO John Buchanan
-- MF   ENG John Farrington
-- MF   WAL David Giles
-- MF   WAL Leighton Phillips
-- MF   WAL Gil Reece
-- MF   WAL Peter Sayer
-- MF   ENG George Smith
-- MF   WAL Tony Villars
-- MF   ENG Johnny Vincent
-- FW   SCO Steve Finnieston
-- FW   SCO Jimmy McInch
-- FW   WAL Derek Showers
-- FW   ENG Jack Whitham

Source. [1]

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
18 Oldham Athletic 42 10 15 17 40 48 0.833 35
19 Bristol Rovers 42 12 11 19 42 64 0.656 35
20 Millwall (R) 42 10 12 20 44 56 0.786 32 Relegation to the Third Division
21 Cardiff City (R) 42 9 14 19 36 62 0.581 32
22 Sheffield Wednesday (R) 42 5 11 26 29 64 0.453 21
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundHAAHAHAAHAHHAHHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAAH
ResultDLLLWLDLLLLWLWWDWDDDLDDWWLDLLDLDDDWWLLDLLL
Position102021222122222222222222222221212020201820201818181919202121212121212119202020202021
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

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17 August 1974 (1974-08-17) 1 Cardiff City 1–1 Oxford United Cardiff
Clive Charles   49'   42' Brian Heron Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 10,116
Referee: Peter Walters (Bridgewater)
24 August 1974 (1974-08-24) 2 Fulham 4–0 Cardiff City London
15:00 Jimmy Conway   3', 37'
Viv Busby   28', 47'
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 8,110
Referee: Alex Lees (Somerset)
27 August 1974 (1974-08-27) 3 York City 1–0 Cardiff City York
19:30 Chris Jones   51' Stadium: Bootham Crescent
Attendance: 6,321
Referee: A Porter (Bolton)
31 August 1974 (1974-08-31) 4 Cardiff City 0–1 Manchester United Cardiff
15:00   4' (pen) Gerry Daly Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 22,344
Referee: Peter Reeves (Leicester)
7 September 1974 (1974-09-07) 5 Sheffield Wednesday 1–2 Cardiff City Sheffield
15:00 Albert Larmour   14' (og)   32' Gil Reece
  39' Willie Anderson
Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 9,850
Referee: George Courtney (Spennymoor)
14 September 1974 (1974-09-14) 6 Cardiff City 0–1 Bristol City Cardiff
  46' Keith Fear Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,856
Referee: John Hunting (Leicester)
21 September 1974 (1974-09-21) 7 Portsmouth 2–2 Cardiff City Portsmouth
15:00 Mick Mellows   52'
Norman Piper   66'
  31' Derek Showers
  44' Johnny Vincent
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 9,519
Referee: Arthur Hart (London)
24 September 1974 (1974-09-24) 8 Blackpool 4–0 Cardiff City Blackpool
19:30 David Powell   (og)
Stuart Parker  
Paul Hart   60'
Wyn Davies   61'
Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 5,579
28 September 1974 (1974-09-28) 9 Cardiff City 1–2 Hull City Cardiff
Gil Reece   86'   53' Roy Greenwood
  76' Steve Deere
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,672
Referee: Clive White (Harrow)
5 October 1974 (1974-10-05) 10 Bristol Rovers 1–0 Cardiff City Bristol
15:00 Alan Warboys   73' Stadium: Eastville
Attendance: 10,310
Referee: Bob Perkin (Stafford)
12 October 1974 (1974-10-12) 11 Cardiff City 0–2 West Bromwich Albion Cardiff
  69' Joe Mayo
  86' Barry Donaghy
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,723
Referee: John Homewood (Sunbury-On-Thames)
16 October 1974 (1974-10-16) 12 Cardiff City 3–2 York City Cardiff
Johnny Vincent   21', 75' (pen)
Gil Reece   61'
  28', 42' (pen) Ian Holmes Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,883
Referee: Alan Turvey (Wickford, Essex)
19 October 1974 (1974-10-19) 13 Bolton Wanderers 2–1 Cardiff City Bolton
15:00 Hugh Curran   13', 75'   59' John Buchanan Stadium: Burnden Park
Attendance: 9,439
Referee: Dennis Turner (Cannock)
26 October 1974 (1974-10-26) 14 Cardiff City 3–1 Oldham Athletic Cardiff
Johnny Vincent   2'
John Buchanan   34'
Steve Finnieston   72'
  9' Alan Young Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,751
Referee: Tony Glasson (Salisbury)
2 November 1974 (1974-11-02) 15 Cardiff City 2–0 Sunderland Cardiff
Steve Finnieston   29'
Willie Anderson   67' (pen)
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,883
Referee: Alan Robinson (Fareham)
9 November 1974 (1974-11-09) 16 Orient 1–1 Cardiff City London
15:00 Gerry Queen   32'   38' Phil Dwyer Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 6,412
Referee: David Richardson (Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire)
16 November 1974 (1974-11-16) 17 Cardiff City 2–1 Nottingham Forest Cardiff
Phil Dwyer   32'
Derek Showers   42'
  82' Neil Martin Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,401
Referee: Jim Bent (Hemel Hempstead)
29 November 1974 (1974-11-29) 18 Cardiff City 2–2 Southampton Cardiff
Jack Whitham   10'
Derek Showers   59'
  17' Peter Osgood
  Bobby Stokes
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 10,668
Referee: Ken Baker (Rugby)
7 December 1974 (1974-12-07) 19 Norwich City 1–1 Cardiff City Norwich
15:00 Johnny Miller   22s'   53' Gil Reece Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 17,685
Referee: Robin Clay (Gainsboroug)
11 December 1974 (1974-12-11) 20 Cardiff City 0–0 Fulham Cardiff
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,458
Referee: John Yates (Redditch)
14 December 1974 (1974-12-14) 21 Oxford United 1–0 Cardiff City Oxford
15:00 Derek Clarke   73' (pen) Stadium: Manor Ground
Attendance: 8,107
Referee: Gordon Hill (Leicester)
21 December 1974 (1974-12-21) 22 Cardiff City 0–0 Notts County Cardiff
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,671
Referee: Derek Civil (Birmingham)
26 December 1974 (1974-12-26) 23 Bristol City 0–0 Cardiff City Bristol
Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 12,484
Referee: Ray Toseland (Kettering)
28 December 1974 (1974-12-28) 24 Cardiff City 3–1 Aston Villa Cardiff
Derek Showers   74s'
John Buchanan   22'
Jack Whitham   35'
  57' Ian Hamilton Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 11,060
Referee: Clive White (Harrow)
11 January 1975 (1975-01-11) 25 Cardiff City 2–1 Norwich City Cardiff
Gil Reece   10', 44'   65' Ted MacDougall Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 11,637
Referee: Derek Nippard (Bournemouth)
25 January 1975 (1975-01-25) 26 Millwall 5–1 Cardiff City London
15:00 Ray Evans   29'
Phil Summerill  
Phil Summerill  
Phil Summerill  
Barry Kitchener  
  89' Gil Reece Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 8,101
1 February 1975 (1975-02-01) 27 Cardiff City 0–0 Orient Cardiff
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,020
Referee: Harry New (Portsmouth)
8 February 1975 (1975-02-08) 28 Sunderland 3–1 Cardiff City Sunderland
15:00 Tony Towers   63' (pen)
Richie Morgan   67' (og)
Bryan Robson   72'
  7' Willie Anderson Stadium: Roker Park
Attendance: 29,315
Referee: Colin Seel (Carlisle)
14 February 1975 (1975-02-14) 29 Cardiff City 0–1 Millwall Cardiff
  61' Frank Saul Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,598
Referee: Jack Taylor (Wolverhampton)
22 February 1975 (1975-02-22) 30 Nottingham Forest 0–0 Cardiff City Nottingham
15:00 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 12,806
1 March 1975 (1975-03-01) 31 Manchester United 4–0 Cardiff City Manchester
15:00 Stewart Houston   59'
Stuart Pearson   61'
Sammy McIlroy   85'
Lou Macari  
Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 43,601
Referee: Keith Styles (Barnsley)
8 March 1975 (1975-03-08) 32 Cardiff City 1–1 Blackpool Cardiff
Gil Reece   33'   67' Bill Bentley Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,134
Referee: John Homewood (Sunbury-On-Thames)
15 March 1975 (1975-03-15) 33 Hull City 1–1 Cardiff City Hull
15:00 Malcolm Lord   14'   68' Derek Showers Stadium: Boothferry Park
Attendance: 5,248
Referee: Bob Matthewson (Worsley)
22 March 1975 (1975-03-22) 34 Cardiff City 0–0 Sheffield Wednesday Cardiff
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,637
Referee: Jim Bent (Hemel Hempstead)
29 March 1975 (1975-03-29) 35 Notts County 0–2 Cardiff City Nottingham
  11' Phil Dwyer
  88' Clive Charles
Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 8,105
Referee: Jack Rice (Preston)
2 April 1975 (1975-04-02) 36 Cardiff City 1–0 Portsmouth Cardiff
Peter Sayer   30' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,892
Referee: Ken Baker (Rugby)
5 April 1975 (1975-04-05) 37 Oldham Athletic 4–0 Cardiff City Oldham
15:00 Alan Young   5', 15'
George McVitie   16'
Albert Larmour   58' (og)
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 10,243
Referee: Terry Bosi (Wolverhampton)
9 April 1975 (1975-04-09) 38 Aston Villa 2–0 Cardiff City Birmingham
Brian Little   65', 75' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 32,748
Referee: Ralph (RB) Lee (Cheadle)
12 April 1975 (1975-04-12) 39 Cardiff City 2–2 Bristol Rovers Cardiff
Phil Dwyer   71'
John McClelland   73'
  47' Colin Dobson
  83' Frankie Prince
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 13,896
Referee: Ron Crabb (Exeter)
19 April 1975 (1975-04-19) 40 West Bromwich Albion 2–0 Cardiff City West Bromwich
15:00 Bryan Robson   10'
Ally Robertson   34'
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 10,182
Referee: Gordon Trevett (Manchester)
22 April 1975 (1975-04-22) 41 Southampton 2–0 Cardiff City Southampton
19:30 Gerry O'Brien   36'
Mick Channon   56'
Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 14,273
26 April 1975 (1975-04-26) 42 Cardiff City 1–2 Bolton Wanderers Cardiff
Gil Reece   87'   34' Peter Nicholson
  57' Sam Allardyce
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,396
Referee: Ken Burns (Stourbridge)

Source [2] [3]

League Cup

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19 August 1974 (1974-08-19) Round 1 Bristol City 2–1 Cardiff City Bristol
Gerry Sweeney   31'
Geoff Merrick   55'
  72' Jimmy McInch Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 8,813

FA Cup

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4 January 1975 (1975-01-04) Round 3 Leeds United 4–1 Cardiff City Leeds
15:00 Eddie Gray   3'
Allan Clarke   5', 44'
Duncan McKenzie   45'
  89' Derek Showers Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 31,572
Referee: Dave Wallace (Crewe)

UEFA Cup Winners Cup

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18 September 1974 (1974-09-18) Round 1 (First leg) Ferencvaros 2–0 Cardiff City Budapest
15:15 Tibor Nyilasi   15'
Ferenc Szabó   80'
Stadium: Stadion Albert Florian
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Josef Bucek (Austria)
2 October 1974 (1974-10-02) Round 1 (Second leg) Cardiff City 1–4
(1–6 agg.)
Ferencvaros Cardiff
Phil Dwyer   81'   52' Laszlo Takacs
  58' Ferenc Szabó
  63' Laszlo Pusztai
  89' Janos Mate
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,229
Referee: Francis Rion (Belgium)
14 January 1975 (1975-01-14) Round 4 Cardiff City 2–0 Hereford United Cardiff
19:30 Gil Reece   68'
Derek Showers   82'
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,515
19 February 1975 (1975-02-19) Round 5 Cardiff City 4–0 Oswestry Cardiff
John Buchanan   55'
Derek Showers  
David Giles   39'
John Buchanan  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 1,296
11 March 1975 (1975-03-11) Semi Final Newport County 0–1 Cardiff City Newport
19:15   53' Phil Dwyer Stadium: Somerton Park
Attendance: 3,808
Referee: John Williams (Wrexham)
5 May 1975 (1975-05-05) Final (First leg) Wrexham 2–1 Cardiff City Wrexham
19:15 Brian Tinnion  
John Lyons  
  5' John Buchanan Stadium: The Racecourse
Attendance: 6,862
Referee: John Gow (Swansea)
12 May 1975 (1975-05-12) Final (Second leg) Cardiff City 1–3
(2–5 agg.)
Wrexham Cardiff
19:30 Albert Larmour   77'   10' Billy Ashcroft
  86' Graham Whittle
  87' Billy Ashcroft
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,280
Referee: John Gow (Swansea)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "All Cardiff City football club players: 1975". 11v11. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Cardiff City football club match record: 1975". 11v11. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Cardiff City 1974-75 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

Bibliography

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