1974–75 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
1974–75 season
Chairman	David Goldstone
Manager	Jimmy Andrews
Football League Second Division	21st
FA Cup	3rd round
League Cup	1st round
European Cup Winners Cup	1st round
Welsh Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Gil Reece (9); All: Gil Reece (10)
Highest home attendance	22,344 (v Manchester United, 31 August 1974)
Lowest home attendance	5,672 (v Hull City, 28 September 1974)
Average home league attendance	9,224
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1973–74 1975–76 →

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.

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	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

Pos	Team v t e	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

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	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	L	D	D	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	D	D	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	L
Position	10	20	21	22	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	18	20	20	18	18	18	19	19	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	19	20	20	20	20	20	21

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

Fixtures and results

Second Division

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

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

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

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)

Welsh Cup

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)

References

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

Bibliography

Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
Shepherd, Richard (2002). The Definitive Cardiff City F.C. Tony Brown. ISBN 1-899-46817-X.
Crooks, John (1992). Cardiff City Football Club: Official History of the Bluebirds. Yore Publications. ISBN 0-9513321-8-X.
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Welsh Football Data Archive

[1] "All Cardiff City football club players: 1975". 11v11. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

[11v11results-2] "Cardiff City football club match record: 1975". 11v11. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

[results-3] "Cardiff City 1974-75 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

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