1988–89 Cardiff City F.C. season

The 1988–89 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 62nd season in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Three, then the third tier of English football, finishing sixteenth.

Cardiff City
1988–89 season
ChairmanTony Clemo
ManagerFrank Burrows
Football League Third Division16th
FA Cup3rd round
League Cup2nd round
European Cup Winners Cup2nd round
Welsh Cup5th round
Sherpa Van Trophy1st round
Top goalscorerLeague: Jimmy Gilligan (14)
All: Jimmy Gilligan (23)
Highest home attendance10,675 (v Swansea, 26 December 1988)
Lowest home attendance2,411 (v Bury, 1 November 1988)
Average home league attendance4,782

Players

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First team squad. [1] 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 Jon Roberts
-- GK   SCO George Wood
-- DF   WAL Gareth Abraham
-- DF   WAL Phil Bater
-- DF   WAL Terry Boyle
-- DF   WAL Allan Lewis
-- DF   WAL Jason Perry
-- DF   ENG Nick Platnauer
-- DF   ENG Ian Rodgerson
-- DF   WAL Nigel Stevenson
-- MF   WAL Chris Fry
-- MF   ENG Roger Gibbins
-- MF   WAL Jason Gummer
-- MF   ENG Matty Holmes
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- MF   ENG Mark Kelly
-- MF   ENG Steve Ketteridge
-- MF   ENG Steve Lynex
-- MF   ENG Brian McDermott
-- MF   WAL Jon Morgan
-- MF   ENG Steve Tupling
-- MF   ENG Paul Wheeler
-- MF   ENG Paul Wimbleton
-- FW   ENG Kevin Bartlett
-- FW   WAL Alan Curtis
-- FW   ENG Jimmy Gilligan
-- FW   WAL Richard Haig
-- FW   WAL Ian Walsh

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
14 Huddersfield Town 46 17 9 20 63 73 −10 60
15 Mansfield Town 46 14 17 15 48 52 −4 59
16 Cardiff City 46 14 15 17 44 56 −12 57
17 Wigan Athletic 46 14 14 18 55 53 +2 56
18 Reading 46 15 11 20 68 72 −4 56
Source: [citation needed]

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAHAAHHAAAHHHHAAHHAAHAHAHAAHAAAHAHHAAAHHAHHHAH
ResultLLWLDDLDDLWWWWDLDDWLWLWWDLLDWLLWDDDLWLLWLLDWDD
Position241720222223222221212017171718181916171617171314161818161818171818181817171717181818161615
Source: [2]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

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27 August 1988 (1988-08-27) 1 Cardiff City 1–2 Fulham Cardiff
15:00 Ian Walsh     Andy Sayer
  Gary Elkins
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,024
Referee: Martin Bodenham (East Looe)
3 September 1988 (1988-09-03) 2 Bolton Wanderers 4–0 Cardiff City Bolton
15:00 John Thomas  
Gary Henshaw  
Julian Darby  
Julian Darby  
Stadium: Burnden Park
Attendance: 4,831
Referee: Paul Danson (Leicester)
10 September 1988 (1988-09-10) 3 Cardiff City 3–0 Huddersfield Town Cardiff
15:00 Nigel Stevenson  
Ian Walsh  
Ian Walsh  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,891
Referee: Mike Reed (Birmingham)
23 September 1988 (1988-09-23) 5 Southend United 0–0 Cardiff City Southend
Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 3,199
1 October 1988 (1988-10-01) 6 Cardiff City 2–2 Bristol Rovers Cardiff
15:00 Jimmy Gilligan   82'
Kevin Bartlett   85'
  5' Gary Penrice
  38' Ian Holloway
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,038
8 October 1988 (1988-10-08) 7 Cardiff City 1–2 Reading Cardiff
15:00 Alan Curtis   43'   Mike Conroy
  Michael Gilkes
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,057
15 October 1988 (1988-10-15) 8 Chester City 0–0 Cardiff City Chester
15:00 Stadium: Sealand Road
Attendance: 2,796
22 October 1988 (1988-10-22) 9 Mansfield Town 2–2 Cardiff City Mansfield
15:00 Keith Cassells  
Keith Cassells  
  Steve Ketteridge
  48' Brian McDermott
Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 3,566
Referee: PK Pawley (Cambridge)
29 October 1988 (1988-10-29) 10 Blackpool 1–0 Cardiff City Blackpool
15:00 Andy Garner   Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 3,843
1 November 1988 (1988-11-01) 11 Cardiff City 3–0 Bury Cardiff
19:45 Jimmy Gilligan   57'
Kevin Bartlett  
Steve Ketteridge  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 2,411
5 November 1988 (1988-11-05) 12 Cardiff City 1–0 Gillingham Cardiff
15:00 Kevin Bartlett   56' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,658
12 November 1988 (1988-11-12) 13 Cardiff City 1–0 Northampton Town Cardiff
15:00 Kevin Bartlett   9' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,280
25 November 1988 (1988-11-25) 14 Cardiff City 1–0 Brentford Cardiff
19:45 Jimmy Gilligan   27' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,405
3 December 1988 (1988-12-03) 15 Preston North End 3–3 Cardiff City Preston
15:00 Gary Brazil   3'
Tony Ellis   39'
Tony Ellis   63'
  51' Jimmy Gilligan
  62' Kevin Bartlett
  80' Kevin Bartlett
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 4,926
17 December 1988 (1988-12-17) 16 Bristol City 2–0 Cardiff City Bristol
15:00 Rob Newman   4'
Nigel Hawkins  
Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 7,493
26 December 1988 (1988-12-26) 17 Cardiff City 2–2 Swansea City Cardiff
12:00 Jimmy Gilligan   5'
Jimmy Gilligan   12'
  David Puckett
  Alan Davies
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 10,675
Referee: Brian Stevens (Stonehouse)
30 December 1988 (1988-12-30) 18 Cardiff City 2–2 Wigan Athletic Cardiff
19:45 Kevin Bartlett   79'
Alan Curtis   75'
  Wayne Entwistle
  Bryan Griffiths
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,621
Referee: Ron Bridges (Deeside)
2 January 1989 (1989-01-02) 19 Aldershot 0–1 Cardiff City Aldershot
15:00   81' Alan Curtis Stadium: Recreation Ground
Attendance: 2,768
Referee: Allan Gunn (Burgess Hill)
10 January 1989 (1989-01-10) 20 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 Cardiff City Wolverhampton
19:30 Andy Mutch   10'
Steve Bull   34'
Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 14,870
14 January 1989 (1989-01-14) 21 Cardiff City 1–0 Bolton Wanderers Cardiff
15:00 Kevin Bartlett   58' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,212
21 January 1989 (1989-01-21) 22 Huddersfield Town 1–0 Cardiff City Huddersfield
15:00 Junior Bent   Stadium: Leeds Road
Attendance: 4,869
28 January 1989 (1989-01-28) 23 Cardiff City 3–0 Port Vale Cardiff
15:00 Jimmy Gilligan   45'
Jimmy Gilligan   49'
Kevin Bartlett   47'
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,507
Referee: R Wiseman
4 February 1989 (1989-02-04) 24 Bristol Rovers 0–1 Cardiff City Bath, Somerset
15:00   69' Jimmy Gilligan Stadium: Twerton Park
Attendance: 5,813
11 February 1989 (1989-02-11) 25 Cardiff City 0–0 Sheffield United Cardiff
15:00 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,772
Referee: Paul Danson (Leicester)
18 February 1989 (1989-02-18) 26 Reading 3–1 Cardiff City Reading
15:00 Michael Gilkes   26'
Steve Moran   40'
Trevor Senior   86'
  77' Ian Walsh Stadium: Elm Park
Attendance: 4,359
28 February 1989 (1989-02-28) 27 Notts County 2–0 Cardiff City Nottingham
19:30 David Kevan  
Chris Withe  
Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 4,266
4 March 1989 (1989-03-04) 28 Cardiff City 0–0 Mansfield Town Cardiff
15:00 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,217
11 March 1989 (1989-03-11) 29 Gillingham 1–2 Cardiff City Gillingham
15:00 Terry Boyle   90' (og)   17' Terry Boyle
  34' Nick Platnauer
Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,927
18 March 1989 (1989-03-18) 30 Fulham 2–0 Cardiff City London
15:00 John Marshall  
Justin Skinner  
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 4,261
21 March 1989 (1989-03-21) 31 Chesterfield 4–0 Cardiff City Chesterfield
19:30 Andy Morris   3'
Andy Morris   30'
Andy Morris   68'
Bob Bloomer   87' (pen)
Stadium: Saltergate
Attendance: 2,888
25 March 1989 (1989-03-25) 32 Cardiff City 3–2 Aldershot Cardiff
15:00 Jimmy Gilligan   11' (pen)
Paul Wheeler   53'
Alan Curtis   63'
  24' (pen) David Puckett
  71' Ian McDonald
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,251
Referee: John Key (Rotherham)
27 March 1989 (1989-03-27) 33 Swansea City 1–1 Cardiff City Swansea
12:00 Paul Raynor   51'   6' Jimmy Gilligan Stadium: Vetch Field
Attendance: 9,201
1 April 1989 (1989-04-01) 34 Cardiff City 1–1 Bristol City Cardiff
15:00 Nick Platnauer     79' Bob Taylor Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,152
4 April 1989 (1989-04-04) 35 Cardiff City 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Cardiff
19:45 Nick Platnauer     18' (pen) Andy Thompson Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 7,219
Referee: Keith Cooper (Swindon)
7 April 1989 (1989-04-07) 36 Wigan Athletic 1–0 Cardiff City Wigan
19:30 Craig Ramage   57' Stadium: Springfield Park (Wigan)
Attendance: 2,083
11 April 1989 (1989-04-11) 37 Sheffield United 0–1 Cardiff City Sheffield
19:30   Gareth Abraham Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 11,618
Referee: Robbie Hart (Darlington)
15 April 1989 (1989-04-15) 38 Bury 1–0 Cardiff City Bury
15:00 Steve Elliott   Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 2,124
18 April 1989 (1989-04-18) 39 Cardiff City 0–1 Notts County Cardiff
19:45   6' Dean Yates Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,079
22 April 1989 (1989-04-22) 40 Cardiff City 2–0 Southend United Cardiff
15:06 Gareth Abraham  
Jimmy Gilligan  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,268
Referee: Ian Hendrick (Preston)
29 April 1989 (1989-04-29) 41 Northampton Town 3–0 Cardiff City Northampton
15:00 Dean Thomas  
Dean Thomas  
Steve Berry  
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 3,194
Referee: John Kirby
1 May 1989 (1989-05-01) 42 Cardiff City 0–1 Chesterfield Cardiff
15:00   Dave Waller Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,244
5 May 1989 (1989-05-05) 43 Cardiff City 0–0 Preston North End Cardiff
19:45 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,196
9 May 1989 (1989-05-09) 44 Cardiff City 2–0 Chester City Cardiff
19:45 Terry Boyle   59'
Jimmy Gilligan   77'
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,002
Referee: Lester Shapter (Paignton)
13 May 1989 (1989-05-13) 45 Brentford 1–1 Cardiff City Brentford
15:00 Terry Evans   61'   Jason Gummer Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 4,865
Referee: Paul Vanes (West Midlands)
16 May 1989 (1989-05-16) 46 Cardiff City 0–0 Blackpool Cardiff
19:45 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,246

Source [2] [3]

League Cup

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30 August 1988 (1988-08-30) Round 1 (1st Leg) Cardiff City 0–1 Swansea City Cardiff
19:45   Steve Thornber Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,241
Referee: Keith Burge (Tonypandy)
20 September 1988 (1988-09-20) Round 1 (2nd Leg) Swansea City 0–2
(1–2 agg.)
Cardiff City Swansea
19:30   77' Paul Wheeler
  80' Terry Boyle
Stadium: Vetch Field
Attendance: 6,987
28 September 1988 (1988-09-28) Round 2 (1st leg) Queens Park Rangers 3–0 Cardiff City London
19:45 Trevor Francis   12'
Wayne Fereday   26'
Martin Allen   90'
Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 6,078
11 October 1988 (1988-10-11) Round 2 (2nd leg) Cardiff City 1–4
(1–7 agg.)
Queens Park Rangers Cardiff
19:45 Alan Curtis   7'   10' Mark Stein
  56' Mark Falco
  81' Mark Falco
  59' Danny Maddix
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 2,629
Referee: Roger Milford (Bristol)

FA Cup

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19 November 1988 (1988-11-19) Round 1 Cardiff City 3–0 Hereford United Cardiff
15:00 Kevin Bartlett  
Steve Tupling   67'
Jimmy Gilligan   73'
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,341
11 December 1988 (1988-12-11) Round 2 Enfield 1–4 Cardiff City Enfield, London
14:00 Bate   76'   44' (pen) Paul Wimbleton
  49' Steve Lynex
  54' Jimmy Gilligan
  73' Jimmy Gilligan
Stadium: Southbury Road
Attendance: 3,604
Referee: David Hutchinson (Cambridge)
7 January 1989 (1989-01-07) Round 3 Cardiff City 1–2 Hull City Cardiff
15:00 Jimmy Gilligan   3'   Nicky Brown
  70' Keith Edwards
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 7,128
Referee: Paul Vanes (West Midlands)

Welsh Cup

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15 November 1988 (1988-11-15) Round 3 Cardiff City 3–0 Bath City Cardiff
19:45 Kevin Bartlett  
Kevin Bartlett  
Paul Wimbleton  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 1,517
17 January 1989 (1989-01-17) Round 4 Cardiff City 1–0 Worcester City Cardiff
19:45 Mark Kelly   Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 1,522
8 February 1989 (1989-02-08) Round 5 Kidderminster Harriers 3–1 Cardiff City Kidderminster
19:30  
 
 
  Kevin Bartlett Stadium: Aggborough Stadium
Attendance: 3,012
Referee: Howard King (Merthyr Tydfil)

Sherpa Van Trophy

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6 December 1988 (1988-12-06) Preliminary round Cardiff City 2–0 Swansea City Cardiff
19:45 Alan Curtis   47'
Jimmy Gilligan   71'
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 2,986
Referee: Bob Hamer (Bristol)
20 December 1988 (1988-12-20) Preliminary round Torquay United 3–1 Cardiff City Torquay
Roger Gibbins  
Roger Gibbins  
Jim Smith  
  8' (pen) Paul Wimbleton Stadium: Plainmoor
Attendance: 1,187
24 January 1989 (1989-01-24) Round 1 Bristol Rovers 2–1 Cardiff City Bath, Somerset
20:00 Paul Smith   14'
Andy Reece  
  55' Paul Wimbleton Stadium: Twerton Park
Attendance: 4,029

UEFA Cup Winners Cup

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7 September 1988 (1988-09-07) Round 1 (1st Leg) Derry City 0–0 Cardiff City Derry
17:30 Stadium: Brandywell Stadium
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: John Blankenstein (Netherlands)
5 October 1988 (1988-10-05) Round 1 (2nd Leg) Cardiff City 4–0
(4–0 agg.)
Derry City Cardiff
19:45 Brian McDermott   20'
Jimmy Gilligan   47', 64', 76'
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,993
26 October 1988 (1988-10-26) Round 2 (1st Leg) Cardiff City 1–2 AGF Aarhus Cardiff
19:45 Jimmy Gilligan   43'   8', 73' Bjørn Kristensen Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,156
9 November 1988 (1988-11-09) Round 2 (2nd Leg) AGF Aarhus 4–0
(6–1 agg.)
Cardiff City Aarhus
Frank Pingel   15'
Per Beck Andersen   25', 75'
John Stampe   83' (pen)
Stadium: Aarhus Stadium
Attendance: 3,700

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "All Cardiff City football club players: 1989". 11v11. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Cardiff City 1988-89 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Cardiff City football club match record: 1989". 11v11. Retrieved 14 January 2022.

Bibliography

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