1919–20 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
1919–20 season
Chairman	Dr Alex Brownlee
Manager	Fred Stewart
Southern League Division One	4th
FA Cup	1st round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Billy Grimshaw (13); All: ; Arthur Cashmore (14)
Highest home attendance	25,000 (v Plymouth Argyle, 5 April 1920)
Lowest home attendance	6,000 (v Bristol Rovers, 1 September 1919)
Average home league attendance	14,613
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1914–15 1920–21 →

The 1919–20 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 19th season of competitive football and the team's sixth and final one in the Southern Football League. They competed in the 22-team Southern Football League First Division, then the third tier of English football, finishing 4th. For the following season Cardiff were elected to the Football League Second Division following the creation of a new Third Division and the addition of two new places in the Second Division in the Football League.

Season review

Southern Football League Division One

Partial league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
2	Watford	42	26	6	10	69	42	1.643	58	Elected to the new Football League Third Division
3	Crystal Palace	42	22	12	8	69	43	1.605	56	Elected to the new Football League Third Division
4	Cardiff City	42	18	17	7	70	43	1.628	53	Elected to the Football League Second Division
5	Plymouth Argyle	42	20	10	12	57	29	1.966	50	Elected to the new Football League Third Division
6	Queens Park Rangers	42	18	10	14	62	50	1.240	46	Elected to the new Football League Third Division

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976-77 season. The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

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	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	W	D	D	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	D	D	L	D	L	W	L	D	W	D	W
Position											10																		3													4

Source: ^[1]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Players

First team squad.^[1]^[2]


Pos.	Nation	Player
GK	WAL	Charlie Hewitt
GK	ENG	Herbert Kneeshaw
DF	ENG	Albert Barnett
DF	ENG	Charlie Brittain
DF	ENG	Patrick Cassidy
DF	ENG	Henry Harvey
DF	WAL	Fred Keenor
DF	ENG	Edward Layton
DF	EIR	Bert Smith
MF	ENG	Billy Hardy


Pos.	Nation	Player
FW	ENG	George Beare
FW	ENG	Arthur Cashmore
FW	ENG	Joe Clark
FW	SCO	Billy Cox
FW	WAL	Len Davies
FW	ENG	Billy Devlin
FW	WAL	Jack Evans
FW	ENG	Billy Grimshaw
FW	ENG	Len Hopkins
FW	ENG	George West

Fixtures and results

Southern League Division One

30 August 1919 (1919-08-30) 1	Reading	2–0	Cardiff City	Reading
				Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 8,000

1 September 1919 (1919-09-01) 2	Cardiff City	4–4	Bristol Rovers	Cardiff
	Billy Grimshaw Billy Grimshaw Charlie Jones Jack Evans			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,000

6 September 1919 (1919-09-06) 3	Cardiff City	3–0	Southampton	Cardiff
	Fred Keenor George West Jack Evans			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,000

9 September 1919 (1919-09-09) 4	Bristol Rovers	0–0	Cardiff City	Bristol
				Stadium: Eastville Attendance: 7,500

13 September 1919 (1919-09-13) 5	Luton Town	2–2	Cardiff City	Luton
			Billy Grimshaw Billy Grimshaw	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 10,000

20 September 1919 (1919-09-20) 6	Cardiff City	5–0	Gillingham	Cardiff
	Billy Grimshaw Billy Grimshaw Jack Evans Jack Evans Billy Devlin			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 12,500

27 September 1919 (1919-09-27) 7	Swansea Town	2–1	Cardiff City	Swansea
	Fred Sheldon Fred Sheldon		Jack Evans	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 15,500

4 October 1919 (1919-10-04) 8	Cardiff City	1–0	Exeter City	Cardiff
	Billy Cox			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 12,500

11 October 1919 (1919-10-11) 9	Watford	0–0	Cardiff City	Watford
				Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 8,000

18 October 1919 (1919-10-18) 10	Queens Park Rangers	0–0	Cardiff City	London
				Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 10,000

25 October 1919 (1919-10-25) 11	Cardiff City	3–3	Swindon Town	Cardiff
	Joe Clark Joe Clark Billy Cox		Harold Fleming Dave Rogers Matty Lochhead	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 13,500

1 November 1919 (1919-11-01) 12	Millwall	1–2	Cardiff City	London
			Billy Grimshaw Billy Grimshaw	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 12,000

8 November 1919 (1919-11-08) 13	Cardiff City	2–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Cardiff
	Henry Harvey Billy Grimshaw			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 14,000

15 November 1919 (1919-11-15) 14	Newport County	1–3	Cardiff City	Newport
	Richards		George West Bert Smith Len Hopkins	Stadium: Somerton Park Attendance: 10,500

22 November 1919 (1919-11-22) 15	Cardiff City	0–1	Portsmouth	Cardiff
				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 16,000

29 November 1919 (1919-11-29) 16	Northampton Town	2–2	Cardiff City	Northampton
			Billy Grimshaw George West	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,000

6 December 1919 (1919-12-06) 17	Cardiff City	2–1	Crystal Palace	Cardiff
	Jack Evans Arthur Cashmore			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 13,000

13 December 1919 (1919-12-13) 18	Southend United	1–1	Cardiff City	Southend
			Arthur Cashmore	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 9,000

25 December 1919 (1919-12-25) 19	Merthyr Town	1–1	Cardiff City	Merthyr Tydfil
			Arthur Cashmore	Stadium: Penydarren Park Attendance: 10,000

26 December 1919 (1919-12-26) 20	Cardiff City	3–2	Merthyr Town	Cardiff
	George Beare Jack Evans Chamberlain (og)			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 18,000

27 December 1919 (1919-12-27) 21	Brentford	1–2	Cardiff City	London
	Alfred Thompson		Jack Evans Arthur Cashmore	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 10,000

1 January 1920 (1920-01-01) 22	Cardiff City	1–0	Norwich City	Cardiff
	Billy Hardy			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 14,000

3 January 1920 (1920-01-03) 23	Cardiff City	4–0	Reading	Cardiff
	Joe Clark Joe Clark Billy Cox Billy Cox			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 15,000

17 January 1920 (1920-01-17) 24	Southampton	2–2	Cardiff City	Southampton
	James Moore Tom Parker		Arthur Cashmore George Beare	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 10,000

24 January 1920 (1920-01-24) 25	Cardiff City	2–1	Luton Town	Cardiff
	Arthur Cashmore George West			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 15,000

7 February 1920 (1920-02-07) 26	Cardiff City	1–0	Swansea Town	Cardiff
	George Beare			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 21,371

14 February 1920 (1920-02-14) 27	Exeter City	1–1	Cardiff City	Exeter
			Joe Clark	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 8,000

28 February 1920 (1920-02-28) 28	Cardiff City	4–0	Queens Park Rangers	Cardiff
	George Beare George Beare Arthur Cashmore George West			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 17,000

6 March 1920 (1920-03-06) 29	Swindon Town	2–2	Cardiff City	Swindon
	Bertie Davies Dave Rogers		Arthur Cashmore Arthur Cashmore	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 9,000

13 March 1920 (1920-03-13) 30	Cardiff City	4–2	Millwall	Cardiff
	Billy Grimshaw Billy Grimshaw George West Joe Clark			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 12,000

16 March 1920 (1920-03-16) 31	Gillingham	3–0	Cardiff City	Gillingham
				Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 8,000

20 March 1920 (1920-03-20) 32	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–1	Cardiff City	Brighton
			Arthur Cashmore	Stadium: Goldstone Ground Attendance: 13,000

27 March 1920 (1920-03-27) 33	Cardiff City	0–0	Newport County	Cardiff
				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 20,000

2 April 1920 (1920-04-02) 34	Plymouth Argyle	1–0	Cardiff City	Plymouth
	David Jack			Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 19,000

3 April 1920 (1920-04-03) 35	Portsmouth	0–0	Cardiff City	Portsmouth
				Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 24,606

5 April 1920 (1920-04-05) 36	Cardiff City	0–2	Plymouth Argyle	Cardiff
			George Sheffield George Sheffield	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 25,000

10 April 1920 (1920-04-10) 37	Cardiff City	6–1	Northampton Town	Cardiff
	Len Hopkins Len Hopkins Billy Grimshaw George West Fred Keenor Jack Evans			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 12,000

14 April 1920 (1920-04-14) 38	Cardiff City	0–1	Watford	Cardiff
				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,000

17 April 1920 (1920-04-17) 39	Crystal Palace	1–1	Cardiff City	London
			Arthur Cashmore	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 16,000

24 April 1920 (1920-04-24) 40	Cardiff City	1–0	Southend United	Cardiff
	George West			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 16,000

29 April 1920 (1920-04-29) 41	Norwich City	1–1	Cardiff City	Norwich
			George West	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 5,000

1 May 1920 (1920-05-01) 42	Cardiff City	2–0	Brentford	Cardiff
	Jack Evans Arthur Cashmore			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 12,000

FA Cup

10 January 1920 (1920-01-10) Round 1	Cardiff City	2–0	Oldham Athletic	Cardiff
	George West Jack Evans			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 21,921

31 January 1920 (1920-01-31) Round 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–2	Cardiff City	Wolverhampton
			George Beare Bert Smith	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 36,475

21 February 1920 (1920-02-21) Round 3	Bristol City	2–1	Cardiff City	Bristol
	Bert Neesam Tommy Howarth		George Beare	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 32,452

Welsh Cup

14 January 1920 (1920-01-14) Round 3	Cardiff City	5–0	Merthyr Town	Cardiff
	Henry Harvey Billy Cox Joe Clark Joe Clark Joe Clark			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,500

11 February 1920 (1920-02-11) Round 4	Cardiff City	5–0	Chester City	Cardiff
	Fred Keenor Jack Evans Bert Smith Arthur Cashmore Arthur Cashmore			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,000

24 March 1920 (1920-03-24) Semi Final	Cardiff City	2–1	Swansea Town	Cardiff
	George West Jack Evans		Ben Beynon	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,000

21 April 1920 (1920-04-21) Final	Wrexham	1–2	Cardiff City	Wrexham
			George West George West	Stadium: The Racecourse Attendance: 10,000

Source ^[1]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Cardiff City 1919-20 results". cardiffcityforum.com. Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
^ "All Cardiff City football club players: 1920". 11v11. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
^ "Welsh Cup 1919/20". rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

Bibliography

Crooks, John (1986). Cardiff City Chronology 1920-86. John Crooks. ISBN 0-9511984-0-8.
Crooks, John (1992). Cardiff City Football Club: Official History of the Bluebirds. Yore Publications. ISBN 0-9513321-8-X.
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.
Shepherd, Richard (2007). The Cardiff City Miscellany. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 1-9054110-4-9.
"Football Club History Database – Cardiff City". fchd.info. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

[results-1] "Cardiff City 1919-20 results". cardiffcityforum.com. Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

[2] "All Cardiff City football club players: 1920". 11v11. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

[3] "Welsh Cup 1919/20". rsssf.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

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