1971–72 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
1971–72 season
Chairman	Fred Dewey
Manager	Jimmy Scoular
Football League Second Division	19th
FA Cup	5th round
League Cup	2nd round
European Cup Winners Cup	1st round
Welsh Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Brian Clark (21); All: Brian Clark (27)
Highest home attendance	23,692 (v Birmingham City, 1 April 1972)
Lowest home attendance	10,268 (v Portsmouth, 1 December 1971)
Average home league attendance	15,539
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1970–71 1972–73 →

The 1971–72 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 45th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing nineteenth.

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	SCO	Jim Eadie
--	GK	NIR	Bill Irwin
--	GK	ENG	Frank Parsons
--	DF	ENG	Gary Bell
--	DF	ENG	David Carver
--	DF	WAL	Steve Derrett
--	DF	ENG	Ken Jones
--	DF	WAL	Richie Morgan
--	DF	SCO	Don Murray
--	DF	WAL	Freddie Pethard
--	MF	WAL	Alan Couch
--	MF	ENG	Alan Foggon


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	ENG	Ian Gibson
--	MF	ENG	Roger Hoy
--	MF	SCO	Billy Kellock
--	MF	ENG	Peter King
--	MF	WAL	Leighton Phillips
--	MF	WAL	Bryan Rees
--	MF	WAL	Nigel Rees
--	MF	ENG	Mel Sutton
--	MF	WAL	Tony Villars
--	MF	ENG	Bobby Woodruff
--	FW	ENG	Brian Clark
--	FW	WAL	John Parsons
--	FW	ENG	Alan Warboys

Key:
‡ On loan from another club * First appearance(s) for the club

# = Squad number
Pos = Playing position
P = Number of games played 10
G = Number of goals scored
GK = Goalkeeper
DF = Defender
MF = Midfielder
FW = Forward
= Yellow cards
= Red cards
† Permanent player left club during the season
¤ Loaned to another club for part or all of season

Correct as of May 1972. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.

Pos	Name	P	G	P	G	P	G	P	G	P	G	P	G			Notes
Pos	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total		Discipline		Notes
GK	Jim Eadie	9	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	13	0	0	0
GK	Bill Irwin	31	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	41	0	0	0
GK	Frank Parsons	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
DF	David Carver	36	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	46	1	3	0
DF	Gary Bell	30	0	5	0	2	0	2	0	4	0	43	0	3	0
DF	Steve Derrett	5	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5(1)	0	0	0
DF	Ken Jones	6	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	10	0	1	0
DF	Richie Morgan	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	0
DF	Don Murray	36	0	4	1	2	0	2	0	4	0	48	1	1	0
DF	Freddie Pethard	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12	0	0	0
MF	Alan Couch	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
MF	Alan Foggon	9(3)	0	4	0	1	1	0(1)	0	2	2	16(4)	3	1	0
MF	Ian Gibson	40(1)	4	5	0	2	1	2	0	4	0	53(1)	5	4	0
MF	Roger Hoy	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
FW	Billy Kellock	5(1)	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	11(1)	1	1	0
MF	Peter King	22(1)	4	4	1	0	0	2	0	4	0	32(1)	5	0	0
MF	Leighton Phillips	41	1	5	0	2	0	2	0	5	0	56	1	3	0
MF	Mel Sutton	30(1)	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	3	0	38(1)	1	4	0
MF	Tony Villars	6(1)	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	8(1)	0	1	0
MF	Bobby Woodruff	34(2)	6	5	2	2	0	2	0	2(1)	1	46(3)	9	0	0
FW	Brian Clark	42	21	5	2	2	1	2	1	5	2	56	28	0	0
FW	John Parsons	5(6)	4	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5(7)	4	1	0
FW	Bryan Rees	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
FW	Nigel Rees	10(3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0	11(4)	0	0	0
FW	Alan Warboys	34(4)	13	2(2)	0	2	0	2	0	4	2	44(6)	15	2	0

Source. ^[1]

League standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
17	Orient	42	14	9	19	50	61	0.820	37
18	Preston North End	42	12	12	18	52	58	0.897	36
19	Cardiff City	42	10	14	18	56	69	0.812	34
20	Fulham	42	12	10	20	45	68	0.662	34
21	Charlton Athletic (R)	42	12	9	21	55	77	0.714	33	Relegation to the Third Division

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A
Result	D	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	L	L	D	D	W	D	D	D	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	L	D	L
Position	13	17	20	20	20	19	16	17	19	18	20	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	19	19	19	19	19

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

Fixtures and results

Second Division

14 August 1971 (1971-08-14) 1	Cardiff City	2–2	Burnley	Cardiff
15:00	Brian Clark 9' Brian Clark 36'		66' Frank Casper 82' (og) David Carver	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 23026 Referee: Ray Tinkler (Boston)

16 August 1971 (1971-08-16) 2	Blackpool	3–0	Cardiff City	Blackpool
19:30	Tony Green ?' Glyn James ?', ?'			Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 19253 Referee: Dennis Pugh (Chester)

21 August 1971 (1971-08-21) 3	Orient	4–1	Cardiff City	London
15:00	Ian Bowyer 27' Terry Mancini 47' Ian Bowyer 60' Ian Bowyer 65'		68' (og) Terry Mancini	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 7824 Referee: Ivan Robinson

28 August 1971 (1971-08-28) 4	Cardiff City	1–1	Hull City	Cardiff
15:00	Alan Warboys ?'		19' Stuart Pearson	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 17136 Referee: Bill Hall (Preston)

31 August 1971 (1971-08-31) 5	Bristol City	2–0	Cardiff City	Bristol
19:30	John Galley 22' Gerry Gow 51'			Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 23525 Referee: John Hunting (Leicester)

4 September 1971 (1971-09-04) 6	Watford	2–2	Cardiff City	London
15:00	Larry McGettigan 44' Duncan Welbourne 80'		83' John Parsons 85' Brian Clark	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 10233 Referee: Cliff Howell (North Shields)

11 September 1971 (1971-09-11) 7	Cardiff City	3–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Cardiff
15:00	Alan Warboys 23' Brian Clark 77' Alan Warboys 84'		55' Tommy Craig 60' Brian Joicey	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 17195 Referee: Gerry Jones (Lancaster)

18 September 1971 (1971-09-18) 8	Middlesbrough	1–0	Cardiff City	Middlesbrough
15:00	Bill Gates 22'			Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 18288 Referee: Roy Capey (Madeley Heath)

25 September 1971 (1971-09-25) 9	Cardiff City	0–1	Swindon Town	Cardiff
15:00			75' Chris Jones	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 16292 Referee: Keith Walker (Maidstone)

2 October 1971 (1971-10-02) 10	Preston North End	1–2	Cardiff City	Preston
	Bobby Ham 6'		78' Peter King 86' Brian Clark	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 13511 Referee: Ron Challis (Tonbridge)

9 October 1971 (1971-10-09) 11	Cardiff City	1–2	Millwall	Cardiff
15:00	Brian Clark 43'		79' Derek Smethurst 84' Barry Bridges	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 17954 Referee: Ted Jolly (Manchester)

16 October 1971 (1971-10-16) 12	Burnley	3–0	Cardiff City	Burnley
15:00	Frank Casper 40', 64' Dave Thomas 85'			Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 12249 Referee: Vernon Batty (Helsby Cheshire)

23 October 1971 (1971-10-23) 13	Cardiff City	6–1	Charlton Athletic	Cardiff
15:00	Brian Clark 14', 73' John Parsons 49', 75' Ian Gibson 62' (pen) Paul Went 83' (og)		55' Paul Davies	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 13092 Referee: Ray Toseland (Kettering)

30 October 1971 (1971-10-30) 14	Norwich City	2–1	Cardiff City	Norwich
15:00	David Cross 2' Dave Stringer 83'		65' Brian Clark	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 20814 Referee: John Homewood (Sunbury-On-Thames)

6 November 1971 (1971-11-06) 15	Cardiff City	0–0	Queens Park Rangers	Cardiff
15:00				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 16114 Referee: Bob Armstrong (Ilkley)

13 November 1971 (1971-11-13) 16	Fulham	4–3	Cardiff City	London
15:00	Roger Cross 6' Jimmy Conway 21' Steve Earle 58' Jimmy Conway 82'		10' Alan Warboys 17' Brian Clark 78' Brian Clark	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 10700 Referee: Syd Kayley (Preston)

20 November 1971 (1971-11-20) 17	Cardiff City	1–2	Sunderland	Cardiff
15:00	Ian Gibson 24'		39' Billy Hughes 45' Bobby Kerr	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 12735 Referee: Peter Walters (Bridgewater)

27 November 1971 (1971-11-27) 18	Carlisle United	2–1	Cardiff City	Carlisle
	Bobby Owen 2' Dennis Martin 78'		71' John Parsons	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 6835 Referee: Cliff Howell (North Shields)

1 December 1971 (1971-12-01) 19	Cardiff City	3–2	Portsmouth	Cardiff
19:30	Ian Gibson 37' (pen) Brian Clark 40' Bobby Woodruff 82'		55' Ray Hiron 80' Mike Trebilcock	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10268 Referee: Gordon Kew (Leeds)

11 December 1971 (1971-12-11) 20	Luton Town	2–2	Cardiff City	Luton
15:00	Peter Anderson 26' Don Givens 77' (pen)		34' Leighton Phillips 81' Brian Clark	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 10606 Referee: Ken Burns (Stourbridge)

18 December 1971 (1971-12-18) 21	Cardiff City	2–0	Watford	Cardiff
15:00	Peter King 41' Alan Warboys 56'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11113 Referee: Mike Kerkhof (Bicester)

27 December 1971 (1971-12-27) 22	Birmingham City	3–0	Cardiff City	Birmingham
	Gary Pendrey 24' Trevor Francis ?' Bob Hatton ?'			Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 40793 Referee: Ricky Nicholson (Manchester)

1 January 1972 (1972-01-01) 23	Cardiff City	1–0	Middlesbrough	Cardiff
15:00	Brian Clark 56'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 12773 Referee: Charles Nicholls (Plymouth)

8 January 1972 (1972-01-08) 24	Hull City	0–0	Cardiff City	Hull
15:00				Stadium: Boothferry Park Attendance: 12678 Referee: Colin Fallon (Blackpool)

22 January 1972 (1972-01-22) 25	Portsmouth	2–0	Cardiff City	Portsmouth
15:00	Mike Trebilcock 7' George Ley 23'			Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 11039 Referee: David Smith (Stonehouse, Gloucestershire)

29 January 1972 (1972-01-29) 26	Cardiff City	3–4	Blackpool	Cardiff
15:00	Brian Clark 20' Alan Warboys 48' Ian Gibson 52'		12' (og) Leighton Phillips 17' Micky Burns 42' (pen) Alan Suddick 79' Keith Dyson	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11719 Referee: Dennis Turner (Cannock)

12 February 1972 (1972-02-12) 27	Charlton Athletic	2–2	Cardiff City	London
	Paul Went 61' Alan Peacock 88'		9' Bobby Woodruff 43' Brian Clark	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 7526 Referee: Arthur Jones (Ormskirk)

19 February 1972 (1972-02-19) 28	Cardiff City	0–0	Norwich City	Cardiff
15:00				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 17863 Referee: Ron Crabb (Exeter)

4 March 1972 (1972-03-04) 29	Cardiff City	1–0	Fulham	Cardiff
15:00	Brian Clark 22'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 13122 Referee: Harold Davey (Nottingham)

11 March 1972 (1972-03-11) 30	Millwall	1–1	Cardiff City	London
	Derek Possee 58'		8' Alan Warboys	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 13702 Referee: Ray Tinkler (Boston)

21 March 1972 (1972-03-21) 31	Cardiff City	1–1	Oxford United	Cardiff
19:30	Brian Clark 11'		64' Colin Clarke	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 14499 Referee: Ken Burns (Stourbridge)

25 March 1972 (1972-03-25) 32	Sheffield Wednesday	2–2	Cardiff City	Sheffield
15:00	John Sissons 41' Tommy Craig 50' (pen)		24' Alan Warboys 32' Bobby Woodruff	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 12910 Referee: Bill Castle (Dudley)

29 March 1972 (1972-03-29) 33	Cardiff City	5–2	Preston North End	Cardiff
19:30	Brian Clark 45s' Alan Warboys 40' Peter King 47' Alan Warboys 85' Alan Warboys 88'		18' Alan Tarbuck 55' Alan Spavin	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 13394 Referee: Peter Walters (Bridgewater)

1 April 1972 (1972-04-01) 34	Cardiff City	0–0	Birmingham City	Cardiff
15:00				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 23692 Referee: Charles Nicholls (Plymouth)

4 April 1972 (1972-04-04) 35	Swindon Town	3–1	Cardiff City	Swindon
	Ray Bunkell ?' Don Murray 72' (og) Peter Noble 83'		15' Brian Clark	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 15393 Referee: HG New (Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol)

8 April 1972 (1972-04-08) 36	Sunderland	1–1	Cardiff City	Sunderland
	Dave Watson 86'		87' Mel Sutton	Stadium: Roker Park Attendance: 15224 Referee: Walter Johnson (Kendal)

12 April 1972 (1972-04-12) 37	Cardiff City	1–0	Orient	Cardiff
19:30	Bobby Woodruff 33'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 16769 Referee: Roger Kirkpatrick (Leicester)

15 April 1972 (1972-04-15) 38	Cardiff City	3–1	Carlisle United	Cardiff
15:00	Peter King 33' Brian Clark 82' Bobby Woodruff 88'		31s' Frank Barton	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 17734 Referee: Brian Daniels (Rainham)

22 April 1972 (1972-04-22) 39	Oxford United	1–0	Cardiff City	Oxford
15:00	Brian Thompson 76'			Stadium: Manor Ground Attendance: 8869 Referee: Ricky Nicholson (Manchester)

26 April 1972 (1972-04-26) 40	Cardiff City	2–3	Bristol City	Cardiff
19:30	Alan Warboys 32' Bobby Woodruff 82'		9' Peter Spiring 20' (pen) Gerry Gow 63' Peter Spiring	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 17249 Referee: Derek Nippard (Bournemouth)

29 April 1972 (1972-04-29) 41	Cardiff City	1–1	Luton Town	Cardiff
15:00	Alan Warboys 41'		44' Robin Wainwright	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 12587 Referee: Vernon Batty (Helsby Cheshire)

2 May 1972 (1972-05-02) 42	Queens Park Rangers	3–0	Cardiff City	London
19:30	Mike Ferguson 57' John O'Rourke 59' Mick Leach 88'			Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 8430 Referee: John Hunting (Leicester)

Source ^[2] ^[3]

Football League Cup

8 September 1971 (1971-09-08) Round 2	West Ham United	1–1	Cardiff City	London
19:30	Billy Bonds 23'		64' Alan Foggon	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 24420

22 September 1971 (1971-09-22) Round 2 (Replay)	Cardiff City	1–2	West Ham United	Cardiff
19:30	Brian Clark 64'		82', 83' Geoff Hurst	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 30109 Referee: Jack Taylor (Wolverhampton)

FA Cup

15 January 1972 (1972-01-15) Round 3	Sheffield United	1–3	Cardiff City	Sheffield
	Ian Mackenzie 33'		19' Don Murray 88' David Carver 93' Bobby Woodruff	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 29342

9 February 1972 (1972-02-09) Round 4	Cardiff City	1–1	Sunderland	Cardiff
19:30	Peter King 25'		67' (pen) Brian Chambers	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 26963 Referee: Ted Jolly (Manchester)

14 February 1972 (1972-02-14) Round 4 (replay)	Sunderland	1–1	Cardiff City	Sunderland
14:00	Bobby Kerr 88'		26' Brian Clark	Stadium: Roker Park Attendance: 39348 Referee: Tony Morrissey (Bramhall)

16 February 1972 (1972-02-16) Round 4 (replay 2)	Sunderland	1–3	Cardiff City	Manchester
14:15	Mick McGiven 26'		21' Brian Clark 86' Bobby Woodruff 90' Billy Kellock	Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 8868 Referee: Ray Tinkler (Boston)

26 February 1972 (1972-02-26) Round 5	Cardiff City	0–2	Leeds United	Cardiff
15:00			34' Johnny Giles 83' Johnny Giles	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 50000 Referee: Keith Walker (Maidstone)

European Cup Winners Cup

15 September 1971 (1971-09-15) Round 1 (First Leg)	Dynamo Berlin	1–1	Cardiff City	Berlin
19:00	Harald Schutze 90'		78' Ian Gibson	Stadium: Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark Attendance: 11,651 Referee: Rolf Nyhus (Norway)

29 September 1971 (1971-09-29) Round 1 (SecondLeg)	Cardiff City	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–2 agg.) (4–5 p)	Dynamo Berlin	Cardiff
19:30	Brian Clark 58'		62' Dieter Labes	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 12,676 Referee: Franz Geluck (Belgium)
	Penalties
	Ian Gibson Don Murray Peter King Gary Bell Bobby Woodruff		Norbert Johannsen Frank Terletzki Jochen Carow Manfred Becker Dieter Labes

Welsh Cup

3 January 1972 (1972-01-03) Round 5	Swansea City	0–2	Cardiff City	Swansea
19:30			90s' Alan Warboys 83' Brian Clark	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 14,391

22 February 1972 (1972-02-22) Round 6	Llanelli	0–1	Cardiff City	Llanelli
15:00			25' Alan Foggon	Stadium: Stebonheath Park Attendance: 6,000

14 March 1972 (1972-03-14) Semi Final	Rhyl	1–2	Cardiff City	Rhyl
	J Evans 74' (pen)		43' Brian Clark 70' Alan Warboys	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 5,000

8 May 1972 (1972-05-08) Final (First leg)	Wrexham	2–1	Cardiff City	Wrexham
19:15	Albert Kinsey 34' Graham Whittle 65' (pen)		90' Bobby Woodruff	Stadium: The Racecourse Attendance: 6,984 Referee: Tom Reynolds (Swansea)

12 May 1972 (1972-05-12) Final (Second leg)	Cardiff City	1–1 (2–3 agg.)	Wrexham	Cardiff
19:30	Alan Foggon 50'		53' Albert Kinsey	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,508 Referee: Tom Reynolds (Swansea)

References

^ "All Cardiff City football club players: 1972". 11v11. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
^ "Cardiff City football club match record: 1972". 11v11. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
^ "Cardiff City 1971-72 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.

"Football Club History Database – Cardiff City". Archived from the original on 30 December 2008. Retrieved 30 November 2008.

Welsh Football Data Archive

[1] "All Cardiff City football club players: 1972". 11v11. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

[11v11results-2] "Cardiff City football club match record: 1972". 11v11. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

[results-3] "Cardiff City 1971-72 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

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