1969–70 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
1969–70 season
Chairman	Fred Dewey
Manager	Jimmy Scoular
Football League Second Division	7th
FA Cup	3rd round
League Cup	2nd round
European Cup Winners Cup	2nd round
Welsh Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Brian Clark (18); All: Brian Clark (28)
Highest home attendance	30,083 (v QPR, 27 September 1969)
Lowest home attendance	8,436 (v Millwall, 15 April 1970)
Average home league attendance	21,486
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1968–69 1970–71 →

The 1969–70 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 43rd season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing seventh.

The season saw also saw them win the Welsh Cup, beating Chester City in the final, although they enjoyed little success in other tournaments, being knocked out of both the FA Cup and League Cup in their first matches.

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	Fred Davies
--	GK	SCO	Jim Eadie
--	DF	ENG	Gary Bell
--	DF	ENG	David Carver
--	DF	WAL	Graham Coldrick
--	DF	WAL	Steve Derrett
--	DF	WAL	Terry Lewis
--	DF	SCO	Don Murray
--	MF	ENG	Ronnie Bird
--	MF	ENG	Brian Harris
--	MF	WAL	Barrie Jones


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	ENG	Peter King
--	MF	ENG	Leslie Lea
--	MF	WAL	Leighton Phillips
--	MF	SCO	Frank Sharp
--	MF	WAL	Bob Summerhayes
--	MF	WAL	Mel Sutton
--	MF	ENG	Bobby Woodruff
--	FW	SCO	Sandy Allan
--	FW	ENG	Brian Clark
--	FW	WAL	John Toshack

League standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Swindon Town	42	17	16	9	57	47	1.213	50
6	Sheffield United	42	22	5	15	73	38	1.921	49	Qualification for the Watney Cup^[a]
7	Cardiff City	42	18	13	11	61	41	1.488	49	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round^[b]
8	Blackburn Rovers	42	20	7	15	54	50	1.080	47
9	Queens Park Rangers	42	17	11	14	66	57	1.158	45

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

^ Sheffield United and Hull City qualified for the Watney Cup as the two teams with the most goals that hadn't already qualified for promotion or a European competition.
^ Cardiff City qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1969-70 Welsh Cup winners.

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	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	L	D	D	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	D	D	L	D	W
Position^[1]			4	7	6	4	2	4	4	6	6	7	7	7	10	9	9	10	9	9	8	8	5	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	5	3	5	2	4	4	7	7	7

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

Fixtures and results

Second Division

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9 August 1969 (1969-08-09) 1	Carlisle United	2–3	Cardiff City	Carlisle
15:00	Hugh McIlmoyle George McVitie ?'		John Toshack Brian Clark Peter King	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 10,506

13 August 1969 (1969-08-13) 2	Cardiff City	2–2	Swindon Town	Cardiff
19:30	Peter King Peter King		28' Peter Noble 34' Arthur Horsfield	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 27,971 Referee: Peter Walters (Bridgwater)

16 August 1969 (1969-08-16) 3	Cardiff City	0–0	Blackburn Rovers	Cardiff
15:00				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 19,766 Referee: Dennis Corbett (Wolverhampton)

19 August 1969 (1969-08-19) 4	Swindon Town	2–1	Cardiff City	Swindon
	Chris Jones 11', 69'		Brian Clark	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 21,562

23 August 1969 (1969-08-23) 5	Bristol City	0–2	Cardiff City	Bristol
15:00			Brian Clark (pen) Ronnie Bird	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 23,237 Referee: Malcolm Sinclair (Guildford)

27 August 1969 (1969-08-27) 6	Cardiff City	1–0	Middlesbrough	Cardiff
19:30	John Toshack			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 21,648 Referee: Charles Nicholls (Plymouth)

30 August 1969 (1969-08-30) 7	Cardiff City	2–1	Bolton Wanderers	Cardiff
15:00	Peter King John Toshack		Terry Wharton	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 21,068 Referee: Roger Kirkpatrick (Leicester)

6 September 1969 (1969-09-06) 8	Charlton Athletic	0–0	Cardiff City	London
				Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 13,748 Referee: Bill Castle (Dudley, Worcestershir)

13 September 1969 (1969-09-13) 9	Cardiff City	1–1	Leicester City	Cardiff
15:00	John Toshack		(og) David Carver	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 26,978

20 September 1969 (1969-09-20) 10	Sheffield United	1–0	Cardiff City	Sheffield
15:00	Gil Reece			Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 17,296

27 September 1969 (1969-09-27) 11	Cardiff City	4–2	Queens Park Rangers	Cardiff
15:00	John Toshack John Toshack John Toshack Peter King		(pen) Terry Venables ?' Barry Bridges	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 30,083 Referee: Tony Morrissey (Bramhall)

4 October 1969 (1969-10-04) 12	Blackpool	3–2	Cardiff City	Blackpool
15:00	Alan Suddick Fred Pickering John Craven		John Toshack John Toshack	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 18,115

8 October 1969 (1969-10-08) 13	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	Cardiff City	Blackburn
	Brian Hill			Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 15,062

11 October 1969 (1969-10-11) 14	Cardiff City	4–0	Aston Villa	Cardiff
15:00	John Toshack John Toshack Ronnie Bird Ronnie Bird (pen)			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 25,896 Referee: Arthur Jones (Ormskirk, Lancashire)

18 October 1969 (1969-10-18) 15	Cardiff City	0–1	Norwich City	Cardiff
15:00			(pen) Charlie Crickmore	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 23,618 Referee: Keith Walker (Maidstone)

25 October 1969 (1969-10-25) 16	Birmingham City	1–1	Cardiff City	Birmingham
15:00	Tony Hateley		Brian Clark	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 28,385

1 November 1969 (1969-11-01) 17	Cardiff City	6–0	Hull City	Cardiff
15:00	Peter King (pen) Brian Clark Brian Clark John Toshack John Toshack Mel Sutton			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 20,446 Referee: DJ Lyden (Birmingham)

8 November 1969 (1969-11-08) 18	Portsmouth	3–0	Cardiff City	Portsmouth
15:00	Ray Hiron Ray Hiron Ray Pointer			Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 17,302

15 November 1969 (1969-11-15) 19	Oxford United	1–1	Cardiff City	Oxford
15:00	John Shepherd		Leslie Lea	Stadium: Manor Ground Attendance: 11,012 Referee: Ivan Robinson (Manchester)

22 November 1969 (1969-11-22) 20	Cardiff City	2–1	Preston North End	Cardiff
15:00	Brian Clark Peter King		Gerry Ingram	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 22,678 Referee: JR Osborne (Ipswich)

6 December 1969 (1969-12-06) 21	Cardiff City	3–1	Watford	Cardiff
15:00	Brian Clark Brian Clark Ronnie Bird		Bernie Lewis	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 15,058 Referee: John Hunting (Leicester)

13 December 1969 (1969-12-13) 22	Leicester City	1–2	Cardiff City	Leicester
15:00	Rodney Fern		Brian Clark Peter King	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 22,590

15 December 1969 (1969-12-15) 23	Millwall	1–2	Cardiff City	London
19:30	Steve Brown		Peter King (pen) Ronnie Bird	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 9,421

20 December 1969 (1969-12-20) 24	Cardiff City	1–0	Charlton Athletic	Cardiff
15:00	Brian Clark			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 13,026 Referee: Roy Darlington (Runcorn)

29 December 1969 (1969-12-29) 25	Cardiff City	1–0	Bristol City	Cardiff
19:30	John Toshack			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 18,496 Referee: Dennis Pugh (Chester)

10 January 1970 (1970-01-10) 26	Cardiff City	3–0	Sheffield United	Cardiff
15:00	Brian Clark Brian Clark Ronnie Bird			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 25,135 Referee: Vernon Batty (Helsby Cheshire)

17 January 1970 (1970-01-17) 27	Queens Park Rangers	2–1	Cardiff City	London
15:00	Ian Gillard Rodney Marsh		John Toshack	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 22,033

24 January 1970 (1970-01-24) 28	Huddersfield	1–0	Cardiff City	Huddersfield
15:00	Jimmy Nicholson			Stadium: Leeds Road Attendance: 21,788 Referee: Bob Matthewson (Worsley, Nr Manchester)

31 January 1970 (1970-01-31) 29	Cardiff City	2–2	Blackpool	Cardiff
15:00	John Toshack John Toshack		Micky Burns Alan Suddick	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 24,717 Referee: DA Corbett (Essington, Nr Wolverhampton)

7 February 1970 (1970-02-07) 30	Aston Villa	1–1	Cardiff City	Birmingham
15:00	Bruce Rioch		Brian Clark	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Norman Burtenshaw (Great Yarmouth)

14 February 1970 (1970-02-14) 31	Cardiff City	1–1	Carlisle United	Cardiff
15:00	Bobby Woodruff		Chris Balderstone	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 20,143 Referee: Roy Capey (Madeley Heath)

21 February 1970 (1970-02-21) 32	Cardiff City	3–1	Birmingham City	Cardiff
15:00	Peter King Ronnie Bird (pen) Brian Clark		(og) Gary Bell	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 21,910 Referee: Mike Kerkhof (Bicester)

28 February 1970 (1970-02-28) 33	Norwich City	1–1	Cardiff City	Norwich
15:00	Ken Foggo		Brian Clark	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 12,074

14 March 1970 (1970-03-14) 34	Cardiff City	0–1	Huddersfield	Cardiff
15:00			(og) Brian Harris	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 26,004 Referee: Keith Walker (Maidstone)

18 March 1970 (1970-03-18) 35	Bolton Wanderers	0–1	Cardiff City	Bolton
			Bobby Woodruff	Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 10,126

21 March 1970 (1970-03-21) 36	Watford	2–1	Cardiff City	Watford
15:00	Tom Walley 75' Barry Endean 85'		34' Brian Clark	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 17,152 Referee: Dennis Turner (Rugeley)

25 March 1970 (1970-03-25) 37	Cardiff City	2–0	Portsmouth	Cardiff
19:30	Bobby Woodruff Mel Sutton			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 17,005 Referee: Charles Nicholls (Plymouth)

28 March 1970 (1970-03-28) 38	Cardiff City	0–0	Oxford United	Cardiff
15:00				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 21,118 Referee: Reg Paine (Hounslow)

31 March 1970 (1970-03-31) 39	Hull City	1–1	Cardiff City	Hull
19:30	Ian Butler		Frank Sharp	Stadium: Boothferry Park Attendance: 13,038 Referee: Ivan Robinson (Manchester)

4 April 1970 (1970-04-04) 40	Middlesbrough	2–1	Cardiff City	Middlesbrough
15:00	Hugh McIlmoyle Joe Laidlaw		Brian Clark	Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 13,829

15 April 1970 (1970-04-15) 41	Cardiff City	0–0	Millwall	Cardiff
19:30				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,436 Referee: Derek Nippard (Bournemouth)

20 April 1970 (1970-04-20) 42	Preston North End	1–2	Cardiff City	Preston
	Bert Patrick		Ronnie Bird Don Murray	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 7,882 Referee: Keith Styles (Barnsley)

League Cup

3 September 1969 (1969-09-03) 2	Crystal Palace	3–1	Cardiff City	London
19:30	John Sewell John Sewell Per Bartram		Leslie Lea	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 18,616

FA Cup

3 January 1970 (1970-01-03) 3	York City	1–1	Cardiff City	York
15:00	Phil Boyer		(og) Barry Swallow	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 8,439

12 January 1970 (1970-01-12) 3 (Replay)	Cardiff City	1–1 (a.e.t.)	York City	Cardiff
	John Toshack		ArchieTaylor	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 21,263

15 January 1970 (1970-01-15) 3 (Second Replay)	York City	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Cardiff City	Birmingham
	Barry Swallow Barry Swallow Paul Aimson		Peter King	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 7,347 Referee: Bill Castle (Dudley)

European Cup Winners Cup

17 September 1969 (1969-09-17) 1 (First Leg)	Mjøndalen IF	1–7	Cardiff City	Mjøndalen, Norway
16:30	Jan Olsen 44'		3', 36' Brian Clark 42', 88' John Toshack 71' Leslie Lea 74' Mel Sutton 79' Peter King	Stadium: Nedre Eiker Stadion Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Joseph Hannet (Belgium)

1 October 1969 (1969-10-01) 1 (Second Leg)	Cardiff City	5–1 (12–2 agg.)	Mjøndalen IF	Cardiff
19:30	Peter King 16', 62' Sandy Allan 36', 39', 43'		38' Egil Solberg	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 14,730 Referee: Gunther Mannig (East Germany)

12 November 1969 (1969-11-12) 2 (First Leg)	Göztepe A.Ş.	3–0	Cardiff City	İzmir, Turkey
	Fevzi Zemzem 14' Ertan Ãznur 30' John Nielsen 32'			Stadium: İzmir Alsancak Stadium Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Lado Jakše (Yugoslavia)

26 November 1969 (1969-11-26) 2 (Second Leg)	Cardiff City	1–0 (1–3 agg.)	Göztepe A.Ş.	Cardiff
19:30	Ronnie Bird 78'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 17,866 Referee: Gilbert Droz (Switzerland)

Welsh Cup

21 January 1970 (1970-01-21) Round 3	Cardiff City	6–1	Barmouth & Dyffryn United	Cardiff
19:30	Brian Clark Brian Clark Brian Clark Brian Clark Brian Clark John Toshack			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,901

4 February 1970 (1970-02-04) Round 4	Cardiff City	3–0	Wrexham	Cardiff
19:30	Brian Clark Brian Clark Peter King			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 12,332 Referee: Tom Reynolds (Swansea)

11 March 1970 (1970-03-11) Semi Final	Cardiff City	2–2	Swansea City	Cardiff
19:30	Bobby Woodruff 75s' John Toshack		14' Brian Evans Herbie Williams	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 18,050 Referee: IP Jones (Trelewis)

2 May 1970 (1970-05-02) Semi Final (Replay)	Swansea City	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Cardiff City	Swansea
			Ronnie Bird Peter King	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 16,000

8 May 1970 (1970-05-08) Final (First leg)	Chester City	0–1	Cardiff City	Chester
			Ronnie Bird	Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 3,087 Referee: Clive Thomas (Treorchy)

13 May 1970 (1970-05-13) Final (Second leg)	Cardiff City	4–0 (5–0 agg.)	Chester City	Cardiff
19:30	Bobby Woodruff Ronnie Bird Leslie Lea Brian Clark			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,567 Referee: Clive Thomas (Treorchy)

Source ^[2]

Notes

References

^ ^a ^b "Cardiff City 1969–1970 : Results". Statto. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
^ "Cardiff City 1969-70 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

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Welsh Football Data Archive

[table_note_res_WAC0.37474138633103-1] Sheffield United and Hull City qualified for the Watney Cup as the two teams with the most goals that hadn't already qualified for promotion or a European competition.

[table_note_res_CWC1R0.37474138633103-2] Cardiff City qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1969-70 Welsh Cup winners.

[Results-3] "Cardiff City 1969–1970 : Results". Statto. Retrieved 28 January 2017.

[results-4] "Cardiff City 1969-70 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

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