1975–76 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
1975–76 season
Chairman	Stefan Terlezki
Manager	Jimmy Andrews
Football League Third Division	2nd
FA Cup	4th round
League Cup	1st round
Welsh Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Tony Evans (21); All: Tony Evans (29)
Highest home attendance	35,549 (v Hereford United, 14 April 1976)
Lowest home attendance	6,259 (v Bury, 23 August 1975)
Average home league attendance	11,696
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1974–75 1976–77 →

The 1975–76 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 49th season in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Three, then the third tier of English football, finishing second, winning promotion to Division Two on the first attempt after being relegated the previous year.

Manager Jimmy Andrews brought a number of changes to the squad including bringing Brian Clark back to the club and signing Australian international Adrian Alston.

Players[edit]

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	ENG	Ron Healey
--	GK	NIR	Bill Irwin
--	DF	WAL	Bryan Attley
--	DF	ENG	Clive Charles
--	DF	WAL	Phil Dwyer
--	DF	WAL	Mike England
--	DF	NIR	Albert Larmour
--	DF	WAL	Richie Morgan
--	DF	WAL	Freddie Pethard
--	MF	ENG	Willie Anderson
--	MF	SCO	John Buchanan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	SCO	Alan Campbell
--	MF	ENG	Joe Durrell
--	MF	WAL	David Giles
--	MF	ENG	Doug Livermore
--	MF	WAL	Gil Reece
--	MF	WAL	Peter Sayer
--	MF	WAL	Tony Villars
--	FW	AUS	Adrian Alston
--	FW	ENG	Brian Clark
--	FW	ENG	Tony Evans
--	FW	WAL	Derek Showers

League standings[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Hereford United (C, P)	46	26	11	9	86	55	1.564	63	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Cardiff City (P)	46	22	13	11	69	48	1.438	57	Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round and promotion to the Second Division
3	Millwall (P)	46	20	16	10	54	43	1.256	56	Promotion to the Second Division
4	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	22	9	15	78	53	1.472	53
5	Crystal Palace	46	18	17	11	61	46	1.326	53

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results by round[edit]

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	43	44	45	46
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A
Result	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	D	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	W
Position	21	19	15	19	12	13	14	17	14	17	15	16	17	10	12	13	10	7	5	5	7	3	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	5	6	4	5	2	2	2	2	2	2

Source: ^[2]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures & Results[edit]

Third Division[edit]

16 August 1975 (1975-08-16) 1	Grimsby Town	2–0	Cardiff City	Grimsby
	Jack Lewis Phil Hubbard 60'			Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,494 Referee: Gordon Trevett (Eccles)

23 August 1975 (1975-08-23) 2	Cardiff City	1–1	Bury	Cardiff
	Tony Villars 23'		60' Hughen Riley	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,664 Referee: Ray Lewis (Great Bookham, Surrey)

30 August 1975 (1975-08-30) 3	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–1	Cardiff City	Brighton
			72' Tony Villars	Stadium: Goldstone Ground Attendance: 11,353 Referee: Tony Glasson (Salisbury)

6 September 1975 (1975-09-06) 4	Cardiff City	0–1	Crystal Palace	Cardiff
15:00			90' David Kemp	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,479 Referee: Derek Civil (Birmingham)

13 September 1975 (1975-09-13) 5	Mansfield Town	1–4	Cardiff City	Mansfield
	Terry Eccles 73' (pen)		31' David Giles 52' Phil Dwyer 62' (pen) Gil Reece 70' Gil Reece	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 6,682 Referee: George Courtney (Spennymoor)

20 September 1975 (1975-09-20) 6	Cardiff City	0–0	Halifax Town	Cardiff
15:00				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,035 Referee: Ken Ridden (Shrewsbury)

22 September 1975 (1975-09-22) 7	Port Vale	2–1	Cardiff City	Burslem
	Mick Cullerton 19' Terry Lees 48'		84' Brian Attley	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 5,143 Referee: Ray Chadwick (Darwen)

27 September 1975 (1975-09-27) 8	Preston North End	3–1	Cardiff City	Preston
	Mike Elwiss 16' Ray Treacy 40' Tony Morley 51' (pen)		47' Tony Evans	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 8,103 Referee: Bert Newsome (Broseley Salop)

4 October 1975 (1975-10-04) 9	Cardiff City	3–0	Wrexham	Cardiff
15:00	Phil Dwyer 42' Phil Dwyer 57' Tony Evans 68'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,653 Referee: Mike Taylor (Deal)

11 October 1975 (1975-10-11) 10	Rotherham United	1–0	Cardiff City	Rotherham
	Mike England 40' (og)			Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 4,272 Referee: Jack Rice (Preston)

18 October 1975 (1975-10-18) 11	Cardiff City	2–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Cardiff
15:00	Tony Evans 71' Jimmy Quinn 89' (og)			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,930 Referee: Leslie Burden (Dorset)

22 October 1975 (1975-10-22) 12	Aldershot	2–1	Cardiff City	Aldershot
	Pat Morrissey 25' Gary Bell 88'		32' (pen) Willie Anderson	Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 3,687 Referee: Bryan James (South Croydon)

25 October 1975 (1975-10-25) 13	Chester	1–1	Cardiff City	Chester
	Graham Pugh 9'		28' Tony Evans	Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 5,348 Referee: Ken Baker (Rugby)

31 October 1975 (1975-10-31) 14	Cardiff City	4–3	Chesterfield	Cardiff
19:30	Adrian Alston 6' Adrian Alston 28' Tony Evans 30' Willie Anderson 68'		58' Shaun O'Neill 63' David McElvaney 86' Terry Shanahan	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,512 Referee: Tom Bune (Sussex)

4 November 1975 (1975-11-04) 15	Cardiff City	0–0	Walsall	Cardiff
19:30				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,884 Referee: Bryan James (Croydon)

8 November 1975 (1975-11-08) 16	Gillingham	2–2	Cardiff City	Gillingham
	Damien Richardson 51' (pen) George Jacks 73'		49' Willie Anderson 75' Tony Evans	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,762 Referee: Gordon Kew (Leeds)

15 November 1975 (1975-11-15) 17	Cardiff City	2–0	Colchester United	Cardiff
15:00	Tony Evans 66s' Adrian Alston 82'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,781 Referee: Terry Bosi (Wolverhampton)

29 November 1975 (1975-11-29) 18	Cardiff City	3–0	Shrewsbury Town	Cardiff
15:00	Willie Anderson 26' Tony Evans Adrian Alston			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,002 Referee: Malcolm Sinclair (Guildford)

6 December 1975 (1975-12-06) 19	Millwall	1–3	Cardiff City	London
	Terry Brisley 80'		46' Gil Reece 53' Gil Reece 87' Tony Evans	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 6,092 Referee: Derek Nippard (Bournemouth)

22 December 1975 (1975-12-22) 20	Cardiff City	3–1	Southend United	Cardiff
19:30	Tony Evans 28' Tony Evans 58' Adrian Alston 78'		68' Alan Little	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,342 Referee: Ron Crabb (Exeter)

26 December 1975 (1975-12-26) 21	Swindon Town	4–0	Cardiff City	Swindon
	Trevor Anderson 28' Peter Eastoe 43' Frank Burrows 69' Wilf Dixon 79'			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 10,003 Referee: Clive White (Harrow)

27 December 1975 (1975-12-27) 22	Cardiff City	5–2	Peterborough United	Cardiff
15:00	Willie Anderson 42' Phil Dwyer 47' Phil Dwyer 74' Tony Evans 76' Tony Evans 80'		3' Lyndon Hughes 79' David Gregory	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 16,094 Referee: Derek Lloyd (Worcester)

10 January 1976 (1976-01-10) 23	Cardiff City	0–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Cardiff
15:00			77' Ian Mellor	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 17,728 Referee: Peter Reeves (Leicester)

17 January 1976 (1976-01-17) 24	Halifax Town	1–1	Cardiff City	Halifax
	Albert Phelan 89'		59' Mike England	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 2,399 Referee: Colin Seel (Carlisle)

20 January 1976 (1976-01-20) 25	Cardiff City	1–0	Mansfield Town	Cardiff
19:30	Tony Evans 89'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,161 Referee: John Yates (Redditch)

31 January 1976 (1976-01-31) 26	Cardiff City	1–0	Aldershot	Cardiff
15:00	Adrian Alston 19'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,934 Referee: Lester Shapter (Paignton)

4 February 1976 (1976-02-04) 27	Hereford United	4–1	Cardiff City	Hereford
	Dixie McNeil 8' Dixie McNeil 15' Steve Emery 25' John Layton 79'		75' John Buchanan	Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 12,962 Referee: Bran H Daniels (Rainham)

7 February 1976 (1976-02-07) 28	Walsall	2–3	Cardiff City	Walsall
	Alan Buckley 2' Alan Buckley 17'		51' Adrian Alston 68' Adrian Alston 81' Phil Dwyer	Stadium: Fellows Park Attendance: 7,109 Referee: George Nolan (Cheshire)

14 February 1976 (1976-02-14) 29	Cardiff City	4–1	Gillingham	Cardiff
15:00	Doug Livermore 43' John Buchanan 60' Tony Evans 83' Adrian Alston 88'		44' (og) Richie Morgan	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,025 Referee: Ray Toseland (Kettering)

21 February 1976 (1976-02-21) 30	Colchester United	3–2	Cardiff City	Colchester
	Colin Garwood 54' John Froggatt 60' Colin Garwood 81'		18' Phil Dwyer 84' (pen) Willie Anderson	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 3,248 Referee: Brian Martin (Keyworth, Nottingham)

25 February 1976 (1976-02-25) 31	Cardiff City	1–1	Port Vale	Cardiff
19:30	Doug Livermore 86'		21' Ray Williams	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,129 Referee: Leslie Burden (Dorset)

28 February 1976 (1976-02-28) 32	Cardiff City	2–0	Chester	Cardiff
15:00	Adrian Alston 63' John Buchanan 73'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Alan Robinson (Fareham)

6 March 1976 (1976-03-06) 33	Chesterfield	1–1	Cardiff City	Chesterfield
	Rodney Fern 88'		3' Adrian Alston	Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 4,095 Referee: Bert Newsome (Broseley Salop)

8 March 1976 (1976-03-08) 34	Wrexham	1–1	Cardiff City	Wrexham
	Graham Whittle 76'		60' Tony Evans	Stadium: Racecourse Ground Attendance: 5,674 Referee: Bob Matthewson (Worsley)

13 March 1976 (1976-03-13) 35	Cardiff City	1–1	Rotherham United	Cardiff
15:00	Adrian Alston 10'		30' Dave Gwyther	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,072 Referee: Jim Bent (Hemel Hempstead)

17 March 1976 (1976-03-17) 36	Sheffield Wednesday	1–3	Cardiff City	Sheffield
	Jimmy Quinn 89'		69' Tony Evans 79' Clive Charles 85' Brian Clark	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 8,867 Referee: Keith Butcher (Kendal)

20 March 1976 (1976-03-20) 37	Shrewsbury Town	3–1	Cardiff City	Shrewsbury
15:00	Ian Atkins 56' (pen) Sammy Irvine 57' Alex McGregor 74'		89' Tony Evans	Stadium: Gay Meadow Attendance: 7,573 Referee: Ken Salmon (Barnet)

27 March 1976 (1976-03-27) 38	Cardiff City	0–0	Millwall	Cardiff
15:00				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 12,511 Referee: Allan Hughes (West Kirby)

29 March 1976 (1976-03-29) 39	Southend United	0–2	Cardiff City	Southend
19:30			13' Phil Dwyer 40' Tony Evans	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 4,596 Referee: Jeff Sewell (Quorn, Leicester)

3 April 1976 (1976-04-03) 40	Cardiff City	2–1	Grimsby Town	Cardiff
15:00	Tony Evans 53' John Buchanan 62'		12' Jack Lewis	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,645 Referee: Tom Bune (Sussex)

7 April 1976 (1976-04-07) 41	Cardiff City	1–0	Preston North End	Cardiff
19:30	Tony Evans 45'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 12,447 Referee: Ray Lewis (Great Bookham, Surrey)

10 April 1976 (1976-04-10) 42	Crystal Palace	0–1	Cardiff City	London
			81' Adrian Alston	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 25,604 Referee: George Flint (Kirby in Ashfield)

14 April 1976 (1976-04-14) 43	Cardiff City	2–0	Hereford United	Cardiff
19:30	Doug Livermore 54' Alan Campbell 87'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 35,549 Referee: Trevor Spencer (Wootton Bassett)

17 April 1976 (1976-04-17) 44	Cardiff City	0–0	Swindon Town	Cardiff
15:00				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 23,428 Referee: Derek Lloyd (Worcester)

19 April 1976 (1976-04-19) 45	Peterborough United	0–0	Cardiff City	Peterborough
				Stadium: London Road Stadium Attendance: 6,846 Referee: John Hough (Macclesfield)

4 May 1976 (1976-05-04) 46	Bury	0–1	Cardiff City	Bury
			16' Adrian Alston	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 7,135 Referee: John Hunting (Leicester)

Source ^[2] ^[3]

League Cup[edit]

20 August 1975 (1975-08-20) Round 1 (1st leg)	Cardiff City	1–2	Bristol Rovers	Cardiff
19.30	Gil Reece 44' (pen)		40' Alan Warboys 48' Bruce Bannister	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,688 Referee: Jack Taylor (Wolverhampton)

26 August 1975 (1975-08-26) Round 1 (2nd leg)	Bristol Rovers	1–1 (3–2 agg.)	Cardiff City	Bristol
	Kenny Stephens 42'		31' Brian Clark	Stadium: Eastville Attendance: 7,720

Source ^[2] ^[3]

FA Cup[edit]

22 November 1975 (1975-11-22) Round 1	Cardiff City	6–2	Exeter City	Cardiff
15:00	Gil Reece 17' Adrian Alston 33' Adrian Alston 37' Adrian Alston 63' Tony Evans 65' Gil Reece 87'		8' Alan Beer 62' Lammie Robertson	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,532 Referee: Tony Morrissey (Bramhall)

13 December 1975 (1975-12-13) Round 2	Cardiff City	1–0	Wycombe Wanderers	Cardiff
15:00	Tony Evans 42'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,607 Referee: Lester Shapter (Paignton)

3 January 1976 (1976-01-03) Round 3	Orient	0–1	Cardiff City	London
			35' Adrian Alston	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 8,031 Referee: Ray Toseland (Kettering)

24 January 1976 (1976-01-24) Round 4	Southend United	2–1	Cardiff City	Southend
15:15	Stuart Parker 43' Stuart Parker 89'		42' Tony Evans	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 12,863 Referee: Peter Walters (Bridgewater)

Source ^[2] ^[3]

Welsh Cup[edit]

14 January 1976 (1976-01-14) Round 5	Cardiff City	5–0	Sully	Cardiff
19:30	Tony Evans 43' Tony Evans 56' Tony Evans 75' Doug Livermore 25' John Buchanan 41'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,260

17 February 1976 (1976-02-17) Round 6	Cardiff City	1–1	Swansea City	Cardiff
19:30	Dave Bruton 29' (og)		57' Dave Bruton	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,812 Referee: Clive Thomas (Treorchy)

2 March 1976 (1976-03-02) Round 6 (Replay)	Swansea City	0–3	Cardiff City	Swansea
			35' Brian Clark 72' Adrian Alston 80' Adrian Alston	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 10,056

23 March 1976 (1976-03-23) Semi Final	Chester City	0–0	Cardiff City	Chester
				Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 3,743

1 April 1976 (1976-04-01) Semi Final (Replay)	Cardiff City	1–0	Chester City	Cardiff
19:30	Chris Dunleavy 74' (og)			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,244

18 May 1976 (1976-05-18) Final (First leg)	Hereford United	3–3	Cardiff City	Hereford
19:30	Steve Davey 67' Terry Paine 68' Dixie McNeil 75'		28' Tony Evans 62' Phil Dwyer 87' Phil Dwyer	Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 3,709 Referee: Clive Thomas (Treorchy)

19 May 1976 (1976-05-19) Final (Second leg - replayed)	Cardiff City	3–2 (6–5 agg.)	Hereford United	Cardiff
19:30	Freddie Pethard 13' Brian Clark 33' Tony Evans 68'		51' Jimmy Lindsay 87' Tony Byrne	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,648 Referee: Clive Thomas (Treorchy)

Note - the original first leg of the final, played at Ninian Park on 29 April, was declared to be null and void by the Welsh FA, because the scorer of both Hereford's goals in the 2–2 draw was deemed to be ineligible.^[2]

References[edit]

^ "All Cardiff City football club players: 1975". 11v11. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Cardiff City 1975-76 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Cardiff City football club match record: 1975". 11v11. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

Bibliography[edit]

Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
Rothmans Football Yearbook 1976–77. Queen Anne Press Limited. 1976. ISBN 0362-00259-2.
Crooks, John (1986). Cardiff City Chronology 1920-86. John Crooks. ISBN 0-9511984-0-8.
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 13 December 2008.

Welsh Football Data Archive

[1] "All Cardiff City football club players: 1975". 11v11. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

[results-2] "Cardiff City 1975-76 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

[11v11results-3] "Cardiff City football club match record: 1975". 11v11. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

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Players[edit]

League standings[edit]

Results by round[edit]

Fixtures & Results[edit]

Third Division[edit]

League Cup[edit]

FA Cup[edit]

Welsh Cup[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Bibliography[edit]