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Cardiff City
Season 1975–76
League Football League Third Division
Manager Jimmy Andrews
League position 2nd
Top goalscorer League: Tony Evans (21)
All: Tony Evans (29)
FA Cup 4th round
League Cup 1st round
Welsh Cup Winners
Previous season ← 1974–75
Next season 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 Three 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

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
-- GK England ENG Ron Healey
-- GK Northern Ireland NIR Bill Irwin
-- DF Wales WAL Bryan Attley
-- DF England ENG Clive Charles
-- DF Wales WAL Phil Dwyer
-- DF Wales WAL Mike England
-- DF Northern Ireland NIR Albert Larmour
-- DF Wales WAL Richie Morgan
-- DF Wales WAL Freddie Pethard
-- MF England ENG Willie Anderson
-- MF Scotland SCO John Buchanan
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- MF Scotland SCO Alan Campbell
-- MF England ENG Joe Durrell
-- MF Wales WAL David Giles
-- MF England ENG Doug Livermore
-- MF Wales WAL Gil Reece
-- MF Wales WAL Peter Sayer
-- MF Wales WAL Tony Villars
-- FW Australia AUS Adrian Alston
-- FW England ENG Brian Clark
-- FW England ENG Tony Evans
-- FW Wales WAL Derek Showers

Table

P W D L F A GA Pts
1 Hereford United 46 26 11 9 86 55 1.564 63
2 Cardiff City 46 22 13 11 69 48 1.438 57
3 Millwall 46 20 16 10 54 43 1.256 56
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
6 Wrexham 46 20 12 14 66 55 1.200 52
7 Walsall 46 18 14 14 74 61 1.213 50
8 Preston North End 46 19 10 17 62 57 1.088 48
9 Shrewsbury Town 46 19 10 17 61 59 1.034 48
10 Peterborough United 46 15 18 13 63 63 1.000 48
11 Mansfield Town 46 16 15 15 58 52 1.115 47
12 Port Vale 46 15 16 15 55 54 1.019 46
13 Bury 46 14 16 16 51 46 1.109 44
14 Chesterfield 46 17 9 20 69 69 1.000 43
15 Gillingham 46 12 19 15 58 68 0.853 43
16 Rotherham United 46 15 12 19 54 65 0.831 42
17 Chester 46 15 12 19 43 62 0.694 42
18 Grimsby Town 46 15 10 21 62 74 0.838 40
19 Swindon Town 46 16 8 22 62 75 0.827 40
20 Sheffield Wednesday 46 12 16 18 48 59 0.814 40
21 Aldershot 46 13 13 20 59 75 0.787 39
22 Colchester United 46 12 14 20 41 65 0.631 38
23 Southend United 46 12 13 21 65 75 0.867 37
24 Halifax Town 46 11 13 22 41 61 0.672 35

Results by round

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Fixtures & Results

Third Division

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' (o.g.) 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' (o.g.)		 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' (o.g.) 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)

League Cup

20 August 1975 (1975-08-20) 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) 1 (2nd leg) Bristol Rovers 1 - 1 Cardiff City Bristol
Kenny Stephens 42' 31' Brian Clark Stadium: Eastville
Attendance: 7,720

FA Cup

22 November 1975 (1975-11-22) 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) 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) 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) 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)

See also

References

  • 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.
  • "Football Club History Database - Cardiff City". Archived from the original on 30 December 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  • Welsh Football Data Archive
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