1982–83 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
Season 1982–83
League	Football League Third Division
Manager	Len Ashurst
League position	2nd
Top goalscorer	League: Jeff Hemmerman (22) All: Jeff Hemmerman (26)
FA Cup	2nd round
League Cup	2nd round
Welsh Cup	3rd round
Previous season	← 1981–82
Next season	1983–84 →

The 1982–83 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 56th season in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Three, then the third tier of English football, finishing second and winning promotion to Division Two.

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 Brown
--	GK	WAL	Andy Dibble
--	GK	ENG	Steve Humphries
--	GK	ENG	Eric Steele
--	GK	WAL	Martin Thomas
--	DF	ENG	Gary Bennett
--	DF	WAL	Paul Bodin
--	DF	WAL	Phil Dwyer
--	DF	WAL	Linden Jones
--	DF	ENG	Jimmy Mullen
--	DF	WAL	Keith Pontin
--	MF	ENG	Dave Bennett


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	ENG	Roger Gibbins
--	MF	WAL	Paul Giles
--	MF	WAL	John Lewis
--	MF	WAL	Paul Maddy
--	MF	WAL	Tarki Micallef
--	MF	WAL	Ken Stroud
--	MF	ENG	David Tong
--	FW	ENG	Jeff Hemmerman
--	FW	ENG	Bob Hatton
--	FW	ENG	Godfrey Ingram
--	FW	ENG	Billy Woof

Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Portsmouth	46	27	10	9	74	41	+33	91
2	Cardiff City	46	25	11	10	76	50	+26	86
3	Huddersfield Town	46	23	13	10	84	49	+35	82
4	Newport County	46	23	9	14	76	54	+22	78
5	Oxford United	46	22	12	12	71	53	+18	78
6	Lincoln City	46	23	7	16	77	51	+26	76
7	Bristol Rovers	46	22	9	15	84	58	+26	75
8	Plymouth Argyle	46	19	8	19	61	66	-5	65
9	Brentford	46	18	10	18	88	77	+11	64
10	Walsall	46	17	13	16	64	63	+1	64
11	Sheffield United	46	19	7	20	62	64	-2	64
12	Bradford City	46	16	13	17	68	69	-1	61
13	Gillingham	46	16	13	17	58	59	-1	61
14	Bournemouth	46	16	13	17	59	68	-9	61
15	Southend United	46	15	14	17	66	65	+1	59
16	Preston North End	46	15	13	18	60	69	-9	58
17	Millwall	46	14	13	19	64	77	-13	55
18	Wigan Athletic	46	15	9	22	60	72	-12	54
19	Exeter City	46	14	12	20	81	104	-23	54
20	Orient	46	15	9	22	64	88	-24	54
21	Reading	46	12	17	17	64	79	-15	53
22	Wrexham	46	12	15	19	56	76	-20	51
23	Doncaster Rovers	46	9	11	26	57	97	-40	38
24	Chesterfield	46	8	13	25	43	68	-25	37

Results by round

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Fixtures & Results

Third Division

28 August 1982 (1982-08-28) 1	Cardiff City	1 - 2	Wrexham	Cardiff
15:00	Dave Bennett		19' Ian Arkwright Dixie McNeil	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,018 Referee: Lester Shapter (Paignton)

5 September 1982 (1982-09-05) 2	Millwall	0 - 4	Cardiff City	London
			3' John Lewis 42' Dave Bennett 52' Dave Bennett 68' Roger Gibbins	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 5,620 Referee: Howard Taylor (Oadby, Leicestershire)

8 September 1982 (1982-09-08) 3	Orient	4 - 0	Cardiff City	London
20:00	Colin Foster 10' Kevin Godfrey 30' Kevin Godfrey 59' Barry Silkman 70'			Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 2,021 Referee: Martin Bodenham (East Looe)

11 September 1982 (1982-09-11) 4	Cardiff City	3 - 2	Wigan	Cardiff
15:00	John Lewis 22' Gary Bennett 75' Billy Woof 86'		19' Peter Houghton 43' John Rogers	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,850 Referee: Tom Bune (Sussex)

18 September 1982 (1982-09-18) 5	Walsall	1 - 2	Cardiff City	Walsall
15:00	Alan Buckley 13' (pen)		4' Jeff Hemmerman 57' Phil Dwyer	Stadium: Fellows Park Attendance: 3,161 Referee: Brian Hill

25 September 1982 (1982-09-25) 6	Cardiff City	2 - 0	Sheffield United	Cardiff
15:00	Dave Bennett 23' Jeff Hemmerman 74'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,147 Referee: Leslie Burden (Dorset)

28 September 1982 (1982-09-28) 7	Cardiff City	2 - 0	Exeter City	Cardiff
19:30	Jeff Hemmerman 9' Jeff Hemmerman 87'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,867 Referee: Alan Seville (Birmingham)

2 October 1982 (1982-10-02) 8	Oxford United	2 - 2	Cardiff City	Oxford
	Kevin Brock David Fogg 83'		(og) Malcolm Shotton 89' Jimmy Mullen	Stadium: Manor Ground Attendance: 6,018 Referee: Mike Dimblebee (Stevenage)

9 October 1982 (1982-10-09) 9	Bournemouth	3 - 1	Cardiff City	Bournemouth
	Trevor Morgan 19' Milton Graham 23' Milton Graham 71'		Jeff Hemmerman	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 5,818 Referee: Tony Ward (London)

16 October 1982 (1982-10-16) 10	Cardiff City	1 - 0	Gillingham	Cardiff
15:00	Godfrey Ingram			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,828 Referee: Alan Crickmore (Plymouth)

19 October 1982 (1982-10-19) 11	Cardiff City	1 - 0	Bradford City	Cardiff
19:30	Gary Bennett 1'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,007 Referee: Derek Lloyd (Worcester)

23 October 1982 (1982-10-23) 12	Huddersfield	4 - 0	Cardiff City	Huddersfield
	Mark Lillis 28' Mark Lillis 40' Mark Lillis 68' Mark Lillis 71'			Stadium: Leeds Road Attendance: 6,121 Referee: Derek Owen (Bebington, Wirral)

30 October 1982 (1982-10-30) 13	Cardiff City	1 - 0	Portsmouth	Cardiff
15:00	Jeff Hemmerman 53'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,082 Referee: John Lovatt (Crewe)

3 November 1982 (1982-11-03) 14	Reading	1 - 2	Cardiff City	Reading
	Lawrie Sanchez 16'		42' Gary Bennett 62' Phil Dwyer	Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 2,982 Referee: Danny Vickers (Essex)

6 November 1982 (1982-11-06) 15	Cardiff City	3 - 1	Preston North End	Cardiff
15:00	Jeff Hemmerman 8' Dave Bennett 24' Godfrey Ingram 39'		67' Don O'Riordan	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,546 Referee: Ray Lewis (Great Bookham, Surrey)

13 November 1982 (1982-11-13) 16	Lincoln City	2 - 1	Cardiff City	Lincoln
	Derek Bell 61' (pen) Paul Bodin 73' (og)		36' Dave Bennett	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 6,585 Referee: David Richardson (Lancashire)

4 December 1982 (1982-12-04) 17	Doncaster Rovers	2 - 2	Cardiff City	Doncaster
	Colin Douglas 46' Glynn Snodin 52'		16' Tarki Micallef 63' Jeff Hemmerman	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 3,087 Referee: Peter Tyldesley (Stockport)

7 December 1982 (1982-12-07) 18	Cardiff City	1 - 1	Chesterfield	Cardiff
15:00	Bob Hatton 3'		73' Martin Henderson	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,813 Referee: Alan Crickmore (Plymouth)

17 December 1982 (1982-12-17) 19	Southend United	1 - 2	Cardiff City	Southend
19:30	Keith Mercer 74'		Bob Hatton 83' Roger Gibbins	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 3,476 Referee: John Deakin (Bedford)

27 December 1982 (1982-12-27) 20	Cardiff City	3 - 2	Newport	Cardiff
11:00	Bob Hatton 44' Jeff Hemmerman 80' Jeff Hemmerman		Karl Elsey Nigel Vaughan	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 15,972 Referee: Clive Thomas (Porthcawl)

28 December 1982 (1982-12-28) 21	Plymouth Argyle	2 - 3	Cardiff City	Plymouth
15:00	Mike Carter 59' John Sims 79'		13' Bob Hatton 43' Gary Bennett 12' John Sims	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 8,631 Referee: Tom Bune (Sussex)

1 January 1983 (1983-01-01) 22	Cardiff City	3 - 1	Bristol Rovers	Cardiff
15:00	Jeff Hemmerman 34' (pen) Gary Bennett 41' Jeff Hemmerman 80'		71' Les Bradd	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,698 Referee: Keren Barratt

3 January 1983 (1983-01-03) 23	Brentford	1 - 3	Cardiff City	London
15:00	Stan Bowles ?' (pen)		12' Roger Gibbins 45' Jeff Hemmerman 62' Jeff Hemmerman	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 7,602 Referee: Alf Grey (Great Yarmouth)

15 January 1983 (1983-01-15) 24	Wrexham	0 - 0	Cardiff City	Wrexham
				Stadium: Racecourse Attendance: 3,846 Referee: Ken Baker (Rugby)

22 January 1983 (1983-01-22) 25	Cardiff City	3 - 1	Walsall	Cardiff
15:00	Gary Bennett Jeff Hemmerman ?' (pen) Dave Bennett		Ken Beech	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,237 Referee: Colin Downey (Hounslow)

29 January 1983 (1983-01-29) 26	Exeter City	0 - 2	Cardiff City	Exeter
			52' (pen) Jeff Hemmerman 63' Bob Hatton	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 4,019 Referee: Alan Robinson (Fareham)

1 February 1983 (1983-02-01) 27	Cardiff City	3 - 0	Millwall	Cardiff
15:00	Gary Bennett 15' Dave Bennett 57' Jeff Hemmerman			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,643 Referee: Malcolm Heath (Stoke)

5 February 1983 (1983-02-05) 28	Sheffield United	2 - 0	Cardiff City	Sheffield
15:00	Colin Morris 55' (pen) Alan Young			Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 11,641 Referee: Joe Worrall (Workington)

12 February 1983 (1983-02-12) 29	Cardiff City	3 - 0	Oxford United	Cardiff
15:00	Jeff Hemmerman 15' (pen) Dave Bennett 52' Bob Hatton 53'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,970 Referee: Tony Glasson (Salisbury)

16 February 1983 (1983-02-16) 30	Bradford City	4 - 2	Cardiff City	Bradford
14:45	Bobby Campbell 29' Bobby Campbell 31' John Black 47' Joe Cooke ??'		79' Phil Dwyer Roger Gibbins	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 3,786 Referee: George Courtney (Spennymoor)

19 February 1983 (1983-02-19) 31	Cardiff City	1 - 1	Bournemouth	Cardiff
15:00	Roger Gibbins 61'		50' Tom Heffernan	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,878 Referee: Dennis Hedges (Oxford)

26 February 1983 (1983-02-26) 32	Gillingham	2 - 3	Cardiff City	Gillingham
	Jeff Johnson 1' Billy Lansdowne 45'		4' Roger Gibbins 28' Jeff Hemmerman 77' (pen) Jeff Hemmerman	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,587 Referee: Darryl Reeves (Uxbridge)

1 March 1983 (1983-03-01) 33	Cardiff City	0 - 0	Reading	Cardiff
19:30				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,173 Referee: Roger Milford (Bristol)

12 March 1983 (1983-03-12) 34	Portsmouth	0 - 0	Cardiff City	Portsmouth
15:00				Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 24,354 Referee: Leslie Burden (Dorset)

15 March 1983 (1983-03-15) 35	Cardiff City	1 - 1	Huddersfield	Cardiff
19:45	Bob Hatton 25'		35' David Cowling	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,379 Referee: Vic Callow (Solihull)

19 March 1983 (1983-03-19) 36	Preston North End	2 - 1	Cardiff City	Preston
	Alex Bruce 26' Stephen Elliott 75'		46' Jeff Hemmerman	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 4,608 Referee: Bob Nixon (West Kirby)

26 March 1983 (1983-03-26) 37	Cardiff City	1 - 0	Lincoln City	Cardiff
15:00	Gary Bennett			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,821 Referee: Maurice Robinson (Sutton Colefield)

2 April 1983 (1983-04-02) 38	Cardiff City	0 - 0	Plymouth Argyle	Cardiff
15:00				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,226 Referee: John Holbrook (Wolverhampton)

4 April 1983 (1983-04-04) 39	Newport	1 - 0	Cardiff City	Newport
11:00	John Aldridge			Stadium: Somerton Park Attendance: 16,052 Referee: Ray Lewis (Great Bookham, Surrey)

9 April 1983 (1983-04-09) 40	Cardiff City	3 - 0	Doncaster Rovers	Cardiff
15:00	David Tong 8' Roger Gibbins 16' David Tong 75'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,456 Referee: Alan Crickmore (Plymouth)

16 April 1983 (1983-04-16) 41	Wigan	0 - 0	Cardiff City	Wigan
15:00				Stadium: Springfield Park Attendance: 4,447 Referee: George Tyson (Sunderland)

23 April 1983 (1983-04-23) 42	Cardiff City	4 - 1	Southend United	Cardiff
15:00	Bob Hatton 20' John Lewis 24' Jeff Hemmerman John Lewis 46'		70' Paul Clark	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,141 Referee: Derek Civil (Birmingham)

30 April 1983 (1983-04-30) 43	Chesterfield	0 - 1	Cardiff City	Chesterfield
			Dave Bennett	Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 2,799 Referee: Alan Saunders (Newcastle upon Tyne)

2 May 1983 (1983-05-02) 44	Cardiff City	3 - 1	Brentford	Cardiff
15:00	Jim McNicholl ?' (og) Bob Hatton Dave Bennett		Chris Kamara	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,112 Referee: Alex Hamil (Wolverhampton)

7 May 1983 (1983-05-07) 45	Cardiff City	2 - 0	Orient	Cardiff
15:00	Dave Bennett John Lewis			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,480 Referee: Ron Bridges (Deeside)

14 May 1983 (1983-05-14) 46	Bristol Rovers	1 - 1	Cardiff City	Bristol
15:00	Nicky Platnauer 63'		Roger Gibbins	Stadium: Eastville Attendance: 10,731 Referee: Derek Lloyd (Worcester)

Milk Cup

31 August 1982 (1982-08-31) 1 (First Leg)	Cardiff City	2 - 1	Hereford United	Cardiff
19:45	Dave Bennett 82' Roger Gibbins 85'		59' Derek Showers	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 1,808 Referee: Stephen Bates (Bristol)

15 September 1982 (1982-09-15) 1 (Second Leg)	Hereford United	1 - 2	Cardiff City	Hereford
	Mel Pejic 27'		38' Roger Gibbins 67' Jeff Hemmerman	Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 3,301 Referee: J Haigh (Macclesfield)

5 October 1982 (1982-10-05) 2 (First Leg)	Arsenal	2 - 1	Cardiff City	London
	John Hollins 67' Paul Davis 84'		75' Roger Gibbins	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 15,115 Referee: Allan Gunn (Burgess Hill)

26 October 1982 (1982-10-26) 2 (Second Leg)	Cardiff City	1 - 3	Arsenal	Cardiff
19:45	Jeff Hemmerman 50'		3' Alan Sunderland 26' Tony Woodcock 85' Paul Davis	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,632 Referee: Vic Callow (Solihull)

FA Cup

20 November 1982 (1982-11-20) 1	Wokingham Town	1 - 1	Cardiff City	Wokingham
	George Torrance 15'		78' David Tong	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Colin Downey (Hounslow)

23 November 1982 (1982-11-23) 1 (Replay)	Cardiff City	3 - 0	Wokingham Town	Cardiff
	Linden Jones Jeff Hemmerman 55' Godfrey Ingram 65'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,755 Referee: Colin Downey (Hounslow)

11 December 1982 (1982-12-11) 2	Cardiff City	2 - 3	Weymouth	Cardiff
15:00	Roger Gibbins 28' Jeff Hemmerman 36'		55' Anni Iannone 80' Trevor Finnegan 86' Gerry Pearson	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,446 Referee: Brian Hill

References

Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
"Football Club History Database - Cardiff City". Archived from the original on 30 December 2008. Retrieved 14 December 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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