1951–52 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
1951–52 season
Chairman	Sir Herbert Merrett
Manager	Cyril Spiers
Division Two	2nd
FA Cup	3rd round
Welsh Cup	6th round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Wilf Grant (26); All: ; Wilf Grant (27)
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1950–51 1952–53 →

The 1951–52 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 25th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing second, winning promotion to Division One.

Season review

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sheffield Wednesday (C, P)	42	21	11	10	100	66	1.515	53	Promotion to the First Division
2	Cardiff City (P)	42	20	11	11	72	54	1.333	51	Promotion to the First Division
3	Birmingham City	42	21	9	12	67	56	1.196	51
4	Nottingham Forest	42	18	13	11	77	62	1.242	49
5	Leicester City	42	19	9	14	78	64	1.219	47

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

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	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H
Result	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	W
Position	1	7	4	9	5	16	17	11	9	9	5	3	3	9	6	5	4	4	4	4	7	5	2	1	3	1	2	1	2	4	4	5	5	5	6	7	5	5	5	3	3	2

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

After a 3–1 victory over Milford United, Cardiff were eliminated in the sixth round by Merthyr Tydfil.^[3]

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	WAL	Ron Howells
--	GK	WAL	Iorrie Hughes
--	DF	WAL	Colin Gale
--	DF	WAL	Ken Hollyman
--	DF	ENG	Stan Montgomery
--	DF	ENG	Charles Rutter
--	DF	WAL	Alf Sherwood
--	DF	WAL	Albert Stitfall
--	DF	WAL	Ron Stitfall
--	DF	WAL	Derrick Sullivan
--	DF	WAL	Glyn Williams
--	MF	WAL	Billy Baker
--	MF	WAL	Alan Harrington
--	MF	NIR	Bobby McLaughlin
--	MF	ENG	Don Moss


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	WAL	Griff Norman
--	MF	ENG	Cliff Nugent
--	MF	ENG	Mike Tiddy
--	MF	WAL	Crad Wilcox
--	MF	WAL	Roley Williams
--	FW	ENG	Doug Blair
--	FW	ENG	Ken Chisholm
--	FW	WAL	George Edwards
--	FW	WAL	Elfed Evans
--	FW	ENG	Leslie Evans
--	FW	ENG	Wilf Grant
--	FW	WAL	Marwood Marchant
--	FW	WAL	Ken Oakley
--	FW	WAL	Colin Webster


Date	Opponent	Venue	Result
18 Aug	Leicester City	H	4–0
20 Aug	Rotherham United	H	2–4
25 Aug	Nottingham Forest	A	3–2
27 Aug	Rotherham United	A	0–2
1 Sep	Brentford	H	2–0
8 Sep	Doncaster Rovers	A	0–1
12 Sep	Leeds United	A	1–2
15 Sep	Everton	H	3–1
17 Sep	Sheffield United	H	1–1
22 Sep	Southampton	A	1–1
29 Sep	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2–1
6 Oct	Coventry City	H	4–1
13 Oct	West Ham United	A	1–1
27 Oct	Barnsley	A	0–2
3 Nov	Hull City	H	1–0
10 Nov	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–0
17 Nov	Queens Park Rangers	H	3–1
24 Nov	Notts County	A	1–1
1 Dec	Luton Town	H	3–0
8 Dec	Bury	A	1–1
15 Dec	Leicester City	A	0–3
22 Dec	Nottingham Forest	H	4–1
25 Dec	Swansea Town	A	1–1
26 Dec	Swansea Town	H	3–0
29 Dec	Brentford	A	1–1
5 Jan	Doncaster Rovers	H	2–1
19 Jan	Everton	A	0–3
26 Jan	Southampton	H	1–0
9 Feb	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–4
16 Feb	Coventry City	A	1–2
1 Mar	West Ham United	H	1–1
12 Mar	Sheffield United	A	1–6
15 Mar	Barnsley	H	3–0
22 Mar	Hull City	A	0–0
5 Apr	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–1
11 Apr	Birmingham City	A	2–3
12 Apr	Notts County	H	1–0
14 Apr	Birmingham City	H	3–1
19 Apr	Luton Town	A	2–2
21 Apr	Blackburn Rovers	H	3–1
26 Apr	Bury	H	3–0
3 May	Leeds United	H	3–1


Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
12 Jan	Three	Swindon Town	H	1–1
15 Jan	Three (replay)	Swindon Town	A	0 – 1 (aet)


Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
	Five	Milford United	A	3–1
	Six	Merthyr Tydfil	A	1–3

Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
"Football Club History Database – Cardiff City".

^ Shepherd, Richard (2007). The Cardiff City Miscellany. Pitch books. ISBN 1-905411-04-9.
^ "Cardiff City 1951–52 results". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
^ "Welsh Cup 1951/52". Welsh Football Data Archive. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2010.