1970–71 Cardiff City F.C. season

The 1970–71 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 44th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing third.[1]

Cardiff City
1970–71 season
ManagerJimmy Scoular
Football League Second Division3rd
FA Cup4th round
League Cup2nd round
European Cup Winners CupQuarter-finals
Welsh CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Brian Clark (15)
All: Brian Clark (22)

The club's season was disrupted by the sale of John Toshack to Liverpool in November,[2] breaking up the Toshack-Brian Clark strike partnership which had scored countless goals for the club in recent years. Despite this the team reached the quarter-finals of the European Cup Winners Cup before losing 2–1 on aggregate to Spanish side Real Madrid, after winning the first leg 1–0 at their home ground Ninian Park, a result that has since gone on to become one of the most famous moments in the club's history.[3]

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 Eadie
-- GK  ENG Frank Parsons
-- DF  ENG Gary Bell
-- DF  ENG David Carver
-- DF  WAL Steve Derrett
-- DF  ENG Brian Harris
-- DF  SCO Don Murray
-- MF  ENG Ian Gibson
-- MF  WAL Barrie Jones
-- MF  ENG Peter King
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- MF  WAL Leighton Phillips
-- MF  ENG Mel Sutton
-- MF  ENG Bobby Woodruff
-- FW  ENG Ronnie Bird
-- FW  ENG Brian Clark
-- FW  WAL John Parsons
-- FW  WAL Nigel Rees
-- FW  WAL Derek Showers
-- FW  WAL John Toshack
-- FW  ENG Alan Warboys

Key:
  ‡ On loan from another club   * First appearance(s) for the club

Correct as of May 1971. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.

PosNamePGPGPGPGPGPG Notes
League FA CupLeague CupEuropeOtherTotalDiscipline
GKJim Eadie3202000407045000
GKFrank Parsons1000010200013000
DFDavid Carver4212010607058100
DFGary Bell4212010607058100
DFSteve Derrett5(1)1000000116(1)200
DFBrian Harris25(1)020104(1)0200000
DFDon Murray4212010607158200
MFIan Gibson4061010626(1)454(1)1200
MFPeter King4152110626(1)256(1)1000
MFLeighton Phillips29(1)320003(2)17041(3)400
MFMel Sutton4122010614054300
MFBobby Woodruff33(3)32010616148(3)500
FWRonnie Bird3(2)0000(1)000417(3)100
FWBrian Clark33(2)151(1)0105(1)46346(4)2200
FWJohn Parsons1(2)20000002(1)23(3)400
FWNigel Rees901(1)000202114(1)100
FWDerek Showers10000000001000
FWJohn Toshack16800104500211300
FWAlan Warboys171310000030211300

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Leicester City 42 23 13 6 57 30 1.900 59 Division Champions, promoted
2 Sheffield United 42 21 14 7 73 39 1.872 56 Promoted
3 Cardiff City 42 20 13 9 64 41 1.561 53 Welsh Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1971–72 First round
4 Carlisle United 42 20 13 9 65 43 1.512 53
5 Hull City 42 19 13 10 54 41 1.317 51
Source:

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundAHAAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAAHA
ResultWDWLDWWDDLWDDWWWWLDLWLDWWWWDDWDWLWWDDLWLWL
Position[4]61521112556544323344455332221213222233333
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures & Results

[4]

Second Division

15 August 1970 (1970-08-15) 1 Leicester City 0–1 Cardiff City Leicester
 41' Brian Clark Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 27,578
Referee: Derek Nippard (Bournemouth)
22 August 1970 (1970-08-22) 2 Cardiff City 2–2 Millwall Cardiff
John Toshack  12'
Peter King  56'
 63' Derek Possee
 89' Harry Cripps
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 25,283
Referee: Syd Kayley (Preston)
26 August 1970 (1970-08-26) 3 Sheffield Wednesday 1–2 Cardiff City Sheffield
Mick Prendergast  10'  11' Brian Clark
 23' Mel Sutton
Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 16,896
Referee: Gordon Hill
29 August 1970 (1970-08-29) 4 Bristol City 1–0 Cardiff City Bristol
Gerry Sharpe  84' Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 24,969
Referee: Gordon Kew (Leeds)
2 September 1970 (1970-09-02) 5 Cardiff City 1–1 Sheffield United Cardiff
Brian Clark  25'  68' Alan Woodward Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 21,455
Referee: Charles Nicholls (Plymouth)
5 September 1970 (1970-09-05) 6 Cardiff City 2–0 Birmingham City Cardiff
John Toshack  25', 35' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 22,081
Referee: Tony Oliver (Leigh On Sea)
12 September 1970 (1970-09-12) 7 Bolton Wanderers 0–2 Cardiff City Bolton
 44' Ian Gibson
 78' Brian Clark
Stadium: Burnden Park
Attendance: 10,777
Referee: John Thacker (Scarborough)
19 September 1970 (1970-09-19) 8 Cardiff City 1–1 Norwich City Cardiff
Brian Clark  42'  68' Albert Bennett Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 23,768
Referee: Harold Davey (Nottingham)
26 September 1970 (1970-09-26) 9 Orient 0–0 Cardiff City London
Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 11992
Referee: Vince James (York)
3 October 1970 (1970-10-03) 10 Cardiff City 3–4 Middlesbrough Cardiff
Brian Clark  30'
Bobby Woodruff  53'
Peter King  57'
 20' John Hickton
 63' Willie Maddren
 69' Joe Laidlaw
 86' Hugh McIlmoyle
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 21072
Referee: Ron Challis (Tonbridge)
10 October 1970 (1970-10-10) 11 Watford 0–1 Cardiff City London
 71' Brian Clark Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 16224
Referee: Colin Fallon (Blackpool)
17 October 1970 (1970-10-17) 12 Cardiff City 2–2 Leicester City Cardiff
Ian Gibson  29' (pen)
David Carver  90'
 48' John Farrington
 59' John Sjoberg
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 25968
Referee: Harold Williams (Sheffleid)
24 October 1970 (1970-10-24) 13 Carlisle United 1–1 Cardiff City Carlisle
Chris Balderstone  62'  71' John Toshack Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 10955
Referee: David Laing (Preston)
28 October 1970 (1970-10-28) 14 Cardiff City 1–0 Portsmouth Cardiff
John Toshack  62' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 18529
Referee: Jack Taylor (Wolverhampton)
31 October 1970 (1970-10-31) 15 Cardiff City 5–1 Hull City Cardiff
John Toshack  5', 15', 59'
Ian Gibson  66'
Leighton Phillips  83'
 18' Geoff Barker Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 21856
Referee: Roy Darlington (Runcorn)
7 November 1970 (1970-11-07) 16 Queens Park Rangers 0–1 Cardiff City London
Leighton Phillips Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 13266
Referee: Ron Barker (Crewe)
14 November 1970 (1970-11-14) 17 Cardiff City 4–1 Blackburn Rovers Cardiff
Peter King  28s'
Brian Clark  16', 70'
Bobby Woodruff  41'
 72' Knighton Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 18238
Referee: Jim Finney (Hereford)
21 November 1970 (1970-11-21) 18 Charlton Athletic 2–1 Cardiff City London
Dick Plumb  32'
Dennis Bond  76'
 81' Bobby Woodruff
Ronnie Bird Peter King
Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 10762
Referee: John Hunting (Leicester)
28 November 1970 (1970-11-28) 19 Cardiff City 0–0 Luton Town Cardiff
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 26689
Referee: Ivan Smith (Accrington)
5 December 1970 (1970-12-05) 20 Oxford United 1–0 Cardiff City Oxford
Nigel Cassidy  12' Leighton Phillips Derek Showers Stadium: Manor Ground
Attendance: 12206
Referee: Bill Hall (Preston)
12 December 1970 (1970-12-12) 21 Cardiff City 3–1 Sunderland Cardiff
Richie Pitt  35' (og)
Leighton Phillips  66'
Ian Gibson  87'
 57' Joe Baker Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 15639
Referee: Arthur Hart (London)
19 December 1970 (1970-12-19) 22 Millwall 2–1 Cardiff City London
Barry Bridges  16', 76'  68' Brian Clark Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 8591
Referee: Ted Jolly (Manchester)
26 December 1970 (1970-12-26) 23 Cardiff City 1–1 Swindon Town Cardiff
Mel Sutton  68'  36' Don Rogers Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 24813
Referee: John Yates (Redditch)
9 January 1971 (1971-01-09) 24 Cardiff City 4–0 Sheffield Wednesday Cardiff
Alan Warboys  38', 78'
Peter King  67'
Gary Bell  85'
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 21464
Referee: Brian H Daniels (Rainham)
16 January 1971 (1971-01-16) 25 Portsmouth 1–3 Cardiff City Portsmouth
Youlden  67'  3' Don Murray
 27', 69' Alan Warboys
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 24747
Referee: Roy Capey (Madeley Heath)
6 February 1971 (1971-02-06) 26 Cardiff City 1–0 Oxford United Cardiff
John Parsons  78'
John Parsons Mel Sutton
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 14736
Referee: Dennis Turner (Cannock)
13 February 1971 (1971-02-13) 27 Sunderland 0–4 Cardiff City Sunderland
 24' Brian Clark
 29' (og) Cecil Irwin
 88' Ian Gibson

 67' John Parsons

John Parsons Alan Warboys
Stadium: Roker Park
Attendance: 11566
Referee: Tony Morrissey (Bramhall)
20 February 1971 (1971-02-20) 28 Cardiff City 1–1 Charlton Athletic Cardiff
Ian Gibson  26' (pen)  53' Dave Shipperley Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 18034
Referee: Ricky Nicholson (Manchester)
27 February 1971 (1971-02-27) 29 Hull City 1–1 Cardiff City Hull
David Carver  23' (og)  66' Alan Warboys
Bobby Woodruff Brian Clark
Stadium: Boothferry Park
Attendance: 25091
Referee: Lyn Ashton (Ilkeston)
6 March 1971 (1971-03-06) 30 Cardiff City 4–0 Carlisle United Cardiff
Alan Warboys  2.10', 9', 43', ?' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 22502
Referee: Peter R Walters (Bridgewater)
13 March 1971 (1971-03-13) 31 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Cardiff City Blackburn
Freddie Goodwin  70'  26' Brian Clark Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 10562
Referee: Maurice Fussey (Retford, Nottinghamshire)
20 March 1971 (1971-03-20) 32 Cardiff City 1–0 Queens Park Rangers Cardiff
Alan Warboys  45' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 23123
Referee: Dennis Pugh (Chester)
27 March 1971 (1971-03-27) 33 Birmingham City 2–0 Cardiff City Birmingham
Trevor Francis  4'
Phil Summerill  76'
Brian Clark Nigel Rees Stadium: St Andrews
Attendance: 49025
Referee: Ray Tinkler (Boston)
3 April 1971 (1971-04-03) 34 Cardiff City 1–0 Bristol City Cardiff
Ken Wimshurst  3.48' (og) Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 24687
Referee: John Hunting (Leicester)
7 April 1971 (1971-04-07) 35 Cardiff City 1–0 Bolton Wanderers Cardiff
Brian Clark  56'
Brian Harris Ronnie Bird
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 21305
Referee: Jim Finney (Hereford)
10 April 1971 (1971-04-10) 36 Swindon Town 2–2 Cardiff City Swindon
Steve Peplow  5'
Roger Smart  64'
 6', 13' Alan Warboys Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 21158
Referee: Keith Styles (Barnsley)
13 April 1971 (1971-04-13) 37 Middlesbrough 1–1 Cardiff City Middlesbrough
Downing  2'  54' Peter King  56'
Steve Derrett Ian Gibson
Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 19559
Referee: Gordon Kew (Leeds)
17 April 1971 (1971-04-17) 38 Cardiff City 0–1 Watford Cardiff
 60' Woods Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 26536
Referee: Ken Burns (Stourbridge)
24 April 1971 (1971-04-24) 39 Norwich City 1–2 Cardiff City Norwich
Peter Silvester  77'  28' Brian Clark
 42' Alan Warboys
Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 15607
Referee: Tony Oliver (Leigh On Sea)
27 April 1971 (1971-04-27) 40 Sheffield United 5–1 Cardiff City Sheffield
Bill Dearden  5', 82'
John Flynn  33'
Tony Currie  55'
Gil Reece  66'
 43' Steve Derrett
Bobby Woodruff Leighton Phillips
Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 42963
Referee: Ricky Nicholson (Manchester)
1 May 1971 (1971-05-01) 41 Cardiff City 1–0 Orient Cardiff
Brian Clark  25'
Bobby Woodruff Peter King
Stadium: Ninian Park
Referee: Derek Nippard (Bournemouth)
4 May 1971 (1971-05-04) 42 Luton Town 3–0 Cardiff City Luton
Malcolm Macdonald  19', 58', 59' Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Referee: Pat Partridge (Middlesbrough)

League Cup

9 September 1970 (1970-09-09) First Round Queens Park Rangers 4–0 Cardiff City London
Barry Bridges  ?'
Frank Saul  ?'
Rodney Marsh  ?'
Terry Venables  ?' (pen)
Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 15,026

FA Cup

2 January 1971 (1971-01-02) Third Round Cardiff City 1–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Cardiff
Peter King  3' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 19,338
Referee: Ken Wynn (Wolverhampton)
23 January 1971 (1971-01-23) Fourth Round Cardiff City 0–2 Brentford Cardiff
Jackie Graham  29'
John Docherty  50'
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 23,335
Referee: Ken Baker (Rugby)

European Cup Winners Cup

16 September 1970 (1970-09-16) One (First leg) Cardiff City 8–0 Pezoporikos Larnaca Cardiff
Mel Sutton  17'
Ian Gibson  32'
Peter King  35'
Bobby Woodruff  41'
Brian Clark 44', 70'
John Toshack  55', 79'
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 12,984
Referee: Jacques Colling (Luxembourg)
30 September 1970 (1970-09-30) One (Second leg) Pezoporikos Larnaca 0–0
(0–8 agg.)
Cardiff City Larnaca
Stadium: GSZ Stadium
Attendance: 2,100
Referee: Petar Nikolov (Bulgaria)
21 October 1970 (1970-10-21) Two (first leg) Cardiff City 5–1 Nantes Cardiff
John Toshack  9', 38'
Ian Gibson  10'
Peter King  76'
Leighton Phillips  80'
 1' Philippe Gondet Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 17,905
Referee: Wolfgang Riedel (East Germany)
4 November 1970 (1970-11-04) Two (second leg) Nantes 1–2
(2–7 agg.)
Cardiff City Nantes
Bernard Blanchet  83'  12'John Toshack
 76' Brian Clark
Stadium: Stade Malakoff
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Timoleon Latsios (Greece)
10 March 1971 (1971-03-10) Quarter Final (first leg) Cardiff City 1–0 Real Madrid Cardiff
Brian Clark  31' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 47,500
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)
24 March 1971 (1971-03-24) Quarter Final (second leg) Real Madrid 2–0
(2–1 agg.)
Cardiff City Madrid
Velazquez  50'
Sebastián Fleitas  52'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Karol Sarka (Czechoslovakia)

See also

  • Cardiff City F.C. seasons

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 30 November 2008.
  • Welsh Football Data Archive
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  4. "Cardiff City 1970–1971 : Results". Statto. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
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