1974–75 Cardiff City F.C. season

The 1974–75 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 48th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing twenty-first, suffering relegation to Division Three.

Cardiff City

1974–75 season
Manager	Jimmy Andrews
Football League Second Division	17th
FA Cup	3rd round
League Cup	1st round
European Cup Winners Cup	1st round
Welsh Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Gil Reece (9) All: Gil Reece (10)
Home colours

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  ENG Ron Healey -- GK  NIR Bill Irwin -- GK  ENG Terry Lee -- DF  WAL Bryan Attley -- DF  ENG Clive Charles -- DF  WAL Phil Dwyer -- DF  ENG John Impey -- DF  NIR Albert Larmour -- DF  NIR John McClelland -- DF  WAL Richie Morgan -- DF  SCO Don Murray -- DF  WAL Freddie Pethard -- DF  WAL David Powell -- MF  ENG Willie Anderson

No. Pos. Nation Player -- MF  SCO John Buchanan -- MF  ENG John Farrington -- MF  WAL David Giles -- MF  WAL Leighton Phillips -- MF  WAL Gil Reece -- MF  WAL Peter Sayer -- MF  ENG George Smith -- MF  WAL Tony Villars -- MF  ENG Johnny Vincent -- FW  SCO Steve Finnieston -- FW  SCO Jimmy McInch -- FW  WAL Derek Showers -- FW  ENG Jack Whitham

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
18	Oldham Athletic	42	10	15	17	40	48	0.833	35
19	Bristol Rovers	42	12	11	19	42	64	0.656	35
20	Millwall	42	10	12	20	44	56	0.786	32	Relegated
21	Cardiff City	42	9	14	19	36	62	0.581	32
22	Sheffield Wednesday	42	5	11	26	29	64	0.453	21

Source:

Results by round

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	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	L	D	D	W	W	L	D	L	L	D	L	D	D	D	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	L
Position	10	20	21	22	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	18	20	20	18	18	18	19	19	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	19	20	20	20	20	20	21

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

Second Division

17 August 1974 1	Cardiff City	1–1	Oxford United	Cardiff
	Clive Charles  49'		42' Brian Heron	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,116 Referee: Peter Walters (Bridgewater)

24 August 1974 2	Fulham	4–0	Cardiff City	London
	Jimmy Conway  3', 37' Viv Busby  28', 47'			Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 8,110 Referee: Alex Lees (Somerset)

27 August 1974 3	York City	1–0	Cardiff City	York
	Chris Jones  51'			Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 6,321

31 August 1974 4	Cardiff City	0–1	Manchester United	Cardiff
			4' (pen) Gerry Daly	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 22,344 Referee: Peter Reeves (Leicester)

7 September 1974 5	Sheffield Wednesday	1–2	Cardiff City	Sheffield
	Albert Larmour  14' (og)		32' Gil Reece  39' Willie Anderson	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 9,850 Referee: George Courtney (Spennymoor)

14 September 1974 6	Cardiff City	0–1	Bristol City	Cardiff
			46' Keith Fear	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,856 Referee: John Hunting (Leicester)

21 September 1974 7	Portsmouth	2–2	Cardiff City	Portsmouth
	Mick Mellows  52' Norman Piper  66'		31' Derek Showers  44' Johnny Vincent	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 9,519 Referee: Arthur Hart (London)

24 September 1974 8	Blackpool	4–0	Cardiff City	Blackpool
	David Powell  (og) Stuart Parker Paul Hart  60' Wyn Davies  61'			Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 5,579

28 September 1974 9	Cardiff City	1–2	Hull City	Cardiff
	Gil Reece  86'		53' Roy Greenwood  76' Steve Deere	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,672 Referee: Clive White (Harrow)

5 October 1974 10	Bristol Rovers	1–0	Cardiff City	Bristol
	Alan Warboys  73'			Stadium: Eastville Attendance: 10,310 Referee: Bob Perkin (Stafford)

12 October 1974 11	Cardiff City	0–2	West Bromwich Albion	Cardiff
			69' Joe Mayo  86' Barry Donaghy	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,723 Referee: John Homewood (Sunbury-On-Thames)

16 October 1974 12	Cardiff City	3–2	York City	Cardiff
	Johnny Vincent  21', 75' (pen) Gil Reece  61'		28', 42' (pen) Ian Holmes	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,883 Referee: Alan Turvey (Wickford, Essex)

19 October 1974 13	Bolton Wanderers	2–1	Cardiff City	Bolton
	Hugh Curran  13', 75'		59' John Buchanan	Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 9,439 Referee: Dennis Turner (Cannock)

26 October 1974 14	Cardiff City	3–1	Oldham Athletic	Cardiff
	Johnny Vincent  2' John Buchanan  34' Steve Finnieston  72'		9' Alan Young	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,751 Referee: Tony Glasson (Salisbury)

2 November 1974 15	Cardiff City	2–0	Sunderland	Cardiff
	Steve Finnieston  29' Willie Anderson  67' (pen)			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,883 Referee: Alan Robinson (Fareham)

9 November 1974 16	Orient	1–1	Cardiff City	London
	Gerry Queen  32'		38' Phil Dwyer	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 6,412 Referee: David Richardson (Clayton-le-Moors, Lancashire)

16 November 1974 17	Cardiff City	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Cardiff
	Phil Dwyer  32' Derek Showers  42'		82' Neil Martin	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,401 Referee: Jim Bent (Hemel Hempstead)

29 November 1974 18	Cardiff City	2–2	Southampton	Cardiff
	Jack Whitham  10' Derek Showers  59'		17' Peter Osgood Bobby Stokes	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,668 Referee: Ken Baker (Rugby)

7 December 1974 19	Norwich City	1–1	Cardiff City	Norwich
	Johnny Miller  22s'		53' Gil Reece	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 17,685 Referee: Robin Clay (Gainsboroug)

11 December 1974 20	Cardiff City	0–0	Fulham	Cardiff
				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,458 Referee: John Yates (Redditch)

14 December 1974 21	Oxford United	1–0	Cardiff City	Oxford
	Derek Clarke  73' (pen)			Stadium: Manor Ground Attendance: 8,107 Referee: Gordon Hill (Leicester)

21 December 1974 22	Cardiff City	0–0	Notts County	Cardiff
				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,671 Referee: Derek Civil (Birmingham)

26 December 1974 23	Bristol City	0–0	Cardiff City	Bristol
				Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 12,484 Referee: Ray Toseland (Kettering)

28 December 1974 24	Cardiff City	3–1	Aston Villa	Cardiff
	Derek Showers  74s' John Buchanan  22' Jack Whitham  35'		57' Ian Hamilton	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,060 Referee: Clive White (Harrow)

11 January 1975 25	Cardiff City	2–1	Norwich City	Cardiff
	Gil Reece  10', 44'		65' Ted MacDougall	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,637 Referee: Derek Nippard (Bournemouth)

25 January 1975 26	Millwall	5–1	Cardiff City	London
	Ray Evans  29' Phil Summerill Phil Summerill Phil Summerill Barry Kitchener		89' Gil Reece	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 8,101

1 February 1975 27	Cardiff City	0–0	Orient	Cardiff
				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,020 Referee: Harry New (Portsmouth)

8 February 1975 28	Sunderland	3–1	Cardiff City	Sunderland
	Tony Towers  63' (pen) Richie Morgan  67' (og) Bryan Robson  72'		7' Willie Anderson	Stadium: Roker Park Attendance: 29,315 Referee: Colin Seel (Carlisle)

14 February 1975 29	Cardiff City	0–1	Millwall	Cardiff
			61' Frank Saul	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,598 Referee: Jack Taylor (Wolverhampton)

22 February 1975 30	Nottingham Forest	0–0	Cardiff City	Nottingham
				Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 12,806

1 March 1975 31	Manchester United	4–0	Cardiff City	Manchester
	Stewart Houston  59' Stuart Pearson  61' Sammy McIlroy  85' Lou Macari			Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 43,601

8 March 1975 32	Cardiff City	1–1	Blackpool	Cardiff
	Gil Reece  33'		67' Bill Bentley	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,134 Referee: John Homewood (Sunbury-On-Thames)

15 March 1975 33	Hull City	1–1	Cardiff City	Hull
	Malcolm Lord  14'		68' Derek Showers	Stadium: Boothferry Park Attendance: 5,248 Referee: Bob Matthewson (Worsley)

22 March 1975 34	Cardiff City	0–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Cardiff
				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,637 Referee: Jim Bent (Hemel Hempstead)

29 March 1975 35	Notts County	0–2	Cardiff City	Nottingham
			11' Phil Dwyer  88' Clive Charles	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 8,105 Referee: Jack Rice (Preston)

2 April 1975 36	Cardiff City	1–0	Portsmouth	Cardiff
	Peter Sayer  30'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,892 Referee: Ken Baker (Rugby)

5 April 1975 37	Oldham Athletic	4–0	Cardiff City	Oldham
	Alan Young  5', 15' George McVitie  16' Albert Larmour  58' (og)			Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 10,243 Referee: Terry Bosi (Wolverhampton)

9 April 1975 38	Aston Villa	2–0	Cardiff City	Birmingham
	Brian Little  65', 75'			Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 32,748

12 April 1975 39	Cardiff City	2–2	Bristol Rovers	Cardiff
	Phil Dwyer  71' John McClelland  73'		47' Colin Dobson  83' Frankie Prince	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 13,896 Referee: Ron Crabb (Exeter)

19 April 1975 40	West Bromwich Albion	2–0	Cardiff City	West Bromwich
	Bryan Robson  10' Ally Robertson  34'			Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 10,182 Referee: Gordon Trevett (Manchester)

22 April 1975 41	Southampton	2–0	Cardiff City	Southampton
	Gerry O'Brien  36' Mick Channon  56'			Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 14,273

26 April 1975 42	Cardiff City	1–2	Bolton Wanderers	Cardiff
	Gil Reece  87'		34' Peter Nicholson  57' Sam Allardyce	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,396 Referee: Ken Burns (Stourbridge)

League Cup

19 August 1974 1	Bristol City	2–1	Cardiff City	Bristol
	Gerry Sweeney  31' Geoff Merrick  55'		72' Jimmy McInch	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 8,813

FA Cup

4 January 1975 3	Leeds United	4–1	Cardiff City	Leeds
	Eddie Gray  3' Allan Clarke  5', 44' Duncan McKenzie  45'		89' Derek Showers	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 31,572 Referee: Dave Wallace (Crewe)

European Cup Winners Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
18 Sep	One (first leg)	Ferencvaros	A	L 0–2	Approx, 20,000
2 Oct	One (second leg)	Ferencvaros	H	L 1–4	4,228	Dwyer

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 13 December 2008.
• Welsh Football Data Archive