1951–52 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
1951–52 season
Chairman Wales Sir Herbert Merrett[1]
Manager England Cyril Spiers
Division Two 2nd
FA Cup 3rd round
Welsh Cup 6th round
Top goalscorer League:
Wilf Grant (26)
All:
Wilf Grant (27)
← 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

Football League Second Division

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
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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]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Welsh Cup

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

Players

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

No. Position Player
-- Wales GK Ron Howells
-- Wales GK Iorrie Hughes
-- Wales DF Colin Gale
-- Wales DF Ken Hollyman
-- England DF Stan Montgomery
-- England DF Charles Rutter
-- Wales DF Alf Sherwood
-- Wales DF Albert Stitfall
-- Wales DF Ron Stitfall
-- Wales DF Derrick Sullivan
-- Wales DF Glyn Williams
-- Wales MF Billy Baker
-- Wales MF Alan Harrington
-- Northern Ireland MF Bobby McLaughlin
-- England MF Don Moss
No. Position Player
-- Wales MF Griff Norman
-- England MF Cliff Nugent
-- England MF Mike Tiddy
-- Wales MF Crad Wilcox
-- Wales MF Roley Williams
-- England FW Doug Blair
-- England FW Ken Chisholm
-- Wales FW George Edwards
-- Wales FW Elfed Evans
-- England FW Leslie Evans
-- England FW Wilf Grant
-- Wales FW Marwood Marchant
-- Wales FW Ken Oakley
-- Wales FW Colin Webster

Table

P WDLFAGAPts
1Sheffield Wednesday42211110100661.51553
2Cardiff City4220111172541.33351
3Birmingham City422191267561.19651
4Nottingham Forest4218131177621.24249
5Leicester City421991478641.21947
6Leeds United4218111359571.03547
7Everton4217101564581.10344
8Luton Town4216121477780.98744
9Rotherham United421781773711.02842
10Brentford4215121554550.98242
11Sheffield United421851990761.18441
12West Ham United4215111667770.87041
13Southampton4215111661730.83641
14Blackburn Rovers421761954630.85740
15Notts County421671971681.04439
16Doncaster Rovers4213121755600.91738
17Bury421572067690.97137
18Hull City4213111860700.85737
19Swansea Town4212121872760.94736
20Barnsley4211141759720.81936
21Coventry City421462259820.72034
22Queens Park Rangers4211121952810.64234

Fixtures & results

Football League Second Division

DateOpponentVenueResultScorers
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

FA Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultScorers
12 Jan Three Swindon Town H 1 - 1
15 Jan Three (replay) Swindon Town A 0 - 1 (aet)

Welsh Cup

DateRoundOpponentVenueResultScorers
Five Milford United A 3 - 1
Six Merthyr Tydfil A 1 - 3

See also

References

  1. ↑ Shepherd, Richard (2007). The Cardiff City Miscellany. Pitch books. ISBN 1-905411-04-9.
  2. ↑ "Cardiff City 1951-52 results". Statto.com. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  3. ↑ "Welsh Cup 1951/52". Welsh Football Data Archive. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
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