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)
Highest home attendance	46,003 v Swansea Town 26 December 1951
Lowest home attendance	19,860 v Nottingham Forest 22 December 1951
Average home league attendance	28,945
	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

Football League Second Division

Partial league table

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

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	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

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.	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

Fixtures and results

Second Division

18 August 1951 (1951-08-18) 1	Cardiff City	4–0	Leicester City	Cardiff
15:15	George Edwards Wilf Grant Wilf Grant Roley Williams			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 28,973 Referee: SV Davis (Oxford)

20 August 1951 (1951-08-20) 2	Cardiff City	2–4	Rotherham United	Cardiff
18:15	Wilf Grant Wilf Grant			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 32,442 Referee: Edgar (SE) Law (West Bromwich)

25 August 1951 (1951-08-25) 3	Nottingham Forest	2–3	Cardiff City	Nottingham
			George Edwards George Edwards Roley Williams	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 31,776

27 August 1951 (1951-08-27) 4	Rotherham United	2–0	Cardiff City	Rotherham
18:15				Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 17,062

1 September 1951 (1951-09-01) 5	Cardiff City	2–0	Brentford	Cardiff
15:15	Wilf Grant Wilf Grant			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 27,772 Referee: AW Smith (Aldershot)

8 September 1951 (1951-09-08) 6	Doncaster Rovers	1–0	Cardiff City	Doncaster
				Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 19,676

12 September 1951 (1951-09-12) 7	Leeds United	2–1	Cardiff City	Leeds
	Charlie Hughes Jim Milburn		Elfed Evans	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 12,680

15 September 1951 (1951-09-15) 8	Cardiff City	3–1	Everton	Cardiff
15:15	Wilf Grant 59' Wilf Grant 63' Elfed Evans 75'		72' Ted Buckle	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 23,923 Referee: Stanley Rogers (Shrewsbury)

17 September 1951 (1951-09-17) 9	Cardiff City	1–1	Sheffield United	Cardiff
17:45	Wilf Grant			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 29,176

22 September 1951 (1951-09-22) 10	Southampton	1–1	Cardiff City	Southampton
15:00	Henry Horton		Mike Tiddy	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 21,672 Referee: AW Smith (Aldershot)

29 September 1951 (1951-09-29) 11	Cardiff City	2–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Cardiff
15:15	Wilf Grant Wilf Grant			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 30,352

6 October 1951 (1951-10-06) 12	Cardiff City	4–1	Coventry City	Cardiff
15:15	Wilf Grant Wilf Grant George Edwards Mike Tiddy		Noel Simpson	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 26,277

13 October 1951 (1951-10-13) 13	West Ham United	1–1	Cardiff City	London
	Bert Hawkins		Bobby McLaughlin	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 24,103

27 October 1951 (1951-10-27) 14	Barnsley	2–0	Cardiff City	Barnsley
				Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 11,168

3 November 1951 (1951-11-03) 15	Cardiff City	1–0	Hull City	Cardiff
14:45	Wilf Grant			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 23,459

10 November 1951 (1951-11-10) 16	Blackburn Rovers	0–1	Cardiff City	Blackburn
			George Edwards	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 22,477

17 November 1951 (1951-11-17) 17	Cardiff City	3–1	Queens Park Rangers	Cardiff
14:30	Doug Blair Doug Blair Alf Sherwood (pen)			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 21,211

24 November 1951 (1951-11-24) 18	Notts County	1–1	Cardiff City	Nottingham
			Stan Montgomery	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 19,452

1 December 1951 (1951-12-01) 19	Cardiff City	3–0	Luton Town	Cardiff
14:30	Doug Blair Doug Blair Wilf Grant			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 26,106

8 December 1951 (1951-12-08) 20	Bury	1–1	Cardiff City	Bury
14:15			George Edwards	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 7,887

15 December 1951 (1951-12-15) 21	Leicester City	3–0	Cardiff City	Leicester
	Derek Hines Arthur Rowley Fred Worthington			Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 26,021 Referee: SV Davis

22 December 1951 (1951-12-22) 22	Cardiff City	4–1	Nottingham Forest	Cardiff
14:30	Alf Sherwood 12' (pen) Doug Blair 23', 41' Wilf Grant 80'		64' Tommy Capel	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 19,860 Referee: WE (Bill) Dellow (Croydon)

25 December 1951 (1951-12-25) 23	Swansea Town	1–1	Cardiff City	Swansea
14:30	Billy Baker (og)		Mike Tiddy	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 19,260 Referee: NC Taylor

26 December 1951 (1951-12-26) 24	Cardiff City	3–0	Swansea Town	Cardiff
14:30	Billy Baker 12' Wilf Grant 55' Mike Tiddy 75'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 46,003 Referee: NC Taylor

29 December 1951 (1951-12-29) 25	Brentford	1–1	Cardiff City	London
	Johnny Paton		Mike Tiddy	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 27,547 Referee: AW Smith (Aldershot)

5 January 1952 (1952-01-05) 26	Cardiff City	2–1	Doncaster Rovers	Cardiff
14:30	Alf Sherwood Alf Sherwood			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 28,404 Referee: WR Barnes (Birmingham)

19 January 1952 (1952-01-19) 27	Everton	3–0	Cardiff City	Liverpool
	Dave Hickson 19' Tommy Clinton 60' (pen) Tony McNamara			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 49,230 Referee: Stanley Rogers (Shrewsbury)

26 January 1952 (1952-01-26) 28	Cardiff City	1–0	Southampton	Cardiff
15:00	Wilf Grant			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 23,205

9 February 1952 (1952-02-09) 29	Sheffield Wednesday	4–2	Cardiff City	Sheffield
15:00			Elfed Evans Elfed Evans	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 42,867

16 February 1952 (1952-02-16) 30	Coventry City	2–1	Cardiff City	Coventry
	Ken Chisholm Norman Lockhart		Derrick Sullivan	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 26,410

1 March 1952 (1952-03-01) 31	Cardiff City	1–1	West Ham United	Cardiff
15:15	Doug Blair		(og) Stan Montgomery	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 29,495 Referee: Norman Taylor (Wiltshire)

12 March 1952 (1952-03-12) 32	Sheffield United	6–1	Cardiff City	Sheffield
15:00			Wilf Grant	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 16,398

15 March 1952 (1952-03-15) 33	Cardiff City	3–0	Barnsley	Cardiff
15:15	Ken Chisholm Ken Chisholm Leslie Evans			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 24,542 Referee: Charles Bucknall (Birmingham)

22 March 1952 (1952-03-22) 34	Hull City	0–0	Cardiff City	Hull
15:15				Stadium: Boothferry Park Attendance: 27,009

5 April 1952 (1952-04-05) 35	Queens Park Rangers	1–1	Cardiff City	London
15:15	Conway Smith		Wilf Grant	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 17,938 Referee: George Roden (Stourbridge)

11 April 1952 (1952-04-11) 36	Birmingham City	3–2	Cardiff City	Birmingham
	Tommy Briggs Ken Green Alf Sherwood (og)		Wilf Grant Ken Chisholm	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 32,941

12 April 1952 (1952-04-12) 37	Cardiff City	1–0	Notts County	Cardiff
15:15	Ken Chisholm			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 24,178

14 April 1952 (1952-04-14) 38	Cardiff City	3–1	Birmingham City	Cardiff
15:15	Ken Chisholm Ken Chisholm Wilf Grant		Tommy Briggs	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 25,470

19 April 1952 (1952-04-19) 39	Luton Town	2–2	Cardiff City	Luton
			(pen) Alf Sherwood Roley Williams	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 14,186

21 April 1952 (1952-04-21) 40	Cardiff City	3–1	Blackburn Rovers	Cardiff
18:15	Wilf Grant Ken Chisholm Alf Sherwood (pen)			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 31,169

26 April 1952 (1952-04-26) 41	Cardiff City	3–0	Bury	Cardiff
15:15	Doug Blair Doug Blair Wilf Grant			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 39,906

3 May 1952 (1952-05-03) 42	Cardiff City	3–1	Leeds United	Cardiff
15:15	Wilf Grant Wilf Grant Ken Chisholm		Ray Iggleden	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 45,925

FA Cup

12 January 1952 (1952-01-12) Round 3	Cardiff City	1–1	Swindon Town	Cardiff
14:15	Wilf Grant 40'		62' Maurice Owen	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 40,000 Referee: AW Smith (Aldershot)

16 January 1952 (1952-01-16) Round 3 (Replay)	Swindon Town	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Cardiff City	Swindon
14:00	Maurice Owen 115'			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 24,207

Welsh Cup

3 January 1952 (1952-01-03) Round 5	Milford United	1–3	Cardiff City	Milford Haven
			Crad Wilcox Crad Wilcox Elfed Evans	Attendance: 2,500

2 February 1952 (1952-02-02) Round 6	Merthyr Tydfil	3–1	Cardiff City	Merthyr Tydfil
			George Edwards	Stadium: Penydarren Park Attendance: 13,000

References

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 978-1-905411-04-7.
^ "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.

[1] Shepherd, Richard (2007). The Cardiff City Miscellany. Pitch books. ISBN 978-1-905411-04-7.

[2] "Cardiff City 1951–52 results". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2010.

[3] "Welsh Cup 1951/52". Welsh Football Data Archive. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2010.

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1951–52 Cardiff City F.C. season

Season review

Football League Second Division

Partial league table

Results by round

Welsh Cup

Players

Fixtures and results

Second Division

FA Cup

Welsh Cup

See also

References

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