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1975–76 Cardiff City F.C. season

The 1975–76 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 49th season in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Three, then the third tier of English football, finishing second, winning promotion to Division Two on the first attempt after being relegated the previous year.

Cardiff City
1975–76 season
ChairmanStefan Terlezki
ManagerJimmy Andrews
Football League Third Division2nd
FA Cup4th round
League Cup1st round
Welsh CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Tony Evans (21)
All: Tony Evans (29)
Highest home attendance35,549 (v Hereford United, 14 April 1976)
Lowest home attendance6,259 (v Bury, 23 August 1975)
Average home league attendance11,696

Manager Jimmy Andrews brought a number of changes to the squad including bringing Brian Clark back to the club and signing Australian international Adrian Alston.

Players

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First team squad. [1]

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
-- DF   WAL Bryan Attley
-- DF   ENG Clive Charles
-- DF   WAL Phil Dwyer
-- DF   WAL Mike England
-- DF   NIR Albert Larmour
-- DF   WAL Richie Morgan
-- DF   WAL Freddie Pethard
-- MF   ENG Willie Anderson
-- MF   SCO John Buchanan
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- MF   SCO Alan Campbell
-- MF   ENG Joe Durrell
-- MF   WAL David Giles
-- MF   ENG Doug Livermore
-- MF   WAL Gil Reece
-- MF   WAL Peter Sayer
-- MF   WAL Tony Villars
-- FW   AUS Adrian Alston
-- FW   ENG Brian Clark
-- FW   ENG Tony Evans
-- FW   WAL Derek Showers

League standings

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Main article: 1975–76 Football League § Third Division

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Hereford United (C, P) 46 26 11 9 86 55 1.564 63 Promotion to the Second Division
2 Cardiff City (P) 46 22 13 11 69 48 1.438 57 Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round and promotion to the Second Division
3 Millwall (P) 46 20 16 10 54 43 1.256 56 Promotion to the Second Division
4 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 22 9 15 78 53 1.472 53
5 Crystal Palace 46 18 17 11 61 46 1.326 53
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundAHAHAHAAHAHAAHHAHHAHAHHAHHAAHAHHAAHAAHAHHAHHAA
ResultLDWLWDLLWLWLDWDDWWWWLWLDWWLWWLDWDDDWLDWWWWWDDW
Position211915191213141714171516171012131075573666665566554445645222222
Source: [2]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures & Results

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Third Division

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16 August 1975 (1975-08-16) 1 Grimsby Town 2–0 Cardiff City Grimsby
Jack Lewis  
Phil Hubbard   60'		 Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 6,494
Referee: Gordon Trevett (Eccles)
23 August 1975 (1975-08-23) 2 Cardiff City 1–1 Bury Cardiff
Tony Villars   23'   60' Hughen Riley Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,664
Referee: Ray Lewis (Great Bookham, Surrey)
30 August 1975 (1975-08-30) 3 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–1 Cardiff City Brighton
  72' Tony Villars Stadium: Goldstone Ground
Attendance: 11,353
Referee: Tony Glasson (Salisbury)
6 September 1975 (1975-09-06) 4 Cardiff City 0–1 Crystal Palace Cardiff
15:00   90' David Kemp Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 10,479
Referee: Derek Civil (Birmingham)
13 September 1975 (1975-09-13) 5 Mansfield Town 1–4 Cardiff City Mansfield
Terry Eccles   73' (pen)   31' David Giles
  52' Phil Dwyer
  62' (pen) Gil Reece
  70' Gil Reece		 Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 6,682
Referee: George Courtney (Spennymoor)
20 September 1975 (1975-09-20) 6 Cardiff City 0–0 Halifax Town Cardiff
15:00 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,035
Referee: Ken Ridden (Shrewsbury)
22 September 1975 (1975-09-22) 7 Port Vale 2–1 Cardiff City Burslem
Mick Cullerton   19'
Terry Lees   48'		   84' Brian Attley Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 5,143
Referee: Ray Chadwick (Darwen)
27 September 1975 (1975-09-27) 8 Preston North End 3–1 Cardiff City Preston
Mike Elwiss   16'
Ray Treacy   40'
Tony Morley   51' (pen)		   47' Tony Evans Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 8,103
Referee: Bert Newsome (Broseley Salop)
4 October 1975 (1975-10-04) 9 Cardiff City 3–0 Wrexham Cardiff
15:00 Phil Dwyer   42'
Phil Dwyer   57'
Tony Evans   68'		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 7,653
Referee: Mike Taylor (Deal)
11 October 1975 (1975-10-11) 10 Rotherham United 1–0 Cardiff City Rotherham
Mike England   40' (og) Stadium: Millmoor
Attendance: 4,272
Referee: Jack Rice (Preston)
18 October 1975 (1975-10-18) 11 Cardiff City 2–0 Sheffield Wednesday Cardiff
15:00 Tony Evans   71'
Jimmy Quinn   89' (og)		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 7,930
Referee: Leslie Burden (Dorset)
22 October 1975 (1975-10-22) 12 Aldershot 2–1 Cardiff City Aldershot
Pat Morrissey   25'
Gary Bell   88'		   32' (pen) Willie Anderson Stadium: Recreation Ground
Attendance: 3,687
Referee: Bryan James (South Croydon)
25 October 1975 (1975-10-25) 13 Chester 1–1 Cardiff City Chester
Graham Pugh   9'   28' Tony Evans Stadium: Sealand Road
Attendance: 5,348
Referee: Ken Baker (Rugby)
31 October 1975 (1975-10-31) 14 Cardiff City 4–3 Chesterfield Cardiff
19:30 Adrian Alston   6'
Adrian Alston   28'
Tony Evans   30'
Willie Anderson   68'		   58' Shaun O'Neill
  63' David McElvaney
  86' Terry Shanahan		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 7,512
Referee: Tom Bune (Sussex)
4 November 1975 (1975-11-04) 15 Cardiff City 0–0 Walsall Cardiff
19:30 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,884
Referee: Bryan James (Croydon)
8 November 1975 (1975-11-08) 16 Gillingham 2–2 Cardiff City Gillingham
Damien Richardson   51' (pen)
George Jacks   73'		   49' Willie Anderson
  75' Tony Evans		 Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 5,762
Referee: Gordon Kew (Leeds)
15 November 1975 (1975-11-15) 17 Cardiff City 2–0 Colchester United Cardiff
15:00 Tony Evans   66s'
Adrian Alston   82'		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,781
Referee: Terry Bosi (Wolverhampton)
29 November 1975 (1975-11-29) 18 Cardiff City 3–0 Shrewsbury Town Cardiff
15:00 Willie Anderson   26'
Tony Evans  
Adrian Alston  		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,002
Referee: Malcolm Sinclair (Guildford)
6 December 1975 (1975-12-06) 19 Millwall 1–3 Cardiff City London
Terry Brisley   80'   46' Gil Reece
  53' Gil Reece
  87' Tony Evans		 Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 6,092
Referee: Derek Nippard (Bournemouth)
22 December 1975 (1975-12-22) 20 Cardiff City 3–1 Southend United Cardiff
19:30 Tony Evans   28'
Tony Evans   58'
Adrian Alston   78'		   68' Alan Little Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,342
Referee: Ron Crabb (Exeter)
26 December 1975 (1975-12-26) 21 Swindon Town 4–0 Cardiff City Swindon
Trevor Anderson   28'
Peter Eastoe   43'
Frank Burrows   69'
Wilf Dixon   79'		 Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 10,003
Referee: Clive White (Harrow)
27 December 1975 (1975-12-27) 22 Cardiff City 5–2 Peterborough United Cardiff
15:00 Willie Anderson   42'
Phil Dwyer   47'
Phil Dwyer   74'
Tony Evans   76'
Tony Evans   80'		   3' Lyndon Hughes
  79' David Gregory		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 16,094
Referee: Derek Lloyd (Worcester)
10 January 1976 (1976-01-10) 23 Cardiff City 0–1 Brighton & Hove Albion Cardiff
15:00   77' Ian Mellor Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 17,728
Referee: Peter Reeves (Leicester)
17 January 1976 (1976-01-17) 24 Halifax Town 1–1 Cardiff City Halifax
Albert Phelan   89'   59' Mike England Stadium: The Shay
Attendance: 2,399
Referee: Colin Seel (Carlisle)
20 January 1976 (1976-01-20) 25 Cardiff City 1–0 Mansfield Town Cardiff
19:30 Tony Evans   89' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 10,161
Referee: John Yates (Redditch)
31 January 1976 (1976-01-31) 26 Cardiff City 1–0 Aldershot Cardiff
15:00 Adrian Alston   19' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,934
Referee: Lester Shapter (Paignton)
4 February 1976 (1976-02-04) 27 Hereford United 4–1 Cardiff City Hereford
Dixie McNeil   8'
Dixie McNeil   15'
Steve Emery   25'
John Layton   79'		   75' John Buchanan Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 12,962
Referee: Bran H Daniels (Rainham)
7 February 1976 (1976-02-07) 28 Walsall 2–3 Cardiff City Walsall
Alan Buckley   2'
Alan Buckley   17'		   51' Adrian Alston
  68' Adrian Alston
  81' Phil Dwyer		 Stadium: Fellows Park
Attendance: 7,109
Referee: George Nolan (Cheshire)
14 February 1976 (1976-02-14) 29 Cardiff City 4–1 Gillingham Cardiff
15:00 Doug Livermore   43'
John Buchanan   60'
Tony Evans   83'
Adrian Alston   88'		   44' (og) Richie Morgan Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 11,025
Referee: Ray Toseland (Kettering)
21 February 1976 (1976-02-21) 30 Colchester United 3–2 Cardiff City Colchester
Colin Garwood   54'
John Froggatt   60'
Colin Garwood   81'		   18' Phil Dwyer
  84' (pen) Willie Anderson		 Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 3,248
Referee: Brian Martin (Keyworth, Nottingham)
25 February 1976 (1976-02-25) 31 Cardiff City 1–1 Port Vale Cardiff
19:30 Doug Livermore   86'   21' Ray Williams Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,129
Referee: Leslie Burden (Dorset)
28 February 1976 (1976-02-28) 32 Cardiff City 2–0 Chester Cardiff
15:00 Adrian Alston   63'
John Buchanan   73'		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Alan Robinson (Fareham)
6 March 1976 (1976-03-06) 33 Chesterfield 1–1 Cardiff City Chesterfield
Rodney Fern   88'   3' Adrian Alston Stadium: Saltergate
Attendance: 4,095
Referee: Bert Newsome (Broseley Salop)
8 March 1976 (1976-03-08) 34 Wrexham 1–1 Cardiff City Wrexham
Graham Whittle   76'   60' Tony Evans Stadium: Racecourse Ground
Attendance: 5,674
Referee: Bob Matthewson (Worsley)
13 March 1976 (1976-03-13) 35 Cardiff City 1–1 Rotherham United Cardiff
15:00 Adrian Alston   10'   30' Dave Gwyther Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 11,072
Referee: Jim Bent (Hemel Hempstead)
17 March 1976 (1976-03-17) 36 Sheffield Wednesday 1–3 Cardiff City Sheffield
Jimmy Quinn   89'   69' Tony Evans
  79' Clive Charles
  85' Brian Clark		 Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 8,867
Referee: Keith Butcher (Kendal)
20 March 1976 (1976-03-20) 37 Shrewsbury Town 3–1 Cardiff City Shrewsbury
15:00 Ian Atkins   56' (pen)
Sammy Irvine   57'
Alex McGregor   74'		   89' Tony Evans Stadium: Gay Meadow
Attendance: 7,573
Referee: Ken Salmon (Barnet)
27 March 1976 (1976-03-27) 38 Cardiff City 0–0 Millwall Cardiff
15:00 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 12,511
Referee: Allan Hughes (West Kirby)
29 March 1976 (1976-03-29) 39 Southend United 0–2 Cardiff City Southend
19:30   13' Phil Dwyer
  40' Tony Evans		 Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 4,596
Referee: Jeff Sewell (Quorn, Leicester)
3 April 1976 (1976-04-03) 40 Cardiff City 2–1 Grimsby Town Cardiff
15:00 Tony Evans   53'
John Buchanan   62'		   12' Jack Lewis Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,645
Referee: Tom Bune (Sussex)
7 April 1976 (1976-04-07) 41 Cardiff City 1–0 Preston North End Cardiff
19:30 Tony Evans   45' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 12,447
Referee: Ray Lewis (Great Bookham, Surrey)
10 April 1976 (1976-04-10) 42 Crystal Palace 0–1 Cardiff City London
  81' Adrian Alston Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 25,604
Referee: George Flint (Kirby in Ashfield)
14 April 1976 (1976-04-14) 43 Cardiff City 2–0 Hereford United Cardiff
19:30 Doug Livermore   54'
Alan Campbell   87'		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 35,549
Referee: Trevor Spencer (Wootton Bassett)
17 April 1976 (1976-04-17) 44 Cardiff City 0–0 Swindon Town Cardiff
15:00 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 23,428
Referee: Derek Lloyd (Worcester)
19 April 1976 (1976-04-19) 45 Peterborough United 0–0 Cardiff City Peterborough
Stadium: London Road Stadium
Attendance: 6,846
Referee: John Hough (Macclesfield)
4 May 1976 (1976-05-04) 46 Bury 0–1 Cardiff City Bury
  16' Adrian Alston Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 7,135
Referee: John Hunting (Leicester)

Source [2] [3]

League Cup

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20 August 1975 (1975-08-20) Round 1 (1st leg) Cardiff City 1–2 Bristol Rovers Cardiff
19.30 Gil Reece   44' (pen)   40' Alan Warboys
  48' Bruce Bannister		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,688
Referee: Jack Taylor (Wolverhampton)
26 August 1975 (1975-08-26) Round 1 (2nd leg) Bristol Rovers 1–1
(3–2 agg.)		 Cardiff City Bristol
Kenny Stephens   42'   31' Brian Clark Stadium: Eastville
Attendance: 7,720

Source [2] [3]

FA Cup

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22 November 1975 (1975-11-22) Round 1 Cardiff City 6–2 Exeter City Cardiff
15:00 Gil Reece   17'
Adrian Alston   33'
Adrian Alston   37'
Adrian Alston   63'
Tony Evans   65'
Gil Reece   87'		   8' Alan Beer
  62' Lammie Robertson		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 7,532
Referee: Tony Morrissey (Bramhall)
13 December 1975 (1975-12-13) Round 2 Cardiff City 1–0 Wycombe Wanderers Cardiff
15:00 Tony Evans   42' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 11,607
Referee: Lester Shapter (Paignton)
3 January 1976 (1976-01-03) Round 3 Orient 0–1 Cardiff City London
  35' Adrian Alston Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 8,031
Referee: Ray Toseland (Kettering)
24 January 1976 (1976-01-24) Round 4 Southend United 2–1 Cardiff City Southend
15:15 Stuart Parker   43'
Stuart Parker   89'		   42' Tony Evans Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 12,863
Referee: Peter Walters (Bridgewater)

Source [2] [3]

Welsh Cup

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14 January 1976 (1976-01-14) Round 5 Cardiff City 5–0 Sully Cardiff
19:30 Tony Evans   43'
Tony Evans   56'
Tony Evans   75'
Doug Livermore   25'
John Buchanan   41'		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,260
17 February 1976 (1976-02-17) Round 6 Cardiff City 1–1 Swansea City Cardiff
19:30 Dave Bruton   29' (og)   57' Dave Bruton Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,812
Referee: Clive Thomas (Treorchy)
2 March 1976 (1976-03-02) Round 6 (Replay) Swansea City 0–3 Cardiff City Swansea
  35' Brian Clark
  72' Adrian Alston
  80' Adrian Alston		 Stadium: Vetch Field
Attendance: 10,056
23 March 1976 (1976-03-23) Semi Final Chester City 0–0 Cardiff City Chester
Stadium: Sealand Road
Attendance: 3,743
1 April 1976 (1976-04-01) Semi Final (Replay) Cardiff City 1–0 Chester City Cardiff
19:30 Chris Dunleavy   74' (og) Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,244
18 May 1976 (1976-05-18) Final (First leg) Hereford United 3–3 Cardiff City Hereford
19:30 Steve Davey   67'
Terry Paine   68'
Dixie McNeil   75'		   28' Tony Evans
  62' Phil Dwyer
  87' Phil Dwyer		 Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 3,709
Referee: Clive Thomas (Treorchy)
19 May 1976 (1976-05-19) Final (Second leg - replayed) Cardiff City 3–2
(6–5 agg.)		 Hereford United Cardiff
19:30 Freddie Pethard   13'
Brian Clark   33'
Tony Evans   68'		   51' Jimmy Lindsay
  87' Tony Byrne		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 2,648
Referee: Clive Thomas (Treorchy)

Note - the original first leg of the final, played at Ninian Park on 29 April, was declared to be null and void by the Welsh FA, because the scorer of both Hereford's goals in the 2–2 draw was deemed to be ineligible.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "All Cardiff City football club players: 1975". 11v11. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Cardiff City 1975-76 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Cardiff City football club match record: 1975". 11v11. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

Bibliography

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  • Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
  • Rothmans Football Yearbook 1976–77. Queen Anne Press Limited. 1976. ISBN 0362-00259-2.
  • Crooks, John (1986). Cardiff City Chronology 1920-86. John Crooks. ISBN 0-9511984-0-8.
  • Shepherd, Richard (2002). The Definitive Cardiff City F.C. Tony Brown. ISBN 1-899-46817-X.
  • Crooks, John (1992). Cardiff City Football Club: Official History of the Bluebirds. Yore Publications. ISBN 0-9513321-8-X.
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