1964–65 Cardiff City F.C. season

The 1964–65 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 38th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing thirteenth.

Cardiff City
1964–65 season
ChairmanFred Dewey
ManagerJimmy Scoular
Football League Second Division13th
FA Cup3rd round
League Cup2nd round
European Cup Winners CupQuarter-finals
Welsh CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Ivor Allchurch (15)
All: Ivor Allchurch (19)
Highest home attendance16,911 (v Ipswich Town, 22 August 1964)
Lowest home attendance7,427 (v Northampton, 6 February 1965)
Average home league attendance10,588

The season also saw the club compete in European competition for the first time, reaching the semi-finals of the European Cup Winners Cup before being beaten by Spanish side Real Zaragoza.

Players

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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 Dilwyn John
-- GK   ENG Bob Wilson
-- DF   WAL Colin Baker
-- DF   WAL Mel Charles
-- DF   WAL Graham Coldrick
-- DF   WAL Alan Harrington
-- DF   SCO Gordon Harris
-- DF   SCO Alec Milne
-- DF   SCO Don Murray
-- DF   WAL Trevor Peck
-- DF   WAL Peter Rodrigues
-- MF   WAL Doug Curtin
-- MF   SCO Greg Farrell
-- MF   WAL Steve Gammon
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- MF   ENG Roger Green
-- MF   WAL Barrie Hole
-- MF   WAL Gerry King
-- MF   ENG Peter King
-- MF   WAL Bernie Lewis
-- MF   WAL Clive Lloyd
-- MF   ENG Dick Scott
-- MF   ENG Gareth Williams
-- FW   WAL Ivor Allchurch
-- FW   WAL John Charles
-- FW   ENG Keith Ellis
-- FW   SCO Tommy Halliday
-- FW   SCO George Johnston
-- FW   WAL Derek Tapscott

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
11 Manchester City 42 16 9 17 63 62 1.016 41
12 Preston North End 42 14 13 15 76 81 0.938 41
13 Cardiff City 42 13 14 15 64 57 1.123 40 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
14 Rotherham United 42 14 12 16 70 69 1.014 40
15 Plymouth Argyle 42 16 8 18 63 79 0.797 40
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Cardiff City qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1964–65 Welsh Cup winners.

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundHHAAHAHHAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHHAHAHA
ResultDDLDLDDDLLLWDWLWWWDLDWLWLLDLWLDDDLWWDLWWWL
Position17131818191719192222222022181714141617131514181817191717161616171615151515131213
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

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22 August 1964 (1964-08-22) 1 Cardiff City 0 – 0 Ipswich Town Cardiff
15:15 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 16,911
Referee: KJ Seddon (Southport)
26 August 1964 (1964-08-26) 2 Cardiff City 3 – 3 Preston North End Cardiff
19:15 Ivor Allchurch  
Ivor Allchurch  
Bernie Lewis  
 
 
  ,'
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 15,805
29 August 1964 (1964-08-29) 3 Plymouth Argyle 3 – 1 Cardiff City Plymouth
Frank Lord  
Duncan Neale  
Mike Trebilcock  
  (pen) Barrie Hole Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 14,585
31 August 1964 (1964-08-31) 4 Preston North End 1 – 1 Cardiff City Preston
    Ivor Allchurch Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 23,303
5 September 1964 (1964-09-05) 5 Cardiff City 1 – 3 Bolton Wanderers Cardiff
15:15 Ivor Allchurch    
 
 
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 13,501
12 September 1964 (1964-09-12) 6 Middlesbrough 0 – 0 Cardiff City Middlesbrough
Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 22,770
16 September 1964 (1964-09-16) 7 Cardiff City 1 – 1 Huddersfield Town Cardiff
19:15 Barrie Hole   (pen)   Len White Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,392
19 September 1964 (1964-09-19) 8 Cardiff City 1 – 1 Newcastle United Cardiff
15:15 Ivor Allchurch   25'   66' Bobby Cummings Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 11,826
26 September 1964 (1964-09-26) 9 Northampton Town 1 – 0 Cardiff City Northampton
15:00 Mike Everitt   Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 12,328
Referee: Ken Burns (Dudley, Worcestershire)
29 September 1964 (1964-09-29) 10 Huddersfield Town 3 – 1 Cardiff City Huddersfield
Kevin Lewis 
Derek Stokes  
Kevin McHale  
  Ivor Allchurch Stadium: Leeds Road
Attendance: 5,640
6 October 1964 (1964-10-06) 11 Rotherham United 3 – 1 Cardiff City Rotherham
 
 
 
  Keith Ellis Stadium: Millmoor
Attendance: 12,601
10 October 1964 (1964-10-10) 12 Cardiff City 2 – 1 Derby County Cardiff
15:15 Peter King  
Derek Tapscott  
  Eddie Thomas Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,302
17 October 1964 (1964-10-17) 13 Swindon Town 3 – 3 Cardiff City Swindon
Ken Skeen   7'
Mike Summerbee   36'
Peter Leggett   64'
  55' (pen) Barrie Hole
  68', 79' Mel Charles
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 15,937
Referee: Jack Taylor (Wolverhampton)
24 October 1964 (1964-10-24) 14 Cardiff City 1 – 0 Portsmouth Cardiff
15:15 Derek Tapscott   30' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,696
Referee: Vernon Batty (Cheshire)
31 October 1964 (1964-10-31) 15 Manchester City 2 – 0 Cardiff City Manchester
Jimmy Murray  
Jimmy Murray  
Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 13,146
7 November 1964 (1964-11-07) 16 Cardiff City 2 – 1 Charlton Athletic Cardiff
15:15 Keith Ellis  
Keith Ellis  
  Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,616
14 November 1964 (1964-11-14) 17 Leyton Orient 1 – 3 Cardiff City London
15:00 Terry McDonald   23'   62', 90' Keith Ellis
  80' Bernie Lewis
Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 6,350
Referee: J Mitchell
21 November 1964 (1964-11-21) 18 Cardiff City 4 – 0 Bury Cardiff
15:15 Derek Tapscott  
Derek Tapscott  
Keith Ellis  
Bernie Lewis  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,883
Referee: Reg Paine (Middlesex)
28 November 1964 (1964-11-28) 19 Crystal Palace 0 – 0 Cardiff City London
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 18,188
5 December 1964 (1964-12-05) 20 Cardiff City 1 – 3 Norwich City Cardiff
15:15 Barry Butler   (og)  
 
 
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,877
Referee: Jim Pickles (Stockport)
12 December 1964 (1964-12-12) 21 Ipswich Town 1 – 1 Cardiff City Ipswich
Gerry Baker     Keith Ellis Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 10,010
Referee: DA Corbett (Essington, Nr Wolverhampton)
19 December 1964 (1964-12-19) 22 Cardiff City 4 – 0 Plymouth Argyle Cardiff
15:15 Derek Tapscott  
Derek Tapscott  
Duncan Neale   (og)
Peter Rodrigues  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,555
Referee: Jim Finney (Hereford)
26 December 1964 (1964-12-26) 23 Swansea Town 3 – 2 Cardiff City Swansea
Keith Todd  
Jim McLaughlin  
Ken Pound  
  Keith Ellis
  Keith Ellis
Stadium: Vetch Field
Attendance: 17,875
Referee: Bill Clements (West Bromwich)
15 January 1965 (1965-01-15) 24 Cardiff City 6 – 1 Middlesbrough Cardiff
19:30 Peter King  
Peter King  
Peter King  
Derek Tapscott  
Derek Tapscott  
Gareth Williams   ,'
  Jimmy Irvine Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,490
23 January 1965 (1965-01-23) 25 Newcastle United 2 – 0 Cardiff City Newcastle
Dave Hilley   44'
Stan Anderson   62'
Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 37,291
6 February 1965 (1965-02-06) 26 Cardiff City 0 – 2 Northampton Town Cardiff
15:15   Bobby Brown
  Bobby Brown
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 7,427
Referee: A Edge (Liverpool)
13 February 1965 (1965-02-13) 27 Southampton 1 – 1 Cardiff City Southampton
15:00 George O'Brien     Ivor Allchurch Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 14,740
Referee: Reg Paine (Southall)
20 February 1965 (1965-02-20) 28 Derby County 1 – 0 Cardiff City Derby
Ron Webster   Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 10,894
27 February 1965 (1965-02-27) 29 Cardiff City 2 – 0 Swindon Town Cardiff
15:15 Keith Ellis   57'
Barrie Hole   70'
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,197
Referee: Jack Taylor (Wolverhampton)
6 March 1965 (1965-03-06) 30 Norwich City 2 – 1 Cardiff City Norwich
 
 
  Ivor Allchurch Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 18,036
Referee: BS Setchell (Luton)
12 March 1965 (1965-03-12) 31 Cardiff City 2 – 2 Manchester City Cardiff
19:30 Ivor Allchurch  
Peter King  
  Dave Connor
  Matt Gray
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,094
22 March 1965 (1965-03-22) 32 Charlton Athletic 2 – 2 Cardiff City London
 
 
  Gareth Williams
  Gareth Williams
Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 7,710
Referee: Ken Dagnall (Lancashire)
24 March 1965 (1965-03-24) 33 Cardiff City 2 – 2 Southampton Cardiff
19:30 Gareth Williams  
John Charles  
  George O'Brien
  Martin Chivers
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,642
Referee: DFC Wells (Luton)
27 March 1965 (1965-03-27) 34 Cardiff City 0 – 2 Leyton Orient Cardiff
15:15  
 
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 7,627
3 April 1965 (1965-04-03) 35 Bury 1 – 2 Cardiff City Bury
    Peter King
  Barrie Hole
Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 4,292
Referee: K Howley (Billingham)
6 April 1965 (1965-04-06) 36 Cardiff City 5 – 0 Swansea Town Cardiff
19:30 Ivor Allchurch  
Ivor Allchurch  
Ivor Allchurch  
John Charles  
John Charles  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 15,896
10 April 1965 (1965-04-10) 37 Cardiff City 0 – 0 Crystal Palace Cardiff
15:15 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,585
Referee: Norman Matthews (Oxon)
17 April 1965 (1965-04-17) 38 Portsmouth 1 – 0 Cardiff City Portsmouth
  Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 13,275
19 April 1965 (1965-04-19) 39 Cardiff City 3 – 1 Coventry City Cardiff
19:30 Peter King  
Ivor Allchurch   ?', ?'
  Ron Farmer Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 11,228
20 April 1965 (1965-04-20) 40 Coventry City 0 – 2 Cardiff City Coventry
  Bernie Lewis
  Barrie Hole
Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 23,913
24 April 1965 (1965-04-24) 41 Cardiff City 3 – 2 Rotherham United Cardiff
15:15 Ivor Allchurch  
Peter Rodrigues  
Peter King  
 
 
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,794
28 April 1965 (1965-04-28) 42 Bolton Wanderers 1 – 0 Cardiff City Bolton
15:00   Stadium: Burnden Park
Attendance: 6,498
Referee: GW Grundy (Grimsby)

League Cup

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23 September 1964 (1964-09-23) 1 Southampton 3 – 2 Cardiff City Southampton
Terry Paine  
George O'Brien   ?', ?'
  Bernie Lewis
  Peter King
Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 13,076

FA Cup

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9 January 1965 (1965-01-09) 3 Cardiff City 1 – 2 Charlton Athletic Cardiff
15:00 Derek Tapscott    
 
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Les Hamer (Bolton)

European Cup Winners Cup

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9 September 1964 (1964-09-09) 1 (First Leg) Esbjerg 0 – 0 Cardiff City Esbjerg
Stadium: Esbjerg Stadium
Attendance: 7,093
Referee: Joseph Hannet (Belgium)
13 October 1964 (1964-10-13) 1 (Second Leg) Cardiff City 1 – 0
(1 – 0 agg.)
Esbjerg Cardiff
19:30 Peter King   57' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,784
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)
15 December 1964 (1964-12-15) 2 (First Leg) Sporting CP 1 – 2 Cardiff City Lisbon
21:15 Ernesto Figueiredo   81'   31' Greg Farrell
  65' Derek Tapscott
Stadium: Estadio Jose Alvalade
Attendance: 15,311
Referee: Rudolf Kreitlein (Germany)
23 December 1964 (1964-12-23) 2 (Second Leg) Cardiff City 0 – 0
(2 – 1 agg.)
Sporting CP Cardiff
19:30 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 23,800
Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)
20 January 1965 (1965-01-20) 3 (First Leg) Real Zaragoza 2 – 2 Cardiff City Zaragoza
Carlos Lapetra   2'
Antonio Pais   10'
  15' Gareth Williams
  38' Peter King
Stadium: La Romareda
Attendance: 22,780
Referee: Othmar Huber (Switzerland)
3 February 1965 (1965-02-03) 3 (Second Leg) Cardiff City 0 – 1
(2 – 3 agg.)
Real Zaragoza Cardiff
19:30   75' Canario Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 38,458
Referee: Andre Hauben (Belgium)

Welsh Cup

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26 January 1965 (1965-01-26) 5 Merthyr Tydfil 1 – 3 Cardiff City Merthyr Tydfil
    Peter King
  Peter King
  Derek Tapscott
Stadium: Penydarren Park
Attendance: 6,000
17 February 1965 (1965-02-17) 6 Cardiff City 3 – 1 Hereford United Cardiff
19:30 Ivor Allchurch  
Keith Ellis  
Greg Farrell   (pen)
  Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,000
10 March 1965 (1965-03-10) Semi Final Swansea Town 0 – 1 Cardiff City Swansea
  (pen) Greg Farrell Stadium: Vetch Field
Attendance: 7,500
12 April 1965 (1965-04-12) Final (First Leg) Cardiff City 5 – 1 Wrexham Cardiff
19:30 George Johnston  
George Johnston  
Ivor Allchurch  
Peter King  
Peter King   ,'
  ??' (og) Don Murray Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Leo Callaghan (Merthyr Tydfil)
26 April 1965 (1965-04-26) Final (Second Leg) Wrexham 1 – 0 Cardiff City Wrexham
19:15 Martin King   Stadium: The Racecourse
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: J Lowry (Neath)
5 May 1965 (1965-05-05) Final (Replay) Wrexham 0 – 3 Cardiff City Shrewsbury
  Ivor Allchurch
  Ivor Allchurch
  (og) Ray Mielczarek
Stadium: Gay Meadow
Attendance: 7,840
Referee: J Lowry (Neath)

See also

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References

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  • 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 2 December 2008.
  • Welsh Football Data Archive