1968–69 Cardiff City F.C. season

The 1968–69 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 42nd season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing fifth.

Cardiff City
1968–69 season
ChairmanFred Dewey
ManagerJimmy Scoular
Football League Second Division5th
FA Cup3rd round
League Cup2nd round
European Cup Winners Cup1st round
Welsh CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: John Toshack (22)
All: John Toshack (31)
Highest home attendance26,210 (v Bristol City, 25 January 1969)
Lowest home attendance10,809 (v Carlisle United, 21 September 1968)
Average home league attendance16,870

The team enjoyed nearly no success in cup competitions as they were knocked out in their first match of every cup apart from the Welsh Cup which they went on to win by beating local rivals Swansea Town in the final.

John Toshack would go on to finish the season with a total of 31 goals in all competitions, equalling the record set by Hughie Ferguson in the 1926–27 season that would not be beaten until 2003 when Robert Earnshaw finished with a total of 35 goals.

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   ENG Fred Davies
-- DF   ENG Gary Bell
-- DF   ENG David Carver
-- DF   WAL Graham Coldrick
-- DF   WAL Steve Derrett
-- DF   ENG Bobby Ferguson
-- DF   WAL Terry Lewis
-- DF   WAL Richie Morgan
-- DF   SCO Don Murray
-- MF   ENG Ronnie Bird
-- MF   SCO Malcolm Clarke
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- MF   ENG Brian Harris
-- MF   WAL Barrie Jones
-- MF   ENG Peter King
-- MF   ENG Leslie Lea
-- MF   WAL Leighton Phillips
-- MF   SCO Frank Sharp
-- MF   WAL Mel Sutton
-- FW   SCO Sandy Allan
-- FW   ENG Brian Clark
-- FW   ENG Norman Dean
-- FW   WAL John Toshack

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Charlton Athletic 42 18 14 10 61 52 1.173 50
4 Middlesbrough 42 19 11 12 58 49 1.184 49
5 Cardiff City 42 20 7 15 67 54 1.241 47 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
6 Huddersfield Town 42 17 12 13 53 46 1.152 46
7 Birmingham City 42 18 8 16 73 59 1.237 44
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 1968–69 Welsh Cup winners.

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundHHAAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAAHHAAHAH
ResultLLLDWWWWLWWDLLLDWWDWWWWWLWLWLWWLWDWDLDLWLL
Position2222161396111066613141411101097533322242233323445455
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

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10 August 1968 (1968-08-10) 1 Cardiff City 0 – 4 Crystal Palace Cardiff
15:00  
 
 
 
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 16,373
14 August 1968 (1968-08-14) 2 Cardiff City 0 – 1 Charlton Athletic Cardiff
19:30   Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 11,979
17 August 1968 (1968-08-17) 3 Norwich City 3 – 1 Cardiff City Norwich
15:00  
 
 
  Ronnie Bird Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 14,476
21 August 1968 (1968-08-21) 4 Bury 1 – 1 Cardiff City Bury
19:30 Barrie Jones     Brian Clark Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 7,214
24 August 1968 (1968-08-24) 5 Cardiff City 1 – 0 Preston North End Cardiff
15:00 Peter King   Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 10,817
Referee: Harry New (Portsmouth)
28 August 1968 (1968-08-28) 6 Cardiff City 4 – 0 Birmingham City Cardiff
19:30 John Toshack  
John Toshack  
Gary Bell  
Brian Clark  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 14,967
31 August 1968 (1968-08-31) 7 Portsmouth 1 – 3 Cardiff City Portsmouth
15:00 Mike Trebilcock   (pen)   Brian Clark
  Peter King
  John Toshack
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 21,871
7 September 1968 (1968-09-07) 8 Cardiff City 2 – 0 Middlesbrough Cardiff
15:00 Bill Gates   (og)
Brian Clark  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 14,225
14 September 1968 (1968-09-14) 9 Huddersfield Town 3 – 0 Cardiff City Huddersfield
15:00 Frank Worthington  
Frank Worthington  
Colin Dobson  
Stadium: Leeds Road
Attendance: 7,523
21 September 1968 (1968-09-21) 10 Cardiff City 2 – 1 Carlisle United Cardiff
15:00 Brian Clark  
Barrie Jones  
  Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 10,809
28 September 1968 (1968-09-28) 11 Bristol City 0 – 3 Cardiff City Bristol
15:00   Peter King
  John Toshack
  Barrie Jones
Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 20,632
5 October 1968 (1968-10-05) 12 Cardiff City 1 – 1 Aston Villa Cardiff
15:00 John Toshack   44'   71' Brian Godfrey Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 17,113
Referee: John Homewood (Sunbury-On-Thames)
8 October 1968 (1968-10-08) 13 Birmingham 2 – 0 Cardiff City Birmingham
19:30 Jimmy Greenhoff  
Johnny Vincent  
Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 28,298
12 October 1968 (1968-10-12) 14 Millwall 2 – 0 Cardiff City London
15:00  
 
Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 13,893
Referee: RL Johnson (Lowestoft)
19 October 1968 (1968-10-19) 15 Cardiff City 0 – 2 Bolton Wanderers Cardiff
15:00  
 
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 12,026
Referee: Jim Finney (Hereford)
26 October 1968 (1968-10-26) 16 Hull City 3 – 3 Cardiff City Hull
15:00  
 
 
  John Toshack
  John Toshack
  Brian Clark
Stadium: Boothferry Park
Attendance: 17,027
2 November 1968 (1968-11-02) 17 Cardiff City 2 – 1 Blackburn Rovers Cardiff
15:00 John Toshack  
Ronnie Bird  
  Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 11,672
9 November 1968 (1968-11-09) 18 Blackpool 1 – 2 Cardiff City Blackpool
15:00     John Toshack
  John Toshack
Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 12,085
16 November 1968 (1968-11-16) 19 Cardiff City 1 – 1 Derby County Cardiff
15:00 Brian Clark     Alan Durban Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 17,328
23 November 1968 (1968-11-23) 20 Oxford United 0 – 2 Cardiff City Oxford
15:00   Brian Clark
  John Toshack
Stadium: Manor Ground
Attendance: 9,836
Referee: Keith Walker (Maidstone)
30 November 1968 (1968-11-30) 21 Cardiff City 4 – 1 Sheffield United Cardiff
15:00 Ronnie Bird  
Ronnie Bird   (pen)
Brian Clark  
John Toshack  
  Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 14,255
Referee: John Yates (Redditch)
7 December 1968 (1968-12-07) 22 Fulham 1 – 5 Cardiff City London
15:00     Brian Clark
  Barrie Jones
  Barrie Jones
  John Toshack
  Leslie Lea
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 13,191
14 December 1968 (1968-12-14) 23 Cardiff City 2 – 0 Millwall Cardiff
15:00 John Toshack  
Brian Clark  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 22,405
21 December 1968 (1968-12-21) 24 Bolton Wanderers 1 – 2 Cardiff City Bolton
15:00     Ronnie Bird
  Barrie Jones
Stadium: Burnden Park
Attendance: 8,895
26 December 1968 (1968-12-26) 25 Aston Villa 2 – 0 Cardiff City Birmingham
15:00 Barrie Hole  
Brian Tiler  
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 41,296
Referee: Malcolm Sinclair (Guildford)
28 December 1968 (1968-12-28) 26 Cardiff City 3 – 0 Hull City Cardiff
15:00 Brian Clark  
Ronnie Bird  
John Toshack  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 24,815
11 January 1969 (1969-01-11) 27 Blackburn Rovers 1 – 0 Cardiff City Blackburn
15:00   Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 12,100
25 January 1969 (1969-01-25) 28 Cardiff City 3 – 0 Bristol City Cardiff
15:00 Brian Clark   18', 45'
Peter King  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 26,210
Referee: Harry New (Hampshire)
1 February 1969 (1969-02-01) 29 Derby County 2 – 0 Cardiff City Derby
15:00 Kevin Hector   ?', ?' Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 34,589
8 February 1969 (1969-02-08) 30 Cardiff City 5 – 0 Oxford United Cardiff
15:00 Ronnie Bird  
Brian Clark  
Brian Clark  
John Toshack  
John Toshack  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 16,387
Referee: Bill Castle (Dudley)
12 February 1969 (1969-02-12) 31 Cardiff City 1 – 0 Blackpool Cardiff
19:30 John Toshack   Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 24,206
Referee: Derek Nippard (Bournemouth)
1 March 1969 (1969-03-01) 32 Crystal Palace 3 – 1 Cardiff City London
15:00 Mel Blyth  
Steve Kember  
Tony Taylor  
  Barrie Jones Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 19,663
Referee: Charles Nicholls (Plymouth)
7 March 1969 (1969-03-07) 33 Cardiff City 3 – 1 Norwich City Cardiff
19:30 John Toshack  
Peter King  
Ronnie Bird  
  Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 21,389
11 March 1969 (1969-03-11) 34 Sheffield United 2 – 2 Cardiff City Sheffield
19:30 Gil Reece   ?', ?'   12' Brian Clark
  Barrie Jones
Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 14,508
Referee: Ivan Robinson (Manchester)
15 March 1969 (1969-03-15) 35 Preston North End 0 – 1 Cardiff City Preston
15:00   Ronnie Bird Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 10,752
21 March 1969 (1969-03-21) 36 Cardiff City 2 – 2 Portsmouth Cardiff
19:30 John Toshack  
John Toshack  
  Albert McCann
  (og) David Carver
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 21,791
Referee: Ken Burns (Stourbridge)
25 March 1969 (1969-03-25) 37 Cardiff City 0 – 2 Fulham Cardiff
19:30  
 
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 20,723
Referee: M Kerkhof (Bicester)
29 March 1969 (1969-03-29) 38 Middlesbrough 0 – 0 Cardiff City Middlesbrough
15:00 Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 24,470
4 April 1969 (1969-04-04) 39 Charlton Athletic 4 – 1 Cardiff City London
11:00  
 
 
 
  Don Murray Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 21,832
Referee: Jack Taylor (Wolverhampton)
7 April 1969 (1969-04-07) 40 Cardiff City 2 – 0 Bury Cardiff
15:00 John Toshack  
Sandy Allan  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 13,232
Referee: Charles Nicholls (Plymouth)
12 April 1969 (1969-04-12) 41 Carlisle United 1 – 0 Cardiff City Carlisle
15:00   Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 5,546
19 April 1969 (1969-04-19) 42 Cardiff City 0 – 2 Huddersfield Town Cardiff
15:00   Trevor Cherry
  (og) Don Murray
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 11,549
Referee: Eric Jennings (Stourbridge)

League Cup

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4 September 1968 (1968-09-04) Round 2 Carlisle United 2 – 0 Cardiff City Carlisle
 
 
Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 7,714

FA Cup

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4 January 1969 (1969-01-04) Round 3 Cardiff City 0 – 0 Arsenal Cardiff
15:00 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 55,136
Referee: David Smith (Stonehouse)
7 January 1969 (1969-01-07) Round 3 (Replay) Arsenal 2 – 0 Cardiff City London
19:30 George Armstrong  
Bobby Gould  
Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 52,681
Referee: David Smith (Stonehouse)

European Cup Winners Cup

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18 September 1968 (1968-09-18) Round 1 (First Leg) Cardiff City 2 – 2 FC Porto Cardiff
19:30 John Toshack   24'
Ronnie Bird   50' (pen)
  60', 68' Custodio Pinto Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 19,202
Referee: Gaspar Pintado Viu (Spain)
2 October 1968 (1968-10-02) Round 1 (Second Leg) FC Porto 2 – 1
(4 – 3 agg.)
Cardiff City Porto
  9' Pavao
  76' Custodio Pinto
  51' John Toshack Stadium: Estadio das Antas
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Robert Helies (France)

Welsh Cup

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15 January 1969 (1969-01-15) Round 3 Aberystwyth Town 0 – 3 Cardiff City Aberystwyth
15:00   Leslie Lea
  John Toshack
  Barrie Jones
Stadium: Park Avenue, Aberystwyth
Attendance: 5,000
5 February 1969 (1969-02-05) Round 4 Cardiff City 6 – 0 Bethesda Athletic Cardiff
19:30 Brian Clark  
Brian Clark  
Barrie Jones  
Gary Bell  
John Toshack  
 
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,749
19 March 1969 (1969-03-19) Semi Final Chester 0 – 2 Cardiff City Chester
19:15   John Toshack
  John Toshack
Stadium: Sealand Road
Attendance: 8,404
22 April 1969 (1969-04-22) Final (First Leg) Swansea Town 1 – 3 Cardiff City Swansea
19:30 Herbie Williams   50'   13', 44' John Toshack
  18' (og) Mel Nurse
Stadium: Vetch Field
Attendance: 10,207
Referee: Leo Callaghan (Merthyr Tydfil)
29 April 1969 (1969-04-29) Final (Second Leg) Cardiff City 2 – 0
(5 – 1 agg.)
Swansea Town Cardiff
19:30 John Toshack   33'
Leslie Lea   40'
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 12,617
Referee: Leo Callaghan (Merthyr Tydfil)

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 1 December 2008.
  • Welsh Football Data Archive