1969–70 Cardiff City F.C. season

The 1969–70 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 43rd season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing seventh.

Cardiff City
1969–70 season
ChairmanFred Dewey
ManagerJimmy Scoular
Football League Second Division7th
FA Cup3rd round
League Cup2nd round
European Cup Winners Cup2nd round
Welsh CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Brian Clark (18)
All: Brian Clark (28)
Highest home attendance30,083 (v QPR, 27 September 1969)
Lowest home attendance8,436 (v Millwall, 15 April 1970)
Average home league attendance21,486

The season saw also saw them win the Welsh Cup, beating Chester City in the final, although they enjoyed little success in other tournaments, being knocked out of both the FA Cup and League Cup in their first matches.

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
-- GK   SCO Jim Eadie
-- DF   ENG Gary Bell
-- DF   ENG David Carver
-- DF   WAL Graham Coldrick
-- DF   WAL Steve Derrett
-- DF   WAL Terry Lewis
-- DF   SCO Don Murray
-- MF   ENG Ronnie Bird
-- MF   ENG Brian Harris
-- MF   WAL Barrie Jones
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- MF   ENG Peter King
-- MF   ENG Leslie Lea
-- MF   WAL Leighton Phillips
-- MF   SCO Frank Sharp
-- MF   WAL Bob Summerhayes
-- MF   WAL Mel Sutton
-- MF   ENG Bobby Woodruff
-- FW   SCO Sandy Allan
-- FW   ENG Brian Clark
-- FW   WAL John Toshack

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
5 Swindon Town 42 17 16 9 57 47 1.213 50
6 Sheffield United 42 22 5 15 73 38 1.921 49 Qualification for the Watney Cup[a]
7 Cardiff City 42 18 13 11 61 41 1.488 49 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[b]
8 Blackburn Rovers 42 20 7 15 54 50 1.080 47
9 Queens Park Rangers 42 17 11 14 66 57 1.158 45
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Sheffield United and Hull City qualified for the Watney Cup as the two teams with the most goals that hadn't already qualified for promotion or a European competition.
  2. ^ Cardiff City qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1969-70 Welsh Cup winners.

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundAHHAAHHAHAHAAHHAHAAHHAAHHHAAHAHHAHAAHHAAHA
ResultWDDLWWWDDLWLLWLDWLDWWWWWWWLLDDDWDLWLWDDLDW
Position[1]476424466777109910998854414444323535244777
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

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9 August 1969 (1969-08-09) 1 Carlisle United 2–3 Cardiff City Carlisle
15:00 Hugh McIlmoyle  
George McVitie   ?'
  John Toshack
  Brian Clark
  Peter King
Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 10,506
13 August 1969 (1969-08-13) 2 Cardiff City 2–2 Swindon Town Cardiff
19:30 Peter King  
Peter King  
  28' Peter Noble
  34' Arthur Horsfield
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 27,971
Referee: Peter Walters (Bridgwater)
16 August 1969 (1969-08-16) 3 Cardiff City 0–0 Blackburn Rovers Cardiff
15:00 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 19,766
Referee: Dennis Corbett (Wolverhampton)
19 August 1969 (1969-08-19) 4 Swindon Town 2–1 Cardiff City Swindon
Chris Jones   11', 69'   Brian Clark Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 21,562
23 August 1969 (1969-08-23) 5 Bristol City 0–2 Cardiff City Bristol
15:00   Brian Clark
  (pen) Ronnie Bird
Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 23,237
Referee: Malcolm Sinclair (Guildford)
27 August 1969 (1969-08-27) 6 Cardiff City 1–0 Middlesbrough Cardiff
19:30 John Toshack   Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 21,648
Referee: Charles Nicholls (Plymouth)
30 August 1969 (1969-08-30) 7 Cardiff City 2–1 Bolton Wanderers Cardiff
15:00 Peter King  
John Toshack  
  Terry Wharton Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 21,068
Referee: Roger Kirkpatrick (Leicester)
6 September 1969 (1969-09-06) 8 Charlton Athletic 0–0 Cardiff City London
Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 13,748
Referee: Bill Castle (Dudley, Worcestershir)
13 September 1969 (1969-09-13) 9 Cardiff City 1–1 Leicester City Cardiff
15:00 John Toshack     (og) David Carver Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 26,978
20 September 1969 (1969-09-20) 10 Sheffield United 1–0 Cardiff City Sheffield
15:00 Gil Reece   Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 17,296
27 September 1969 (1969-09-27) 11 Cardiff City 4–2 Queens Park Rangers Cardiff
15:00 John Toshack  
John Toshack  
John Toshack  
Peter King  
  (pen) Terry Venables
  ?' Barry Bridges
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 30,083
Referee: Tony Morrissey (Bramhall)
4 October 1969 (1969-10-04) 12 Blackpool 3–2 Cardiff City Blackpool
15:00 Alan Suddick  
Fred Pickering  
John Craven  
  John Toshack
  John Toshack
Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 18,115
8 October 1969 (1969-10-08) 13 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Cardiff City Blackburn
Brian Hill   Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 15,062
11 October 1969 (1969-10-11) 14 Cardiff City 4–0 Aston Villa Cardiff
15:00 John Toshack  
John Toshack  
Ronnie Bird  
Ronnie Bird   (pen)
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 25,896
Referee: Arthur Jones (Ormskirk, Lancashire)
18 October 1969 (1969-10-18) 15 Cardiff City 0–1 Norwich City Cardiff
15:00   (pen) Charlie Crickmore Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 23,618
Referee: Keith Walker (Maidstone)
25 October 1969 (1969-10-25) 16 Birmingham City 1–1 Cardiff City Birmingham
15:00 Tony Hateley     Brian Clark Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 28,385
1 November 1969 (1969-11-01) 17 Cardiff City 6–0 Hull City Cardiff
15:00 Peter King   (pen)
Brian Clark  
Brian Clark  
John Toshack  
John Toshack  
Mel Sutton  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 20,446
Referee: DJ Lyden (Birmingham)
8 November 1969 (1969-11-08) 18 Portsmouth 3–0 Cardiff City Portsmouth
15:00 Ray Hiron  
Ray Hiron  
Ray Pointer  
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 17,302
15 November 1969 (1969-11-15) 19 Oxford United 1–1 Cardiff City Oxford
15:00 John Shepherd     Leslie Lea Stadium: Manor Ground
Attendance: 11,012
Referee: Ivan Robinson (Manchester)
22 November 1969 (1969-11-22) 20 Cardiff City 2–1 Preston North End Cardiff
15:00 Brian Clark  
Peter King  
  Gerry Ingram Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 22,678
Referee: JR Osborne (Ipswich)
6 December 1969 (1969-12-06) 21 Cardiff City 3–1 Watford Cardiff
15:00 Brian Clark  
Brian Clark  
Ronnie Bird  
  Bernie Lewis Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 15,058
Referee: John Hunting (Leicester)
13 December 1969 (1969-12-13) 22 Leicester City 1–2 Cardiff City Leicester
15:00 Rodney Fern     Brian Clark
  Peter King
Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 22,590
15 December 1969 (1969-12-15) 23 Millwall 1–2 Cardiff City London
19:30 Steve Brown     Peter King
  (pen) Ronnie Bird
Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 9,421
20 December 1969 (1969-12-20) 24 Cardiff City 1–0 Charlton Athletic Cardiff
15:00 Brian Clark   Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 13,026
Referee: Roy Darlington (Runcorn)
29 December 1969 (1969-12-29) 25 Cardiff City 1–0 Bristol City Cardiff
19:30 John Toshack   Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 18,496
Referee: Dennis Pugh (Chester)
10 January 1970 (1970-01-10) 26 Cardiff City 3–0 Sheffield United Cardiff
15:00 Brian Clark  
Brian Clark  
Ronnie Bird  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 25,135
Referee: Vernon Batty (Helsby Cheshire)
17 January 1970 (1970-01-17) 27 Queens Park Rangers 2–1 Cardiff City London
15:00 Ian Gillard  
Rodney Marsh  
  John Toshack Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 22,033
24 January 1970 (1970-01-24) 28 Huddersfield 1–0 Cardiff City Huddersfield
15:00 Jimmy Nicholson   Stadium: Leeds Road
Attendance: 21,788
Referee: Bob Matthewson (Worsley, Nr Manchester)
31 January 1970 (1970-01-31) 29 Cardiff City 2–2 Blackpool Cardiff
15:00 John Toshack  
John Toshack  
  Micky Burns
  Alan Suddick
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 24,717
Referee: DA Corbett (Essington, Nr Wolverhampton)
7 February 1970 (1970-02-07) 30 Aston Villa 1–1 Cardiff City Birmingham
15:00 Bruce Rioch     Brian Clark Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Norman Burtenshaw (Great Yarmouth)
14 February 1970 (1970-02-14) 31 Cardiff City 1–1 Carlisle United Cardiff
15:00 Bobby Woodruff     Chris Balderstone Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 20,143
Referee: Roy Capey (Madeley Heath)
21 February 1970 (1970-02-21) 32 Cardiff City 3–1 Birmingham City Cardiff
15:00 Peter King  
Ronnie Bird   (pen)
Brian Clark  
  (og) Gary Bell Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 21,910
Referee: Mike Kerkhof (Bicester)
28 February 1970 (1970-02-28) 33 Norwich City 1–1 Cardiff City Norwich
15:00 Ken Foggo     Brian Clark Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 12,074
14 March 1970 (1970-03-14) 34 Cardiff City 0–1 Huddersfield Cardiff
15:00   (og) Brian Harris Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 26,004
Referee: Keith Walker (Maidstone)
18 March 1970 (1970-03-18) 35 Bolton Wanderers 0–1 Cardiff City Bolton
  Bobby Woodruff Stadium: Burnden Park
Attendance: 10,126
21 March 1970 (1970-03-21) 36 Watford 2–1 Cardiff City Watford
15:00 Tom Walley   75'
Barry Endean   85'
  34' Brian Clark Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 17,152
Referee: Dennis Turner (Rugeley)
25 March 1970 (1970-03-25) 37 Cardiff City 2–0 Portsmouth Cardiff
19:30 Bobby Woodruff  
Mel Sutton  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 17,005
Referee: Charles Nicholls (Plymouth)
28 March 1970 (1970-03-28) 38 Cardiff City 0–0 Oxford United Cardiff
15:00 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 21,118
Referee: Reg Paine (Hounslow)
31 March 1970 (1970-03-31) 39 Hull City 1–1 Cardiff City Hull
19:30 Ian Butler     Frank Sharp Stadium: Boothferry Park
Attendance: 13,038
Referee: Ivan Robinson (Manchester)
4 April 1970 (1970-04-04) 40 Middlesbrough 2–1 Cardiff City Middlesbrough
15:00 Hugh McIlmoyle  
Joe Laidlaw  
  Brian Clark Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 13,829
15 April 1970 (1970-04-15) 41 Cardiff City 0–0 Millwall Cardiff
19:30 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,436
Referee: Derek Nippard (Bournemouth)
20 April 1970 (1970-04-20) 42 Preston North End 1–2 Cardiff City Preston
Bert Patrick     Ronnie Bird
  Don Murray
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 7,882
Referee: Keith Styles (Barnsley)

League Cup

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3 September 1969 (1969-09-03) 2 Crystal Palace 3–1 Cardiff City London
19:30 John Sewell  
John Sewell  
Per Bartram  
  Leslie Lea Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 18,616

FA Cup

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3 January 1970 (1970-01-03) 3 York City 1–1 Cardiff City York
15:00 Phil Boyer     (og) Barry Swallow Stadium: Bootham Crescent
Attendance: 8,439
12 January 1970 (1970-01-12) 3 (Replay) Cardiff City 1–1 (a.e.t.) York City Cardiff
John Toshack     ArchieTaylor Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 21,263
15 January 1970 (1970-01-15) 3 (Second Replay) York City 3–1 (a.e.t.) Cardiff City Birmingham
Barry Swallow  
Barry Swallow  
Paul Aimson  
  Peter King Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 7,347
Referee: Bill Castle (Dudley)

European Cup Winners Cup

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17 September 1969 (1969-09-17) 1 (First Leg) Mjøndalen IF 1–7 Cardiff City Mjøndalen, Norway
16:30 Jan Olsen   44'   3', 36' Brian Clark
  42', 88' John Toshack
  71' Leslie Lea
  74' Mel Sutton
  79' Peter King
Stadium: Nedre Eiker Stadion
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Joseph Hannet (Belgium)
1 October 1969 (1969-10-01) 1 (Second Leg) Cardiff City 5–1
(12–2 agg.)
Mjøndalen IF Cardiff
19:30 Peter King   16', 62'
Sandy Allan   36', 39', 43'
  38' Egil Solberg Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 14,730
Referee: Gunther Mannig (East Germany)
12 November 1969 (1969-11-12) 2 (First Leg) Göztepe A.Ş. 3–0 Cardiff City İzmir, Turkey
Fevzi Zemzem   14'
Ertan Ãznur   30'
John Nielsen   32'
Stadium: İzmir Alsancak Stadium
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Lado Jakše (Yugoslavia)
26 November 1969 (1969-11-26) 2 (Second Leg) Cardiff City 1–0
(1–3 agg.)
Göztepe A.Ş. Cardiff
19:30 Ronnie Bird   78' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 17,866
Referee: Gilbert Droz (Switzerland)
21 January 1970 (1970-01-21) Round 3 Cardiff City 6–1 Barmouth & Dyffryn United Cardiff
19:30 Brian Clark  
Brian Clark  
Brian Clark  
Brian Clark  
Brian Clark  
John Toshack  
  Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,901
4 February 1970 (1970-02-04) Round 4 Cardiff City 3–0 Wrexham Cardiff
19:30 Brian Clark  
Brian Clark  
Peter King  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 12,332
Referee: Tom Reynolds (Swansea)
11 March 1970 (1970-03-11) Semi Final Cardiff City 2–2 Swansea City Cardiff
19:30 Bobby Woodruff   75s'
John Toshack  
  14' Brian Evans
  Herbie Williams
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 18,050
Referee: IP Jones (Trelewis)
2 May 1970 (1970-05-02) Semi Final (Replay) Swansea City 0–2 (a.e.t.) Cardiff City Swansea
  Ronnie Bird
  Peter King
Stadium: Vetch Field
Attendance: 16,000
8 May 1970 (1970-05-08) Final (First leg) Chester City 0–1 Cardiff City Chester
  Ronnie Bird Stadium: Sealand Road
Attendance: 3,087
Referee: Clive Thomas (Treorchy)
13 May 1970 (1970-05-13) Final (Second leg) Cardiff City 4–0
(5–0 agg.)
Chester City Cardiff
19:30 Bobby Woodruff  
Ronnie Bird  
Leslie Lea  
Brian Clark  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,567
Referee: Clive Thomas (Treorchy)

Source [2]

See also

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Cardiff City 1969–1970 : Results". Statto. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Cardiff City 1969-70 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

Bibliography

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  • Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
  • Crooks, John (1992). Cardiff City Football Club: Official History of the Bluebirds. Yore Publications. ISBN 0-9513321-8-X.