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1954–55 Cardiff City F.C. season

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Cardiff City
1954–55 season
ChairmanWales John Morgan
Wales Sir Herbert Merrett[1]
ManagerEngland Cyril Spiers
Wales Trevor Morris
Division One20th
FA Cup3rd round
Welsh CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Trevor Ford (19)

All:
Trevor Ford (24)
Highest home attendance39,448 v Preston, 25 August 1954
Lowest home attendance14,461 v Tottenham Hotspur, 26 March 1955
Average home league attendance24,311

The 1954–55 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 28th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division One, then the first tier of English football, finishing twentieth.

Season review

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Partial league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
18 Bolton Wanderers 42 13 13 16 62 69 0.899 39
19 Blackpool 42 14 10 18 60 64 0.938 38
20 Cardiff City 42 13 11 18 62 76 0.816 37
21 Leicester City (R) 42 12 11 19 74 86 0.860 35 Relegation to the Second Division
22 Sheffield Wednesday (R) 42 8 10 24 63 100 0.630 26
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundAHHAAHHAHAHAAAHAHAHAHHHAAAHHAHAHHAAHHAHAHA
ResultLLWLDDDWWDWLDLDWWWLWLLWLLLWWDWDLLDLLLDDLWL
Position212018221919181312131113131414131311131112141113141816151412131315151718192019202020
Source: [2]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

FA Cup

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Entering the competition in the third round, Cardiff were eliminated by fellow First Division side Arsenal after a 1–0 defeat.[2]

Welsh Cup

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After wins over Pembroke Borough and Newport County, Cardiff were knocked out of the competition in the semi-finals for a third year in a row after a 2–0 defeat to Chester City.[3]

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 Wales WAL Ken Jones
-- GK Wales WAL Ron Howells
-- GK Wales WAL Graham Vearncombe
-- DF Wales WAL Colin Baker
-- DF Wales WAL Ron Davies
-- DF Wales WAL John Frowen
-- DF Wales WAL Colin Gale
-- DF England ENG Stan Montgomery
-- DF England ENG Charles Rutter
-- DF Wales WAL Alf Sherwood
-- DF Wales WAL Ron Stitfall
-- DF Wales WAL Derrick Sullivan
-- MF Wales WAL Billy Baker
-- MF Wales WAL Dennis Callan
-- MF England ENG Don Clarke
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- MF Wales WAL Alan Harrington
-- MF Wales WAL Islwyn Jones
-- MF England ENG Cliff Nugent
-- MF England ENG Gordon Nutt
-- MF England ENG Mike Tiddy
-- MF Wales WAL Roley Williams
-- FW England ENG Cecil Dixon
-- FW Wales WAL George Edwards
-- FW Wales WAL Trevor Ford
-- FW Wales WAL Alan Gibbs
-- FW England ENG Wilf Grant
-- FW England ENG Gerry Hitchens
-- FW England ENG Tommy Northcott
-- FW Wales WAL Neil O'Halloran
-- FW England ENG Ron Stockin

Fixtures and results

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21 August 1954 (1954-08-21) 1 Burnley 1–0 Cardiff City Burnley
15:00 Les Shannon 2' Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 27,386
Referee: Alf Bond (London)
25 August 1954 (1954-08-25) 2 Cardiff City 2–5 Preston North End Cardiff
18:30 Mike Tiddy
Trevor Ford
(pen) Jimmy Baxter
Jimmy Baxter
Tom Finney
Bobby Foster
Dennis Hatsell
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 39,448
Referee: RH Mann (Worcester)
28 August 1954 (1954-08-28) 3 Cardiff City 2–1 Leicester City Cardiff
15:15 Tommy Northcott
Trevor Ford
Jack Froggatt Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 25,938
4 September 1954 (1954-09-04) 5 Chelsea 1–1 Cardiff City London
15:00 Jim Lewis 82' 75' Mike Tiddy Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 42,688
Referee: Norman C Taylor (Westbury)
8 September 1954 (1954-09-08) 6 Cardiff City 1–1 Sheffield United Cardiff
18:15 Mike Tiddy (pen) Fred Furniss Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 28,511
Referee: AW Smith (Aldershot)
11 September 1954 (1954-09-11) 7 Cardiff City 1–1 Huddersfield Town Cardiff
15:15 Alf Sherwood (pen) Jimmy Watson Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 21,840
Referee: Frank Fiander (Bucks)
18 September 1954 (1954-09-18) 9 Cardiff City 3–0 Manchester City Cardiff
15:15 Alf Sherwood
Dave Ewing (og)
Ron Stockin
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 28,847
25 September 1954 (1954-09-25) 10 Everton 1–1 Cardiff City Liverpool
John Willie Parker 54' 71' Cliff Nugent Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 54,248
Referee: Gilbert Pullin (Bristol)
2 October 1954 (1954-10-02) 11 Cardiff City 4–2 Newcastle United Cardiff
15:15 Derrick Sullivan
Ron Stockin
Trevor Ford
Trevor Ford
Jackie Milburn
Len White
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 34,760
Referee: TL Wood (Bury)
9 October 1954 (1954-10-09) 12 Manchester United 5–2 Cardiff City Manchester
15:00 Tommy Taylor
Tommy Taylor
Tommy Taylor
Tommy Taylor
Dennis Viollet
Trevor Ford
Ron Stockin
Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 41,159
Referee: FV Stringer (Nantwich)
16 October 1954 (1954-10-16) 13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Cardiff City Wolverhampton
Bill Slater Ron Stockin Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 30,166
30 October 1954 (1954-10-30) 15 Cardiff City 2–2 Bolton Wanderers Cardiff
15:00 Johnny Wheeler (og)
Cliff Nugent
Ray Parry
Harold Hassall
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 31,698
6 November 1954 (1954-11-06) 16 Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 Cardiff City London
Ron Stockin
Ron Stockin
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 38,805
20 November 1954 (1954-11-20) 18 Portsmouth 1–3 Cardiff City Portsmouth
14:15 Jackie Henderson Tommy Northcott
Tommy Northcott
Trevor Ford
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 31,292
Referee: J Gardner (Kidderminster)
27 November 1954 (1954-11-27) 19 Cardiff City 1–2 Blackpool Cardiff
14:30 Stan Montgomery Johnny McKenna
Ernie Taylor
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 19,823
Referee: HJ Husband (London)
4 December 1954 (1954-12-04) 20 Aston Villa 0–2 Cardiff City Birmingham
14:15 Trevor Ford
Trevor Ford
Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 25,186
11 December 1954 (1954-12-11) 21 Cardiff City 0–1 Sunderland Cardiff
14:30 61' Ted Purdon Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 32,098
Referee: Harry Holland (Stockport)
18 December 1954 (1954-12-18) 22 Cardiff City 0–3 Burnley Cardiff
14:30 41' (og) Alf Sherwood
61' Roy Stephenson
67' Bill Holden
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 22,035
Referee: Alf Bond (London)
27 December 1954 (1954-12-27) 24 West Bromwich Albion 1–0 Cardiff City West Bromwich
Len Millard Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 50,885
1 January 1955 (1955-01-01) 25 Leicester City 2–1 Cardiff City Leicester
14:15 Derek Hogg
Johnny Morris
Gordon Nutt Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 25,408
5 February 1955 (1955-02-05) 26 Manchester City 4–1 Cardiff City Manchester
15:00 Roy Clarke
Paddy Fagan
Joe Hayes
Don Revie
(pen) Trevor Ford Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 31,922
12 February 1955 (1955-02-12) 27 Cardiff City 4–3 Everton Cardiff
15:15 Trevor Ford 29'
Trevor Ford 75'
Ron Stockin 22'
Ron Stockin 39'
28' John Willie Parker
32' John Willie Parker
49' Cyril Lello
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 17,108
Referee: Gilbert Pullin (Bristol)
26 February 1955 (1955-02-26) 28 Cardiff City 3–0 Manchester United Cardiff
15:15 Ron Stockin
Ron Stockin
Gordon Nutt
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 16,329
Referee: FV Stringer (Nantwich)
5 March 1955 (1955-03-05) 29 Sunderland 1–1 Cardiff City Sunderland
Charlie Fleming 68' 29' Ron Stockin Stadium: Roker Park
Attendance: 41,096
Referee: Harry Holland (Stockport)
12 March 1955 (1955-03-12) 30 Cardiff City 4–3 Charlton Athletic Cardiff
15:15 Gordon Nutt
Trevor Ford
Roley Williams
Tommy Northcott
Bobby Ayre
Eddie Firmani
Gordon Pembery
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 20,261
Referee: SJ Bostock (Manchester)
19 March 1955 (1955-03-19) 31 Bolton Wanderers 0–0 Cardiff City Bolton
Stadium: Burnden Park
Attendance: 25,321
23 March 1955 (1955-03-23) 32 Cardiff City 0–1 Chelsea Cardiff
16:45 43' Seamus O'Connell Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 16,649
Referee: William Clements (West Bromwich)
26 March 1955 (1955-03-26) 33 Cardiff City 1–2 Tottenham Hotspur Cardiff
15:15 Trevor Ford Len Duquemin
George Robb
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 14,461
2 April 1955 (1955-04-02) 34 Sheffield Wednesday 1–1 Cardiff City Sheffield
15:00 Norman Curtis Gordon Nutt Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 19,541
8 April 1955 (1955-04-08) 35 Arsenal 2–0 Cardiff City London
11:15 Derek Tapscott
Derek Tapscott
Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 39,052
9 April 1955 (1955-04-09) 36 Cardiff City 0–1 Aston Villa Cardiff
15:15 Eddie Follan Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 20,720
11 April 1955 (1955-04-11) 37 Cardiff City 1–2 Arsenal Cardiff
15:15 Alan Harrington Jimmy Bloomfield
Doug Lishman
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 29,080
Referee: RH Mann (Worcester)
16 April 1955 (1955-04-16) 38 Blackpool 0–0 Cardiff City Blackpool
15:00 Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 21,832
23 April 1955 (1955-04-23) 39 Cardiff City 1–1 Portsmouth Cardiff
15:15 Roley Williams 66' 4' Peter Harris Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 21,185
Referee: TF Gardner (Kidderminster)
30 April 1955 (1955-04-30) 41 Cardiff City 3–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Cardiff
15:15 Trevor Ford
Trevor Ford
Gerry Hitchens
Ron Flowers
Dennis Wilshaw
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 30,903
Referee: C Curtis (Bristol)
2 May 1955 (1955-05-02) 42 Huddersfield Town 2–0 Cardiff City Huddersfield
Jimmy Glazzard
Jimmy Watson
Stadium: Leeds Road
Attendance: 10,473

FA Cup

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8 January 1955 (1955-01-08) Round 3 Arsenal 1–0 Cardiff City London
14:15 Tommy Lawton Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 51,298
Referee: Arthur Edward Ellis (Halifax)

Welsh Cup

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12 January 1955 (1955-01-12) Round 5 Pembroke Borough 0–7 Cardiff City Pembroke
Trevor Ford
Trevor Ford
Trevor Ford
Trevor Ford
Cliff Nugent
Ron Stockin
Mike Tiddy
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: TL Davies (Ynyshir)
17 February 1955 (1955-02-17) Round 6 Newport County 1–3 Cardiff City Newport
Trevor Ford
Ron Stockin
Derrick Sullivan
Stadium: Somerton Park
Attendance: 10,223
13 April 1955 (1955-04-13) Semi Final Chester City 2–0 Cardiff City Wrexham

Stadium: The Racecourse
Attendance: 7,961

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".
  1. ^ Shepherd, Richard (2007). The Cardiff City Miscellany. Pitch books. ISBN 978-1-905411-04-7.
  2. ^ a b "Cardiff City 1954–55 results". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
  3. ^ "Welsh Cup 1954/55". Welsh Football Data Archive. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2010.