1932–33 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
1932–33 season
Chairman	Dr William Nicholson
Manager	Fred Stewart
Division Three South	19th
FA Cup	1st round
Welsh Cup	Semifinals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Jimmy McCambridge (17); All: ; Jimmy McCambridge (18)
Highest home attendance	11,178 (v Gillingham, 26 December 1932)
Lowest home attendance	4,185 (v Brighton, 21 January 1933)
Average home league attendance	7,008
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1931–32 1933–34 →

The 1932–33 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 14th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Three South, then the third tier of English football, finishing 19th.

Season review

Football League Third Division South

Partial league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
17	Aldershot^[a]	42	13	10	19	61	72	0.847	36
18	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	12	12	18	60	81	0.741	36
19	Cardiff City	42	12	7	23	69	99	0.697	31
20	Clapton Orient	42	8	13	21	59	93	0.634	29
21	Newport County^[b]	42	11	7	24	61	105	0.581	29	Re-elected

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ New club in the league; elected from Southern League
^ Returned after one season absence, spent in the Southern League

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	W
Position	~	~	7	8	16	8	15	19	19	17	19	20	20	21	21	20	20	21	19	19	21	20	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	21	19	19	19

Source: ^[1]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Players

First team squad. ^[1] ^[2] 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	Bob Adams
--	GK	WAL	Len Evans
--	GK	EIR	Tom Farquharson
--	DF	SCO	Jack Galbraith
--	DF	WAL	Eric Morris
--	DF	ENG	Bob Pollard
--	DF	WAL	Len Richards
--	DF	ENG	Bill Roberts
--	DF	ENG	George Russell
--	MF	WAL	Ernie Carless
--	MF	ENG	Frank Harris


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	WAL	Eddie Jenkins
--	MF	SCO	Peter Ronan
--	FW	ENG	Stan Cribb
--	FW	ENG	George Emmerson
--	FW	SCO	Jim Henderson
--	FW	WAL	Freddie Hill
--	FW	SCO	Les Jones
--	FW	ENG	Albert Keating
--	FW	ENG	Tom Maidment
--	FW	WAL	Tommy Paget
--	FW	SCO	Jim Tennant

Fixtures and results

Third Division South

27 August 1932 (1932-08-27) 1	Reading	4–2	Cardiff City	Reading
			Jimmy McCambridge Stan Cribb	Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 13,867

29 August 1932 (1932-08-29) 2	Cardiff City	3–0	Bournemouth	Cardiff
	Reg Keating Stan Cribb Les Jones			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,351

3 September 1932 (1932-09-03) 3	Cardiff City	4–2	Norwich City	Cardiff
	Jimmy McCambridge Jimmy McCambridge George Emmerson Stan Cribb			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,767

7 September 1932 (1932-09-07) 4	Bournemouth	3–2	Cardiff City	Bournemouth
			Jimmy McCambridge Jimmy McCambridge	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 6,264

10 September 1932 (1932-09-10) 5	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–0	Cardiff City	Brighton
				Stadium: Goldstone Ground Attendance: 7,790

17 September 1932 (1932-09-17) 6	Cardiff City	4–3	Bristol Rovers	Cardiff
	Jimmy McCambridge Jimmy McCambridge Stan Cribb Reg Keating			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,104

24 September 1932 (1932-09-24) 7	Aldershot	1–0	Cardiff City	Aldershot
				Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 7,172

1 October 1932 (1932-10-01) 8	Cardiff City	2–5	Queens Park Rangers	Cardiff
	Les Jones Les Jones		Ted Marcroft Ted Marcroft Ted Marcroft Ted Goodier Jack Blackman	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,842

8 October 1932 (1932-10-08) 9	Southend United	2–2	Cardiff City	Southend
			Reg Keating Jimmy McCambridge	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 3,590

15 October 1932 (1932-10-15) 10	Cardiff City	1–1	Crystal Palace	Cardiff
	Jimmy McCambridge			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,144

22 October 1932 (1932-10-22) 11	Cardiff City	1–3	Newport County	Cardiff
	Jimmy McCambridge		Billy Bagley Billy Thomas Frank Peed	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,163

29 October 1932 (1932-10-29) 12	Luton Town	8–1	Cardiff City	Luton
			Jimmy McCambridge	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 6,002

5 November 1932 (1932-11-05) 13	Cardiff City	1–3	Exeter City	Cardiff
	George Emmerson			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,881

12 November 1932 (1932-11-12) 14	Torquay United	4–1	Cardiff City	Torquay
	Don Bird Fred Flavell Fred Flavell Ralph Birkett		Stan Cribb	Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 3,911

19 November 1932 (1932-11-19) 15	Cardiff City	2–1	Brentford	Cardiff
	Les Jones Stan Cribb		Billy Scott	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,274

3 December 1932 (1932-12-03) 16	Cardiff City	1–1	Bristol City	Cardiff
	Les Jones		Albert Keating	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,115

17 December 1932 (1932-12-17) 17	Cardiff City	6–1	Clapton Orient	Cardiff
	Jimmy McCambridge Jimmy McCambridge Freddie Hill Frank Harris Les Jones Stan Cribb			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,433

24 December 1932 (1932-12-24) 18	Swindon Town	6–2	Cardiff City	Swindon
	Eddie Munnings Eddie Munnings 50' Eddie Munnings 65' Ted Braithwaite 55' Ted Dransfield 70' (pen) Syd Brookes 85'		15' Jimmy McCambridge 62' Jimmy McCambridge	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,145 Referee: AJ Brown

26 December 1932 (1932-12-26) 19	Cardiff City	1–0	Gillingham	Cardiff
	Les Jones			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,178

27 December 1932 (1932-12-27) 20	Gillingham	1–1	Cardiff City	Gillingham
			Les Jones	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 10,449

31 December 1932 (1932-12-31) 21	Cardiff City	0–1	Reading	Cardiff
				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,773

7 January 1933 (1933-01-07) 22	Norwich City	3–1	Cardiff City	Norwich
			(pen) Les Jones	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 9,486

14 January 1933 (1933-01-14) 23	Coventry City	5–0	Cardiff City	Coventry
				Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 9,752

21 January 1933 (1933-01-21) 24	Cardiff City	1–2	Brighton & Hove Albion	Cardiff
	Jimmy McCambridge			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,185

28 January 1933 (1933-01-28) 25	Bristol Rovers	0–0	Cardiff City	Bristol
				Stadium: Eastville Attendance: 6,249

4 February 1933 (1933-02-04) 26	Cardiff City	2–1	Aldershot	Cardiff
	Tom Maidment Jim Henderson			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,287

11 February 1933 (1933-02-11) 27	Queens Park Rangers	5–1	Cardiff City	London
	George Rounce George Rounce George Goddard George Goddard Jimmy Collins		Tom Maidment	Stadium: White City Stadium Attendance: 5,347

18 February 1933 (1933-02-18) 28	Cardiff City	2–0	Southend United	Cardiff
	Les Jones Les Jones			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,275

25 February 1933 (1933-02-25) 29	Crystal Palace	4–1	Cardiff City	London
			Tom Maidment	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 5,805

4 March 1933 (1933-03-04) 30	Newport County	4–2	Cardiff City	Newport
	Jimmy Gardner Jimmy Gardner Billy Bagley Tommy Green		George Emmerson Tom Maidment	Stadium: Somerton Park Attendance: 7,933

11 March 1933 (1933-03-11) 31	Cardiff City	3–2	Luton Town	Cardiff
	Tom Maidment Les Jones Stan Cribb			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,919

18 March 1933 (1933-03-18) 32	Exeter City	1–0	Cardiff City	Exeter
				Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 8,146

25 March 1933 (1933-03-25) 33	Cardiff City	2–1	Torquay United	Cardiff
	Jim Henderson Jim Henderson		Albert Hutchinson	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,630

1 April 1933 (1933-04-01) 34	Brentford	7–3	Cardiff City	London
	Ernest Muttitt Jack Holliday Jack Holliday Jack Holliday Jack Holliday (pen) Arthur Crompton Arthur Crompton		Jim Henderson Jim Henderson Jim Henderson	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 10,831

8 April 1933 (1933-04-08) 35	Cardiff City	2–2	Coventry City	Cardiff
	Jimmy McCambridge Jim Henderson			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,902

10 April 1933 (1933-04-10) 36	Northampton Town	2–0	Cardiff City	Northampton
				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,302

14 April 1933 (1933-04-14) 37	Cardiff City	1–1	Watford	Cardiff
	Tom Maidment			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,451

15 April 1933 (1933-04-15) 38	Bristol City	3–1	Cardiff City	Bristol
	Ted Bowen Ted Bowen Ted Bowen		George Russell	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 7,176

17 April 1933 (1933-04-17) 39	Watford	2–1	Cardiff City	Watford
			Les Jones	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 7,713

22 April 1933 (1933-04-22) 40	Cardiff City	6–0	Northampton Town	Cardiff
	Jim Henderson Jim Henderson Jim Henderson Jim Henderson Jim Henderson Stan Cribb			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,631

29 April 1933 (1933-04-29) 41	Clapton Orient	3–0	Cardiff City	London
				Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 3,739

6 May 1933 (1933-05-06) 42	Cardiff City	3–0	Swindon Town	Cardiff
	Stan Cribb Stan Cribb Tom Maidment 24'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,871 Referee: AJ Brown

FA Cup

26 November 1932 (1932-11-26) Round 1	Cardiff City	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Cardiff
	Frank Harris			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,000

30 November 1932 (1932-11-30) Round 1 (Replay)	Bristol Rovers	4–1	Cardiff City	Bristol
			Jimmy McCambridge	Stadium: Eastville Attendance: 9,000

Welsh Cup

22 February 1933 (1933-02-22) Round 7	Cardiff City	4–2	Tranmere Rovers	Cardiff
	Les Jones Les Jones Jim Henderson Jim Henderson			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,000

9 March 1933 (1933-03-09) Round 8	Swansea Town	1–1	Cardiff City	Swansea
	Hugh Blair		30' Tom Maidment	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 3,000

15 March 1933 (1933-03-15) Round 8 (Replay)	Cardiff City	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Swansea Town	Cardiff
	Tom Maidment 11' Les Jones 95'		Ted Martin	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,000

5 April 1933 (1933-04-05) Semifinal	Chester City	2–1	Cardiff City	Chester
			Jim Henderson	Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 10,000

Source ^[1] ^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Cardiff City 1932–33 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
^ "All Cardiff City football club players: 1933". 11v11. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
^ "Welsh Cup 1932/33". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 29 January 2022.

Bibliography

Crooks, John (1986). Cardiff City Chronology 1920-86. John Crooks. ISBN 0-9511984-0-8.
Crooks, John (1992). Cardiff City Football Club: Official History of the Bluebirds. Yore Publications. ISBN 0-9513321-8-X.
Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
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Shepherd, Richard (2007). The Cardiff City Miscellany. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 1-9054110-4-9.
"Football Club History Database – Cardiff City".

[table_note_ALD0.66720474030227-1] New club in the league; elected from Southern League

[table_note_NPC0.66720474030227-2] Returned after one season absence, spent in the Southern League

[results-3] "Cardiff City 1932–33 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 29 January 2022.

[4] "All Cardiff City football club players: 1933". 11v11. Retrieved 29 January 2022.

[5] "Welsh Cup 1932/33". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 29 January 2022.

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