1947–48 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
1947–48 season
Chairman	Sir Herbert Merrett
Manager	Billy McCandless (resigned November 1947); Cyril Spiers (from 3 December 1947)
Division Two	5th
FA Cup	3rd round
Welsh Cup	6th round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Billy Rees (11); All: ; Billy Rees (12)
Highest home attendance	49,209 v Newcastle United 10 April 1948
Lowest home attendance	26,179 v West Bromwich Albion 24 April 1948
Average home league attendance	37,871
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1946–47 1948–49 →

The 1947–48 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 21st season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing fifth.

Season review

Football League Second Division

Partial league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
3	Southampton	42	21	10	11	71	53	1.340	52
4	Sheffield Wednesday	42	20	11	11	66	53	1.245	51
5	Cardiff City	42	18	11	13	61	58	1.052	47
6	West Ham United	42	16	14	12	55	53	1.038	46
7	West Bromwich Albion	42	18	9	15	63	58	1.086	45

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

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	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	L	W
Position			3	3	9	3	8	7	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	6	7	7	7	5	4	4	6	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	5

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

Players

First team squad. ^[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	WAL	Roger Ashton
--	GK	WAL	Danny Canning
--	DF	WAL	Ken Hollyman
--	DF	WAL	Arthur Lever
--	DF	WAL	Alf Sherwood
--	DF	WAL	Fred Stansfield
--	DF	WAL	Ron Stitfall
--	DF	WAL	Derrick Sullivan
--	DF	WAL	Glyn Williams
--	MF	WAL	Billy Baker
--	FW	WAL	Bryn Allen


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	FW	ENG	Doug Blair
--	FW	ENG	Colin Gibson
--	FW	ENG	Bill Hullett
--	FW	WAL	Billy Lewis
--	FW	NIR	Seamus McBennett
--	FW	WAL	Beriah Moore
--	FW	WAL	Billy Rees
--	FW	WAL	Stan Richards
--	FW	WAL	Bernard Ross
--	FW	ENG	George Wardle

Fixtures and results

Second Division

23 August 1947 (1947-08-23) 1	Cardiff City	0–0	Chesterfield	Cardiff
15:15				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 38,028

25 August 1947 (1947-08-25) 2	Cardiff City	3–0	Doncaster Rovers	Cardiff
18:15	George Wardle George Wardle Stan Richards			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 44,415

30 August 1947 (1947-08-30) 3	Millwall	0–1	Cardiff City	London
			George Wardle	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 28,703

4 September 1947 (1947-09-04) 4	Doncaster Rovers	2–2	Cardiff City	Doncaster
			George Wardle Doug Blair	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 27,760

6 September 1947 (1947-09-06) 5	Cardiff City	0–3	Tottenham Hotspur	Cardiff
15:15			Les Bennett Len Duquemin Len Duquemin	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 48,894

8 September 1947 (1947-09-08) 6	Cardiff City	5–1	Southampton	Cardiff
18:15	Eric Webber (og) Billy Rees Beriah Moore Beriah Moore Stan Richards		Eric Day	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 39,363

13 September 1947 (1947-09-13) 7	Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	Cardiff City	Sheffield
15:00			Billy Rees	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 36,489

17 September 1947 (1947-09-17) 8	Southampton	2–2	Cardiff City	Southampton
17:30	Jack Bradley Eric Day		Seamus MacBennett Seamus MacBennett	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 16,495 Referee: Cliff Wakley (Somerton)

20 September 1947 (1947-09-20) 9	Cardiff City	3–0	Plymouth Argyle	Cardiff
15:15	Doug Blair Arthur Lever Billy Rees			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 33,060

27 September 1947 (1947-09-27) 10	Cardiff City	1–0	Bradford (Park Avenue)	Cardiff
15:15	Billy Rees			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 39,796

4 October 1947 (1947-10-04) 11	Nottingham Forest	1–2	Cardiff City	Nottingham
			Colin Gibson Colin Gibson	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 30,618

11 October 1947 (1947-10-11) 12	Cardiff City	1–0	Luton Town	Cardiff
15:15	Billy Rees			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 39,505

18 October 1947 (1947-10-18) 13	Brentford	0–0	Cardiff City	London
				Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 34,483

25 October 1947 (1947-10-25) 14	Leicester City	2–1	Cardiff City	Leicester
			(og) Billy Frame	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 36,940

1 November 1947 (1947-11-01) 15	Cardiff City	0–0	Leeds United	Cardiff
15:00				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 36,851

8 November 1947 (1947-11-08) 16	Fulham	4–1	Cardiff City	London
15:00			Colin Gibson	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 34,778

15 November 1947 (1947-11-15) 17	Cardiff City	1–1	Coventry City	Cardiff
14:45	Stan Richards		Norman Lockhart	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 35,835

22 November 1947 (1947-11-22) 18	Newcastle United	4–1	Cardiff City	Newcastle
14:30	Jackie Milburn Jackie Milburn Len Shackleton George Stobbart		Arthur Lever	Stadium: St James's Park Attendance: 57,904

29 November 1947 (1947-11-29) 19	Cardiff City	2–0	Birmingham City	Cardiff
14:30	Stan Richards Stan Richards			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 39,646 Referee: FJ Lowe (Bath)

6 December 1947 (1947-12-06) 20	West Bromwich Albion	2–3	Cardiff City	West Bromwich
			Doug Blair Doug Blair Colin Gibson	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 38,914

13 December 1947 (1947-12-13) 21	Cardiff City	1–0	Barnsley	Cardiff
14:15	George Wardle			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 33,538

20 December 1947 (1947-12-20) 22	Chesterfield	2–2	Cardiff City	Chesterfield
14:15			Ron Stitfall Doug Blair	Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 18,959 Referee: AH Tolley (Worcester)

26 December 1947 (1947-12-26) 23	Cardiff City	2–2	Bury	Cardiff
14:30	George Wardle Colin Gibson			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 43,805

1 January 1948 (1948-01-01) 24	Bury	1–2	Cardiff City	Bury
			Billy Rees Stan Richards	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 12,382

3 January 1948 (1948-01-03) 25	Cardiff City	6–0	Millwall	Cardiff
14:30	Billy Rees Billy Rees Doug Blair Colin Gibson Stan Richards Stan Richards			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 29,483

17 January 1948 (1948-01-17) 26	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Cardiff City	London
	Freddie Cox (pen) Johnny Jordan		Billy Rees	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 57,386

31 January 1948 (1948-01-31) 27	Cardiff City	2–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Cardiff
15:00	Stan Richards Billy Rees			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 33,147

7 February 1948 (1948-02-07) 28	Plymouth Argyle	3–0	Cardiff City	Plymouth
15:15				Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 26,396

14 February 1948 (1948-02-14) 29	Bradford (Park Avenue)	0–1	Cardiff City	Bradford
15:15			Bill Hullett	Stadium: Park Avenue (stadium) Attendance: 14,756 Referee: S McCarthy (Wrexham)

21 February 1948 (1948-02-21) 30	Cardiff City	4–1	Nottingham Forest	Cardiff
15:15	Bill Hullett Bill Hullett George Wardle George Wardle			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 28,929

28 February 1948 (1948-02-28) 31	Luton Town	1–1	Cardiff City	Luton
			Bill Hullett	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 22,112 Referee: LE Gibbs (Reading)

6 March 1948 (1948-03-06) 32	Cardiff City	1–0	Brentford	Cardiff
15:15	Bill Hullett			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 41,032 Referee: Fred Green (Wolverhampton)

13 March 1948 (1948-03-13) 33	Cardiff City	3–0	Leicester City	Cardiff
15:15	Bill Hullett Bill Hullett George Wardle			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 39,100 Referee: AH Tolley (Worcester)

20 March 1948 (1948-03-20) 34	Leeds United	4–0	Cardiff City	Leeds
	Ken Chisholm Ken Chisholm Aubrey Powell John Short			Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 34,276

26 March 1948 (1948-03-26) 35	Cardiff City	0–3	West Ham United	Cardiff
15:00			John Stephens John Stephens John Stephens	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 41,700

27 March 1948 (1948-03-27) 36	Cardiff City	0–0	Fulham	Cardiff
15:15				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 33,786

29 March 1948 (1948-03-29) 37	West Ham United	4–2	Cardiff City	London
15:00	John Stephens Eric Parsons Ken Wright Ken Wright		Bill Hullett George Wardle	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 31,667

3 April 1948 (1948-04-03) 38	Coventry City	1–0	Cardiff City	Coventry
	Ted Roberts			Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 26,175

10 April 1948 (1948-04-10) 39	Cardiff City	1–1	Newcastle United	Cardiff
15:15	Arthur Lever		George Stobbart	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 49,209 Referee: J Tregellis (Birmingham)

17 April 1948 (1948-04-17) 40	Birmingham City	2–0	Cardiff City	Birmingham
	Cyril Trigg Harold Bodle			Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 52,276 Referee: FT Lowe (Bath)

24 April 1948 (1948-04-24) 41	Cardiff City	0–5	West Bromwich Albion	Cardiff
15:15				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 26,179

1 May 1948 (1948-05-01) 42	Barnsley	1–2	Cardiff City	Barnsley
			Billy Rees Beriah Moore	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 14,979

Source ^[1] ^[3]

FA Cup

10 January 1948 (1948-01-10) Round 3	Cardiff City	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Sheffield Wednesday	Cardiff
14:15	Billy Rees			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Percy Annette (Basingstoke)