1951–52 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
1951–52 season
Chairman	Sir Herbert Merrett
Manager	Cyril Spiers
Division Two	2nd
FA Cup	3rd round
Welsh Cup	6th round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Wilf Grant (26); All: ; Wilf Grant (27)
Highest home attendance	46,003 v Swansea Town 26 December 1951
Lowest home attendance	19,860 v Nottingham Forest 22 December 1951
Average home league attendance	28,945
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1950–51 1952–53 →

The 1951–52 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 25th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing second, winning promotion to Division One.

Season review

Football League Second Division

Partial league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sheffield Wednesday (C, P)	42	21	11	10	100	66	1.515	53	Promotion to the First Division
2	Cardiff City (P)	42	20	11	11	72	54	1.333	51	Promotion to the First Division
3	Birmingham City	42	21	9	12	67	56	1.196	51
4	Nottingham Forest	42	18	13	11	77	62	1.242	49
5	Leicester City	42	19	9	14	78	64	1.219	47

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

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	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H
Result	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	W
Position	1	7	4	9	5	16	17	11	9	9	5	3	3	9	6	5	4	4	4	4	7	5	2	1	3	1	2	1	2	4	4	5	5	5	6	7	5	5	5	3	3	2

Source: ^[2]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Welsh Cup

After a 3–1 victory over Milford United, Cardiff were eliminated in the sixth round by Merthyr Tydfil.^[3]

Players

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	Ron Howells
--	GK	WAL	Iorrie Hughes
--	DF	WAL	Colin Gale
--	DF	WAL	Ken Hollyman
--	DF	ENG	Stan Montgomery
--	DF	ENG	Charles Rutter
--	DF	WAL	Alf Sherwood
--	DF	WAL	Albert Stitfall
--	DF	WAL	Ron Stitfall
--	DF	WAL	Derrick Sullivan
--	DF	WAL	Glyn Williams
--	MF	WAL	Billy Baker
--	MF	WAL	Alan Harrington
--	MF	NIR	Bobby McLaughlin
--	MF	ENG	Don Moss


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	WAL	Griff Norman
--	MF	ENG	Cliff Nugent
--	MF	ENG	Mike Tiddy
--	MF	WAL	Crad Wilcox
--	MF	WAL	Roley Williams
--	FW	ENG	Doug Blair
--	FW	ENG	Ken Chisholm
--	FW	WAL	George Edwards
--	FW	WAL	Elfed Evans
--	FW	ENG	Leslie Evans
--	FW	ENG	Wilf Grant
--	FW	WAL	Marwood Marchant
--	FW	WAL	Ken Oakley
--	FW	WAL	Colin Webster

Fixtures and results

Second Division

18 August 1951 (1951-08-18) 1	Cardiff City	4–0	Leicester City	Cardiff
15:15	George Edwards Wilf Grant Wilf Grant Roley Williams			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 28,973 Referee: SV Davis (Oxford)

20 August 1951 (1951-08-20) 2	Cardiff City	2–4	Rotherham United	Cardiff
18:15	Wilf Grant Wilf Grant			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 32,442 Referee: Edgar (SE) Law (West Bromwich)

25 August 1951 (1951-08-25) 3	Nottingham Forest	2–3	Cardiff City	Nottingham
			George Edwards George Edwards Roley Williams	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 31,776

27 August 1951 (1951-08-27) 4	Rotherham United	2–0	Cardiff City	Rotherham
18:15				Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 17,062

1 September 1951 (1951-09-01) 5	Cardiff City	2–0	Brentford	Cardiff
15:15	Wilf Grant Wilf Grant			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 27,772 Referee: AW Smith (Aldershot)

8 September 1951 (1951-09-08) 6	Doncaster Rovers	1–0	Cardiff City	Doncaster
				Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 19,676

12 September 1951 (1951-09-12) 7	Leeds United	2–1	Cardiff City	Leeds
	Charlie Hughes Jim Milburn		Elfed Evans	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 12,680

15 September 1951 (1951-09-15) 8	Cardiff City	3–1	Everton	Cardiff
15:15	Wilf Grant 59' Wilf Grant 63' Elfed Evans 75'		72' Ted Buckle	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 23,923 Referee: Stanley Rogers (Shrewsbury)

17 September 1951 (1951-09-17) 9	Cardiff City	1–1	Sheffield United	Cardiff
17:45	Wilf Grant			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 29,176

22 September 1951 (1951-09-22) 10	Southampton	1–1	Cardiff City	Southampton
15:00	Henry Horton		Mike Tiddy	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 21,672 Referee: AW Smith (Aldershot)

29 September 1951 (1951-09-29) 11	Cardiff City	2–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Cardiff
15:15	Wilf Grant Wilf Grant			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 30,352

6 October 1951 (1951-10-06) 12	Cardiff City	4–1	Coventry City	Cardiff
15:15	Wilf Grant Wilf Grant George Edwards Mike Tiddy		Noel Simpson	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 26,277

13 October 1951 (1951-10-13) 13	West Ham United	1–1	Cardiff City	London
	Bert Hawkins		Bobby McLaughlin	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 24,103

27 October 1951 (1951-10-27) 14	Barnsley	2–0	Cardiff City	Barnsley
				Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 11,168

3 November 1951 (1951-11-03) 15	Cardiff City	1–0	Hull City	Cardiff
14:45	Wilf Grant			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 23,459

10 November 1951 (1951-11-10) 16	Blackburn Rovers	0–1	Cardiff City	Blackburn
			George Edwards	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 22,477

17 November 1951 (1951-11-17) 17	Cardiff City	3–1	Queens Park Rangers	Cardiff
14:30	Doug Blair Doug Blair Alf Sherwood (pen)			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 21,211

24 November 1951 (1951-11-24) 18	Notts County	1–1	Cardiff City	Nottingham
			Stan Montgomery	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 19,452

1 December 1951 (1951-12-01) 19	Cardiff City	3–0	Luton Town	Cardiff
14:30	Doug Blair Doug Blair Wilf Grant			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 26,106

8 December 1951 (1951-12-08) 20	Bury	1–1	Cardiff City	Bury
14:15			George Edwards	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 7,887

15 December 1951 (1951-12-15) 21	Leicester City	3–0	Cardiff City	Leicester
	Derek Hines Arthur Rowley Fred Worthington			Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 26,021 Referee: SV Davis

22 December 1951 (1951-12-22) 22	Cardiff City	4–1	Nottingham Forest	Cardiff
14:30	Alf Sherwood 12' (pen) Doug Blair 23', 41' Wilf Grant 80'		64' Tommy Capel	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 19,860 Referee: WE (Bill) Dellow (Croydon)

25 December 1951 (1951-12-25) 23	Swansea Town	1–1	Cardiff City	Swansea
14:30	Billy Baker (og)		Mike Tiddy	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 19,260 Referee: NC Taylor

26 December 1951 (1951-12-26) 24	Cardiff City	3–0	Swansea Town	Cardiff
14:30	Billy Baker 12' Wilf Grant 55' Mike Tiddy 75'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 46,003 Referee: NC Taylor

29 December 1951 (1951-12-29) 25	Brentford	1–1	Cardiff City	London
	Johnny Paton		Mike Tiddy	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 27,547 Referee: AW Smith (Aldershot)

5 January 1952 (1952-01-05) 26	Cardiff City	2–1	Doncaster Rovers	Cardiff
14:30	Alf Sherwood Alf Sherwood			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 28,404 Referee: WR Barnes (Birmingham)

19 January 1952 (1952-01-19) 27	Everton	3–0	Cardiff City	Liverpool
	Dave Hickson 19' Tommy Clinton 60' (pen) Tony McNamara			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 49,230 Referee: Stanley Rogers (Shrewsbury)

26 January 1952 (1952-01-26) 28	Cardiff City	1–0	Southampton	Cardiff
15:00	Wilf Grant			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 23,205

9 February 1952 (1952-02-09) 29	Sheffield Wednesday	4–2	Cardiff City	Sheffield
15:00			Elfed Evans Elfed Evans	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 42,867

16 February 1952 (1952-02-16) 30	Coventry City	2–1	Cardiff City	Coventry
	Ken Chisholm Norman Lockhart		Derrick Sullivan	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 26,410

1 March 1952 (1952-03-01) 31	Cardiff City	1–1	West Ham United	Cardiff
15:15	Doug Blair		(og) Stan Montgomery	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 29,495 Referee: Norman Taylor (Wiltshire)

12 March 1952 (1952-03-12) 32	Sheffield United	6–1	Cardiff City	Sheffield
15:00			Wilf Grant	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 16,398

15 March 1952 (1952-03-15) 33	Cardiff City	3–0	Barnsley	Cardiff
15:15	Ken Chisholm Ken Chisholm Leslie Evans			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 24,542 Referee: Charles Bucknall (Birmingham)

22 March 1952 (1952-03-22) 34	Hull City	0–0	Cardiff City	Hull
15:15				Stadium: Boothferry Park Attendance: 27,009

5 April 1952 (1952-04-05) 35	Queens Park Rangers	1–1	Cardiff City	London
15:15	Conway Smith		Wilf Grant	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 17,938 Referee: George Roden (Stourbridge)

11 April 1952 (1952-04-11) 36	Birmingham City	3–2	Cardiff City	Birmingham
	Tommy Briggs Ken Green Alf Sherwood (og)		Wilf Grant Ken Chisholm	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 32,941

12 April 1952 (1952-04-12) 37	Cardiff City	1–0	Notts County	Cardiff
15:15	Ken Chisholm			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 24,178

14 April 1952 (1952-04-14) 38	Cardiff City	3–1	Birmingham City	Cardiff
15:15	Ken Chisholm Ken Chisholm Wilf Grant		Tommy Briggs	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 25,470

19 April 1952 (1952-04-19) 39	Luton Town	2–2	Cardiff City	Luton
			(pen) Alf Sherwood Roley Williams	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 14,186

21 April 1952 (1952-04-21) 40	Cardiff City	3–1	Blackburn Rovers	Cardiff
18:15	Wilf Grant Ken Chisholm Alf Sherwood (pen)			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 31,169

26 April 1952 (1952-04-26) 41	Cardiff City	3–0	Bury	Cardiff
15:15	Doug Blair Doug Blair Wilf Grant			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 39,906

3 May 1952 (1952-05-03) 42	Cardiff City	3–1	Leeds United	Cardiff
15:15	Wilf Grant Wilf Grant Ken Chisholm		Ray Iggleden	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 45,925

FA Cup

12 January 1952 (1952-01-12) Round 3	Cardiff City	1–1	Swindon Town	Cardiff
14:15	Wilf Grant 40'		62' Maurice Owen	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 40,000 Referee: AW Smith (Aldershot)

16 January 1952 (1952-01-16) Round 3 (Replay)	Swindon Town	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Cardiff City	Swindon
14:00	Maurice Owen 115'			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 24,207

Welsh Cup

3 January 1952 (1952-01-03) Round 5	Milford United	1–3	Cardiff City	Milford Haven
			Crad Wilcox Crad Wilcox Elfed Evans	Attendance: 2,500

2 February 1952 (1952-02-02) Round 6	Merthyr Tydfil	3–1	Cardiff City	Merthyr Tydfil
			George Edwards	Stadium: Penydarren Park Attendance: 13,000

References

Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
"Football Club History Database – Cardiff City".

^ Shepherd, Richard (2007). The Cardiff City Miscellany. Pitch books. ISBN 978-1-905411-04-7.
^ "Cardiff City 1951–52 results". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
^ "Welsh Cup 1951/52". Welsh Football Data Archive. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2010.

[1] Shepherd, Richard (2007). The Cardiff City Miscellany. Pitch books. ISBN 978-1-905411-04-7.

[2] "Cardiff City 1951–52 results". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2010.

[3] "Welsh Cup 1951/52". Welsh Football Data Archive. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2010.

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Season review

Football League Second Division

Partial league table

Results by round

Welsh Cup

Players

Fixtures and results

Second Division

FA Cup

Welsh Cup

See also

References