1959–60 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
1959–60 season
Manager	Bill Jones
Football League Second Division	2nd
FA Cup	3rd round
Welsh Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Derek Tapscott (20); All: Derek Tapscott (21)
Highest home attendance	52,364 v Aston Villa, 16 April 1960
Lowest home attendance	16,231 v Lincoln City, 13 February 1960
Average home league attendance	24,183
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1958–59 1960–61 →

The 1959–60 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 33rd 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.

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	ENG	Ron Nicholls
--	GK	WAL	Graham Vearncombe
--	DF	WAL	Colin Baker
--	DF	SCO	Danny Malloy
--	DF	SCO	Alec Milne
--	DF	WAL	Frank Rankmore
--	DF	WAL	Ron Stitfall
--	DF	WAL	Derrick Sullivan
--	MF	WAL	Alan Durban
--	MF	WAL	Steve Gammon
--	MF	WAL	Alan Harrington
--	MF	WAL	Barrie Hole
--	MF	WAL	Mike Hughes


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	WAL	Brian Jenkins
--	MF	ENG	David Lambert
--	MF	WAL	Graham Moore
--	MF	SCO	Bob Scott
--	MF	ENG	Brian Walsh
--	FW	ENG	Joe Bonson
--	FW	WAL	Colin Hudson
--	FW	ENG	Harry Knowles
--	FW	SCO	John McMillan
--	FW	RSA	Steve Mokone
--	FW	WAL	Derek Tapscott
--	FW	ENG	Johnny Watkins

League standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Aston Villa (C, P)	42	25	9	8	89	43	2.070	59	Promotion to the First Division
2	Cardiff City (P)	42	23	12	7	90	62	1.452	58	Promotion to the First Division
3	Liverpool	42	20	10	12	90	66	1.364	50
4	Sheffield United	42	19	12	11	68	51	1.333	50
5	Middlesbrough	42	19	10	13	90	64	1.406	48

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	W	L	D	D
Position			5	5	4	4	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

Second Division

22 August 1959 (1959-08-22) 1	Cardiff City	3–2	Liverpool	Cardiff
15:15	Steve Mokone 5' Graham Moore 48' Johnny Watkins 60'	LFC report	38' (og), 42' (og) Danny Malloy	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 23,744 Referee: JW Hunt (Portsmouth)

26 August 1959 (1959-08-26) 2	Cardiff City	2–0	Middlesbrough	Cardiff
18:30	Graham Moore Johnny Watkins			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 23,052 Referee: Bill Clements (West Bromwich)

29 August 1959 (1959-08-29) 3	Charlton Athletic	2–1	Cardiff City	London
15:15			Graham Moore	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 18,513 Referee: AE Moore (Norfolk)

2 September 1959 (1959-09-02) 4	Middlesbrough	1–1	Cardiff City	Middlesbrough
	Bill Harris (pen)		Johnny Watkins	Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 29,122

5 September 1959 (1959-09-05) 5	Cardiff City	4–2	Bristol City	Cardiff
15:15	Colin Hudson Colin Hudson Johnny Watkins Colin Baker			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 22,545 Referee: Jack Taylor (Wolverhampton)

9 September 1959 (1959-09-09) 6	Derby County	1–2	Cardiff City	Derby
19:00	Ray Swallow		Derrick Sullivan Derrick Sullivan	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 17,959

12 September 1959 (1959-09-12) 7	Scunthorpe United	1–2	Cardiff City	Scunthorpe
15:15			Graham Moore Johnny Watkins	Stadium: Old Show Ground Attendance: 10,933

16 September 1959 (1959-09-16) 8	Cardiff City	2–0	Derby County	Cardiff
17:45	Derrick Sullivan Colin Baker			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 21,548

19 September 1959 (1959-09-19) 9	Cardiff City	1–4	Rotherham United	Cardiff
15:15	Derrick Sullivan			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 24,392 Referee: RH Mann (Worcester)

26 September 1959 (1959-09-26) 10	Lincoln City	2–3	Cardiff City	Lincoln
15:00			Derrick Sullivan Johnny Watkins Alan Harrington	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 8,401

3 October 1959 (1959-10-03) 11	Hull City	0–0	Cardiff City	Hull
15:00				Stadium: Boothferry Park Attendance: 14,933 Referee: FH Gerrard (Preston)

10 October 1959 (1959-10-10) 12	Cardiff City	5–1	Leyton Orient	Cardiff
15:15	Graham Moore Graham Moore Derek Tapscott Derek Tapscott Derrick Sullivan			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 18,794 Referee: Peter Brandwood (Kidderminster)

17 October 1959 (1959-10-17) 13	Huddersfield Town	0–1	Cardiff City	Huddersfield
			Derek Tapscott	Stadium: Leeds Road Attendance: 18,367

24 October 1959 (1959-10-24) 14	Cardiff City	3–2	Ipswich Town	Cardiff
15:00	Colin Baker 18' Derek Tapscott 34' Derrick Sullivan 35'		36' Colin Lundstrum 62' Jimmy Leadbetter	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 20,233 Referee: GW Thorpe (Swindon)

31 October 1959 (1959-10-31) 15	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Cardiff City	Bristol
			Graham Moore	Stadium: Eastville Attendance: 27,630

7 November 1959 (1959-11-07) 16	Cardiff City	2–1	Swansea Town	Cardiff
14:45	Derrick Sullivan Joe Bonson		Colin Webster	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 34,881 Referee: Harold Horner (Coventry)

14 November 1959 (1959-11-14) 17	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–2	Cardiff City	Brighton
14:45			Joe Bonson Joe Bonson	Stadium: Goldstone Ground Attendance: 16,253

21 November 1959 (1959-11-21) 18	Cardiff City	4–4	Stoke City	Cardiff
14:30	Derek Tapscott Joe Bonson Joe Bonson Steve Gammon		Frank Bowyer Johnny King Johnny King Doug Newlands	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 21,793 Referee: CH Dennis (Ashtead)

28 November 1959 (1959-11-28) 19	Portsmouth	1–1	Cardiff City	Portsmouth
15:00	Ron Saunders		Brian Walsh	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 14,018 Referee: TW Dawes (Norwich)

5 December 1959 (1959-12-05) 20	Cardiff City	2–1	Sunderland	Cardiff
14:30	Johnny Watkins 3' Derek Tapscott 78'		41' Ian Lawther	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 20,016 Referee: Les Hamer (Chorley)

12 December 1959 (1959-12-12) 21	Aston Villa	2–0	Cardiff City	Birmingham
15:00	Jimmy Adam Gerry Hitchens			Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 50,039 Referee: H Webb (Leeds)

19 December 1959 (1959-12-19) 22	Liverpool	0–4	Cardiff City	Liverpool
15:15		LFC report	12' Derek Tapscott 57' Derek Tapscott 34' Johnny Watkins 67' Joe Bonson	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 27,291 Referee: Arthur Hawcroft (Rotherham)
Note: This was Bill Shankly's first game as Liverpool manager

26 December 1959 (1959-12-26) 23	Cardiff City	2–0	Sheffield United	Cardiff
14:30	Joe Bonson 32' Derek Tapscott 63'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 29,515 Referee: GW Pullin

28 December 1959 (1959-12-28) 24	Sheffield United	2–1	Cardiff City	Sheffield
19:00	Gerry Summers 28' Dennis Shiels 43'		17' Derek Tapscott	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 18,590 Referee: AW Sparling (Grimsby)

2 January 1960 (1960-01-02) 25	Cardiff City	5–1	Charlton Athletic	Cardiff
14:30	Colin Baker 40' Colin Baker Derek Tapscott Joe Bonson Brian Walsh		47'	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 20,619 Referee: Jim Finney (Hereford)

16 January 1960 (1960-01-16) 26	Bristol City	0–3	Cardiff City	Bristol
15:00			Joe Bonson Graham Moore (og) Peter McCall	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 18,184

23 January 1960 (1960-01-23) 27	Cardiff City	4–2	Scunthorpe United	Cardiff
14:45	Johnny Watkins Joe Bonson Derek Tapscott Graham Moore			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 16,759 Referee: Bill Clements (West Bromwich)

30 January 1960 (1960-01-30) 28	Plymouth Argyle	1–1	Cardiff City	Plymouth
15:15	?? (og)		Derek Tapscott	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 21,923

6 February 1960 (1960-02-06) 29	Rotherham United	2–2	Cardiff City	Rotherham
15:00			Derek Tapscott Derek Tapscott	Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 16,525

13 February 1960 (1960-02-13) 30	Cardiff City	6–2	Lincoln City	Cardiff
15:00	Joe Bonson Joe Bonson Johnny Watkins Johnny Watkins Derek Tapscott Brian Walsh ,'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 16,231 Referee: Jim Pickles (Stockport)

20 February 1960 (1960-02-20) 31	Cardiff City	3–2	Hull City	Cardiff
15:00	Johnny Watkins Joe Bonson Joe Bonson			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 21,580 Referee: CH Sant (Crewe)

27 February 1960 (1960-02-27) 32	Leyton Orient	3–4	Cardiff City	London
15:15			Derek Tapscott Derek Tapscott Joe Bonson Joe Bonson	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 22,918 Referee: FH Gerrard (Preston)

5 March 1960 (1960-03-05) 33	Cardiff City	2–1	Huddersfield Town	Cardiff
15:15	Graham Moore 44' Johnny Watkins		21' Chris Balderstone	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 32,733 Referee: Ken Aston (Ilford)

12 March 1960 (1960-03-12) 34	Ipswich Town	1–1	Cardiff City	Ipswich
	John Elsworthy 23'		43' Joe Bonson	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 18,776 Referee: JG Williams

19 March 1960 (1960-03-19) 35	Cardiff City	1–4	Portsmouth	Cardiff
15:15	Derek Tapscott			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 21,011

26 March 1960 (1960-03-26) 36	Swansea Town	3–3	Cardiff City	Swansea
16:30	Brayley Reynolds Brayley Reynolds Dixie Hale		Joe Bonson Graham Moore Brian Walsh	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 24,004

2 April 1960 (1960-04-02) 37	Cardiff City	1–4	Brighton & Hove Albion	Cardiff
15:15	Derek Tapscott			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 19,523 Referee: JS McLoughlin (Manchester)

9 April 1960 (1960-04-09) 38	Stoke City	0–1	Cardiff City	Stoke
			52' Johnny Watkins	Stadium: Victoria Ground Attendance: 9,548 Referee: JE Carr (Sheffield)

16 April 1960 (1960-04-16) 39	Cardiff City	1–0	Aston Villa	Cardiff
15:15	Graham Moore 12'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 52,364 Referee: Charles Rogers (Greenford)

19 April 1960 (1960-04-19) 40	Cardiff City	0–1	Plymouth Argyle	Cardiff
18:15			Wilf Carter	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 28,890 Referee: Peter Brandwood (Kidderminster)

23 April 1960 (1960-04-23) 41	Sunderland	1–1	Cardiff City	Sunderland
15:00	Ambrose Fogarty 15'		45' Colin Baker	Stadium: Roker Park Attendance: 20,663 Referee: J Bellwood (Liversedge)

30 April 1960 (1960-04-30) 42	Cardiff City	2–2	Bristol Rovers	Cardiff
15:15	Graham Moore Johnny Watkins			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 17,624 Referee: FH Gerrard (Preston)

FA Cup

9 January 1960 (1960-01-09) Round 3	Cardiff City	0–2	Port Vale	Cardiff
14:15			Stan Steele Cliff Portwood	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 25,500 Referee: George McCabe (Sheffield)

Welsh Cup

20 January 1960 (1960-01-20) Round 5	Cardiff City	5–0	Lovell's Athletic	Cardiff
14:45	Graham Moore Joe Bonson Johnny Watkins Derek Tapscott Derek Tapscott ,'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,500 Referee: L Owen (Blackwood)

25 February 1960 (1960-02-25) Round 6	Swansea Town	1–2	Cardiff City	Swansea
15:00	Brayley Reynolds		Harry Knowles (og) Alan Woods	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 11,000 Referee: RE Smith (Newport)

28 March 1960 (1960-03-28) Semi Final	Bangor City	1–1	Cardiff City	Wrexham
19:15			Graham Moore	Stadium: The Racecourse Attendance: 3,600

25 April 1960 (1960-04-25) Semi Final (Replay)	Bangor City	1–4	Cardiff City	Newport
18:15			Brian Jenkins (pen) Brian Jenkins Graham Moore Steve Mokone	Stadium: Somerton Park Attendance: 2,500

2 May 1960 (1960-05-02) Final	Cardiff City	1–1	Wrexham	Cardiff
18:30	Brian Jenkins		Ron Harbertson	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,172 Referee: Leo Callaghan (Merthyr Tydfil)

5 May 1960 (1960-05-05) Final Replay	Wrexham	1–0	Cardiff City	Wrexham
18:30	Arfon Griffiths			Stadium: The Racecourse Attendance: 5,800 Referee: Leo Callaghan (Merthyr Tydfil)

References

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