1967–68 Cardiff City F.C. season

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Cardiff City
1967–68 season
ChairmanFred Dewey
ManagerJimmy Scoular
Football League Second Division13th
FA Cup3rd round
League Cup2nd round
European Cup Winners CupSemi-finals
Welsh CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Peter King (12)
All: Peter King (18)
Highest home attendance20,021 (v QPR, 16 April 1968)
Lowest home attendance8,396 (v Charlton, 11 May 1968)
Average home league attendance13,301

The 1967–68 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 41st season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing thirteenth. During the season they enjoyed their most successful season in European competition by reaching the semi-final of the European Cup Winners Cup before being beaten 4–3 on aggregate by German side Hamburg. It remains the furthest a Welsh team has ever reached in European competition.

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 England ENG Fred Davies
-- GK England ENG Bob Wilson
-- DF England ENG Gary Bell
-- DF England ENG David Carver
-- DF Wales WAL Graham Coldrick
-- DF Wales WAL Steve Derrett
-- DF England ENG Bobby Ferguson
-- DF Wales WAL Richie Morgan
-- DF Scotland SCO Don Murray
-- MF England ENG Ronnie Bird
-- MF Scotland SCO Malcolm Clarke
-- MF England ENG Brian Harris
-- MF Wales WAL Barrie Jones
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- MF Wales WAL Bryn Jones
-- MF England ENG Peter King
-- MF England ENG Leslie Lea
-- MF Wales WAL Bernie Lewis
-- MF Wales WAL Leighton Phillips
-- MF Wales WAL David Summerhayes
-- MF England ENG Gareth Williams
-- FW Scotland SCO Sandy Allan
-- FW England ENG Bobby Brown
-- FW England ENG Brian Clark
-- FW England ENG Norman Dean
-- FW Wales WAL John Toshack

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
11 Crystal Palace 42 14 11 17 56 56 1.000 39
12 Bolton Wanderers 42 13 13 16 60 63 0.952 39
13 Cardiff City 42 13 12 17 60 66 0.909 38 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
14 Huddersfield Town 42 13 12 17 46 61 0.754 38
15 Charlton Athletic 42 12 13 17 63 68 0.926 37
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. Cardiff City qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1967–68 Welsh Cup winners.

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundHAHAAHAHAAHAHAAHAHHAAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAH
ResultDDWLDWLLLLDDWWLLWWDLDLWLWDWWLLWLLLLDWWDDLD
Position9141210121313151417151414161515131515151515131413121216131415171718171617141415
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

Second Division

19 August 1967 (1967-08-19) 1 Cardiff City 1 – 1 Plymouth Argyle Cardiff
15:00 Bobby Brown File:Soccerball shade.svg (pen) File:Soccerball shade.svg 87' John Mitten Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 17,169
7 October 1967 (1967-10-07) 11 Cardiff City 1 – 1 Ipswich Town Cardiff
15:00 John Toshack File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg Billy Houghton Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 11,261
Referee: Derek Nippard (Bournemouth)
16 December 1967 (1967-12-16) 21 Plymouth Argyle 0 – 0 Cardiff City Plymouth
Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 10,736
26 December 1967 (1967-12-26) 23 Cardiff City 3 – 0 Aston Villa Cardiff
15:00 Leslie Lea File:Soccerball shade.svg 16', 81'
John Toshack File:Soccerball shade.svg 51'
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 18,180
Referee: Jim Finney (Hereford)
30 December 1967 (1967-12-30) 24 Aston Villa 2 – 1 Cardiff City Birmingham
15:00 Willie Anderson File:Soccerball shade.svg 61'
Brian Greenhalgh File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'
File:Soccerball shade.svg 36' Norman Dean Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 17,667
Referee: Reg Paine (Heston, Middlesex)
2 March 1968 (1968-03-02) 30 Cardiff City 0 – 1 Bristol City Cardiff
15:00 File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' John Galley Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 15,334
6 April 1968 (1968-04-06) 34 Cardiff City 1 – 3 Blackpool Cardiff
15:00 Peter King File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg
File:Soccerball shade.svg
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Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 14,416
Referee: AE Dimond (Harlow, Essex)
12 April 1968 (1968-04-12) 35 Queens Park Rangers 1 – 0 Cardiff City London
11:30 File:Soccerball shade.svg Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 23,043
13 April 1968 (1968-04-13) 36 Birmingham City 0 – 0 Cardiff City Birmingham
Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 29,044
16 April 1968 (1968-04-16) 37 Cardiff City 1 – 0 Queens Park Rangers Cardiff
19:30 John Toshack File:Soccerball shade.svg Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 20,021
Referee: Bill Handley (Cannock)
Note: Mike Keen missed a penalty for QPR
20 April 1968 (1968-04-20) 38 Cardiff City 1 – 0 Carlisle United Cardiff
15:00 Barrie Jones File:Soccerball shade.svg Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 13,926
4 May 1968 (1968-05-04) 40 Cardiff City 0 – 0 Huddersfield Town Cardiff
15:00 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 10,647
Referee: RF Prichard (Salisbury)
8 May 1968 (1968-05-08) 41 Norwich City 1 – 0 Cardiff City Norwich
19:15 Ken Foggo File:Soccerball shade.svg Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 10,177
11 May 1968 (1968-05-11) 42 Cardiff City 0 – 0 Charlton Athletic Cardiff
15:00 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,396

League Cup

12 September 1967 (1967-09-12) 2 Burnley 2 – 1 Cardiff City Burnley
19:30 Gordon Harris File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'
Frank Casper File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'
File:Soccerball shade.svg 72' Graham Coldrick Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 11,631
Referee: Peter Baldwin (Redcar)

FA Cup

European Cup Winners' Cup

20 September 1967 (1967-09-20) 1 (1st Leg) Shamrock Rovers 1 – 1 Cardiff City Dublin
20:00 Bobby Gilbert File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' Peter King Stadium: Dalymount Park
Attendance: 21,883
Referee: Piet Roomer (Netherlands)
4 October 1967 (1967-10-04) 1 (2nd Leg) Cardiff City 2 – 0
(3 – 1 agg.)
Shamrock Rovers Cardiff
19:30 John Toshack File:Soccerball shade.svg 30'
Bobby Brown File:Soccerball shade.svg 74' (pen)
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 14,180
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)
15 November 1967 (1967-11-15) 2 (1st Leg) NAC Breda 1 – 1 Cardiff City Eindhoven
20:00 Jacques Visschers File:Soccerball shade.svg 9' File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' Peter King Stadium: Philips Stadion
Attendance: 7,618
Referee: Kare Sirevaag (Norway)
29 November 1967 (1967-11-29) 2(2nd Leg) Cardiff City 4 – 1
(5 – 2 agg.)
NAC Breda Cardiff
19:30 Bobby Brown File:Soccerball shade.svg 2 '
Barrie Jones File:Soccerball shade.svg 19 '
John Toshack File:Soccerball shade.svg 67 '
Malcolm Clarke File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'
File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' Frie Nouwens Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 16,411
Referee: Gunnar Michaelsen (Denmark)
6 March 1968 (1968-03-06) QF(1st Leg) Cardiff City 1 – 0 Torpedo Moscow Cardiff
19:30 Barrie Jones File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 30,567
Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)
19 March 1968 (1968-03-19) QF(2nd Leg) Torpedo Moscow 1 – 0
(1 – 1 agg.)
Cardiff City Tashkent
18:30 Mikhail Gershkovich File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' Stadium: Pakhtakor Stadium
Attendance: 37,049
Referee: Bertil Loow (Sweden)
3 April 1968 (1968-04-03) QF(replay) Torpedo Moscow 0 – 1 Cardiff City Augsburg
File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' Norman Dean Stadium: Rosenaustadion
Attendance: 25,851
Referee: Helmut Fritz (West Germany)
24 April 1968 (1968-04-24) SF(1st Leg) Hamburg 1 – 1 Cardiff City Hamburg
Helmut Sandemann File:Soccerball shade.svg 69' File:Soccerball shade.svg 4' Norman Dean Stadium: Volksparkstadion
Attendance: 64,410
Referee: Jose Maria Ortiz de Mendibil (Spain)

Welsh Cup

6 May 1968 (1968-05-06) Final (First leg) Hereford United 0–2 Cardiff City Hereford
19:15 File:Soccerball shade.svg Barrie Jones
File:Soccerball shade.svg Peter King
Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 5,442
Referee: Iorwerth Jones (Trelewis)

Source [1]

See also

References

  1. "Cardiff City 1967-68 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

Bibliography