1971–72 Cardiff City F.C. season

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Cardiff City
Season 1971–72
League Football League Second Division
Manager Jimmy Scoular
League position 19th
Top goalscorer League: Brian Clark (21)
All: Brian Clark (27)
FA Cup 5th round
League Cup 2nd round
European Cup Winners Cup 1st round
Welsh Cup Runners-up
Previous season 1970–71
Next season 1972–73

The 1971–72 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 45th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing nineteenth.

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
-- Scotland GK Jim Eadie
-- Northern Ireland GK Bill Irwin
-- England GK Frank Parsons
-- England DF Gary Bell
-- England DF David Carver
-- Wales DF Steve Derrett
-- England DF Ken Jones
-- Wales DF Richie Morgan
-- Scotland DF Don Murray
-- Wales DF Freddie Pethard
-- Wales MF Alan Couch
-- England MF Alan Foggon
No. Position Player
-- England MF Ian Gibson
-- England MF Roger Hoy
-- Scotland MF Billy Kellock
-- England MF Peter King
-- Wales MF Leighton Phillips
-- Wales MF Bryan Rees
-- Wales MF Nigel Rees
-- England MF Mel Sutton
-- Wales MF Tony Villars
-- England MF Bobby Woodruff
-- England FW Brian Clark
-- Wales FW John Parsons
-- England FW Alan Warboys


Key

      ‡ On loan from another club       * First appearance(s) for the club

Correct as of May 1972. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.

Pos Name P G P G P G P G P G P G A yellow card A red card Notes
League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other Total Discipline
GK Jim Eadie 9 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 13 0 0 0
GK Bill Irwin 31 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 41 0 0 0
GK Frank Parsons 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
DF David Carver 36 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 46 1 3 0
DF Gary Bell 30 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 43 0 3 0
DF Steve Derrett 5 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5(1) 0 0 0
DF Ken Jones 6 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 10 0 1 0
DF Richie Morgan 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 0 0
DF Don Murray 36 0 4 1 2 0 2 0 4 0 48 1 1 0
DF Freddie Pethard 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0 0 0
MF Alan Couch 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
MF Alan Foggon 9(3) 0 4 0 1 1 0(1) 0 2 2 16(4) 3 1 0
MF Ian Gibson 40(1) 4 5 0 2 1 2 0 4 0 53(1) 5 4 0
MF Roger Hoy 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0
FW Billy Kellock 5(1) 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 11(1) 1 1 0
MF Peter King 22(1) 4 4 1 0 0 2 0 4 0 32(1) 5 0 0
MF Leighton Phillips 41 1 5 0 2 0 2 0 5 0 56 1 3 0
MF Mel Sutton 30(1) 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 38(1) 1 4 0
MF Tony Villars 6(1) 0 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 8(1) 0 1 0
MF Bobby Woodruff 34(2) 6 5 2 2 0 2 0 2(1) 1 46(3) 9 0 0
FW Brian Clark 42 21 5 2 2 1 2 1 5 2 56 28 0 0
FW John Parsons 5(6) 4 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5(7) 4 1 0
FW Bryan Rees 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
FW Nigel Rees 10(3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1(1) 0 11(4) 0 0 0
FW Alan Warboys 34(4) 13 2(2) 0 2 0 2 0 4 2 44(6) 15 2 0

Table

P W D L F A GA Pts
1 Norwich City 42 21 15 6 60 36 1.667 57
2 Birmingham City 42 19 18 5 60 31 1.935 56
3 Millwall 42 19 17 6 64 46 1.391 55
4 Queens Park Rangers 42 20 14 8 57 28 2.036 54
5 Sunderland 42 17 16 9 67 57 1.175 50
6 Blackpool 42 20 7 15 70 50 1.400 47
7 Burnley 42 20 6 16 70 55 1.273 46
8 Bristol City 42 18 10 14 61 49 1.245 46
9 Middlesbrough 42 19 8 15 50 48 1.042 46
10 Carlisle United 42 17 9 16 61 57 1.070 43
11 Swindon Town 42 15 12 15 47 47 1.000 42
12 Hull City 42 14 10 18 49 53 0.925 38
13 Luton Town 42 10 18 14 43 48 0.896 38
14 Sheffield Wednesday 42 13 12 17 51 58 0.879 38
15 Oxford United 42 12 14 16 43 55 0.782 38
16 Portsmouth 42 12 13 17 59 68 0.868 37
17 Orient 42 14 9 19 50 61 0.820 37
18 Preston North End 42 12 12 18 52 58 0.897 36
19 Cardiff City 42 10 14 18 56 69 0.812 34
20 Fulham 42 12 10 20 45 68 0.662 34
21 Charlton Athletic 42 12 9 21 55 77 0.714 33
22 Watford 42 5 9 28 24 75 0.320 19

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 A A H A A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A A H A H H A H A H H A A H H A H H A
Result D L L D L D W L L W L L W L D L L L W D W L W D L L D D W D D D W D L D W W L L D L
Position 13 17 20 20 20 19 16 17 19 18 20 21 21 21 21 21 22 22 21 21 21 21 20 20 20 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 20 19 19 19 19 19

Last updated: 19 September 2013.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Fixtures and results

Second Division

Football League Cup

FA Cup

European Cup Winners Cup

See also

References

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  • Welsh Football Data Archive