The 1953–54 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 27th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division One, then the first tier of English football, finishing tenth.

The season would also be the last time the club was managed by Cyril Spiers who, in his second spell at the club, is still Cardiff City's second longest serving manager of all time. His fourteen years at Ninian Park placing him second only to Fred Stewart.

Season review

Partial league table

Main article: 1953–54 Football League § First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts
8 Chelsea 42 16 12 14 74 68 1.088 44
9 Charlton Athletic 42 19 6 17 75 77 0.974 44
10 Cardiff City 42 18 8 16 51 71 0.718 44
11 Preston North End 42 19 5 18 87 58 1.500 43
12 Arsenal 42 15 13 14 75 73 1.027 43
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundAHAAHHAAHHHAAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAAHHAHAHAHAAHH
ResultDWLLWDWDWDLDWWLWLLLWLWWLDLLLLDWWWWLWWWLWLD
Position841317131361057810777688131011861189121315161513119101010101091110
Source: [2]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

FA Cup

After a 3–1 victory over Midland Football League side Peterborough United in the third round, Cardiff were eliminated in round four by Third Division North side Port Vale.[2]

Welsh Cup

Drawn against Barry Town in their first match, a 1–1 draw lead to a replay with Cardiff advancing after a 4–2 win. After receiving a bye in the sixth round, Cardiff were then drawn against Merthyr Tydfil in the seventh round and advanced to the semi-finals with a 5–3 victory. The club's campaign came to an end in the semi-finals for a consecutive season after a 2–1 defeat to Flint Town United.[3]

Players

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
-- GK Wales WAL Ken Jones
-- GK Wales WAL Ron Howells
-- GK Wales WAL Graham Vearncombe
-- DF Wales WAL Colin Baker
-- DF Wales WAL Ron Davies
-- DF Wales WAL John Frowen
-- DF Wales WAL Colin Gale
-- DF Wales WAL Ken Hollyman
-- DF England ENG Jack Mansell
-- DF England ENG Stan Montgomery
-- DF Wales WAL Harry Parfitt
-- DF England ENG Charles Rutter
-- DF Wales WAL Alf Sherwood
-- DF Wales WAL Ron Stitfall
-- DF Wales WAL Derrick Sullivan
-- MF Wales WAL Billy Baker
-- MF Wales WAL Dennis Callan
-- MF Wales WAL Alan Harrington
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- MF Wales WAL Islwyn Jones
-- MF Northern Ireland NIR Bobby McLaughlin
-- MF England ENG Cliff Nugent
-- MF England ENG Mike Tiddy
-- MF Wales WAL Roley Williams
-- MF Wales WAL John Lloyd Williams
-- FW England ENG Doug Blair
-- FW England ENG Ken Chisholm
-- FW England ENG Frank Dudley
-- FW Wales WAL George Edwards
-- FW Wales WAL Trevor Ford
-- FW England ENG Wilf Grant
-- FW England ENG Tommy Northcott
-- FW Wales WAL Ken Oakley
-- FW England ENG Johnny Rainford
-- FW England ENG Brian Rutter
-- FW Wales WAL Peter Thomas
-- FW England ENG Keith Thomas

Fixtures and results

First Division

August 19, 1953 (1953-8-19) 1 Middlesbrough 0–0 Cardiff City Middlesbrough
Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 33,726
August 22, 1953 (1953-8-22) 2 Cardiff City 2–1 Aston Villa Cardiff
15:15 Johnny Rainford
Peter Thomas 		Johnny Dixon Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 36,671
August 26, 1953 (1953-8-26) 3 Huddersfield Town 2–0 Cardiff City Huddersfield
Jimmy Watson
Vic Metcalfe 		Stadium: Leeds Road
Attendance: 30,089
August 29, 1953 (1953-8-29) 4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–1 Cardiff City Wolverhampton
Dennis Wilshaw 34'
Jimmy Mullen 38'
Johnny Hancocks 39' (pen.)		 Wilf Grant Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 33,221
Referee: WH Clapton
September 2, 1953 (1953-9-2) 5 Cardiff City 2–1 Huddersfield Town Cardiff
18:15 Wilf Grant
Ken Chisholm 		Jimmy Glazzard Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 29,446
Referee: RH Mann (Worcester)
September 5, 1953 (1953-9-5) 6 Cardiff City 1–1 Sunderland Cardiff
15:15 Ken Chisholm Tommy Wright Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 42,002
Referee: Frank Fiander (Bucks)
September 7, 1953 (1953-9-7) 7 Sheffield United 0–1 Cardiff City Sheffield
18:15 Ken Chisholm Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 34,043
September 12, 1953 (1953-9-12) 8 Manchester City 1–1 Cardiff City Manchester
Stan Montgomery (o.g.) George Edwards Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 31,915
September 16, 1953 (1953-9-16) 9 Cardiff City 2–0 Sheffield United Cardiff
17:45 George Edwards
Wilf Grant 		Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 27,350
Referee: J McCann (Preston)
September 19, 1953 (1953-9-19) 10 Cardiff City 1–1 Bolton Wanderers Cardiff
15:15 Ken Chisholm Harold Hassall Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 35,788
Referee: Stanley Rogers (Shrewsbury)
September 26, 1953 (1953-9-26) 11 Cardiff City 0–3 Arsenal Cardiff
15:15 Doug Lishman
Doug Lishman
(o.g.) Jack Mansell		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 49,137
October 3, 1953 (1953-10-3) 12 Portsmouth 1–1 Cardiff City Portsmouth
15:00 Charlie Vaughan Derrick Sullivan Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 31,766
Referee: H Pearce (Luton)
October 10, 1953 (1953-10-10) 13 Preston North End 1–2 Cardiff City Preston
Dennis Hatsell Ken Chisholm
Ken Chisholm		 Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 23,500
October 17, 1953 (1953-10-17) 14 Cardiff City 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Cardiff
15:15 Wilf Grant (pen.) Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 41,083
October 24, 1953 (1953-10-24) 15 Burnley 3–0 Cardiff City Burnley
Jimmy McIlroy 32'
Billy Gray 69'
Brian Pilkington 73'		 Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 25,539
Referee: Harry Broadhurst (Atherstone)
October 31, 1953 (1953-10-31) 16 Cardiff City 5–0 Charlton Athletic Cardiff
15:00 Frank Dudley
Ken Chisholm
Ken Chisholm
Ken Chisholm
Mike Tiddy 		Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 25,340
Referee: Norman Taylor (Wiltshire)
November 7, 1953 (1953-11-7) 17 Newcastle United 4–0 Cardiff City Newcastle
14:30 Ivor Broadis
Ivor Broadis
George Hannah
Jackie Milburn 		Stadium: St James's Park
Attendance: 42,355
November 14, 1953 (1953-11-14) 18 Cardiff City 1–6 Manchester United Cardiff
14:30 Ken Chisholm Dennis Viollet
Dennis Viollet
Johnny Berry
Jackie Blanchflower
Jack Rowley
Tommy Taylor		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 26,844
Referee: R Hall (Middlesex)
November 21, 1953 (1953-11-21) 19 West Bromwich Albion 6–1 Cardiff City West Bromwich
Ronnie Allen
Ronnie Allen
Ronnie Allen
Ronnie Allen
Johnny Nicholls
Johnny Nicholls 		Ken Chisholm Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 39,444
November 28, 1953 (1953-11-28) 20 Cardiff City 3–1 Liverpool Cardiff
14:30 Wilf Grant 74'
Ken Chisholm 75'
George Edwards 88'		 LFC Report 38' Louis Bimpson Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 21,284
Referee: Charles Bucknall (Birmingham)
December 5, 1953 (1953-12-5) 21 Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 Cardiff City Sheffield
14:15 Redfern Froggatt
Jackie Sewell 		Ken Chisholm Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 26,597
Referee: SJ Perry (Cradley, Staffordshire)
December 12, 1953 (1953-12-12) 22 Cardiff City 1–0 Middlesbrough Cardiff
14:30 Trevor Ford Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 31,776
Referee: Ken Collinge (Cheshire)
December 19, 1953 (1953-12-19) 23 Aston Villa 1–2 Cardiff City Birmingham
14:15 Johnny Dixon Tommy Northcott
Tommy Northcott		 Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 27,012
December 26, 1953 (1953-12-26) 24 Chelsea 2–0 Cardiff City London
14:15 Les Stubbs
Frank Blunstone 		Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 61,336
Referee: Norman C Taylor (Westbury)
December 28, 1953 (1953-12-28) 25 Cardiff City 0–0 Chelsea Cardiff
14:30 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 36,958
Referee: Norman C Taylor (Westbury)
January 2, 1954 (1954-1-2) 26 Cardiff City 1–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers Cardiff
14:30 Cliff Nugent 59' 20' Roy Swinbourne
37' Dennis Wilshaw
82' Johnny Hancocks		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 42,521
Referee: WH Clapton
January 16, 1954 (1954-1-16) 27 Sunderland 5–0 Cardiff City Sunderland
Ted Purdon
Ted Purdon
Tommy Wright
Tommy Wright
Len Shackleton 		Stadium: Roker Park
Attendance: 40,629
Referee: TL Wood (Bury)
January 23, 1954 (1954-1-23) 28 Cardiff City 0–3 Manchester City Cardiff
15:00 Harry Anders
Roy Clarke
Don Revie		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 22,516
Referee: AW Smith (Aldershot)
February 6, 1954 (1954-2-6) 29 Bolton Wanderers 3–0 Cardiff City Bolton
Nat Lofthouse
Willie Moir
Dennis Stevens 		Stadium: Burnden Park
Attendance: 30,777
Referee: H Jackson
February 13, 1954 (1954-2-13) 30 Arsenal 1–1 Cardiff City London
15:00 Doug Lishman Trevor Ford Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 45,497
Referee: RJ Burgess
February 27, 1954 (1954-2-27) 31 Cardiff City 2–1 Preston North End Cardiff
15:00 Wilf Grant
Wilf Grant 		Tom Finney Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 30,502
Referee: AW Smith (Aldershot)
March 3, 1954 (1954-3-3) 32 Cardiff City 3–2 Portsmouth Cardiff
15:30 Cliff Nugent
Mike Tiddy
Wilf Grant 		Duggie Reid
Dick Pearson		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 17,842
March 6, 1954 (1954-3-6) 33 Tottenham Hotspur 0–1 Cardiff City London
Mike Tiddy Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 45,248
Referee: H Ball (Worcester)
March 13, 1954 (1954-3-13) 34 Cardiff City 1–0 Burnley Cardiff
15:15 Derrick Sullivan 89' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 33,413
Referee: Harry Broadhurst (Atherstone)
March 20, 1954 (1954-3-20) 35 Charlton Athletic 3–2 Cardiff City London
Eddie Firmani
Gordon Hurst
Stuart Leary 		Wilf Grant
Trevor Ford		 Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 20,717
Referee: Norman Taylor (Wiltshire)
March 27, 1954 (1954-3-27) 36 Cardiff City 2–1 Newcastle United Cardiff
15:15 Cliff Nugent
Mike Tiddy 		Alan Monkhouse Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 26,242
Referee: H Pearce (Luton)
April 3, 1954 (1954-4-3) 37 Manchester United 2–3 Cardiff City Manchester
15:00 Jack Rowley
Dennis Viollet 		Wilf Grant
Wilf Grant
Derrick Sullivan		 Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 24,616
Referee: R Hall (Harrow)
April 10, 1954 (1954-4-10) 38 Cardiff City 2–0 West Bromwich Albion Cardiff
15:15 Wilf Grant
Trevor Ford 		Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 43,614
Referee: John B Jackson (Watford)
April 16, 1954 (1954-4-16) 39 Blackpool 4–1 Cardiff City Blackpool
15:00 Allan Brown
Stan Mortensen
Ernie Taylor
Bill Perry 		Trevor Ford Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 26,194
April 17, 1954 (1954-4-17) 40 Liverpool 0–1 Cardiff City Liverpool
15:00 LFC report 43' Tommy Northcott Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 41,340
Referee: Charles Bucknall (Birmingham)
April 19, 1954 (1954-4-19) 41 Cardiff City 0–1 Blackpool Cardiff
15:15 Bill Perry Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 44,508
April 24, 1954 (1954-4-24) 42 Cardiff City 2–2 Sheffield Wednesday Cardiff
15:15 Alf Sherwood (pen.)
Trevor Ford 		Dennis Woodhead
Jackie Sewell		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 15,777

FA Cup

January 9, 1954 (1954-1-9) Round 3 Cardiff City 3–1 Peterborough United Cardiff
14:15 Trevor Ford
Trevor Ford
Tommy Northcott 		Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 34,000
January 30, 1954 (1954-1-30) Round 4 Cardiff City 0–2 Port Vale Cardiff
14:45 Ken Griffiths
Albert Leake		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 27,000

Welsh Cup

January 20, 1954 (1954-1-20) Round 5 Barry Town 1–1 Cardiff City Barry
C Burder Stadium: Jenner Park
Attendance: 2,500
February 10, 1954 (1954-2-10) Round 5 (Replay) Cardiff City 4–2 Barry Town Cardiff
Trevor Ford
Mike Tiddy
Cliff Nugent
Cliff Nugent
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,500
February 20, 1954 (1954-2-20) Round 7 Merthyr Tydfil 3–5 Cardiff City Merthyr Tydfil
15:00

Wilf Grant
Wilf Grant
Wilf Grant
(o.g.) H Lowe
Cliff Nugent		 Stadium: Penydarren Park
Attendance: 7,000
March 24, 1954 (1954-3-24) Semi Final Flint Town United 2–1 Cardiff City Wrexham

 Tommy Northcott Stadium: The Racecourse
Attendance: 10,500

See also

References

  1. ^ Shepherd, Richard (2007). The Cardiff City Miscellany. Pitch books. ISBN 978-1-905411-04-7.
  2. ^ a b "Cardiff City 1953–54 results". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
  3. ^ "Welsh Cup 1953/54". Welsh Football Data Archive. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
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