1969–70 Cardiff City F.C. season

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Cardiff City
1969–70 season
ManagerJimmy Scoular
Football League Second Division7th
FA Cup3rd round
League Cup2nd round
European Cup Winners Cup2nd round
Welsh CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Brian Clark (18)
All: Brian Clark (28)

The 1969–70 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 43rd season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing seventh.

The season saw also saw them win the Welsh Cup, beating Chester City in the final, although they enjoyed little success in other tournaments, being knocked out of both the FA Cup and League Cup in their first matches.

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 Scotland SCO Jim Eadie
-- DF England ENG Gary Bell
-- DF England ENG David Carver
-- DF Wales WAL Graham Coldrick
-- DF Wales WAL Steve Derrett
-- DF Wales WAL Terry Lewis
-- DF Scotland SCO Don Murray
-- MF England ENG Ronnie Bird
-- MF England ENG Brian Harris
-- MF Wales WAL Barrie Jones
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- MF England ENG Peter King
-- MF England ENG Leslie Lea
-- MF Wales WAL Leighton Phillips
-- MF Scotland SCO Frank Sharp
-- MF Wales WAL
-- MF Wales WAL Mel Sutton
-- MF England ENG Bobby Woodruff
-- FW Scotland SCO Sandy Allan
-- FW England ENG Brian Clark
-- FW Wales WAL John Toshack

League standings[]

Main article: 1969–70 Football League § Second Division
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Promotion or relegation
5 Swindon Town 42 17 16 9 57 47 1.213 50
6 Sheffield United 42 22 5 15 73 38 1.921 49
7 Cardiff City 42 18 13 11 61 41 1.488 49 Welsh Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1970–71 First round
8 Blackburn Rovers 42 20 7 15 54 50 1.080 47
9 Queens Park Rangers 42 17 11 14 66 57 1.158 45
Source:[citation needed]

Results by round[]

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundAHHAAHHAHAHAAHHAHAAHHAAHHHAAHAHHAHAAHHAAHA
ResultWDDLWWWDDLWLLWLDWLDWWWWWWWLLDDDWDLWLWDDLDW
Position[1]476424466777109910998854414444323535244777
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results[]

Second Division[]

[1]

9 August 1969 (1969-08-09) 1 Carlisle United 2–3 Cardiff City Carlisle
15:00 Hugh McIlmoyle Goal
George McVitie Goal ?'		 Goal John Toshack
Goal Brian Clark
Goal Peter King		 Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 10,506
13 August 1969 (1969-08-13) 2 Cardiff City 2–2 Swindon Town Cardiff
Peter King Goal
Peter King Goal		 Goal Peter Noble
Goal Arthur Horsfield		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 27,971
16 August 1969 (1969-08-16) 3 Cardiff City 0–0 Blackburn Rovers Cardiff
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 19,766
19 August 1969 (1969-08-19) 4 Swindon Town 2–1 Cardiff City Swindon
Chris Jones Goal
Chris Jones Goal		 Goal Brian Clark Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 21,562
23 August 1969 (1969-08-23) 5 Bristol City 0–2 Cardiff City Bristol
15:00 Goal Brian Clark
Goal (pen) Ronnie Bird		 Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 23,237
Referee: Malcolm Sinclair (Guildford)
27 August 1969 (1969-08-27) 6 Cardiff City 1–0 Middlesbrough Cardiff
John Toshack Goal Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 21,648
30 August 1969 (1969-08-30) 7 Cardiff City 2–1 Bolton Wanderers Cardiff
Peter King Goal
John Toshack Goal		 Goal Terry Wharton Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 21,068
6 September 1969 (1969-09-06) 8 Charlton Athletic 0–0 Cardiff City London
Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 13,748
13 September 1969 (1969-09-13) 9 Cardiff City 1–1 Leicester City Cardiff
John Toshack Goal Goal (og) David Carver Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 26,978
20 September 1969 (1969-09-20) 10 Sheffield United 1–0 Cardiff City Sheffield
Gil Reece Goal Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 17,296
27 September 1969 (1969-09-27) 11 Cardiff City 4–2 Queens Park Rangers Cardiff
15:00 John Toshack Goal
John Toshack Goal
John Toshack Goal
Peter King Goal		 Goal (pen) Terry Venables
Goal ?' Barry Bridges		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 30,083
Referee: Tony Morrissey (Bramhall)
4 October 1969 (1969-10-04) 12 Blackpool 3–2 Cardiff City Blackpool
15:00 Alan Suddick Goal
Fred Pickering Goal
John Craven Goal		 Goal John Toshack
Goal John Toshack		 Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 18,115
8 October 1969 (1969-10-08) 13 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Cardiff City Blackburn
Brian Hill Goal Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 15,062
11 October 1969 (1969-10-11) 14 Cardiff City 4–0 Aston Villa Cardiff
15:00 John Toshack Goal
John Toshack Goal
Ronnie Bird Goal
Ronnie Bird Goal (pen)		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 25,896
Referee: Arthur Jones (Ormskirk, Lancashire)
18 October 1969 (1969-10-18) 15 Cardiff City 0–1 Norwich City Cardiff
15:00 Goal (pen) Charlie Crickmore Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 23,618
Referee: Keith Walker (Maidstone)
25 October 1969 (1969-10-25) 16 Birmingham City 1–1 Cardiff City Birmingham
15:00 Tony Hateley Goal Goal Brian Clark Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 28,385
1 November 1969 (1969-11-01) 17 Cardiff City 6–0 Hull City Cardiff
15:00 Peter King Goal (pen)
Brian Clark Goal
Brian Clark Goal
John Toshack Goal
John Toshack Goal
Mel Sutton Goal		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 20,446
Referee: DJ Lyden (Birmingham)
8 November 1969 (1969-11-08) 18 Portsmouth 3–0 Cardiff City Portsmouth
15:00 Ray Hiron Goal
Ray Hiron Goal
Ray Pointer Goal		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 17,302
15 November 1969 (1969-11-15) 19 Oxford United 1–1 Cardiff City Oxford
15:00 John Shepherd Goal Goal Leslie Lea Stadium: Manor Ground
Attendance: 11,012
Referee: Ivan Robinson (Manchester)
22 November 1969 (1969-11-22) 20 Cardiff City 2–1 Preston North End Cardiff
15:00 Brian Clark Goal
Peter King Goal		 Goal Gerry Ingram Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 22,678
Referee: JR Osborne (Ipswich)
6 December 1969 (1969-12-06) 21 Cardiff City 3–1 Watford Cardiff
15:00 Brian Clark Goal
Brian Clark Goal
Ronnie Bird Goal		 Goal Bernie Lewis Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 15,058
Referee: John Hunting (Leicester)
13 December 1969 (1969-12-13) 22 Leicester City 1–2 Cardiff City Leicester
15:00 Rodney Fern Goal Goal Brian Clark
Goal Peter King		 Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 22,590
15 December 1969 (1969-12-15) 23 Millwall 1–2 Cardiff City London
Goal Goal Peter King
Goal (pen) Ronnie Bird		 Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 9,421
20 December 1969 (1969-12-20) 24 Cardiff City 1–0 Charlton Athletic Cardiff
15:00 Brian Clark Goal Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 13,026
Referee: Roy Darlington (Runcorn)
29 December 1969 (1969-12-29) 25 Cardiff City 1–0 Bristol City Cardiff
19:30 John Toshack Goal Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 18,496
Referee: Dennis Pugh (Chester)
10 January 1970 (1970-01-10) 26 Cardiff City 3–0 Sheffield United Cardiff
15:00 Brian Clark Goal
Brian Clark Goal
Ronnie Bird Goal		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 25,135
Referee: Vernon Batty (Helsby Cheshire)
17 January 1970 (1970-01-17) 27 Queens Park Rangers 2–1 Cardiff City London
15:00 Ian Gillard Goal
Rodney Marsh Goal		 Goal John Toshack Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 22,033
24 January 1970 (1970-01-24) 28 Huddersfield 1–0 Cardiff City Huddersfield
Jimmy Nicholson Goal Stadium: Leeds Road
Attendance: 21,788
31 January 1970 (1970-01-31) 29 Cardiff City 2–2 Blackpool Cardiff
15:00 John Toshack Goal
John Toshack Goal		 Goal Micky Burns
Goal Alan Suddick		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 24,717
Referee: DA Corbett (Essington, Nr Wolverhampton)
7 February 1970 (1970-02-07) 30 Aston Villa 1–1 Cardiff City Birmingham
15:00 Bruce Rioch Goal Goal Brian Clark Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 27,000
14 February 1970 (1970-02-14) 31 Cardiff City 1–1 Carlisle United Cardiff
15:00 Bobby Woodruff Goal Goal Chris Balderstone Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 20,143
Referee: Roy Capey (Madeley Heath)
21 February 1970 (1970-02-21) 32 Cardiff City 3–1 Birmingham City Cardiff
15:00 Peter King Goal
Ronnie Bird Goal (pen)
Brian Clark Goal		 Goal (og) Gary Bell Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 21,910
Referee: Mike Kerkhof (Bicester)
28 February 1970 (1970-02-28) 33 Norwich City 1–1 Cardiff City Norwich
Ken Foggo Goal Goal Brian Clark Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 12,074
14 March 1970 (1970-03-14) 34 Cardiff City 0–1 Huddersfield Cardiff
15:00 Goal (og) Brian Harris Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 26,004
Referee: Keith Walker (Maidstone)
18 March 1970 (1970-03-18) 35 Bolton Wanderers 0–1 Cardiff City Bolton
Goal Bobby Woodruff Stadium: Burnden Park
Attendance: 10,126
21 March 1970 (1970-03-21) 36 Watford 2–1 Cardiff City Watford
Tom Walley Goal
Barry Endean Goal		 Goal Brian Clark Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 17,152
25 March 1970 (1970-03-25) 37 Cardiff City 2–0 Portsmouth Cardiff
19:30 Bobby Woodruff Goal
Mel Sutton Goal		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 17,005
Referee: Charles Nicholls (Plymouth)
28 March 1970 (1970-03-28) 38 Cardiff City 0–0 Oxford United Cardiff
15:00 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 21,118
31 March 1970 (1970-03-31) 39 Hull City 1–1 Cardiff City Hull
19:30 Ian Butler Goal Goal Frank Sharp Stadium: Boothferry Park
Attendance: 13,038
Referee: Ivan Robinson (Manchester)
4 April 1970 (1970-04-04) 40 Middlesbrough 2–1 Cardiff City Middlesbrough
Hugh McIlmoyle Goal
Joe Laidlaw Goal		 Goal Brian Clark Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 13,829
15 April 1970 (1970-04-15) 41 Cardiff City 0–0 Millwall Cardiff
19:30 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,436
Referee: Derek Nippard (Bournemouth)
20 April 1970 (1970-04-20) 42 Preston North End 1–2 Cardiff City Preston
Goal Goal Ronnie Bird
Goal Don Murray		 Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 7,882

League Cup[]

3 September 1969 (1969-09-03) 2 Crystal Palace 3–1 Cardiff City London
John Sewell Goal
John Sewell Goal
Per Bartram Goal		 Goal Leslie Lea Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 18,616

FA Cup[]

3 January 1970 (1970-01-03) 3 York City 1–1 Cardiff City York
Phil Boyer Goal Goal (og) Barry Swallow Stadium: Bootham Crescent
Attendance: 8,439
12 January 1970 (1970-01-12) 3 (Replay) Cardiff City 1–1 (a.e.t.) York City Cardiff
John Toshack Goal Goal ArchieTaylor Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 21,263
15 January 1970 (1970-01-15) 3 (Second Replay) York City 3–1 (a.e.t.) Cardiff City Birmingham
Barry Swallow Goal
Barry Swallow Goal
Paul Aimson Goal		 Goal Peter King Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 7,347

European Cup Winners Cup[]

17 September 1969 (1969-09-17) 1 (First Leg) Mjøndalen IF 1–7 Cardiff City Mjøndalen, Norway
Jan Olsen Goal 44' Goal 3', 36' Brian Clark
Goal 42', 88' John Toshack
Goal 71' Leslie Lea
Goal 74' Mel Sutton
Goal 79' Peter King		 Stadium: Nedre Eiker Stadion
Attendance: 8,000
1 October 1969 (1969-10-01) 1 (Second Leg) Cardiff City 5–1
(12–2 agg.)		 Mjøndalen IF Cardiff
19:30 Peter King Goal 16', 62'
Sandy Allan Goal 36', 39', 43'		 Goal 38' Egil Solberg Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 14,730
12 November 1969 (1969-11-12) 2 (First Leg) Göztepe A.Ş. 3–0 Cardiff City Izmir, Turkey
Fevzi Zemzem Goal 14'
Ertan Ãznur Goal 30'
John Nielsen Goal 32'		 Stadium: İzmir Alsancak Stadium
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Lado Jakše (Yugoslavia)
26 November 1969 (1969-11-26) 2 (Second Leg) Cardiff City 1–0
(1–3 agg.)		 Göztepe A.Ş. Cardiff
19:30 Ronnie Bird Goal 78' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 17,866

See also[]

  • Cardiff City F.C. seasons

References[]

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