1992–93 Cardiff City F.C. season

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Cardiff City
1992–93 season
OwnerRick Wright
ManagerEddie May
Football League Third Division1st
FA Cup1st round
League Cup1st round
European Cup Winners Cup1st round
Welsh CupWinners
Autoglass Trophy2nd round
Top goalscorerLeague: Chris Pike (12)
All: Phil Stant (18)
Highest home attendance17,253 (v Shrewsbury, 1 May 1993)
Lowest home attendance4,348 (v Bury, 28 November 1992)
Average home league attendance7,797

The 1992–93 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 66th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Three, then the fourth tier of English football, finishing first, winning promotion to Division Two.

Players[]

First team squad. [1] 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 Mark Grew
— GK England ENG Gavin Ward
— DF Wales WAL Gareth Abraham
— DF Wales WAL Lee Baddeley
— DF Ireland EIR Derek Brazil
— DF Wales WAL Andy Gorman
— DF Northern Ireland NIR Neil Matthews
— DF Wales WAL Jason Perry
— DF Wales WAL Kevin Ratcliffe
— DF Wales WAL Damon Searle
— DF England ENG John Williams
— MF England ENG Nilsson Callaway
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Guyana GUY Cohen Griffith
— MF Wales WAL Robbie James
— MF England ENG Nyrere Kelly
— MF Northern Ireland NIR Paul Millar
— MF Northern Ireland NIR Paul Ramsey
— MF England ENG Nick Richardson
— FW Wales WAL Tony Bird
— FW Wales WAL Nathan Blake
— FW Wales WAL Carl Dale
— FW Wales WAL Chris Pike
— FW England ENG Phil Stant

Table[]

Main article: 1992–93 Football League § Third Division
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Cardiff City 42 25 8 9 77 47 +30 83 Division Champions, promoted
Welsh Cup winners, qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup
2 Wrexham 42 23 11 8 75 52 +23 80 Promoted
3 Barnet 42 23 10 9 66 48 +18 79
4 York City 42 21 12 9 72 45 +27 75 Promoted through play-offs
5 Walsall 42 22 7 13 76 61 +15 73 Participated in play-offs
Source: [2]

Results by round[]

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundHAHHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHHAHAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultDWWWLDDWDLLWLWLWWLDLWWWWWWWWDWWWWLDWDLWWWW
Position~~3233335~129101010847887544442222211111121111
Source: [3]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results[]

Third Division[]

15 August 1992 (1992-08-15) 1 Cardiff City 0–0 Darlington Cardiff
15:00 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,399
22 August 1992 (1992-08-22) 2 Walsall 2–3 Cardiff City Walsall
15:00 Charlie Ntamark
Steve O'Hara 		Damon Searle
Carl Dale
Carl Dale		 Stadium: Fellows Park
Attendance: 4,311
29 August 1992 (1992-08-29) 3 Cardiff City 2–1 Halifax Town Cardiff
15:00 Robbie James
Carl Dale 		Ian Thompstone Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 7,662
1 September 1992 (1992-09-01) 4 Cardiff City 2–1 Northampton Town Cardiff
19:30 Paul Ramsey (pen)
Carl Dale 		Steve Brown Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 7,416
5 September 1992 (1992-09-05) 5 Torquay United 2–1 Cardiff City Torquay
15:00 Justin Fashanu
Duane Darby 		Chris Pike Stadium: Plainmoor
Attendance: 2,939
8 September 1992 (1992-09-08) 6 Cardiff City 2–2 Carlisle United Cardiff
19:30 Chris Pike (pen)
Jason Perry 		Andy Watson
Ricardo Gabbiadini		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,859
13 September 1992 (1992-09-13) 7 Hereford United 1–1 Cardiff City Hereford
Chris Fry Nathan Blake Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 4,089
19 September 1992 (1992-09-19) 8 Cardiff City 3–1 Gillingham Cardiff
15:00 Nathan Blake
Chris Pike
Chris Pike 		Nicky Forster Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,456
3 October 1992 (1992-10-03) 9 Cardiff City 1–1 Rochdale Cardiff
15:00 Chris Pike 16' 16' (pen) Mark Payne Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,161
10 October 1992 (1992-10-10) 10 Crewe Alexandra 2–0 Cardiff City Crewe
15:00 Mark Gardiner
Craig Hignett 		Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 3,638
24 October 1992 (1992-10-24) 11 Shrewsbury Town 3–2 Cardiff City Shrewsbury
15:00 Carl Griffiths
Carl Griffiths
Carl Griffiths 		Carl Dale
(pen) Chris Pike		 Stadium: Gay Meadow
Attendance: 4,161
31 October 1992 (1992-10-31) 12 Cardiff City 3–0 Scunthorpe United Cardiff
15:00 Nathan Blake
Nyrere Kelly
Paul Ramsey (pen)		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,027
3 November 1992 (1992-11-03) 13 Chesterfield 2–1 Cardiff City Chesterfield
19:30 Mick Kennedy
Lee Turnbull 		Robbie James Stadium: Saltergate
Attendance: 2,590
7 November 1992 (1992-11-07) 14 Cardiff City 3–1 Colchester United Cardiff
15:00 Carl Dale 46'
Nathan Blake 77'
Tony English 78' (og)		 90' Mark Kinsella Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,505
Referee: K Leach
22 November 1992 (1992-11-22) 15 Barnet 2–1 Cardiff City Chipping Barnet
13:00 Dave Barnett
Derek Payne 		Carl Dale Stadium: Underhill Stadium
Attendance: 4,181
28 November 1992 (1992-11-28) 16 Cardiff City 3–0 Bury Cardiff
15:00 Mark Kearney (og)
Nathan Blake
Cohen Griffith 		Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,348
11 December 1992 (1992-12-11) 17 Doncaster Rovers 0–1 Cardiff City Doncaster
19:30 Paul Millar Stadium: Belle Vue
Attendance: 2,023
18 December 1992 (1992-12-18) 18 Cardiff City 1–2 Wrexham Cardiff
19:30 Nathan Blake Jonathan Cross
Jonathan Cross		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,832
26 December 1992 (1992-12-26) 19 Cardiff City 3–3 York City Cardiff
15:00 Phil Stant
Phil Stant
Andy Gorman 		Ian Blackstone
Ian Blackstone
Paul Barnes		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 10,411
28 December 1992 (1992-12-28) 20 Lincoln City 3–2 Cardiff City Lincoln
15:00 David Puttnam
Neil Matthews
Dean West 		Paul Ramsey
Paul Millar		 Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 4,359
2 January 1993 (1993-01-02) 21 Cardiff City 2–1 Hereford United Cardiff
15:00 Phil Stant
Nick Richardson 		Max Nicholson Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,593
9 January 1993 (1993-01-09) 22 Carlisle United 1–2 Cardiff City Carlisle
15:00 Ian Arnold (pen) Tony Bird
Kevin Ratcliffe		 Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 3,691
23 January 1993 (1993-01-23) 23 Gillingham 0–1 Cardiff City Gillingham
15:00 Cohen Griffith Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 4,069
26 January 1993 (1993-01-26) 24 Halifax Town 0–1 Cardiff City Halifax
19:30 Phil Stant Stadium: The Shay
Attendance: 1,339
30 January 1993 (1993-01-30) 25 Cardiff City 2–1 Walsall Cardiff
15:00 Phil Stant
Cohen Griffith 		Rod McDonald Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,012
6 February 1993 (1993-02-06) 26 Darlington 0–2 Cardiff City Darlington
15:00 Chris Pike
(pen) Chris Pike		 Stadium: Feethams
Attendance: 1,775
13 February 1993 (1993-02-13) 27 Cardiff City 4–0 Torquay United Cardiff
15:00 Paul Millar
Phil Stant
Phil Stant
Nathan Blake 		Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 7,771
19 February 1993 (1993-02-19) 28 Northampton Town 1–2 Cardiff City Northampton
19:30 Steve Brown (pen) Phil Stant
Chris Pike		 Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 4,519
27 February 1993 (1993-02-27) 29 Cardiff City 1–1 Crewe Alexandra Cardiff
15:00 Cohen Griffith Phil Clarkson Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 10,012
6 March 1993 (1993-03-06) 30 Rochdale 1–2 Cardiff City Rochdale
15:00 Jon Bowden 83' 21' (pen) Nathan Blake
67' Cohen Griffith		 Stadium: Spotland
Attendance: 2,831
9 March 1993 (1993-03-09) 31 Cardiff City 1–0 Scarborough Cardiff
19:30 Phil Stant Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,583
12 March 1993 (1993-03-12) 32 Colchester United 2–4 Cardiff City Colchester
19:45 Roy McDonough 17' (pen)
Steve McGavin 57'		 21' Chris Pike
33' Chris Pike
23' Nick Richardson
63' Neil Matthews		 Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 4,538
Referee: Graham Pooley (Bishops Stortford)
20 March 1993 (1993-03-20) 33 Cardiff City 2–1 Chesterfield Cardiff
15:00 Carl Dale
Nick Richardson 		Dave Lancaster Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,756
23 March 1993 (1993-03-23) 34 Bury 1–0 Cardiff City Bury
19:30 Ian Stevens Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 3,574
27 March 1993 (1993-03-27) 35 Cardiff City 1–1 Barnet Cardiff
15:00 Cohen Griffith Nicky Evans Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 16,073
3 April 1993 (1993-04-03) 36 Scarborough 1–3 Cardiff City Scarborough
15:00 Steve Charles (pen) (pen) Chris Pike
Nick Richardson
Phil Stant		 Stadium: Athletic Ground
Attendance: 2,223
6 April 1993 (1993-04-06) 37 Cardiff City 1–1 Doncaster Rovers Cardiff
19:30 Jason Perry (pen) Mike Jeffrey Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,938
10 April 1993 (1993-04-10) 38 York City 3–1 Cardiff City York
15:00 Jon McCarthy
Ian Blackstone
Nigel Pepper 		Cohen Griffith Stadium: Bootham Crescent
Attendance: 6,568
12 April 1993 (1993-04-12) 39 Cardiff City 3–1 Lincoln City Cardiff
15:00 Phil Stant
Nathan Blake
Paul Ramsey (pen)		 Neil Matthews Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 11,257
17 April 1993 (1993-04-17) 40 Wrexham 0–2 Cardiff City Wrexham
15:00 Cohen Griffith
Nathan Blake		 Stadium: The Racecourse
Attendance: 10,852
1 May 1993 (1993-05-01) 41 Cardiff City 2–1 Shrewsbury Town Cardiff
15:00 Jason Perry
Nathan Blake 		Kevin Summerfield Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 17,253
8 May 1993 (1993-05-08) 42 Scunthorpe United 0–3 Cardiff City Scunthorpe
15:00 11', 47' Cohen Griffith
35' Phil Stant		 Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 7,407
Referee: John Key (Sheffield)

Source [3] [4]

Coca-Cola Cup (League Cup)[]

18 August 1992 (1992-08-18) Round 1 (First leg) Cardiff City 1–0 Bristol City Cardiff
19:30 Carl Dale Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,126
25 August 1992 (1992-08-25) Round 1 (Second leg) Bristol City 5–1
(5–2 agg.)		 Cardiff City Bristol
Andy Cole
Andy Cole
Andy Cole
Leroy Rosenior
Wayne Allison 		Carl Dale Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 10,174

FA Cup[]

14 November 1992 (1992-11-14) Round 1 Cardiff City 2–3 Bath City Cardiff
15:00 Paul Millar 25'
Nathan Blake 		20' Graham Withey
Jerry Gill
70' 		Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,506

UEFA Cup Winners Cup[]

16 September 1992 (1992-09-16) Round 1 (First leg) Cardiff City 1–1 Admira Wacker Cardiff
19:30 Chris Pike 58' 44' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,634
29 September 1992 (1992-09-29) Round 1 (Second leg) Admira Wacker 2–0
(3–1 agg.)		 Cardiff City Modling
Olaf Marschall 47'
89'		 Stadium: Sudstadt Stadium
Attendance: 4,700

Welsh Cup[]

27 October 1992 (1992-10-27) Round 3 Ton Pentre 0–2 Cardiff City Ton Pentre
14:30 Paul Millar
(pen) Paul Ramsey		 Stadium:
Attendance: 1,300
5 December 1992 (1992-12-05) Round 4 Caerau 0–9 Cardiff City Cardiff
15:00 Nick Richardson
Nick Richardson
Nick Richardson
Chris Pike
Carl Dale
Carl Dale
Carl Dale
Carl Dale
Nathan Blake		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 2,579
16 January 1993 (1993-01-16) Round 5 Cardiff City 4–0 Maesteg Park Cardiff
15:00 Phil Stant
Phil Stant
Phil Stant
Paul Ramsey 		Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 2,867
16 March 1993 (1993-03-16) Semi Final (First leg) Cardiff City 2–0 Wrexham Cardiff
19:30 Cohen Griffith
Carl Dale 		Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 10,251
20 April 1993 (1993-04-20) Semi Final (Second leg) Wrexham 1–0
(2–1 agg.)		 Cardiff City Wrexham
19:30 Stadium: The Racecourse
Attendance: 5,735
16 May 1993 (1993-05-16) Final Rhyl 0–5 Cardiff City Cardiff
15:00 Phil Stant
Phil Stant
Phil Stant
Cohen Griffith
Cohen Griffith		 Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 16,443
Referee: K Burge (Tonypandy)

Autoglass Trophy[]

1 December 1992 (1992-12-01) Round 1 Shrewsbury Town 1–3 Cardiff City Shrewsbury
19:30 Carl Griffiths Paul Millar
Nick Richardson
Carl Dale		 Stadium: Gay Meadow
Attendance: 936
8 December 1992 (1992-12-08) Round 1 Cardiff City 3–2 Hereford United Cardiff
19:30 Paul Ramsey (pen)
Phil Stant
Carl Dale 		Owen Pickard
Owen Pickard		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,246
19 January 1993 (1993-01-19) Round 2 Cardiff City 1–2 Swansea City Cardiff
19:30 Nathan Blake Andy Legg
Martin Hayes		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 13,516

Notes and references[]

  1. ^ "All Cardiff City football club players: 1993". 11v11. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  2. ^ "England 1992–93". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Cardiff City 1992-93 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Cardiff City football club match record: 1993". 11v11. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

Bibliography[]

  • Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
  • Shepherd, Richard (2002). The Definitive Cardiff City F.C. Tony Brown. ISBN 1-899-46817-X.
  • Crooks, John (1992). Cardiff City Football Club: Official History of the Bluebirds. Yore Publications. ISBN 0-9513321-8-X.
  • Rollin, Jack, ed. (1992). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1993-94. Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 0-7472-7895-4.
  • "Football Club History Database – Cardiff City". Archived from the original on 30 December 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
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