1926–27 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City

1926-27 season
Chairman	Walter Parker[1]
Manager	Fred Stewart
Division One	14th
FA Cup	Winners
Welsh Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Hughie Ferguson (25) All: Hughie Ferguson (31)
← 1925–26 1927–28 →

The 1926–27 season was Cardiff City's 7th season in The Football League since joining in 1920. They competed in the 22-team Football League First Division, finishing in 14th place.

Hughie Ferguson was the club's top scorer with a total of 31 goals in all competitions which became a club record that would not be broken until 2003 when Robert Earnshaw scored a total of 35.^[2]

Season review

Football League First Division

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	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	L
Position	14	14	16	8	14	18	17	18	20	18	16	14	12	11	13	16	17	18	17	19	20	19	20	20	20	18	19	17	18	19	18	14	12	13	14	15	17	15	12	12	11	14

Source: ^[3]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

FA Cup

Finalists two years earlier, Cardiff began their FA Cup campaign with a 2–1 win over Aston Villa at Ninian Park. After consecutive 2–0 wins over Darlington and reigning holders Bolton Wanderers, they were drawn against Second Division side Chelsea. Following a 0–0 draw at Stamford Bridge, Cardiff came away with a 3–2 win in the replay and advanced to the final with a 3–0 win over Reading in the semi-final held at Molineux Stadium in Wolverhampton.^[4]

Cardiff met Arsenal in the final at Wembley Stadium. The only goal of the game came after 74 minutes when Cardiff forward Hughie Ferguson fired a hopeful shot towards goal only for Arsenal goalkeeper Dan Lewis to let the ball slip out of his hands and into the net. Lewis later blamed the error on his jersey, claiming that due to it being brand new was greasy and made it difficult to grip the ball. By winning, Cardiff became the first, and still only, side from outside England to have ever won the FA Cup.^[5]

Welsh Cup

In the Welsh Cup, Cardiff recorded victories over Ebbw Vale, Barry Town and Wrexham before beating Rhyl 2–0 in the final held at the Racecourse Ground, with goals from Len Davies and Sam Irving,^[6] winning the tournament for the fifth time in the club's history.^[7]

Players

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

No. Position Player -- GK Tom Farquharson -- GK Tommy Hampson -- DF Albert Bell -- DF Jack Jennings -- DF Fred Keenor -- DF Walter Moyle -- DF Jimmy Nelson -- DF Tom Pirie -- DF Tom Watson -- MF Jim Baillie -- MF George Blackburn -- MF Ernie Curtis -- MF Willie Davies -- MF Billy Hardy -- MF Sam Irving

No. Position Player -- MF Frank Matson -- MF Percy Richards -- MF Tom Sloan -- MF Billy Thirlaway -- MF Frank Tysoe -- MF Thomas Wainwright -- MF Harry Wake -- FW Fred Castle -- FW Elvet Collins -- FW Len Davies -- FW Hughie Ferguson -- FW George McLachlan -- FW Thomas Potter Smith -- FW Sam Smith

League table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Newcastle United	42	25	6	11	96	58	1.655	56
2	Huddersfield Town	42	17	17	8	76	60	1.267	51
3	Sunderland	42	21	7	14	98	70	1.400	49
4	Bolton Wanderers	42	19	10	13	84	62	1.355	48
5	Burnley	42	19	9	14	91	80	1.138	47
6	West Ham United	42	19	8	15	86	70	1.229	46
7	Leicester City	42	17	12	13	85	70	1.214	46
8	Sheffield United	42	17	10	15	74	86	0.860	44
9	Liverpool	42	18	7	17	69	61	1.131	43
10	Aston Villa	42	18	7	17	81	83	0.976	43
11	Arsenal	42	17	9	16	77	86	0.895	43
12	Derby County	42	17	7	18	86	73	1.178	41
13	Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	9	17	76	78	0.974	41
14	Cardiff City	42	16	9	17	55	65	0.846	41
15	Manchester United	42	13	14	15	52	64	0.813	40
16	The Wednesday	42	15	9	18	75	92	0.815	39
17	Birmingham	42	17	4	21	64	73	0.877	38
18	Blackburn Rovers	42	15	8	19	77	96	0.802	38
19	Bury	42	12	12	18	68	77	0.883	36
20	Everton	42	12	10	20	64	90	0.711	34
21	Leeds United	42	11	8	23	69	88	0.784	30
22	West Bromwich Albion	42	11	8	23	65	86	0.756	30

Fixtures & results

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
28 Aug	Burnley	A	3 - 4
30 Aug	Leeds United	A	0 - 0
4 Sep	West Bromwich Albion	H	1 - 1
6 Sep	Leeds United	H	3 - 1
11 Sep	Aston Villa	H	2 - 3
18 Sep	Bolton Wanderers	A	0 - 2
20 Sep	Newcastle United	H	1 - 1
25 Sep	Manchester United	H	0 - 2
2 Oct	Derby County	A	3 - 6
9 Oct	Sheffield United	H	3 - 0
16 Oct	Huddersfield Town	A	0 - 0
23 Oct	Sunderland	H	3 - 0
30 Oct	Bury	A	3 - 2
6 Nov	Birmingham City	H	1 - 0
13 Nov	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1 - 4
20 Nov	West Ham United	H	1 - 2
29 Nov	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0 - 3
4 Dec	Leicester City	H	0 - 1
11 Dec	Everton	A	1 - 0
18 Dec	Blackburn Rovers	H	0 - 1
25 Dec	Newcastle United	A	0 - 5
27 Dec	Arsenal	H	2 - 0
1 Jan	Arsenal	A	2 - 3
15 Jan	Burnley	H	0 - 0
31 Jan	Aston Villa	A	0 - 0
5 Feb	Bolton Wanderers	H	1 - 0
12 Feb	Manchester United	A	1 - 1
21 Feb	West Bromwich Albion	A	2 - 1
26 Feb	Sheffield United	A	1 - 3
12 Mar	Sunderland	A	2 - 2
16 Mar	Derby County	H	2 - 0
19 Mar	Bury	H	2 - 1
21 Mar	Huddersfield Town	H	2 - 0
2 Apr	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1 - 2
7 Apr	Leicester City	A	1 - 3
9 Apr	West Ham United	A	2 - 2
15 Apr	Liverpool	A	0 - 5
16 Apr	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3 - 2
18 Apr	Liverpool	H	2 - 0
27 Apr	Birmingham City	A	2 - 1
30 Apr	Everton	H	1 - 0
7 May	Blackburn Rovers	A	0 - 1

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
8 Jan	Three	Aston Villa	H	2 - 1	Davies, Curtis
29 Jan	Four	Darlington	A	2 - 0	McLachlan, Ferguson
19 Feb	Five	Bolton Wanderers	A	2 - 0	Ferguson, Davies
5 Mar	Quarter-final	Chelsea	A	0 - 0
9 Mar	Quarter-final replay	Chelsea	H	3 - 2	Irving, Davies, Ferguson
26 Mar	Semi-final	Reading	N	3 - 0	Ferguson (2), Wake
23 Apr	Final	Arsenal	N	1 - 0	Ferguson

Welsh Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
29 Mar	Five	Ebbw Vale	H	0 - 0
4 Apr	Five (replay)	Ebbw Vale	H	6 - 1
28 Apr	Six	Barry Town	H	2 - 0
2 May	Semi-final	Wrexham	H	2 - 1
5 May	Final	Rhyl	N	2 - 0	Davies, Irving

green=win orange=draw red=lost

See also

• Cardiff City F.C. seasons
• 1926-27 in English football

References

1. Shepherd, Richard (2007). The Cardiff City Miscellany. Pitch books. ISBN 1-905411-04-9.
2. "Earnie sends records tumbling". BBC Sport. 22 March 2003. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
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5. "Cup friends reunited". BBC Sport. 4 January 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
6. "Cardiff City 2-0 Rhyl". Welsh Football Data Archive. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
7. "Cardiff City". Football Club History Database. Retrieved 26 March 2010.