1953–54 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City

1953–54 season
Chairman	John Morgan[1]
Manager	Cyril Spiers
Division One	10th
FA Cup	4th round
Welsh Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Ken Chisholm & Wilf Grant (12) All: Wilf Grant (15)
← 1952–53 1954–55 →

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

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	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H
Result	D	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	D
Position	8	4	13	17	13	13	6	10	5	7	8	10	7	7	7	6	8	8	13	10	11	8	6	11	8	9	12	13	15	16	15	13	11	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	11	10

Source: ^[2]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

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 second year in a row after a 2–1 defeat to Flint Town United.^[3]

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 Ken Jones -- GK Ron Howells -- GK Graham Vearncombe -- DF Colin Baker -- DF Ron Davies -- DF John Frowen -- DF Colin Gale -- DF Ken Hollyman -- DF Jack Mansell -- DF Stan Montgomery -- DF Harry Parfitt -- DF Charles Rutter -- DF Alf Sherwood -- DF Ron Stitfall -- DF Derrick Sullivan -- MF Billy Baker -- MF Dennis Callan -- MF Alan Harrington

No. Position Player -- MF Islwyn Jones -- MF Bobby McLaughlin -- MF Cliff Nugent -- MF Mike Tiddy -- MF Roley Williams -- MF John Lloyd Williams -- FW Doug Blair -- FW Ken Chisholm -- FW Frank Dudley -- FW George Edwards -- FW Trevor Ford -- FW Wilf Grant -- FW Tommy Northcott -- FW Ken Oakley -- FW Johnny Rainford -- FW Brian Rutter -- FW Peter Thomas -- FW Keith Thomas

Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	25	7	10	96	56	1.714	57
2	West Bromwich Albion	42	22	9	11	86	63	1.365	53
3	Huddersfield Town	42	20	11	11	78	61	1.279	51
4	Manchester United	42	18	12	12	73	58	1.259	48
5	Bolton Wanderers	42	18	12	12	75	60	1.250	48
6	Blackpool	42	19	10	13	80	69	1.159	48
7	Burnley	42	21	4	17	78	67	1.164	46
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
13	Aston Villa	42	16	9	17	70	68	1.029	41
14	Portsmouth	42	14	11	17	81	89	0.910	39
15	Newcastle United	42	14	10	18	72	77	0.935	38
16	Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	5	21	65	76	0.855	37
17	Manchester City	42	14	9	19	62	77	0.805	37
18	Sunderland	42	14	8	20	81	89	0.910	36
19	Sheffield Wednesday	42	15	6	21	70	91	0.769	36
20	Sheffield United	42	11	11	20	69	90	0.767	33
21	Middlesbrough	42	10	10	22	60	91	0.659	30
22	Liverpool	42	9	10	23	68	97	0.701	28

Fixtures & results

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
19 Aug	Middlesbrough	A	0 - 0
22 Aug	Aston Villa	H	2 - 1
26 Aug	Huddersfield Town	A	0 - 2
29 Aug	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1 - 3
2 Sep	Huddersfield Town	H	2 - 1
5 Sep	Sunderland	H	1 - 1
7 Sep	Sheffield United	A	1 - 0
12 Sep	Manchester City	A	1 - 1
16 Sep	Sheffield United	H	2 - 0
19 Sep	Bolton Wanderers	H	1 - 1
26 Sep	Arsenal	H	0 - 3
3 Oct	Portsmouth	A	1 - 1
10 Oct	Preston North End	A	2 - 1
17 Oct	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1 - 0
24 Oct	Burnley	A	0 - 3
31 Oct	Charlton Athletic	H	5 - 0
7 Nov	Newcastle United	A	0 - 4
14 Nov	Manchester United	H	1 - 6
21 Nov	West Bromwich Albion	A	1 - 6
28 Nov	Liverpool	H	3 - 1
5 Dec	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1 - 2
12 Dec	Middlesbrough	H	1 - 0
19 Dec	Aston Villa	A	2 - 1
26 Dec	Chelsea	A	0 - 2
28 Dec	Chelsea	H	0 - 0
2 Jan	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1 - 3
16 Jan	Sunderland	A	0 - 5
23 Jan	Manchester City	H	0 - 3
6 Feb	Bolton Wanderers	A	0 - 3
13 Feb	Arsenal	A	1 - 1
27 Feb	Preston North End	H	2 - 1
3 Mar	Portsmouth	H	3 - 2
6 Mar	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1 - 0
13 Mar	Burnley	H	1 - 0
20 Mar	Charlton Athletic	A	2 - 3
27 Mar	Newcastle United	H	2 - 1
3 Apr	Manchester United	A	3 - 2
10 Apr	West Bromwich Albion	H	2 - 0
16 Apr	Blackpool	A	1 - 4
17 Apr	Liverpool	A	1 - 0
19 Apr	Blackpool	H	0 - 1
24 Apr	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2 - 2

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
9 Jan	Three	Peterborough United	H	3 - 1
30 Jan	Four	Port Vale	H	0 - 2

Welsh Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
	Five	Barry Town	A	1 - 1
	Five (replay)	Barry Town	H	4 - 2
	Seven	Merthyr Tydfil	A	5 - 3
	Semi-final	Flint Town United	N	1 - 2

green=win orange=draw red=lost

See also

• Cardiff City F.C. seasons

References

• Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
• "Football Club History Database - Cardiff City".

1. Shepherd, Richard (2007). The Cardiff City Miscellany. Pitch books. ISBN 1-905411-04-9.
2. "Cardiff City 1953-54 results". Statto.com. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
3. "Welsh Cup 1953/54". Welsh Football Data Archive. Retrieved 13 April 2010.