1954–55 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City

1954–55 season
Chairman	John Morgan Sir Herbert Merrett[1]
Manager	Cyril Spiers Trevor Morris
Division One	20th
FA Cup	3rd round
Welsh Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Trevor Ford (19) All: Trevor Ford (24)
← 1953–54 1955–56 →

The 1954–55 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 28th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division One, then the first tier of English football, finishing twentieth.

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	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	D	W	L	D	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	D	L	W	L
Position	21	20	18	22	19	19	18	13	12	13	11	13	13	14	14	13	13	11	13	11	12	14	11	13	14	18	16	15	14	12	13	13	15	15	17	18	19	20	19	20	20	20

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

FA Cup

Entering the competition in the third round, Cardiff were eliminated by fellow First Division side Arsenal after a 1–0 defeat.^[2]

Welsh Cup

After wins over Pembroke Borough and Newport County, Cardiff were knocked out of the competition in the semi-finals for a third year in a row after a 2–0 defeat to Chester City.^[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 Stan Montgomery -- DF Charles Rutter -- DF Alf Sherwood -- DF Ron Stitfall -- DF Derrick Sullivan -- MF Billy Baker -- MF Dennis Callan -- MF Don Clarke

No. Position Player -- MF Alan Harrington -- MF Islwyn Jones -- MF Cliff Nugent -- MF Gordon Nutt -- MF Mike Tiddy -- MF Roley Williams -- FW Cecil Dixon -- FW George Edwards -- FW Trevor Ford -- FW Alan Gibbs -- FW Wilf Grant -- FW Gerry Hitchens -- FW Tommy Northcott -- FW Neil O'Halloran -- FW Ron Stockin

Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Chelsea	42	20	12	10	81	57	1.421	52
2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	19	10	13	89	70	1.271	48
3	Portsmouth	42	18	12	12	74	62	1.194	48
4	Sunderland	42	15	18	9	64	54	1.185	48
5	Manchester United	42	20	7	15	84	74	1.135	47
6	Aston Villa	42	20	7	15	72	73	0.986	47
7	Manchester City	42	18	10	14	76	69	1.101	46
8	Newcastle United	42	17	9	16	89	77	1.156	43
9	Arsenal	42	17	9	16	69	63	1.095	43
10	Burnley	42	17	9	16	51	48	1.063	43
11	Everton	42	16	10	16	62	68	0.912	42
12	Huddersfield Town	42	14	13	15	63	68	0.926	41
13	Sheffield United	42	17	7	18	70	86	0.814	41
14	Preston North End	42	16	8	18	83	64	1.297	40
15	Charlton Athletic	42	15	10	17	76	75	1.013	40
16	Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	8	18	72	73	0.986	40
17	West Bromwich Albion	42	16	8	18	76	96	0.792	40
18	Bolton Wanderers	42	13	13	16	62	69	0.899	39
19	Blackpool	42	14	10	18	60	64	0.938	38
20	Cardiff City	42	13	11	18	62	76	0.816	37
21	Leicester City	42	12	11	19	74	86	0.860	35
22	Sheffield Wednesday	42	8	10	24	63	100	0.630	26

Fixtures & results

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
21 Aug	Burnley	A	0 - 1
25 Aug	Preston North End	H	2 - 5
28 Aug	Leicester City	H	2 - 1
1 Sep	Preston North End	A	1 - 7
4 Sep	Chelsea	A	1 - 1
8 Sep	Sheffield United	H	1 - 1
11 Sep	Huddersfield Town	H	1 - 1
13 Sep	Sheffield United	A	3 - 1
18 Sep	Manchester City	H	3 - 0
25 Sep	Everton	A	1 - 1
2 Oct	Newcastle United	H	4 - 2
9 Oct	Manchester United	A	2 - 5
16 Oct	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1 - 1
23 Oct	Charlton Athletic	A	1 - 4
30 Oct	Bolton Wanderers	H	2 - 2
6 Nov	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2 - 0
13 Nov	Sheffield Wednesday	H	5 - 3
20 Nov	Portsmouth	A	3 - 1
27 Nov	Blackpool	H	1 - 2
4 Dec	Aston Villa	A	2 - 0
11 Dec	Sunderland	H	0 - 1
18 Dec	Burnley	H	0 - 3
25 Dec	West Bromwich Albion	H	3 - 2
27 Dec	West Bromwich Albion	A	0 - 1
1 Jan	Leicester City	A	1 - 2
5 Feb	Manchester City	A	1 - 4
12 Feb	Everton	H	4 - 3
26 Feb	Manchester United	H	3 - 0
5 Mar	Sunderland	A	1 - 1
12 Mar	Charlton Athletic	H	4 - 3
19 Mar	Bolton Wanderers	A	0 - 0
23 Mar	Chelsea	H	0 - 1
26 Mar	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1 - 2
2 Apr	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1 - 1
8 Apr	Arsenal	A	0 - 2
9 Apr	Aston Villa	H	0 - 1
11 Apr	Arsenal	H	1 - 2
16 Apr	Blackpool	A	0 - 0
23 Apr	Portsmouth	H	1 - 1
27 Apr	Newcastle United	A	0 - 3
30 Apr	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3 - 2
2 May	Huddersfield Town	A	0 - 2

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
8 Jan	Three	Arsenal	A	0 - 1

Welsh Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
	Five	Pembroke Borough	A	7 - 0
	Six	Newport County	A	3 - 1
	Semi-final	Chester City	N	0 - 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 1954-55 results". Statto.com. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
3. "Welsh Cup 1954/55". Welsh Football Data Archive. Retrieved 13 April 2010.