1975–76 Cardiff City F.C. season

Welsh football club season December 2021 Cardiff City 1975–76 Football League Third Division Stefan Terlezki Jimmy Andrews 2nd Tony Evans (21) Tony Evans (29) FA Cup 4th round League Cup 1st round Welsh Cup Winners 11,696 35,549 (v Hereford United, 14 April 1976) 6,259 (v Bury, 23 August 1975) _cardiff_city1975h _cardiff_city1975h _cardiff_city1975h 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF 1974–75 1976–77 The 1975–76 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 49th season in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Three, then the third tier of English football, finishing second, winning promotion to Division Two on the first attempt after being relegated the previous year. Manager Jimmy Andrews brought a number of changes to the squad including bringing Brian Clark back to the club and signing Australian international Adrian Alston. Players First team squad.https://www.11v11.com/teams/cardiff-city/tab/players/season/1975/ All Cardiff City football club players: 1975 11v11 12 January 2022 -- England GK Ron Healey -- Northern Ireland GK Bill Irwin -- Wales DF Bryan Attley -- England DF Clive Charles -- Wales DF Phil Dwyer -- Wales DF Mike England -- Northern Ireland DF Albert Larmour -- Wales DF Richie Morgan -- Wales DF Freddie Pethard -- England MF Willie Anderson -- Scotland MF John Buchanan -- Scotland MF Alan Campbell -- England MF Joe Durrell -- Wales MF David Giles -- England MF Doug Livermore -- Wales MF Gil Reece -- Wales MF Peter Sayer -- Wales MF Tony Villars -- Australia FW Adrian Alston -- England FW Brian Clark -- England FW Tony Evans -- Wales FW Derek Showers League standings 1975–76 Football League#Third Division Third Division y CAR Results by round table b Round Ground A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/H/A/A Result L/D/W/L/W/D/L/L/W/L/W/L/D/W/D/D/W/W/W/W/L/W/L/D/W/W/L/W/W/L/D/W/D/D/D/W/L/D/W/W/W/W/W/D/D/W Position 21/19/15/19/12/13/14/17/14/17/15/16/17/10/12/13/10/7/5/5/7/3/6/6/6/6/6/5/5/6/6/5/5/4/4/4/5/6/4/5/2/2/2/2/2/2 Points 0p/1p/3p/3p/5p/6p/6p/6p/8p/8p/10p/10p/11p/13p/14p/15p/17p/19p/21p/23p/23p/25p/25p/26p/28p/30p/30p/32p/34p/34p/35p/37p/38p/39p/40p/42p/42p/43p/45p/47p/49p/51p/53p/54p/55p/57p lightblue Home gold Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss green1 red1 January 2022 Fixtures & Results Third Division 1975 8 16 y 1 Grimsby Town Cardiff City 2–0 Jack Lewis Phil Hubbard 60 Blundell Park Grimsby L 6,494 Gordon Trevett (Eccles) 1975 8 23 y 2 Cardiff City Bury 1–1 Tony Villars 23 60 Hughen Riley Ninian ParkW Cardiff D 6,664 Ray Lewis (Great Bookham, Surrey) 1975 8 30 y 15:00 3 Brighton & Hove Albion Cardiff City 0–1 72 Tony Villars Goldstone Ground Brighton W 11,353 Tony Glasson (Salisbury) 1975 9 6 y 15:00 4 Cardiff City Crystal Palace 0–1 90 David Kemp Ninian Park Cardiff L 10,479 Derek Civil (Birmingham) 1975 9 13 y 5 Mansfield Town Cardiff City 1–4 Terry Eccles 73 pen 31 David Giles 52 Phil Dwyer 62 pen Gil Reece 70 Gil Reece Field Mill Mansfield W 6,682 George Courtney (Spennymoor) 1975 9 20 y 15:00 6 Cardiff City Halifax Town 0–0 Ninian Park Cardiff D 8,035 Ken Ridden (Shrewsbury) 1975 9 22 y 7 Port Vale Cardiff City 2–1 Mick Cullerton 19 Terry Lees 48 84 Brian Attley Vale Park Burslem L 5,143 Ray Chadwick (Darwen) 1975 9 27 y 8 Preston North End Cardiff City 3–1 Mike Elwiss 16 Ray Treacy 40 Tony Morley 51 pen 47 Tony Evans Deepdale Preston L 8,103 Bert Newsome (Broseley Salop) 1975 10 4 y 15:00 9 Cardiff City Wrexham 3–0 Phil Dwyer 42 57 Tony Evans 68 Ninian Park Cardiff W Wrexham report 7,653 Mike Taylor (Deal) 1975 10 11 y 10 Rotherham United Cardiff City 1–0 Mike England 40 og Millmoor Rotherham L 4,272 Jack Rice (Preston) 1975 10 18 y 15:00 11 Cardiff City Sheffield Wednesday 2–0 Tony Evans 71 Jimmy Quinn 89 og Ninian Park Cardiff W 7,930 Leslie Burden (Dorset) 1975 10 22 y 12 Aldershot Cardiff City 2–1 Pat Morrissey 25 Gary Bell 88 32 pen Willie Anderson Recreation Ground Aldershot L 3,687 Bryan James (South Croydon) 1975 10 25 y 13 Chester Cardiff City 1–1 Graham Pugh 9 28 Tony Evans Sealand Road Chester D 5,348 Ken Baker (Rugby) 1975 10 31 y 19:30 14 Cardiff City Chesterfield 4–3 Adrian Alston 6 Adrian Alston 28 Tony Evans 30 Willie Anderson 68 58 Shaun O'Neill 63 David McElvaney 86 Terry Shanahan Ninian Park Cardiff W 7,512 Tom Bune (Sussex) 1975 11 4 y 19:30 15 Cardiff City Walsall 0–0 Ninian Park Cardiff D 8,884 Bryan James (Croydon) 1975 11 8 y 15:00 16 Gillingham Cardiff City 2–2 Damien Richardson 51 pen George Jacks 73 49 Willie Anderson 75 Tony Evans Priestfield Stadium Gillingham D Gillingham report 5,762 Gordon Kew (Leeds) 1975 11 15 y 15:00 17 Cardiff City Colchester United 2–0 Tony Evans 66s Adrian Alston 82 Ninian Park Cardiff W 6,781 Terry Bosi (Wolverhampton) 1975 11 29 y 15:00 18 Cardiff City Shrewsbury Town 3–0 Willie Anderson 26 Tony Evans Adrian Alston Ninian Park Cardiff W 8,002 Malcolm Sinclair (Guildford) 1975 12 6 y 19 Millwall Cardiff City 1–3 Terry Brisley 80 46 Gil Reece 53 Gil Reece 87 Tony Evans The Den London W 6,092 Derek Nippard (Bournemouth) 1975 12 22 y 19:30 20 Cardiff City Southend United 3–1 Tony Evans 28 Tony Evans 58 Adrian Alston 78 68 Alan Little Ninian Park Cardiff W 9,342 Ron Crabb (Exeter) 1975 12 26 y 21 Swindon Town Cardiff City 4–0 Trevor Anderson 28 Peter Eastoe 43 Frank Burrows 69 Wilf Dixon 79 County Ground Swindon L 10,003 Clive White (Harrow) 1975 12 27 y 15:00 22 Cardiff City Peterborough United 5–2 Willie Anderson 42 Phil Dwyer 47 Phil Dwyer 74 Tony Evans 76 Tony Evans 80 3 Lyndon Hughes 79 David Gregory Ninian Park Cardiff W 16,094 Derek Lloyd (Worcester) 1976 1 10 y 15:00 23 Cardiff City Brighton & Hove Albion 0–1 77 Ian Mellor Ninian Park Cardiff L 17,728 Peter Reeves (Leicester) 1976 1 17 y 24 Halifax Town Cardiff City 1–1 Albert Phelan 89 59 Mike England The Shay Halifax D 2,399 Colin Seel (Carlisle) 1976 1 20 y 19:30 25 Cardiff City Mansfield Town 1–0 Tony Evans 89 Ninian Park Cardiff W 10,161 John Yates (Redditch) 1976 1 31 y 15:00 26 Cardiff City Aldershot 1–0 Adrian Alston 19 Ninian Park Cardiff W 8,934 Lester Shapter (Paignton) 1976 2 4 y 27 Hereford United Cardiff City 4–1 Dixie McNeil 8 Dixie McNeil 15 Steve Emery 25 John Layton 79 75 John Buchanan Edgar Street Hereford L 12,962 Bran H Daniels (Rainham) 1976 2 7 y 28 Walsall Cardiff City 2–3 Alan Buckley 2 Alan Buckley 17 51 Adrian Alston 68 Adrian Alston 81 Phil Dwyer Fellows Park Walsall W 7,109 George Nolan (Cheshire) 1976 2 14 y 15:00 29 Cardiff City Gillingham 4–1 Doug Livermore 43 John Buchanan 60 Tony Evans 83 Adrian Alston 88 44 og Richie Morgan Ninian Park Cardiff W Gillingham report 11,025 Ray Toseland (Kettering) 1976 2 21 y 30 Colchester United Cardiff City 3–2 Colin Garwood 54 John Froggatt 60 Colin Garwood 81 18 Phil Dwyer 84 pen Willie Anderson Layer Road Colchester L 3,248 Brian Martin (Keyworth, Nottingham) 1976 2 25 y 19:30 31 Cardiff City Port Vale 1–1 Doug Livermore 86 21 Ray Williams Ninian Park Cardiff D 9,129 Leslie Burden (Dorset) 1976 2 28 y 15:00 32 Cardiff City Chester 2–0 Adrian Alston 63 John Buchanan 73 Ninian Park Cardiff W 10,000 Alan Robinson (Fareham) 1976 3 6 y 33 Chesterfield Cardiff City 1–1 Rodney Fern 88 3 Adrian Alston Saltergate Chesterfield D 4,095 Bert Newsome (Broseley Salop) 1976 3 8 y 19:15 34 Wrexham Cardiff City 1–1 Graham Whittle 76 60 Tony Evans Racecourse Ground Wrexham D Wrexham report 5,674 Bob Matthewson (Worsley) 1976 3 13 y 15:00 35 Cardiff City Rotherham United 1–1 Adrian Alston 10 30 Dave Gwyther Ninian Park Cardiff D 11,072 Jim Bent (Hemel Hempstead) 1976 3 17 y 36 Sheffield Wednesday Cardiff City 1–3 Jimmy Quinn 89 69 Tony Evans 79 Clive Charles 85 Brian Clark Hillsborough Sheffield W 8,867 Keith Butcher (Kendal) 1976 3 20 y 15:00 37 Shrewsbury Town Cardiff City 3–1 Ian Atkins 56 pen Sammy Irvine 57 Alex McGregor 74 89 Tony Evans Gay Meadow Shrewsbury L 7,573 Ken Salmon (Barnet) 1976 3 27 y 15:00 38 Cardiff City Millwall 0–0 Ninian Park Cardiff D 12,511 Allan Hughes (West Kirby) 1976 3 29 y 19:30 39 Southend United Cardiff City 0–2 13 Phil Dwyer 40 Tony Evans Roots Hall Southend W 4,596 Jeff Sewell (Quorn, Leicester) 1976 4 3 y 15:00 40 Cardiff City Grimsby Town 2–1 Tony Evans 53 John Buchanan 62 12 Jack Lewis Ninian Park Cardiff W 9,645 Tom Bune (Sussex) 1976 4 7 y 19:30 41 Cardiff City Preston North End 1–0 Tony Evans 45 Ninian Park Cardiff W 12,447 Ray Lewis (Great Bookham, Surrey) 1976 4 10 y 42 Crystal Palace Cardiff City 0–1 81 Adrian Alston Selhurst Park London W 25,604 George Flint (Kirby in Ashfield) 1976 4 14 y 19:30 43 Cardiff City Hereford United 2–0 Doug Livermore 54 Alan Campbell 87 Ninian Park Cardiff W 35,549 Trevor Spencer (Wootton Bassett) 1976 4 17 y 15:00 44 Cardiff City Swindon Town 0–0 Ninian Park Cardiff D 23,428 Derek Lloyd (Worcester) 1976 4 19 y 45 Peterborough United Cardiff City 0–0 London Road Stadium Peterborough D 6,846 John Hough (Macclesfield) 1976 5 4 y 46 Bury Cardiff City 0–1 16 Adrian Alston Gigg Lane Bury W 7,135 John Hunting (Leicester) Source https://cardiffcityforum.com/history/ccfcl51.htm Cardiff City 1975-76 results Cardiff City Forum 12 January 2022https://www.11v11.com/teams/cardiff-city/tab/matches/season/1975/ Cardiff City football club match record: 1975 11v11 12 January 2022 League Cup 1975 8 20 y 19.30 Round 1 (1st leg) Cardiff City Bristol Rovers 1–2 Gil Reece 44 pen 40 Alan Warboys 48 Bruce Bannister Ninian Park Cardiff L 6,688 Jack Taylor (Wolverhampton) 1975 8 26 y Round 1 (2nd leg) Bristol Rovers Cardiff City 1–1 3–2 Kenny Stephens 42 31 Brian Clark Eastville Bristol D 7,720 Source FA Cup 1975 11 22 y 15:00 Round 1 Cardiff City Exeter City 6–2 Gil Reece 17 Adrian Alston 33 Adrian Alston 37 Adrian Alston 63 Tony Evans 65 Gil Reece 87 8 Alan Beer 62 Lammie Robertson Ninian Park Cardiff W 7,532 Tony Morrissey (Bramhall) 1975 12 13 y 15:00 Round 2 Cardiff City Wycombe Wanderers 1–0 Tony Evans 42 Ninian Park Cardiff W 11,607 Lester Shapter (Paignton) 1976 1 3 y Round 3 Orient Cardiff City 0–1 35 Adrian Alston Brisbane Road London W 8,031 Ray Toseland (Kettering) 1976 1 24 y 15:15 Round 4 Southend United Cardiff City 2–1 Stuart Parker 43 Stuart Parker 89 42 Tony Evans Roots Hall Southend L 12,863 Peter Walters (Bridgewater) Source Welsh Cup 1976 1 14 y 19:30 Round 5 W Cardiff City Sully 50 Tony Evans 43Tony Evans 56Tony Evans 75Doug Livermore 25John Buchanan 41 Ninian Park Cardiff 3,260 1976 2 17 y 19:30 Round 6 D Cardiff City Swansea City 11 Dave Bruton 29 og 57 Dave Bruton Ninian Park Cardiff 5,812 Clive Thomas (Treorchy) 1976 3 2 y Round 6 (Replay) W Swansea City Cardiff City 03 35 Brian Clark72 Adrian Alston80 Adrian Alston Vetch Field Swansea 10,056 1976 3 23 y Semi Final D Chester City Cardiff City 00 Sealand Road Chester 3,743 1976 4 1 y 19:30 Semi Final (Replay) W Cardiff City Chester City 10 Chris Dunleavy 74 og Ninian Park Cardiff 4,244 1976 5 18 y 19:30 Final (First leg) D Hereford United Cardiff City 33 Steve Davey 67Terry Paine 68Dixie McNeil 75 28 Tony Evans62 Phil Dwyer87 Phil Dwyer Edgar Street Hereford 3,709 Clive Thomas (Treorchy) 1976 5 19 y 19:30 Final (Second leg - replayed) W Cardiff City Hereford United 32 65 Freddie Pethard 13Brian Clark 33Tony Evans 68 51 Jimmy Lindsay87 Tony Byrne Ninian Park Cardiff 2,648 Clive Thomas (Treorchy) Note - the original first leg of the final, played at Ninian Park on 29 April, was declared to be null and void by the Welsh FA, because the scorer of both Hereford's goals in the 2–2 draw was deemed to be ineligible. See also Cardiff City F.C. seasons References Bibliography The Who's Who of Cardiff City Dean Hayes Breedon Books 2006 1-85983-462-0 Rothmans Football Yearbook 1976–77 Queen Anne Press Limited 1976 0362-00259-2 Cardiff City Chronology 1920-86 John Crooks John Crooks 1986 0-9511984-0-8 The Definitive Cardiff City F.C. Richard Shepherd Tony Brown 2002 1-899-46817-X Cardiff City Football Club: Official History of the Bluebirds John Crooks Yore Publications 1992 0-9513321-8-X https://www.fchd.info/CARDIFFC.HTM Football Club History Database – Cardiff City 13 December 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081230175437/http://www.fchd.info/CARDIFFC.HTM 30 December 2008 live Welsh Football Data Archive Category:Cardiff City F.C. seasons Category:Association football clubs 1975–76 season Card