1958–59 Cardiff City F.C. season

Welsh football club season December 2021 Cardiff City 1958–59 Football League Second Division Bill Jones 9th Ron Hewitt (13) Ron Hewitt (17) FA Cup 4th round Welsh Cup Winners 17,759 27,146 v Bristol City 27 December 1958 10,374 v Sunderland 22 April 1959 _vneckwhite _bluesides _hoops_blue 0000ff 0000ff 0000ff ffffff ffffff 1957–58 1959–60 The 1958–59 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 32nd season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing ninth. Players -- Wales GK Alan Jones -- Wales GK Ken Jones -- England GK Ron Nicholls -- Wales GK Graham Vearncombe -- Wales DF Colin Baker -- England DF George Bell -- Scotland DF Alick Gray -- Scotland DF Danny Malloy -- Scotland DF Alec Milne -- Wales DF Frank Rankmore -- Wales DF Ron Stitfall -- Wales DF Derrick Sullivan -- Wales MF Steve Gammon -- Wales MF Alan Harrington -- Wales MF Mike Hughes -- Wales MF Brian Jenkins -- Scotland MF Ross Menzies -- Wales MF Graham Moore -- England MF Cliff Nugent -- Scotland MF Bob Scott -- England MF Brian Walsh -- England FW Joe Bonson -- England FW Ron Hewitt -- England FW Colin Hudson -- Scotland FW George Kelly -- England FW Harry Knowles -- Scotland FW John McMillan -- Wales FW Brayley Reynolds -- Wales FW Derek Tapscott League standings 1958–59 Football League#Second Division Second Division y CAR Results by round table b Round Ground H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/H/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/A/A/H/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/A Result L/L/L/W/W/L/D/L/W/W/W/L/W/W/W/L/D/W/W/L/L/W/W/W/W/L/W/D/L/L/W/D/D/D/L/L/L/W/L/W/L/D Position //22/20/13/14/18/18/16/13/9/13/11/9/8/10/10/10/10/10/10/9/8/8/6/7/7/7/8/9/8/8/9/9/10/10/9/9/9/8/9/9 Points 0p/0p/0p/2p/4p/4p/5p/5p/7p/9p/11p/11p/13p/15p/17p/17p/18p/20p/22p/22p/22p/24p/26p/28p/30p/30p/32p/33p/33p/33p/35p/36p/37p/38p/38p/38p/38p/40p/40p/42p/42p/43p lightblue Home gold Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss green1 red1 Competitive matches December 2021 Fixtures and results Second Division 1958 8 23 y 15:15 1 L Cardiff City Barnsley 01 89 Malcolm Graham Ninian Park Cardiff 23,731 Eric Jennings (Stourbridge) 1958 8 27 y 2 L Huddersfield Town Cardiff City 30 Danny Malloy ogLes Massie Derek Hawksworth Leeds Road Huddersfield 13,267 1958 8 30 y 15:00 3 L Rotherham United Cardiff City 10 Barry Webster 73 Millmoor Rotherham 11,474 Ken Stokes (Newark) 1958 9 3 y 18:15 4 W Cardiff City Huddersfield Town 32 Colin Baker Brian Walsh penCliff Nugent Derek Hawksworthpen Derek Hawksworth Ninian Park Cardiff 13,078 Bill Clements (West Bromwich) 1958 9 6 y 15:15 5 W Cardiff City Sheffield United 31 George Kelly 40 89 Brayley Reynolds 71 68 Derek Pace Ninian Park Cardiff 16,079 ER Hill (Chester) 1958 9 8 y 6 L Bristol Rovers Cardiff City 20 Geoff Bradford Dai Ward Eastville Bristol 20,579 Peter Brandwood (Kidderminster) 1958 9 13 y 15:15 7 D Brighton & Hove Albion Cardiff City 22 John Shepherd 30Glen Wilson 42 pen 34 Ron Hewitt90 Graham Moore Goldstone Ground Brighton 26,662 Ken Aston (Ilford) 1958 9 17 y 18:00 8 L Cardiff City Bristol Rovers 24 Ron Hewitt Graham Moore Dai Ward Geoff Bradford Alfie Biggspen Peter Hooper Ninian Park Cardiff 14,495 JJ Baxter (Royston) 1958 9 20 y 15:15 9 W Cardiff City Grimsby Town 41 Joe Bonson 17 Brian Jenkins 24 Ron Hewitt 26 47 61 Mick Cullen Ninian Park Cardiff 15,646 1958 9 27 y 15:15 10 W Liverpool Cardiff City 12 Alan Banks 5 28 Joe Bonson31 Ron Hewitt Anfield Liverpool Liverpool report 41,866 LN Peake (Rotherham) 1958 10 4 y 15:15 11 W Cardiff City Middlesbrough 32 Brian Jenkins 35Ron Hewitt 55Brian Walsh 56 71 Alan Peacock81 Brian Phillips Ninian Park Cardiff 20,560 Ken Collinge (Worcester) 1958 10 11 y 15:15 12 L Cardiff City Ipswich Town 12 Derek Tapscott 13 64 Doug Millward71 Ray Crawford Ninian Park Cardiff 20,357 Ken Dagnall (Blackburn) 1958 10 25 y 15:00 13 W Cardiff City Stoke City 21 Ron Stitfall 29Derek Tapscott 55 72 Johnny King Ninian Park Cardiff 18,359 HJ Husband (London) 1958 11 1 y 15:00 14 W Derby County Cardiff City 13 Geoff Barrowcliffe 27 12 Brayley Reynolds30 pen Ron Hewitt31 Brian Walsh Baseball Ground Derby 17,532 H Haworth 1958 11 8 y 14:45 15 W Cardiff City Lincoln City 30 Ron Hewitt 33Brian Jenkins 80Brian Walsh 28 Ninian Park Cardiff 15,689 Jack Taylor (Wolverhampton) 1958 11 15 y 14:15 16 L Fulham Cardiff City 21 Maurice Cook 32Tosh Chamberlain 73 21 Brian Walsh Craven Cottage London 24,078 TN Cooper (Lancashire) 1958 11 22 y 14:45 17 D Cardiff City Sheffield Wednesday 22 Brian Jenkins 53Derek Tapscott 58 15 Redfern Froggatt23 Roy Shiner Ninian Park Cardiff 20,195 DT Blues 1958 12 6 y 14:30 18 W Cardiff City Leyton Orient 21 Ron Hewitt 17 71 pen 52 Eddie Lewis Ninian Park Cardiff 15,184 Gilbert Pullin (Bristol) 1958 12 13 y 15:00 19 W Sunderland Cardiff City 02 27 Derek Tapscott53 Joe Bonson Roker Park Sunderland 30,097 Ernest Crawford (Doncaster) 1958 12 18 y 18:45 20 L Scunthorpe United Cardiff City 10 Jack Marriott 62 Old Show Ground Scunthorpe 10,365 Les Hamer (Horwich) 1958 12 20 y 21 L Barnsley Cardiff City 32 Lol Chappell 14 58 Malcolm Graham 87 26 Ron Hewitt 35 Brian Walsh Oakwell Barnsley 7,798 WE Bradbury (Burton on Trent) 1958 12 26 y 15:00 22 W Bristol City Cardiff City 23 Bobby Etheridge 28 John Atyeo 49 67 71 Joe Bonson 32 Brian Walsh Ashton Gate Bristol 27,570 Eric (ET) Jennings (Worcestershire) 1958 12 27 y 14:30 23 W Cardiff City Bristol City 10 Tommy Burden 3 og Ninian Park Cardiff 27,146 RH Chandler (Chester) 1959 1 3 y 14:30 24 W Cardiff City Rotherham United 10 Brayley Reynolds Ninian Park Cardiff 17,115 Hugh Gerrard (Preston) 1959 1 31 y 14:45 25 W Cardiff City Brighton & Hove Albion 31 Brian Jenkins 33Joe Bonson 39Derek Tapscott 86 40 Dave Sexton Ninian Park Cardiff 15,891 W Hickson (Wigan) 1959 2 7 y 15:15 26 L Grimsby Town Cardiff City 51 Johnny Scott 9 pen Jimmy Fell 17 Ron Cockerill 46 Ron Rafferty 50 78 81 Brayley Reynolds Blundell Park Grimsby 9,969 NN Hough (Macclesfield) 1959 2 14 y 15:15 27 W Cardiff City Liverpool 30 Derek Tapscott 28 60Brayley Reynolds 88 Ninian Park Cardiff Liverpool report 18,313 Roger Woan (London) 1959 2 21 y 28 D Middlesbrough Cardiff City 11 Alan Peacock 32 35 Brian Walsh Ayresome Park Middlesbrough 12,986 H Webb (Yorkshire) 1959 2 28 y 15:00 29 L Lincoln City Cardiff City 42 Andy Graver 18 John McClelland 22 Brian Wright 32 Fred Middleton 60 47 Brayley Reynolds61 Brian Jenkins Sincil Bank Lincoln 8,736 Ron Warnke (Coventry) 1959 3 7 y 15:15 30 L Cardiff City Swansea Town 01 60 pen Mel Nurse Ninian Park Cardiff 24,450 Alf Bond (Fulham) 1959 3 14 y 31 W Stoke City Cardiff City 01 Ron Hewitt Victoria Ground Stoke 11,931 T Jepson (Mansfield) 1959 3 21 y 15:15 32 D Cardiff City Derby County 00 Ninian Park Cardiff 14,011 1959 3 28 y 15:00 33 D Ipswich Town Cardiff City 33 Ted Phillips 52 70Ray Crawford 56 47 Derek Tapscott77 pen Ron Hewitt88 Colin Hudson Portman Road Ipswich 12,159 Ken Aston (Ilford) 1959 3 30 y 34 D Charlton Athletic Cardiff City 00 The Valley London 16,344 1959 3 31 y 15:15 35 L Cardiff City Charlton Athletic 12 Derrick Sullivan 65 5 35 Johnny Summers Ninian Park Cardiff 16,045 Peter Brandwood (Kidderminster) 1959 4 4 y 15:15 36 L Cardiff City Fulham 12 Brian Walsh 1 73 Graham Leggat83 Johnny Haynes Ninian Park Cardiff 23,217 ER Hill (Chester) 1959 4 11 y 15:00 37 L Sheffield Wednesday Cardiff City 31 Roy Shiner 56 89 John Fantham 66 1 Derek Tapscott Hillsborough Sheffield 22,665 PJ Smyth (London) 1959 4 15 y 17:15 38 W Swansea Town Cardiff City 13 Colin Webster George Kelly George Kellyog Mel Nurse Vetch Field Swansea 14,893 HJ Husband (London) 1959 4 18 y 15:15 39 L Cardiff City Scunthorpe United 02 19 Jack Haigh69 Ronnie Waldock Ninian Park Cardiff 13,009 Eric Jennings (Stourbridge) 1959 4 22 y 18:30 40 W Cardiff City Sunderland 21 Ron Hewitt 19Brian Walsh 58 79 John Goodchild Ninian Park Cardiff 10,374 Bill Clements (West Bromwich) 1959 4 25 y 15:15 41 L Leyton Orient Cardiff City 30 Eddy Brown 20Tommy Johnston 55 57 Brisbane Road London 11,351 George McCabe (Sheffield) 1959 4 27 y 18:30 42 D Sheffield United Cardiff City 11 Harry Orr Derek Tapscott Bramall Lane Sheffield 12,733 WE Bradbury (Burton on Trent) FA Cup 1959 1 10 y 14:15 Round 3 W Plymouth Argyle Cardiff City 03 pen Ron Hewitt Brayley Reynolds Joe Bonson Home Park Plymouth 36,247 Alf Bond (Fulham) 1959 1 24 y 14:45 Round 4 L Norwich City Cardiff City 32 Errol Crossan Terry Bly Terry Bly Ron Hewitt Joe Bonson Carrow Road Norwich 38,000 John Kelly (Chorley, Lancashire) Welsh Cup 1959 2 5 y Round 5 D Gloucester City Cardiff City 11 pen Ron Hewitt Longlevens Gloucester 5,000 1959 2 11 y 14:45 Round 5 (Replay) W Cardiff City Gloucester City 30 Alec Milne Joe Bonson Colin Hudson Ninian Park Cardiff 5,000 Harold Williams (Sheffield) 1959 2 25 y 15:30 Round 6 W Cardiff City Rhyl 31 Derek Tapscott Brayley Reynolds Harry Knowles Ninian Park Cardiff 4,000 1959 3 19 y 16:15 Semi Final W Wrexham Cardiff City 06 8 25 60 Harry Knowles 40 73 Derek Tapscott 30 Ron Hewitt Gay Meadow Shrewsbury Wrexham report 3,621 1959 4 30 y 18:30 Final W Lovell's Athletic Cardiff City 02 Colin Hudson Joe Bonson Somerton Park Newport 8,000 Leo Callaghan (Merthyr Tydfil) See also List of Cardiff City F.C. seasons References The Who's Who of Cardiff City Dean Hayes Breedon Books 2006 1-85983-462-0 https://www.fchd.info/CARDIFFC.HTM Football Club History Database – Cardiff City Welsh Football Data Archive Category:Cardiff City F.C. seasons Category:Association football clubs 1958–59 season Card