1983–84 Cardiff City F.C. season

Welsh football club season September 2021 Cardiff City 1983–84 Football League Second Division Jack Leonard Len Ashurst/Jimmy Goodfellow & Jimmy Mullen 15th Gordon Owen (14) Gordon Owen (18) FA Cup 3rd round League Cup 2nd round Welsh Cup 5th round 7,016 14,580 (v Swansea, 26 December 1983) 3,870 (v Shrewsbury, 17 March 1983) 1982–83 1984–85 The 1983–84 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 57th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing fifteenth. Manager Len Ashurst resigned to become Sunderland manager towards the end of the season and his assistant Jimmy Goodfellow and defender Jimmy Mullen were appointed joint caretaker managers for the remainder of the season. Players yes yes Wales GK Andy Dibble yes England GK Gary Plumley yes England DF Gary Bennett yes Wales DF Paul Bodin yes Wales DF Phil Dwyer yes Wales DF David Grant yes Wales DF Linden Jones yes England DF Jimmy Mullen yes England DF Colin Smith yes Scotland MF Marshall Burke yes Wales MF Karl Elsey yes England MF Russell Heycock yes England MF Roger Gibbins yes Wales MF John Lewis yes yes Wales MF Wayne Matthews yes England MF Gordon Owen yes England MF David Tong yes Wales MF Nigel Vaughan yes England FW Ian Baird yes England FW Andy Crawford yes England FW Paul Evans yes England FW Martin Goldsmith yes England FW Jeff Hemmerman yes England FW Trevor Lee yes Wales FW Chris Rodon yes Wales FW Chris Townsend yes England FW Phil Walker Source https://www.11v11.com/teams/cardiff-city/tab/players/season/1984/ All Cardiff City football club players: 1984 11v11 26 January 2022 League standings 1983–84 Football League#Second Division Second Division y CAR Results by round table b Round Ground A/H/H/A/A/H/H/H/A/H/A/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H Result L/W/W/L/L/D/L/W/L/L/W/L/L/W/L/W/L/L/L/W/W/L/D/W/W/L/L/L/W/W/W/L/D/D/W/L/L/W/L/D/D/L Position //5/9/13/12/18/16/17/18/15/16/17/17/17/16/17/17/19/15/15/15/17/15/13/15/15/18//16/13/14/14/14/12/13/15/13//14//15 Points 0p/3p/6p/6p/6p/7p/7p/10p/10p/10p/13p/13p/13p/16p/16p/19p/19p/19p/19p/22p/25p/25p/26p/29p/32p/32p/32p/32p/35p/38p/41p/41p/42p/43p/46p/46p/46p/49p/49p/50p/51p/51p lightblue Home gold Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss green1 red1 Competitive matches December 2015 Fixtures and results Second Division 1983 8 27 y 15:00 1 Charlton Athletic Cardiff City 2–0 Kevin Smith Chris Jones The Valley London L 4,525 1983 8 29 y 15:00 2 Cardiff City Manchester City 2–1 Paul Bodin 4 75 54 Jim Tolmie Ninian Park Cardiff W 8,899 Trevor Spencer (Wootton Bassett) 1983 9 3 y 15:00 3 Cardiff City Grimsby Town 3–1 Gordon Owen 49 64 penAndy Crawford 72 44 Joe Waters Ninian Park Cardiff W 5,135 Lester Shapter (Paignton) 1983 9 6 y 19:30 4 Shrewsbury Town Cardiff City 1–0 Chic Bates 3 Gay Meadow Shrewsbury L 4,406 RA Banks (Manchester) 1983 9 10 y 15:00 5 Leeds United Cardiff City 1–0 George McCluskey 71 Elland Road Leeds L 12,336 Joe Worrall (Warrington) 1983 9 17 y 15:00 6 Cardiff City Portsmouth 0–0 Ninian Park Cardiff D 9,033 Vic Callow (Solihull) 1983 10 1 y 15:00 7 Cardiff City Barnsley 0–3 42 Ronnie Glavin David Geddis81 Ronnie Glavin Ninian Park Cardiff L 6,433 Alan Crickmore (Plymouth) 1983 10 8 y 15:00 8 Cardiff City Carlisle United 2–0 Nigel Vaughan 45Gordon Owen Ninian Park Cardiff W 4,596 Alan Seville (Birmingham) 1983 10 15 y 15:00 9 Chelsea Cardiff City 2–0 Pat Nevin Colin Lee Stamford Bridge London L 15,459 Mark Scott (Nottinghamshire) 1983 10 19 y 19:45 10 Cardiff City Newcastle United 0–2 59 Kevin Keegan9 Peter Beardsley Ninian Park Cardiff L 9,926 Roger Milford (Bristol) 1983 10 31 y 19:30 11 Fulham Cardiff City 0–2 62 Gary Bennett89 Gordon Owen Craven Cottage London W 5,959 1983 11 5 y 15:00 12 Middlesbrough Cardiff City 2–0 David Currie 60Andy Crawford 62 Ayresome Park Middlesbrough L 7,686 Howe 1983 11 8 y 19:30 13 Crystal Palace Cardiff City 1–0 Jerry Murphy 79 Selhurst Park London L 5,299 David Axcell (Southend) 1983 11 12 y 15:00 14 Cardiff City Cambridge United 5–0 Roger Gibbins 25Nigel Vaughan 29Steve Fallon 33 ogGordon Owen 86Roger Gibbins Ninian Park Cardiff W 4,720 Alan Robinson (Fareham) 1983 11 19 y 15:00 15 Oldham Athletic Cardiff City 2–1 Roger Palmer Derrick Parker 49 Phil Dwyer Boundary Park Oldham L 3,587 1983 11 26 y 15:00 16 Cardiff City Huddersfield 3–1 Paul Bodin 52Brian Laws ogGordon Owen pen Colin Russell Ninian Park Cardiff W 6,067 1983 12 3 y 15:00 17 Brighton & Hove Albion Cardiff City 3–1 Danny Wilson 43Terry Connor 62Danny Wilson Ian Baird Goldstone Ground Brighton L 9,924 Ken Salmon (Barnet) 1983 12 10 y 15:00 18 Cardiff City Blackburn Rovers 0–1 53 Mark Patterson Ninian Park Cardiff L 5,200 Dennis Brazier (Northampton) 1983 12 17 y 15:00 19 Sheffield Wednesday Cardiff City 5–2 Imre Varadi 30 48Gary Shelton 33Gary Bannister 40Mick Lyons 59 77 81 Ian Baird Hillsborough Sheffield L 14,580 1983 12 26 y 11:30 20 Cardiff City Swansea City 3–2 Roger Gibbins 24Nigel Vaughan 45Trevor Lee 51 44 pen Gary Stanley55 John Toshack Ninian Park Cardiff W 14,580 Eric Read (Bristol) 1983 12 27 y 15:00 21 Derby County Cardiff City 2–3 John McAlle 2Paul Hooks 43 38 Ian Baird Ian Baird77 Phil Dwyer Baseball Ground Derby W 16,054 Plummer 1983 12 31 y 15:00 22 Grimsby Town Cardiff City 1–0 Paul Emson 50 Grimsby L 7,164 1984 1 21 y 15:00 23 Portsmouth Cardiff City 1–1 Kevin Dillon 87 pen 41 Trevor Lee Fratton Park Portsmouth D 11,938 1984 1 31 y 19:30 24 Cardiff City Charlton Athletic 2–1 Gordon Owen 50Gary Bennett 87 78 Kevin Dickenson Ninian Park Cardiff W 4,522 Malcolm Heath (Stoke) 1984 2 4 y 25 Barnsley Cardiff City 2–3 Mick McGuire David Geddis 70 Gordon Owen72 og Larry May73 Ian Baird Oakwell Barnsley W 7,107 1984 2 11 y 15:00 26 Cardiff City Leeds United 0–1 85 Scott Sellars Ninian Park Cardiff L 9,407 John Martin (Alton, Hampshire) 1984 2 19 y 15:00 27 Cardiff City Fulham 0–4 41 67 Dean Coney44 70 Leroy Rosenior Ninian Park Cardiff L 7,149 Keren Barratt (Coventry) 1984 2 25 y 15:00 28 Newcastle United Cardiff City 3–1 Chris Waddle 9Kevin Keegan 44 57 pen 58 Nigel Vaughan St James' Park Newcastle L 27,909 Alan Robinson (Fareham) 1984 3 3 y 15:00 29 Cardiff City Middlesbrough 2–1 Karl Elsey 90sMartin Goldsmith Garry MacDonald Ninian Park Cardiff W 4,422 Leslie Burden (Dorset) 1984 3 10 y 15:00 30 Cambridge United Cardiff City 0–2 51 Colin Smith Nigel Vaughan Abbey Stadium Cambridge W 2,512 Mike Taylor (Deal) 1984 3 17 y 12:30 31 Cardiff City Shrewsbury Town 2–0 Nigel Vaughan 30Gordon Owen 53 Ninian Park Cardiff W 3,870 EA Crickmore (Plymouth) 1984 3 24 y 15:00 32 Manchester City Cardiff City 2–1 David Johnson 83Graham Baker 90 15 Gordon Owen Maine Road Manchester L 20,140 Howard Taylor (Oadby, Leicestershire) 1984 3 31 y 15:00 33 Cardiff City Chelsea 3–3 Roger Gibbins 81Gordon Owen 22 penNigel Vaughan 25 84 Kerry Dixon85 Colin Lee90 pen Nigel Spackman Ninian Park Cardiff D 11,060 Bob Nixon (West Kirby) 1984 4 7 y 15:00 34 Carlisle United Cardiff City 1–1 Malcolm Poskett 70 82 Martin Goldsmith Brunton Park Carlisle D 4,704 NL Wilson 1984 4 14 y 15:00 35 Cardiff City Oldham Athletic 2–0 Gordon Owen 44 penTrevor Lee Ninian Park Cardiff W 4,637 Colin Downey (Hounslow) 1984 4 17 y 19:45 36 Cardiff City Crystal Palace 0–2 45 og Colin Smith56 Stan Cummins Ninian Park Cardiff L 4,091 Maurice Robinson (Sutton Coldfield) 1984 4 21 y 15:00 37 Swansea City Cardiff City 3–2 Ian Walsh 73Dean Saunders 28 85 17 Colin Smith27 Gordon Owen Vetch Field Swansea L 10,275 Brian Stevens (Stonehouse) 1984 4 23 y 15:00 38 Cardiff City Derby County 1–0 Gordon Owen Ninian Park Cardiff W 5,056 Dennis Hedges (Oxford) 1984 4 28 y 15:00 39 Huddersfield Cardiff City 4–0 Paul Jones penPaul Jones penPaul Jones Daral Pugh Leeds Road Huddersfield L 5,599 1984 5 5 y 15:00 40 Cardiff City Brighton & Hove Albion 2–2 Trevor Lee 6Nigel Vaughan 67 Chris Hutchings68 Danny Wilson Ninian Park Cardiff D 4,366 Ken Baker (Rugby) 1984 5 7 y 15:00 41 Blackburn Rovers Cardiff City 1–1 Mark Patterson Trevor Lee Ewood Park Blackburn D 3,107 1984 5 12 y 15:00 42 Cardiff City Sheffield Wednesday 0–2 46 Gary Bannister50 Tony Cunningham Ninian Park Cardiff L 14,171 Roger Milford (Bristol) Source https://www.11v11.com/teams/cardiff-city/tab/matches/season/1984/ Cardiff City football club match record: 1984 11v11 26 January 2022https://cardiffcityforum.com/history/ccfcl59.htm Cardiff City 1983-84 results Cardiff City Forum 26 January 2022 Milk Cup 1983 8 31 y 19:30 Round 1 (First Leg) Exeter City Cardiff City 2–3 Tony Kellow 69Peter Rogers 77 81 Phil Dwyer83 Gordon Owen Andy Crawford St James Park Exeter W 4,055 JE Bray 1983 9 15 y 19:30 Round 1 (Second Leg) Cardiff City Exeter City 2–1 Andy Crawford 67Gary Bennett 77 65 Stan McEwan Ninian Park Cardiff W 5–2 2,721 Keren Barratt (Coventry) 1983 10 4 y 19:45 Round 2 (First Leg) Cardiff City Norwich City 0–0 Ninian Park Cardiff D 4,425 Ken Baker (Rugby) 1983 10 26 y 19:30 Round 2 (Second Leg) Norwich City Cardiff City 3–0 Mick Channon Mick Channon Mick Channon Carrow Road Norwich L 3–0 11,632 FA Cup 1984 1 7 y 15:00 Round 3 Cardiff City Ipswich Town 0–3 38 Eric Gates49 Eric Gates Eric Gates Ninian Park Cardiff L 10,183 Tony Ward (London) Welsh Cup 1983 11 22 y 19:30 Round 3 W Cardiff City Taff's Well 50 Wayne Matthews 4Gordon Owen 21Roger Gibbins 27Nigel Vaughan 82Chris Townsend 85 Ninian Park Cardiff 894 1984 1 18 y 19:45 Round 4 W Cardiff City Maesteg Park 40 Gordon Owen penGordon Owen penIan Baird Trevor Lee Ninian Park Cardiff 905 1984 2 7 y 19:45 Round 5 L Cardiff City Hereford United 13 Nigel Vaughan 25 41 Ninian Park Cardiff 2,033 Ffrangcon Roberts (Prestatyn) References Bibliography The Who's Who of Cardiff City Dean Hayes Breedon Books 2006 1-85983-462-0 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 15 December 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081230175437/http://www.fchd.info/CARDIFFC.HTM 30 December 2008 live Welsh Football Data Archive 1983-84 Category:English football clubs 1983–84 season Category:Welsh football clubs 1983–84 season