1972–73 Cardiff City F.C. season

Welsh football club season September 2021 Cardiff City 1972–73 Football League Second Division Fred DeweyDavid Goldstone Jimmy Scoular 20th Andy McCulloch (14) Andy McCulloch (19)' FA Cup 4th round League Cup 1st round Welsh Cup Winners 11,634 22,012 (v Sunderland, 7 May 1973) 6,259 (v Hull City, 9 May 1973) _collar 0000ff 0000ff 0000ff ffffff ffffff 1971–72 1973–74 The 1972–73 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 46th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing twentieth. The season also saw Cardiff-born Phil Dwyer, who would go on to break the club's appearance record, make his debut for the club. Players -- Northern Ireland GK Bill Irwin -- England GK Frank Parsons -- England DF Gary Bell -- England DF David Carver -- Wales DF Phil Dwyer -- England DF Roger Hoy -- England DF John Impey -- Northern Ireland DF Albert Larmour -- Wales DF Peter Morgan -- Wales DF Richie Morgan -- Scotland DF Don Murray -- Wales DF Freddie Pethard -- Wales DF David Powell -- England MF Willie Anderson -- Wales MF Alan Couch -- England MF Alan Foggon -- England MF Ian Gibson -- Scotland MF Billy Kellock -- England MF Peter King -- Wales MF Leighton Phillips -- Wales MF Gil Reece -- Wales MF Nigel Rees -- Wales MF Tony Villars -- England MF Johnny Vincent -- England MF Bobby Woodruff -- England FW Brian Clark -- England FW Andy McCulloch -- Scotland FW Jimmy McInch -- Wales FW John Parsons -- Wales FW Derek Showers -- England FW Alan Warboys Source.https://www.11v11.com/teams/cardiff-city/tab/players/season/1973/ All Cardiff City football club players: 1973 11v11 25 January 2022 League standings 1972–73 Football League#Second Division Second Division y CAR Results by round table b Round Ground H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/H Result W/L/L/W/L/L/L/L/L/D/L/D/W/L/W/D/W/L/W/W/D/L/L/W/L/W/D/L/W/L/L/L/D/D/D/L/D/W/L/D/D/L Position 5/14/17/14/15/19/21/21/22/22/22/22/22/22/22/21/21/22/21/20/19/20/20/20/21/21/19/21/19/20/21/21/21/21/21/21/21/20/20/21/20/20 Points 2p/2p/2p/4p/4p/4p/4p/4p/4p/5p/5p/6p/8p/8p/10p/11p/13p/13p/15p/17p/18p/18p/18p/20p/20p/22p/23p/23p/25p/25p/25p/25p/26p/27p/28p/28p/29p/31p/31p/32p/33p/33p lightblue Home gold Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss green1 red1 Competitive matches 20 September 2013 Fixtures and results Second Division 1972 8 12 y 15:00 1 Cardiff City Luton Town 2–1 Gary Bell 44 pen Alan Warboys 60 39 pen John Aston Ninian Park Cardiff W 16,634 Ivan Smith (Accrington) 1972 8 19 y 15:00 2 Portsmouth Cardiff City 3–1 Brian Lewis 65 Norman Piper 80 Richie Reynolds 89 34 Derek Showers Fratton Park Portsmouth L 14,069 Harold Davey (Nottingham) 1972 8 26 y 15:00 3 Cardiff City Blackpool 1–2 Gary Bell 45 pen 50 Keith Dyson 73 Dave Lennard Ninian Park Cardiff L 12,401 Bill Castle (Dudley) 1972 8 30 y 19:30 4 Cardiff City Millwall 1–0 Brian Clark 31 Ninian Park Cardiff W 10,116 Ray Toseland (Kettering) 1972 9 2 y 5 Oxford United Cardiff City 2–1 Tommy Cassidy 18 Steve Aylott 69 4 Nigel Rees Manor Ground Oxford L 8,087 Tommy Dawes (Norwich) 1972 9 9 y 15:00 6 Cardiff City Aston Villa 0–2 13 Bruce Rioch 24 Andy Lochhead Ninian Park Cardiff L 16,707 Harold Hackney (Barnsley) 1972 9 16 y 7 Carlisle United Cardiff City 4–0 Joe Laidlaw 19 Ray Train 32 Chris Balderstone 39 Bobby Owen 89 Brunton Park Carlisle L 5,911 Dave Wallace (Crewe) 1972 9 19 y 19:30 8 Nottingham Forest Cardiff City 2–1 Martin O'Neill 40 Paul Richardson 60 85 Ian Gibson City Ground Nottingham L Forest report 6,414 Bob Matthewson (Worsley) 1972 9 23 y 15:00 9 Cardiff City Bristol City 1–3 Gary Bell 22 pen 9 pen Gerry Gow 12 John Galley 70 Brian Drysdale Ninian Park Cardiff L 14,204 Tony Oliver (Leigh On Sea) 1972 9 27 y 19:30 10 Cardiff City Brighton 1–1 Alan Foggon 24 Eddie Spearritt Ninian Park Cardiff D 9,351 Harry New (Portsmouth) 1972 9 30 y 15:00 11 Queens Park Rangers Cardiff City 3–0 Don Givens 44 51 penStan Bowles 65 Loftus Road London L 11,182 Harold Williams (Sheffleid) 1972 10 7 y 15:00 12 Orient Cardiff City 0–0 Alan Foggon Brisbane Road London D 6,284 Bob Raby (Leeds) 1972 10 14 y 15:00 13 Cardiff City Middlesbrough 2–0 Johnny Vincent 38 Gary Bell 81 pen Ninian Park Cardiff W 10,430 David Smith (Stonehouse) 1972 10 21 y 15:00 14 Burnley Cardiff City 3–0 Paul Fletcher 30 64 83 pen Turf Moor Burnley L 13,410 Roy Capey (Madeley Heath) 1972 10 28 y 15:00 15 Cardiff City Preston North End 3–0 Andy McCulloch 40 Bobby Woodruff 69 79 Ninian Park Cardiff W 12,208 Gordon Kew (Leeds) 1972 11 4 y 16 Brighton Cardiff City 2–2 Barry Bridges Ken Beamish 30 28 Don Murray 88 Billy Kellock Goldstone Ground Brighton D 16,387 John Thacker (Lincoln) 1972 11 11 y 15:00 17 Cardiff City Nottingham Forest 2–1 Andy McCulloch 75 Bobby Woodruff 87 88 Neil Martin Ninian Park Cardiff W Forest report 12,750 Malcolm Sinclair (Guildford) 1972 11 18 y 15:00 18 Huddersfield Cardiff City 2–1 Graham Pugh 9 Dick Krzywicki 64 74 Gil Reece Leeds Road Huddersfield L 5,886 Arthur Jones (Ormskirk) 1972 11 25 y 15:00 19 Cardiff City Fulham 3–1 Andy McCulloch 21 77 Bobby Woodruff 63 67 Alan Mullery Ninian Park Cardiff W 9,960 Ken Wynn (Wolverhampton) 1972 12 9 y 15:00 20 Cardiff City Sheffield Wednesday 4–1 Leighton Phillips 10 31Bobby Woodruff 44 52 71 Willie Henderson Ninian Park Cardiff W 9,909 Mike Kerkhof (Bicester) 1972 12 16 y 15:00 21 Hull City Cardiff City 1–1 John Kaye 82 79 Billy Kellock Boothferry Park Hull D 5,875 Jack Wrennall (Chorley) 1972 12 26 y 15:00 22 Bristol City Cardiff City 1–0 Gerry Gow 65 pen Ashton Gate Bristol L 20,490 John Yates (Redditch) 1972 12 29 y 19:30 23 Cardiff City Portsmouth 0–2 67 Eoin Hand Ray Hiron Ninian Park Cardiff L 12,382 Arthur Hart (London) 1973 1 19 y 19:30 24 Cardiff City Oxford United 2–0 Andy McCulloch 48 78 Ninian Park Cardiff W 6,991 Alex Lees (Somerset) 1973 1 27 y 15:00 25 Aston Villa Cardiff City 2–0 Ray Graydon 45 pen Bruce Rioch 60 Villa Park Birmingham L 25,586 Alf Grey (Great Yarmouth) 1973 2 10 y 15:00 26 Cardiff City Carlisle United 1–0 Andy McCulloch 45 Ninian Park Cardiff W 7,809 Jack Taylor (Wolverhampton) 1973 2 17 y 15:00 27 Luton Town Cardiff City 1–1 Derek Hales 12 50 Bobby Woodruff Kenilworth Road Luton D 10,442 Michael Lowe (Sheffield) 1973 2 27 y 19:30 28 Swindon Town Cardiff City 3–0 Rod Thomas 7 David Powell 21 og Ray Treacy 41 County Ground Swindon L 9,770 Don Biddle (Bristol) 1973 3 3 y 15:00 29 Cardiff City Orient 3–1 Andy McCulloch 20 73 Gary Bell 26 pen 83 Mike Bullock Ninian Park Cardiff W 8,463 Peter Reeves (Leicester) 1973 3 7 y 19:30 30 Blackpool Cardiff City 1–0 Billy Rafferty 71 Bloomfield Road Blackpool L 5,303 John Williams (Wrexham) 1973 3 10 y 15:00 31 Middlesbrough Cardiff City 2–0 Peter Brine 12 Alan Foggon 58 Ayresome Park Middlesbrough L 7,686 1973 3 17 y 15:00 32 Cardiff City Burnley 0–1 3 Frank Casper Ninian Park Cardiff L 11,960 David Smith (Stonehouse) 1973 3 24 y 15:00 33 Preston North End Cardiff City 0–0 Deepdale Preston D 6,889 Ken Burns (Stourbridge) 1973 3 31 y 15:00 34 Fulham Cardiff City 1–1 John Conway 10 18s Andy McCulloch Andy McCulloch Craven Cottage London D 6,262 Dennis Turner (Cannock) 1973 4 7 y 15:00 35 Cardiff City Swindon Town 1–1 Andy McCulloch 4 75 Ray Treacy Ninian Park Cardiff D 9,438 Bob Perkin (Stafford) 1973 4 14 y 15:00 36 Sheffield Wednesday Cardiff City 1–0 Phil Dwyer 28 og Hillsborough Sheffield L 10,952 Roger Kirkpatrick (Leicester) 1973 4 18 y 19:30 37 Cardiff City Queens Park Rangers 0–0 Ninian Park Cardiff D 11,958 Bob Matthewson (Worsley) 1973 4 21 y 15:00 38 Cardiff City Huddersfield 4–1 Bobby Woodruff 5 ? Gil Reece 45 ? Alan Gowling Ninian Park Cardiff W 12,379 Ron Challis (Tonbridge) 1973 4 23 y 15:00 39 Sunderland Cardiff City 2–1 Dennis Tueart 68 pen Billy Hughes 77 31 Leighton Phillips Roker Park Sunderland L 27,551 George Hartley (Wakefield) 1973 4 28 y 15:00 40 Millwall Cardiff City 1–1 Alf Wood 76 82 Andy McCulloch The Den London D 7,811 Ray Toseland (Kettering) 1973 5 7 y 19:30 41 Cardiff City Sunderland 1–1 Bobby Woodruff 38 52 Vic Halom Ninian Park Cardiff D 22,012 Dave Wallace (Crewe) 1973 5 9 y 19:30 42 Cardiff City Hull City 0–2 12 79 Roy Greenwood Ninian Park Cardiff L 6,259 Derek Nippard (Bournemouth) Source https://www.11v11.com/teams/cardiff-city/tab/matches/season/1973/ Cardiff City football club match record: 1973 11v11 25 January 2022https://cardiffcityforum.com/history/ccfcl48.htm Cardiff City 1972-73 results Cardiff City Forum 25 January 2022 League Cup 1972 8 16 y 19:30 Round 1 Cardiff City Bristol Rovers 2–2 Derek Showers 63 Gary Bell 72 pen 32 Wayne Jones 86 Brian Godfrey Ninian Park Cardiff D 14,450 Ron Crabb (Exeter) 1972 8 22 y 19:30 Round 1 (Replay) Bristol Rovers Cardiff City 3–1 Brian Godfrey 19 Bruce Bannister 78 Wayne Jones 90 7 Brian Clark Don Murray Eastville Bristol L 14,550 Ken Baker (Rugby) FA Cup 1973 1 13 y 15:00 Round 3 Scunthorpe United Cardiff City 2–3 Duncan Welbourne 61 Harry Kirk 75 13 Billy Kellock 64 Andy McCulloch 88 Leighton Phillips Old Show Ground Scunthorpe W 6,379 Ken Burns (Stourbridge) 1973 2 3 y 15:00 Round 4 Bolton Wanderers Cardiff City 2–2 Gary Jones 40 John Ritson 84 Warwick Rimmer 80 Billy Kellock 95 Leighton Phillips Gil Reece Burnden Park Bolton D 24,729 Dave Wallace (Crewe) 1973 2 7 y Round 4 (replay) Cardiff City Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Andy McCulloch 27 67 Gary Jones Ninian Park Cardiff D 14,849 Dave Wallace (Crewe) 1973 2 12 y Round 4 (2nd replay) Bolton Wanderers Cardiff City 1–0 Stuart Lee 35 The Hawthorns West Bromwich L 6,361 Roger Kirkpatrick (Leicester) Welsh Cup 1973 1 3 y 14:15 Round 4 W Aberystwyth Town Cardiff City 17 Whitney 1 Andy McCulloch Andy McCulloch24 Gil Reece Gil Reece30 Johnny Vincent Bobby Woodruff Bobby Woodruff Aberystwyth 3,500 John Williams (Wrexham) 1973 2 20 y 19:15 Round 5 W Newport County Cardiff City 13 Wynne Hooper 70 3 Johnny Vincent10 Leighton Phillips43 Derek Showers Somerton Park Newport 11,350 Tom Reynolds (Swansea) 1973 3 21 y 19:30 Semi Final W Chester City Cardiff City 01 68 Andy McCulloch Sealand Road Chester 2,158 John Williams (Wrexham) 1973 4 4 y 19:30 Final (First leg) L Bangor City Cardiff City 10 Tony Marsden 69 Farrar Road Bangor 5,005 John Williams (Wrexham) 1973 4 11 y Final (Second leg) W Cardiff City Bangor City 50 51 Gil Reece 15 49 73Leighton Phillips 16Gary Bell 79 Ninian Park Cardiff 4,679 John Williams (Wrexham) 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 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 11 December 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081230175437/http://www.fchd.info/CARDIFFC.HTM 30 December 2008 live Welsh Football Data Archive 1972-72 Category:Association football clubs 1972–73 season Card