1967–68 Cardiff City F.C. season

Welsh football club season December 2021 Cardiff City 1967–68 Football League Second Division Fred Dewey Jimmy Scoular 13th Peter King (12) Peter King (18) FA Cup 3rd round League Cup 2nd round European Cup Winners Cup Semi-finals Welsh Cup Winners 13,301 20,021 (v QPR, 16 April 1968) 8,396 (v Charlton, 11 May 1968) _whitecollar 0000ff 0000ff 0000ff ffffff ffffff 1966–67 1968–69 The 1967–68 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 41st season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing thirteenth. During the season they enjoyed their most successful season in European competition by reaching the semi-final of the European Cup Winners Cup before being beaten 4–3 on aggregate by German side Hamburg. It remains the furthest a Welsh team has ever reached in European competition. Players yes yes England GK Fred Davies yes England GK Bob Wilson yes England DF Gary Bell yes England DF David Carver yes Wales DF Graham Coldrick yes Wales DF Steve Derrett yes England DF Bobby Ferguson yes Wales DF Richie Morgan yes Scotland DF Don Murray yes England MF Ronnie Bird yes Scotland MF Malcolm Clarke yes England MF Brian Harris yes Wales MF Barrie Jones yes yes Wales MF Bryn Jones yes England MF Peter King yes England MF Leslie Lea yes Wales MF Bernie Lewis yes Wales MF Leighton Phillips yes Wales MF David Summerhayes yes England MF Gareth Williams yes Scotland FW Sandy Allan yes England FW Bobby Brown yes England FW Brian Clark yes England FW Norman Dean yes Wales FW John Toshack League standings 1967–68 Football League#Second Division Second Division y CAR Results by round table b Round Ground H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H Result D/D/W/L/D/W/L/L/L/L/D/D/W/W/L/L/W/W/D/L/D/L/W/L/W/D/W/W/L/L/W/L/L/L/L/D/W/W/D/D/L/D Position //9/14/12/10/12/13/13/15/14/17/15/14/14/16/15/15/13/15/15/15/15/15/13/14/13/12/12/16/13/14/15/17/17/18/17/16/17/14/14/15 Points 1p/2p/4p/4p/5p/7p/7p/7p/7p/7p/8p/9p/11p/13p/13p/13p/15p/17p/18p/18p/19p/19p/21p/21p/23p/24p/26p/28p/28p/28p/30p/30p/30p/30p/30p/31p/33p/35p/36p/37p/37p/38p lightblue Home gold Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss green1 red1 Competitive matches November 2021 Fixtures and results Second Division 1967 8 19 y 15:00 1 D Cardiff City Plymouth Argyle 1 – 1 Bobby Brown pen 87 John Mitten Ninian Park Cardiff 17,169 Danny Lyden (Birmingham) 1967 8 26 y 2 D Bolton Wanderers Cardiff City 1 – 1 Francis Lee 24 44 Peter King Burnden Park Bolton 10,654 John Thacker (Scarborough) 1967 8 30 y 19:30 3 W Cardiff City Crystal Palace 4 – 2 Barrie Jones Bobby Brown Ronnie Bird Peter King pen Johnny Byrne Cliff Jackson Ninian Park Cardiff 14,351 DW Brady 1967 9 2 y 15:00 4 L Portsmouth Cardiff City 3 – 1 Nicky Jennings 13George Smith 34Ray Pointer 68 56 Bobby Brown Fratton Park Portsmouth 17,308 Tommy Dawes (Norwich) 1967 9 5 y 5 D Charlton Athletic Cardiff City 1 – 1 Paul Went 86 35 Bobby Brown The Valley London 8,523 Harold Richards (Oldham) 1967 9 9 y 15:00 6 W Cardiff City Norwich City 3 – 1 Peter King 10Bobby Brown 35 PenBarrie Jones 80 71 Terry Anderson Ninian Park Cardiff 14,674 RF Prichard (Salisbury) 1967 9 16 y 15:00 7 L Rotherham United Cardiff City 3 – 2 Les Chappell 23Laurie Sheffield 38John Galley 69 52 Peter King83 Don Murray Millmoor Rotherham 5,842 John Yates (Redditch) 1967 9 23 y 15:00 8 L Cardiff City Derby County 1 – 5 Ronnie Bird 81 pen 22 60 82 Kevin Hector34 84 John O'Hare Ninian Park Cardiff 15,375 Harry New (Portsmouth) 1967 9 27 y 9 L Crystal Palace Cardiff City 2 – 1 Bobby Woodruff 56Steve Kember 69 76 Barrie Jones Selhurst Park London 20,424 Dave Wallace (Crewe) 1967 9 30 y 10 L Preston North End Cardiff City 3 – 0 Ernie Hannigan 42 48George Lyall 65 Deepdale Preston 13,735 Harold Williams (Sheffield) 1967 10 7 y 15:00 11 D Cardiff City Ipswich Town 1 – 1 John Toshack 19 33 Billy Houghton Ninian Park Cardiff 11,261 Derek Nippard (Bournemouth) 1967 10 14 y 15:00 12 D Bristol City Cardiff City 1 – 1 Chris Crowe 57 42 Bobby Brown Ashton Gate Bristol 15,609 Gordon Hill 1967 10 21 y 19:30 13 W Cardiff City Middlesbrough 3 – 0 John Toshack 26 66Peter King 70 Ninian Park Cardiff 10,441 Jack Taylor (Wolverhampton) 1967 10 27 y 19:30 14 W Hull City Cardiff City 1 – 2 Ken Wagstaff 13s 62 Bobby Brown66 Ronnie Bird Boothferry Park Hull 18,579 Maurice Fussey (Nottingham) 1967 11 11 y 15:00 15 L Blackpool Cardiff City 3 – 1 Gerry Ingram 8Jimmy Robson 46Alan Skirton 75 15 Malcolm Clarke Bloomfield Road Blackpool 11,324 George McCabe (Sheffield) 1967 11 18 y 15:00 16 L Cardiff City Birmingham City 1 – 3 John Toshack 35 33 Johnny Vincent 44 Barry Bridges78 Bert Murray Ninian Park Cardiff 13,673 Dave Wallace (Swindon) 1967 11 25 y 15:00 17 W Carlisle United Cardiff City 1 – 3 Hugh McIlmoyle 52 42 73 John Toshack84 Gary Bell Brunton Park Carlisle 10,966 1967 12 2 y 15:00 18 W Cardiff City Blackburn Rovers 3 – 2 Peter King 24 26Malcolm Clarke 62 37 Barrie Hole41 Keith Newton Ninian Park Cardiff 9,829 Harold Davey (Dorset) 1967 12 5 y 19:30 19 D Cardiff City Millwall 2 – 2 John Toshack Bobby Brown ?? ?? Keith Weller Ninian Park Cardiff 11,993 1967 12 9 y 20 L Huddersfield Town Cardiff City 1 – 0 Jimmy Nicholson 47 Leeds Road Huddersfield 8,552 Ray Tinkler (Boston) 1967 12 16 y 21 D Plymouth Argyle Cardiff City 0 – 0 Home Park Plymouth 10,736 Ken Markham (Woking) 1967 12 23 y 15:00 22 L Cardiff City Bolton Wanderers 1 – 3 Bobby Brown 52 pen 1 Roy Greaves45 og David Carver82 Gordon Taylor Ninian Park Cardiff 11,082 1967 12 26 y 15:00 23 W Cardiff City Aston Villa 3 – 0 Leslie Lea 16 81John Toshack 51 Ninian Park Cardiff 18,180 Jim Finney (Hereford) 1967 12 30 y 15:00 24 L Aston Villa Cardiff City 2 – 1 Willie Anderson 61Brian Greenhalgh 78 36 Norman Dean Villa Park Birmingham 17,667 Reg Paine (Heston, Middlesex) 1968 1 6 y 15:00 25 W Cardiff City Portsmouth 3 – 0 Malcolm Clarke 21Ronnie Bird 31Peter King 39 Ninian Park Cardiff 14,925 Peter Walters (Bridgwater) 1968 1 20 y 15:00 26 D Cardiff City Rotherham United 2 – 2 Ronnie Bird 51Leighton Phillips 75 32 John Quinn45 David Bentley Ninian Park Cardiff 8,748 David Smith (Stonehouse) 1968 2 3 y 15:00 27 W Derby County Cardiff City 3 – 4 Alan Hinton 46 Kevin Hector 50 Alan Durban 85 4 84 Brian Clark31 80 Peter King Baseball Ground Derby 18,096 Lol Cussons (York) 1968 2 10 y 15:00 28 W Cardiff City Preston North End 2 – 0 Brian Clark 9John Toshack 88 Ninian Park Cardiff 12,897 John Yates (Redditch) 1968 2 24 y 15:00 29 L Ipswich Town Cardiff City 4 – 2 Frank Brogan 9 pen John O'Rourke 53 85 Ray Crawford 65 64 Brian Clark 78 Leslie Lea Portman Road Ipswich 15,580 Maurice Fussey (Retford) 1968 3 2 y 15:00 30 L Cardiff City Bristol City 0 – 1 64 John Galley Ninian Park Cardiff 15,334 Danny Lyden (Birmingham) 1968 3 9 y 15:00 31 W Middlesbrough Cardiff City 2 – 3 Johnny Crossan 40John Hickton 50 44 John Toshack60 Brian Clark70 Barrie Jones Ayresome Park Middlesbrough 15,582 Harold Davey (Mansfield) 1968 3 22 y 19:30 32 L Cardiff City Hull City 2 – 3 Brian Clark Peter King Ken Wagstaff Ray Henderson Ray Henderson Ninian Park Cardiff 11,975 TE Lockett (Worcestershire) 1968 3 30 y 15:15 33 L Millwall Cardiff City 3 – 1 Malcolm Clarke 23 ogBarry Kitchener 39Brian Conlon 63 28 Leslie Lea The Den Millwall 7,904 JWJ Clarke (Studley) 1968 4 6 y 15:00 34 L Cardiff City Blackpool 1 – 3 Peter King 37 12 Alan Skirton 54 71 Alan Suddick Ninian Park Cardiff 14,416 AE Dimond (Harlow, Essex) 1968 4 12 y 11:30 35 L Queens Park Rangers Cardiff City 1 – 0 Ian Morgan Loftus Road London 23,043 Charles Nicholls (Plymouth) 1968 4 13 y 36 D Birmingham City Cardiff City 0 – 0 St Andrew's Birmingham 29,044 Keith Walker (Maidstone, Kent) 1968 4 16 y 19:30 37 W Cardiff City Queens Park Rangers 1 – 0 John Toshack Ninian Park Cardiff 20,021 Bill Handley (Cannock) Mike Keen missed a penalty for QPR 1968 4 20 y 15:00 38 W Cardiff City Carlisle United 1 – 0 Barrie Jones 23 Ninian Park Cardiff 13,926 Ken Dagnall (Blackburn) 1968 4 27 y 39 D Blackburn Rovers Cardiff City 1 – 1 Barrie Hole 44 19 pen Barrie Jones Ewood Park Blackburn 7,195 Ron Barker (Cheshire) 1968 5 4 y 15:00 40 D Cardiff City Huddersfield Town 0 – 0 Ninian Park Cardiff 10,647 RF Prichard (Salisbury) 1968 5 8 y 19:15 41 L Norwich City Cardiff City 1 – 0 Ken Foggo Carrow Road Norwich 10,177 Derek Nippard (Bournemouth) 1968 5 11 y 15:00 42 D Cardiff City Charlton Athletic 0 – 0 Ninian Park Cardiff 8,396 Dave Wallace (Swindon) League Cup 1967 8 23 y 1 W Aldershot Cardiff City 2 – 3 ? ? Bobby Brown Peter King Recreation Ground Aldershot 5,133 1967 9 12 y 19:30 2 L Burnley Cardiff City 2 – 1 Gordon Harris 87Frank Casper 89 72 Graham Coldrick Turf Moor Burnley 11,631 Peter Baldwin (Redcar) FA Cup 1968 1 27 y 15:15 Round 3 L Stoke City Cardiff City 4 – 1 Willie Stevenson 44Roy Vernon 43Harry Burrows 52 62 63 Barrie Jones Victoria Ground Stoke 23,563 European Cup Winners' Cup 1967 9 20 y 20:00 1 (1st Leg) D Shamrock Rovers Cardiff City 1 – 1 Bobby Gilbert 16 48 Peter King Dalymount Park Dublin 21,883 Piet Roomer (Netherlands) 1967 10 4 y 19:30 1 (2nd Leg) W Cardiff City Shamrock Rovers 2 – 0 3 – 1 John Toshack 30Bobby Brown 74 pen Ninian Park Cardiff 14,180 Vital Loraux (Belgium) 1967 11 15 y 20:00 2 (1st Leg) D NAC Breda Cardiff City 1 – 1 Jacques Visschers 9 68 Peter King Philips Stadion Eindhoven 7,618 Kare Sirevaag (Norway) 1967 11 29 y 19:30 2(2nd Leg) W Cardiff City NAC Breda 4 – 1 5 – 2 Bobby Brown 2 Barrie Jones 19 John Toshack 67 Malcolm Clarke 66 29 Frie Nouwens Ninian Park Cardiff 16,411 Gunnar Michaelsen (Denmark) 1968 3 6 y 19:30 QF(1st Leg) W Cardiff City Torpedo Moscow 1 – 0 Barrie Jones 43 Ninian Park Cardiff 30,567 Robert Schaut (Belgium) 1968 3 19 y 18:30 QF(2nd Leg) L Torpedo Moscow Cardiff City 1 – 0 1 – 1 Mikhail Gershkovich 34 Pakhtakor Stadium Tashkent 37,049 Bertil Loow (Sweden) 1968 4 3 y QF(replay) W Torpedo Moscow Cardiff City 0 – 1 41 Norman Dean Rosenaustadion Augsburg 25,851 Helmut Fritz (West Germany) 1968 4 24 y SF(1st Leg) D Hamburg Cardiff City 1 – 1 Helmut Sandemann 69 4 Norman Dean Volksparkstadion Hamburg 64,410 Jose Maria Ortiz de Mendibil (Spain) 1968 5 1 y 19:30 SF(2nd Leg) L Cardiff City Hamburg 2 – 3 3 – 4 Norman Dean 10Brian Harris 78 15 Franz-Josef Honig57 Uwe Seeler90 Franz-Josef Honig Ninian Park Cardiff 43,070 Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands) Welsh Cup 1968 1 16 y 19:30 Round 5 W Cardiff City Ebbw Vale 80 John Toshack John Toshack John Toshack Ronnie Bird Ronnie Bird Ronnie Bird penPeter King Leslie Lea Ninian Park Cardiff 3,542 Alan (LA) Howells (Baglan, Port Talbot) 1968 2 12 y 19:15 Round 6 W Wrexham Cardiff City 13 Arfon Griffiths 47 22 Ronnie Bird 28 Leslie Lea 51 Barrie Jones The Racecourse Wrexham Wrexham report 7,671 Leo Callaghan (Merthyr Tydfil) 1968 3 27 y 19:00 Semi Final W Chester City Cardiff City 03 Peter King John Toshack Leslie Lea Sealand Road Chester 5,488 1968 5 6 y 19:15 Final (First leg) W Hereford United Cardiff City 02 Barrie Jones Peter King Edgar Street Hereford 5,442 Iorwerth Jones (Trelewis) 1968 5 16 y 19:30 Final (Second leg) W Cardiff City Hereford United 41 61 Norman Dean Malcolm Clarke Page ogLeslie Lea Ninian Park Cardiff 6,036 Iorwerth Jones (Trelewis) Source https://cardiffcityforum.com/history/ccfcl43.htm Cardiff City 1967-68 results Cardiff City Forum 25 January 2022 See also List of 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 1 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 Cardiff Card