1980–81 Cardiff City F.C. season

Welsh football club season December 2021 Cardiff City 1980–81 Football League Second Division Bob Grogan Richie Morgan 19th Peter Kitchen (13) Peter Kitchen (19) FA Cup 3rd round League Cup 3rd round Welsh Cup 4th round 6,770 21,239 (v Swansea City, 27 December 1980) 4,059 (v Cambridge United, 17 October 1980) _whiteborder _cardiff_city1980h _whiteborder _cardiff_city1980h 0000ff 0000ff 0000ff 0000ff ffffff 1979–80 1981–82 The 1980–81 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 54th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing nineteenth. Players yes yes England GK Peter Grotier yes England GK Ron Healey yes Wales DF Phil Dwyer yes England DF Tim Gilbert yes Wales DF Linden Jones yes Wales DF Keith Pontin yes Wales DF David Roberts yes England DF Colin Sullivan yes Wales DF Rod Thomas yes Scotland MF John Buchanan yes Scotland MF Alan Campbell yes Republic of Ireland MF Miah Dennehy yes yes Wales MF Paul Giles yes England MF Steve Grapes yes Wales MF Wayne Hughes yes Wales MF John Lewis yes Wales MF Paul Maddy yes Wales MF Tarki Micallef yes England MF Billy Ronson yes Wales FW Ray Bishop yes England FW Paul Davies yes England FW Peter Kitchen yes England FW Gary Stevens Source https://www.11v11.com/teams/cardiff-city/tab/players/season/1981/ All Cardiff City football club players: 1981 11v11 26 January 2022 League standings 1980–81 Football League#Second Division Second Division y CAR Results by round table b Round Ground H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H Result L/W/L/W/L/D/W/L/W/L/L/L/W/L/L/L/W/W/W/D/D/D/D/D/D/L/L/L/L/W/W/D/L/L/D/W/L/D/L/W/D/D Position ~/~/19/19/19/16/15/16/11/14/16/17/17/18/19/21/20/15/14/14/15/18/17/17/16/18/18/19/20/17/17/17/17/19/19/19/19/20/20/19/19/19 Points 0p/2p/2p/4p/4p/5p/7p/7p/9p/9p/9p/9p/11p/11p/11p/11p/13p/15p/17p/18p/19p/20p/21p/22p/23p/23p/23p/23p/23p/25p/27p/28p/28p/28p/29p/31p/31p/32p/32p/34p/35p/36p lightblue Home gold Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss green1 red1 https://cardiffcityforum.com/history/ccfcl56.htm Cardiff City 1980-81 results Cardiff City Forum 26 January 2022 November 2014 Fixtures and results Second Division 1980 8 16 y 15:00 1 Cardiff City Blackburn Rovers 1–2 Gary Stevens Noel Brotherston Andy Crawford Ninian Park Cardiff L 6,908 Derek Civil (Birmingham) 1980 8 19 y 19:30 2 Wrexham Cardiff City 0–1 68 Ray Bishop Racecourse Wrexham W Wrexham report 7,772 MR Baker (Wolverhampton) 1980 8 23 y 15:00 3 Oldham Athletic Cardiff City 2–0 Ryszard Kowenicki 81Simon Stainrod 86 Boundary Park Oldham L 5,690 Terry Farley (Newton Aycliffe) 1980 8 30 y 15:00 4 Cardiff City Orient 4–2 Gary Stevens 8Phil Dwyer 40Gary Stevens 52John Buchanan 55 13 Steve Parsons44 Billy Jennings Ninian Park Cardiff W 5,649 Malcolm Heath (Stoke) 1980 9 6 y 5 Newcastle United Cardiff City 2–1 Ray Clarke 19Alan Shoulder 32 pen 50 Peter Kitchen St James' Park Newcastle L 15,804 1980 9 13 y 15:00 6 Cardiff City Bolton Wanderers 1–1 Gary Stevens 45 Mick Walsh Ninian Park Cardiff D 6,649 Mike Bidmead (Chessington) 1980 9 20 y 19:30 7 Cardiff City Bristol Rovers 2–1 Billy Ronson 40Keith Pontin 62 35 Bob Lee Ninian Park Cardiff W 6,122 Alex Hamil (Wolverhampton) 1980 9 27 y 8 Notts County Cardiff City 4–2 Eddie Kelly 28Iain McCulloch Ray O'Brien 64 penIain McCulloch 22 Phil Dwyer Peter Kitchen Meadow Lane Nottingham L 7,229 1980 10 4 y 15:00 9 Cardiff City Watford 1–0 Tarki Micallef 8 Ninian Park Cardiff W 6,407 1980 10 7 y 19:30 10 West Ham United Cardiff City 1–0 Jimmy Neighbour 50 Upton Park London L 20,402 1980 10 11 y 11 Sheffield Wednesday Cardiff City 2–0 Brian Hornsby 35Andy McCulloch 80 Hillsborough Sheffield L 15,396 1980 10 17 y 19:30 12 Cardiff City Cambridge United 1–2 Lindsay Smith og 63 John Lyons70 Steve Spriggs Ninian Park Cardiff L 4,059 1980 10 22 y 19:30 13 Cardiff City Queens Park Rangers 1–0 Steve Grapes 19 Ninian Park Cardiff W 4,489 Brian Stevens (Stonehouse) 1980 10 25 y 14 Shrewsbury Town Cardiff City 2–0 Jack Keay 54 penSteve Biggins 78 Gay Meadow Shrewsbury L 4,466 1980 10 31 y 19:30 15 Cardiff City Chelsea 0–1 37 Chris Hutchings Ninian Park Cardiff L 8,489 Lester Shapter (Paignton) 1980 11 8 y 16 Preston North End Cardiff City 3–1 Mick Baxter Alex Bruce Gary Stevens og 36 Peter Kitchen Deepdale Preston L 5,458 1980 11 12 y 19:30 17 Cardiff City Wrexham 1–0 Peter Kitchen 50 pen 0 51 Joey Jones Ninian Park Cardiff W Wrexham report 4,562 Colin Downey (Hounslow) 1980 11 15 y 15:00 18 Blackburn Rovers Cardiff City 2–3 Kevin Stonehouse 75 penGlenn Keeley 84 Peter Kitchen54 Peter Kitchen90 John Buchanan Ewood Park Blackburn W 7,854 1980 11 22 y 15:00 19 Cardiff City Luton Town 1–0 John Buchanan 53 Ninian Park Cardiff W Luton report 6,064 Maurice Robinson (Sutton Colefield) 1980 11 29 y 20 Derby Cardiff City 1–1 Kevin Wilson 64 75 og Jonathan Clark Baseball Ground Derby D 15,581 1980 12 6 y 15:00 21 Cardiff City Grimsby Town 1–1 Peter Kitchen 55 pen 11 pen Joe Waters Ninian Park Cardiff D 6,063 Mike Warner (Wednesbury) 1980 12 26 y 22 Bristol City Cardiff City 0–0 Ashton Gate Bristol D 14,921 Ray Lewis (Great Bookham, Surrey) 1980 12 27 y 15:00 23 Cardiff City Swansea 3–3 Gary Stevens 12Peter Kitchen 85John Buchanan 86 38 Neil Robinson40 Alan Curtis73 Leighton James Ninian Park Cardiff D 21,239 Jeff Bray (Hinckley) 1981 1 10 y 15:00 24 Luton Town Cardiff City 2–2 David Moss 24Brian Stein 64 8 Peter Kitchen46 Paul Giles Kenilworth Road Luton D Luton report 9,013 David Hutchinson (Harrogate) 1981 1 17 y 15:00 25 Orient Cardiff City 2–2 Joe Mayo 52Nigel Gray 80 51 Paul Maddy61 Paul Maddy Brisbane Road London D 3,836 Ray Toseland (Kettering) 1981 1 31 y 15:00 26 Cardiff City Oldham Athletic 0–2 10 Roger Palmer86 Martin Nuttall Ninian Park Cardiff L 5,563 Dennis Hedges (Oxford) 1981 2 3 y 19:30 27 Queens Park Rangers Cardiff City 2–0 Terry Fenwick 49Tommy Langley 62 Loftus Road London L 9,834 Tom Bune (Sussex) 1981 2 7 y 15:00 28 Bolton Wanderers Cardiff City 4–2 John Thomas 40John Thomas 52Phillip Wilson 61Dušan Nikolić 74 2 John Buchanan78 John Buchanan Burnden Park Bolton L 8,115 Michael Lowe (Sheffield) 1981 2 20 y 19:30 29 Cardiff City Notts County 0–1 86 Trevor Christie Ninian Park Cardiff L 4,987 Alan Robinson (Fareham) 1981 2 25 y 19:30 30 Cardiff City Newcastle United 1–0 Peter Kitchen 32 Ninian Park Cardiff W 4,235 1981 2 28 y 15:00 31 Bristol Rovers Cardiff City 0–1 20 Steve Grapes Eastville Bristol W 7,525 Brian Hill (Kettering) 1981 3 4 y 19:30 32 Cardiff City Sheffield Wednesday 0–0 Ninian Park Cardiff D 7,002 John Hunting (Leicester) 1981 3 7 y 15:00 33 Watford Cardiff City 4–2 Malcolm Poskett 36Luther Blissett 45Keith Pritchett 59Malcolm Poskett 70 21 Peter Kitchen53 Linden Jones Vicarage Road London L 10,014 1981 3 21 y 15:00 34 Cambridge United Cardiff City 2–0 George Reilly 7Derrick Christie 86 Abbey Stadium Cambridge L 3,790 Danny Vickers (Essex) 1981 3 28 y 15:00 35 Cardiff City Shrewsbury Town 2–2 John Lewis Phil Dwyer pen Jack Keay Ian Atkins Ninian Park Cardiff D 5,201 David Letts (Basingstoke) 1981 4 4 y 36 Chelsea Cardiff City 0–1 47 Gary Stevens Stamford Bridge London W 11,569 Brian Martin (Keyworth, Nottingham) 1981 4 11 y 15:00 37 Cardiff City Preston North End 1–3 Phil Dwyer 35 47 Sean Haslegrave50 Alex Bruce84 Stephen Elliott Ninian Park Cardiff L 4,991 Brian Stevens (Stonehouse) 1981 4 18 y 15:00 38 Swansea Cardiff City 1–1 Leighton James 43 Peter Kitchen Vetch Field Swansea D 19,038 Derek Civil (Birmingham) 1981 4 20 y 15:00 39 Cardiff City Bristol City 2–3 Steve Grapes 2Peter Kitchen Gary Mabbutt James Mann89 James Mann Ninian Park Cardiff L 5,579 Morris Baker (Wolverhampton) 1981 4 25 y 15:00 40 Grimsby Town Cardiff City 0–1 5 Gary Stevens Blundell Park Grimsby W 7,377 1981 5 2 y 15:00 41 Cardiff City Derby 0–0 Ninian Park Cardiff D 7,377 Leslie Burden (Dorset) 1981 5 6 y 19:30 42 Cardiff City West Ham United 0–0 Ninian Park Cardiff D 10,535 Peter Reeves (Leicester) Source https://www.11v11.com/teams/cardiff-city/tab/matches/season/1981/ Cardiff City football club match record: 1981 11v11 26 January 2022 League Cup 1980 8 9 y 15:00 Round 1 (First Leg) Torquay United Cardiff City 0–0 Plainmoor Torquay D 3,441 A Robinson 1980 8 13 y 19:30 Round 1 (Second Leg) Cardiff City Torquay United 2–1 2–1 Ray Bishop 57Gary Stevens 70 58 Gerry Fell Ninian Park Cardiff W 3,149 TD Spencer (Salisbury) 1980 8 27 y 19:30 Round 2 (First Leg) Cardiff City Chelsea 1–0 Ray Bishop 44 Ninian Park Cardiff W 6,549 Tony Glasson (Salisbury) 1980 9 3 y 19:45 Round 2 (Second Leg) Chelsea Cardiff City 1–1 1–2 Micky Droy 84 Peter Kitchen Stamford Bridge London D 12,959 Mike J Taylor (Walmer) 1980 9 23 y Round 3 Barnsley Cardiff City 3–2 Ronnie Glavin penDerrick Parker Ian Banks 90 John Buchanan88 John Lewis Oakwell Barnsley L 13,135 Kevin McNally FA Cup 1981 1 3 y 15:00 Round 3 Leicester City Cardiff City 3–0 Gary Lineker 30David Buchanan 51Jim Melrose 80 Filbert Street Leicester L 17,527 Darryl Reeves (Uxbridge) Welsh Cup 1980 12 3 y 19:30 Round 3 W Cardiff City Cardiff Corinthians 60 Peter Kitchen 12 42 61 75 82Wayne Hughes 53 Ninian Park Cardiff 1,080 EG Morgan (Troedyrhiw) 1981 1 27 y 19:30 Round 4 L Wrexham Cardiff City 30 Steve Fox 31 55Dixie McNeil 63 The Racecourse Wrexham Wrexham report 4,880 Howard King (Merthyr Tydfil) 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 Cardiff City Chronology 1920-86 John Crooks John Crooks 1986 0-9511984-0-8 The Definitive Cardiff City 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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 14 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 City F.C. Card