1963–64 Cardiff City F.C. season

Welsh football club season December 2021 Cardiff City 1963–64 Football League Second Division George Swindin 15th Ivor Allchurch (12) Mel Charles (17) FA Cup 3rd round League Cup 2nd round Welsh Cup Winners 13,782 25,134 (v Manchester City, 28 August 1963) 8,066 (v Charlton, 7 March 1964) _whiteborder _whitecollar _whiteborder _color_2_stripes_blue 0000ff 0000ff 0000ff 1962–63 1964–65 The 1963–64 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 37th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing fifteenth. Players yes yes Wales GK Dilwyn John yes Wales GK Graham Vearncombe yes Wales DF Colin Baker yes Scotland DF Alistair Brack yes Wales DF Mel Charles yes Wales DF Graham Coldrick yes Wales DF Trevor Edwards yes Scotland DF Alec Milne yes Scotland DF Don Murray yes Wales DF Trevor Peck yes Wales DF Peter Rodrigues yes Wales DF Ron Stitfall yes Scotland DF Jim Upton yes England MF Albert Burns yes England MF Bob Collins yes Scotland MF Greg Farrell yes Wales MF Steve Gammon yes Wales MF Alan Harrington yes Wales MF Barrie Hole yes England MF Peter King yes Wales MF Bernie Lewis yes Wales MF Alan McIntosh yes England MF Dick Scott yes Wales MF Phil Watkins yes England MF Gareth Williams yes Wales FW Ivor Allchurch yes Wales FW John Charles yes Scotland FW Tommy Halliday yes Bermuda FW Dick Mallory yes Wales FW Derek Tapscott League standings 1963–64 Football League#Second Division Second Division y CAR Results by round table b Round Ground H/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/H/A/A/A/H/A Result W/D/W/L/L/W/L/L/D/D/D/W/D/L/D/W/W/L/W/L/L/L/L/L/W/D/L/L/W/L/D/D/W/L/W/W/W/D/L/W/L/L Position //1/10/14/11/12/15/15/16/14/11/14/16/14/12/9/10/10/11/13/16/18/18/17/17/18/18/18/17/18/17/17/17/17/17/15/15/15/13/14/15 Points 2p/3p/5p/5p/5p/7p/7p/7p/8p/9p/10p/12p/13p/13p/14p/16p/18p/18p/20p/20p/20p/20p/20p/20p/22p/23p/23p/23p/25p/25p/26p/27p/29p/29p/31p/33p/35p/36p/36p/38p/38p/38p lightblue Home gold Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss green1 red1 Competitive matches December 2021 Fixtures and results Second Division 1963 8 24 y 15:15 1 W Cardiff City Norwich City 3–1 Peter King 26John Charles 43Ivor Allchurch 74 40 Jim Conway Ninian Park Cardiff 21,977 Harold Horner (Coventry) 1963 8 28 y 19:15 2 D Cardiff City Manchester City 2–2 Ivor Allchurch 68John Charles 90 20 George Hannah62 Derek Kevan Ninian Park Cardiff 25,134 David Smith (Stonehouse) 1963 8 30 y 3 W Scunthorpe United Cardiff City 1–2 Ian Lawther Gareth Williams Derek Tapscott Old Show Ground Scunthorpe 8,366 James Cattlin (Rochdale) 1963 9 4 y 19:30 4 L Manchester City Cardiff City 4–0 Paul Aimson 5 70Derek Kevan 10Neil Young 80 Maine Road Manchester 22,138 Peter Baldwin (Middlesbrough) 1963 9 7 y 15:15 5 L Cardiff City Portsmouth 1–2 John Charles 55 3 Roy Summersby77 Keith Blackburn Ninian Park Cardiff 17,523 1963 9 11 y 19:15 6 W Cardiff City Bury 2–1 Ivor Allchurch Ivor Allchurch Bill Calder Ninian Park Cardiff 15,855 Eric Jennings (Stourbridge) 1963 9 13 y 19:15 7 L Rotherham United Cardiff City 1–0 Ken Houghton Millmoor Rotherham 11,568 Vernon Batty (Cheshire) 1963 9 17 y 8 L Bury Cardiff City 4–1 Gordon Atherton 10 Bill Calder 20 Derek Mayers 34 Paul Durrant 68 Ivor Allchurch Gigg Lane Bury 11,918 RTE Langdale (Darlington) 1963 9 21 y 15:15 9 D Cardiff City Leeds United 0–0 Ninian Park Cardiff 16,117 Denis Howell (Birmingham) 1963 9 28 y 15:00 10 D Sunderland Cardiff City 3–3 Nick Sharkey 6 13Charlie Hurley 64 8 15 25 Ivor Allchurch Roker Park Sunderland 37,287 Roy Harper (South Yorkshire) 1963 10 2 y 19:15 11 D Cardiff City Grimsby Town 0–0 Ninian Park Cardiff 10,657 Norman Matthews (Bicester) 1963 10 5 y 15:15 12 W Cardiff City Northampton Town 1–0 Mel Charles Ninian Park Cardiff 10,178 Jack Taylor (Wolverhampton) 1963 10 19 y 15:15 13 D Cardiff City Swansea Town 1–1 Dick Scott pen Brian Evans Ninian Park Cardiff 21,417 Jim Finney (Hereford) 1963 10 26 y 15:00 14 L Charlton Athletic Cardiff City 5–2 Eddie Firmani 20 Roy Matthews 23 Len Glover 25 Dennis Edwards 55 Mike Kenning 89 21 Alan McIntosh 40 John Charles The Valley London 26,534 Norman Burtenshaw (Norfolk) 1963 11 2 y 15:15 15 D Cardiff City Middlesbrough 1–1 John Charles Bryan Orritt Ninian Park Cardiff 13,455 1963 11 9 y 15:00 16 W Newcastle United Cardiff City 0–4 31 36 Peter King 64 Ivor Allchurch 78 John Charles St James' Park Newcastle 38,495 Keith Walker (Maidstone) 1963 11 16 y 15:15 17 W Cardiff City Huddersfield Town 2–1 Alan McIntosh Colin Baker Kevin Lewis Ninian Park Cardiff 14,398 1963 11 23 y 15:00 18 L Derby County Cardiff City 2–1 Mick Hopkinson Phil Waller John Charles Baseball Ground Derby 11,852 1963 11 30 y 15:15 19 W Cardiff City Plymouth Argyle 3–1 John Charles 24 84Ivor Allchurch 63 76 Dave Corbett Ninian Park Cardiff Plymouth report 11,193 Danny Lyden (Birmingham) 1963 12 7 y 20 L Southampton Cardiff City 3–2 Terry Paine George Kirby Ian White John Charles Tommy Halliday The Dell Southampton 17,861 1963 12 14 y 21 L Norwich City Cardiff City 5–1 Bill Punton 12 Ron Davies 24 44 70 Tommy Bryceland 38 Tommy Halliday Carrow Road Norwich 14,130 1963 12 26 y 15:15 22 L Cardiff City Preston North End 0–4 ?? ?? ?? Dave Wilson Ian Davidson Ninian Park Cardiff 18,682 Bill Clements (West Bromwich) 1963 12 28 y 23 L Preston North End Cardiff City 4–0 Nobby Lawton 23Alan Spavin 38Alex Dawson 42 pen 74 Deepdale Preston 19,458 WJ Downey 1964 1 11 y 24 L Portsmouth Cardiff City 5–0 Ron Saunders Ron Saunders John McClelland Albert McCann Mickey Lill Fratton Park Portsmouth 12,046 WJ Gale (Birmingham) 1964 1 17 y 19:15 25 W Cardiff City Rotherham United 2–1 Mel Charles Dick Scott pen Ken Houghton Ninian Park Cardiff 8,773 DFC Wells (Luton) 1964 2 1 y 26 D Leeds United Cardiff City 1–1 Albert Johanneson 39 19 Mel Charles Elland Road Leeds 28,056 Les Hamer (Bolton) 1964 2 8 y 15:15 27 L Cardiff City Sunderland 0–2 86 George Mulhall88 Nick Sharkey Ninian Park Cardiff 15,600 GWT Davis (Romford, Essex) 1964 2 15 y 28 L Northampton Town Cardiff City 2–1 Billy Hails Peter Kane Mel Charles County Ground Northampton 11,871 1964 2 22 y 15:15 29 W Cardiff City Leyton Orient 2–1 Dick Scott 65 penMel Charles 73 53 Malcolm Musgrove Ninian Park Cardiff 8,690 J Mitchell 1964 2 29 y 30 L Huddersfield Town Cardiff City 2–1 Len White penDerek Stokes Dick Scott Leeds Road Huddersfield 10,580 1964 3 7 y 15:15 31 D Cardiff City Charlton Athletic 1–1 John Charles 83 12 Keith Peacock Ninian Park Cardiff 8,066 Peter Brandwood (Walsall) 1964 3 20 y 19:15 32 D Cardiff City Newcastle United 2–2 Ivor Allchurch Mel Charles pen Ron McGarry Bobby Cummings Ninian Park Cardiff 9,096 JR Loynton (Solihull) 1964 3 27 y 15:00 33 W Swindon Town Cardiff City 1–2 Frank Large 33 49 Peter King65 Bernie Lewis County Ground Swindon Swindon report 22,318 Bill Clements (West Bromwich) 1964 3 28 y 15:15 34 L Swansea Town Cardiff City 3–0 Derek Draper 5Brayley Reynolds 44 82 Vetch Field Swansea 18,721 Eric Jennings (Stourbridge) 1964 3 30 y 15:15 35 W Cardiff City Swindon Town 1–0 Mel Charles Ninian Park Cardiff Swindon report 14,033 Ken Burns (Stourbridge) 1964 4 4 y 15:15 36 W Cardiff City Derby County 2–1 Mel Charles Peter King Gordon Hughes Ninian Park Cardiff 8,238 1964 4 8 y 19:15 37 W Cardiff City Scunthorpe United 3–1 Greg Farrell Greg Farrell Peter King Ian Lawther Ninian Park Cardiff 9,618 1964 4 11 y 15:15 38 D Plymouth Argyle Cardiff City 1–1 Johnny Williams 34 20 Peter King Home Park Plymouth Plymouth report 14,993 DFC Wells (Luton) 1964 4 13 y 19:30 39 L Leyton Orient Cardiff City 4–0 Ted Phillips Ted Phillips Dave Dunmore Malcolm Musgrove Brisbane Road London 7,278 1964 4 15 y 19:15 40 W Grimsby Town Cardiff City 0–2 pen Dick Scott Mel Charles Blundell Park Grimsby 8,914 JA Cattlin (Rochdale) 1964 4 18 y 15:15 41 L Cardiff City Southampton 2–4 Tony Knapp ogGareth Williams John McGuigan George O'Brien Martin Chivers Martin Chivers Ninian Park Cardiff 10,727 1964 4 24 y 19:00 42 L Middlesbrough Cardiff City 3–1 Ian Gibson Arthur Horsfield ? ? Ivor Allchurch Ayresome Park Middlesbrough 8,472 League Cup 1963 9 25 y 19:15 Round 2 D Cardiff City Wrexham 2–2 Derek Tapscott 2 30 46 Mike Metcalf 77 Arfon Griffiths Ninian Park Cardiff Wrexham report 4,600 Dennis Corbett (Wolverhampton) 1963 10 7 y 19:15 Round 2 (Replay) D Wrexham Cardiff City 1–1 yes Brian Whitehouse 90 68 Peter King Racecourse Wrexham Wrexham report 11,299 LW Faulkner (Liverpool) 1963 10 21 y 19:15 Round 2 (2nd Replay) L Wrexham Cardiff City 3–0 Ken Barnes 3 pen Mike Metcalf 40 Arfon Griffiths 47 Racecourse Wrexham Wrexham report 8,838 Frank Cowen (Manchester) FA Cup 1964 1 4 y 15:00 3 L Cardiff City Leeds United 0–1 67 Billy Bremner Ninian Park Cardiff 13,932 Denis Howell (Birmingham) Welsh Cup 1964 1 25 y 5 W Ebbw Vale Cardiff City 1–6 Peter King Peter King Bernie Lewis Bernie Lewis Mel Charles Mel Charles Eugene Cross Park Ebbw Vale 4,000 1964 2 19 y 19:15 6 W Cardiff City Chester 3–1 Barrie Hole Mel Charles Derek Tapscott Gary Talbot Ninian Park Cardiff 3,120 1964 3 11 y 19:30 Semi Final D Newport County Cardiff City 2–2 Laurie Sheffield Joe Bonson Ivor Allchurch Mel Charles Vetch Field Swansea 5,200 1964 3 25 y 19:15 Semi Final (Replay) W Newport County Cardiff City 1–0 Mel Charles Ninian Park Cardiff 8,400 J Lowry (Neath) 1964 4 22 y 18:30 Final (First Leg) L Bangor City Cardiff City 2–0 Eric Robinson 7Stan Edwards 63 pen Farrar Road Bangor 10,000 Leo Callaghan (Merthyr Tydfil) 1964 4 29 y 19:15 Final (Second Leg) W Cardiff City Bangor City 3–1 Ivor Allchurch 10Bernie Lewis 23Mel Charles 75 63 Reg Gray Ninian Park Cardiff 6,000 Leo Callaghan (Merthyr Tydfil) 1964 5 4 y 19:15 Final (Replay) W Bangor City Cardiff City 0–2 5 70 Peter King Racecourse Wrexham 10,014 Leo Callaghan (Merthyr Tydfil) See also 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 1963–64 season Card