1962–63 Cardiff City F.C. season

Welsh football club season December 2021 Cardiff City 1962–63 Football League Second Division Bill Jones/George Swindin 10th Peter Hooper (22) Peter Hooper (24) FA Cup 3rd round League Cup 2nd round Welsh Cup 6th round 15,567 27,569 (v Newcastle United, 18 August 1962) 8,389 (v Preston, 6 May 1963) _vneckwhite _bluesides _bluehorizontal 0000ff 0000ff 0000ff 1961–62 1963–64 The 1962–63 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 36th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing tenth. Following relegation the previous year and a poor start to the season, manager Bill Jones was replaced by George Swindin. Players yes yes Wales GK Dilwyn John yes Ireland GK Maurice Swan yes Wales GK Graham Vearncombe yes Wales DF Colin Baker yes Scotland DF Alistair Brack yes Wales DF Mel Charles yes Wales DF Trevor Edwards yes Scotland DF Alec Milne yes Scotland DF Don Murray yes Wales DF Trevor Peck yes Wales DF Frank Rankmore yes Wales DF Peter Rodrigues yes Wales DF Ron Stitfall yes England MF Bob Collins yes yes Wales MF Alan Durban yes Wales MF Steve Gammon yes Wales MF Alan Harrington yes Wales MF Barrie Hole yes England MF Peter King yes Wales MF Alan McIntosh yes Wales MF Phil Watkins yes England MF Gareth Williams yes Wales FW Ivor Allchurch yes Scotland FW Gordon Fraser yes England FW Peter Hooper yes Wales FW Derek Tapscott League standings 1962–63 Football League#Second Division Second Division y CAR Results by round table b Round Ground H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H Result D/D/W/L/L/L/L/W/W/W/L/W/L/W/W/W/L/W/W/D/L/D/L/W/L/W/W/D/W/L/L/L/D/L/W/W/L/W/L/D/L/W Position //10/12/13/14/17/17/14/9/13/10/11/11/11/9/8/9/6/6/7/8/10/8/8/8/9/7/5/7/10/13/12/13/12/10/12/10/10/10/12/10 Points 1p/2p/4p/4p/4p/4p/4p/6p/8p/10p/10p/12p/12p/14p/16p/18p/18p/20p/22p/23p/23p/24p/24p/26p/26p/28p/30p/31p/33p/33p/33p/33p/34p/34p/36p/38p/38p/40p/40p/41p/41p/43p lightblue Home gold Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss green1 red1 Competitive matches December 2021 Fixtures and results Second Division 1962 8 18 y 15:15 1 D Cardiff City Newcastle United 44 Peter Hooper 42Mel Charles 49Barrie Hole 54 79 30 pen Jimmy Fell35 Jim Kerray43 og Frank Rankmore71 Dave Hilley Ninian Park Cardiff 27,569 Jim Pickles 1962 8 22 y 2 D Norwich City Cardiff City 00 Carrow Road Norwich 25,360 1962 8 25 y 15:00 3 W Derby County Cardiff City 12 Jack Bowers pen Peter Hooper Ivor Allchurch Baseball Ground Derby 14,538 WE Haynes 1962 8 29 y 19:15 4 L Cardiff City Norwich City 24 Peter Hooper Peter Hooper ? ? Jim Oliver? ? Terry Allcock Ninian Park Cardiff 26,103 1962 9 1 y 15:15 5 L Cardiff City Middlesbrough 12 Dick Neal 78 og 30 pen 72 Arthur Kaye Ninian Park Cardiff 18,940 LJ Hamer (Bolton) 1962 9 4 y 19:15 6 L Swansea Town Cardiff City 21 Herbie Williams 49Eddie Thomas 53 88 Mel Charles Vetch Field Swansea 24,687 Peter Brandwood (Bridgwater) 1962 9 8 y 7 L Huddersfield Town Cardiff City 10 Len White Leeds Road Huddersfield 17,573 1962 9 12 y 19:15 8 W Cardiff City Grimsby Town 53 Peter Hooper Alan McIntosh Mel Charles Mel Charles Ivor Allchurch ? ? Cliff Portwood Tony Knights Ninian Park Cardiff 14,426 Eric Jennings (Stourbridge) 1962 9 15 y 15:15 9 W Cardiff City Swansea Town 52 Peter Davies 4 og Mel Charles 10 20 Alan McIntosh 48 Peter Hooper 54 14 27 Herbie Williams Ninian Park Cardiff 23,454 Jim Finney (Hereford) 1962 9 18 y 19:15 10 W Grimsby Town Cardiff City 12 Brian Hill Peter Hooper Peter Hooper Blundell Park Grimsby 10,962 1962 9 22 y 15:15 11 L Cardiff City Portsmouth 12 Derek Tapscott 7 89 Tony Barton 90 Ron Saunders Ninian Park Cardiff 22,302 A Atherton (Runcorn) 1962 9 29 y 12 W Preston North End Cardiff City 26 John Donnelly 3Alex Dawson 44 14 Derek Tapscott 35 75 Peter Hooper 43 85 Mel Charles 70 Alan Durban Deepdale Preston 11,994 John Thacker (Scarborough) 1962 10 6 y 15:00 13 L Chelsea Cardiff City 60 Frank Upton 56Terry Venables 58Bert Murray 61Bobby Tambling 68Barry Bridges 69Bobby Tambling 79 Stamford Bridge London 25,434 JE Carr (Sheffield) 1962 10 13 y 15:15 14 W Cardiff City Luton Town 10 Peter Hooper 31 Ninian Park Cardiff Luton report 15,901 F Cowen (Manchester) 1962 10 27 y 15:15 15 W Cardiff City Scunthorpe United 40 Alan McIntosh Ivor Allchurch Ivor Allchurch Derek Tapscott Ninian Park Cardiff 12,003 Roger Woan (Reading) 1962 10 31 y 16 W Southampton Cardiff City 35 George O'Brien 1 28 65 Barrie Hole Ivor Allchurch Ivor Allchurch Alan McIntosh Alan Durban The Dell Southampton 16,616 1962 11 3 y 17 L Bury Cardiff City 10 Bill Calder 28 Gigg Lane Bury 9,915 Harold Horner (Coventry) 1962 11 10 y 15:15 18 W Cardiff City Rotherham United 41 Alan Durban 21 80 Peter Hooper 41 81 68 Alan Kirkman Ninian Park Cardiff 14,199 1962 11 17 y 19 W Charlton Athletic Cardiff City 24 Roy Matthews 4 Mike Kenning 19 15 50 60 Derek Tapscott 39 Peter Hooper The Valley London 11,509 Ray Aldous (Ipswich) 1962 11 24 y 15:15 20 D Cardiff City Stoke City 11 Alan McIntosh Jackie Mudie Ninian Park Cardiff 21,543 RJ Mitchell (Prescot) 1962 12 1 y 15:00 21 L Sunderland Cardiff City 21 Jimmy Davison 37Brian Clough 52 60 Ivor Allchurch Roker Park Sunderland 37,603 GW Grundy (Grimsby) 1962 12 8 y 15:15 22 D Cardiff City Leeds United 00 Ninian Park Cardiff 11,334 Bill Clements (West Bromwich) 1962 12 15 y 15:00 23 L Newcastle United Cardiff City 21 Jimmy Fell 85 86 13 Peter Hooper St James Park Newcastle 27,916 1962 12 22 y 15:15 24 W Cardiff City Derby County 10 Peter Hooper Ninian Park Cardiff 12,027 1962 12 26 y 15:15 25 L Plymouth Argyle Cardiff City 42 Jimmy McAnearney Jimmy McAnearney Alex Jackson Alex Jackson Alan Durban Alan Durban Home Park Plymouth Plymouth report 18,992 S Yates (Bristol) 1963 2 23 y 15:15 26 W Cardiff City Chelsea 10 Alan Harrington 63 Ninian Park Cardiff 16,108 Harold Richards (Oldham) 1963 3 9 y 18:45 27 W Cardiff City Southampton 31 Ivor Allchurch Derek Tapscott Alan McIntosh George O'Brien Ninian Park Cardiff 12,427 1963 3 15 y 28 D Scunthorpe United Cardiff City 22 Ivor Allchurch Ivor Allchurch Old Show Ground Scunthorpe 8,060 1963 3 23 y 15:15 29 W Cardiff City Bury 31 Jack Threlfall 41 ogPeter Hooper 54Mel Charles 83 38 Tony Bartley Ninian Park Cardiff 15,565 JE Cooke (Waterbeach) 1963 3 29 y 19:15 30 L Rotherham United Cardiff City 21 Albert Bennett ? ? Ivor Allchurch Millmoor Rotherham 9,131 Frank Cowen (Manchester) 1963 4 6 y 15:15 31 L Cardiff City Charlton Athletic 12 Barrie Hole 83 10 Cliff Durandt16 Mike Bailey Ninian Park Cardiff 12,619 Jack Taylor (Wolverhampton) 1963 4 13 y 32 L Stoke City Cardiff City 10 Dennis Viollet Victoria Ground Stoke 30,453 1963 4 15 y 15:15 33 D Cardiff City Walsall 22 Trevor Edwards 55 Derek Tapscott 83 7 Graham Newton 90 Ken Hodgkisson Ninian Park Cardiff 11,257 Arthur Edge (Liverpool) 1963 4 16 y 34 L Walsall Cardiff City 21 Jimmy O'Neill Graham Newton Peter King Fellows Park Walsall 10,381 KR Tuck (Chesterfield) 1963 4 20 y 15:15 35 W Cardiff City Sunderland 52 Derek Tapscott 12Peter Hooper 17 27Alan McIntosh 44Mel Charles 71 56 og Trevor Edwards57 Andy Kerr Ninian Park Cardiff 12,293 Peter Brandwood (Wolverhampton) 1963 4 24 y 19:15 36 W Luton Town Cardiff City 23 Ron Davies 40Alan Daniel 60 pen 3 21 46 Peter Hooper Kenilworth Road Luton Luton report 7,237 Harold Horner (Coventry) 1963 4 27 y 37 L Leeds United Cardiff City 30 Jim Storrie 1 47 81 Elland Road Leeds 19,702 Keith Walker (Blackpool) 1963 5 1 y 19:15 38 W Cardiff City Plymouth Argyle 21 Ivor Allchurch Barrie Hole pen Johnny Newman Ninian Park Cardiff Plymouth report 9,673 LW Faulkner (Liverpool) 1963 5 4 y 39 L Portsmouth Cardiff City 20 Ron Saunders 85Harry Harris 88 Fratton Park Portsmouth 10,538 Tommy Dawes (Norwich) 1963 5 6 y 19:15 40 D Cardiff City Preston North End 11 Mel Charles Nobby Lawton Ninian Park Cardiff 8,389 Ken Burns (Stourbridge) 1963 5 11 y 41 L Middlesbrough Cardiff City 32 Billy Horner Alan Peacock Alan Peacock Alan McIntosh Alan McIntosh Ayresome Park Middlesbrough 9,628 1963 5 18 y 15:15 42 W Cardiff City Huddersfield Town 30 Peter King Peter King Derek Tapscott Ninian Park Cardiff 8,774 League Cup 1962 9 26 y 19:00 Round 1 W Cardiff City Reading 51 Mel Charles Derek Tapscott Alan Durban Alan Durban Peter Hooper pen Ralph Norton Ninian Park Cardiff 4,136 1962 10 23 y 19:30 Round 2 L Bristol Rovers Cardiff City 20 Keith Williams Harold Jarman Eastville Bristol 12,142 Eric Jennings (Salisbury) FA Cup 1963 2 18 y 19:30 Round 3 L Charlton Athletic Cardiff City 10 Lenny Glover The Valley London 13,448 PG Brandwood (Wolverhampton) Welsh Cup 1963 3 26 y 19:15 Round 5 W Cardiff City Abergavenny Thursdays 71 Ivor Allchurch Ivor Allchurch Alan Durban Alan Durban Barrie Hole Peter Hooper Derek Tapscott Ninian Park Cardiff 2,200 1963 4 11 y 19:15 Round 6 L Swansea Town Cardiff City 20 Barrie Jones Eddie Thomas Vetch Field Swansea 11,500 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 Cardiff City F.C. 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