1972–73 Cardiff City F.C. season

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Cardiff City
Season 1972–73
League Football League Second Division
Manager Jimmy Scoular
League position 19th
Top goalscorer League: Andrew McCulloch (14)
All: Andrew McCulloch (19)
FA Cup 4th round
League Cup 1st round
Welsh Cup Winners
Previous season ← 1971–72
Next season 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

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
-- 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
No. Position Player
-- 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 Andrew McCulloch
-- Scotland FW Jimmy McInch
-- Wales FW John Parsons
-- Wales FW Derek Showers
-- England FW Alan Warboys

Table

P W D L F A GA Pts
1 Burnley 42 24 14 4 72 35 2.057 62
2 Queens Park Rangers 42 24 13 5 81 37 2.189 61
3 Aston Villa 42 18 14 10 51 47 1.085 50
4 Middlesbrough 42 17 13 12 46 43 1.070 47
5 Bristol City 42 17 12 13 63 51 1.235 46
6 Sunderland 42 17 12 13 59 49 1.204 46
7 Blackpool 42 18 10 14 56 51 1.098 46
8 Oxford United 42 19 7 16 52 43 1.209 45
9 Fulham 42 16 12 14 58 49 1.184 44
10 Sheffield Wednesday 42 17 10 15 59 55 1.073 44
11 Millwall 42 16 10 16 55 47 1.170 42
12 Luton Town 42 15 11 16 44 53 0.830 41
13 Hull City 42 14 12 16 64 59 1.085 40
14 Nottingham Forest 42 14 12 16 47 52 0.904 40
15 Orient 42 12 12 18 49 53 0.925 36
16 Swindon Town 42 10 16 16 46 60 0.767 36
17 Portsmouth 42 12 11 19 42 59 0.712 35
18 Carlisle United 42 11 12 19 50 52 0.962 34
19 Preston North End 42 11 12 19 37 64 0.578 34
20 Cardiff City 42 11 11 20 43 58 0.741 33
21 Huddersfield Town 42 8 17 17 36 56 0.643 33
22 Brighton & Hove Albion 42 8 13 21 46 83 0.554 29

Results by round

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42
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

Last updated: 20 September 2013.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Fixtures and results

Second Division

League Cup

FA Cup

Welsh Cup

See also

References

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  • Welsh Football Data Archive
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