1951–52 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City

1951–52 season
Chairman	Sir Herbert Merrett[1]
Manager	Cyril Spiers
Division Two	2nd
FA Cup	3rd round
Welsh Cup	6th round
Top goalscorer	League: Wilf Grant (26) All: Wilf Grant (27)
← 1950–51 1952–53 →

The 1951–52 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 25th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing second, winning promotion to Division One.

Season review

Football League Second Division

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	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H
Result	W	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	W
Position	1	7	4	9	5	16	17	11	9	9	5	3	3	9	6	5	4	4	4	4	7	5	2	1	3	1	2	1	2	4	4	5	5	5	6	7	5	5	5	3	3	2

Source: ^[2]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Welsh Cup

After a 3–1 victory over Milford United, Cardiff were eliminated in the sixth round by Merthyr Tydfil.^[3]

Players

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

No. Position Player -- GK Ron Howells -- GK Iorrie Hughes -- DF Colin Gale -- DF Ken Hollyman -- DF Stan Montgomery -- DF Charles Rutter -- DF Alf Sherwood -- DF Albert Stitfall -- DF Ron Stitfall -- DF Derrick Sullivan -- DF Glyn Williams -- MF Billy Baker -- MF Alan Harrington -- MF Bobby McLaughlin -- MF Don Moss

No. Position Player -- MF Griff Norman -- MF Cliff Nugent -- MF Mike Tiddy -- MF Crad Wilcox -- MF Roley Williams -- FW Doug Blair -- FW Ken Chisholm -- FW George Edwards -- FW Elfed Evans -- FW Leslie Evans -- FW Wilf Grant -- FW Marwood Marchant -- FW Ken Oakley -- FW Colin Webster

Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Sheffield Wednesday	42	21	11	10	100	66	1.515	53
2	Cardiff City	42	20	11	11	72	54	1.333	51
3	Birmingham City	42	21	9	12	67	56	1.196	51
4	Nottingham Forest	42	18	13	11	77	62	1.242	49
5	Leicester City	42	19	9	14	78	64	1.219	47
6	Leeds United	42	18	11	13	59	57	1.035	47
7	Everton	42	17	10	15	64	58	1.103	44
8	Luton Town	42	16	12	14	77	78	0.987	44
9	Rotherham United	42	17	8	17	73	71	1.028	42
10	Brentford	42	15	12	15	54	55	0.982	42
11	Sheffield United	42	18	5	19	90	76	1.184	41
12	West Ham United	42	15	11	16	67	77	0.870	41
13	Southampton	42	15	11	16	61	73	0.836	41
14	Blackburn Rovers	42	17	6	19	54	63	0.857	40
15	Notts County	42	16	7	19	71	68	1.044	39
16	Doncaster Rovers	42	13	12	17	55	60	0.917	38
17	Bury	42	15	7	20	67	69	0.971	37
18	Hull City	42	13	11	18	60	70	0.857	37
19	Swansea Town	42	12	12	18	72	76	0.947	36
20	Barnsley	42	11	14	17	59	72	0.819	36
21	Coventry City	42	14	6	22	59	82	0.720	34
22	Queens Park Rangers	42	11	12	19	52	81	0.642	34

Fixtures & results

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
18 Aug	Leicester City	H	4 - 0
20 Aug	Rotherham United	H	2 - 4
25 Aug	Nottingham Forest	A	3 - 2
27 Aug	Rotherham United	A	0 - 2
1 Sep	Brentford	H	2 - 0
8 Sep	Doncaster Rovers	A	0 - 1
12 Sep	Leeds United	A	1 - 2
15 Sep	Everton	H	3 - 1
17 Sep	Sheffield United	H	1 - 1
22 Sep	Southampton	A	1 - 1
29 Sep	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2 - 1
6 Oct	Coventry City	H	4 - 1
13 Oct	West Ham United	A	1 - 1
27 Oct	Barnsley	A	0 - 2
3 Nov	Hull City	H	1 - 0
10 Nov	Blackburn Rovers	A	1 - 0
17 Nov	Queens Park Rangers	H	3 - 1
24 Nov	Notts County	A	1 - 1
1 Dec	Luton Town	H	3 - 0
8 Dec	Bury	A	1 - 1
15 Dec	Leicester City	A	0 - 3
22 Dec	Nottingham Forest	H	4 - 1
25 Dec	Swansea Town	A	1 - 1
26 Dec	Swansea Town	H	3 - 0
29 Dec	Brentford	A	1 - 1
5 Jan	Doncaster Rovers	H	2 - 1
19 Jan	Everton	A	0 - 3
26 Jan	Southampton	H	1 - 0
9 Feb	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2 - 4
16 Feb	Coventry City	A	1 - 2
1 Mar	West Ham United	H	1 - 1
12 Mar	Sheffield United	A	1 - 6
15 Mar	Barnsley	H	3 - 0
22 Mar	Hull City	A	0 - 0
5 Apr	Queens Park Rangers	A	1 - 1
11 Apr	Birmingham City	A	2 - 3
12 Apr	Notts County	H	1 - 0
14 Apr	Birmingham City	H	3 - 1
19 Apr	Luton Town	A	2 - 2
21 Apr	Blackburn Rovers	H	3 - 1
26 Apr	Bury	H	3 - 0
3 May	Leeds United	H	3 - 1

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
12 Jan	Three	Swindon Town	H	1 - 1
15 Jan	Three (replay)	Swindon Town	A	0 - 1 (aet)

Welsh Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
	Five	Milford United	A	3 - 1
	Six	Merthyr Tydfil	A	1 - 3

See also

• Cardiff City F.C. seasons

References

• Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
• "Football Club History Database - Cardiff City".

1. Shepherd, Richard (2007). The Cardiff City Miscellany. Pitch books. ISBN 1-905411-04-9.
2. "Cardiff City 1951-52 results". Statto.com. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
3. "Welsh Cup 1951/52". Welsh Football Data Archive. Retrieved 5 April 2010.