1935–36 Cardiff City F.C. season

The 1935–36 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 16th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Three South, then the third tier of English football, finishing 20th.

Cardiff City
1935–36 season
ChairmanTudor Steer
ManagerWales Ben Watts-Jones
Division Three South20th
FA Cup1st round
Welsh CupQuarter Finals
Third Division South Cup1st round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Reg Keating (10)

All:
Reg Keating (11)
Highest home attendance18,774 (v Bristol Rovers, 2 September 1935)
Lowest home attendance3,765 (v Watford, 15 January 1936)
Average home league attendance9,528

Season review

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Football League Third Division South

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Partial league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Promotion
18 Southend United 42 13 10 19 61 62 0.984 36
19 Swindon Town 42 14 8 20 64 73 0.877 36
20 Cardiff City 42 13 10 19 60 73 0.822 36
21 Newport County 42 11 9 22 60 111 0.541 31 Re-elected
22 Exeter City 42 8 11 23 59 93 0.634 27
Source: [citation needed]

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundAHHAAHAHAHHAHAHAAAHHAAHHHAHAAHAHHAHAHHAAHA
ResultLDLDDWLDDWWLLLWWLLDDLLLWWDLLLWLWWWWLDWLDLL
Position~~19191912191919171216181917141620181819202117141518192020201815151215161313131620
Source: [1]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Players

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First team squad.[1][2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
-- GK   ENG Jack Deighton
-- GK   SCO Jock Leckie
-- GK   WAL George Poland
-- DF   ENG Billy Bassett
-- DF   EIR Jack Everest
-- DF   ENG Cliff Godfrey
-- DF   WAL Arthur Granville
-- DF   SCO Hugh Hearty
-- MF   WAL Len Attley
-- MF   WAL Bryn Davies
-- MF   ENG Wally Jennings
-- MF   ENG Charles McDonagh
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- FW   ENG Jack Diamond
-- FW   WAL Freddie Hill
-- FW   WAL Wilf Lewis
-- FW   WAL James McKenzie
-- FW   WAL Enoch Mort
-- FW   WAL Reg Pugh
-- FW   WAL Doug Redwood
-- FW   ENG Harold Riley
-- FW   ENG Joe Roberts
-- FW   ENG Harry Roper
-- FW   ENG Harold Smith
-- FW   WAL Daniel J Williams

Fixtures and results

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31 August 1935 (1935-08-31) 1 Crystal Palace 3–2 Cardiff City London
 
 
 
  Harry Riley
  Freddie Hill
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 16,694
2 September 1935 (1935-09-02) 2 Cardiff City 0–0 Bristol Rovers Cardiff
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 18,774
7 September 1935 (1935-09-07) 3 Cardiff City 2–3 Reading Cardiff
Robert Done   (og)
Harry Roper  
  Tommy Tait
  Jimmy Liddle
  Joe McGough
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 16,850
11 September 1935 (1935-09-11) 4 Bristol Rovers 1–1 Cardiff City Bristol
    Reg Pugh Stadium: Eastville
Attendance: 11,209
14 September 1935 (1935-09-14) 5 Newport County 0–0 Cardiff City Newport
Stadium: Somerton Park
Attendance: 15,858
16 September 1935 (1935-09-16) 6 Cardiff City 4–1 Clapton Orient Cardiff
Harry Roper  
Harry Riley  
Freddie Hill  
Freddie Hill  
  Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 7,239
21 September 1935 (1935-09-21) 7 Gillingham 3–0 Cardiff City Gillingham
 
 
 
Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 5,663
28 September 1935 (1935-09-28) 8 Cardiff City 1–1 Bournemouth Cardiff
Harold Smith     Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 11,844
5 October 1935 (1935-10-05) 9 Luton Town 2–2 Cardiff City Luton
 
 
  Jack Diamond
  Jack Diamond
Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 12,288
12 October 1935 (1935-10-12) 10 Cardiff City 3–2 Notts County Cardiff
Freddie Hill  
Jack Diamond  
George Walker   (og)
 
 
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 11,458
19 October 1935 (1935-10-19) 11 Cardiff City 1–0 Coventry City Cardiff
Joe Roberts   Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 12,239
26 October 1935 (1935-10-26) 12 Swindon Town 2–1 Cardiff City Swindon
Jim Parmley   (pen)
Jim Parmley   48'
  25' Reg Pugh Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 8,224
Referee: EW Vokes
2 November 1935 (1935-11-02) 13 Cardiff City 0–1 Aldershot Cardiff
  Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,506
9 November 1935 (1935-11-09) 14 Exeter City 2–0 Cardiff City Exeter
 
 
Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 4,590
16 November 1935 (1935-11-16) 15 Cardiff City 3–1 Millwall Cardiff
Joe Roberts  
Joe Roberts  
Jack Diamond  
  Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,185
23 November 1935 (1935-11-23) 16 Bristol City 0–2 Cardiff City Bristol
  Jack Diamond
  Joe Roberts
Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 10,350
7 December 1935 (1935-12-07) 17 Queens Park Rangers 5–1 Cardiff City London
 
 
 
 
 
  Jack Diamond Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 5,048
25 December 1935 (1935-12-25) 18 Southend United 3–1 Cardiff City Southend
 
 
 
  Jack Everest Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 8,478
26 December 1935 (1935-12-26) 19 Cardiff City 1–1 Southend United Cardiff
Jack Diamond     Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 11,574
28 December 1935 (1935-12-28) 20 Cardiff City 1–1 Crystal Palace Cardiff
Jack Diamond     Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 7,411
4 January 1936 (1936-01-04) 21 Reading 4–1 Cardiff City Reading
 
 
 
 
  Reg Keating Stadium: Elm Park
Attendance: 8,713
11 January 1936 (1936-01-11) 22 Torquay United 2–1 Cardiff City Torquay
 
 
  Reg Keating Stadium: Plainmoor
Attendance: 3,560
15 January 1936 (1936-01-15) 23 Cardiff City 0–2 Watford Cardiff
 
 
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,765
18 January 1936 (1936-01-18) 24 Cardiff City 2–0 Newport County Cardiff
Harold Smith  
Harry Riley  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 10,981
25 January 1936 (1936-01-25) 25 Cardiff City 4–0 Gillingham Cardiff
Daniel J Williams  
Daniel J Williams  
Harry Riley  
Joe Roberts  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,998
1 February 1936 (1936-02-01) 26 Bournemouth 4–4 Cardiff City Bournemouth
 
 
 
 
  Reg Keating
  Reg Keating
  Daniel J Williams
  Reg Pugh
Stadium: Dean Court
Attendance: 7,058
8 February 1936 (1936-02-08) 27 Cardiff City 2–3 Luton Town Cardiff
Daniel J Williams  
Daniel J Williams  
 
 
 
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 12,142
15 February 1936 (1936-02-15) 28 Notts County 2–0 Cardiff City Nottingham
 
 
Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 4,639
22 February 1936 (1936-02-22) 29 Coventry City 5–1 Cardiff City Coventry
 
 
 
 
 
  Jack Everest Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 11,257
29 February 1936 (1936-02-29) 30 Cardiff City 5–2 Exeter City Cardiff
Wilf Lewis  
Reg Pugh  
Harold Smith  
Jack Diamond  
Daniel J Williams  
 
 
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,390
7 March 1936 (1936-03-07) 31 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–0 Cardiff City Brighton
  Stadium: Goldstone Ground
Attendance: 8,198
14 March 1936 (1936-03-14) 32 Cardiff City 2–1 Swindon Town Cardiff
Reg Keating   3'
Reg Keating  
  Syd Lowry Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,637
Referee: WJ Lewington
18 March 1936 (1936-03-18) 33 Cardiff City 1–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Cardiff
Daniel J Williams   Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,268
21 March 1936 (1936-03-21) 34 Millwall 2–4 Cardiff City Millwall
 
 
  Reg Keating
  Reg Keating
  Reg Keating
  Daniel J Williams
Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 11,774
28 March 1936 (1936-03-28) 35 Cardiff City 1–0 Bristol City Cardiff
Reg Keating   Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,755
4 April 1936 (1936-04-04) 36 Watford 4–0 Cardiff City Watford
 
 
 
 
Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 5,165
10 April 1936 (1936-04-10) 37 Cardiff City 0–0 Northampton Town Cardiff
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 11,302
11 April 1936 (1936-04-11) 38 Cardiff City 3–2 Queens Park Rangers Cardiff
Harry Riley  
Harry Riley  
Reg Pugh  
 
 
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,571
13 April 1936 (1936-04-13) 39 Northampton Town 2–0 Cardiff City Northampton
 
 
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 7,890
18 April 1936 (1936-04-18) 40 Aldershot 1–1 Cardiff City Aldershot
    Daniel J Williams Stadium: Recreation Ground
Attendance: 4,271
25 April 1936 (1936-04-25) 41 Cardiff City 1–2 Torquay United Cardiff
Reg Pugh    
 
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,206
2 May 1936 (1936-05-02) 42 Clapton Orient 2–1 Cardiff City London
 
 
  Freddie Hill Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 5,460
30 November 1935 (1935-11-30) Round 1 Cardiff City 0–3 Dartford Cardiff
 
 
 
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,000
29 January 1936 (1936-01-29) Round 6 Cardiff City 2–1 Bristol City Cardiff
Reg Pugh  
Reg Keating  
  Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,000
12 March 1936 (1936-03-12) Quarter Final Rhyl 2–1 Cardiff City Rhyl
 
 
  Reg Pugh Stadium: Belle Vue
Attendance: 7,000
30 September 1935 (1935-09-30) Round 1 Crystal Palace 2–1 Cardiff City London
 
 
  Jack Diamond Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 8,000

Source[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Cardiff City 1935–36 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  2. ^ "All Cardiff City football club players: 1936". 11v11. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Welsh Cup 1935/36". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

Bibliography

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