1970–71 Cardiff City F.C. season

The 1970–71 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 44th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing third.[1]

Cardiff City
1970–71 season
ChairmanFred Dewey
ManagerJimmy Scoular
Football League Second Division3rd
FA Cup4th round
League Cup2nd round
European Cup Winners CupQuarter-finals
Welsh CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Brian Clark (15)
All: Brian Clark (22)
Highest home attendance26,210 (v Luton Town, 28 November 1970)
Lowest home attendance14,736 (v Oxford United, 6 February 1971)
Average home league attendance21,575

The club's season was disrupted by the sale of John Toshack to Liverpool in November,[2] breaking up the Toshack-Brian Clark strike partnership which had scored countless goals for the club in recent years. Despite this the team reached the quarter-finals of the European Cup Winners Cup before losing 2–1 on aggregate to Spanish side Real Madrid, after winning the first leg 1–0 at their home ground Ninian Park, a result that has since gone on to become one of the most famous moments in the club's history.[3]

Players

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First team squad. [4] 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   SCO Jim Eadie
-- GK   ENG Frank Parsons
-- DF   ENG Gary Bell
-- DF   ENG David Carver
-- DF   WAL Steve Derrett
-- DF   ENG Brian Harris
-- DF   SCO Don Murray
-- MF   SCO Ian Gibson
-- MF   WAL Barrie Jones
-- MF   ENG Peter King
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- MF   WAL Leighton Phillips
-- MF   ENG Mel Sutton
-- MF   ENG Bobby Woodruff
-- FW   ENG Ronnie Bird
-- FW   ENG Brian Clark
-- FW   WAL John Parsons
-- FW   WAL Nigel Rees
-- FW   WAL Derek Showers
-- FW   WAL John Toshack
-- FW   ENG Alan Warboys

Key:
  ‡ On loan from another club   * First appearance(s) for the club

Correct as of May 1971. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.

PosNamePGPGPGPGPGPG     Notes
League FA CupLeague CupEuropeOtherTotalDiscipline
GK Jim Eadie 32 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 7 0 45 0 0 0
GK Frank Parsons 10 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 13 0 0 0
DF David Carver 42 1 2 0 1 0 6 0 7 0 58 1 0 0
DF Gary Bell 42 1 2 0 1 0 6 0 7 0 58 1 0 0
DF Steve Derrett 5(1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6(1) 2 0 0
DF Brian Harris 25(1) 0 2 0 1 0 4(1) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
DF Don Murray 42 1 2 0 1 0 6 0 7 1 58 2 0 0
MF Ian Gibson 40 6 1 0 1 0 6 2 6(1) 4 54(1) 12 0 0
MF Peter King 41 5 2 1 1 0 6 2 6(1) 2 56(1) 10 0 0
MF Leighton Phillips 29(1) 3 2 0 0 0 3(2) 1 7 0 41(3) 4 0 0
MF Mel Sutton 41 2 2 0 1 0 6 1 4 0 54 3 0 0
MF Bobby Woodruff 33(3) 3 2 0 1 0 6 1 6 1 48(3) 5 0 0
FW Ronnie Bird 3(2) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 4 1 7(3) 1 0 0
FW Brian Clark 33(2) 15 1(1) 0 1 0 5(1) 4 6 3 46(4) 22 0 0
FW John Parsons 1(2) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2(1) 2 3(3) 4 0 0
FW Nigel Rees 9 0 1(1) 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 14(1) 1 0 0
FW Derek Showers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
FW John Toshack 16 8 0 0 1 0 4 5 0 0 21 13 0 0
FW Alan Warboys 17 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 21 13 0 0

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Leicester City (C, P) 42 23 13 6 57 30 1.900 59 Promotion to the First Division
2 Sheffield United (P) 42 21 14 7 73 39 1.872 56
3 Cardiff City 42 20 13 9 64 41 1.561 53 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Carlisle United 42 20 13 9 65 43 1.512 53 Qualification for the Watney Cup
5 Hull City 42 19 13 10 54 41 1.317 51
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundAHAAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAAHA
ResultWDWLDWWDDLWDDWWWWLDLWLDWWWWDDWDWLWWDDLWLWL
Position[5]61521112556544323344455332221213222233333
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures & Results

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15 August 1970 (1970-08-15) 1 Leicester City 0–1 Cardiff City Leicester
15:00   41' Brian Clark Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 27,578
Referee: Derek Nippard (Bournemouth)
22 August 1970 (1970-08-22) 2 Cardiff City 2–2 Millwall Cardiff
15:00 John Toshack   12'
Peter King   56'
  63' Derek Possee
  89' Harry Cripps
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 25,283
Referee: Syd Kayley (Preston)
26 August 1970 (1970-08-26) 3 Sheffield Wednesday 1–2 Cardiff City Sheffield
19:30 Mick Prendergast   10'   11' Brian Clark
  23' Mel Sutton
Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 16,896
Referee: Gordon Hill
29 August 1970 (1970-08-29) 4 Bristol City 1–0 Cardiff City Bristol
15:00 Gerry Sharpe   84' Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 24,969
Referee: Gordon Kew (Leeds)
2 September 1970 (1970-09-02) 5 Cardiff City 1–1 Sheffield United Cardiff
19:30 Brian Clark   25'   68' Alan Woodward Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 21,455
Referee: Charles Nicholls (Plymouth)
5 September 1970 (1970-09-05) 6 Cardiff City 2–0 Birmingham City Cardiff
15:00 John Toshack   25', 35' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 22,081
Referee: Tony Oliver (Leigh On Sea)
12 September 1970 (1970-09-12) 7 Bolton Wanderers 0–2 Cardiff City Bolton
15:00   44' Ian Gibson
  78' Brian Clark
Stadium: Burnden Park
Attendance: 10,777
Referee: John Thacker (Scarborough)
19 September 1970 (1970-09-19) 8 Cardiff City 1–1 Norwich City Cardiff
15:00 Brian Clark   42'   68' Albert Bennett Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 23,768
Referee: Harold Davey (Nottingham)
26 September 1970 (1970-09-26) 9 Orient 0–0 Cardiff City London
15:00 Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 11992
Referee: Vince James (York)
3 October 1970 (1970-10-03) 10 Cardiff City 3–4 Middlesbrough Cardiff
15:00 Brian Clark   30'
Bobby Woodruff   53'
Peter King   57'
  20' John Hickton
  63' Willie Maddren
  69' Joe Laidlaw
  86' Hugh McIlmoyle
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 21072
Referee: Ron Challis (Tonbridge)
10 October 1970 (1970-10-10) 11 Watford 0–1 Cardiff City London
15:00   71' Brian Clark Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 16224
Referee: Colin Fallon (Blackpool)
17 October 1970 (1970-10-17) 12 Cardiff City 2–2 Leicester City Cardiff
15:00 Ian Gibson   29' (pen)
David Carver   90'
  48' John Farrington
  59' John Sjoberg
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 25968
Referee: Harold Williams (Sheffleid)
24 October 1970 (1970-10-24) 13 Carlisle United 1–1 Cardiff City Carlisle
Chris Balderstone   62'   71' John Toshack Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 10955
Referee: David Laing (Preston)
28 October 1970 (1970-10-28) 14 Cardiff City 1–0 Portsmouth Cardiff
19:30 John Toshack   62' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 18529
Referee: Jack Taylor (Wolverhampton)
31 October 1970 (1970-10-31) 15 Cardiff City 5–1 Hull City Cardiff
15:00 John Toshack   5', 15', 59'
Ian Gibson   66'
Leighton Phillips   83'
  18' Geoff Barker Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 21856
Referee: Roy Darlington (Runcorn)
7 November 1970 (1970-11-07) 16 Queens Park Rangers 0–1 Cardiff City London
15:00   Leighton Phillips Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 13266
Referee: Ron Barker (Crewe)
14 November 1970 (1970-11-14) 17 Cardiff City 4–1 Blackburn Rovers Cardiff
15:00 Peter King   28s'
Brian Clark   16', 70'
Bobby Woodruff   41'
  72' Knighton Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 18238
Referee: Jim Finney (Hereford)
21 November 1970 (1970-11-21) 18 Charlton Athletic 2–1 Cardiff City London
Dick Plumb   32'
Dennis Bond   76'
  81' Bobby Woodruff
  Ronnie Bird   Peter King
Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 10762
Referee: John Hunting (Leicester)
28 November 1970 (1970-11-28) 19 Cardiff City 0–0 Luton Town Cardiff
15:00 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 26689
Referee: Ivan Smith (Accrington)
5 December 1970 (1970-12-05) 20 Oxford United 1–0 Cardiff City Oxford
15:00 Nigel Cassidy   12'   Leighton Phillips   Derek Showers Stadium: Manor Ground
Attendance: 12206
Referee: Bill Hall (Preston)
12 December 1970 (1970-12-12) 21 Cardiff City 3–1 Sunderland Cardiff
14:30 Richie Pitt   35' (og)
Leighton Phillips   66'
Ian Gibson   87'
  57' Joe Baker Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 15639
Referee: Arthur Hart (London)
19 December 1970 (1970-12-19) 22 Millwall 2–1 Cardiff City London
15:00 Barry Bridges   16', 76'   68' Brian Clark Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 8591
Referee: Ted Jolly (Manchester)
26 December 1970 (1970-12-26) 23 Cardiff City 1–1 Swindon Town Cardiff
15:00 Mel Sutton   68'   36' Don Rogers Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 24813
Referee: John Yates (Redditch)
9 January 1971 (1971-01-09) 24 Cardiff City 4–0 Sheffield Wednesday Cardiff
15:00 Alan Warboys   38', 78'
Peter King   67'
Gary Bell   85'
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 21464
Referee: Brian H Daniels (Rainham)
16 January 1971 (1971-01-16) 25 Portsmouth 1–3 Cardiff City Portsmouth
15:00 Youlden   67'   3' Don Murray
  27', 69' Alan Warboys
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 24747
Referee: Roy Capey (Madeley Heath)
6 February 1971 (1971-02-06) 26 Cardiff City 1–0 Oxford United Cardiff
15:00 John Parsons   78'
  John Parsons   Mel Sutton
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 14736
Referee: Dennis Turner (Cannock)
13 February 1971 (1971-02-13) 27 Sunderland 0–4 Cardiff City Sunderland
15:00   24' Brian Clark
  29' (og) Cecil Irwin
  88' Ian Gibson

  67' John Parsons

  John Parsons   Alan Warboys
Stadium: Roker Park
Attendance: 11566
Referee: Tony Morrissey (Bramhall)
20 February 1971 (1971-02-20) 28 Cardiff City 1–1 Charlton Athletic Cardiff
15:00 Ian Gibson   26' (pen)   53' Dave Shipperley Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 18034
Referee: Ricky Nicholson (Manchester)
27 February 1971 (1971-02-27) 29 Hull City 1–1 Cardiff City Hull
15:00 David Carver   23' (og)   66' Alan Warboys
  Bobby Woodruff   Brian Clark
Stadium: Boothferry Park
Attendance: 25091
Referee: Lyn Ashton (Ilkeston)
6 March 1971 (1971-03-06) 30 Cardiff City 4–0 Carlisle United Cardiff
15:00 Alan Warboys   2.10', 9', 43', ?' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 22502
Referee: Peter R Walters (Bridgewater)
13 March 1971 (1971-03-13) 31 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Cardiff City Blackburn
Freddie Goodwin   70'   26' Brian Clark Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 10562
Referee: Maurice Fussey (Retford, Nottinghamshire)
20 March 1971 (1971-03-20) 32 Cardiff City 1–0 Queens Park Rangers Cardiff
15:00 Alan Warboys   45' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 23123
Referee: Dennis Pugh (Chester)
27 March 1971 (1971-03-27) 33 Birmingham City 2–0 Cardiff City Birmingham
Trevor Francis   4'
Phil Summerill   76'
  Brian Clark   Nigel Rees Stadium: St Andrews
Attendance: 49025
Referee: Ray Tinkler (Boston)
3 April 1971 (1971-04-03) 34 Cardiff City 1–0 Bristol City Cardiff
18:30 Ken Wimshurst   3.48' (og) Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 24687
Referee: John Hunting (Leicester)
7 April 1971 (1971-04-07) 35 Cardiff City 1–0 Bolton Wanderers Cardiff
19:30 Brian Clark   56'
 Brian Harris   Ronnie Bird
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 21305
Referee: Jim Finney (Hereford)
10 April 1971 (1971-04-10) 36 Swindon Town 2–2 Cardiff City Swindon
Steve Peplow   5'
Roger Smart   64'
  6', 13' Alan Warboys Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 21158
Referee: Keith Styles (Barnsley)
13 April 1971 (1971-04-13) 37 Middlesbrough 1–1 Cardiff City Middlesbrough
19:15 Downing   2'   54' Peter King
 Steve Derrett   Ian Gibson
Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 19559
Referee: Gordon Kew (Leeds)
17 April 1971 (1971-04-17) 38 Cardiff City 0–1 Watford Cardiff
15:00   60' Woods Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 26536
Referee: Ken Burns (Stourbridge)
24 April 1971 (1971-04-24) 39 Norwich City 1–2 Cardiff City Norwich
15:00 Peter Silvester   77'   28' Brian Clark
  42' Alan Warboys
Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 15607
Referee: Tony Oliver (Leigh On Sea)
27 April 1971 (1971-04-27) 40 Sheffield United 5–1 Cardiff City Sheffield
19:30 Bill Dearden   5', 82'
John Flynn   33'
Tony Currie   55'
Gil Reece   66'
  43' Steve Derrett
  Bobby Woodruff   Leighton Phillips
Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 42963
Referee: Ricky Nicholson (Manchester)
1 May 1971 (1971-05-01) 41 Cardiff City 1–0 Orient Cardiff
15:00 Brian Clark   25'
  Bobby Woodruff   Peter King
Stadium: Ninian Park
Referee: Derek Nippard (Bournemouth)
4 May 1971 (1971-05-04) 42 Luton Town 3–0 Cardiff City Luton
19:30 Malcolm Macdonald   19', 58', 59' Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Referee: Pat Partridge (Middlesbrough)

League Cup

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9 September 1970 (1970-09-09) First Round Queens Park Rangers 4–0 Cardiff City London
19:30 Barry Bridges   ?'
Frank Saul   ?'
Rodney Marsh   ?'
Terry Venables   ?' (pen)
Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 15,026

FA Cup

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2 January 1971 (1971-01-02) Third Round Cardiff City 1–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Cardiff
15:00 Peter King   3' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 19,338
Referee: Ken Wynn (Wolverhampton)
23 January 1971 (1971-01-23) Fourth Round Cardiff City 0–2 Brentford Cardiff
15:00 Jackie Graham   29'
John Docherty   50'
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 23,335
Referee: Ken Baker (Rugby)

European Cup Winners Cup

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16 September 1970 (1970-09-16) One (First leg) Cardiff City 8–0 Pezoporikos Larnaca Cardiff
19:30 Mel Sutton   17'
Ian Gibson   32'
Peter King   35'
Bobby Woodruff   41'
Brian Clark  44', 70'
John Toshack   55', 79'
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 12,984
Referee: Jacques Colling (Luxembourg)
30 September 1970 (1970-09-30) One (Second leg) Pezoporikos Larnaca 0–0
(0–8 agg.)
Cardiff City Larnaca
15:30 Stadium: GSZ Stadium
Attendance: 2,100
Referee: Petar Nikolov (Bulgaria)
21 October 1970 (1970-10-21) Two (first leg) Cardiff City 5–1 Nantes Cardiff
19:30 John Toshack   9', 38'
Ian Gibson   10'
Peter King   76'
Leighton Phillips   80'
  1' Philippe Gondet Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 17,905
Referee: Wolfgang Riedel (East Germany)
4 November 1970 (1970-11-04) Two (second leg) Nantes 1–2
(2–7 agg.)
Cardiff City Nantes
Bernard Blanchet   83'   12'John Toshack
  76' Brian Clark
Stadium: Stade Malakoff
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Timoleon Latsios (Greece)
10 March 1971 (1971-03-10) Quarter Final (first leg) Cardiff City 1–0 Real Madrid Cardiff
19:30 Brian Clark   31' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 47,500
Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)
24 March 1971 (1971-03-24) Quarter Final (second leg) Real Madrid 2–0
(2–1 agg.)
Cardiff City Madrid
Manuel Velázquez   50'
Sebastián Fleitas   52'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Karol Sarka (Czechoslovakia)
2 February 1971 (1971-02-02) Round 3 Newport County 1–1 Cardiff City Newport
Jeff Thomas   3'   5' Brian Clark Stadium: Somerton Park
Attendance: 6,162
10 February 1971 (1971-02-10) Round 3 (Replay) Cardiff City 4–0 Newport County Cardiff
19:30 John Parsons  
Ian Gibson  
Don Murray  
Peter King  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 10,350
Referee: Ken Sweet (Aberdare)
17 February 1971 (1971-02-17) Round 4 Cardiff City 5–0 Bangor City Cardiff
19:30 Ian Gibson   8'
Brian Clark   25'
Nigel Rees   54'
John Parsons  
Peter King   86'
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,019
31 March 1971 (1971-03-31) Semi Final Cardiff City 0–0 Chester City Cardiff
19:30 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,522
Referee: Tom Reynolds (Swansea)
19 April 1971 (1971-04-19) Semi Final (Replay) Chester City 1–2 Cardiff City Chester
19:15 Keith Webber   38'   50' Brian Clark
  55' Steve Derrett
Stadium: Sealand Road
Attendance: 7,352
Referee: Tom Reynolds (Swansea)
10 May 1971 (1971-05-10) Final (First leg) Wrexham 0–1 Cardiff City Wrexham
19:15   5' Bobby Woodruff Stadium: The Racecourse
Attendance: 14,101
Referee: Ron Jones (Deganwy)
12 May 1971 (1971-05-12) Final (Second leg) Cardiff City 3–1
(4–1 agg.)
Wrexham Cardiff
19:30 Ronnie Bird  
Ian Gibson  
Ian Gibson  
  Ray Smith Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,987
Referee: Ron Jones (Deganwy)

See also

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Cardiff City 1970–1971 : English Division Two (old) Table". Statto. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  2. ^ "John Toshack". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  3. ^ "1964–1973 The Scoular Years" Archived 23 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine Cardiffcityfc.co.uk Retrieved 30 November 2013
  4. ^ "All Cardiff City football club players: 1971". 11v11. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Cardiff City 1970-71 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Cardiff City football club match record: 1971". 11v11. Retrieved 7 January 2022.

Bibliography

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  • Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
  • Rothmans Football Yearbook 1970–71. Queen Anne Press. 1970. ISBN 0-362-00071-9.
  • Barry J Hugman, ed. (1984). Canon League Football Players' Records 1946–1984. Newnes Books. ISBN 0-600-37318-5.
  • Crooks, John (1986). Cardiff City Chronology 1920-86. John Crooks. ISBN 0-9511984-0-8.*Crooks, John (1992). Cardiff City Football Club: Official History of the Bluebirds. Yore Publications. ISBN 0-9513321-8-X.