1992–93 Cardiff City F.C. season

The 1992–93 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 66th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Three, then the fourth tier of English football, finishing first, winning promotion to Division Two.

Cardiff City
1992–93 season
OwnerRick Wright
ManagerEddie May
Football League Third Division1st
FA Cup1st round
League Cup1st round
European Cup Winners Cup1st round
Welsh CupWinners
Autoglass Trophy2nd round
Top goalscorerLeague: Chris Pike, Phil Stant (12)
All: Phil Stant (19)
Highest home attendance17,253 (v Shrewsbury, 1 May 1993)
Lowest home attendance4,348 (v Bury, 28 November 1992)
Average home league attendance7,797

Players

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First team squad. [1] 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 Mark Grew
GK   ENG Gavin Ward
DF   WAL Gareth Abraham
DF   WAL Lee Baddeley
DF   EIR Derek Brazil
DF   WAL Andy Gorman
DF   NIR Neil Matthews
DF   WAL Jason Perry
DF   WAL Kevin Ratcliffe
DF   WAL Damon Searle
DF   ENG John Williams
MF   ENG Nilsson Callaway
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   GUY Cohen Griffith
MF   WAL Robbie James
MF   ENG Nyrere Kelly
MF   NIR Paul Millar
MF   NIR Paul Ramsey
MF   ENG Nick Richardson
FW   WAL Tony Bird
FW   WAL Nathan Blake
FW   WAL Carl Dale
FW   WAL Chris Pike
FW   ENG Phil Stant

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Cardiff City 42 25 8 9 77 47 +30 83 Division Champions, promoted
Welsh Cup winners, qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup
2 Wrexham 42 23 11 8 75 52 +23 80 Promoted
3 Barnet 42 23 10 9 66 48 +18 79
4 York City 42 21 12 9 72 45 +27 75 Promoted through play-offs
5 Walsall 42 22 7 13 76 61 +15 73 Participated in play-offs
Source: [2]

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundHAHHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHHAHAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultDWWWLDDWDLLWLWLWWLDLWWWWWWWWDWWWWLDWDLWWWW
Position~~3233335~129101010847887544442222211111121111
Source: [3]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

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15 August 1992 (1992-08-15) 1 Cardiff City 0–0 Darlington Cardiff
15:00 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,399
22 August 1992 (1992-08-22) 2 Walsall 2–3 Cardiff City Walsall
15:00 Charlie Ntamark  
Steve O'Hara  
  Damon Searle
  Carl Dale
  Carl Dale
Stadium: Fellows Park
Attendance: 4,311
29 August 1992 (1992-08-29) 3 Cardiff City 2–1 Halifax Town Cardiff
15:00 Robbie James  
Carl Dale  
  Ian Thompstone Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 7,662
1 September 1992 (1992-09-01) 4 Cardiff City 2–1 Northampton Town Cardiff
19:30 Paul Ramsey   (pen)
Carl Dale  
  Steve Brown Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 7,416
5 September 1992 (1992-09-05) 5 Torquay United 2–1 Cardiff City Torquay
15:00 Justin Fashanu  
Duane Darby  
  Chris Pike Stadium: Plainmoor
Attendance: 2,939
8 September 1992 (1992-09-08) 6 Cardiff City 2–2 Carlisle United Cardiff
19:30 Chris Pike   (pen)
Jason Perry  
  Andy Watson
  Ricardo Gabbiadini
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,859
13 September 1992 (1992-09-13) 7 Hereford United 1–1 Cardiff City Hereford
Chris Fry     Nathan Blake Stadium: Edgar Street
Attendance: 4,089
19 September 1992 (1992-09-19) 8 Cardiff City 3–1 Gillingham Cardiff
15:00 Nathan Blake  
Chris Pike  
Chris Pike  
  Nicky Forster Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,456
3 October 1992 (1992-10-03) 9 Cardiff City 1–1 Rochdale Cardiff
15:00 Chris Pike   16'   16' (pen) Mark Payne Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,161
10 October 1992 (1992-10-10) 10 Crewe Alexandra 2–0 Cardiff City Crewe
15:00 Mark Gardiner  
Craig Hignett  
Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 3,638
24 October 1992 (1992-10-24) 11 Shrewsbury Town 3–2 Cardiff City Shrewsbury
15:00 Carl Griffiths  
Carl Griffiths  
Carl Griffiths  
  Carl Dale
  (pen) Chris Pike
Stadium: Gay Meadow
Attendance: 4,161
31 October 1992 (1992-10-31) 12 Cardiff City 3–0 Scunthorpe United Cardiff
15:00 Nathan Blake  
Nyrere Kelly  
Paul Ramsey   (pen)
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,027
3 November 1992 (1992-11-03) 13 Chesterfield 2–1 Cardiff City Chesterfield
19:30 Mick Kennedy  
Lee Turnbull  
  Robbie James Stadium: Saltergate
Attendance: 2,590
7 November 1992 (1992-11-07) 14 Cardiff City 3–1 Colchester United Cardiff
15:00 Carl Dale   46'
Nathan Blake   77'
Tony English   78' (og)
  90' Mark Kinsella Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,505
Referee: K Leach
22 November 1992 (1992-11-22) 15 Barnet 2–1 Cardiff City Chipping Barnet
13:00 Dave Barnett  
Derek Payne  
  Carl Dale Stadium: Underhill Stadium
Attendance: 4,181
28 November 1992 (1992-11-28) 16 Cardiff City 3–0 Bury Cardiff
15:00 Mark Kearney   (og)
Nathan Blake  
Cohen Griffith  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,348
11 December 1992 (1992-12-11) 17 Doncaster Rovers 0–1 Cardiff City Doncaster
19:30   Paul Millar Stadium: Belle Vue
Attendance: 2,023
18 December 1992 (1992-12-18) 18 Cardiff City 1–2 Wrexham Cardiff
19:30 Nathan Blake     Jonathan Cross
  Jonathan Cross
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,832
26 December 1992 (1992-12-26) 19 Cardiff City 3–3 York City Cardiff
15:00 Phil Stant  
Phil Stant  
Andy Gorman  
  Ian Blackstone
  Ian Blackstone
  Paul Barnes
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 10,411
28 December 1992 (1992-12-28) 20 Lincoln City 3–2 Cardiff City Lincoln
15:00 David Puttnam  
Neil Matthews  
Dean West  
  Paul Ramsey
  Paul Millar
Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 4,359
2 January 1993 (1993-01-02) 21 Cardiff City 2–1 Hereford United Cardiff
15:00 Phil Stant  
Nick Richardson  
  Max Nicholson Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,593
9 January 1993 (1993-01-09) 22 Carlisle United 1–2 Cardiff City Carlisle
15:00 Ian Arnold   (pen)   Tony Bird
  Kevin Ratcliffe
Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 3,691
23 January 1993 (1993-01-23) 23 Gillingham 0–1 Cardiff City Gillingham
15:00   Cohen Griffith Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 4,069
26 January 1993 (1993-01-26) 24 Halifax Town 0–1 Cardiff City Halifax
19:30   Phil Stant Stadium: The Shay
Attendance: 1,339
30 January 1993 (1993-01-30) 25 Cardiff City 2–1 Walsall Cardiff
15:00 Phil Stant  
Cohen Griffith  
  Rod McDonald Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,012
6 February 1993 (1993-02-06) 26 Darlington 0–2 Cardiff City Darlington
15:00   Chris Pike
  (pen) Chris Pike
Stadium: Feethams
Attendance: 1,775
13 February 1993 (1993-02-13) 27 Cardiff City 4–0 Torquay United Cardiff
15:00 Paul Millar  
Phil Stant  
Phil Stant  
Nathan Blake  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 7,771
19 February 1993 (1993-02-19) 28 Northampton Town 1–2 Cardiff City Northampton
19:30 Steve Brown   (pen)   Phil Stant
  Chris Pike
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 4,519
27 February 1993 (1993-02-27) 29 Cardiff City 1–1 Crewe Alexandra Cardiff
15:00 Cohen Griffith     Phil Clarkson Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 10,012
6 March 1993 (1993-03-06) 30 Rochdale 1–2 Cardiff City Rochdale
15:00 Jon Bowden   83'   21' (pen) Nathan Blake
  67' Cohen Griffith
Stadium: Spotland
Attendance: 2,831
9 March 1993 (1993-03-09) 31 Cardiff City 1–0 Scarborough Cardiff
19:30 Phil Stant   Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,583
12 March 1993 (1993-03-12) 32 Colchester United 2–4 Cardiff City Colchester
19:45 Roy McDonough   17' (pen)
Steve McGavin   57'
  21' Chris Pike
  33' Chris Pike
  23' Nick Richardson
  63' Neil Matthews
Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 4,538
Referee: Graham Pooley (Bishops Stortford)
20 March 1993 (1993-03-20) 33 Cardiff City 2–1 Chesterfield Cardiff
15:00 Carl Dale  
Nick Richardson  
  Dave Lancaster Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,756
23 March 1993 (1993-03-23) 34 Bury 1–0 Cardiff City Bury
19:30 Ian Stevens   Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 3,574
27 March 1993 (1993-03-27) 35 Cardiff City 1–1 Barnet Cardiff
15:00 Cohen Griffith     Nicky Evans Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 16,073
3 April 1993 (1993-04-03) 36 Scarborough 1–3 Cardiff City Scarborough
15:00 Steve Charles   (pen)   (pen) Chris Pike
  Nick Richardson
  Phil Stant
Stadium: Athletic Ground
Attendance: 2,223
6 April 1993 (1993-04-06) 37 Cardiff City 1–1 Doncaster Rovers Cardiff
19:30 Jason Perry     (pen) Mike Jeffrey Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,938
10 April 1993 (1993-04-10) 38 York City 3–1 Cardiff City York
15:00 Jon McCarthy  
Ian Blackstone  
Nigel Pepper  
  Cohen Griffith Stadium: Bootham Crescent
Attendance: 6,568
12 April 1993 (1993-04-12) 39 Cardiff City 3–1 Lincoln City Cardiff
15:00 Phil Stant  
Nathan Blake  
Paul Ramsey   (pen)
  Neil Matthews Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 11,257
17 April 1993 (1993-04-17) 40 Wrexham 0–2 Cardiff City Wrexham
15:00   Cohen Griffith
  Nathan Blake
Stadium: The Racecourse
Attendance: 10,852
1 May 1993 (1993-05-01) 41 Cardiff City 2–1 Shrewsbury Town Cardiff
15:00 Jason Perry  
Nathan Blake  
  Kevin Summerfield Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 17,253
8 May 1993 (1993-05-08) 42 Scunthorpe United 0–3 Cardiff City Scunthorpe
15:00   11', 47' Cohen Griffith
  35' Phil Stant
Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 7,407
Referee: John Key (Sheffield)

Source [3] [4]

Coca-Cola Cup (League Cup)

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18 August 1992 (1992-08-18) Round 1 (First leg) Cardiff City 1–0 Bristol City Cardiff
19:30 Carl Dale   Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,126
25 August 1992 (1992-08-25) Round 1 (Second leg) Bristol City 5–1
(5–2 agg.)
Cardiff City Bristol
Andy Cole  
Andy Cole  
Andy Cole  
Leroy Rosenior  
Wayne Allison  
  Carl Dale Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 10,174

FA Cup

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14 November 1992 (1992-11-14) Round 1 Cardiff City 2–3 Bath City Cardiff
15:00 Paul Millar   25'
Nathan Blake  
  20' Graham Withey
  Jerry Gill
  70' Deion Vernon
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,506

UEFA Cup Winners Cup

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16 September 1992 (1992-09-16) Round 1 (First leg) Cardiff City 1–1 Admira Wacker Cardiff
19:30 Chris Pike   58'   44' Johannes Abfalterer Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,634
29 September 1992 (1992-09-29) Round 1 (Second leg) Admira Wacker 2–0
(3–1 agg.)
Cardiff City Modling
Olaf Marschall   47'
Johannes Abfalterer   89'
Stadium: Sudstadt Stadium
Attendance: 4,700

Welsh Cup

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27 October 1992 (1992-10-27) Round 3 Ton Pentre 0–2 Cardiff City Ton Pentre
14:30   Paul Millar
  (pen) Paul Ramsey
Stadium: Ynys Park
Attendance: 1,300
5 December 1992 (1992-12-05) Round 4 Caerau 0–9 Cardiff City Cardiff
15:00   Nick Richardson
  Nick Richardson
  Nick Richardson
  Chris Pike
  Carl Dale
  Carl Dale
  Carl Dale
  Carl Dale
  Nathan Blake
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 2,579
16 January 1993 (1993-01-16) Round 5 Cardiff City 4–0 Maesteg Park Cardiff
15:00 Phil Stant  
Phil Stant  
Phil Stant  
Paul Ramsey  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 2,867
16 March 1993 (1993-03-16) Semi Final (First leg) Cardiff City 2–0 Wrexham Cardiff
19:30 Cohen Griffith  
Carl Dale  
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 10,251
20 April 1993 (1993-04-20) Semi Final (Second leg) Wrexham 1–0
(2–1 agg.)
Cardiff City Wrexham
19:30   Stadium: The Racecourse
Attendance: 5,735
16 May 1993 (1993-05-16) Final Rhyl 0–5 Cardiff City Cardiff
15:00   Phil Stant
  Phil Stant
  Phil Stant
  Cohen Griffith
  Cohen Griffith
Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 16,443
Referee: K Burge (Tonypandy)

Autoglass Trophy

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1 December 1992 (1992-12-01) Round 1 Shrewsbury Town 1–3 Cardiff City Shrewsbury
19:30 Carl Griffiths     Paul Millar
  Nick Richardson
  Carl Dale
Stadium: Gay Meadow
Attendance: 936
8 December 1992 (1992-12-08) Round 1 Cardiff City 3–2 Hereford United Cardiff
19:30 Paul Ramsey   (pen)
Phil Stant  
Carl Dale  
  Owen Pickard
  Owen Pickard
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,246
19 January 1993 (1993-01-19) Round 2 Cardiff City 1–2 Swansea City Cardiff
19:30 Nathan Blake     Andy Legg
  Martin Hayes
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 13,516

Notes and references

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  1. ^ "All Cardiff City football club players: 1993". 11v11. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  2. ^ "England 1992–93". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Cardiff City 1992-93 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Cardiff City football club match record: 1993". 11v11. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

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