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 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]

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

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 Scotland SCO Jim Eadie
-- GK England ENG Frank Parsons
-- DF England ENG Gary Bell
-- DF England ENG David Carver
-- DF Wales WAL Steve Derrett
-- DF England ENG Brian Harris
-- DF Scotland SCO Don Murray
-- MF Scotland SCO Ian Gibson
-- MF Wales WAL Barrie Jones
-- MF England ENG Peter King
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- MF Wales WAL Leighton Phillips
-- MF England ENG Mel Sutton
-- MF England ENG Bobby Woodruff
-- FW England ENG Ronnie Bird
-- FW England ENG Brian Clark
-- FW Wales WAL John Parsons
-- FW Wales WAL Nigel Rees
-- FW Wales WAL Derek Showers
-- FW Wales WAL John Toshack
-- FW England 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 A yellow card A red card Notes
League FA CupLeague CupEuropeOtherTotalDiscipline
GKJim Eadie3202000407045000
GKFrank Parsons1000010200013000
DFDavid Carver4212010607058100
DFGary Bell4212010607058100
DFSteve Derrett5(1)1000000116(1)200
DFBrian Harris25(1)020104(1)0200000
DFDon Murray4212010607158200
MFIan Gibson4061010626(1)454(1)1200
MFPeter King4152110626(1)256(1)1000
MFLeighton Phillips29(1)320003(2)17041(3)400
MFMel Sutton4122010614054300
MFBobby Woodruff33(3)32010616148(3)500
FWRonnie Bird3(2)0000(1)000417(3)100
FWBrian Clark33(2)151(1)0105(1)46346(4)2200
FWJohn Parsons1(2)20000002(1)23(3)400
FWNigel Rees901(1)000202114(1)100
FWDerek Showers10000000001000
FWJohn Toshack16800104500211300
FWAlan Warboys171310000030211300

League standings

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:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results by round

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

Fixtures & Results

[5] [6]

Second Division

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
upward-facing green arrow Ronnie Bird downward-facing red arrow 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' upward-facing green arrow Leighton Phillips downward-facing red arrow 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'
upward-facing green arrow John Parsons downward-facing red arrow 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

upward-facing green arrow John Parsons downward-facing red arrow 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
upward-facing green arrow Bobby Woodruff downward-facing red arrow 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'
upward-facing green arrow Brian Clark downward-facing red arrow 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'
upward-facing green arrowBrian Harris downward-facing red arrow 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
upward-facing green arrowSteve Derrett downward-facing red arrow 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
upward-facing green arrow Bobby Woodruff downward-facing red arrow 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'
upward-facing green arrow Bobby Woodruff downward-facing red arrow 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

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

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

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)

Welsh Cup

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

Notes

    References

    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. 1 2 "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.

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