1962–63 Cardiff City F.C. season

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1962–63 Cardiff City F.C. season - Wikipedia

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Cardiff City

1962–63 season

Manager

Bill Jones/George Swindin

Football League Second Division

10th

FA Cup

3rd round

League Cup

2nd round

Welsh Cup

6th round

Top goalscorer

League: Peter Hooper (22)
All: Peter Hooper (24)

Highest home attendance

27,569 (v Newcastle United, 18 August 1962)

Lowest home attendance

8,389 (v Preston, 6 May 1963)

Average home league attendance

15,567

Home colours

← 1961–62

1963–64 →

The 1962–63 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 36th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing tenth.

Following relegation the previous year and a poor start to the season, manager Bill Jones was replaced by George Swindin.

Players

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	WAL	Dilwyn John
--	GK	EIR	Maurice Swan
--	GK	WAL	Graham Vearncombe
--	DF	WAL	Colin Baker
--	DF	SCO	Alistair Brack
--	DF	WAL	Mel Charles
--	DF	WAL	Trevor Edwards
--	DF	SCO	Alec Milne
--	DF	SCO	Don Murray
--	DF	WAL	Trevor Peck
--	DF	WAL	Frank Rankmore
--	DF	WAL	Peter Rodrigues
--	DF	WAL	Ron Stitfall
--	MF	ENG	Bob Collins


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	WAL	Alan Durban
--	MF	WAL	Steve Gammon
--	MF	WAL	Alan Harrington
--	MF	WAL	Barrie Hole
--	MF	ENG	Peter King
--	MF	WAL	Alan McIntosh
--	MF	WAL	Phil Watkins
--	MF	ENG	Gareth Williams
--	FW	WAL	Ivor Allchurch
--	FW	SCO	Gordon Fraser
--	FW	ENG	Peter Hooper
--	FW	WAL	Derek Tapscott

League standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
8	Bury	42	18	11	13	51	47	1.085	47
9	Scunthorpe United	42	16	12	14	57	59	0.966	44
10	Cardiff City	42	18	7	17	83	73	1.137	43
11	Southampton	42	17	8	17	72	67	1.075	42
12	Plymouth Argyle	42	15	12	15	76	73	1.041	42

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

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	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	W
Position			10	12	13	14	17	17	14	9	13	10	11	11	11	9	8	9	6	6	7	8	10	8	8	8	9	7	5	7	10	13	12	13	12	10	12	10	10	10	12	10

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

Second Division

18 August 1962 (1962-08-18) 1	Cardiff City	4–4	Newcastle United	Cardiff
15:15	Peter Hooper 42' Mel Charles 49' Barrie Hole 54', 79'		30' (pen) Jimmy Fell 35' Jim Kerray 43' (og) Frank Rankmore 71' Dave Hilley	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 27,569 Referee: Jim Pickles

22 August 1962 (1962-08-22) 2	Norwich City	0–0	Cardiff City	Norwich
				Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 25,360

25 August 1962 (1962-08-25) 3	Derby County	1–2	Cardiff City	Derby
15:00			(pen) Peter Hooper Ivor Allchurch	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 14,538

29 August 1962 (1962-08-29) 4	Cardiff City	2–4	Norwich City	Cardiff
19:15	Peter Hooper Peter Hooper			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 26,103

1 September 1962 (1962-09-01) 5	Cardiff City	1–2	Middlesbrough	Cardiff
15:15	Dick Neal (og)		(pen) Arthur Kaye Arthur Kaye	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 18,940 Referee: LJ Hamer (Bolton)

4 September 1962 (1962-09-04) 6	Swansea Town	2–1	Cardiff City	Swansea
19:15	Herbie Williams Eddie Thomas		Mel Charles	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 24,687

8 September 1962 (1962-09-08) 7	Huddersfield Town	1–0	Cardiff City	Huddersfield
	Len White			Stadium: Leeds Road Attendance: 17,573

12 September 1962 (1962-09-12) 8	Cardiff City	5–3	Grimsby Town	Cardiff
19:15	Peter Hooper Alan McIntosh Mel Charles Mel Charles Ivor Allchurch			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 14,426 Referee: Eric Jennings (Stourbridge)

15 September 1962 (1962-09-15) 9	Cardiff City	5–2	Swansea Town	Cardiff
15:15	Peter Davies (og) Mel Charles Mel Charles Alan McIntosh Peter Hooper		Herbie Williams Herbie Williams	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 23,454

18 September 1962 (1962-09-18) 10	Grimsby Town	1–2	Cardiff City	Grimsby
19:15			Peter Hooper Peter Hooper	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 10,962

22 September 1962 (1962-09-22) 11	Cardiff City	1–2	Portsmouth	Cardiff
15:15	Derek Tapscott			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 22,302 Referee: A Atherton (Runcorn)

29 September 1962 (1962-09-29) 12	Preston North End	2–6	Cardiff City	Preston
			Derek Tapscott Peter Hooper Peter Hooper Mel Charles Mel Charles Alan Durban	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 11,994

6 October 1962 (1962-10-06) 13	Chelsea	6–0	Cardiff City	London
15:00	Frank Upton 56' Terry Venables 58' Bert Murray 61' Bobby Tambling 68' Barry Bridges 69' Bobby Tambling 79'			Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 25,434 Referee: JE Carr (Sheffield)

13 October 1962 (1962-10-13) 14	Cardiff City	1–0	Luton Town	Cardiff
15:15	Peter Hooper			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 15,901

27 October 1962 (1962-10-27) 15	Cardiff City	4–0	Scunthorpe United	Cardiff
15:15	Alan McIntosh Ivor Allchurch Ivor Allchurch Derek Tapscott			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 12,003

31 October 1962 (1962-10-31) 16	Southampton	3–5	Cardiff City	Southampton
			Barrie Hole Ivor Allchurch Ivor Allchurch Alan McIntosh Alan Durban	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 16,616

3 November 1962 (1962-11-03) 17	Bury	1–0	Cardiff City	Bury
				Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 9,915

10 November 1962 (1962-11-10) 18	Cardiff City	4–1	Rotherham United	Cardiff
15:15	Peter Hooper Peter Hooper Alan Durban Alan Durban			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 14,199

17 November 1962 (1962-11-17) 19	Charlton Athletic	2–4	Cardiff City	London
			Derek Tapscott Derek Tapscott Derek Tapscott Peter Hooper	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 11,509

24 November 1962 (1962-11-24) 20	Cardiff City	1–1	Stoke City	Cardiff
15:15	Alan McIntosh		Jackie Mudie	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 21,543 Referee: RJ Mitchell (Prescot)

1 December 1962 (1962-12-01) 21	Sunderland	2–1	Cardiff City	Sunderland
15:00	Jimmy Davison 37' Brian Clough 52'		60' Ivor Allchurch	Stadium: Roker Park Attendance: 37,603 Referee: GW Grundy (Grimsby)

8 December 1962 (1962-12-08) 22	Cardiff City	0–0	Leeds United	Cardiff
15:15				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,334 Referee: Bill Clements (West Bromwich)

15 December 1962 (1962-12-15) 23	Newcastle United	2–1	Cardiff City	Newcastle
15:00	Jimmy Fell Jimmy Fell		Peter Hooper	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 27,916

22 December 1962 (1962-12-22) 24	Cardiff City	1–0	Derby County	Cardiff
15:15	Peter Hooper			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 12,027

26 December 1962 (1962-12-26) 25	Plymouth Argyle	4–2	Cardiff City	Plymouth
15:15	Jimmy McAnearney Jimmy McAnearney Alex Jackson Alex Jackson		Alan Durban Alan Durban	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 18,992 Referee: S Yates (Bristol)

23 February 1963 (1963-02-23) 26	Cardiff City	1–0	Chelsea	Cardiff
15:15	Alan Harrington 63'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 16,108 Referee: Harold Richards (Oldham)

9 March 1963 (1963-03-09) 27	Cardiff City	3–1	Southampton	Cardiff
18:45	Ivor Allchurch Derek Tapscott Alan McIntosh			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 12,427

15 March 1963 (1963-03-15) 28	Scunthorpe United	2–2	Cardiff City	Scunthorpe
			Ivor Allchurch Ivor Allchurch	Stadium: Old Show Ground Attendance: 8,060

23 March 1963 (1963-03-23) 29	Cardiff City	3–1	Bury	Cardiff
15:15	Jack Threlfall 41' (og) Peter Hooper 54' Mel Charles 83'		38' Tony Bartley	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 15,565 Referee: JE Cooke (Waterbeach)

29 March 1963 (1963-03-29) 30	Rotherham United	2–1	Cardiff City	Rotherham
19:15			Ivor Allchurch	Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 9,131 Referee: Frank Cowen (Manchester)

6 April 1963 (1963-04-06) 31	Cardiff City	1–2	Charlton Athletic	Cardiff
15:15	Barrie Hole			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 12,619

13 April 1963 (1963-04-13) 32	Stoke City	1–0	Cardiff City	Stoke
	Dennis Viollet			Stadium: Victoria Ground Attendance: 30,453

15 April 1963 (1963-04-15) 33	Cardiff City	2–2	Walsall	Cardiff
15:15	Trevor Edwards Derek Tapscott			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,257

16 April 1963 (1963-04-16) 34	Walsall	2–1	Cardiff City	Walsall
			Peter King	Stadium: Fellows Park Attendance: 10,381

20 April 1963 (1963-04-20) 35	Cardiff City	5–2	Sunderland	Cardiff
15:15	Derek Tapscott 12' Peter Hooper 17', 27' Alan McIntosh 44' Mel Charles 71'		56' (og) Trevor Edwards 57' Andy Kerr	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 12,293 Referee: Peter Brandwood (Wolverhampton)

24 April 1963 (1963-04-24) 36	Luton Town	2–3	Cardiff City	Luton
19:15			Peter Hooper Peter Hooper Peter Hooper	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 7,237

27 April 1963 (1963-04-27) 37	Leeds United	3–0	Cardiff City	Leeds
	Jim Storrie Jim Storrie Jim Storrie			Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 19,702 Referee: Keith Walker (Blackpool)

1 May 1963 (1963-05-01) 38	Cardiff City	2–1	Plymouth Argyle	Cardiff
19:15	Ivor Allchurch Barrie Hole		Johnny Newman	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,673

4 May 1963 (1963-05-04) 39	Portsmouth	2–0	Cardiff City	Portsmouth
				Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 10,538

6 May 1963 (1963-05-06) 40	Cardiff City	1–1	Preston North End	Cardiff
19:15	Mel Charles			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,389

11 May 1963 (1963-05-11) 41	Middlesbrough	3–2	Cardiff City	Middlesbrough
	Billy Horner Alan Peacock Alan Peacock		Alan McIntosh Alan McIntosh	Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 9,628

18 May 1963 (1963-05-18) 42	Cardiff City	3–0	Huddersfield Town	Cardiff
15:15	Peter King Peter King Derek Tapscott			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,774

League Cup

26 September 1962 (1962-09-26) Round 1	Cardiff City	5–1	Reading	Cardiff
19:00	Mel Charles Derek Tapscott Alan Durban Alan Durban Peter Hooper (pen)			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,136

23 October 1962 (1962-10-23) Round 2	Bristol Rovers	2–0	Cardiff City	Bristol
19:30				Stadium: Eastville Attendance: 12,142 Referee: Eric Jennings (Salisbury)

FA Cup

18 February 1963 (1963-02-18) Round 3	Charlton Athletic	1–0	Cardiff City	London
19:30	Lenny Glover			Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 13,448 Referee: PG Brandwood (Wolverhampton)

Welsh Cup

26 March 1963 (1963-03-26) Round 5	Cardiff City	7–1	Abergavenny Thursdays	Cardiff
19:15	Ivor Allchurch Ivor Allchurch Alan Durban Alan Durban Barrie Hole Peter Hooper Derek Tapscott			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,200

11 April 1963 (1963-04-11) Round 6	Swansea Town	2–0	Cardiff City	Swansea
19:15	Barrie Jones Eddie Thomas			Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 11,500

References

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

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