1969–70 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
Season 1969–70
League	Football League Second Division
Manager	Jimmy Scoular
League position	7th
Top goalscorer	League: Brian Clark (18) All: Brian Clark (28)
FA Cup	3rd round
League Cup	2nd round
European Cup Winners Cup	2nd round
Welsh Cup	Winners
Previous season	← 1968–69
Next season	1970–71 →

The 1969–70 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 43rd season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing seventh.

The season saw also saw them win the Welsh Cup, beating Chester City in the final, although they enjoyed little success in other tournaments, being knocked out of both the FA Cup and League Cup in their first matches.

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
--	GK	Fred Davies
--	GK	Jim Eadie
--	DF	Gary Bell
--	DF	David Carver
--	DF	Graham Coldrick
--	DF	Steve Derrett
--	DF	Terry Lewis
--	DF	Don Murray
--	MF	Ronnie Bird
--	MF	Brian Harris
--	MF	Barrie Jones

No.	Position	Player
--	MF	Peter King
--	MF	Leslie Lea
--	MF	Leighton Phillips
--	MF	Frank Sharp
--	MF	Bob Summerhayes
--	MF	Mel Sutton
--	MF	Bobby Woodruff
--	FW	Sandy Allan
--	FW	Brian Clark
--	FW	John Toshack

Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Huddersfield Town	42	24	12	6	68	37	1.838	60
2	Blackpool	42	20	13	9	56	45	1.244	53
3	Leicester City	42	19	13	10	64	50	1.280	51
4	Middlesbrough	42	20	10	12	55	45	1.222	50
5	Swindon Town	42	17	16	9	57	47	1.213	50
6	Sheffield United	42	22	5	15	73	38	1.921	49
7	Cardiff City	42	18	13	11	61	41	1.488	49
8	Blackburn Rovers	42	20	7	15	54	50	1.080	47
9	Queens Park Rangers	42	17	11	14	66	57	1.158	45
10	Millwall	42	15	14	13	56	56	1.000	44
11	Norwich City	42	16	11	15	49	46	1.065	43
12	Carlisle United	42	14	13	15	58	56	1.036	41
13	Hull City	42	15	11	16	72	70	1.029	41
14	Bristol City	42	13	13	16	54	50	1.080	39
15	Oxford United	42	12	15	15	35	42	0.833	39
16	Bolton Wanderers	42	12	12	18	54	61	0.885	36
17	Portsmouth	42	13	9	20	66	80	0.825	35
18	Birmingham City	42	11	11	20	51	78	0.654	33
19	Watford	42	9	13	20	44	57	0.772	31
20	Charlton Athletic	42	7	17	18	35	76	0.461	31
21	Aston Villa	42	8	13	21	36	62	0.581	29
22	Preston North End	42	8	12	22	43	63	0.683	28

European Cup Winners Cup


Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 Sep	One (first leg)	Mjøndalen IF	A	W 7 - 1	Approx. 18,000	Clark (2), Toshack (2), Lea, Sutton, King
1 Oct	One (second leg)	Mjøndalen IF	H	W 5 - 1	14,730	Allan (3), King (2)
12 Nov	Two (first leg)	Göztepe A.Ş.	A	L 0 - 3	Approx. 25,000
26 Nov	Two (second leg)	Göztepe A.Ş.	H	W 1 - 0	17,866	Bird

References

Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
"Football Club History Database - Cardiff City". Archived from the original on 30 December 2008. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
Welsh Football Data Archive

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First Division	Arsenal Burnley Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Cardiff City Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Huddersfield Town Hull City Leicester City Middlesbrough Millwall Norwich City Oxford United Portsmouth Preston North End Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield United Swindon Town Watford

Third Division	Barnsley Barrow Bournemouth Bradford City Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Bury Doncaster Rovers Fulham Gillingham Halifax Town Leyton Orient Luton Town Mansfield Town Plymouth Argyle Reading Rochdale Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Southport Stockport County Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Walsall

Fourth Division	Aldershot Bradford Park Avenue Brentford Chester Chesterfield Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Exeter City Grimsby Town Hartlepool United Lincoln City Newport County Northampton Town Notts County Oldham Athletic Peterborough United Port Vale Scunthorpe United Southend United Swansea Town Workington Wrexham York City

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1969–70 Cardiff City F.C. season

Players

Table

European Cup Winners Cup

See also

References