1960–61 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
1960–61 season
Manager	Bill Jones
Football League First Division	15th
FA Cup	3rd round
League Cup	2nd round
Welsh Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Derek Tapscott (21); All: Derek Tapscott (30)
Highest home attendance	45,463 v Tottenham Hotspur, 11 March 1961
Lowest home attendance	9,549 v West Ham United, 22 April 1961
Average home league attendance	23,390
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1959–60 1961–62 →

The 1960–61 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 34th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division One, then the first tier of English football, finishing fifteenth.

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	ENG	Ron Nicholls
--	GK	EIR	Maurice Swan
--	GK	WAL	Graham Vearncombe
--	DF	WAL	Colin Baker
--	DF	WAL	Trevor Edwards
--	DF	SCO	Danny Malloy
--	DF	SCO	Alec Milne
--	DF	WAL	Frank Rankmore
--	DF	WAL	Ron Stitfall
--	DF	WAL	Derrick Sullivan
--	MF	WAL	Alan Durban
--	MF	WAL	Steve Gammon
--	MF	WAL	Alan Harrington
--	MF	WAL	Barrie Hole
--	MF	WAL	Mike Hughes


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	WAL	Brian Jenkins
--	MF	ENG	Peter King
--	MF	WAL	Danny McCarthy
--	MF	WAL	Graham Moore
--	MF	SCO	Bob Scott
--	MF	ENG	Brian Walsh
--	FW	ENG	Peter Donnelly
--	FW	ENG	Brian Edgley
--	FW	ENG	Derek Hogg
--	FW	ENG	Colin Hudson
--	FW	SCO	John McMillan
--	FW	WAL	Tony Pickrell
--	FW	WAL	Derek Tapscott
--	FW	WAL	Dai Ward
--	FW	ENG	Johnny Watkins

League standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
13	Manchester City	42	13	11	18	79	90	0.878	37
14	Nottingham Forest	42	14	9	19	62	78	0.795	37	Invited for the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
15	Cardiff City	42	13	11	18	60	85	0.706	37
16	West Ham United	42	13	10	19	77	88	0.875	36
17	Fulham	42	14	8	20	72	95	0.758	36

Source: World Football
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	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	D	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	D	D
Position			11	16	11	14	15	15	17	14	17	18	18	17	18	19	18	17	15	17	14	13	13	13	13	9	12	12	11	9	7	9	6	9	10	12	14	13	13	14	14	15

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

Fixtures and results

First Division

20 August 1960 (1960-08-20) 1	Fulham	2–2	Cardiff City	London
15:15	Graham Leggat Johnny Haynes		Brian Walsh Graham Moore	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 30,911 Referee: Frank Cowen (Manchester)

24 August 1960 (1960-08-24) 2	Cardiff City	0–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Cardiff
19:15			Alan Finney	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 31,335

27 August 1960 (1960-08-27) 3	Cardiff City	2–0	Preston North End	Cardiff
15:15	Derek Tapscott Derek Tapscott			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 27,213

31 August 1960 (1960-08-31) 4	Sheffield Wednesday	2–0	Cardiff City	Sheffield
19:15	John Quinn John Quinn			Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 27,537 Referee: KJ Seddon (Southport)

3 September 1960 (1960-09-03) 5	Burnley	1–2	Cardiff City	Burnley
15:00	Jimmy Robson 66'		40' Derek Tapscott 88' Johnny Watkins	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 19,695 Referee: William Surtees (Langley Park)

7 September 1960 (1960-09-07) 6	Cardiff City	1–1	Aston Villa	Cardiff
19:15	Derek Tapscott		Vic Crowe	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 34,716 Referee: Jim Finney (Hereford)

10 September 1960 (1960-09-10) 7	Cardiff City	1–3	Nottingham Forest	Cardiff
15:15	Derek Tapscott		Billy Gray Geoff Vowden Billy Younger	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 24,037 Referee: Arthur Edge (Liverpool)

12 September 1960 (1960-09-12) 8	Aston Villa	2–1	Cardiff City	Birmingham
19:15	Bobby Thomson Harry Burrows		Peter Donnelly	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 32,901

17 September 1960 (1960-09-17) 9	Manchester City	4–2	Cardiff City	Manchester
15:00	Joe Hayes 4', 82' Colin Barlow 16', 21'		51' Derek Tapscott 83' Alan Durban	Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 30,932 Referee: Peter Brandwood (Kidderminster)

24 September 1960 (1960-09-24) 10	Cardiff City	1–0	Arsenal	Cardiff
15:15	Derek Tapscott 52'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 32,775 Referee: Bill Clements (West Bromwich)

1 October 1960 (1960-10-01) 11	Newcastle United	5–0	Cardiff City	Newcastle
15:00	George Luke 7', 70' Len White 30', 63' Bobby Mitchell 87'			Stadium: St James's Park Attendance: 17,627

8 October 1960 (1960-10-08) 12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–2	Cardiff City	Wolverhampton
	Ted Farmer Ted Farmer		Colin Hudson Trevor Edwards	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 23,800

15 October 1960 (1960-10-15) 13	Cardiff City	0–1	Bolton	Cardiff
15:00			Nat Lofthouse	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 22,672 Referee: Denis Howell (Birmingham)

28 October 1960 (1960-10-28) 14	Cardiff City	2–1	Leicester City	Cardiff
19:00	Peter Donnelly Derek Hogg		Jimmy Walsh	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 19,136 Referee: Fred Duxbury (Preston)

2 November 1960 (1960-11-02) 15	Tottenham Hotspur	3–2	Cardiff City	London
	Terry Medwin 35' Danny Blanchflower 60' (pen) Terry Dyson		20', 85' Peter Donnelly	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 47,605 Referee: KR Tuck (Derby)

5 November 1960 (1960-11-05) 16	Blackpool	6–1	Cardiff City	Blackpool
15:00	Ray Charnley Ray Charnley Bill Perry Dave Durie Ray Parry Ray Charnley		Derek Tapscott	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 13,457

12 November 1960 (1960-11-12) 17	Cardiff City	1–1	Everton	Cardiff
15:15	Johnny Watkins 14'		2' Billy Bingham	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 19,234

19 November 1960 (1960-11-19) 18	Blackburn Rovers	2–2	Cardiff City	Blackburn
15:00	Chris Crowe Peter Dobing		Derek Tapscott (og) Andy McEvoy	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 15,132 Referee: K Howley (Middlesbrough)

26 November 1960 (1960-11-26) 19	Cardiff City	3–0	Manchester United	Cardiff
15:15	Derek Hogg 31', 60' Brian Edgley 43'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 21,122 Referee: Harold Horner (Coventry)

3 December 1960 (1960-12-03) 20	West Ham United	2–0	Cardiff City	London
15:00	Malcolm Musgrove Dave Dunmore			Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 13,967

10 December 1960 (1960-12-10) 21	Cardiff City	2–1	Chelsea	Cardiff
15:15	Brian Walsh 13' Colin Baker 20'		55' Jimmy Greaves	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 21,840 Referee: H Callaghan (Stockport)

17 December 1960 (1960-12-17) 22	Cardiff City	2–0	Fulham	Cardiff
15:15	Colin Baker Derek Tapscott			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 16,807

26 December 1960 (1960-12-26) 23	Cardiff City	3–1	West Bromwich Albion	Cardiff
15:15	Derek Tapscott Derek Tapscott Derek Tapscott		Brian Macready	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 25,214 Referee: Gilbert Pullin (Bristol)

27 December 1960 (1960-12-27) 24	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	Cardiff City	West Bromwich
	Derek Kevan		Colin Baker	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 30,131

31 December 1960 (1960-12-31) 25	Preston North End	1–1	Cardiff City	Preston
	Peter Thompson		Derek Tapscott	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 11,048

14 January 1961 (1961-01-14) 26	Cardiff City	2–1	Burnley	Cardiff
15:00	Derek Tapscott 9', 35'		2' Ray Pointer	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 25,670 Referee: Roger Woan (London)

21 January 1961 (1961-01-21) 27	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Cardiff City	Nottingham
	Colin Booth Johnny Quigley		Derek Tapscott	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 19,227

4 February 1961 (1961-02-04) 28	Cardiff City	3–3	Manchester City	Cardiff
15:00	Graham Moore 20' Derek Tapscott 23' Colin Baker 37'		21', 50' Joe Hayes 85' Gerry Baker	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 15,218 Referee: Jim Finney (Hereford)

11 February 1961 (1961-02-11) 29	Arsenal	2–3	Cardiff City	London
	David Herd 27', 71'		6' Graham Moore 37' Brian Walsh 47' Peter Donnelly	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 33,534 Referee: Harry New (Hampshire)

22 February 1961 (1961-02-22) 30	Cardiff City	3–2	Newcastle United	Cardiff
19:15	Graham Moore 9', 57' Brian Walsh 14'		44' Ivor Allchurch 70' Len White	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 22,502

25 February 1961 (1961-02-25) 31	Cardiff City	3–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Cardiff
15:15	Brian Walsh Peter Donnelly Derek Tapscott		Ted Farmer Ted Farmer	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 24,396

4 March 1961 (1961-03-04) 32	Bolton	3–0	Cardiff City	Bolton
	Doug Holden Dennis Stevens Dennis Stevens			Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 21,815

11 March 1961 (1961-03-11) 33	Cardiff City	3–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Cardiff
19:00	Derek Hogg 10' Brian Walsh 49' Derek Tapscott 50'		3' Terry Dyson 17' Les Allen	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 45,463 Referee: Eric Jennings (Stourbridge)

24 March 1961 (1961-03-24) 34	Cardiff City	0–2	Blackpool	Cardiff
19:15			Ray Charnley Des Horne	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 19,754 Referee: Jack Taylor (Wolverhampton)

31 March 1961 (1961-03-31) 35	Cardiff City	0–2	Birmingham City	Cardiff
15:15			(pen) Jimmy Harris Bryan Orritt	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 16,339 Referee: Arthur Edge (Liverpool)

1 April 1961 (1961-04-01) 36	Chelsea	6–1	Cardiff City	London
15:00	Mike Harrison 2' Jimmy Greaves 17' Ron Tindall 65', 70' Bobby Tambling 43' Alan Harrington 89' (og)		51' Alan Durban	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 22,697 Referee: FP Clarke (Coventry)

3 April 1961 (1961-04-03) 37	Birmingham City	2–1	Cardiff City	Birmingham
15:00	Jimmy Harris Bryan Orritt		Graham Moore	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 20,065 Referee: NN Hough (Macclesfield)

8 April 1961 (1961-04-08) 38	Cardiff City	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	Cardiff
15:15	Trevor Edwards		Fred Pickering	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 16,192 Referee: Bill Clements (West Bromwich)

10 April 1961 (1961-04-10) 39	Leicester City	3–0	Cardiff City	Leicester
19:30	Jimmy Walsh Jimmy Walsh Hugh McIlmoyle			Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 32,042 Referee: Roger Woan (London)

15 April 1961 (1961-04-15) 40	Everton	5–1	Cardiff City	Liverpool
15:15	Bobby Collins 4', 29' (pen), 49' Alex Young 44', 46'		83' Dai Ward	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 34,382 Referee: Charles Rogers (Greenford, Middlesex)

22 April 1961 (1961-04-22) 41	Cardiff City	1–1	West Ham United	Cardiff
15:15	Peter Donnelly		John Dick	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,549

29 April 1961 (1961-04-29) 42	Manchester United	3–3	Cardiff City	Manchester
15:00	Bobby Charlton 10', 35' Maurice Setters 31'		29' Derek Tapscott 53', 74' (pen) Derek Hogg	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 30,420 Referee: RH Mann (Worcester)

League Cup

3 October 1960 (1960-10-03) Round 1	Middlesbrough	3–4	Cardiff City	Middlesbrough
	Brian Clough Brian Clough Alan Peacock		Brian Walsh Peter Donnelly Colin Hudson (pen) Trevor Edwards	Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 15,695

24 October 1960 (1960-10-24) Round 2	Cardiff City	0–4	Burnley	Cardiff
19:15			35', 49', 89' Gordon Harris 78' John Connelly	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Gilbert Pullin (Bristol)

FA Cup

7 January 1961 (1961-01-07) Round 3	Cardiff City	1–1	Manchester City	Cardiff
15:00	Derek Tapscott 40'		36' (og) Alan Harrington	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 25,640 Referee: Denis Howell (Birmingham)

11 January 1961 (1961-01-11) Round 3 (Replay)	Manchester City	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Cardiff City	Manchester
19:30				Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Ernie Crawford (Doncaster)

16 January 1961 (1961-01-16) Round 3 (Second Replay)	Manchester City	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Cardiff City	London
19:30	Denis Law 91' Joe Hayes			Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 24,168 Referee: Ernie Crawford (Doncaster)

Welsh Cup

28 January 1961 (1961-01-28) Round 5	Cardiff City	16–0	Knighton Town	Cardiff
	Derek Tapscott 21', 43', 44', 55', 57', ??' Graham Moore 15', 36', 42', ??' Brian Walsh ??', 88' Peter Donnelly 41', ??' Derek Hogg 82' Danny Malloy			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 1,800 Referee: J Meredith (Shrewsbury)

16 February 1961 (1961-02-16) Round 6	Cardiff City	2–1	Newport County	Cardiff
19:15	Derek Hogg (pen) Graham Moore		Barrie Meyer	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 12,192 Referee: D King (Ynysybwl)

22 March 1961 (1961-03-22) Semi Final	Swansea Town	1–1	Cardiff City	Newport
19:15			Derek Tapscott	Stadium: Somerton Park Attendance: 10,470 Referee: CW Kingston (Newport)

28 March 1961 (1961-03-28) Semi Final (Replay)	Swansea Town	1–0	Cardiff City	Llanelli
17:45				Stadium: Stebonheath Park Attendance: 20,000

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