1967–68 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
1967–68 season
Chairman	Fred Dewey
Manager	Jimmy Scoular
Football League Second Division	13th
FA Cup	3rd round
League Cup	2nd round
European Cup Winners Cup	Semi-finals
Welsh Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Peter King (12); All: Peter King (18)
Highest home attendance	20,021 (v QPR, 16 April 1968)
Lowest home attendance	8,396 (v Charlton, 11 May 1968)
Average home league attendance	13,301
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1966–67 1968–69 →

The 1967–68 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 41st season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing thirteenth.

During the season they enjoyed their most successful season in European competition by reaching the semi-final of the European Cup Winners Cup before being beaten 4–3 on aggregate by German side Hamburg. It remains the furthest a Welsh team has ever reached in European competition.

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	Fred Davies
--	GK	ENG	Bob Wilson
--	DF	ENG	Gary Bell
--	DF	ENG	David Carver
--	DF	WAL	Graham Coldrick
--	DF	WAL	Steve Derrett
--	DF	ENG	Bobby Ferguson
--	DF	WAL	Richie Morgan
--	DF	SCO	Don Murray
--	MF	ENG	Ronnie Bird
--	MF	SCO	Malcolm Clarke
--	MF	ENG	Brian Harris
--	MF	WAL	Barrie Jones


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	WAL	Bryn Jones
--	MF	ENG	Peter King
--	MF	ENG	Leslie Lea
--	MF	WAL	Bernie Lewis
--	MF	WAL	Leighton Phillips
--	MF	WAL	David Summerhayes
--	MF	ENG	Gareth Williams
--	FW	SCO	Sandy Allan
--	FW	ENG	Bobby Brown
--	FW	ENG	Brian Clark
--	FW	ENG	Norman Dean
--	FW	WAL	John Toshack

League standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
11	Crystal Palace	42	14	11	17	56	56	1.000	39
12	Bolton Wanderers	42	13	13	16	60	63	0.952	39
13	Cardiff City	42	13	12	17	60	66	0.909	38	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
14	Huddersfield Town	42	13	12	17	46	61	0.754	38
15	Charlton Athletic	42	12	13	17	63	68	0.926	37

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

^ Cardiff City qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1967–68 Welsh Cup winners.

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	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	W	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	D	D	L	D
Position			9	14	12	10	12	13	13	15	14	17	15	14	14	16	15	15	13	15	15	15	15	15	13	14	13	12	12	16	13	14	15	17	17	18	17	16	17	14	14	15

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

Fixtures and results

Second Division

19 August 1967 (1967-08-19) 1	Cardiff City	1 – 1	Plymouth Argyle	Cardiff
15:00	Bobby Brown (pen)		87' John Mitten	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 17,169

26 August 1967 (1967-08-26) 2	Bolton Wanderers	1 – 1	Cardiff City	Bolton
			Peter King	Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 10,654

30 August 1967 (1967-08-30) 3	Cardiff City	4 – 2	Crystal Palace	Cardiff
19:30	Barrie Jones Bobby Brown Ronnie Bird Peter King			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 14,351

2 September 1967 (1967-09-02) 4	Portsmouth	3 – 1	Cardiff City	Portsmouth
	Nicky Jennings George Smith Ray Pointer		Bobby Brown	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 17,308

5 September 1967 (1967-09-05) 5	Charlton Athletic	1 – 1	Cardiff City	London
			Bobby Brown	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 8,523

9 September 1967 (1967-09-09) 6	Cardiff City	3 – 1	Norwich City	Cardiff
15:00	Peter King Bobby Brown Pen' Barrie Jones			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 14,674

16 September 1967 (1967-09-16) 7	Rotherham United	3 – 2	Cardiff City	Rotherham
15:00			Peter King Don Murray	Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 5,842 Referee: John Yates (Redditch)

23 September 1967 (1967-09-23) 8	Cardiff City	1 – 5	Derby County	Cardiff
15:00	Ronnie Bird (pen)		?', ?', ?' Kevin Hector ?', ?' John O'Hare	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 15,375

27 September 1967 (1967-09-27) 9	Crystal Palace	2 – 1	Cardiff City	London
	Bobby Woodruff 56' Steve Kember 69'		76' Barrie Jones	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 20,424

30 September 1967 (1967-09-30) 10	Preston North End	3 – 0	Cardiff City	Preston
				Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 13,735

7 October 1967 (1967-10-07) 11	Cardiff City	1 – 1	Ipswich Town	Cardiff
15:00	John Toshack		Billy Houghton	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,261 Referee: Derek Nippard (Bournemouth)

14 October 1967 (1967-10-14) 12	Bristol City	1 – 1	Cardiff City	Bristol
15:00	Chris Crowe		Bobby Brown	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 15,609

21 October 1967 (1967-10-21) 13	Cardiff City	3 – 0	Middlesbrough	Cardiff
19:30	John Toshack John Toshack Peter King			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,441

27 October 1967 (1967-10-27) 14	Hull City	1 – 2	Cardiff City	Hull
19:30	Ken Wagstaff 13s'		Bobby Brown Ronnie Bird	Stadium: Boothferry Park Attendance: 18,579

11 November 1967 (1967-11-11) 15	Blackpool	3 – 1	Cardiff City	Blackpool
15:00	Gerry Ingram 8' Jimmy Robson 46' Alan Skirton 75'		15' Malcolm Clarke	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 11,324 Referee: George McCabe (Sheffield)

18 November 1967 (1967-11-18) 16	Cardiff City	1 – 3	Birmingham City	Cardiff
15:00	John Toshack		Johnny Vincent Barry Bridges Bert Murray	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 13,673 Referee: Dave Wallace (Swindon)

25 November 1967 (1967-11-25) 17	Carlisle United	1 – 3	Cardiff City	Carlisle
15:00			John Toshack John Toshack Gary Bell	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 10,966

2 December 1967 (1967-12-02) 18	Cardiff City	3 – 2	Blackburn Rovers	Cardiff
15:00	Peter King ?', 26' Malcolm Clarke 62'		Barrie Hole Keith Newton	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,829 Referee: Harold Davey (Dorset)

5 December 1967 (1967-12-05) 19	Cardiff City	2 – 2	Millwall	Cardiff
19:30	John Toshack Bobby Brown			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,993

9 December 1967 (1967-12-09) 20	Huddersfield Town	1 – 0	Cardiff City	Huddersfield
	Jimmy Nicholson			Stadium: Leeds Road Attendance: 8,552

16 December 1967 (1967-12-16) 21	Plymouth Argyle	0 – 0	Cardiff City	Plymouth
				Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 10,736

23 December 1967 (1967-12-23) 22	Cardiff City	1 – 3	Bolton Wanderers	Cardiff
15:00	Bobby Brown			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,082

26 December 1967 (1967-12-26) 23	Cardiff City	3 – 0	Aston Villa	Cardiff
15:00	Leslie Lea 16', 81' John Toshack 51'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 18,180 Referee: Jim Finney (Hereford)

30 December 1967 (1967-12-30) 24	Aston Villa	2 – 1	Cardiff City	Birmingham
15:00	Willie Anderson 61' Brian Greenhalgh 78'		36' Norman Dean	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 17,667 Referee: Reg Paine (Heston, Middlesex)

6 January 1968 (1968-01-06) 25	Cardiff City	3 – 0	Portsmouth	Cardiff
15:00	Malcolm Clarke 21' Ronnie Bird 31' Peter King 39'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 14,925

20 January 1968 (1968-01-20) 26	Cardiff City	2 – 2	Rotherham United	Cardiff
15:00	Ronnie Bird 51' Leighton Phillips 75'		32' John Quinn 45' David Bentley	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,748 Referee: David Smith (Stonehouse)

3 February 1968 (1968-02-03) 27	Derby County	3 – 4	Cardiff City	Derby
15:00	Alan Hinton 46 ' Kevin Hector 50' Alan Durban 85 '		4', 84' Brian Clark 31', 80' Peter King	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 18,096

10 February 1968 (1968-02-10) 28	Cardiff City	2 – 0	Preston North End	Cardiff
15:00	Brian Clark John Toshack			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 12,897

24 February 1968 (1968-02-24) 29	Ipswich Town	4 – 2	Cardiff City	Ipswich
15:00	Ray Crawford Frank Brogan John O'Rourke ??', ??'		Brian Clark Leslie Lea	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 15,580 Referee: Maurice Fussey (Retford)

2 March 1968 (1968-03-02) 30	Cardiff City	0 – 1	Bristol City	Cardiff
15:00			64' John Galley	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 15,334

9 March 1968 (1968-03-09) 31	Middlesbrough	2 – 3	Cardiff City	Middlesbrough
15:00	Johnny Crossan John Hickton		John Toshack Brian Clark Barrie Jones	Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 15,582 Referee: Harold Davey (Mansfield)

22 March 1968 (1968-03-22) 32	Cardiff City	2 – 3	Hull City	Cardiff
19:30	Brian Clark Peter King		Ken Wagstaff Ray Henderson Ray Henderson	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,975

30 March 1968 (1968-03-30) 33	Millwall	3 – 1	Cardiff City	Millwall
15:15	Malcolm Clarke 23' (og) Barry Kitchener 39' Brian Conlon 63'		28' Leslie Lea	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 7,904 Referee: JWJ Clarke (Studley)

6 April 1968 (1968-04-06) 34	Cardiff City	1 – 3	Blackpool	Cardiff
15:00	Peter King			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 14,416 Referee: AE Dimond (Harlow, Essex)

12 April 1968 (1968-04-12) 35	Queens Park Rangers	1 – 0	Cardiff City	London
11:30				Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 23,043

13 April 1968 (1968-04-13) 36	Birmingham City	0 – 0	Cardiff City	Birmingham
				Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 29,044

16 April 1968 (1968-04-16) 37	Cardiff City	1 – 0	Queens Park Rangers	Cardiff
19:30	John Toshack			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 20,021 Referee: Bill Handley (Cannock)
Note: Mike Keen missed a penalty for QPR

20 April 1968 (1968-04-20) 38	Cardiff City	1 – 0	Carlisle United	Cardiff
15:00	Barrie Jones			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 13,926

27 April 1968 (1968-04-27) 39	Blackburn Rovers	1 – 1	Cardiff City	Blackburn
			Barrie Jones	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 7,195

4 May 1968 (1968-05-04) 40	Cardiff City	0 – 0	Huddersfield Town	Cardiff
15:00				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,647 Referee: RF Prichard (Salisbury)

8 May 1968 (1968-05-08) 41	Norwich City	1 – 0	Cardiff City	Norwich
19:15	Ken Foggo			Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 10,177

11 May 1968 (1968-05-11) 42	Cardiff City	0 – 0	Charlton Athletic	Cardiff
15:00				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,396

League Cup

23 August 1967 (1967-08-23) 1	Aldershot	2 – 3	Cardiff City	Aldershot
			?', ?' Bobby Brown Peter King	Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 5,133

12 September 1967 (1967-09-12) 2	Burnley	2 – 1	Cardiff City	Burnley
19:30	Gordon Harris 87' Frank Casper 89'		72' Graham Coldrick	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 11,631 Referee: Peter Baldwin (Redcar)

FA Cup

27 January 1968 (1968-01-27) Round 3	Stoke City	4 – 1	Cardiff City	Stoke
15:15	Willie Stevenson 44' Roy Vernon 43' Harry Burrows 52', 62'		63' Barrie Jones	Stadium: Victoria Ground Attendance: 23,563

European Cup Winners' Cup

20 September 1967 (1967-09-20) 1 (1st Leg)	Shamrock Rovers	1 – 1	Cardiff City	Dublin
20:00	Bobby Gilbert 16'		48' Peter King	Stadium: Dalymount Park Attendance: 21,883 Referee: Piet Roomer (Netherlands)

4 October 1967 (1967-10-04) 1 (2nd Leg)	Cardiff City	2 – 0 (3 – 1 agg.)	Shamrock Rovers	Cardiff
19:30	John Toshack 30' Bobby Brown 74' (pen)			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 14,180 Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)

15 November 1967 (1967-11-15) 2 (1st Leg)	NAC Breda	1 – 1	Cardiff City	Eindhoven
20:00	Jacques Visschers 9'		68' Peter King	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 7,618 Referee: Kare Sirevaag (Norway)

29 November 1967 (1967-11-29) 2(2nd Leg)	Cardiff City	4 – 1 (5 – 2 agg.)	NAC Breda	Cardiff
19:30	Bobby Brown 2 ' Barrie Jones 19 ' John Toshack 67 ' Malcolm Clarke 66'		29' Frie Nouwens	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 16,411 Referee: Gunnar Michaelsen (Denmark)

6 March 1968 (1968-03-06) QF(1st Leg)	Cardiff City	1 – 0	Torpedo Moscow	Cardiff
19:30	Barrie Jones 43'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 30,567 Referee: Robert Schaut (Belgium)

19 March 1968 (1968-03-19) QF(2nd Leg)	Torpedo Moscow	1 – 0 (1 – 1 agg.)	Cardiff City	Tashkent
18:30	Mikhail Gershkovich 34'			Stadium: Pakhtakor Stadium Attendance: 37,049 Referee: Bertil Loow (Sweden)

3 April 1968 (1968-04-03) QF(replay)	Torpedo Moscow	0 – 1	Cardiff City	Augsburg
			41' Norman Dean	Stadium: Rosenaustadion Attendance: 25,851 Referee: Helmut Fritz (West Germany)

24 April 1968 (1968-04-24) SF(1st Leg)	Hamburg	1 – 1	Cardiff City	Hamburg
	Helmut Sandemann 69'		4' Norman Dean	Stadium: Volksparkstadion Attendance: 64,410 Referee: Jose Maria Ortiz de Mendibil (Spain)

1 May 1968 (1968-05-01) SF(2nd Leg)	Cardiff City	2 – 3 (3 – 4 agg.)	Hamburg	Cardiff
19:30	Norman Dean 10' Brian Harris 78'		15' Franz-Josef Honig 57' Uwe Seeler 90' Franz-Josef Honig	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 43,070 Referee: Laurens van Ravens (Netherlands)

Welsh Cup

16 January 1968 (1968-01-16) Round 5	Cardiff City	8–0	Ebbw Vale	Cardiff
19:30	John Toshack John Toshack John Toshack Ronnie Bird Ronnie Bird Ronnie Bird (pen) Peter King Leslie Lea			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,542

12 February 1968 (1968-02-12) Round 6	Wrexham	1–3	Cardiff City	Wrexham
			Barrie Jones Leslie Lea Ronnie Bird	Stadium: The Racecourse Attendance: 7,671

27 March 1968 (1968-03-27) Semi Final	Chester City	0–3	Cardiff City	Chester
19:00			Peter King John Toshack Leslie Lea	Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 5,488

6 May 1968 (1968-05-06) Final (First leg)	Hereford United	0–2	Cardiff City	Hereford
19:15			Barrie Jones Peter King	Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 5,442 Referee: Iorwerth Jones (Trelewis)

16 May 1968 (1968-05-16) Final (Second leg)	Cardiff City	4–1 (6–1 agg.)	Hereford United	Cardiff
19:30	Norman Dean Malcolm Clarke Page (og) Leslie Lea			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,036 Referee: Iorwerth Jones (Trelewis)

Source ^[1]

References

^ "Cardiff City 1967-68 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

Bibliography

Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.

Shepherd, Richard (2002). The Definitive Cardiff City F.C. Tony Brown. ISBN 1-899-46817-X.
Crooks, John (1992). Cardiff City Football Club: Official History of the Bluebirds. Yore Publications. ISBN 0-9513321-8-X.
"Football Club History Database – Cardiff City". Archived from the original on 30 December 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2008.
Welsh Football Data Archive

[table_note_res_CWC1R0.27755756689122-1] Cardiff City qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1967–68 Welsh Cup winners.

[results-2] "Cardiff City 1967-68 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

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