1933–34 Cardiff City F.C. season

The 1933–34 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 15th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Three South, then the third tier of English football, finishing bottom of the division and having to seek re-election.

Cardiff City
1933–34 season
ChairmanWalter Parker
ManagerEngland Bartley Wilson
Wales Ben Watts-Jones (from March 1934)
Division Three South22nd
FA Cup1st round
Welsh CupQuarter Finals
Third Division South Cup1st round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Eli Postin (13)
All:
Eli Postin
Jim Henderson (13)
Highest home attendance16,175 (v Newport County, 28 October 1933)
Lowest home attendance2,660 (v Aldershot, 25 April 1934)
Average home league attendance7,959

Season review

Partial league table
Main article: 1933–34 Football League § Third Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Promotion
18 Newport County 42 8 17 17 49 70 0.700 33
19 Bristol City 42 10 13 19 58 85 0.682 33 Welsh Cup winners
20 Torquay United 42 13 7 22 53 93 0.570 33
21 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 42 9 9 24 60 102 0.588 27 Re-elected
22 Cardiff City 42 9 6 27 57 105 0.543 24
Source:

Results by round
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ResultWWDLWLWLWLLDLLLLLLLDWLLWLLLLLWDLLDLDLLWLLL
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Source: [1]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Players

First team squad. [1] [2] 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 England ENG Bob Adams
-- GK Ireland EIR Tom Farquharson
-- DF Scotland SCO Bob Calder
-- DF Scotland SCO Jack Durkan
-- DF Scotland SCO Jack Galbraith
-- DF Wales WAL Enoch Mort
-- DF England ENG George Russell
-- MF England ENG Leslie Adlam
-- MF Scotland SCO John Duthie
-- MF Wales WAL Harold Friend
-- MF Wales WAL Eddie Jenkins
-- MF Wales WAL Ernest Lewis
-- MF Scotland SCO Bill Marshalsey
-- MF England ENG Peter Molloy
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- FW Wales WAL Ernie Curtis
-- FW Scotland SCO Jim Henderson
-- FW Scotland SCO Alex Hutchinson
-- FW Wales WAL Freddie Hill
-- FW Scotland SCO Les Jones
-- FW England ENG Reg Keating
-- FW England ENG Tom Maidment
-- FW England ENG Ted Marcroft
-- FW Wales WAL Tommy Paget
-- FW Wales WAL Harry Perks
-- FW England ENG Eli Postin
-- FW Wales WAL Thomas Rogers
-- FW England ENG Joe West

Fixtures and results

Third Division South
26 August 1933 (1933-08-26) 1 Watford 1–2 Cardiff City Watford
Alex Hutchinson
Alex Hutchinson		 Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 11,561
28 August 1933 (1933-08-28) 2 Cardiff City 2–0 Reading Cardiff
Jim Henderson
Jim Henderson (pen)		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 13,824
2 September 1933 (1933-09-02) 3 Cardiff City 1–1 Charlton Athletic Cardiff
Eli Postin Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 15,513
6 September 1933 (1933-09-06) 4 Reading 3–1 Cardiff City Reading


 Tom Maidment Stadium: Elm Park
Attendance: 9,198
9 September 1933 (1933-09-09) 5 Bournemouth 1–3 Cardiff City Bournemouth
Jim Henderson
Jim Henderson
Eli Postin		 Stadium: Dean Court
Attendance: 9,315
16 September 1933 (1933-09-16) 6 Cardiff City 0–1 Torquay United Cardiff
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 13,666
23 September 1933 (1933-09-23) 7 Cardiff City 2–1 Exeter City Cardiff
Ted Marcroft
Alex Hutchinson 		Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 10,241
30 September 1933 (1933-09-30) 8 Gillingham 6–2 Cardiff City Gillingham





 Jim Henderson
Alex Hutchinson		 Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 8,907
7 October 1933 (1933-10-07) 9 Cardiff City 4–0 Crystal Palace Cardiff
Eli Postin
Eli Postin
Les Jones
Jim Henderson 		Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,022
14 October 1933 (1933-10-14) 10 Bristol Rovers 3–1 Cardiff City Bristol


 Ted Marcroft Stadium: Eastville
Attendance: 11,860
21 October 1933 (1933-10-21) 11 Queens Park Rangers 4–0 Cardiff City London



 Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 12,169
28 October 1933 (1933-10-28) 12 Cardiff City 1–1 Newport County Cardiff
Les Jones Emlyn John Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 16,175
4 November 1933 (1933-11-04) 13 Norwich City 2–0 Cardiff City Norwich

 Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 10,698
11 November 1933 (1933-11-11) 14 Cardiff City 1–5 Bristol City Cardiff
Jack Galbraith Syd Homer
Leo Loftus
Jimmy Heale
Gordon Reed
Gordon Reed		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,090
18 November 1933 (1933-11-18) 15 Clapton Orient 4–2 Cardiff City London



 Jim Henderson
Freddie Hill		 Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 8,402
2 December 1933 (1933-12-02) 16 Brighton & Hove Albion 4–0 Cardiff City Brighton



 Stadium: Goldstone Ground
Attendance: 5,612
16 December 1933 (1933-12-16) 17 Luton Town 3–1 Cardiff City Luton


 Joe West Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 5,984
23 December 1933 (1933-12-23) 18 Cardiff City 1–3 Northampton Town Cardiff
Ernie Curtis (pen)

Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,168
25 December 1933 (1933-12-25) 19 Coventry City 4–1 Cardiff City Coventry



 Tom Maidment Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 27,589
26 December 1933 (1933-12-26) 20 Cardiff City 3–3 Coventry City Cardiff
Eli Postin
Ernie Curtis
Charlie Bisby (og)

Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 10,729
30 December 1933 (1933-12-30) 21 Cardiff City 4–1 Watford Cardiff
Thomas Rogers
Les Jones
Ernie Curtis
Eli Postin 		Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,010
6 January 1934 (1934-01-06) 22 Charlton Athletic 2–0 Cardiff City London

 Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 11,020
17 January 1934 (1934-01-17) 23 Cardiff City 0–1 Swindon Town Cardiff
Frank Peters Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 2,859
20 January 1934 (1934-01-20) 24 Cardiff City 4–2 Bournemouth Cardiff
Jim Henderson
Jim Henderson
Joe West
Ernie Curtis
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,261
27 January 1934 (1934-01-27) 25 Torquay United 3–1 Cardiff City Torquay


 Bill Marshalsey Stadium: Plainmoor
Attendance: 3,091
3 February 1934 (1934-02-03) 26 Exeter City 4–0 Cardiff City Exeter



 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 6,091
10 February 1934 (1934-02-10) 27 Cardiff City 1–3 Gillingham Cardiff
Eli Postin

Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,194
17 February 1934 (1934-02-17) 28 Crystal Palace 3–2 Cardiff City London


 Jim Henderson
Ernie Curtis		 Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 6,290
24 February 1934 (1934-02-24) 29 Cardiff City 1–5 Bristol Rovers Cardiff
Eli Postin



Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,591
3 March 1934 (1934-03-03) 30 Cardiff City 3–1 Queens Park Rangers Cardiff
Jim Henderson
Jim Henderson
Ernie Curtis 		Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,140
10 March 1934 (1934-03-10) 31 Newport County 2–2 Cardiff City Newport
Wally Reynolds
Billy Burgess 		Eli Postin
Eli Postin		 Stadium: Somerton Park
Attendance: 10,438
17 March 1934 (1934-03-17) 32 Cardiff City 0–2 Norwich City Cardiff

 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,630
24 March 1934 (1934-03-24) 33 Bristol City 3–0 Cardiff City Bristol
Joe Riley
Joe Riley
Tommy Foy 		Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 7,186
30 March 1934 (1934-03-30) 34 Cardiff City 1–1 Southend United Cardiff
Eli Postin Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 7,890
31 March 1934 (1934-03-31) 35 Cardiff City 1–2 Clapton Orient Cardiff
Eli Postin
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,154
2 April 1934 (1934-04-02) 36 Southend United 1–1 Cardiff City Southend
Eli Postin Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 9,303
7 April 1934 (1934-04-07) 37 Swindon Town 6–3 Cardiff City Swindon
Tommy Armstrong 3'
Tommy Armstrong 7'
Fred Fisher 30'
Fred Fisher 35'
Fred Fisher 75'
Cecil Blakemore 60'		 15' Reg Keating
20' Reg Keating
85' Ernest Lewis		 Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 7,163
Referee: JM Wiltshire (Dorset)
14 April 1934 (1934-04-14) 38 Cardiff City 1–4 Brighton & Hove Albion Cardiff
Reg Keating


Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,237
21 April 1934 (1934-04-21) 39 Aldershot 1–3 Cardiff City Aldershot
Reg Keating
Reg Keating
Reg Keating		 Stadium: Recreation Ground
Attendance: 2,484
25 April 1934 (1934-04-25) 40 Cardiff City 1–2 Aldershot Cardiff
Harry Perks
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 2,660
28 April 1934 (1934-04-28) 41 Cardiff City 0–4 Luton Town Cardiff



 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,080
5 May 1934 (1934-05-05) 42 Northampton Town 2–0 Cardiff City Northampton

 Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 2,992

FA Cup
25 November 1933 (1933-11-25) Round 1 Cardiff City 0–0 Aldershot Cardiff
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 12,000
29 November 1933 (1933-11-29) Round 1 (Replay) Aldershot 3–1 Cardiff City Aldershot


 Freddie Hill Stadium: Recreation Ground
Attendance: 6,000

Third Division South Cup
1 January 1934 (1934-01-01) Round 1 Cardiff City 0–1 Aldershot Cardiff
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,000

Welsh Cup
14 February 1934 (1934-02-14) Round 6 Cardiff City 2–2 Bristol City Cardiff
Jim Henderson
Ernie Curtis
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 1,500
26 February 1934 (1934-02-26) Round 6 (Replay) Bristol City 1–0 Cardiff City Bristol
Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 900


Source [1] [3]

References
  1. "Cardiff City 1933–34 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  2. "All Cardiff City football club players: 1934". 11v11. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  3. "Welsh Cup 1933/34". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

Bibliography
  • Crooks, John (1986). Cardiff City Chronology 1920-86. John Crooks. ISBN 0-9511984-0-8.
  • Crooks, John (1992). Cardiff City Football Club: Official History of the Bluebirds. Yore Publications. ISBN 0-9513321-8-X.
  • 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.
  • Shepherd, Richard (2007). The Cardiff City Miscellany. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 1-9054110-4-9.
  • "Football Club History Database – Cardiff City".
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