1983–84 Cardiff City F.C. season

The 1983–84 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 57th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing fifteenth.

Cardiff City
1983–84 season
ChairmanJack Leonard
ManagerLen Ashurst/Jimmy Goodfellow & Jimmy Mullen
Football League Second Division15th
FA Cup3rd round
League Cup2nd round
Welsh Cup5th round
Top goalscorerLeague: Gordon Owen (14)
All: Gordon Owen (18)
Highest home attendance14,580 (v Swansea, 26 December 1983)
Lowest home attendance3,870 (v Shrewsbury, 17 March 1983)
Average home league attendance7,016

Manager Len Ashurst resigned to become Sunderland manager towards the end of the season and his assistant Jimmy Goodfellow and defender Jimmy Mullen were appointed joint caretaker managers for the remainder of the season.

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 Wales WAL Andy Dibble
-- GK England ENG Gary Plumley
-- DF England ENG Gary Bennett
-- DF Wales WAL Paul Bodin
-- DF Wales WAL Phil Dwyer
-- DF Wales WAL David Grant
-- DF Wales WAL Linden Jones
-- DF England ENG Jimmy Mullen
-- DF England ENG Colin Smith
-- MF Scotland SCO Marshall Burke
-- MF Wales WAL Karl Elsey
-- MF England ENG Russell Heycock
-- MF England ENG Roger Gibbins
-- MF Wales WAL John Lewis
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- MF Wales WAL Wayne Matthews
-- MF England ENG Gordon Owen
-- MF England ENG David Tong
-- MF Wales WAL Nigel Vaughan
-- FW England ENG Ian Baird
-- FW England ENG Andy Crawford
-- FW England ENG Paul Evans
-- FW England ENG Martin Goldsmith
-- FW England ENG Jeff Hemmerman
-- FW England ENG Trevor Lee
-- FW Wales WAL Chris Rodon
-- FW Wales WAL Chris Townsend
-- FW England ENG Phil Walker

Source [1]

League standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
13 Charlton Athletic 42 16 9 17 53 64 11 57
14 Barnsley 42 15 7 20 57 53 +4 52
15 Cardiff City 42 15 6 21 53 66 13 51
16 Portsmouth 42 14 7 21 73 64 +9 49
17 Middlesbrough 42 12 13 17 41 47 6 49
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundAHHAAHHHAHAAAHAHAHAHAAAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH
ResultLWWLLDLWLLWLLWLWLLLWWLDWWLLLWWWLDDWLLWLDDL
Position591312181617181516171717161717191515151715131515181613141414121315131415
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

Second Division

27 August 1983 (1983-08-27) 1 Charlton Athletic 2–0 Cardiff City London
15:00 Kevin Smith
Chris Jones
Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 4,525
29 August 1983 (1983-08-29) 2 Cardiff City 2–1 Manchester City Cardiff
15:00 Paul Bodin 4'
Paul Bodin
54' Jim Tolmie Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,899
Referee: Trevor Spencer (Wootton Bassett)
3 September 1983 (1983-09-03) 3 Cardiff City 3–1 Grimsby Town Cardiff
15:00 Gordon Owen 49', 64' (pen)
Andy Crawford 72'
44' Joe Waters Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,135
Referee: Lester Shapter (Paignton)
6 September 1983 (1983-09-06) 4 Shrewsbury Town 1–0 Cardiff City Shrewsbury
19:30 Chic Bates 3' Stadium: Gay Meadow
Attendance: 4,406
Referee: RA Banks (Manchester)
10 September 1983 (1983-09-10) 5 Leeds United 1–0 Cardiff City Leeds
15:00 George McCluskey 71' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 12,336
17 September 1983 (1983-09-17) 6 Cardiff City 0–0 Portsmouth Cardiff
15:00 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,033
Referee: Vic Callow (Solihull)
1 October 1983 (1983-10-01) 7 Cardiff City 0–3 Barnsley Cardiff
15:00 42' Ronnie Glavin
David Geddis
81' Ronnie Glavin
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,433
Referee: Alan Crickmore (Plymouth)
8 October 1983 (1983-10-08) 8 Cardiff City 2–0 Carlisle United Cardiff
15:00 Nigel Vaughan 45'
Gordon Owen
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,596
Referee: Alan Seville (Birmingham)
15 October 1983 (1983-10-15) 9 Chelsea 2–0 Cardiff City London
15:00 Pat Nevin
Colin Lee
Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 15,459
Referee: Mark Scott (Nottinghamshire)
19 October 1983 (1983-10-19) 10 Cardiff City 0–2 Newcastle United Cardiff
19:45 59' Kevin Keegan
9' Peter Beardsley
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,926
Referee: Roger Milford (Bristol)
31 October 1983 (1983-10-31) 11 Fulham 0–2 Cardiff City London
19:30 62' Gary Bennett
89' Gordon Owen
Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 5,959
5 November 1983 (1983-11-05) 12 Middlesbrough 2–0 Cardiff City Middlesbrough
15:00 David Currie 60'
Andy Crawford 62'
Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 7,686
Referee: Howe
8 November 1983 (1983-11-08) 13 Crystal Palace 1–0 Cardiff City London
19:30 Jerry Murphy 79' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 5,299
12 November 1983 (1983-11-12) 14 Cardiff City 5–0 Cambridge United Cardiff
15:00 Roger Gibbins 25'
Nigel Vaughan 29'
Steve Fallon 33' (og)
Gordon Owen 86'
Roger Gibbins
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,720
Referee: Alan Robinson (Fareham)
19 November 1983 (1983-11-19) 15 Oldham Athletic 2–1 Cardiff City Oldham
15:00 Roger Palmer
Derrick Parker
49' Phil Dwyer Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 3,587
26 November 1983 (1983-11-26) 16 Cardiff City 3–1 Huddersfield Cardiff
15:00 Paul Bodin 52'
Brian Laws (og)
Gordon Owen
(pen) Colin Russell Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,067
3 December 1983 (1983-12-03) 17 Brighton & Hove Albion 3–1 Cardiff City Brighton
15:00 Danny Wilson 43'
Terry Connor 62'
Danny Wilson
Ian Baird Stadium: Goldstone Ground
Attendance: 9,924
Referee: Ken Salmon (Barnet)
10 December 1983 (1983-12-10) 18 Cardiff City 0–1 Blackburn Rovers Cardiff
15:00 53' Mark Patterson Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Dennis Brazier (Northampton)
17 December 1983 (1983-12-17) 19 Sheffield Wednesday 5–2 Cardiff City Sheffield
15:00 Imre Varadi 30', 48'
Gary Shelton 33'
Gary Bannister 40'
Mick Lyons 59'
77', 81' Ian Baird Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 14,580
26 December 1983 (1983-12-26) 20 Cardiff City 3–2 Swansea City Cardiff
11:30 Roger Gibbins 24'
Nigel Vaughan 45'
Trevor Lee 51'
44' (pen) Gary Stanley
55' John Toshack
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 14,580
Referee: Eric Read (Bristol)
27 December 1983 (1983-12-27) 21 Derby County 2–3 Cardiff City Derby
15:00 John McAlle 2'
Paul Hooks 43'
38' Ian Baird
Ian Baird
77' Phil Dwyer
Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 16,054
Referee: Plummer
31 December 1983 (1983-12-31) 22 Grimsby Town 1–0 Cardiff City Grimsby
15:00 Paul Emson 50' Attendance: 7,164
21 January 1984 (1984-01-21) 23 Portsmouth 1–1 Cardiff City Portsmouth
15:00 Kevin Dillon 87' (pen) 41' Trevor Lee Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 11,938
31 January 1984 (1984-01-31) 24 Cardiff City 2–1 Charlton Athletic Cardiff
19:30 Gordon Owen
Gary Bennett
Kevin Dickenson Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,522
Referee: Malcolm Heath (Stoke)
4 February 1984 (1984-02-04) 25 Barnsley 2–3 Cardiff City Barnsley
Mick McGuire
David Geddis
70' Gordon Owen
72' (og) Larry May
73' Ian Baird
Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 7,107
11 February 1984 (1984-02-11) 26 Cardiff City 0–1 Leeds United Cardiff
15:00 85' Scott Sellars Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,407
Referee: John Martin (Alton, Hampshire)
19 February 1984 (1984-02-19) 27 Cardiff City 0–4 Fulham Cardiff
15:00 41', 67' Dean Coney
44', 70' Leroy Rosenior
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 7,149
25 February 1984 (1984-02-25) 28 Newcastle United 3–1 Cardiff City Newcastle
15:00 Chris Waddle 9'
Kevin Keegan 44', 57' (pen)
58' Nigel Vaughan Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 27,909
Referee: Alan Robinson (Fareham)
3 March 1984 (1984-03-03) 29 Cardiff City 2–1 Middlesbrough Cardiff
15:00 Karl Elsey 90s'
Martin Goldsmith
Garry MacDonald Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,422
Referee: Leslie Burden (Dorset)
10 March 1984 (1984-03-10) 30 Cambridge United 0–2 Cardiff City Cambridge
15:00 51' Colin Smith
Nigel Vaughan
Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 2,512
Referee: Mike Taylor (Deal)
17 March 1984 (1984-03-17) 31 Cardiff City 2–0 Shrewsbury Town Cardiff
12:30 Nigel Vaughan 30'
Gordon Owen 53'
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,870
24 March 1984 (1984-03-24) 32 Manchester City 2–1 Cardiff City Manchester
15:00 David Johnson 83'
Graham Baker 90'
15' Gordon Owen Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 20,140
Referee: Howard Taylor (Oadby, Leicestershire)
31 March 1984 (1984-03-31) 33 Cardiff City 3–3 Chelsea Cardiff
15:00 Roger Gibbins 81'
Gordon Owen 22' (pen)
Nigel Vaughan 25'
84' Kerry Dixon
85' Colin Lee
90' (pen) Nigel Spackman
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 11,060
Referee: Bob Nixon (West Kirby)
7 April 1984 (1984-04-07) 34 Carlisle United 1–1 Cardiff City Carlisle
15:00 Malcolm Poskett 70' 82' Martin Goldsmith Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 4,704
14 April 1984 (1984-04-14) 35 Cardiff City 2–0 Oldham Athletic Cardiff
15:00 Gordon Owen 44' (pen)
Trevor Lee
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,637
Referee: Colin Downey (Hounslow)
17 April 1984 (1984-04-17) 36 Cardiff City 0–2 Crystal Palace Cardiff
19:45 45' (og) Colin Smith
Stan Cummins
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,091
Referee: Maurice Robinson (Sutton Coldfield)
21 April 1984 (1984-04-21) 37 Swansea City 3–2 Cardiff City Swansea
15:00 Ian Walsh
Dean Saunders
Dean Saunders 85'
17' Colin Smith
27' Gordon Owen
Stadium: Vetch Field
Attendance: 10,275
Referee: Brian Stevens (Stonehouse)
23 April 1984 (1984-04-23) 38 Cardiff City 1–0 Derby County Cardiff
15:00 Gordon Owen Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,056
Referee: Dennis Hedges (Oxford)
28 April 1984 (1984-04-28) 39 Huddersfield 4–0 Cardiff City Huddersfield
15:00 Paul Jones (pen)
Paul Jones (pen)
Paul Jones
Daral Pugh
Stadium: Leeds Road
Attendance: 5,599
5 May 1984 (1984-05-05) 40 Cardiff City 2–2 Brighton & Hove Albion Cardiff
15:00 Trevor Lee 6'
Nigel Vaughan 67'
Chris Hutchings
68' Danny Wilson
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,366
Referee: Ken Baker (Rugby)
7 May 1984 (1984-05-07) 41 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Cardiff City Blackburn
15:00 Mark Patterson Trevor Lee Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 3,107
12 May 1984 (1984-05-12) 42 Cardiff City 0–2 Sheffield Wednesday Cardiff
15:00 46' Gary Bannister
50' Tony Cunningham
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 14,171
Referee: Roger Milford (Bristol)

Source [2] [3]

Milk Cup

31 August 1983 (1983-08-31) Round 1 (First Leg) Exeter City 2–3 Cardiff City Exeter
19:30 Tony Kellow 69'
Peter Rogers 77'
81' Phil Dwyer
83' Gordon Owen
Andy Crawford
Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 4,055
15 September 1983 (1983-09-15) Round 1 (Second Leg) Cardiff City 2–1
(5–2 agg.)
Exeter City Cardiff
19:30 Andy Crawford
Gary Bennett 77'
Stan McEwan Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 2,721
Referee: Keren Barratt (Coventry)
4 October 1983 (1983-10-04) Round 2 (First Leg) Cardiff City 0–0 Norwich City Cardiff
19:45 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,425
Referee: Ken Baker (Rugby)
26 October 1983 (1983-10-26) Round 2 (Second Leg) Norwich City 3–0
(3–0 agg.)
Cardiff City Norwich
19:30 Mick Channon
Mick Channon
Mick Channon
Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 11,632

FA Cup

7 January 1984 (1984-01-07) Round 3 Cardiff City 0–3 Ipswich Town Cardiff
15:00 38' Eric Gates
49' Eric Gates
Eric Gates
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 10,183
Referee: Tony Ward (London)

Welsh Cup

22 November 1983 (1983-11-22) Round 3 Cardiff City 5–0 Taff's Well Cardiff
19:30 Wayne Matthews 4'
Gordon Owen 21'
Roger Gibbins 27'
Nigel Vaughan 82'
Chris Townsend 85'
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 894
18 January 1984 (1984-01-18) Round 4 Cardiff City 4–0 Maesteg Park Cardiff
19:45 Gordon Owen (pen)
Gordon Owen (pen)
Ian Baird
Trevor Lee
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 905
7 February 1984 (1984-02-07) Round 5 Cardiff City 1–3 Hereford United Cardiff
19:45 Nigel Vaughan 25' 41'

Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 2,033

References

  1. "All Cardiff City football club players: 1984". 11v11. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  2. "Cardiff City football club match record: 1984". 11v11. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  3. "Cardiff City 1983-84 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

Bibliography

  • Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
  • Crooks, John (1986). Cardiff City Chronology 1920-86. John Crooks. ISBN 0-9511984-0-8.
  • 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 15 December 2008.
  • Welsh Football Data Archive
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