1955–56 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City

1955–56 season
Chairman	Sir Herbert Merrett[1]
Manager	Trevor Morris
Division One	17th
FA Cup	4th round
Welsh Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Gerry Hitchens (15) All: Gerry Hitchens (28)
← 1954–55 1956–57 →

The 1955–56 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 29th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division One, then the first tier of English football, finishing seventeenth.

Season review

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	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H
Result	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	D	L
Position	5	6	16	11	19	20	21	17	19	21	21	19	20	20	20	20	20	18	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	15	12	12	12	16	15	17	17	17	16	16	16	17

Source: ^[2]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

FA Cup

After beating Leeds United in their first game, Cardiff were eliminated by West Ham United in the fourth round.^[2]

Welsh Cup

Cardiff were drawn against Pembroke Borough in the fifth round for the second time in a row and, after a 2–2 draw, advanced to the sixth round with a 9–0 replay win. Wins over Wrexham and Oswestry Town saw the club reach the final,^[3] beating South Wales rivals Swansea Town 3–2,^[4] with a brace from Brian Walsh and one goal from John McSeveney winning the trophy for the eighth time in the club's history and their first since 1930.

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 Ken Jones -- GK Ron Howells -- GK Graham Vearncombe -- DF Colin Baker -- DF Ron Davies -- DF John Frowen -- DF Colin Gale -- DF Danny Malloy -- DF Charles Rutter -- DF Alf Sherwood -- DF Ron Stitfall -- DF Derrick Sullivan -- MF Dennis Callan -- MF Alan Harrington -- MF Islwyn Jones

No. Position Player -- MF George McGuckin -- MF John McSeveney -- MF Cliff Nugent -- MF Gordon Nutt -- MF Ken Tucker -- MF Brian Walsh -- MF Roley Williams -- FW Cecil Dixon -- FW Trevor Ford -- FW Gerry Hitchens -- FW Bernard Jones -- FW Harry Kirtley -- FW Neil O'Halloran -- FW Howard Sheppeard -- FW Ron Stockin

Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GA	Pts
1	Manchester United	42	25	10	7	83	51	1.627	60
2	Blackpool	42	20	9	13	86	62	1.387	49
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	20	9	13	89	65	1.369	49
4	Manchester City	42	18	10	14	82	69	1.188	46
5	Arsenal	42	18	10	14	60	61	0.984	46
6	Birmingham City	42	18	9	15	75	57	1.316	45
7	Burnley	42	18	8	16	64	54	1.185	44
8	Bolton Wanderers	42	18	7	17	71	58	1.224	43
9	Sunderland	42	17	9	16	80	95	0.842	43
10	Luton Town	42	17	8	17	66	64	1.031	42
11	Newcastle United	42	17	7	18	85	70	1.214	41
12	Portsmouth	42	16	9	17	78	85	0.918	41
13	West Bromwich Albion	42	18	5	19	58	70	0.829	41
14	Charlton Athletic	42	17	6	19	75	81	0.926	40
15	Everton	42	15	10	17	55	69	0.797	40
16	Chelsea	42	14	11	17	64	77	0.831	39
17	Cardiff City	42	15	9	18	55	69	0.797	39
18	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	7	20	61	71	0.859	37
19	Preston North End	42	14	8	20	73	72	1.014	36
20	Aston Villa	42	11	13	18	52	69	0.754	35
21	Huddersfield Town	42	14	7	21	54	83	0.651	35
22	Sheffield United	42	12	9	21	63	77	0.818	33

Fixtures & results

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
20 Aug	Sunderland	H	3–1
23 Aug	Arsenal	A	1–3
27 Aug	Aston Villa	A	0–2
31 Aug	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–0
3 Sep	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–9
7 Sep	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–4
10 Sep	Manchester City	A	1–3
17 Sep	Sheffield United	H	3–2
24 Sep	Huddersfield Town	H	1–2
1 Oct	Blackpool	A	1–2
8 Oct	Preston North End	A	2–1
15 Oct	Burnley	H	2–2
22 Oct	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–2
29 Oct	Manchester United	H	0–1
5 Nov	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–1
12 Nov	Everton	H	3–1
19 Nov	Newcastle United	A	0–4
26 Nov	Birmingham City	H	2–1
3 Dec	Luton Town	A	0–3
10 Dec	Charlton Athletic	H	3–1
17 Dec	Sunderland	A	1–1
24 Dec	Aston Villa	H	1–0
26 Dec	Chelsea	H	1–1
27 Dec	Chelsea	A	1–2
31 Dec	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–0
14 Jan	Manchester City	H	4–1
21 Jan	Sheffield United	A	1–2
4 Feb	Huddersfield Town	A	2–1
11 Feb	Blackpool	H	1–0
18 Feb	Preston North End	H	3–1
25 Feb	Burnley	A	2–0
7 Mar	Newcastle United	H	1–1
10 Mar	Manchester United	A	1–1
24 Mar	Everton	A	0–2
30 Mar	Portsmouth	A	1–1
31 Mar	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–3
2 Apr	Portsmouth	H	2–3
7 Apr	Birmingham City	A	1–2
14 Apr	Luton Town	H	2–0
21 Apr	Charlton Athletic	A	0–0
23 Apr	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–0
28 Apr	Arsenal	H	1–2

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
7 Jan	Three	Leeds United	A	2–1
28 Jan	Four	West Ham United	A	1–2

Welsh Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers
	Five	Pembroke Borough	A	2–2
	Five (replay)	Pembroke Borough	H	9–0
	Six	Wrexham	H	5–3
	Semi-final	Oswestry Town	N	7–0
30 Apr	Final	Swansea Town	H	3–2	Walsh (2), McSeveney

green=win orange=draw red=lost

See also

• Cardiff City F.C. seasons

References

• Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
• "Football Club History Database – Cardiff City".

1. Shepherd, Richard (2007). The Cardiff City Miscellany. Pitch books. ISBN 1-905411-04-9.
2. "Cardiff City 1955–56 results". Statto.com. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
3. "Welsh Cup 1955/56". Welsh Football Data Archive. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
4. "Cardiff City 3–2 Swansea Town". Welsh Football Data Archive. Retrieved 14 April 2010.