Cardiff City F.C. records

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This article details records and statistics of Cardiff City Football Club since they joined the Football League in 1920. Cardiff City are a Welsh professional association football club based in Cardiff. The club was founded in 1899 and joined the Football League in 1920 after spending a decade in the Southern League. During their history Cardiff have played in all four professional divisions of the Football League. They currently play in the second tier of the Football League, the Championship.

The list details honors won by the club and individual records set by the players. Any attendance records listed here were achieved at Ninian Park which was specially built for the club in 1920 and is set to be replaced in May 2009.^[1]

[edit] Honours

[edit] League

Division 1 runners-up 1923-24
Division 2 runners-up 1920-21, 1951-52, 1959-60
Division 2 Play-Off Winners 2002-03
Division 3(south) Champions 1946-47
Division 3 Champions 1992-93
Division 3 runners-up 1975-76, 1982-83
Division 4 runners-up 1987-88

[edit] Cups

English F.A. Cup winners 1926-27
English F.A. Cup runners-up 1924-25 , 2007-08
English F.A. Cup semi-finalists 1920-21
F.A. Charity Shield Winners 1926-27
Welsh Cup Winners 1911-12, 1919-20, 1921-22, 1922-23, 1926-27, 1927-28, 1929-30, 1955-56, 1958-59, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1966-67, 1967-68, 1968-69, 1969-70, 1970-71, 1972-73, 1973-74, 1975-76, 1987-88, 1991-92, 1992-93
European Cup-Winner's Cup semi-finalists 1967-68
F.A.W Premier Cup Winners 2001-02
F.A.W Invitation Cup Runners Up 1997-98

[edit] Club records

Highest league finish: 2nd in Division one (now Premiership) 1923-24.
Best League Cup run: Semi-final 1965-66 ^[2]

[edit] Match records

[edit] Firsts

First league match: 0-0 vs Clapton Orient, 30 August 1920^[3]
First FA Cup match: 0-3 Southend United, Qualifying round 1912-1913
First League cup match: 4-3 vs Middlesbrough, 1960-1961
First Welsh Cup match: 1-1 vs Chester City, 1911-1912
First European match: 0-0 vs Esbjerg fB, 1964-1965

[edit] Record results

Record League victory: 9-2 vs. Thames. Third Division South. February 6, 1932
Record FA Cup victory: 8-0 vs. Enfield F.C.. FA Cup First Round. November 28, 1931
Record Welsh Cup victory: 16-0 vs. Knighton Town, Welsh Cup Fifth Round, 1961.
Record defeat: 2-11 vs Sheffield United January 1, 1926

[edit] Season records

Longest stretch of clean sheets: 8, 7 April 1976 - 21 August 1976^[4]
Most goals in one season: 90, Division three 2000/01

[edit] Attendance records

Record Ground Attendance: 62,634. Wales vs. England. October 17, 1959
Club Record Attendance: 57,893 vs Arsenal, 22 April 1953

[edit] Player appearance records

Youngest ever player: Aaron Ramsey 16 years 126 days vs Hull City - 28 April 2007^[5]

[edit] Most appearances

Substitute appearances in brackets

#	Name	Years	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Other^[6]	Total
1	Dwyer, PhilPhil Dwyer	1972–85	471 466 (5)	23 (0)	28 (0)	9 (0)	531 526 (5)
2	Murray, DonDon Murray	1962–74	406 (0)	23 (0)	21 (0)	33 (0)	483 (0)
3	Farquharson, TomTom Farquharson	1921–1934	445 (0)	34 (0)	0 (0)	2 (0)	481 (0)
4	King, PeterPeter King	1960–74	356 351 (5)	20 (0)	22 (0)	33 32 (1)	431 425 (6)
5	Stitfall, RonRon Stitfall	1947–64	398 (0)	20 (0)	3 (0)	0 (0)	421 (0)
6	Keenor, FredFred Keenor	1920–30	371 (0)	42 (0)	0 (0)	1 (0)	414 (0)
7	Hardy, BillyBilly Hardy	1920–31	354 (0)	53 (0)	0 (0)	1 (0)	408 (0)
8	Harrington, AlanAlan Harrington	1952–66	348 (0)	14 (0)	11 (0)	8 (0)	381 (0)
9	Sherwood, AlfAlf Sherwood	1946–56	354 (0)	18 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	372 (0)
10	Davies, LenLen Davies	1920–31	305 (0)	33 (0)	0 (0)	1 (0)	339 (0)
11	Perry, JasonJason Perry	1986–96	281 278 (3)	15 14 (1)	22 (0)	20 19 (1)	338 333 (5)
12	Young, ScottScott Young	1993–2003	277 257 (20)	22 21 (1)	14 13 (1)	20 17 (3)	333 308 (25)
13	Baker, ColinColin Baker	1953–66	298 (0)	17 (0)	12 (0)	1 (0)	328 (0)
14	Gibbins, RogerRoger Gibbins	1982–85 & 1989-1992	281 267 (14)	14 (0)	23 22 (1)	6 (0)	324 309 (15)
15	Baker, BillyBilly Baker	1938–54	292 (0)	16 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	308 (0)
16	Sullivan, DerekDerek Sullivan	1947–61	275 (0)	10 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	285 (0)
17	Searle, DamonDamon Searle	1990–96	234 232 (2)	13 (0)	9 (0)	22 (0)	278 276 (2)
18	Griffith, CohenCohen Griffith	1989–95	234 205 (29)	16 14 (2)	9 (0)	16 15 (1)	275 243 (32)
19	Nelson, JimmyJimmy Nelson	1921–30	240 (0)	30 (0)	0 (0)	1 (0)	271 (0)
20	Bell, GaryGary Bell	1966–73	223 222 (1)	17 (0)	9 (0)	16 (0)	265 264 (1)

[edit] Longest run of consecutive league appearances

Position	Player	Appearances	Years
1	Don Murray	146	May 1968 - November 1971
2	Damon Searle	126	October 1990 - September 1993
3	David Carver	117	October 1968 - September 1971
4	Arthur Lever	114	August 1946 - March 1949
5	Roger Gibbins	108	August 1982 - December 1984

[edit] Player scoring records

Most goals in one season: Robert Earnshaw - 35 (31 league, 4 cup) 2002/03
Most goals in one game: Derek Tapscott - 6 vs Knighton, Welsh Cup 28 January 1961
Fastest goal scored: Trevor Ford - 15 seconds vs Charlton Athletic, 23 October 1954
Fastest hattrick: Alan Warboys 10 minutes vs Carlisle United, 6 March 1971

[edit] All time leading goalscorers

Number of appearances in brackets

#	Name	Years	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Other^[6]	Total
1	Davies, LenLen Davies	1920–31	128 (305)	19 (33)	00 0 (0)	01 1 (1)	148 (339)
2	Earnshaw, RobertRobert Earnshaw	1997-2004	85 (178)	9 (13)	08 10 (8)	01 1 (6)	105 (205)
3=	Dale, CarlCarl Dale	1991–98	71 (211)	06 6 (14)	05 5 (11)	12 (16)	94 (253)
3=	Gill, JimmyJimmy Gill	1920–25	82 (184)	12 (28)	00 0 (0)	00 0 (0)	94 (212)
5	Clark, BrianBrian Clark	1967–72 & 1975-1976	79 (204)	02 2 (13)	03 3 (9)	07 7 (14)	91 (240)
6	King, PeterPeter King	1960–74	067 67 (356)	05 5 (20)	06 6 (22)	11 (33)	89 (431)
7=	Ferguson, HughieHughie Ferguson	1925–29	077 77 (117)	09 9 (13)	00 0 (0)	01 1 (1)	087 87 (131)
7=	Toshack, JohnJohn Toshack	1966–70	074 74 (162)	01 1 (6)	01 1 (6)	011 11 (19)	087 87 (193)
9	Tapscott, DerekDerek Tapscott	1958–65	079 79 (194)	02 2 (9)	03 3 (5)	02 2 (5)	086 86 (214)
10	Pike, ChrisChris Pike	1986 & 1989-1992	067 67 (154)	3 (10)	02 2 (8)	02 2 (9)	074 74 (181)
11	Grant, WilfWilf Grant	1950-1954	065 65 (155)	2 (5)	00 0 (0)	00 0 (0)	067 67 (159)
12	Buchanan, JohnJohn Buchanan	1974-1981	054 54 (231)	2 (11)	05 5 (15)	00 0 (7)	061 61 (264)
13	Evans, TonyTony Evans	1975-79	047 47 (124)	4 (8)	06 6 (7)	01 1 (6)	058 58 (145)
14	McCambridge, JimmyJimmy McCambridge	1930-1932	051 51 (95)	2 (5)	00 0 (0)	00 0 (0)	053 53 (100)
15	Griffith, CohenCohen Griffith	1989-1995	039 39 (234)	0 (16)	05 5 (9)	04 4 (16)	048 48 (275)
16	Stevens, GaryGary Stevens	1978-1981	044 44 (150)	0 (4)	03 3 (9)	00 0 (0)	047 47 (163)
17=	Collins, JimmyJimmy Collins	1937-1938	041 41 (76)	4 (10)	00 0 (0)	01 1 (3)	046 46 (89)
17=	Gilligan, JimmyJimmy Gilligan	1987-1989	034 34 (99)	4 (4)	01 1 (8)	07 7 (10)	046 46 (121)
19=	Dwyer, PhilPhil Dwyer	1972-1985	041 41 (471)	0 (23)	02 2 (28)	02 2 (9)	045 45 (531)
19=	Ford, TrevorTrevor Ford	1953-1956	042 42 (96)	3 (5)	00 0 (0)	00 0 (0)	045 45 (101)

[edit] Progressive scoring record

Jimmy Gill scored twenty goals in Cardiff's first Football league season. This list charts the top scoring season record for the club on the occasions it has been beat or equaled.

Season	League	All matches
1920-21	Jimmy Gill (19)	Jimmy Gill (20)
1921-22	Jimmy Gill (21)	Len Davies (30)
1923-24	Len Davies (23)
1926-27	Hughie Ferguson (25)	Hughie Ferguson (31)
1931-32	Jimmy McCambridge (26)
1946-47	Stan Richards (30)
1968-69		John Toshack (31)
2002-03	Robert Earnshaw (31)	Robert Earnshaw (35)

[edit] International records

Most capped player: Alf Sherwood (Wales) - 39
First international cap: Jack Evans for Wales vs Ireland 1912
Youngest player to gain international cap: Chris Gunter (Wales) 16 years 299 days vs New Zealand - 26 May 2007

[edit] Manager records

First full-time manager: Davy McDougall, 1 August 1910
Longest serving manager: Fred Stewart, 1 May 1911 to 1 May 1933^[7]

[edit] Transfers

First player signed: Jack Evans 1910 from Cwmparc.^[8]

[edit] Record transfer fees paid

#	Name	Fee	Paid to	Date	Notes
1	Thorne, PeterPeter Thorne	£1.7m	Stoke City	02001-09-13 13 September 2001	^[9]
2	Kavanagh, GrahamGraham Kavanagh	£1m	Stoke City	02001-06-18 18 June 2001	^[10]
3	Campbell, AndyAndy Campbell	£950,000	Middlesbrough	02002-03-26 26 March 2002	^[11]

[edit] Record transfer fees received

#	Name	Fee	Paid by	Date	Notes
1=	Chopra, MichaelMichael Chopra	£5m	Sunderland	02007-07-13 13 July 2007	^[12]
1=	Ramsey, AaronAaron Ramsey	£5m	Arsenal	02008-06-13 13 June 2008	^[13]
3=	Jerome, CameronCameron Jerome	£3m	Birmingham City	02006-05-31 31 May 2006	^[14]
3=	Earnshaw, RobertRobert Earnshaw	£3m	West Bromwich Albion	02004-08-30 30 August 2004	^[15]

[edit] European matches

Cardiff City often qualified for the now defunct European Cup Winners Cup by winning the Welsh Cup until UEFA blocked them from using this route in the early 1990's^[16]

Cardiff City scores are shown first in every match

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home result^[17]	Away result^[17]	Notes
1964-1965	European Cup Winners Cup	1R	Esbjerg fB	1–0	0–0
		2R	Sporting Lisbon	0-0	2-2
		QF	Real Zaragoza	0-1	2-2
1965-66	European Cup Winners Cup	1R	Standard Liege	1–2	0–1
1967-68	European Cup Winners Cup	1R	Shamrock Rovers	2–0	1–1
		2R	NAC Breda	4–1	1–1
		QF	Torpedo Moscow	1–0	0–1	Cardiff City win replay at neutral ground 1-0
		SF	Hamburg SV	2–3	1–1
1968-69	European Cup Winners Cup	1R	FC Porto	2–2	1–2
1969-70	European Cup Winners Cup	1R	Mjøndalen IF	5–1	7–1
		2R	Göztepe A.Ş.	1–0	0–3
1970-71	European Cup Winners Cup	1R	Pezoporikos Larnaca	8–0	0–0
		2R	FC Nantes	5–1	2–1
		QF	Real Madrid	1–0	0–2
1971-72	European Cup Winners Cup	1R	SC Dynamo Berlin	1–1	1–1	Cardiff City lose 5-4 on pens
1973-74	European Cup Winners Cup	1R	Sporting Lisbon	0–0	1–2
1974-75	European Cup Winners Cup	1R	Ferencvaros	0–2	1–4
1976-77	European Cup Winners Cup	1R	Dinamo Tbilisi	1–0	0–3
1977-78	European Cup Winners Cup	1R	Austria Vienna	0–0	0–1
1988-89	European Cup Winners Cup	1R	Derry City	4–0	0–0
		2R	AGF Aarhus	1–2	0–4
1992-93	European Cup Winners Cup	1R	Admira Wacker	1–1	0–2
1993-94	European Cup Winners Cup	1R	Standard Liege	1–3	2–5

Key

1R = First round
2R = Second round
3R = Third round
QF = Quarter final
SF = Semi final
F = Final

[edit] Total european matches

Competition	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA
European Cup Winners Cup	47	15	14	18	65	60

[edit] References

Shepherd, Richard (2007). The Cardiff City Miscellany. Pitch books. ISBN 1-9054-1104-9.
Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-8598-3462-0.
Football Club History Database - Cardiff City. Retrieved on 2008-03-20.

^ "City ground delayed to May 2009" BBC Retrieved on 20 March 2008
^ Cardiff City Football Club History Database Retrieved on 27 December 2007
^ "The roaring twenties" Cardiffcityfc.co.uk Retrieved on 31 March 2008
^ [1] Bluebird electric.net Retrieved on 27 December 2007
^ "Jones hails record breaker Ramsey" BBC Sport Retrieved on 27 December 2007
^ ^a ^b The "Other" column constitutes goals and appearances (including those as a substitute) in the FA Charity Shield, the European Cup Winners' Cup, the UEFA Cup, the Welsh Cup, the FAW Premier Cup, the Football League Trophy and the Division Three South Cup.
^ "Manager history for Cardiff City" Soccerbase Retrieved on 31 March 2008
^ "The foundation and early years" Cardiffcityfc.co.uk Retrieved on 20 March 2008
^ Thorne joins Bluebirds. BBC Sport. Retrieved on 2008-03-20.
^ City land £1m Kavanagh. BBC Sport. Retrieved on 2008-03-20.
^ Cardiff sign Campbell. BBC Sport. Retrieved on 2008-03-20.
^ Chopra's fond farewell to Cardiff. BBC Sport. Retrieved on 2008-03-20.
^ {{Cite web |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/7445528.stm| title = Ramsey completes Arsenal switch | publisher = BBC Sport | accessdate = 14 June 2008
^ Birmingham complete Jerome deal. BBC Sport. Retrieved on 2008-03-20.
^ Earnshaw signs for Baggies]. Retrieved on 2008-03-20.
^ "UEFA rejects Welsh clubs bid" BBC Sport Retrieved on 20 March 2008
^ ^a ^b Cardiff City score is given first in each result.

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