1976–77 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
Season 1976–77
League	Football League Second Division
Manager	Jimmy Andrews
League position	18th
Top goalscorer	League: Tony Evans (15) All: Tony Evans (24)
FA Cup	5th round
League Cup	2nd round
European Cup Winners Cup	1st round
Welsh Cup	Winners
Previous season	← 1975–76
Next season	1977–78 →

The 1976–77 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 50th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing eighteenth.

The season also saw the arrival of Robin Friday who, although it would be his only full season at the club, made such an impression that he was voted as the clubs all-time cult hero.^[1]

1 Players
2 Table
3 European Cup Winners Cup
4 See also
5 References

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
--	GK	Ron Healey
--	GK	Bill Irwin
--	DF	Bryan Attley
--	DF	Clive Charles
--	DF	Phil Dwyer
--	DF	Albert Larmour
--	DF	Richie Morgan
--	DF	Freddie Pethard
--	DF	Keith Pontin
--	DF	Paul Went
--	MF	Willie Anderson

No.	Position	Player
--	MF	John Buchanan
--	MF	Alan Campbell
--	MF	David Giles
--	MF	Steve Grapes
--	MF	Doug Livermore
--	MF	Peter Sayer
--	FW	Adrian Alston
--	FW	Tony Evans
--	FW	Robin Friday
--	FW	Derek Showers

Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	42	22	13	7	84	45	+39	57
2	Chelsea	42	21	13	8	73	53	+20	55
3	Nottingham Forest	42	21	10	11	77	43	+34	52
4	Bolton Wanderers	42	20	11	11	75	54	+21	51
5	Blackpool	42	17	17	8	58	42	+16	51
6	Luton Town	42	21	6	15	67	48	+19	48
7	Charlton Athletic	42	16	16	10	71	58	+13	48
8	Notts County	42	19	10	13	65	60	+5	48
9	Southampton	42	17	10	15	72	67	+5	44
10	Millwall	42	15	13	14	57	53	+4	43
11	Sheffield United	42	14	12	16	54	63	-9	40
12	Blackburn Rovers	42	15	9	18	42	54	-12	39
13	Oldham Athletic	42	14	10	18	52	64	-12	38
14	Hull City	42	10	17	15	45	53	-8	37
15	Bristol Rovers	42	12	13	17	53	68	-15	37
16	Burnley	42	11	14	17	46	64	-18	36
17	Fulham	42	11	13	18	54	61	-7	35
18	Cardiff City	42	12	10	20	56	67	-11	34
19	Orient	42	9	16	17	37	55	-18	34
20	Carlisle United	42	11	12	19	49	75	-26	34
21	Plymouth Argyle	42	8	16	18	46	65	-19	32
22	Hereford United	42	8	15	19	57	78	-21	31

European Cup Winners Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
Sep 15	One (first leg)	Dinamo Tbilisi	H	W 1 - 0	11,181	Alston
Sep 20	One (second leg)	Dinamo Tbilisi	A	L 0 - 3	Approx. 10,000

References

^ "Cardiff City's cult heroes", BBC Sport, 2004-10-14 .Retrieved on 2007-10-17

Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
"Football Club History Database - Cardiff City". http://www.fchd.info/CARDIFFC.HTM.
Welsh Football Data Archive

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FA competitions	FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds, Final) • Charity Shield

Football League	Football League (First Division • Second Division • Third Division • Fourth Division) • League Cup (Final)

Lower leagues	Northern Premier League · Southern Football League · Isthmian League

European competitions	European Cup (Final) · UEFA Cup · European Cup Winners' Cup

Related to national team	Don Revie • Home Championship • 1978 FIFA World Cup (qualification)

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal · Aston Villa · Birmingham City · Bristol City · Coventry City · Derby County · Everton · Ipswich Town · Leeds United · Leicester City · Liverpool · Manchester City · Manchester United · Middlesbrough · Newcastle United · Norwich City · Queens Park Rangers · Stoke City · Sunderland · Tottenham Hotspur · West Bromwich Albion

Second Division	Blackburn Rovers · Blackpool · Bolton Wanderers · Bristol Rovers · Burnley · Cardiff City · Carlisle United · Charlton Athletic · Chelsea · Fulham · Hereford United · Hull City · Leyton Orient · Luton Town · Millwall · Nottingham Forest · Notts County · Oldham Athletic · Plymouth Argyle · Sheffield United · Southampton · West Ham United · Wolverhampton Wanderers

Third Division	Brighton & Hove Albion · Bury · Chester · Chesterfield · Crystal Palace · Gillingham · Grimsby Town · Lincoln City · Mansfield Town · Northampton Town · Oxford United · Peterborough United · Port Vale · Portsmouth · Preston North End · Reading · Rotherham United · Sheffield Wednesday · Shrewsbury Town · Swindon Town · Tranmere Rovers · Walsall · Wrexham · York City

Fourth Division	Aldershot · Barnsley · Bournemouth · Bradford City · Brentford · Cambridge United · Colchester United · Crewe Alexandra · Darlington · Doncaster Rovers · Exeter City · Halifax Town · Hartlepool United · Huddersfield Town · Newport County · Rochdale · Scunthorpe United · Southend United · Southport · Stockport County · Swansea City · Torquay United · Watford · Workington

1976–77 Cardiff City F.C. season

Contents

Players

Table

European Cup Winners Cup

See also

References