1926–27 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City

1926-27 season
Chairman	Walter Parker[1]
Manager	Fred Stewart
Division One	14th
FA Cup	Winners
Welsh Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Hughie Ferguson (25) All: Hughie Ferguson (31)
← 1925–26 1927–28 →

The 1926–27 season was Cardiff City's 7th season in The Football League since joining in 1920. They competed in the 22-team Football League First Division, finishing in 14th place.

Hughie Ferguson was the club's top scorer with a total of 31 goals in all competitions which became a club record that would not be broken until 2003 when Robert Earnshaw scored a total of 35.^[2]

Season review

Football League First Division

Results by round

Source: ^[3]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

FA Cup

Finalists two years earlier, Cardiff began their FA Cup campaign with a 2–1 win over Aston Villa at Ninian Park. After consecutive 2–0 wins over Darlington and reigning holders Bolton Wanderers, they were drawn against Second Division side Chelsea. Following a 0–0 draw at Stamford Bridge, Cardiff came away with a 3–2 win in the replay and advanced to the final with a 3–0 win over Reading in the semi-final held at Molineux Stadium in Wolverhampton.^[4]

Cardiff met Arsenal in the final at Wembley Stadium. The only goal of the game came after 74 minutes when Cardiff forward Hughie Ferguson fired a hopeful shot towards goal only for Arsenal goalkeeper Dan Lewis to let the ball slip out of his hands and into the net. Lewis later blamed the error on his jersey, claiming that due to it being brand new was greasy and made it difficult to grip the ball. By winning, Cardiff became the first, and still only, side from outside England to have ever won the FA Cup.^[5]

Welsh Cup

In the Welsh Cup, Cardiff recorded victories over Ebbw Vale, Barry Town and Wrexham before beating Rhyl 2–0 in the final held at the Racecourse Ground, with goals from Len Davies and Sam Irving,^[6] winning the tournament for the fifth time in the club's history.^[7]

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 Tom Farquharson -- GK Tommy Hampson -- DF Albert Bell -- DF Jack Jennings -- DF Fred Keenor -- DF Walter Moyle -- DF Jimmy Nelson -- DF Tom Pirie -- DF Tom Watson -- MF Jim Baillie -- MF George Blackburn -- MF Ernie Curtis -- MF Willie Davies -- MF Billy Hardy -- MF Sam Irving

No. Position Player -- MF Frank Matson -- MF Percy Richards -- MF Tom Sloan -- MF Billy Thirlaway -- MF Frank Tysoe -- MF Thomas Wainwright -- MF Harry Wake -- FW Fred Castle -- FW Elvet Collins -- FW Len Davies -- FW Hughie Ferguson -- FW George McLachlan -- FW Thomas Potter Smith -- FW Sam Smith

League table

Fixtures & results

Football League First Division

FA Cup

Welsh Cup

green=win orange=draw red=lost

See also

• Cardiff City F.C. seasons
• 1926-27 in English football

References