1979–80 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
Season 1979–80
League	Football League Second Division
Manager	Richie Morgan
League position	15th
Top goalscorer	League: Ray Bishop & Gary Stevens (11) All: Ray Bishop & Gary Stevens (11)
FA Cup	3rd round
League Cup	2nd round
Welsh Cup	4th round
Previous season	← 1978–79
Next season	1980–81 →

The 1979–80 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 53rd season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing fifteenth.

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 John Davies -- GK Peter Grotier -- GK Ron Healey -- DF Paul Compton -- DF Phil Dwyer -- DF Linden Jones -- DF Keith Pontin -- DF David Roberts -- DF Colin Sullivan -- DF Rod Thomas -- MF John Buchanan -- MF Alan Campbell -- MF Mark Elliott

No. Position Player -- MF Steve Grapes -- MF Gary Harris -- MF Wayne Hughes -- MF John Lewis -- MF Tarki Micallef -- MF Billy Ronson -- FW Ray Bishop -- FW Paul Davies -- FW Tony Evans -- FW Ross Jack -- FW Kevin Lloyd -- FW Ronnie Moore -- FW Gary Stevens

Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Leicester City	42	21	13	8	58	38	+20	55
2	Sunderland	42	21	12	9	69	42	+27	54
3	Birmingham City	42	21	11	10	58	38	+20	53
4	Chelsea	42	23	7	12	66	52	+14	53
5	Queens Park Rangers	42	18	13	11	75	53	+22	49
6	Luton Town	42	16	17	9	66	45	+21	49
7	West Ham United	42	20	7	15	54	43	+11	47
8	Cambridge United	42	14	16	12	61	53	+8	44
9	Newcastle United	42	15	14	13	53	49	+4	44
10	Preston North End	42	12	19	11	56	52	+4	43
11	Oldham Athletic	42	16	11	15	49	53	-4	43
12	Swansea City	42	17	9	16	48	53	-5	43
13	Shrewsbury Town	42	18	5	19	60	53	+7	41
14	Orient	42	12	17	13	48	54	-6	41
15	Cardiff City	42	16	8	18	41	48	-7	40
16	Wrexham	42	16	6	20	40	49	-9	38
17	Notts County	42	11	15	16	51	52	-1	37
18	Watford	42	12	13	17	39	46	-7	37
19	Bristol Rovers	42	11	13	18	50	64	-14	35
20	Fulham	42	11	7	24	42	74	-32	29
21	Burnley	42	6	15	21	39	73	-34	27
22	Charlton Athletic	42	6	10	26	39	78	-39	22

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	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	W	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	L	W	L	L	L	D
Position		15	19	14	9	10	12	11			9	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	12	11	11	13	12	13	13	11	12	14	13	14	10	10	13	15	15

Last updated: 22 November 2014.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Fixtures & Results

Second Division

1 18 August 1979 (1979-08-18)	Notts County	4 - 1	Cardiff City	Nottingham
	Iain McCulloch  48' Gordon Mair  79' Pedro Richards  81' Don Masson  85'		52' Linden Jones	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 7,157 Referee: Ray Toseland (Kettering)

2 22 August 1979 (1979-08-22)	Cardiff City	1 - 0	Queens Park Rangers	Cardiff
18:30	Gary Stevens  44'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,656 Referee: Bill Bombroff (Bristol)

3 25 August 1979 (1979-08-25)	Cardiff City	1 - 2	Birmingham City	Cardiff
15:00	Gary Stevens  22'		4' Tony Evans  9' Tony Evans	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,314 Referee: Brian Stevens (Stonehouse)

4 1 September 1979 (1979-09-01)	Wrexham	0 - 1	Cardiff City	Wrexham
			74s' Gary Stevens	Stadium: Racecourse Attendance: 9,830 Referee: Alan Porter (Bolton)

5 8 September 1979 (1979-09-08)	Cardiff City	1 - 0	Shrewsbury Town	Cardiff
15:00	Gary Stevens  80'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,668 Referee: Leslie Burden (Dorset)

6 15 September 1979 (1979-09-15)	Watford	1 - 1	Cardiff City	London
	Ray Train  64'		90' Gary Stevens	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 13,741 Referee: Ray Lewis (Great Bookham, Surrey)

7 22 September 1979 (1979-09-22)	Cardiff City	0 - 0	Cambridge United	Cardiff
15:00				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,539

8 29 September 1979 (1979-09-29)	Bristol Rovers	1 - 1	Cardiff City	Bristol
	Frankie Prince  22'		28' Keith Pontin	Stadium: Eastville Attendance: 8,949 Referee: Alex Hamil (Wolverhampton)

9 6 October 1979 (1979-10-06)	Cardiff City	2 - 1	Luton Town	Cardiff
11:30	Ray Bishop  30' Ray Bishop  82'		23' Bob Hatton	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,420 Referee: Alan Seville (Birmingham)

10 9 October 1979 (1979-10-09)	Queens Park Rangers	3 - 0	Cardiff City	London
	Clive Allen  60' (pen) Glenn Roeder  72' Clive Allen  81'			Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 12,225 Referee: David Hutchinson (Cambridgeshire)

11 13 October 1979 (1979-10-13)	Burnley	0 - 2	Cardiff City	Burnley
			40' Ray Bishop  52' Ronson	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 6,361

12 20 October 1979 (1979-10-20)	Cardiff City	1 - 2	Chelsea	Cardiff
15:00	Ronnie Moore  45'		54' Lee Frost  69' Mike Fillery	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 16,328 Referee: Morris Baker (Wolverhampton)

13 27 October 1979 (1979-10-27)	Charlton Athletic	3 - 2	Cardiff City	London
15:00	Steve Gritt  42' Les Berry  48' Steve Gritt  60'		68' Ray Bishop  89' Wayne Hughes	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 6,870 Referee: David Letts (Basingstoke)

14 3 November 1979 (1979-11-03)	Cardiff City	3 - 2	Notts County	Cardiff
	Ray Bishop  16' John Buchanan  18' Ray Bishop  35'		30' Jeff Blockley  52' David Hunt	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,341 Referee: Derek Civil (Birmingham)

15 10 November 1979 (1979-11-10)	Newcastle United	1 - 0	Cardiff City	Newcastle
	Alan Shoulder  40'			Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 21,243 Referee: David Richardson (Lancashire)

16 17 November 1979 (1979-11-17)	Cardiff City	0 - 0	Orient	Cardiff
15:00				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,119 Referee: Mike Warner (Wednesbury)

17 24 November 1979 (1979-11-24)	West Ham United	3 - 0	Cardiff City	London
15:00	David Cross  27' Ray Stewart  45' (pen) Ray Stewart  86' (pen)			Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 20,292 Referee: Darryl Reeves (Uxbridge)

18 1 December 1979 (1979-12-01)	Cardiff City	1 - 0	Oldham Athletic	Cardiff
	Ray Bishop  55'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,061

19 8 December 1979 (1979-12-08)	Sunderland	2 - 1	Cardiff City	Sunderland
	Phil Dwyer  25' (og) Pop Robson  55'		86' Ray Bishop	Stadium: Roker Park Attendance: 25,370

20 15 December 1979 (1979-12-15)	Cardiff City	0 - 2	Preston North End	Cardiff
14:15			2' Alex Bruce  60' Alex Bruce	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,419 Referee: Derek Lloyd (Worcester)

21 21 December 1979 (1979-12-21)	Leicester City	0 - 0	Cardiff City	Leicester
19:45				Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 12,877

22 26 December 1979 (1979-12-26)	Cardiff City	1 - 0	Fulham	Cardiff
15:00	Keith Pontin  57'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,354 Referee: Bert Newsome (Broseley, Salop)

23 29 December 1979 (1979-12-29)	Birmingham City	2 - 1	Cardiff City	Birmingham
	Frank Worthington  10' Keith Bertschin  59'		57' Ray Bishop	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 16,682 Referee: Frank Phipps (Wrexham)

24 1 January 1980 (1980-01-01)	Swansea	2 - 1	Cardiff City	Swansea
15:00	John Toshack  27' David Giles  93'		37' John Lewis	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 21,400 Referee: Brian Stevens (Stonehouse)

25 12 January 1980 (1980-01-12)	Cardiff City	1 - 0	Wrexham	Cardiff
15:00	Ronnie Moore  44'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,824 Referee: Eric Read (Bristol)

26 19 January 1980 (1980-01-19)	Shrewsbury Town	1 - 2	Cardiff City	Shrewsbury
	John Dungworth  10'		78' John Buchanan  87' Ronnie Moore	Stadium: Gay Meadow Attendance: 6,870 Referee: David Clarke (Accrington)

27 2 February 1980 (1980-02-02)	Cardiff City	1 - 0	Watford	Cardiff
15:00	John Lewis  90'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,995 Referee: Maurice Robinson (Sutton Colefield)

28 9 February 1980 (1980-02-09)	Cambridge United	2 - 0	Cardiff City	Cambridge
15:00	George Reilly  36' Tommy Finney  56'			Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 5,229 Referee: Danny Vickers (Essex)

29 16 February 1980 (1980-02-16)	Cardiff City	0 - 1	Bristol Rovers	Cardiff
			65' David Williams	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,840

30 23 February 1980 (1980-02-23)	Cardiff City	2 - 1	Burnley	Cardiff
	Keith Pontin  15' Gary Stevens  80'		Billy Hamilton	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,358 Referee: Tony Glasson (Salisbury)

31 1 March 1980 (1980-03-01)	Chelsea	1 - 0	Cardiff City	London
15:00	Clive Walker  84'			Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 18,449 Referee: John Hunting (Leicester)

32 8 March 1980 (1980-03-08)	Cardiff City	3 - 1	Charlton Athletic	Cardiff
	Gary Stevens  45' Gary Stevens  47' John Buchanan  71'		54' Derek Hales	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,652 Referee: Malcolm Heath (Stoke)

33 14 March 1980 (1980-03-14)	Luton Town	1 - 2	Cardiff City	Luton
	David Moss  24'		44' John Buchanan  49' Gary Stevens	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 9,246 Referee: Mike Bidmead (Chessington)

34 22 March 1980 (1980-03-22)	Cardiff City	1 - 1	Newcastle United	Cardiff
15:00	Gary Stevens  8'		36' Bobby Shinton	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,304 Referee: Ken Baker (Rugby)

35 29 March 1980 (1980-03-29)	Orient	1 - 1	Cardiff City	London
15:00	Bill Roffey  2'		66' John Buchanan	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 4,081

36 7 April 1980 (1980-04-07)	Cardiff City	1 - 0	Swansea	Cardiff
15:00	Ronson  84'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 14,677 Referee: Alan Robinson (Waterlooville)

37 8 April 1980 (1980-04-08)	Cardiff City	0 - 1	Leicester City	Cardiff
19:30			29' Bobby Smith	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,291 Referee: Colin Downey (Hounslow)

38 12 April 1980 (1980-04-12)	Oldham Athletic	0 - 3	Cardiff City	Oldham
15:00			17' John Buchanan  49' Gary Stevens  79' Tarki Micallef	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 6,339 Referee: David Richardson (Lancashire)

39 15 April 1980 (1980-04-15)	Fulham	2 - 1	Cardiff City	London
	Ray Lewington  35' Steve Grapes  39' (og)		19' Ray Bishop	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 4,916

40 19 April 1980 (1980-04-19)	Cardiff City	0 - 1	West Ham United	Cardiff
15:00			29' Ray Stewart	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 12,076 Referee: Derek Lloyd (Worcester)

41 26 April 1980 (1980-04-26)	Preston North End	2 - 0	Cardiff City	Preston
	Paul McGee  9' Gordon Coleman  60'			Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 7,481 Referee: George Tyson (Sunderland)

42 3 May 1980 (1980-05-03)	Cardiff City	1 - 1	Sunderland	Cardiff
15:00	Ray Bishop  55'		61' Pop Robson	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 19,340 Referee: Bert Newsome (Broseley Salop)

League Cup

2 (First Leg) 29 August 1979 (1979-08-29)	Everton	2 - 0	Cardiff City	Liverpool
	Brian Kidd  27' Brian Kidd  66'			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 18,061

2 (Second Leg) 5 September 1979 (1979-09-05)	Cardiff City	1 - 0	Everton	Cardiff
18:00	John Buchanan  78'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,698 Referee: Trevor Spencer (Wootton Bassett)

FA Cup

3 5 January 1980 (1980-01-05)	Cardiff City	0 - 0	Arsenal	Cardiff
15:00				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 21,972 Referee: Joe Worrall (Workington)

3 Replay 8 January 1980 (1980-01-08)	Arsenal	2 - 1	Cardiff City	London
19:30	Alan Sunderland  3' Alan Sunderland  35'		23' John Buchanan	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 36,582 Referee: Joe Worrall (Workington)

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". Archived from the original on 30 December 2008. Retrieved 14 December 2008. 
• Welsh Football Data Archive

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