1982–83 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
Season 1982–83
League	Football League Third Division
Manager	Len Ashurst
League position	2nd
Top goalscorer	League: Jeff Hemmerman (22) All: Jeff Hemmerman (26)
FA Cup	2nd round
League Cup	2nd round
Welsh Cup	3rd round
Previous season	← 1981–82
Next season	1983–84 →

The 1982–83 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 56th season in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Three, then the third tier of English football, finishing second and winning promotion to Division Two.

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 Jim Brown -- GK Andy Dibble -- GK Steve Humphries -- GK Eric Steele -- GK Martin Thomas -- DF Gary Bennett -- DF Paul Bodin -- DF Phil Dwyer -- DF Linden Jones -- DF Jimmy Mullen -- DF Keith Pontin -- MF Dave Bennett

No. Position Player -- MF Roger Gibbins -- MF Paul Giles -- MF John Lewis -- MF Paul Maddy -- MF Tarki Micallef -- MF Ken Stroud -- MF David Tong -- FW Jeff Hemmerman -- FW Bob Hatton -- FW Godfrey Ingram -- FW Billy Woof

Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Portsmouth	46	27	10	9	74	41	+33	91
2	Cardiff City	46	25	11	10	76	50	+26	86
3	Huddersfield Town	46	23	13	10	84	49	+35	82
4	Newport County	46	23	9	14	76	54	+22	78
5	Oxford United	46	22	12	12	71	53	+18	78
6	Lincoln City	46	23	7	16	77	51	+26	76
7	Bristol Rovers	46	22	9	15	84	58	+26	75
8	Plymouth Argyle	46	19	8	19	61	66	-5	65
9	Brentford	46	18	10	18	88	77	+11	64
10	Walsall	46	17	13	16	64	63	+1	64
11	Sheffield United	46	19	7	20	62	64	-2	64
12	Bradford City	46	16	13	17	68	69	-1	61
13	Gillingham	46	16	13	17	58	59	-1	61
14	Bournemouth	46	16	13	17	59	68	-9	61
15	Southend United	46	15	14	17	66	65	+1	59
16	Preston North End	46	15	13	18	60	69	-9	58
17	Millwall	46	14	13	19	64	77	-13	55
18	Wigan Athletic	46	15	9	22	60	72	-12	54
19	Exeter City	46	14	12	20	81	104	-23	54
20	Orient	46	15	9	22	64	88	-24	54
21	Reading	46	12	17	17	64	79	-15	53
22	Wrexham	46	12	15	19	56	76	-20	51
23	Doncaster Rovers	46	9	11	26	57	97	-40	38
24	Chesterfield	46	8	13	25	43	68	-25	37

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	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	D	D	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	D
Position		7		12	7	4	3	3	6	4	2	6	4	3	2	3	5	4		2	4	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2		2	3	3	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2

Last updated: 30 November 2014.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Fixtures & Results

Third Division

1 28 August 1982 (1982-08-28)	Cardiff City	1 - 2	Wrexham	Cardiff
15:00	Dave Bennett		19' Ian Arkwright Dixie McNeil	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,018 Referee: Lester Shapter (Paignton)

2 5 September 1982 (1982-09-05)	Millwall	0 - 4	Cardiff City	London
			3' John Lewis  42' Dave Bennett  52' Dave Bennett  68' Roger Gibbins	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 5,620 Referee: Howard Taylor (Oadby, Leicestershire)

3 8 September 1982 (1982-09-08)	Orient	4 - 0	Cardiff City	London
20:00	Colin Foster  10' Kevin Godfrey  30' Kevin Godfrey  59' Barry Silkman  70'			Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 2,021 Referee: Martin Bodenham (East Looe)

4 11 September 1982 (1982-09-11)	Cardiff City	3 - 2	Wigan	Cardiff
15:00	John Lewis  22' Gary Bennett  75' Billy Woof  86'		19' Peter Houghton  43' John Rogers	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,850 Referee: Tom Bune (Sussex)

5 18 September 1982 (1982-09-18)	Walsall	1 - 2	Cardiff City	Walsall
15:00	Alan Buckley  13' (pen)		4' Jeff Hemmerman  57' Phil Dwyer	Stadium: Fellows Park Attendance: 3,161 Referee: Brian Hill

6 25 September 1982 (1982-09-25)	Cardiff City	2 - 0	Sheffield United	Cardiff
15:00	Dave Bennett  23' Jeff Hemmerman  74'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,147 Referee: Leslie Burden (Dorset)

7 28 September 1982 (1982-09-28)	Cardiff City	2 - 0	Exeter City	Cardiff
19:30	Jeff Hemmerman  9' Jeff Hemmerman  87'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,867 Referee: Alan Seville (Birmingham)

8 2 October 1982 (1982-10-02)	Oxford United	2 - 2	Cardiff City	Oxford
	Kevin Brock David Fogg  83'		Malcolm Shotton  89' Jimmy Mullen	Stadium: Manor Ground Attendance: 6,018 Referee: Mike Dimblebee (Stevenage)

9 9 October 1982 (1982-10-09)	Bournemouth	3 - 1	Cardiff City	Bournemouth
	Trevor Morgan  19' Milton Graham  23' Milton Graham  71'		Jeff Hemmerman	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 5,818 Referee: Tony Ward (London)

10 16 October 1982 (1982-10-16)	Cardiff City	1 - 0	Gillingham	Cardiff
15:00	Godfrey Ingram			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,828 Referee: Alan Crickmore (Plymouth)

11 19 October 1982 (1982-10-19)	Cardiff City	1 - 0	Bradford City	Cardiff
19:30	Gary Bennett  1'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,007 Referee: Derek Lloyd (Worcester)

12 23 October 1982 (1982-10-23)	Huddersfield	4 - 0	Cardiff City	Huddersfield
	Mark Lillis  28' Mark Lillis  40' Mark Lillis  68' Mark Lillis  71'			Stadium: Leeds Road Attendance: 6,121 Referee: Derek Owen (Bebington, Wirral)

13 30 October 1982 (1982-10-30)	Cardiff City	1 - 0	Portsmouth	Cardiff
15:00	Jeff Hemmerman  53'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,082 Referee: John Lovatt (Crewe)

14 3 November 1982 (1982-11-03)	Reading	1 - 2	Cardiff City	Reading
	Lawrie Sanchez  16'		42' Gary Bennett  62' Phil Dwyer	Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 2,982 Referee: Danny Vickers (Essex)

15 6 November 1982 (1982-11-06)	Cardiff City	3 - 1	Preston North End	Cardiff
15:00	Jeff Hemmerman  8' Dave Bennett  24' Godfrey Ingram  39'		67' Don O'Riordan	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,546 Referee: Ray Lewis (Great Bookham, Surrey)

16 13 November 1982 (1982-11-13)	Lincoln City	2 - 1	Cardiff City	Lincoln
	Derek Bell  61' (pen) Paul Bodin  73' (og)		36' Dave Bennett	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 6,585 Referee: David Richardson (Lancashire)

17 4 December 1982 (1982-12-04)	Doncaster Rovers	2 - 2	Cardiff City	Doncaster
	Colin Douglas  46' Glynn Snodin  52'		16' Tarki Micallef  63' Jeff Hemmerman	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 3,087 Referee: Peter Tyldesley (Stockport)

18 7 December 1982 (1982-12-07)	Cardiff City	1 - 1	Chesterfield	Cardiff
15:00	Bob Hatton  3'		73' Martin Henderson	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,813 Referee: Alan Crickmore (Plymouth)

19 17 December 1982 (1982-12-17)	Southend United	1 - 2	Cardiff City	Southend
19:30	Keith Mercer  74'		Bob Hatton  83' Roger Gibbins	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 3,476 Referee: John Deakin (Bedford)

20 27 December 1982 (1982-12-27)	Cardiff City	3 - 2	Newport	Cardiff
11:00	Bob Hatton  44' Jeff Hemmerman  80' Jeff Hemmerman		Karl Elsey Nigel Vaughan	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 15,972 Referee: Clive Thomas (Porthcawl)

21 28 December 1982 (1982-12-28)	Plymouth Argyle	2 - 3	Cardiff City	Plymouth
15:00	Mike Carter  59' John Sims  79'		13' Bob Hatton  43' Gary Bennett  12' John Sims	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 8,631 Referee: Tom Bune (Sussex)

22 1 January 1983 (1983-01-01)	Cardiff City	3 - 1	Bristol Rovers	Cardiff
15:00	Jeff Hemmerman  34' (pen) Gary Bennett  41' Jeff Hemmerman  80'		71' Les Bradd	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,698 Referee: Keren Barratt

23 3 January 1983 (1983-01-03)	Brentford	1 - 3	Cardiff City	London
15:00	Stan Bowles  ?' (pen)		12' Roger Gibbins  45' Jeff Hemmerman  62' Jeff Hemmerman	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 7,602 Referee: Alf Grey (Great Yarmouth)

24 15 January 1983 (1983-01-15)	Wrexham	0 - 0	Cardiff City	Wrexham
				Stadium: Racecourse Attendance: 3,846 Referee: Ken Baker (Rugby)

25 22 January 1983 (1983-01-22)	Cardiff City	3 - 1	Walsall	Cardiff
15:00	Gary Bennett Jeff Hemmerman  ?' (pen) Dave Bennett		Ken Beech	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,237 Referee: Colin Downey (Hounslow)

26 29 January 1983 (1983-01-29)	Exeter City	0 - 2	Cardiff City	Exeter
			52' (pen) Jeff Hemmerman  63' Bob Hatton	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 4,019 Referee: Alan Robinson (Fareham)

27 1 February 1983 (1983-02-01)	Cardiff City	3 - 0	Millwall	Cardiff
15:00	Gary Bennett  15' Dave Bennett  57' Jeff Hemmerman			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,643 Referee: Malcolm Heath (Stoke)

28 5 February 1983 (1983-02-05)	Sheffield United	2 - 0	Cardiff City	Sheffield
15:00	Colin Morris  55' (pen) Alan Young			Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 11,641 Referee: Joe Worrall (Workington)

29 12 February 1983 (1983-02-12)	Cardiff City	3 - 0	Oxford United	Cardiff
15:00	Jeff Hemmerman  15' (pen) Dave Bennett  52' Bob Hatton  53'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,970 Referee: Tony Glasson (Salisbury)

30 16 February 1983 (1983-02-16)	Bradford City	4 - 2	Cardiff City	Bradford
14:45	Bobby Campbell  29' Bobby Campbell  31' John Black  47' Joe Cooke  ??'		79' Phil Dwyer Roger Gibbins	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 3,786 Referee: George Courtney (Spennymoor)

31 19 February 1983 (1983-02-19)	Cardiff City	1 - 1	Bournemouth	Cardiff
15:00	Roger Gibbins  61'		50' Tom Heffernan	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,878 Referee: Dennis Hedges (Oxford)

32 26 February 1983 (1983-02-26)	Gillingham	2 - 3	Cardiff City	Gillingham
	Jeff Johnson  1' Billy Lansdowne  45'		4' Roger Gibbins  28' Jeff Hemmerman  77' (pen) Jeff Hemmerman	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,587 Referee: Darryl Reeves (Uxbridge)

33 1 March 1983 (1983-03-01)	Cardiff City	0 - 0	Reading	Cardiff
19:30				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,173 Referee: Roger Milford (Bristol)

34 12 March 1983 (1983-03-12)	Portsmouth	0 - 0	Cardiff City	Portsmouth
15:00				Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 24,354 Referee: Leslie Burden (Dorset)

35 15 March 1983 (1983-03-15)	Cardiff City	1 - 1	Huddersfield	Cardiff
19:45	Bob Hatton  25'		35' David Cowling	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,379 Referee: Vic Callow (Solihull)

36 19 March 1983 (1983-03-19)	Preston North End	2 - 1	Cardiff City	Preston
	Alex Bruce  26' Stephen Elliott  75'		46' Jeff Hemmerman	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 4,608 Referee: Bob Nixon (West Kirby)

37 26 March 1983 (1983-03-26)	Cardiff City	1 - 0	Lincoln City	Cardiff
15:00	Gary Bennett			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,821 Referee: Maurice Robinson (Sutton Colefield)

38 2 April 1983 (1983-04-02)	Cardiff City	0 - 0	Plymouth Argyle	Cardiff
15:00				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,226 Referee: John Holbrook (Wolverhampton)

39 4 April 1983 (1983-04-04)	Newport	1 - 0	Cardiff City	Newport
11:00	John Aldridge			Stadium: Somerton Park Attendance: 16,052 Referee: Ray Lewis (Great Bookham, Surrey)

40 9 April 1983 (1983-04-09)	Cardiff City	3 - 0	Doncaster Rovers	Cardiff
15:00	David Tong  8' Roger Gibbins  16' David Tong  75'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,456 Referee: Alan Crickmore (Plymouth)

41 16 April 1983 (1983-04-16)	Wigan	0 - 0	Cardiff City	Wigan
15:00				Stadium: Springfield Park Attendance: 4,447 Referee: George Tyson (Sunderland)

42 23 April 1983 (1983-04-23)	Cardiff City	4 - 1	Southend United	Cardiff
15:00	Bob Hatton  20' John Lewis  24' Jeff Hemmerman John Lewis  46'		70' Paul Clark	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,141 Referee: Derek Civil (Birmingham)

43 30 April 1983 (1983-04-30)	Chesterfield	0 - 1	Cardiff City	Chesterfield
			Dave Bennett	Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 2,799 Referee: Alan Saunders (Newcastle upon Tyne)

44 2 May 1983 (1983-05-02)	Cardiff City	3 - 1	Brentford	Cardiff
15:00	Jim McNicholl  ?' (og) Bob Hatton Dave Bennett		Chris Kamara	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,112 Referee: Alex Hamil (Wolverhampton)

45 7 May 1983 (1983-05-07)	Cardiff City	2 - 0	Orient	Cardiff
15:00	Dave Bennett John Lewis			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,480 Referee: Ron Bridges (Deeside)

46 14 May 1983 (1983-05-14)	Bristol Rovers	1 - 1	Cardiff City	Bristol
15:00	Nicky Platnauer  63'		Roger Gibbins	Stadium: Eastville Attendance: 10,731 Referee: Derek Lloyd (Worcester)

Milk Cup

1 (First Leg) 31 August 1982 (1982-08-31)	Cardiff City	2 - 1	Hereford United	Cardiff
19:45	Dave Bennett  82' Roger Gibbins  85'		59' Derek Showers	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 1,808 Referee: Stephen Bates (Bristol)

1 (Second Leg) 15 September 1982 (1982-09-15)	Hereford United	1 - 2	Cardiff City	Hereford
	Mel Pejic  27'		38' Roger Gibbins  67' Jeff Hemmerman	Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 3,301 Referee: J Haigh (Macclesfield)

2 (First Leg) 5 October 1982 (1982-10-05)	Arsenal	2 - 1	Cardiff City	London
	John Hollins  67' Paul Davis  84'		75' Roger Gibbins	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 15,115 Referee: Allan Gunn (Burgess Hill)

2 (Second Leg) 26 October 1982 (1982-10-26)	Cardiff City	1 - 3	Arsenal	Cardiff
19:45	Jeff Hemmerman  50'		3' Alan Sunderland  26' Tony Woodcock  85' Paul Davis	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,632 Referee: Vic Callow (Solihull)

FA Cup

1 20 November 1982 (1982-11-20)	Wokingham Town	1 - 1	Cardiff City	Wokingham
	George Torrance  15'		78' David Tong	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Colin Downey (Hounslow)

1 (Replay) 23 November 1982 (1982-11-23)	Cardiff City	3 - 0	Wokingham Town	Cardiff
	Linden Jones Jeff Hemmerman  55' Godfrey Ingram  65'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,755 Referee: Colin Downey (Hounslow)

2 11 December 1982 (1982-12-11)	Cardiff City	2 - 3	Weymouth	Cardiff
15:00	Roger Gibbins  28' Jeff Hemmerman  36'		55' Anni Iannone  80' Trevor Finnegan  86' Gerry Pearson	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,446 Referee: Brian Hill

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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