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1946–47 Cardiff City F.C. season

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Cardiff City
1946–47 season
ChairmanWales Sir Herbert Merrett
ManagerRepublic of Ireland Billy McCandless
Division Three South1st
FA Cup3rd round
Welsh Cup5th round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Stan Richards (30)

All:
Stan Richards (30)
Highest home attendance49,310 (v Bristol City, 7 April 1947)
Lowest home attendance9,384 (v Mansfield Town, 15 March 1947)
Average home league attendance28,604

The 1946–47 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 20th season in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Three South, then the third tier of English football, finishing first and gaining promotion to the Second Division.

Season review

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Football League Third Division South

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Partial league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Promotion
1 Cardiff City 42 30 6 6 93 30 3.100 66 Division Champions, promoted
2 Queens Park Rangers 42 23 11 8 74 40 1.850 57
3 Bristol City 42 20 11 11 94 56 1.679 51
4 Swindon Town 42 19 11 12 84 73 1.151 49
5 Walsall 42 17 12 13 74 59 1.254 46
Source: [citation needed]

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundAAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAAAAHAHHAHHAHAHAAHHAHHHAAH
ResultLLWWWLWWWWWDWWWWWWWWWDWWWWWLWDDLDDWLWWWWWW
Position16878833211111111111111111111111111111111
Source: [1]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Players

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First team squad. [2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
-- GK Wales WAL Danny Canning
-- GK Wales WAL Wyn Griffiths
-- GK Wales WAL George Poland
-- DF Wales WAL Ken Hollyman
-- DF Wales WAL Arthur Lever
-- DF Wales WAL Joe Phillips
-- DF Wales WAL Alf Sherwood
-- DF Wales WAL Fred Stansfield
-- DF Wales WAL Glyn Williams
-- MF Wales WAL Billy Baker
-- MF England ENG Ernie Marshall
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- MF Wales WAL Terry Wood
-- FW Wales WAL Bryn Allen
-- FW Wales WAL Roy Clarke
-- FW England ENG Colin Gibson
-- FW Wales WAL Charlie Hill
-- FW Wales WAL Billy James
-- FW Wales WAL Billy Lewis
-- FW Wales WAL Billy Rees
-- FW Wales WAL Stan Richards
-- FW Wales WAL Bernard Ross
-- FW England ENG George Wardle

Fixtures and results

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31 August 1946 (1946-08-31) 1 Norwich City 2–1 Cardiff City Norwich

Stan Richards Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 20,678
7 September 1946 (1946-09-07) 3 Cardiff City 2–1 Notts County Cardiff
15:15 Billy James
Colin Gibson
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 24,779
9 September 1946 (1946-09-09) 4 Cardiff City 2–0 Bournemouth Cardiff
Bryn Allen
Billy James
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 19,239
14 September 1946 (1946-09-14) 5 Northampton Town 0–2 Cardiff City Northampton
Bryn Allen
Bryn Allen
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 8,853
18 September 1946 (1946-09-18) 6 Bournemouth 2–0 Cardiff City Bournemouth
18:00
Stadium: Dean Court
Attendance: 8,926
21 September 1946 (1946-09-21) 7 Cardiff City 2–1 Aldershot Cardiff
15:15 Billy Baker
Roy Clarke
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 22,475
23 September 1946 (1946-09-23) 8 Cardiff City 5–0 Swindon Town Cardiff
17:50 Stan Richards
Bryn Allen
Colin Gibson
Colin Gibson
Colin Gibson
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 19,172
5 October 1946 (1946-10-05) 10 Cardiff City 5–0 Exeter City Cardiff
15:15 Bryn Allen
Stan Richards
Stan Richards
Billy Baker
Roy Clarke
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 27,585
19 October 1946 (1946-10-19) 12 Cardiff City 2–2 Queens Park Rangers Cardiff
15:15 Roy Clarke
Stan Richards

Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 44,010
26 October 1946 (1946-10-26) 13 Southend United 0–2 Cardiff City Southend
15:15 Colin Gibson
Billy Rees
Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 12,973
2 November 1946 (1946-11-02) 14 Cardiff City 4–0 Bristol Rovers Cardiff
15:00 Stan Richards
Stan Richards
Bryn Allen
Billy Rees
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 28,699
9 November 1946 (1946-11-09) 15 Mansfield Town 1–3 Cardiff City Mansfield
Freddie Hogg Stan Richards
Billy Rees
Billy Rees
Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 9,827
16 November 1946 (1946-11-16) 16 Cardiff City 1–0 Torquay United Cardiff
14:45 Billy Rees Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 27,259
23 November 1946 (1946-11-23) 17 Crystal Palace 1–2 Cardiff City London
Stan Richards
Stan Richards
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 25,296
7 December 1946 (1946-12-07) 18 Walsall 2–3 Cardiff City Walsall

Bryn Allen
Bryn Allen
Billy Rees
Stadium: Fellows Park
Attendance: 16,386
21 December 1946 (1946-12-21) 19 Ipswich Town 0–1 Cardiff City Ipswich
14:15 Colin Gibson Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 12,398
25 December 1946 (1946-12-25) 20 Leyton Orient 0–1 Cardiff City London
11:30 Billy Rees Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 12,947
4 January 1947 (1947-01-04) 22 Notts County 1–1 Cardiff City Nottingham
Bryn Allen Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 28,450
22 January 1947 (1947-01-22) 24 Cardiff City 3–0 Reading Cardiff
14:45 Stan Richards
Stan Richards
Roy Clarke
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 28,534
25 January 1947 (1947-01-25) 25 Aldershot 0–1 Cardiff City Aldershot
Stan Richards Stadium: Recreation Ground
Attendance: 7,239
1 March 1947 (1947-03-01) 27 Cardiff City 3–1 Southend United Cardiff
15:15 Bryn Allen
Roy Clarke
Roy Clarke
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 33,698
8 March 1947 (1947-03-08) 28 Bristol Rovers 1–0 Cardiff City Bristol
Stadium: Eastville
Attendance: 30,455
22 March 1947 (1947-03-22) 30 Torquay United 0–0 Cardiff City Torquay
15:30 Stadium: Plainmoor
Attendance: 9,352
29 March 1947 (1947-03-29) 31 Cardiff City 0–0 Crystal Palace Cardiff
15:15 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 24,214
4 April 1947 (1947-04-04) 32 Bristol City 2–1 Cardiff City Bristol

Billy Rees Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 32,535
5 April 1947 (1947-04-05) 33 Reading 0–0 Cardiff City Reading
Stadium: Elm Park
Attendance: 21,627
7 April 1947 (1947-04-07) 34 Cardiff City 1–1 Bristol City Cardiff
15:15 Stan Richards Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 49,310
12 April 1947 (1947-04-12) 35 Cardiff City 3–0 Walsall Cardiff
15:15 Charles Hill
Charles Hill
Colin Gibson
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 33,195
Referee: WT Strainge (Bristol)
19 April 1947 (1947-04-19) 36 Watford 2–0 Cardiff City Watford

Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 20,030
26 April 1947 (1947-04-26) 37 Cardiff City 3–2 Ipswich Town Cardiff
15:15 Colin Gibson
Stan Richards
Bryn Allen
Matt O'Mahoney
Stan Parker
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 31,219
Referee: Reg Greenwood (Norwood)
3 May 1947 (1947-05-03) 38 Cardiff City 1–0 Watford Cardiff
15:15 Stan Richards Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 30,368
10 May 1947 (1947-05-10) 39 Cardiff City 1–0 Port Vale Cardiff
15:15 Stan Richards Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 36,732
17 May 1947 (1947-05-17) 40 Exeter City 0–2 Cardiff City Exeter
Colin Gibson
Billy Rees
Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 12,031
Referee: GV Searle (Salisbury)
7 June 1947 (1947-06-07) 42 Cardiff City 1–0 Leyton Orient Cardiff
15:15 Billy Rees Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 24,572

Source [1] [3]

FA Cup

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11 January 1947 (1947-01-11) Round 3 Brentford 1–0 Cardiff City London
Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 32,894

Source [1] [3]

Welsh Cup

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6 February 1947 (1947-02-06) Round 5 Merthyr Tydfil 4–2 Cardiff City Merthyr Tydfil



Billy Rees
Billy James
Stadium: Penydarren Park
Attendance: 3,000

Source [1] [4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Cardiff City 1946-47 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. ^ "All Cardiff City football club players: 1947". 11v11. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Cardiff City football club match record: 1947". 11v11. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Welsh Cup 1946/47". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

Bibliography

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