1970–71 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
1970–71 season
Manager	Jimmy Scoular
Football League Second Division	3rd
FA Cup	4th round
League Cup	2nd round
European Cup Winners Cup	Quarter-finals
Welsh Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Brian Clark (15); All: Brian Clark (22)

The 1970–71 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 44th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing third.[1]

The club's season was disrupted by the sale of John Toshack to Liverpool in November,[2] breaking up the Toshack-Brian Clark strike partnership which had scored countless goals for the club in recent years. Despite this the team reached the quarter-finals of the European Cup Winners Cup before losing 2–1 on aggregate to Spanish side Real Madrid, after winning the first leg 1–0 at their home ground Ninian Park, a result that has since gone on to become one of the most famous moments in the club's history.[3]

Players

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	SCO	Jim Eadie
--	GK	ENG	Frank Parsons
--	DF	ENG	Gary Bell
--	DF	ENG	David Carver
--	DF	WAL	Steve Derrett
--	DF	ENG	Brian Harris
--	DF	SCO	Don Murray
--	MF	ENG	Ian Gibson
--	MF	WAL	Barrie Jones
--	MF	ENG	Peter King


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	WAL	Leighton Phillips
--	MF	ENG	Mel Sutton
--	MF	ENG	Bobby Woodruff
--	FW	ENG	Ronnie Bird
--	FW	ENG	Brian Clark
--	FW	WAL	John Parsons
--	FW	WAL	Nigel Rees
--	FW	WAL	Derek Showers
--	FW	WAL	John Toshack
--	FW	ENG	Alan Warboys

Key:
‡ On loan from another club * First appearance(s) for the club

# = Squad number
Pos = Playing position
P = Number of games played
G = Number of goals scored
GK = Goalkeeper
DF = Defender
MF = Midfielder
FW = Forward
= Yellow cards
= Red cards
† Permanent player left club during the season
¤ Loaned to another club for part or all of season

Correct as of May 1971. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.

Pos	Name	P	G	P	G	P	G	P	G	P	G	P	G			Notes
Pos	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total		Discipline		Notes
GK	Jim Eadie	32	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	7	0	45	0	0	0
GK	Frank Parsons	10	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	13	0	0	0
DF	David Carver	42	1	2	0	1	0	6	0	7	0	58	1	0	0
DF	Gary Bell	42	1	2	0	1	0	6	0	7	0	58	1	0	0
DF	Steve Derrett	5(1)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6(1)	2	0	0
DF	Brian Harris	25(1)	0	2	0	1	0	4(1)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
DF	Don Murray	42	1	2	0	1	0	6	0	7	1	58	2	0	0
MF	Ian Gibson	40	6	1	0	1	0	6	2	6(1)	4	54(1)	12	0	0
MF	Peter King	41	5	2	1	1	0	6	2	6(1)	2	56(1)	10	0	0
MF	Leighton Phillips	29(1)	3	2	0	0	0	3(2)	1	7	0	41(3)	4	0	0
MF	Mel Sutton	41	2	2	0	1	0	6	1	4	0	54	3	0	0
MF	Bobby Woodruff	33(3)	3	2	0	1	0	6	1	6	1	48(3)	5	0	0
FW	Ronnie Bird	3(2)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	4	1	7(3)	1	0	0
FW	Brian Clark	33(2)	15	1(1)	0	1	0	5(1)	4	6	3	46(4)	22	0	0
FW	John Parsons	1(2)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2(1)	2	3(3)	4	0	0
FW	Nigel Rees	9	0	1(1)	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	14(1)	1	0	0
FW	Derek Showers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
FW	John Toshack	16	8	0	0	1	0	4	5	0	0	21	13	0	0
FW	Alan Warboys	17	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	21	13	0	0

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Leicester City	42	23	13	6	57	30	+27	59	Division Champions, promoted
2	Sheffield United	42	21	14	7	73	39	+34	56	Promoted
3	Cardiff City	42	20	13	9	64	41	+23	53	Welsh Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1971–72 First round
4	Carlisle United	42	20	13	9	65	43	+22	53
5	Hull City	42	19	13	10	54	41	+13	51

Source:

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	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	L	D	W	W	D	D	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	W	L
Position[4]		6	1	5	2	1	1	1	2	5	5	6	5	4	4	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures & Results

[4]

Second Division

15 August 1970 (1970-08-15) 1	Leicester City	0–1	Cardiff City	Leicester
			41' Brian Clark	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 27,578 Referee: Derek Nippard (Bournemouth)

22 August 1970 (1970-08-22) 2	Cardiff City	2–2	Millwall	Cardiff
	John Toshack 12' Peter King 56'		63' Derek Possee 89' Harry Cripps	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 25,283 Referee: Syd Kayley (Preston)

26 August 1970 (1970-08-26) 3	Sheffield Wednesday	1–2	Cardiff City	Sheffield
	Mick Prendergast 10'		11' Brian Clark 23' Mel Sutton	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 16,896 Referee: Gordon Hill

29 August 1970 (1970-08-29) 4	Bristol City	1–0	Cardiff City	Bristol
	Gerry Sharpe 84'			Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 24,969 Referee: Gordon Kew (Leeds)

2 September 1970 (1970-09-02) 5	Cardiff City	1–1	Sheffield United	Cardiff
	Brian Clark 25'		68' Alan Woodward	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 21,455 Referee: Charles Nicholls (Plymouth)

5 September 1970 (1970-09-05) 6	Cardiff City	2–0	Birmingham City	Cardiff
	John Toshack 25', 35'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 22,081 Referee: Tony Oliver (Leigh On Sea)

12 September 1970 (1970-09-12) 7	Bolton Wanderers	0–2	Cardiff City	Bolton
			44' Ian Gibson 78' Brian Clark	Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 10,777 Referee: John Thacker (Scarborough)

19 September 1970 (1970-09-19) 8	Cardiff City	1–1	Norwich City	Cardiff
	Brian Clark 42'		68' Albert Bennett	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 23,768 Referee: Harold Davey (Nottingham)

26 September 1970 (1970-09-26) 9	Orient	0–0	Cardiff City	London
				Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 11992 Referee: Vince James (York)

3 October 1970 (1970-10-03) 10	Cardiff City	3–4	Middlesbrough	Cardiff
	Brian Clark 30' Bobby Woodruff 53' Peter King 57'		20' John Hickton 63' Willie Maddren 69' Joe Laidlaw 86' Hugh McIlmoyle	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 21072 Referee: Ron Challis (Tonbridge)

10 October 1970 (1970-10-10) 11	Watford	0–1	Cardiff City	London
			71' Brian Clark	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 16224 Referee: Colin Fallon (Blackpool)

17 October 1970 (1970-10-17) 12	Cardiff City	2–2	Leicester City	Cardiff
	Ian Gibson 29' (pen) David Carver 90'		48' John Farrington 59' John Sjoberg	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 25968 Referee: Harold Williams (Sheffleid)

24 October 1970 (1970-10-24) 13	Carlisle United	1–1	Cardiff City	Carlisle
	Chris Balderstone 62'		71' John Toshack	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 10955 Referee: David Laing (Preston)

28 October 1970 (1970-10-28) 14	Cardiff City	1–0	Portsmouth	Cardiff
	John Toshack 62'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 18529 Referee: Jack Taylor (Wolverhampton)

31 October 1970 (1970-10-31) 15	Cardiff City	5–1	Hull City	Cardiff
	John Toshack 5', 15', 59' Ian Gibson 66' Leighton Phillips 83'		18' Geoff Barker	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 21856 Referee: Roy Darlington (Runcorn)

7 November 1970 (1970-11-07) 16	Queens Park Rangers	0–1	Cardiff City	London
			Leighton Phillips	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 13266 Referee: Ron Barker (Crewe)

14 November 1970 (1970-11-14) 17	Cardiff City	4–1	Blackburn Rovers	Cardiff
	Peter King 28s' Brian Clark 16', 70' Bobby Woodruff 41'		72' Knighton	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 18238 Referee: Jim Finney (Hereford)

21 November 1970 (1970-11-21) 18	Charlton Athletic	2–1	Cardiff City	London
	Dick Plumb 32' Dennis Bond 76'		81' Bobby Woodruff Ronnie Bird Peter King	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 10762 Referee: John Hunting (Leicester)

28 November 1970 (1970-11-28) 19	Cardiff City	0–0	Luton Town	Cardiff
				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 26689 Referee: Ivan Smith (Accrington)

5 December 1970 (1970-12-05) 20	Oxford United	1–0	Cardiff City	Oxford
	Nigel Cassidy 12'		Leighton Phillips Derek Showers	Stadium: Manor Ground Attendance: 12206 Referee: Bill Hall (Preston)

12 December 1970 (1970-12-12) 21	Cardiff City	3–1	Sunderland	Cardiff
	Richie Pitt 35' (og) Leighton Phillips 66' Ian Gibson 87'		57' Joe Baker	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 15639 Referee: Arthur Hart (London)

19 December 1970 (1970-12-19) 22	Millwall	2–1	Cardiff City	London
	Barry Bridges 16', 76'		68' Brian Clark	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 8591 Referee: Ted Jolly (Manchester)

26 December 1970 (1970-12-26) 23	Cardiff City	1–1	Swindon Town	Cardiff
	Mel Sutton 68'		36' Don Rogers	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 24813 Referee: John Yates (Redditch)

9 January 1971 (1971-01-09) 24	Cardiff City	4–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Cardiff
	Alan Warboys 38', 78' Peter King 67' Gary Bell 85'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 21464 Referee: Brian H Daniels (Rainham)

16 January 1971 (1971-01-16) 25	Portsmouth	1–3	Cardiff City	Portsmouth
	Youlden 67'		3' Don Murray 27', 69' Alan Warboys	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 24747 Referee: Roy Capey (Madeley Heath)

6 February 1971 (1971-02-06) 26	Cardiff City	1–0	Oxford United	Cardiff
	John Parsons 78' John Parsons Mel Sutton			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 14736 Referee: Dennis Turner (Cannock)

13 February 1971 (1971-02-13) 27	Sunderland	0–4	Cardiff City	Sunderland
			24' Brian Clark 29' (og) Cecil Irwin 88' Ian Gibson 67' John Parsons John Parsons Alan Warboys	Stadium: Roker Park Attendance: 11566 Referee: Tony Morrissey (Bramhall)

20 February 1971 (1971-02-20) 28	Cardiff City	1–1	Charlton Athletic	Cardiff
	Ian Gibson 26' (pen)		53' Dave Shipperley	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 18034 Referee: Ricky Nicholson (Manchester)

27 February 1971 (1971-02-27) 29	Hull City	1–1	Cardiff City	Hull
	David Carver 23' (og)		66' Alan Warboys Bobby Woodruff Brian Clark	Stadium: Boothferry Park Attendance: 25091 Referee: Lyn Ashton (Ilkeston)

6 March 1971 (1971-03-06) 30	Cardiff City	4–0	Carlisle United	Cardiff
	Alan Warboys 2.10', 9', 43', ?'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 22502 Referee: Peter R Walters (Bridgewater)

13 March 1971 (1971-03-13) 31	Blackburn Rovers	1–1	Cardiff City	Blackburn
	Freddie Goodwin 70'		26' Brian Clark	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 10562 Referee: Maurice Fussey (Retford, Nottinghamshire)

20 March 1971 (1971-03-20) 32	Cardiff City	1–0	Queens Park Rangers	Cardiff
	Alan Warboys 45'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 23123 Referee: Dennis Pugh (Chester)

27 March 1971 (1971-03-27) 33	Birmingham City	2–0	Cardiff City	Birmingham
	Trevor Francis 4' Phil Summerill 76'		Brian Clark Nigel Rees	Stadium: St Andrews Attendance: 49025 Referee: Ray Tinkler (Boston)

3 April 1971 (1971-04-03) 34	Cardiff City	1–0	Bristol City	Cardiff
	Ken Wimshurst 3.48' (og)			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 24687 Referee: John Hunting (Leicester)

7 April 1971 (1971-04-07) 35	Cardiff City	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	Cardiff
	Brian Clark 56' Brian Harris Ronnie Bird			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 21305 Referee: Jim Finney (Hereford)

10 April 1971 (1971-04-10) 36	Swindon Town	2–2	Cardiff City	Swindon
	Steve Peplow 5' Roger Smart 64'		6', 13' Alan Warboys	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 21158 Referee: Keith Styles (Barnsley)

13 April 1971 (1971-04-13) 37	Middlesbrough	1–1	Cardiff City	Middlesbrough
	Downing 2'		54' Peter King 56' Steve Derrett Ian Gibson	Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 19559 Referee: Gordon Kew (Leeds)

17 April 1971 (1971-04-17) 38	Cardiff City	0–1	Watford	Cardiff
			60' Woods	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 26536 Referee: Ken Burns (Stourbridge)

24 April 1971 (1971-04-24) 39	Norwich City	1–2	Cardiff City	Norwich
	Peter Silvester 77'		28' Brian Clark 42' Alan Warboys	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 15607 Referee: Tony Oliver (Leigh On Sea)

27 April 1971 (1971-04-27) 40	Sheffield United	5–1	Cardiff City	Sheffield
	Bill Dearden 5', 82' John Flynn 33' Tony Currie 55' Gil Reece 66'		43' Steve Derrett Bobby Woodruff Leighton Phillips	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 42963 Referee: Ricky Nicholson (Manchester)

1 May 1971 (1971-05-01) 41	Cardiff City	1–0	Orient	Cardiff
	Brian Clark 25' Bobby Woodruff Peter King			Stadium: Ninian Park Referee: Derek Nippard (Bournemouth)

4 May 1971 (1971-05-04) 42	Luton Town	3–0	Cardiff City	Luton
	Malcolm Macdonald 19', 58', 59'			Stadium: Kenilworth Road Referee: Pat Partridge (Middlesbrough)

League Cup

9 September 1970 (1970-09-09) First Round	Queens Park Rangers	4–0	Cardiff City	London
	Barry Bridges ?' Frank Saul ?' Rodney Marsh ?' Terry Venables ?' (pen)			Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 15,026

FA Cup

2 January 1971 (1971-01-02) Third Round	Cardiff City	1–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Cardiff
	Peter King 3'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 19,338 Referee: Ken Wynn (Wolverhampton)

23 January 1971 (1971-01-23) Fourth Round	Cardiff City	0–2	Brentford	Cardiff
			Jackie Graham 29' John Docherty 50'	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 23,335 Referee: Ken Baker (Rugby)

European Cup Winners Cup

16 September 1970 (1970-09-16) One (First leg)	Cardiff City	8–0	Pezoporikos Larnaca	Cardiff
	Mel Sutton 17' Ian Gibson 32' Peter King 35' Bobby Woodruff 41' Brian Clark 44', 70' John Toshack 55', 79'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 12,984 Referee: Jacques Colling (Luxembourg)

30 September 1970 (1970-09-30) One (Second leg)	Pezoporikos Larnaca	0–0 (0–8 agg.)	Cardiff City	Larnaca
				Stadium: GSZ Stadium Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Petar Nikolov (Bulgaria)

21 October 1970 (1970-10-21) Two (first leg)	Cardiff City	5–1	Nantes	Cardiff
	John Toshack 9', 38' Ian Gibson 10' Peter King 76' Leighton Phillips 80'		1' Philippe Gondet	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 17,905 Referee: Wolfgang Riedel (East Germany)

4 November 1970 (1970-11-04) Two (second leg)	Nantes	1–2 (2–7 agg.)	Cardiff City	Nantes
	Bernard Blanchet 83'		12'John Toshack 76' Brian Clark	Stadium: Stade Malakoff Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Timoleon Latsios (Greece)

10 March 1971 (1971-03-10) Quarter Final (first leg)	Cardiff City	1–0	Real Madrid	Cardiff
	Brian Clark 31'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 47,500 Referee: Vital Loraux (Belgium)

24 March 1971 (1971-03-24) Quarter Final (second leg)	Real Madrid	2–0 (2–1 agg.)	Cardiff City	Madrid
	Velazquez 50' Sebastián Fleitas 52'			Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Karol Sarka (Czechoslovakia)

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"Football Club History Database – Cardiff City". Archived from the original on 30 December 2008. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
Welsh Football Data Archive

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[Table-1] "Cardiff City 1970–1971 : English Division Two (old) Table". Statto. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.

[2] "John Toshack". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 30 November 2013.

[3] "1964–1973 The Scoular Years" Cardiffcityfc.co.uk Retrieved on 30 November 2013

[Results-4] "Cardiff City 1970–1971 : Results". Statto. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.