1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. season

The 1920–21 season was the 20th season of competitive football played by Cardiff City and the team's first in the Football League. The club had finished fourth in the First Division of the Southern Football League the previous season, but the league had since been absorbed into the Football League. After a successful voting ballot by other members of the league, Cardiff were placed into the Football League Second Division.

Cardiff City
1920–21 season
ChairmanDr Alex Brownlee
(until September 1920)
Walter Riden
ManagerFred Stewart
Division Two2nd
FA CupSemi-final
Welsh CupThird Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Jimmy Gill (19)
All: Jimmy Gill (20)

Cardiff finished the season tied on points with league winners Birmingham, with 58 of a possible 84 points. The winner was therefore decided via goal average, with Cardiff placing second. The two sides were both promoted to the First Division. Cardiff also reached the semifinal of the FA Cup, becoming the first Welsh side to do so and keeping seven consecutive clean sheets in the process. They were eliminated from the competition by fellow Second Division side Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–1 in a replay at Old Trafford. In the Welsh Cup, Cardiff were the holders entering the competition but were eliminated in the third round by Pontypridd after a fixture clash forced them to field a reserve side in the competition.

During the season, 29 players were used in all competitions. Billy Hardy featured in more games than any other player, being ever present in both the league and FA Cup with 49 appearances. He missed only one senior match for the side, the club's Welsh Cup defeat. Forward Jimmy Gill, signed at the start of the season, was the club's top goalscorer. He scored 20 goals in all competitions, finishing the campaign eight goals clear of the next highest scoring player, Arthur Cashmore. The club attracted an average attendance of over 28,000 for its first season in the Football League, rising from previous years in the Southern League. Home matches against Coventry City and Bristol City both recorded season-high attendances of 42,000. The lowest attendances recorded were 20,000 for matches against Leicester City and Barnsley.

Background and preseason

Cardiff City had spent the previous decade playing in the Southern Football League. The team had entered the competition in 1910 after becoming a professional football club. In the 1919–20 season they finished fourth in the First Division of the Southern Football League.[1] The Football League, a rival competition to the Southern League at the time, was looking to expand and ultimately absorbed the Southern League's First Division to form a new Football League Third Division.[2] The Southern League had suffered several blows in the years prior with London-based sides Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United and Fulham all moving into the Football League.[3]

Cardiff's founder Walter Bartley Wilson, along with the club's committee, set about preparing an application to become one of two sides that would enter the Football League Second Division in place of the two teams that finished at the bottom of the division in the previous season.[3] Votes were cast on the decision by members of the Football League with Leeds United, looking to replace Leeds City who had dropped out of the Football League after eight matches the previous year, receiving 31 votes. Cardiff came second with 23 votes, beating out their nearest rival, relegated side Grimsby Town by three votes.[2] Lincoln City received only seven votes and Rochdale and Chesterfield withdrew their applications prior to the voting.[4] Cardiff's election meant that they were placed in a higher division than the three sides, Portsmouth, Watford and Crystal Palace, that had finished above them the previous year.[2] The decision proved controversial, particularly at Portsmouth who had finished as Champions.[5] The Southern Football League also fined Cardiff £500 for providing insufficient notice of their departure from the competition.[2]

For Cardiff, manager Fred Stewart, appointed in 1913, remained in charge. Stewart maintained the core of his side from the previous season. The most notable signing made prior to the start of the new campaign being forward Jimmy Gill, who was signed from The Wednesday for £750 (around £46,000 in the modern day).[6] Other new signings included Herbie Evans from local side Cardiff Corinthians,[7] goalkeeper Ben Davies from Middlesbrough, Ernie Gault from Everton and Laurence Abrams from Chelsea.[8]

Stewart also decided to allow Patrick Cassidy and Kidder Harvey to leave the club. The decision proved surprising to many given the two players' experience. The pair, alongside Billy Hardy, had formed part of the "holy three", as they were known by fans in the Southern League, but the emergence of Fred Keenor hastened their departure.[9]

Football League Second Division
Jimmy Gill scored twice in Cardiff's first game of the season and finished the campaign as the club's top scorer.

Cardiff were handed an away fixture in their first match in the Football League, facing Stewart's former club Stockport County. Considered underdogs against the more experienced side,[10] Cardiff secured a 5–2 victory with two goals from new signing Gill and one each from Jack Evans, Billy Grimshaw and Keenor.[8] The performance led The Times to describe the victory as "one of the best performances of the day" in the Football League.[11] The team's second match was the first Football League match held at Ninian Park as 25,000 fans witnessed a goalless draw with Clapton Orient.[6] The first home victory at the ground came in the team's following match when they recorded a 3–0 victory over Stockport in the reverse fixture. The previous season's top goalscorer Arthur Cashmore opened the scoring, becoming the first player to score a Football League goal at Ninian Park,[12] before Grimshaw added a brace.[8] Cardiff suffered its first defeat in the Football League in the reverse fixture against Clapton Orient on 6 September, losing 2–0.[8]

The side recovered to claim a win and a draw in back-to-back fixtures against Birmingham in their following two matches, Gill scoring in both games.[8] Another set of back-to-back fixtures followed against West Ham United with the two sides having identical records before the matches.[13] In keeping with prior form, the two sides drew both matches. The first match at Ninian Park ended 0–0, the second resulted in a 1–1 draw with Gill maintaining his early season form by scoring his fifth goal of the campaign. Cardiff remained unbeaten throughout the rest of October, recording consecutive 3–0 victories over Fulham and a win and a draw against Notts County.[8] After victory in the first fixture against Notts County, a match they were widely expected to struggle in,[14] Cardiff led the division after 11 matches. However, the subsequent draw, followed by a loss against Leicester City on 6 November allowed South Shields to overtake them.[8][15]

The return fixture against Leicester was won 2–0 following goals from Cashmore and Gill, in front of a joint season-low crowd of 20,000. Soon after, Cardiff secured a 4–2 victory over Blackpool at Bloomfield Road.[8] Prior to the victory, Cardiff broke their record transfer fee to sign Scottish international fullback Jimmy Blair from The Wednesday for £3,500, also a record fee for a full back at the time.[16] Blair made his debut for the club in the match, replacing Albert Barnett, and remained first choice throughout the remainder of the season.[8] After a 0–0 draw at home against Blackpool, Blair returned to face his former club Wednesday and helped his new side record consecutive 1–0 victories, both matches being decided by goals from George West.[8] Their form prompted The Times to report that the side were playing with "great determination" to win promotion to the First Division.[17] The victories returned Cardiff to the top of the table and their position was further strengthened by a 2–1 victory over Bury, despite rivals Birmingham recording their tenth consecutive victory.[18] Cardiff defeated Coventry City 4–2 on Christmas Day in a match that recorded a joint season-high attendance of 42,000 but suffered a 1–0 defeat in the return fixture two days later.[8] This slip up allowed Bristol City to move into first place on goal average and Birmingham to move within one point of the pair at the end of the calendar year.[19]

Cardiff endured a disappointing start to 1921, losing 1–0 to Bury on New Year's Day before drawing 0–0 with promotion rivals Bristol City on 15 January.[8] With Cardiff and Bristol drawing, Birmingham overtook the pair to go top.[20] Cardiff faced Bristol City again in their next fixture with goalkeeper Herbert Kneeshaw missing his first match of the season after suffering a cheek injury.[21] His replacement, Ben Davies, would go on to feature in all of the club's remaining fixtures. The side recorded a 1–0 victory over their Severnside rivals with Barnett scoring the only goal with an attendance of around 42,000, the joint largest home crowd of the season at Ninian Park.[8] However, a defeat to Stoke on 5 February saw Cardiff lose ground on their promotion rivals and drop to third place.[22] A 2–0 win over Barnsley, with goals from Gill and debutant Harry Nash, and a goalless draw with Stoke were not enough to stop the side slipping to fourth place soon after.[8][23] In the team's last fixture in February, Cardiff defeated Nottingham Forest 2–1, leaving Cardiff, Bristol City and Blackpool tied for second place on 38 points.[24] Concerned about the lack of goals being scored by his side, Stewart, who had already signed Nash in an attempt to remedy the problem, made another new signing in March when forward Fred Pagnam arrived from First Division side Arsenal for a fee of £3,000.[9][25] Pagnam made a goalscoring debut as Cardiff defeated Barnsley 3–2. However, Cardiff suffered consecutive defeats for the first time during the campaign after losing 2–0 against Rotherham County and 2–1 against Port Vale.[8] The defeats resulted in Cardiff falling five points behind leaders Birmingham, although their prolonged FA Cup run had left them with three games in hand.[26]

Two days after losing to Vale, Pagnam helped the side return to winning ways by scoring the only goal in a win over Leeds United on 28 March, although the match was marred by a broken leg suffered by Barnett that ended his season.[27] In order to make up their games in hand, Cardiff played the return fixture against Leeds the following day as Pagnam again scored, this time alongside Keenor in a 2–1 victory.[8] These victories were the start of a strong run of form as Cardiff won six of their following seven matches: having defeated Leeds, Cardiff drew 0–0 with Port Vale. They proceeded to win four consecutive matches, defeating Nottingham Forest 3–0 and recording 1–0 wins over South Shields (twice) and Rotherham.[8] The side's form had brought them back into contention for the league title and, despite picking up only one point from two matches against Hull City at the end of April, Cardiff went into the final two league fixtures tied on points with league leaders Birmingham, who led on goal average. Bristol City were four points behind the pair meaning each side needed a point from their remaining two fixtures to guarantee promotion to the First Division.[28] Cardiff faced back-to-back matches against Wolverhampton Wanderers, the side that had eliminated Cardiff from the semi-finals of the FA Cup two months earlier, to finish the season. In the first fixture, held at Ninian Park, 40,000 spectators witnessed Cardiff seal promotion with a 2–0 win,[29] Gill and Pagnam the scorers. The pair were on the scoresheet again, along with Nash, to record a 3–1 win in the reverse match on 7 May.[8] Despite winning both fixtures, Cardiff ultimately finished second to Birmingham on goal average.[30] Birmingham's superior scoring record in home fixtures ultimately proved decisive with the champions scoring more than 20 goals more than Cardiff in those matches.[31] Keenor later described the confusion at the end of the final match as the team waited for news on which side had won the league, commenting "we waited anxiously in the dressing room for the result of the Birmingham match. It seemed hours before the result came through [...] this went on for 15 minutes, when a reporter walked in with the information that Birmingham were champions."[32]

Match results
Key
Results[8][33]
Date Opponents Result Goalscorers Attendance
28 August 1920 Stockport County (A) 5–2 J. Evans, Gill (2), Grimshaw, Keenor 13,000
30 August 1920 Clapton Orient (H) 0–0 25,000
4 September 1920 Stockport County (H) 3–0 Cashmore, Grimshaw (2) 22,000
6 September 1920 Clapton Orient (A) 0–2 12,000
11 September 1920 Birmingham (H) 2–1 Gill, Cashmore 30,000
18 September 1920 Birmingham (A) 1–1 Gill 45,000
25 September 1920 West Ham United (H) 0–0 30,000
2 October 1920 West Ham United (A) 1–1 Gill 26,000
9 October 1920 Fulham (A) 3–0 Beare, Gill, West 28,000
16 October 1920 Fulham (A) 3–0 Cashmore (2), Keenor 25,000
23 October 1920 Notts County (A) 2–1 Cashmore, Gill 22,000
30 October 1920 Notts County (H) 1–1 Gill 30,000
6 November 1920 Leicester City (A) 0–2 21,000
13 November 1920 Leicester City (H) 2–0 Cashmore, Gill 20,000
20 November 1920 Blackpool (A) 4–2 Gill, West, Cashmore, Baker (o.g.) 10,000
27 November 1920 Blackpool (H) 0–0 28,000
4 December 1920 The Wednesday (A) 1–0 West 12,000
11 December 1920 The Wednesday (H) 1–0 West 28,500
18 December 1920 Bury (H) 2–1 Gill, Cashmore 27,500
25 December 1920 Coventry City (A) 4–2 Gill (2), Cashmore, Beare 22,000
27 December 1920 Coventry City (H) 0–1 42,000
1 January 1921 Bury (A) 1–3 Cashmore 25,000
15 January 1921 Bristol City (A) 0–0 35,000
22 January 1921 Bristol City (H) 1–0 Barnett 42,000
5 February 1921 Stoke (H) 0–1 27,000
12 February 1921 Barnsley (A) 2–0 Gill, Nash 17,000
14 February 1921 Stoke (A) 0–0 15,000
26 February 1921 Nottingham Forest (A) 2–1 Gill, Keenor 22,000
9 March 1921 Barnsley (H) 3–2 Gill, Beare, Pagnam 20,000
12 March 1921 Rotherham County (A) 0–2 18,000
26 March 1921 Port Vale (H) 1–2 Grimshaw 30,000
28 March 1921 Leeds United (H) 1–0 Pagnam 25,000
29 March 1921 Leeds United (A) 2–1 Pagnam, Keenor 20,000
2 April 1921 Port Vale (A) 0–0 18,000
4 April 1921 Nottingham Forest (H) 3–0 Pagnam (2), S. Evans 27,000
9 April 1921 South Shields (H) 1–0 Gill 30,000
11 April 1921 Rotherham County (H) 1–0 Pagnam 30,000
16 April 1921 South Shields (A) 1–0 Hardy 17,000
23 April 1921 Hull City (H) 0–0 30,000
30 April 1921 Hull City (A) 0–2 10,000
2 May 1921 Wolverhampton Wanderers (H) 2–0 Gill, Pagnam 40,000
7 May 1921 Wolverhampton Wanderers (A) 3–1 Pagnam, Nash, Gill 10,000

Partial league table
Main article: 1920–21 Football League § Second Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Birmingham 42 24 10 8 79 38 2.079 58 Division Champions, promoted
2 Cardiff City[lower-alpha 1] 42 24 10 8 59 32 1.844 58 Promoted
3 Bristol City 42 19 13 10 49 29 1.690 51
4 Blackpool 42 20 10 12 54 42 1.286 50
5 West Ham United 42 19 10 13 51 30 1.700 48
Source: [34]
Notes:
  1. New club in the league

Cup matches

FA Cup

Cardiff entered the FA Cup in the first round, being drawn against First Division side Sunderland. The match was played at Roker Park with a crowd of 41,923 on 8 January 1921 with Cardiff causing an upset by winning 1–0 following a goal from George Beare.[35] In a reversal of fortune in the following round, Cardiff were seen as favourites after being drawn against Third Division side Brighton & Hove Albion.[36] However, Cardiff was unable to make their higher ranking count as they were held to a goalless draw at Brighton's Goldstone Ground. In the replay, a single goal from Cashmore was enough to see Cardiff through to the third round.[8] A third consecutive away draw followed,[37] with Cardiff defeating Third Division Southampton 1–0 at The Dell after a goal from Gill.[8]

The club's victory over Southampton meant that, for the first time in their history, Cardiff had reached the fourth round of the FA Cup.[8] The team were drawn against First Division side Chelsea who would be playing their eighth match in the competition having been taken to two replays by both Reading and Plymouth Argyle in the first and third rounds respectively.[38] Chelsea's difficulty in overcoming opponents in the previous rounds meant that the match was seen as a closer contest than the divisional gap suggested.[37] A crowd of 50,000 attended the match at Stamford Bridge as Cardiff took an early lead through Cashmore's second goal in the competition.[8] Cardiff proceeded to defend resolutely throughout the remainder of the match as their defensive line of Blair, Charlie Brittain and Keenor received significant praise in match reports, and held their lead for the remainder of the game.[39]

Cardiff's victory over Chelsea saw them become the first Welsh side ever to reach the semi-final stage in the competition's history. The draw for the semi-final saw Cardiff paired with fellow Second Division side Wolverhampton Wanderers. As semi-final ties are traditionally held at a neutral venue, the match was moved to Anfield, the home ground of Liverpool, on 19 March.[40] The match also became notable as the first football game ever attended by King George V and Queen Mary.[6] Their only daughter, Princess Mary, was also present at the match. The game was described as a defensive affair with "less than half-a-dozen" shots taken throughout the game and ended in a goalless draw necessitating a replay. This was blamed largely on the heavy rain that fell throughout the day resulting in the pitch becoming greasy before badly cutting up as the game wore on. Wolves were adjudged to have been the stronger of the two sides with Evans being named as Cardiff's most impressive attacking player, although the side's defence was praised after recording their seventh consecutive clean sheet in the competition. 42,000 fans attended the fixture resulting in £3,500 of receipts in one of the highest gates the club drew during the season.[41]

The reply was held at Old Trafford, the home ground of Manchester United, four days later. Cardiff's defence had not conceded a goal in the competition to this point but was breached after just 12 minutes and Wolves added a second goal before half-time. Cardiff pulled one goal back when they were awarded a penalty for handball which was converted by Keenor and this led to a brief upsurge in performance as the side looked for an equaliser. However, a number of long shots were defended by Wolves who added a third goal soon after as the match finished 3–1. 45,000 spectators had attended the replay yielding gate receipts of £4,270.[42] Wolves went on to lose the final 2–1 against First Division side Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge.[43]

Match results
Key
Results[8][33]
Date Round Opponents Result Goalscorers Attendance
8 January 1921 First Sunderland (A) 1–0 Beare 41,923
29 January 1921 Second Brighton & Hove Albion (A) 0–0 20,269
2 February 1921 Second (replay) Brighton & Hove Albion (H) 1–0 Cashmore 31,000
19 February 1921 Third Southampton (A) 1–0 Gill 21,363
5 March 1921 Fourth Chelsea (H) 1–0 Cashmore 50,000
19 March 1921 Semi-final Wolverhampton Wanderers (N) 0–0 42,000
23 March 1921 Semi-final (reply) Wolverhampton Wanderers (N) 1–3 Keenor (p) 45,000

Welsh Cup

Cardiff entered the competition as reigning holders having won the trophy for the second time in their history in April 1920 after defeating Wrexham 2–0.[1] The side's first match was in the third round where they were drawn against Pontypridd. The match however was scheduled for 15 January 1921, the same day as Cardiff were due to play Bristol City in the Second Division. Both matches went ahead on the same date with the first team playing in the league and a team made up of reserve and fringe players travelling to Pontypridd. The weakened side suffered a 2–1 defeat with Cardiff's goal being scored by Len Davies.[8]

Match results
Key
Results[8][33]
Date Round Opponents Result Goalscorers Attendance
15 January 1921 Third Pontypridd (A) 1–2 L. Davies 2,000

Player details

Manager Fred Stewart used a total of 29 players in all competitions during the season. Billy Hardy made the most appearances of any player, featuring in all 42 league and 7 FA Cup matches. Bert Smith, Fred Keenor, Jimmy Gill and Charlie Brittain were the only other players to play 40 or more matches during the season. The Welsh Cup fixture clash provided Len Hopkins, Tommy Sayles and Tommy Wilmott with their only appearances of the season. Gill was the club's top scorer during the season, scoring nineteen in the Second Division and one in the FA Cup. Arthur Cashmore, the previous season's top scorer, was the only other player to reach double figures, scoring twelve in all competitions. Despite joining the club with only three months of the season remaining, Fred Pagnam was the third highest scorer having scored eight goals in fourteen appearances. In total, eleven players scored at least one goal during the campaign.[8][33] Len Davies' goal against Pontypridd in the Welsh Cup was the first goal of his senior career. He would go on to become Cardiff's all-time leading goalscorer with 128 in all competitions.[44]

Player statistics
Player Position Second Division FA Cup Welsh Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Laurence Abrams HB 10001020
Albert Barnett DF 1605000210
George Beare FW 2337100304
Jimmy Blair DF 2507000320
Charlie Brittain DF 3507000420
Arthur Cashmore FW 261072003312
Joe Clark FW 1301010150
Ben Davies GK 1906010260
Len Davies FW 30001141
Herbie Evans HB 50000050
Jack Evans FW 2916000351
Sidney Evans FW 41001051
Ernie Gault FW 20000020
Jimmy Gill FW 371961004320
Billy Grimshaw FW 1542000174
Billy Hardy HB 4217000491
Len Hopkins HB 00001010
Charlie Jones FW 10001020
Fred Keenor DF 3847100455
Herbert Kneeshaw GK 2301000240
Edward Layton DF 20000020
Harry Nash FW 1420000142
Billy Newton HB 50001060
Jack Page DF 900010100
Fred Pagnam FW 1480000148
Tommy Sayles FW 00001010
Bert Smith DF 4007000470
George West FW 2141000224
Tommy Wilmott DF 00001010

FW = Forward, HB = Halfback, GK = Goalkeeper, DF = Defender

Sources:[8][33]

Aftermath

By winning promotion, Cardiff became the first Welsh side to reach the top tier of the Football League.[45] The majority of the squad would remain to form the core of the first team in the following seasons. Some players were displaced by new signings and departed within the first half of the 1921–22 season, including Cashmore, Beare and West.[46] Pagnam would also depart during the following season as he was unable to reproduce his good form in the higher tier,[47] failing to score in 13 appearances.[46]

A major increase in attendances following the move into the Football League and a long cup run significantly benefited the club financially with the accounts being described as in "rude health". The club received praise for their performances through the campaign with the South Wales Echo writing "In all parts of the country Cardiff City is described as the team of the year and surely no other club has a better right to be so designated. Some of their performances have been really brilliant."[48]

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