1980–81 Cardiff City F.C. season

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Cardiff City
1980–81 season
ChairmanBob Grogan
Manager Richie Morgan
Football League Second Division 19th
FA Cup 3rd round
League Cup 3rd round
Welsh Cup 4th round
Top goalscorerLeague: Peter Kitchen (13)
All: Peter Kitchen (19)
Highest home attendance21,239 (v Swansea City, 27 December 1980)
Lowest home attendance4,059 (v Cambridge United, 17 October 1980)
Average home league attendance6,770
←  1979–80
1981–82  →

The 1980–81 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 54th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing nineteenth.

Contents

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
-- GK Flag of England.svg  ENG Peter Grotier
-- GK Flag of England.svg  ENG Ron Healey
-- DF Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL Phil Dwyer
-- DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Tim Gilbert
-- DF Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL Linden Jones
-- DF Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL Keith Pontin
-- DF Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL David Roberts
-- DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Colin Sullivan
-- DF Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL Rod Thomas
-- MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO John Buchanan
-- MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Alan Campbell
-- MF Flag of Ireland.svg  IRL Miah Dennehy
No.Pos.NationPlayer
-- MF Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL Paul Giles
-- MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Steve Grapes
-- MF Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL Wayne Hughes
-- MF Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL John Lewis
-- MF Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL Paul Maddy
-- MF Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL Tarki Micallef
-- MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Billy Ronson
-- FW Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL Ray Bishop
-- FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Paul Davies
-- FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Peter Kitchen
-- FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Gary Stevens

Source [1]

League standings

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
17 Orient 421312175256−438
18 Bolton Wanderers 421410186166−538
19 Cardiff City 421212184460−1636
20 Preston North End (R)421114174162−2136Relegation to the Third Division
21 Bristol City (R)42716192951−2230
Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundHAAHAHHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAHHAHAAHAHAHAHH
ResultLWLWLDWLWLLLWLLLWWWDDDDDDLLLLWWDLLDWLDLWDD
Position~~19191916151611141617171819212015141415181717161818192017171717191919192020191919
Source: [2]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

Second Division

16 August 1980 (1980-08-16)1 Cardiff City 1–2 Blackburn Rovers Cardiff
15:00 Gary Stevens Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg Noel Brotherston
Soccerball shade.svg Andy Crawford 		Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,908
Referee: Derek Civil (Birmingham)
19 August 1980 (1980-08-19)2 Wrexham 0–1 Cardiff City Wrexham
19:30 Wrexham report Soccerball shade.svg68' Ray Bishop Stadium: Racecourse
Attendance: 7,772
Referee: MR Baker (Wolverhampton)
23 August 1980 (1980-08-23)3 Oldham Athletic 2–0 Cardiff City Oldham
15:00 Ryszard Kowenicki Soccerball shade.svg81'
Simon Stainrod Soccerball shade.svg86'		Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 5,690
Referee: Terry Farley (Newton Aycliffe)
30 August 1980 (1980-08-30)4 Cardiff City 4–2 Orient Cardiff
15:00 Gary Stevens Soccerball shade.svg8'
Phil Dwyer Soccerball shade.svg40'
Gary Stevens Soccerball shade.svg52'
John Buchanan Soccerball shade.svg55'		Soccerball shade.svg13' Steve Parsons
Soccerball shade.svg44' Billy Jennings 		Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,649
Referee: Malcolm Heath (Stoke)
6 September 1980 (1980-09-06)5 Newcastle United 2–1 Cardiff City Newcastle
Ray Clarke Soccerball shade.svg19'
Alan Shoulder Soccerball shade.svg32' (pen.)		Soccerball shade.svg50' Peter Kitchen Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 15,804
13 September 1980 (1980-09-13)6 Cardiff City 1–1 Bolton Wanderers Cardiff
15:00 Gary Stevens Soccerball shade.svg45'Soccerball shade.svg Mick Walsh Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,649
Referee: Mike Bidmead (Chessington)
20 September 1980 (1980-09-20)7 Cardiff City 2–1 Bristol Rovers Cardiff
15:00 Billy Ronson Soccerball shade.svg40'
Keith Pontin Soccerball shade.svg62'		Soccerball shade.svg35' Bob Lee Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,122
27 September 1980 (1980-09-27)8 Notts County 4–2 Cardiff City Nottingham
Eddie Kelly Soccerball shade.svg28'
Iain McCulloch Soccerball shade.svg
Ray O'Brien Soccerball shade.svg64' (pen.)
Iain McCulloch Soccerball shade.svg		Soccerball shade.svg22' Phil Dwyer
Soccerball shade.svg Peter Kitchen 		Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 7,229
4 October 1980 (1980-10-04)9 Cardiff City 1–0 Watford Cardiff
15:00 Tarki Micallef Soccerball shade.svg8'Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,407
7 October 1980 (1980-10-07)10 West Ham United 1–0 Cardiff City London
19:30 Jimmy Neighbour Soccerball shade.svg50'Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 20,402
11 October 1980 (1980-10-11)11 Sheffield Wednesday 2–0 Cardiff City Sheffield
Brian Hornsby Soccerball shade.svg35'
Andy McCulloch Soccerball shade.svg80'		Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 15,396
17 October 1980 (1980-10-17)12 Cardiff City 1–2 Cambridge United Cardiff
19:30 Lindsay Smith Soccerball shade.svg(o.g.)Soccerball shade.svg63' John Lyons
Soccerball shade.svg70' Steve Spriggs 		Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,059
22 October 1980 (1980-10-22)13 Cardiff City 1–0 Queens Park Rangers Cardiff
19:30 Steve Grapes Soccerball shade.svg19'Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,489
Referee: Brian Stevens (Stonehouse)
25 October 1980 (1980-10-25)14 Shrewsbury Town 2–0 Cardiff City Shrewsbury
Jack Keay Soccerball shade.svg54' (pen.)
Steve Biggins Soccerball shade.svg78'		Stadium: Gay Meadow
Attendance: 4,466
31 October 1980 (1980-10-31)15 Cardiff City 0–1 Chelsea Cardiff
19:30Soccerball shade.svg37' Chris Hutchings Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,489
Referee: Lester Shapter (Paignton)
8 November 1980 (1980-11-08)16 Preston North End 3–1 Cardiff City Preston
Mick Baxter Soccerball shade.svg
Alex Bruce Soccerball shade.svg
Gary Stevens Soccerball shade.svg(o.g.)		Soccerball shade.svg36' Peter Kitchen Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 5,458
12 November 1980 (1980-11-12)17 Cardiff City 1–0 Wrexham Cardiff
19:30 Peter Kitchen Soccerball shade.svg50' (pen.) Wrexham report Red card.svg 51' Joey Jones Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,562
Referee: Colin Downey (Hounslow)
15 November 1980 (1980-11-15)18 Blackburn Rovers 2–3 Cardiff City Blackburn
15:00 Kevin Stonehouse Soccerball shade.svg75' (pen.)
Glenn Keeley Soccerball shade.svg84'		Soccerball shade.svg Peter Kitchen
Soccerball shade.svg54' Peter Kitchen
Soccerball shade.svg90' John Buchanan 		Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 7,854
22 November 1980 (1980-11-22)19 Cardiff City 1–0 Luton Town Cardiff
15:00 John Buchanan Soccerball shade.svg53' Luton report Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,064
Referee: Maurice Robinson (Sutton Colefield)
29 November 1980 (1980-11-29)20 Derby 1–1 Cardiff City Derby
Kevin Wilson Soccerball shade.svg64'Soccerball shade.svg75' (o.g.) Jonathan Clark Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 15,581
6 December 1980 (1980-12-06)21 Cardiff City 1–1 Grimsby Town Cardiff
15:00 Peter Kitchen Soccerball shade.svg55' (pen.)Soccerball shade.svg11' (pen.) Joe Waters Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,063
Referee: Mike Warner (Wednesbury)
26 December 1980 (1980-12-26)22 Bristol City 0–0 Cardiff City Bristol
Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 14,921
Referee: Ray Lewis (Great Bookham, Surrey)
27 December 1980 (1980-12-27)23 Cardiff City 3–3 Swansea Cardiff
15:00 Gary Stevens Soccerball shade.svg12'
Peter Kitchen Soccerball shade.svg85'
John Buchanan Soccerball shade.svg86'		Soccerball shade.svg38' Neil Robinson
Soccerball shade.svg40' Alan Curtis
Soccerball shade.svg73' Leighton James 		Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 21,239
Referee: Jeff Bray (Hinckley)
10 January 1981 (1981-01-10)24 Luton Town 2–2 Cardiff City Luton
15:00 David Moss Soccerball shade.svg24'
Brian Stein Soccerball shade.svg64'		 Luton report Soccerball shade.svg8' Peter Kitchen
Soccerball shade.svg46' Paul Giles 		Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 9,013
Referee: David Hutchinson (Harrogate)
17 January 1981 (1981-01-17)25 Orient 2–2 Cardiff City London
15:00 Joe Mayo Soccerball shade.svg52'
Nigel Gray Soccerball shade.svg80'		Soccerball shade.svg51' Paul Maddy
Soccerball shade.svg61' Paul Maddy 		Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 3,836
Referee: Ray Toseland (Kettering)
31 January 1981 (1981-01-31)26 Cardiff City 0–2 Oldham Athletic Cardiff
15:00Soccerball shade.svg10' Roger Palmer
Soccerball shade.svg86' Martin Nuttall 		Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,563
Referee: Dennis Hedges (Oxford)
3 February 1981 (1981-02-03)27 Queens Park Rangers 2–0 Cardiff City London
19:30 Terry Fenwick Soccerball shade.svg49'
Tommy Langley Soccerball shade.svg62'		Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 9,834
Referee: Tom Bune (Sussex)
7 February 1981 (1981-02-07)28 Bolton Wanderers 4–2 Cardiff City Bolton
15:00 John Thomas Soccerball shade.svg40'
John Thomas Soccerball shade.svg52'
Phillip Wilson Soccerball shade.svg61'
Dušan Nikolić Soccerball shade.svg74'		Soccerball shade.svg2' John Buchanan
Soccerball shade.svg78' John Buchanan 		Stadium: Burnden Park
Attendance: 8,115
Referee: Michael Lowe (Sheffield)
20 February 1981 (1981-02-20)29 Cardiff City 0–1 Notts County Cardiff
19:30Soccerball shade.svg86' Trevor Christie Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,987
Referee: Alan Robinson (Fareham)
25 February 1981 (1981-02-25)30 Cardiff City 1–0 Newcastle United Cardiff
19:30 Peter Kitchen Soccerball shade.svg32'Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,235
28 February 1981 (1981-02-28)31 Bristol Rovers 0–1 Cardiff City Bristol
15:00Soccerball shade.svg20' Steve Grapes Stadium: Eastville
Attendance: 7,525
4 March 1981 (1981-03-04)32 Cardiff City 0–0 Sheffield Wednesday Cardiff
19:30Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 7,002
Referee: John Hunting (Leicester)
7 March 1981 (1981-03-07)33 Watford 4–2 Cardiff City London
15:00 Malcolm Poskett Soccerball shade.svg36'
Luther Blissett Soccerball shade.svg45'
Keith Pritchett Soccerball shade.svg59'
Malcolm Poskett Soccerball shade.svg70'		Soccerball shade.svg21' Peter Kitchen
Soccerball shade.svg53' Linden Jones 		Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 10,014
21 March 1981 (1981-03-21)34 Cambridge United 2–0 Cardiff City Cambridge
15:00 George Reilly Soccerball shade.svg7'
Derrick Christie Soccerball shade.svg86'		Stadium: Abbey Stadium
Attendance: 3,790
Referee: Danny Vickers (Essex)
28 March 1981 (1981-03-28)35 Cardiff City 2–2 Shrewsbury Town Cardiff
15:00 John Lewis Soccerball shade.svg
Phil Dwyer Soccerball shade.svg		Soccerball shade.svg(pen.) Jack Keay
Soccerball shade.svg Ian Atkins 		Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,201
Referee: David Letts (Basingstoke)
4 April 1981 (1981-04-04)36 Chelsea 0–1 Cardiff City London
Soccerball shade.svg47' Gary Stevens Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 11,569
Referee: Brian Martin (Keyworth, Nottingham)
11 April 1981 (1981-04-11)37 Cardiff City 1–3 Preston North End Cardiff
15:00 Phil Dwyer Soccerball shade.svg35'Soccerball shade.svg47' Sean Haslegrave
Soccerball shade.svg50' Alex Bruce
Soccerball shade.svg84' Stephen Elliott 		Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,991
Referee: Brian Stevens (Stonehouse)
18 April 1981 (1981-04-18)38 Swansea 1–1 Cardiff City Swansea
15:00 Leighton James Soccerball shade.svg43'Soccerball shade.svg Peter Kitchen Stadium: Vetch Field
Attendance: 19,038
Referee: Derek Civil (Birmingham)
20 April 1981 (1981-04-20)39 Cardiff City 2–3 Bristol City Cardiff
15:00 Steve Grapes Soccerball shade.svg2'
Peter Kitchen Soccerball shade.svg		Soccerball shade.svg Gary Mabbutt
Soccerball shade.svg James Mann
Soccerball shade.svg89' James Mann 		Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,579
Referee: Morris Baker (Wolverhampton)
25 April 1981 (1981-04-25)40 Grimsby Town 0–1 Cardiff City Grimsby
15:00Soccerball shade.svg5' Gary Stevens Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 7,377
2 May 1981 (1981-05-02)41 Cardiff City 0–0 Derby Cardiff
15:00Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 7,377
Referee: Leslie Burden (Dorset)
6 May 1981 (1981-05-06)42 Cardiff City 0–0 West Ham United Cardiff
19:30Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 10,535
Referee: Peter Reeves (Leicester)

Source [3]

League Cup

9 August 1980 (1980-08-09)Round 1 (First Leg) Torquay United 0–0 Cardiff City Torquay
15:00Stadium: Plainmoor
Attendance: 3,441
Referee: A Robinson
13 August 1980 (1980-08-13)Round 1 (Second Leg) Cardiff City 2–1
(2–1 agg.)		 Torquay United Cardiff
19:30 Ray Bishop Soccerball shade.svg57'
Gary Stevens Soccerball shade.svg70'		Soccerball shade.svg58' Gerry Fell Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,149
Referee: TD Spencer (Salisbury)
27 August 1980 (1980-08-27)Round 2 (First Leg) Cardiff City 1–0 Chelsea Cardiff
19:30 Ray Bishop Soccerball shade.svg44'Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,549
Referee: Tony Glasson (Salisbury)
3 September 1980 (1980-09-03)Round 2 (Second Leg) Chelsea 1–1
(1–2 agg.)		 Cardiff City London
19:45 Micky Droy Soccerball shade.svgSoccerball shade.svg84' Peter Kitchen Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 12,959
Referee: Mike J Taylor (Walmer)
23 September 1980 (1980-09-23)Round 3 Barnsley 3–2 Cardiff City Barnsley
Ronnie Glavin Soccerball shade.svg(pen.)
Derrick Parker Soccerball shade.svg
Ian Banks Soccerball shade.svg90'		Soccerball shade.svg John Buchanan
Soccerball shade.svg88' John Lewis 		Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 13,135
Referee: Kevin McNally

FA Cup

3 January 1981 (1981-01-03)Round 3 Leicester City 3–0 Cardiff City Leicester
15:00 Gary Lineker Soccerball shade.svg30'
David Buchanan Soccerball shade.svg51'
Jim Melrose Soccerball shade.svg80'		Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 17,527
Referee: Darryl Reeves (Uxbridge)

Welsh Cup

3 December 1980 (1980-12-03)Round 3 Cardiff City 6–0 Cardiff Corinthians Cardiff
19:30 Peter Kitchen Soccerball shade.svg12', 42', 61', 75', 82'
Wayne Hughes Soccerball shade.svg53'		Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 1,080
Referee: EG Morgan (Troedyrhiw)
27 January 1981 (1981-01-27)Round 4 Wrexham 3–0 Cardiff City Wrexham
19:30 Steve Fox Soccerball shade.svg31', 55'
Dixie McNeil Soccerball shade.svg63'		 Wrexham report Stadium: The Racecourse
Attendance: 4,880
Referee: Howard King (Merthyr Tydfil)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "All Cardiff City football club players: 1981". 11v11. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Cardiff City 1980-81 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Cardiff City football club match record: 1981". 11v11. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

Bibliography

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