1992–93 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
1992–93 season
Owner	Rick Wright
Manager	Eddie May
Football League Third Division	1st
FA Cup	1st round
League Cup	1st round
European Cup Winners Cup	1st round
Welsh Cup	Winners
Autoglass Trophy	2nd round
Top goalscorer	League: Chris Pike, Phil Stant (12); All: Phil Stant (19)
Highest home attendance	17,253 (v Shrewsbury, 1 May 1993)
Lowest home attendance	4,348 (v Bury, 28 November 1992)
Average home league attendance	7,797
	← 1991–92 1993–94 →

Last updated January 16, 2026

The 1992–93 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 66th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Three, then the fourth tier of English football, finishing first, winning promotion to Division Two.

Players

First team squad.^[1]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.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	Mark Grew
—	GK	ENG	Gavin Ward
—	DF	WAL	Gareth Abraham
—	DF	WAL	Lee Baddeley
—	DF	IRL	Derek Brazil
—	DF	WAL	Andy Gorman
—	DF	NIR	Neil Matthews
—	DF	WAL	Jason Perry
—	DF	WAL	Kevin Ratcliffe
—	DF	WAL	Damon Searle
—	DF	ENG	John Williams
—	MF	ENG	Nilsson Callaway


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	GUY	Cohen Griffith
—	MF	WAL	Robbie James
—	MF	ENG	Nyrere Kelly
—	MF	NIR	Paul Millar
—	MF	NIR	Paul Ramsey
—	MF	ENG	Nick Richardson
—	FW	WAL	Tony Bird
—	FW	WAL	Nathan Blake
—	FW	WAL	Carl Dale
—	FW	WAL	Chris Pike
—	FW	ENG	Phil Stant

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Cardiff City (C, P)	42	25	8	9	77	47	+30	83	Cup Winners' Cup first round and promotion to the Second Division
2	Wrexham (P)	42	23	11	8	75	52	+23	80	Promotion to the Second Division
3	Barnet (P)	42	23	10	9	66	48	+18	79	Promotion to the Second Division
4	York City (O, P)	42	21	12	9	72	45	+27	75	Qualification for the Third Division play-offs
5	Walsall	42	22	7	13	76	61	+15	73	Qualification for the Third Division play-offs

Source: ^[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

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	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	D	L	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	D	L	W	W	W	W
Position	~	~	3	2	3	3	3	3	5	~	12	9	10	10	10	8	4	7	8	8	7	5	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
Points	1	4	7	10	10	11	12	15	16	16	16	19	19	22	22	25	28	28	29	29	32	35	38	41	44	47	50	53	54	57	60	63	66	66	67	70	71	71	74	77	80	83

Source: ^[3]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

Third Division

15 August 1992 (1992-08-15)1	Cardiff City	0–0	Darlington	Cardiff
15:00				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,399

22 August 1992 (1992-08-22)2	Walsall	2–3	Cardiff City	Walsall
15:00	Charlie Ntamark Steve O'Hara		Damon Searle Carl Dale Carl Dale	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 4,311

29 August 1992 (1992-08-29)3	Cardiff City	2–1	Halifax Town	Cardiff
15:00	Robbie James 31' Carl Dale 58'		54' Ian Thompstone	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,662 Referee: M James (Horsham)

1 September 1992 (1992-09-01)4	Cardiff City	2–1	Northampton Town	Cardiff
19:30	Paul Ramsey 49' (pen.) Carl Dale 58'		34' Steve Brown	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,416 Referee: JM Carter

5 September 1992 (1992-09-05)5	Torquay United	2–1	Cardiff City	Torquay
15:00	Justin Fashanu Duane Darby		Chris Pike	Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 2,939

8 September 1992 (1992-09-08)6	Cardiff City	2–2	Carlisle United	Cardiff
19:30	Chris Pike (pen.) Jason Perry		Andy Watson Ricardo Gabbiadini	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,859

13 September 1992 (1992-09-13)7	Hereford United	1–1	Cardiff City	Hereford
	Chris Fry		Nathan Blake	Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 4,089

19 September 1992 (1992-09-19)8	Cardiff City	3–1	Gillingham	Cardiff
15:00	Nathan Blake 14' Chris Pike 45', 58'	Gillingham report	81' Richard Green 90' Nicky Forster	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,456 Referee: Clive Wilkes (Gloucester)

3 October 1992 (1992-10-03)9	Cardiff City	1–1	Rochdale	Cardiff
15:00	Chris Pike 16'		16' (pen.) Mark Payne	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,161

10 October 1992 (1992-10-10)10	Crewe Alexandra	2–0	Cardiff City	Crewe
15:00	Mark Gardiner Craig Hignett			Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 3,638

24 October 1992 (1992-10-24)11	Shrewsbury Town	3–2	Cardiff City	Shrewsbury
15:00	Carl Griffiths Carl Griffiths Carl Griffiths		Carl Dale (pen.) Chris Pike	Stadium: Gay Meadow Attendance: 4,161

31 October 1992 (1992-10-31)12	Cardiff City	3–0	Scunthorpe United	Cardiff
15:00	Nathan Blake Nyrere Kelly Paul Ramsey (pen.)			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,027

3 November 1992 (1992-11-03)13	Chesterfield	2–1	Cardiff City	Chesterfield
19:30	Mick Kennedy Lee Turnbull		Robbie James	Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 2,590

7 November 1992 (1992-11-07)14	Cardiff City	3–1	Colchester United	Cardiff
15:00	Carl Dale 46' Nathan Blake 77' Tony English 78' (o.g.)		90' Mark Kinsella	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,505 Referee: K Leach

22 November 1992 (1992-11-22)15	Barnet	2–1	Cardiff City	Chipping Barnet
13:00	Dave Barnett Derek Payne		Carl Dale	Stadium: Underhill Stadium Attendance: 4,181

28 November 1992 (1992-11-28)16	Cardiff City	3–0	Bury	Cardiff
15:00	Mark Kearney (o.g.) Nathan Blake Cohen Griffith			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,348

11 December 1992 (1992-12-11)17	Doncaster Rovers	0–1	Cardiff City	Doncaster
19:30			Paul Millar	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 2,023

18 December 1992 (1992-12-18)18	Cardiff City	1–2	Wrexham	Cardiff
19:30	Nathan Blake 44'	Wrexham report	20', 70' Jonathan Cross	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,832 Referee: Paul Durkin (Dorset)

26 December 1992 (1992-12-26)19	Cardiff City	3–3	York City	Cardiff
15:00	Phil Stant Phil Stant Andy Gorman		Ian Blackstone Ian Blackstone Paul Barnes	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,411

28 December 1992 (1992-12-28)20	Lincoln City	3–2	Cardiff City	Lincoln
15:00	David Puttnam Neil Matthews Dean West		Paul Ramsey Paul Millar	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 4,359

2 January 1993 (1993-01-02)21	Cardiff City	2–1	Hereford United	Cardiff
15:00	Phil Stant Nick Richardson		Max Nicholson	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,593

9 January 1993 (1993-01-09)22	Carlisle United	1–2	Cardiff City	Carlisle
15:00	Ian Arnold (pen.)		Tony Bird Kevin Ratcliffe	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 3,691

23 January 1993 (1993-01-23)23	Gillingham	0–1	Cardiff City	Gillingham
15:00		Gillingham report	9' Cohen Griffith	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,069 Referee: Paul Alcock (Surrey)

26 January 1993 (1993-01-26)24	Halifax Town	0–1	Cardiff City	Halifax
19:30			Phil Stant	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 1,339

30 January 1993 (1993-01-30)25	Cardiff City	2–1	Walsall	Cardiff
15:00	Phil Stant Cohen Griffith		Rod McDonald	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,012

6 February 1993 (1993-02-06)26	Darlington	0–2	Cardiff City	Darlington
15:00			Chris Pike (pen.) Chris Pike	Stadium: Feethams Attendance: 1,775

13 February 1993 (1993-02-13)27	Cardiff City	4–0	Torquay United	Cardiff
15:00	Paul Millar Phil Stant Phil Stant Nathan Blake			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,771

19 February 1993 (1993-02-19)28	Northampton Town	1–2	Cardiff City	Northampton
19:30	Steve Brown (pen.)		Phil Stant Chris Pike	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 4,519

27 February 1993 (1993-02-27)29	Cardiff City	1–1	Crewe Alexandra	Cardiff
15:00	Cohen Griffith		Phil Clarkson	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,012

6 March 1993 (1993-03-06)30	Rochdale	1–2	Cardiff City	Rochdale
15:00	Jon Bowden 83'		21' (pen.) Nathan Blake 67' Cohen Griffith	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 2,831

9 March 1993 (1993-03-09)31	Cardiff City	1–0	Scarborough	Cardiff
19:30	Phil Stant			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,583

12 March 1993 (1993-03-12)32	Colchester United	2–4	Cardiff City	Colchester
19:45	Roy McDonough 17' (pen.) Steve McGavin 57'		21' Chris Pike 33' Chris Pike 23' Nick Richardson 63' Neil Matthews	Stadium: Layer Road Attendance: 4,538 Referee: Graham Pooley (Bishops Stortford)

20 March 1993 (1993-03-20)33	Cardiff City	2–1	Chesterfield	Cardiff
15:00	Carl Dale Nick Richardson		Dave Lancaster	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,756

23 March 1993 (1993-03-23)34	Bury	1–0	Cardiff City	Bury
19:30	Ian Stevens			Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,574

27 March 1993 (1993-03-27)35	Cardiff City	1–1	Barnet	Cardiff
15:00	Cohen Griffith		Nicky Evans	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 16,073

3 April 1993 (1993-04-03)36	Scarborough	1–3	Cardiff City	Scarborough
15:00	Steve Charles (pen.)		(pen.) Chris Pike Nick Richardson Phil Stant	Stadium: Athletic Ground Attendance: 2,223

6 April 1993 (1993-04-06)37	Cardiff City	1–1	Doncaster Rovers	Cardiff
19:30	Jason Perry		(pen.) Mike Jeffrey	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,938

10 April 1993 (1993-04-10)38	York City	3–1	Cardiff City	York
15:00	Jon McCarthy Ian Blackstone Nigel Pepper		Cohen Griffith	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 6,568

12 April 1993 (1993-04-12)39	Cardiff City	3–1	Lincoln City	Cardiff
15:00	Phil Stant Nathan Blake Paul Ramsey (pen.)		Neil Matthews	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,257

17 April 1993 (1993-04-17)40	Wrexham	0–2	Cardiff City	Wrexham
15:00		Wrexham report	26' Cohen Griffith 39' Nathan Blake	Stadium: The Racecourse Attendance: 10,852 Referee: Tom Fitzharris

1 May 1993 (1993-05-01)41	Cardiff City	2–1	Shrewsbury Town	Cardiff
15:00	Jason Perry Nathan Blake		Kevin Summerfield	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 17,253

8 May 1993 (1993-05-08)42	Scunthorpe United	0–3	Cardiff City	Scunthorpe
15:00			11', 47' Cohen Griffith 35' Phil Stant	Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 7,407 Referee: John Key (Sheffield)

Source ^[3]^[4]

Coca-Cola Cup (League Cup)

18 August 1992 (1992-08-18)Round 1 (First leg)	Cardiff City	1–0	Bristol City	Cardiff
19:30	Carl Dale			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,126

25 August 1992 (1992-08-25)Round 1 (Second leg)	Bristol City	5–1 (5–2 agg.)	Cardiff City	Bristol
	Andy Cole Andy Cole Andy Cole Leroy Rosenior Wayne Allison		Carl Dale	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 10,174

FA Cup

14 November 1992 (1992-11-14)Round 1	Cardiff City	2–3	Bath City	Cardiff
15:00	Paul Millar 25' Nathan Blake		20' Graham Withey Jerry Gill 70' Deion Vernon	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,506 Referee: David Frampton (Dorset)

UEFA Cup Winners Cup

16 September 1992 (1992-09-16)Round 1 (First leg)	Cardiff City	1–1	Admira Wacker	Cardiff
19:30	Chris Pike 58'		44' Johannes Abfalterer	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,634

29 September 1992 (1992-09-29)Round 1 (Second leg)	Admira Wacker	2–0 (3–1 agg.)	Cardiff City	Modling
	Olaf Marschall 47' Johannes Abfalterer 89'			Stadium: Sudstadt Stadium Attendance: 4,700

Welsh Cup

27 October 1992 (1992-10-27)Round 3	Ton Pentre	0–2	Cardiff City	Ton Pentre
14:30			Paul Millar (pen.) Paul Ramsey	Stadium: Ynys Park Attendance: 1,300

5 December 1992 (1992-12-05)Round 4	Caerau	0–9	Cardiff City	Cardiff
15:00			Nick Richardson Nick Richardson Nick Richardson Chris Pike Carl Dale Carl Dale Carl Dale Carl Dale Nathan Blake	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,579

16 January 1993 (1993-01-16)Round 5	Cardiff City	4–0	Maesteg Park	Cardiff
15:00	Phil Stant Phil Stant Phil Stant Paul Ramsey			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,867

16 March 1993 (1993-03-16)Semi Final (First leg)	Cardiff City	2–0	Wrexham	Cardiff
19:30	Cohen Griffith Carl Dale 78'	Wrexham report		Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,251 Referee: Vic Callow (Solihull)

20 April 1993 (1993-04-20)Semi Final (Second leg)	Wrexham	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Cardiff City	Wrexham
19:30	Steve Watkin 24'	Wrexham report		Stadium: The Racecourse Attendance: 5,735 Referee: PL Wright

16 May 1993 (1993-05-16)Final	Rhyl	0–5	Cardiff City	Cardiff
15:00			Phil Stant Phil Stant Phil Stant Cohen Griffith Cohen Griffith	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 16,443 Referee: K Burge (Tonypandy)

Autoglass Trophy

1 December 1992 (1992-12-01)Round 1	Shrewsbury Town	1–3	Cardiff City	Shrewsbury
19:30	Carl Griffiths		Paul Millar Nick Richardson Carl Dale	Stadium: Gay Meadow Attendance: 936

8 December 1992 (1992-12-08)Round 1	Cardiff City	3–2	Hereford United	Cardiff
19:30	Paul Ramsey (pen.) Phil Stant Carl Dale		Owen Pickard Owen Pickard	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,246

19 January 1993 (1993-01-19)Round 2	Cardiff City	1–2	Swansea City	Cardiff
19:30	Nathan Blake		Andy Legg Martin Hayes	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 13,516

Notes and references

↑ "All Cardiff City football club players: 1993". 11v11. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
↑ "England 1992–93". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
1 2 "Cardiff City 1992-93 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
↑ "Cardiff City football club match record: 1993". 11v11. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

Bibliography

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Shepherd, Richard (2002). The Definitive Cardiff City F.C. Tony Brown. ISBN 1-899-46817-X.
Crooks, John (1992). Cardiff City Football Club: Official History of the Bluebirds. Yore Publications. ISBN 0-9513321-8-X.
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"Football Club History Database – Cardiff City". Archived from the original on 30 December 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2008.

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[1] "All Cardiff City football club players: 1993". 11v11. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

[rsssf-2] "England 1992–93". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 24 February 2010.

[results-3] 1 2 "Cardiff City 1992-93 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

[11v11results-4] "Cardiff City football club match record: 1993". 11v11. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

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