1932–33 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
1932–33 season
ChairmanDr William Nicholson
ManagerEngland Fred Stewart
Division Three South19th
FA Cup1st round
Welsh CupSemifinals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Jimmy McCambridge (17)

All:
Jimmy McCambridge (18)
Highest home attendance11,178 (v Gillingham, 26 December 1932)
Lowest home attendance4,185 (v Brighton, 21 January 1933)
Average home league attendance7,008

The 1932–33 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 14th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Three South, then the third tier of English football, finishing 19th.

Season review

Football League Third Division South

Partial league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Promotion
17 Aldershot[a] 42 13 10 19 61 72 0.847 36
18 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 42 12 12 18 60 81 0.741 36
19 Cardiff City 42 12 7 23 69 99 0.697 31
20 Clapton Orient 42 8 13 21 59 93 0.634 29
21 Newport County[b] 42 11 7 24 61 105 0.581 29 Re-elected
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ New club in the league; elected from Southern League
  2. ^ Returned after one season absence, spent in the Southern League

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundAHHAAHAHAHHAHAHHHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAH
ResultLWWLLWLLDDLLLLWDWLWDLLLLDWLWLLWLWLDLDLLWLW
Position~~78168151919171920202121202021191921202121212020202020202019191919191921191919
Source: [1]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Players

First team squad. [1] [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 England ENG Bob Adams
-- GK Wales WAL Len Evans
-- GK Ireland EIR Tom Farquharson
-- DF Scotland SCO Jack Galbraith
-- DF Wales WAL Eric Morris
-- DF England ENG Bob Pollard
-- DF Wales WAL Len Richards
-- DF England ENG Bill Roberts
-- DF England ENG George Russell
-- MF Wales WAL Ernie Carless
-- MF England ENG Frank Harris
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- MF Wales WAL Eddie Jenkins
-- MF Scotland SCO Peter Ronan
-- FW England ENG Stan Cribb
-- FW England ENG George Emmerson
-- FW Scotland SCO Jim Henderson
-- FW Wales WAL Freddie Hill
-- FW Scotland SCO Les Jones
-- FW England ENG Albert Keating
-- FW England ENG Tom Maidment
-- FW Wales WAL Tommy Paget
-- FW Scotland SCO Jim Tennant

Fixtures and results

27 August 1932 (1932-08-27) 1 Reading 4–2 Cardiff City Reading



Jimmy McCambridge
Stan Cribb
Stadium: Elm Park
Attendance: 13,867
29 August 1932 (1932-08-29) 2 Cardiff City 3–0 Bournemouth Cardiff
Reg Keating
Stan Cribb
Les Jones
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,351
7 September 1932 (1932-09-07) 4 Bournemouth 3–2 Cardiff City Bournemouth


Jimmy McCambridge
Jimmy McCambridge
Stadium: Dean Court
Attendance: 6,264
10 September 1932 (1932-09-10) 5 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–0 Cardiff City Brighton
Stadium: Goldstone Ground
Attendance: 7,790
24 September 1932 (1932-09-24) 7 Aldershot 1–0 Cardiff City Aldershot
Stadium: Recreation Ground
Attendance: 7,172
8 October 1932 (1932-10-08) 9 Southend United 2–2 Cardiff City Southend

Reg Keating
Jimmy McCambridge
Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 3,590
15 October 1932 (1932-10-15) 10 Cardiff City 1–1 Crystal Palace Cardiff
Jimmy McCambridge Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 7,144
29 October 1932 (1932-10-29) 12 Luton Town 8–1 Cardiff City Luton







Jimmy McCambridge Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 6,002
5 November 1932 (1932-11-05) 13 Cardiff City 1–3 Exeter City Cardiff
George Emmerson

Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,881
19 November 1932 (1932-11-19) 15 Cardiff City 2–1 Brentford Cardiff
Les Jones
Stan Cribb
Billy Scott Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,274
3 December 1932 (1932-12-03) 16 Cardiff City 1–1 Bristol City Cardiff
Les Jones Albert Keating Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,115
24 December 1932 (1932-12-24) 18 Swindon Town 6–2 Cardiff City Swindon
Eddie Munnings
Eddie Munnings 50'
Eddie Munnings 65'
Ted Braithwaite 55'
Ted Dransfield 70' (pen)
Syd Brookes 85'
15' Jimmy McCambridge
62' Jimmy McCambridge
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 6,145
Referee: AJ Brown
26 December 1932 (1932-12-26) 19 Cardiff City 1–0 Gillingham Cardiff
Les Jones Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 11,178
27 December 1932 (1932-12-27) 20 Gillingham 1–1 Cardiff City Gillingham
Les Jones Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 10,449
31 December 1932 (1932-12-31) 21 Cardiff City 0–1 Reading Cardiff
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,773
7 January 1933 (1933-01-07) 22 Norwich City 3–1 Cardiff City Norwich


(pen) Les Jones Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 9,486
14 January 1933 (1933-01-14) 23 Coventry City 5–0 Cardiff City Coventry




Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 9,752
21 January 1933 (1933-01-21) 24 Cardiff City 1–2 Brighton & Hove Albion Cardiff
Jimmy McCambridge
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,185
28 January 1933 (1933-01-28) 25 Bristol Rovers 0–0 Cardiff City Bristol
Stadium: Eastville
Attendance: 6,249
4 February 1933 (1933-02-04) 26 Cardiff City 2–1 Aldershot Cardiff
Tom Maidment
Jim Henderson
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,287
18 February 1933 (1933-02-18) 28 Cardiff City 2–0 Southend United Cardiff
Les Jones
Les Jones
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,275
25 February 1933 (1933-02-25) 29 Crystal Palace 4–1 Cardiff City London



Tom Maidment Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 5,805
11 March 1933 (1933-03-11) 31 Cardiff City 3–2 Luton Town Cardiff
Tom Maidment
Les Jones
Stan Cribb

Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,919
18 March 1933 (1933-03-18) 32 Exeter City 1–0 Cardiff City Exeter
Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 8,146
8 April 1933 (1933-04-08) 35 Cardiff City 2–2 Coventry City Cardiff
Jimmy McCambridge
Jim Henderson

Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,902
10 April 1933 (1933-04-10) 36 Northampton Town 2–0 Cardiff City Northampton

Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 2,302
14 April 1933 (1933-04-14) 37 Cardiff City 1–1 Watford Cardiff
Tom Maidment Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,451
15 April 1933 (1933-04-15) 38 Bristol City 3–1 Cardiff City Bristol
Ted Bowen
Ted Bowen
Ted Bowen
George Russell Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 7,176
17 April 1933 (1933-04-17) 39 Watford 2–1 Cardiff City Watford

Les Jones Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 7,713
29 April 1933 (1933-04-29) 41 Clapton Orient 3–0 Cardiff City London


Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 3,739
6 May 1933 (1933-05-06) 42 Cardiff City 3–0 Swindon Town Cardiff
Stan Cribb
Stan Cribb
Tom Maidment 24'
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 7,871
Referee: AJ Brown
26 November 1932 (1932-11-26) Round 1 Cardiff City 1–1 Bristol Rovers Cardiff
Frank Harris Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 11,000
30 November 1932 (1932-11-30) Round 1 (Replay) Bristol Rovers 4–1 Cardiff City Bristol



Jimmy McCambridge Stadium: Eastville
Attendance: 9,000
22 February 1933 (1933-02-22) Round 7 Cardiff City 4–2 Tranmere Rovers Cardiff
Les Jones
Les Jones
Jim Henderson
Jim Henderson

Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,000
9 March 1933 (1933-03-09) Round 8 Swansea Town 1–1 Cardiff City Swansea
Hugh Blair 30' Tom Maidment Stadium: Vetch Field
Attendance: 3,000
15 March 1933 (1933-03-15) Round 8 (Replay) Cardiff City 2–1 (a.e.t.) Swansea Town Cardiff
Tom Maidment 11'
Les Jones 95'
Ted Martin Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,000
5 April 1933 (1933-04-05) Semifinal Chester City 2–1 Cardiff City Chester

Jim Henderson Stadium: Sealand Road
Attendance: 10,000

Source [1] [3]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Cardiff City 1932–33 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  2. ^ "All Cardiff City football club players: 1933". 11v11. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Welsh Cup 1932/33". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 29 January 2022.

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