1946–47 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
1946–47 season
Chairman	Sir Herbert Merrett
Manager	Billy McCandless
Division Three South	1st
FA Cup	3rd round
Welsh Cup	5th round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Stan Richards (30); All: ; Stan Richards (30)
Highest home attendance	49,310 (v Bristol City, 7 April 1947)
Lowest home attendance	9,384 (v Mansfield Town, 15 March 1947)
Average home league attendance	28,604
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1938–39 1947–48 →

The 1946–47 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 20th season in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Three South, then the third tier of English football, finishing first and gaining promotion to the Second Division.

Season review

Football League Third Division South

Partial league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
1	Cardiff City	42	30	6	6	93	30	3.100	66	Division Champions, promoted
2	Queens Park Rangers	42	23	11	8	74	40	1.850	57
3	Bristol City	42	20	11	11	94	56	1.679	51
4	Swindon Town	42	19	11	12	84	73	1.151	49
5	Walsall	42	17	12	13	74	59	1.254	46

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H
Result	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position			16	8	7	8	8	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Source: ^[1]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Players

First team squad. ^[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	WAL	Danny Canning
--	GK	WAL	Wyn Griffiths
--	GK	WAL	George Poland
--	DF	WAL	Ken Hollyman
--	DF	WAL	Arthur Lever
--	DF	WAL	Joe Phillips
--	DF	WAL	Alf Sherwood
--	DF	WAL	Fred Stansfield
--	DF	WAL	Glyn Williams
--	MF	WAL	Billy Baker
--	MF	ENG	Ernie Marshall


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	WAL	Terry Wood
--	FW	WAL	Bryn Allen
--	FW	WAL	Roy Clarke
--	FW	ENG	Colin Gibson
--	FW	WAL	Charlie Hill
--	FW	WAL	Billy James
--	FW	WAL	Billy Lewis
--	FW	WAL	Billy Rees
--	FW	WAL	Stan Richards
--	FW	WAL	Bernard Ross
--	FW	ENG	George Wardle

Fixtures and results

Third Division South

31 August 1946 (1946-08-31) 1	Norwich City	2–1	Cardiff City	Norwich
			Stan Richards	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 20,678

4 September 1946 (1946-09-04) 2	Swindon Town	3–2	Cardiff City	Swindon
	Bill Stephens Bill Stephens Gordon Williams		Bryn Allen Stan Richards	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 14,354

7 September 1946 (1946-09-07) 3	Cardiff City	2–1	Notts County	Cardiff
15:15	Billy James Colin Gibson			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 24,779

9 September 1946 (1946-09-09) 4	Cardiff City	2–0	Bournemouth	Cardiff
	Bryn Allen Billy James			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 19,239

14 September 1946 (1946-09-14) 5	Northampton Town	0–2	Cardiff City	Northampton
			Bryn Allen Bryn Allen	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,853

18 September 1946 (1946-09-18) 6	Bournemouth	2–0	Cardiff City	Bournemouth
18:00				Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 8,926

21 September 1946 (1946-09-21) 7	Cardiff City	2–1	Aldershot	Cardiff
15:15	Billy Baker Roy Clarke			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 22,475

23 September 1946 (1946-09-23) 8	Cardiff City	5–0	Swindon Town	Cardiff
17:50	Stan Richards Bryn Allen Colin Gibson Colin Gibson Colin Gibson			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 19,172

28 September 1946 (1946-09-28) 9	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–4	Cardiff City	Brighton
			Billy Rees Stan Richards Stan Richards Bryn Allen	Stadium: Goldstone Ground Attendance: 13,193

5 October 1946 (1946-10-05) 10	Cardiff City	5–0	Exeter City	Cardiff
15:15	Bryn Allen Stan Richards Stan Richards Billy Baker Roy Clarke			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 27,585

12 October 1946 (1946-10-12) 11	Port Vale	0–4	Cardiff City	Stoke-on-Trent
			Stan Richards Stan Richards Roy Clarke Billy Rees	Stadium: Old Recreation Ground Attendance: 10,724

19 October 1946 (1946-10-19) 12	Cardiff City	2–2	Queens Park Rangers	Cardiff
15:15	Roy Clarke Stan Richards			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 44,010

26 October 1946 (1946-10-26) 13	Southend United	0–2	Cardiff City	Southend
15:15			Colin Gibson Billy Rees	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 12,973

2 November 1946 (1946-11-02) 14	Cardiff City	4–0	Bristol Rovers	Cardiff
15:00	Stan Richards Stan Richards Bryn Allen Billy Rees			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 28,699

9 November 1946 (1946-11-09) 15	Mansfield Town	1–3	Cardiff City	Mansfield
	Freddie Hogg		Stan Richards Billy Rees Billy Rees	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 9,827

16 November 1946 (1946-11-16) 16	Cardiff City	1–0	Torquay United	Cardiff
14:45	Billy Rees			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 27,259

23 November 1946 (1946-11-23) 17	Crystal Palace	1–2	Cardiff City	London
			Stan Richards Stan Richards	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 25,296

7 December 1946 (1946-12-07) 18	Walsall	2–3	Cardiff City	Walsall
			Bryn Allen Bryn Allen Billy Rees	Stadium: Fellows Park Attendance: 16,386

21 December 1946 (1946-12-21) 19	Ipswich Town	0–1	Cardiff City	Ipswich
14:15			Colin Gibson	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 12,398

25 December 1946 (1946-12-25) 20	Leyton Orient	0–1	Cardiff City	London
11:30			Billy Rees	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 12,947

28 December 1946 (1946-12-28) 21	Cardiff City	6–1	Norwich City	Cardiff
14:30	Stan Richards Stan Richards Stan Richards Billy Rees Bryn Allen Roy Clarke			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 36,285

4 January 1947 (1947-01-04) 22	Notts County	1–1	Cardiff City	Nottingham
			Bryn Allen	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 28,450

18 January 1947 (1947-01-18) 23	Cardiff City	6–2	Northampton Town	Cardiff
14:45	Bryn Allen Bryn Allen Bryn Allen Billy Rees Billy Rees Stan Richards			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 29,426

22 January 1947 (1947-01-22) 24	Cardiff City	3–0	Reading	Cardiff
14:45	Stan Richards Stan Richards Roy Clarke			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 28,534

25 January 1947 (1947-01-25) 25	Aldershot	0–1	Cardiff City	Aldershot
			Stan Richards	Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 7,239

1 February 1947 (1947-02-01) 26	Cardiff City	4–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Cardiff
15:00	Stan Richards Stan Richards Billy Rees Roy Clarke			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 20,533

1 March 1947 (1947-03-01) 27	Cardiff City	3–1	Southend United	Cardiff
15:15	Bryn Allen Roy Clarke Roy Clarke			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 33,698

8 March 1947 (1947-03-08) 28	Bristol Rovers	1–0	Cardiff City	Bristol
				Stadium: Eastville Attendance: 30,455

15 March 1947 (1947-03-15) 29	Cardiff City	5–0	Mansfield Town	Cardiff
15:15	Ken Hollyman Colin Gibson Stan Richards Stan Richards Roy Clarke			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,384

22 March 1947 (1947-03-22) 30	Torquay United	0–0	Cardiff City	Torquay
15:30				Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 9,352

29 March 1947 (1947-03-29) 31	Cardiff City	0–0	Crystal Palace	Cardiff
15:15				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 24,214

4 April 1947 (1947-04-04) 32	Bristol City	2–1	Cardiff City	Bristol
			Billy Rees	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 32,535

5 April 1947 (1947-04-05) 33	Reading	0–0	Cardiff City	Reading
				Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 21,627

7 April 1947 (1947-04-07) 34	Cardiff City	1–1	Bristol City	Cardiff
15:15	Stan Richards			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 49,310

12 April 1947 (1947-04-12) 35	Cardiff City	3–0	Walsall	Cardiff
15:15	Charles Hill Charles Hill Colin Gibson			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 33,195 Referee: WT Strainge (Bristol)

19 April 1947 (1947-04-19) 36	Watford	2–0	Cardiff City	Watford
				Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,030

26 April 1947 (1947-04-26) 37	Cardiff City	3–2	Ipswich Town	Cardiff
15:15	Colin Gibson Stan Richards Bryn Allen		Matt O'Mahoney Stan Parker	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 31,219 Referee: Reg Greenwood (Norwood)

3 May 1947 (1947-05-03) 38	Cardiff City	1–0	Watford	Cardiff
15:15	Stan Richards			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 30,368

10 May 1947 (1947-05-10) 39	Cardiff City	1–0	Port Vale	Cardiff
15:15	Stan Richards			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 36,732

17 May 1947 (1947-05-17) 40	Exeter City	0–2	Cardiff City	Exeter
			Colin Gibson Billy Rees	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 12,031 Referee: GV Searle (Salisbury)

24 May 1947 (1947-05-24) 41	Queens Park Rangers	2–3	Cardiff City	London
			George Wardle Bernard Ross Bernard Ross	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 23,272

7 June 1947 (1947-06-07) 42	Cardiff City	1–0	Leyton Orient	Cardiff
15:15	Billy Rees			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 24,572

Source ^[1] ^[3]

FA Cup

11 January 1947 (1947-01-11) Round 3	Brentford	1–0	Cardiff City	London
				Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 32,894

Source ^[1] ^[3]

Welsh Cup

6 February 1947 (1947-02-06) Round 5	Merthyr Tydfil	4–2	Cardiff City	Merthyr Tydfil
			Billy Rees Billy James	Stadium: Penydarren Park Attendance: 3,000

Source ^[1] ^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Cardiff City 1946-47 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
^ "All Cardiff City football club players: 1947". 11v11. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Cardiff City football club match record: 1947". 11v11. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
^ "Welsh Cup 1946/47". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

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