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1952–53 Cardiff City F.C. season

Welsh football club season

Field	Value
club	Cardiff City
season	1952–53
manager	ENG Cyril Spiers
chairman	WAL Sir Herbert Merrett
WAL John Morgan{{Cite book
title	The Cardiff City Miscellany
first	Richard
last	Shepherd
publisher	Pitch books
year	2007
isbn	978-1-905411-04-7
league	Division One
league result	12th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	3rd round
cup2	Welsh Cup
cup2 result	Semi-finals
average attendance	37,932
highest attendance	57,893 v Arsenal, 22 April 1953
lowest attendance	19,830 v Chelsea, 28 March 1953
league topscorer
Ken Chisholm (13)
season topscorer
Ken Chisholm (15)
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WAL John Morgan{{Cite book Ken Chisholm (13) Ken Chisholm (15) The 1952–53 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 26th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division One, then the first tier of English football, finishing twelfth.

Season review

Football League First Division

Partial league table

Main article: 1952–53 Football League#First Division

Results by round

FA Cup

Entering in the third round, Cardiff were eliminated by Football League Third Division North side Halifax Town after a 3–1 defeat.

Welsh Cup

After a 5–2 victory over Merthyr Tydfil in the fifth round, Cardiff received a bye into the seventh round, advancing to the semi-finals with a 3–2 win over Barry Town. Their campaign came to an end following a 1–0 semi-final defeat to Rhyl.

Players

Fixtures and results

[[Football League First Division|First Division]]

Harry Bell Arthur Fitzsimons Ken Chisholm Ken Chisholm Wilf Grant Sid McClellan Jimmy Dudley Ken Horton Roley Williams Ken Chisholm Roley Williams Don Revie Mike Tiddy Benny Fenton Frank Lock Ken Chisholm Ernie Taylor Alf Sherwood Stan Pearson Wilf Grant George Edwards Ken Chisholm Billy Foulkes Bobby Mitchell Derek Dooley Tom Finney Keith Thomas Keith Thomas Wilf Grant Wilf Grant George Edwards Roley Williams Mike Tiddy Doug Blair Bill Dickson Stan Montgomery Louis Bimpson Wilf Grant Ken Chisholm Mike Tiddy Ken Chisholm Amos Moss Len Shackleton Harry Kirtley Mike Tiddy Davy Walsh

FA Cup

Welsh Cup

Tommy Northcott Ken Chisholm Ken Chisholm George Hazlett

Tommy Northcott Mike Tiddy

References

{{Cite book

References

"Cardiff City 1952–53 results". Statto.com.
"Welsh Cup 1952/53". Welsh Football Data Archive.

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