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1953–54 Cardiff City F.C. season

Welsh football club season

Field	Value
club	Cardiff City
season	1953–54
manager	ENG Cyril Spiers
chairman	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	10th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	4th round
cup2	Welsh Cup
cup2 result	Semi-finals
average attendance	32,410
highest attendance	49,137 v Arsenal, 26 September 1953
lowest attendance	15,777 v Sheffield Wednesday, 24 April 1954
league topscorer
Ken Chisholm & Wilf Grant (12)
season topscorer
Wilf Grant (15)
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pattern_so1	_hoops_blue
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	prevseason	1952–53
nextseason	1954–55

Ken Chisholm & Wilf Grant (12) Wilf Grant (15)

| | prevseason = 1952–53 The 1953–54 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 27th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division One, then the first tier of English football, finishing tenth.

The season would also be the last time the club was managed by Cyril Spiers who, in his second spell at the club, is still Cardiff City's second longest serving manager of all time. His fourteen years at Ninian Park placing him second only to Fred Stewart.

Season review

Partial league table

Main article: 1953–54 Football League#First Division

Results by round

FA Cup

After a 3–1 victory over Midland Football League side Peterborough United in the third round, Cardiff were eliminated in round four by Third Division North side Port Vale.

Welsh Cup

Drawn against Barry Town in their first match, a 1–1 draw lead to a replay with Cardiff advancing after a 4–2 win. After receiving a bye in the sixth round, Cardiff were then drawn against Merthyr Tydfil in the seventh round and advanced to the semi-finals with a 5–3 victory. The club's campaign came to an end in the semi-finals for a consecutive season after a 2–1 defeat to Flint Town United.

Players

Fixtures and results

[[Football League First Division|First Division]]

Peter Thomas Vic Metcalfe Jimmy Mullen Johnny Hancocks Ken Chisholm Wilf Grant Doug Lishman Jack Mansell Ken Chisholm Billy Gray Brian Pilkington Ken Chisholm Ken Chisholm Ken Chisholm Mike Tiddy Ivor Broadis George Hannah Jackie Milburn Dennis Viollet Johnny Berry Jackie Blanchflower Jack Rowley Tommy Taylor Ronnie Allen Ronnie Allen Ronnie Allen Johnny Nicholls Johnny Nicholls Ken Chisholm George Edwards Jackie Sewell Tommy Northcott Frank Blunstone Dennis Wilshaw Johnny Hancocks Ted Purdon Tommy Wright Tommy Wright Len Shackleton Roy Clarke Don Revie Willie Moir Dennis Stevens Wilf Grant Mike Tiddy Wilf Grant Dick Pearson Gordon Hurst Stuart Leary Trevor Ford Mike Tiddy Dennis Viollet Wilf Grant Derrick Sullivan Trevor Ford Stan Mortensen Ernie Taylor Bill Perry Trevor Ford Jackie Sewell

FA Cup

Trevor Ford Tommy Northcott Albert Leake

Welsh Cup

Mike Tiddy Cliff Nugent Cliff Nugent

Wilf Grant Wilf Grant H Lowe Cliff Nugent

References

{{Cite book

References

"Cardiff City 1953–54 results". Statto.com.
"Welsh Cup 1953/54". Welsh Football Data Archive.

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