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1954–55 Cardiff City F.C. season

Welsh football club season

Field	Value
club	Cardiff City
season	1954–55
manager	ENG Cyril Spiers
WAL Trevor Morris
chairman	WAL John Morgan
WAL Sir Herbert Merrett{{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	20th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	3rd round
cup2	Welsh Cup
cup2 result	Semi-finals
average attendance	24,311
highest attendance	39,448 v Preston, 25 August 1954
lowest attendance	14,461 v Tottenham Hotspur, 26 March 1955
league topscorer
Trevor Ford (19)
season topscorer
Trevor Ford (24)
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pattern_sh1	_bluesides
pattern_so1	_band_white
body1	0000ff
socks1	0000ff
prevseason	1953–54
nextseason	1955–56

WAL Trevor Morris WAL Sir Herbert Merrett{{Cite book Trevor Ford (19) Trevor Ford (24) The 1954–55 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 28th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division One, then the first tier of English football, finishing twentieth.

Season review

Partial league table

Main article: 1954–55 Football League#First Division

Results by round

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FA Cup

Entering the competition in the third round, Cardiff were eliminated by fellow First Division side Arsenal after a 1–0 defeat.

Welsh Cup

After wins over Pembroke Borough and Newport County, Cardiff were knocked out of the competition in the semi-finals for a third year in a row after a 2–0 defeat to Chester City.

Players

Fixtures and results

[[Football League First Division|First Division]]

Trevor Ford Jimmy Baxter Tom Finney Bobby Foster Dennis Hatsell Trevor Ford Bobby Foster Charlie Wayman Charlie Wayman Tom Finney Jimmy Baxter Angus Morrison Trevor Ford Ron Stockin Dave Ewing Ron Stockin Ron Stockin Trevor Ford Trevor Ford Len White Tommy Taylor Tommy Taylor Tommy Taylor Dennis Viollet Ron Stockin Billy Kiernan Bobby Ayre Sid O'Linn Cliff Nugent Harold Hassall Ron Stockin Cliff Nugent Tommy Northcott Derrick Sullivan Mike Tiddy Jackie Sewell Eddie Gannon Tommy Northcott Trevor Ford Ernie Taylor Trevor Ford Roy Stephenson Bill Holden Trevor Ford Stan Montgomery Ronnie Allen Johnny Morris Paddy Fagan Joe Hayes Don Revie Trevor Ford Ron Stockin Ron Stockin John Willie Parker Cyril Lello Ron Stockin Gordon Nutt Trevor Ford Roley Williams Tommy Northcott Eddie Firmani Gordon Pembery George Robb Derek Tapscott Doug Lishman George Hannah Alf McMichael Trevor Ford Ron Flowers Jimmy Watson

FA Cup

Welsh Cup

Trevor Ford Trevor Ford Trevor Ford Cliff Nugent Ron Stockin Mike Tiddy Ron Stockin Derrick Sullivan

References

{{Cite book

References

"Cardiff City 1954–55 results". Statto.com.
"Welsh Cup 1954/55". Welsh Football Data Archive.

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