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1967–68 Cardiff City F.C. season
Welsh football club season
Welsh football club season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| club | Cardiff City |
| season | 1967–68 |
| league | Football League Second Division |
| chairman | Fred Dewey |
| manager | Jimmy Scoular |
| league result | 13th |
| league topscorer | Peter King (12) |
| season topscorer | Peter King (18) |
| cup1 | FA Cup |
| cup1 result | 3rd round |
| cup2 | League Cup |
| cup2 result | 2nd round |
| cup3 | European Cup Winners Cup |
| cup3 result | Semi-finals |
| cup4 | Welsh Cup |
| cup4 result | Winners |
| average attendance | 13,301 |
| highest attendance | 20,021 (v QPR, 16 April 1968) |
| lowest attendance | 8,396 (v Charlton, 11 May 1968) |
| pattern_b1 | _whitecollar |
| leftarm1 | 0000ff |
| body1 | 0000ff |
| rightarm1 | 0000ff |
| shorts1 | ffffff |
| socks1 | ffffff |
| prevseason | 1966–67 |
| nextseason | 1968–69 |
The 1967–68 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 41st season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing thirteenth.
During the season they enjoyed their most successful season in European competition by reaching the semi-final of the European Cup Winners Cup before being beaten 4–3 on aggregate by German side Hamburg. It remains the furthest a Welsh team has ever reached in European competition.
Players
League standings
Main article: 1967–68 Football League#Second Division
Results by round
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Fixtures and results
[[Football League Second Division|Second Division]]
Bobby Brown Ronnie Bird Peter King Cliff Jackson George Smith Ray Pointer Bobby Brown Barrie Jones Laurie Sheffield John Galley Don Murray John O'Hare Steve Kember George Lyall Peter King Ronnie Bird Jimmy Robson Alan Skirton Barry Bridges Bert Murray Gary Bell Malcolm Clarke Keith Newton Bobby Brown David Carver Gordon Taylor John Toshack Brian Greenhalgh Ronnie Bird Peter King Leighton Phillips David Bentley Kevin Hector Alan Durban Peter King John Toshack
- Frank Brogan
- John O'Rourke
- Ray Crawford
- Brian Clark
- Leslie Lea John Hickton Brian Clark Barrie Jones Peter King Ray Henderson Ray Henderson Barry Kitchener Brian Conlon
- Alan Skirton Alan Suddick
League Cup
Peter King Frank Casper
FA Cup
Roy Vernon Harry Burrows
European Cup Winners' Cup
Bobby Brown Barrie Jones John Toshack Malcolm Clarke Brian Harris Uwe Seeler Franz-Josef Honig
[[Welsh Cup]]
John Toshack John Toshack Ronnie Bird Ronnie Bird Ronnie Bird Peter King Leslie Lea
- Ronnie Bird
- Leslie Lea
- Barrie Jones
John Toshack Leslie Lea Peter King Malcolm Clarke Page Leslie Lea Source
References
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References
- "Cardiff City 1967-68 results". Cardiff City Forum.
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