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1975–76 Cardiff City F.C. season

Welsh football club season

Field	Value
club	Cardiff City
season	1975–76
league	Football League Third Division
chairman	Stefan Terlezki
manager	Jimmy Andrews
league result	2nd
league topscorer	Tony Evans (21)
season topscorer	Tony Evans (29)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	4th round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	1st round
cup3	Welsh Cup
cup3 result	Winners
average attendance	11,696
highest attendance	35,549 (v Hereford United, 14 April 1976)
lowest attendance	6,259 (v Bury, 23 August 1975)
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prevseason	1974–75
nextseason	1976–77

The 1975–76 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 49th season in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Three, then the third tier of English football, finishing second, winning promotion to Division Two on the first attempt after being relegated the previous year.

Manager Jimmy Andrews brought a number of changes to the squad including bringing Brian Clark back to the club and signing Australian international Adrian Alston.

Players

First team squad.

League standings

Main article: 1975–76 Football League#Third Division

Results by round

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Fixtures & Results

[[Football League Third Division|Third Division]]

Phil Hubbard Phil Dwyer Gil Reece Gil Reece Terry Lees Ray Treacy
Tony Morley Tony Evans Jimmy Quinn Gary Bell Adrian Alston
Tony Evans
Willie Anderson David McElvaney Terry Shanahan George Jacks Tony Evans Adrian Alston Tony Evans
Adrian Alston Gil Reece Tony Evans Tony Evans
Adrian Alston Peter Eastoe
Frank Burrows
Wilf Dixon Phil Dwyer
Phil Dwyer
Tony Evans
Tony Evans David Gregory Dixie McNeil
Steve Emery
John Layton Alan Buckley Adrian Alston Phil Dwyer John Buchanan
Tony Evans
Adrian Alston John Froggatt
Colin Garwood Willie Anderson John Buchanan Clive Charles Brian Clark Sammy Irvine
Alex McGregor Tony Evans John Buchanan Alan Campbell Source

League Cup

Bruce Bannister Source

FA Cup

Adrian Alston
Adrian Alston
Adrian Alston
Tony Evans
Gil Reece Lammie Robertson Stuart Parker Source

[[Welsh Cup]]

Tony Evans Tony Evans Doug Livermore John Buchanan Adrian Alston Adrian Alston Terry Paine Dixie McNeil Phil Dwyer Phil Dwyer Brian Clark Tony Evans Tony Byrne Note - the original first leg of the final, played at Ninian Park on 29 April, was declared to be null and void by the Welsh FA, because the scorer of both Hereford's goals in the 2–2 draw was deemed to be ineligible.

References

Bibliography

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Welsh Football Data Archive

References

"All Cardiff City football club players: 1975".
"Cardiff City 1975-76 results". Cardiff City Forum.
"Cardiff City football club match record: 1975". 11v11.

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