1957–58 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
1957–58 season
Manager	Trevor Morris
Football League Second Division	15th
FA Cup	5th round
Welsh Cup	5th round
Top goalscorer	League: Ron Hewitt (14); All: Ron Hewitt (15)
Highest home attendance	42,482 v Swansea Town 24 August 1957
Lowest home attendance	5,867 v Bristol Rovers 26 March 1958
Average home league attendance	15,893
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1956–57 1958–59 →

The 1957–58 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 31st season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing fifteenth.

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	GK	WAL	Alan Jones
--	GK	WAL	Ken Jones
--	GK	WAL	Graham Vearncombe
--	DF	WAL	Colin Baker
--	DF	WAL	Ray Daniel
--	DF	WAL	Ron Davies
--	DF	WAL	John Frowen
--	DF	SCO	Alick Gray
--	DF	SCO	Danny Malloy
--	DF	SCO	Alec Milne
--	DF	WAL	Frank Rankmore
--	DF	ENG	Charles Rutter
--	DF	WAL	Ron Stitfall
--	DF	WAL	Derrick Sullivan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	WAL	Alan Harrington
--	MF	WAL	Brian Jenkins
--	MF	SCO	George McGuckin
--	MF	SCO	Ross Menzies
--	MF	ENG	Cliff Nugent
--	MF	SCO	Bob Scott
--	MF	WAL	Ken Tucker
--	MF	ENG	Brian Walsh
--	FW	ENG	Joe Bonson
--	FW	ENG	Ron Hewitt
--	FW	ENG	Gerry Hitchens
--	FW	WAL	Colin Hudson
--	FW	SCO	John McMillan
--	FW	ENG	Johnny Nicholls
--	FW	WAL	Brayley Reynolds

League standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
13	Grimsby Town	42	17	6	19	86	83	1.036	40
14	Barnsley	42	14	12	16	70	74	0.946	40
15	Cardiff City	42	14	9	19	63	77	0.818	37
16	Derby County	42	14	8	20	60	81	0.741	36
17	Bristol City	42	13	9	20	63	88	0.716	35

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	L
Position			18	20	21	18	20	18	22	20	21	19	14	12	14	14	13	17	16	16	14	14	14	15	13	14	14	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	15

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

Second Division

24 August 1957 (1957-08-24) 1	Cardiff City	0–0	Swansea Town	Cardiff
15:15				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 42,482 Referee: RH Mann (Worcester)

27 August 1957 (1957-08-27) 2	Grimsby Town	1–1	Cardiff City	Grimsby
18:30			(og) Malcolm Tucker	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 18,429

31 August 1957 (1957-08-31) 3	Liverpool	3–0	Cardiff City	Liverpool
15:15	Jimmy Melia 2' Billy Liddell 4' Danny Malloy 65' (og)	LFC report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 45,698

4 September 1957 (1957-09-04) 4	Cardiff City	1–3	Grimsby Town	Cardiff
18:30	Johnny Nicholls			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 13,433 Referee: George Pullin (Bristol)

7 September 1957 (1957-09-07) 5	Cardiff City	0–2	Middlesbrough	Cardiff
15:15			Brian Clough Brian Clough	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 14,013 Referee: ER Hill (Chester)

11 September 1957 (1957-09-11) 6	Cardiff City	1–0	Huddersfield Town	Cardiff
18:00	Ron Davies			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,073 Referee: Alf Bond (Fulham)

14 September 1957 (1957-09-14) 7	Leyton Orient	4–2	Cardiff City	London
			Ron Davies Cliff Nugent	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 16,719

18 September 1957 (1957-09-18) 8	Huddersfield Town	1–1	Cardiff City	Huddersfield
	Colin Baker (og)		Brayley Reynolds	Stadium: Leeds Road Attendance: 9,821

21 September 1957 (1957-09-21) 9	Cardiff City	0–3	Charlton Athletic	Cardiff
15:15				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 14,439 Referee: John Kelly (Eccleston)

28 September 1957 (1957-09-28) 10	Doncaster Rovers	0–1	Cardiff City	Doncaster
15:15			Ron Davies	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 9,909 Referee: AW Sparling (Grimsby)

5 October 1957 (1957-10-05) 11	Cardiff City	2–2	Rotherham United	Cardiff
15:00	Brian Walsh Ron Hewitt 70' (pen)		7' Terry Farmer 16' (og) Alec Milne	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 14,390 Referee: W Hickson

12 October 1957 (1957-10-12) 12	Cardiff City	3–2	Derby County	Cardiff
15:00	Gerry Hitchens Ron Hewitt Brian Walsh		George Darwin Jack Parry	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 15,513

19 October 1957 (1957-10-19) 13	Bristol Rovers	0–2	Cardiff City	Bristol
15:00			20s' Gerry Hitchens Gerry Hitchens	Stadium: Eastville Attendance: 29,366 Referee: Frank Cowen (Manchester)

26 October 1957 (1957-10-26) 14	Cardiff City	3–2	Lincoln City	Cardiff
15:00	Ron Hewitt Cliff Nugent Brayley Reynolds			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 14,515

2 November 1957 (1957-11-02) 15	Notts County	5–2	Cardiff City	Nottingham
	Stan Newsham ?' (pen), ?' Gordon Wills ?', ?' Jackie Lane		Brayley Reynolds Johnny Nicholls	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 14,911 Referee: FB Coultas (Hull)

4 November 1957 (1957-11-04) 16	Stoke City	3–0	Cardiff City	Stoke
	Neville Coleman Neville Coleman Frank Bowyer			Stadium: Victoria Ground Attendance: 20,016 Referee: JH Clough (Bolton)

9 November 1957 (1957-11-09) 17	Cardiff City	1–1	Ipswich Town	Cardiff
14:45	Joe Bonson 49'		44' Tom Garneys	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 16,490 Referee: Norman Taylor (Westbury)

16 November 1957 (1957-11-16) 18	Blackburn Rovers	4–0	Cardiff City	Blackburn
	Peter Dobing 28', ?' Ronnie Clayton 30' Ally MacLeod 43'			Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 24,642 Referee: Ken Collinge (Sale, Cheshire)

23 November 1957 (1957-11-23) 19	Cardiff City	0–0	Sheffield United	Cardiff
14:30				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 15,215

30 November 1957 (1957-11-30) 20	West Ham United	1–1	Cardiff City	London
14:15	John Dick 58'		89' Joe Bonson	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 23,954

7 December 1957 (1957-12-07) 21	Cardiff City	7–0	Barnsley	Cardiff
14:30	Cliff Nugent Cliff Nugent Cliff Nugent Ron Hewitt (pen) Ron Hewitt Joe Bonson Colin Hudson			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,941 Referee: RH Mann (Worcester)

14 December 1957 (1957-12-14) 22	Fulham	2–0	Cardiff City	London
14:15				Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 16,024 Referee: R Wood (County Durham)

21 December 1957 (1957-12-21) 23	Swansea Town	0–1	Cardiff City	Swansea
14:30			35' Colin Hudson	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 19,483

26 December 1957 (1957-12-26) 24	Cardiff City	5–2	Stoke City	Cardiff
14:30	Colin Hudson Joe Bonson Joe Bonson Brayley Reynolds Brian Walsh		George Kelly George Kelly	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 23,638

28 December 1957 (1957-12-28) 25	Cardiff City	6–1	Liverpool	Cardiff
14:30	Colin Hudson 5' Ron Hewitt 17' Brayley Reynolds 31' Joe Bonson 34' Brayley Reynolds 44' Joe Bonson 77'	LFC report	88' Johnny Wheeler	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 30,622 Referee: Peter Brandwood (Kidderminster)

11 January 1958 (1958-01-11) 26	Middlesbrough	4–1	Cardiff City	Middlesbrough
	Bill Harris (pen) Alan Peacock Alan Peacock Alan Peacock		Brian Walsh	Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 23,115

18 January 1958 (1958-01-18) 27	Cardiff City	1–1	Leyton Orient	Cardiff
14:45	Ron Hewitt 28'		10' Len Julians	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 13,987 Referee: Jim Pickles (Stockport)

1 February 1958 (1958-02-01) 28	Charlton Athletic	3–1	Cardiff City	London
			Cliff Nugent	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 20,556 Referee: Bruce Buckle(Northampton)

8 February 1958 (1958-02-08) 29	Cardiff City	3–1	Doncaster Rovers	Cardiff
15:00	Brian Walsh Cliff Nugent Ron Hewitt			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 13,277 Referee: Ken Aston (Ilford, Essex)

22 February 1958 (1958-02-22) 30	Sheffield United	3–0	Cardiff City	Sheffield
15:00				Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 19,368 Referee: ER Hill (Chester)

15 March 1958 (1958-03-15) 31	Cardiff City	2–0	Notts County	Cardiff
15:15	Ron Hewitt 10' Joe Bonson 61'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,116 Referee: FH Gerrard (Preston)

22 March 1958 (1958-03-22) 32	Ipswich Town	3–1	Cardiff City	Ipswich
15:00	Derek Rees 5' Tom Garneys 38' Derek Rees 76'		25' Joe Bonson	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 13,469 Referee: DT Blues (Richmond)

26 March 1958 (1958-03-26) 33	Cardiff City	0–2	Bristol Rovers	Cardiff
17:00				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,867

29 March 1958 (1958-03-29) 34	Cardiff City	4–3	Blackburn Rovers	Cardiff
15:15	Ron Hewitt 8', ?' (pen), 68' Joe Bonson		13' Bryan Douglas Tommy Johnston (og) Colin Baker	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,335 Referee: NC Taylor (Westbury)

4 April 1958 (1958-04-04) 35	Cardiff City	2–3	Bristol City	Cardiff
15:15	Ron Hewitt Ron Hewitt			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 15,567

5 April 1958 (1958-04-05) 36	Derby County	0–2	Cardiff City	Derby
15:00			Joe Bonson Brian Jenkins	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 15,529

7 April 1958 (1958-04-07) 37	Bristol City	2–0	Cardiff City	Bristol
15:00				Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 25,723

12 April 1958 (1958-04-12) 38	Cardiff City	0–3	West Ham United	Cardiff
15:15			7' Andy Malcolm 41', 85' John Dick	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 17,996 Referee: Ken Dagnall (Blackburn)

19 April 1958 (1958-04-19) 39	Barnsley	1–1	Cardiff City	Barnsley
15:15	Bobby Wood 60'		75' Colin Hudson	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 8,948 Referee: RPE Langdale (Darlington)

21 April 1958 (1958-04-21) 40	Rotherham United	3–1	Cardiff City	Rotherham
	Brian Jackson Brian Jackson Roy Lambert		Brian Walsh	Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 8,147

26 April 1958 (1958-04-26) 41	Cardiff City	3–0	Fulham	Cardiff
15:15	Colin Baker 6' Derrick Sullivan 6', 84'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,846

30 April 1958 (1958-04-30) 42	Lincoln City	3–1	Cardiff City	Lincoln
18:30			Cliff Nugent	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 18,001

FA Cup

4 January 1958 (1958-01-04) Round 3	Leeds United	1–2	Cardiff City	Leeds
	Bobby Forrest		Alan Harrington Cliff Nugent	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 30,374 Referee: Denis Howell (Birmingham)

25 January 1958 (1958-01-25) Round 4	Cardiff City	4–1	Leyton Orient	Cardiff
14:45	Sid Bishop (og) Brian Walsh Joe Bonson Joe Bonson			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 35,849 Referee: F Collinge (Rochdale)

15 February 1958 (1958-02-15) Round 5	Cardiff City	0–0	Blackburn Rovers	Cardiff
15:00				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 45,580 Referee: Les Tirebuck (Halifax)

20 February 1958 (1958-02-20) Round 5 (Replay)	Blackburn Rovers	2–1	Cardiff City	Blackburn
			Ron Hewitt	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Les Tirebuck (Halifax)

Welsh Cup

29 January 1958 (1958-01-29) Round 5	Cardiff City	0–2	Hereford United	Cardiff
				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 1,500

References

Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
"Football Club History Database – Cardiff City".
Welsh Football Data Archive