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1991–92 Cardiff City F.C. season

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Cardiff City
1991–92 season
OwnerRick Wright
ManagerEddie May
Football League Fourth Division9th
FA Cup1st round
League Cup1st round
Welsh CupWinners
Autoglass Trophy1st round
Top goalscorerLeague: Carl Dale (22)
All: Carl Dale & Chris Pike (28)
Highest home attendance16,030 (v Burnley, 29 February 1992)
Lowest home attendance2,356 (v Scunthorpe, 2 November 1991)
Average home league attendance5,665

The 1991–92 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 65th season in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Four, then the fourth tier of English football, finishing ninth.

Players

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First team squad.[1] 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 England ENG Roger Hansbury
-- GK England ENG Gavin Ward
-- DF Wales WAL Gareth Abraham
-- DF Wales WAL Lee Baddeley
-- DF England ENG Gary Bellamy
-- DF Wales WAL Andy Gorman
-- DF England ENG Gerry Harrsion
-- DF Wales WAL Allan Lewis
-- DF Northern Ireland NIR Neil Matthews
-- DF Wales WAL Jason Perry
-- DF Wales WAL Damon Searle
-- DF England ENG Jamie Unsworth
-- DF England ENG John Williams
-- MF England ENG Cliff Carr
-- MF England ENG Gary Gill
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- MF Guyana GUY Cohen Griffith
-- MF England ENG Pat Heard
-- MF England ENG Mark Jones
-- MF Scotland SCO Kevin MacDonald
-- MF Northern Ireland NIR Paul Millar
-- MF Northern Ireland NIR Paul Ramsey
-- MF England ENG Eddie Newton
-- FW Wales WAL Nathan Blake
-- FW Wales WAL Carl Dale
-- FW England ENG Paul Marriott
-- FW Wales WAL Chris Pike
-- FW England ENG Robin Semark
-- FW Wales WAL Cameron Toshack
-- FW England ENG Alan Walsh

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
7 Barnet[a] 42 21 6 15 81 61 +20 69 Participated in play-offs
8 Rochdale 42 18 13 11 57 53 +4 67
9 Cardiff City 42 17 15 10 66 53 +13 66 Welsh Cup winners, qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1992–93 First round
10 Lincoln City 42 17 11 14 50 44 +6 62
11 Gillingham 42 15 12 15 63 53 +10 57
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ New club in the league

Results by round

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ResultLDWDLDDWLWLWDDWWWDDLWDWWWWWDLWDLLDDLWDWLWD
Position~~111115151512141312121212101079999988765576678777999999
Source: [2]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

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17 August 1991 (1991-08-17) 1 Cardiff City 1–2 Lincoln City Cardiff
15:00 Chris Pike (pen) (pen) Matt Carmichael
Paul Dobson
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,137
24 August 1991 (1991-08-24) 2 Crewe Alexandra 1–1 Cardiff City Crewe
15:00 Aidan Murphy Carl Dale Stadium: Gresty Road
Attendance: 3,799
31 August 1991 (1991-08-31) 3 Cardiff City 1–0 Carlisle United Cardiff
15:00 Mark Jones (pen) Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,096
4 September 1991 (1991-09-04) 4 Maidstone United 1–1 Cardiff City Dartford
20:00 Steve Cuggy (pen) Carl Dale Stadium: Watling Street
Attendance: 1,019
7 September 1991 (1991-09-07) 5 Cardiff City 1–2 Rochdale Cardiff
15:00 Chris Pike 64' 41' John Ryan
90' Alan Reeves
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 4,029
Referee: Paul Durkin (Dorset)
14 September 1991 (1991-09-14) 6 Blackpool 1–1 Cardiff City Blackpool
15:00 Phil Horner (og) Mike Davies Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 3,931
18 September 1991 (1991-09-18) 7 Halifax Town 1–1 Cardiff City Halifax
19:30 Russell Bradley Carl Dale Stadium: The Shay
Attendance: 1,041
21 September 1991 (1991-09-21) 8 Cardiff City 2–1 Scarborough Cardiff
15:00 Pat Heard
Carl Dale
John Ashdjian Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,227
28 September 1991 (1991-09-28) 9 Barnet 3–1 Cardiff City Chipping Barnet
15:00 Paul Showler
Gary Bull
Gary Bull (pen)
Carl Dale Stadium: Underhill Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
5 October 1991 (1991-10-05) 10 Cardiff City 5–0 Wrexham Cardiff
15:00 Carl Dale
Nathan Blake
Chris Pike
Chris Pike
Chris Pike
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,652
19 October 1991 (1991-10-19) 11 Mansfield Town 3–0 Cardiff City Mansfield
15:00 Greg Fee
Steve Wilkinson
Steve Charles
Stadium: Field Mill
Attendance: 3,180
26 October 1991 (1991-10-26) 12 Cardiff City 2–1 Doncaster Rovers Cardiff
15:00 Chris Pike (pen)
Chris Pike (pen)
Eddie Gormley Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 2,591
2 November 1991 (1991-11-02) 13 Cardiff City 2–2 Scunthorpe United Cardiff
15:00 Carl Dale
Chris Pike
David Hill
(og) Chris Pike
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 2,356
5 November 1991 (1991-11-05) 14 Gillingham 0–0 Cardiff City Gillingham
19:45 Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 2,641
30 November 1991 (1991-11-30) 16 Cardiff City 1–0 Rotherham United Cardiff
15:00 Carl Dale Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,551
14 December 1991 (1991-12-14) 17 York City 1–3 Cardiff City York
15:00 Tony Canham Chris Pike
Carl Dale
Carl Dale
Stadium: Bootham Crescent
Attendance: 1,904
26 December 1991 (1991-12-26) 18 Lincoln City 0–0 Cardiff City Lincoln
15:00 Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 3,162
28 December 1991 (1991-12-28) 19 Carlisle United 2–2 Cardiff City Carlisle
15:00 Andy Watson
Simon Jeffels
Chris Pike
(pen) Paul Ramsey
Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 3,080
11 January 1992 (1992-01-11) 21 Cardiff City 1–0 Hereford United Cardiff
15:00 Carl Dale 90' Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,305
18 January 1992 (1992-01-18) 22 Walsall 0–0 Cardiff City Walsall
15:00 Stadium: Fellows Park
Attendance: 3,654
25 January 1992 (1992-01-25) 23 Cardiff City 4–0 Chesterfield Cardiff
15:00 Chris Pike
Chris Pike
Carl Dale
Nathan Blake
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,131
31 January 1992 (1992-01-31) 24 Cardiff City 3–2 Mansfield Town Cardiff
19:30 Nathan Blake
Chris Pike (pen)
Eddie Newton
Paul McLoughlin
Phil Stant
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,201
8 February 1992 (1992-02-08) 25 Doncaster Rovers 1–2 Cardiff City Doncaster
15:00 Kevin Noteman Carl Dale
(og) Colin Douglas
Stadium: Belle Vue
Attendance: 2,094
11 February 1992 (1992-02-11) 26 Rotherham United 1–2 Cardiff City Rotherham
19:30 Desmond Hazel Eddie Newton
Nathan Blake
Stadium: Millmoor
Attendance: 3,827
15 February 1992 (1992-02-15) 27 Cardiff City 3–0 York City Cardiff
15:00 Chris Pike
Chris Pike (pen)
Carl Dale
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,067
29 February 1992 (1992-02-29) 29 Cardiff City 0–2 Burnley Cardiff
15:00 85' Adrian Randall
89' Mike Conroy
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 16,030
Referee: John Martin (Alton, Hampshire)
3 March 1992 (1992-03-03) 30 Cardiff City 2–1 Walsall Cardiff
19:30 Carl Dale
Damon Searle
(og) Jason Perry Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 7,517
10 March 1992 (1992-03-10) 32 Cardiff City 2–3 Gillingham Cardiff
19:30 Cohen Griffith
Carl Dale
Richard Green
Richard Green
David Crown
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,521
14 March 1992 (1992-03-14) 33 Scunthorpe United 1–0 Cardiff City Scunthorpe
15:00 John Buckley Stadium: Glanford Park
Attendance: 2,766
28 March 1992 (1992-03-28) 34 Northampton Town 0–0 Cardiff City Northampton
15:00 Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 2,678
31 March 1992 (1992-03-31) 35 Cardiff City 1–1 Blackpool Cardiff
19:30 Dave Burgess (og) Dave Bamber Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,430
4 April 1992 (1992-04-04) 36 Rochdale 2–0 Cardiff City Rochdale
15:00 Alan Reeves 24'
Andy Milner 84'
Stadium: Spotland
Attendance: 2,650
Referee: Andrew Bennett (Woking)
11 April 1992 (1992-04-11) 37 Cardiff City 4–0 Halifax Town Cardiff
19:30 Paul Ramsey (pen)
Carl Dale
Carl Dale
Chris Pike
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,261
20 April 1992 (1992-04-20) 39 Cardiff City 3–1 Barnet Cardiff
15:00 Chris Pike (pen)
Carl Dale
Eddie Newton
Geoff Cooper Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 7,720
22 April 1992 (1992-04-22) 40 Burnley 3–1 Cardiff City Burnley
19:30 Robbie Painter 1'
Andy Farrell 60'
Mike Conroy 63'
29' Nathan Blake Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 12,408
Referee: George Courtney (Spennymoor)
25 April 1992 (1992-04-25) 41 Wrexham 0–3 Cardiff City Wrexham
15:00 Chris Pike
Chris Pike
Gary Gill
Stadium: The Racecourse
Attendance: 4,002
28 April 1992 (1992-04-28) 42 Cardiff City 1–1 Crewe Alexandra Cardiff
19:30 Nathan Blake Steve Macauley Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 10,523

Source[2][3]

League Cup

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21 August 1991 (1991-08-21) Round 1 (First leg) Cardiff City 3–2 Bournemouth Cardiff
19:30 Paul Millar
Roger Gibbins
Damon Searle
Paul Morrell
Richard Cooke
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,439
Referee: David Shadwell (West Bromwich)
27 August 1991 (1991-08-27) Round 1 (Second leg) Bournemouth 4–1
(6–4 agg.)
Cardiff City Bournemouth
19:45 Andy Jones
Andy Jones
Jimmy Quinn
Alex Watson
(pen) Mark Jones Stadium: Dean Court
Attendance: 4,849

FA Cup

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16 November 1991 (1991-11-16) Round 1 Swansea City 2–1 Cardiff City Swansea
15:00 Jimmy Gilligan
Mark Harris
Chris Pike Stadium: Vetch Field
Attendance: 9,315

Welsh Cup

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29 October 1991 (1991-10-29) Round 3 Cardiff City 3–0 Newport AFC Cardiff
19:30 Chris Pike
Cohen Griffith
Carl Dale
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 2,423
7 December 1991 (1991-12-07) Round 4 Cardiff City 3–3 Stourbridge Cardiff
15:00 Chris Pike
Chris Pike
Chris Pike (pen)


Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 1,495
17 December 1991 (1991-12-17) Round 4 (Replay) Stourbridge 1–2 Cardiff City Stourbridge
19:30 Cohen Griffith
Carl Dale
Stadium: War Memorial Athletic Ground
Attendance: 1,007
19 February 1992 (1992-02-19) Round 5 Swansea City 0–1 Cardiff City Swansea
19:30 Chris Pike Stadium: Vetch Field
Attendance: 7,303
24 March 1992 (1992-03-24) Semi Final (First leg) Cardiff City 0–0 Maesteg Park Athletic Cardiff
19:30 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,508
18 April 1992 (1992-04-18) Semi Final (Second leg) Maesteg Park Athletic 0–4
(0–4 agg.)
Cardiff City Cardiff
15:00 Llewellyn (og)
Carl Dale
Damon Searle
Mark Jones
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 3,578
Note: Maesteg waived their home advantage and played the game at Ninian Park
7 May 1992 (1992-05-07) Final Cardiff City 1–0 Hednesford Town Cardiff
19:30 Carl Dale Stadium: National Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Howard King (Merthyr Tydfil)

Autoglass Trophy

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19 November 1991 (1991-11-19) Preliminary round Swansea City 0–0 Cardiff City Swansea
19:30 Stadium: Vetch Field
Attendance: 2,955
10 December 1991 (1991-12-10) Preliminary round Cardiff City 3–3 Bournemouth Cardiff
19:30 Carl Dale
Carl Dale
Chris Pike
Denny Mundee
Efan Ekoku
Jimmy Quinn
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 1,337
Referee: Gurnham Singh (Wolverhampton)
14 January 1992 (1992-01-14) Round 1 Stoke City 3–0 Cardiff City Stoke
19:30 Wayne Biggins 31'
Wayne Biggins 80'
Mark Stein 76'
Stadium: Victoria Ground
Attendance: 4,551

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "All Cardiff City football club players: 1992". 11v11. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Cardiff City 1991-92 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Cardiff City football club match record: 1992". 11v11. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

Bibliography

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  • Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
  • Shepherd, Richard (2002). The Definitive Cardiff City F.C. Tony Brown. ISBN 1-899-46817-X.
  • Crooks, John (1992). Cardiff City Football Club: Official History of the Bluebirds. Yore Publications. ISBN 0-9513321-8-X.
  • Rollin, Jack, ed. (1992). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1992-93. Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 0-7472-7905-5.