1981–82 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
Season 1981-82
League	Football League Second Division
Manager	Graham Williams/Len Ashurst
League position	20th
Top goalscorer	League: Gary Stevens (13) All: Gary Stevens (18)
FA Cup	3rd round
League Cup	1st round
Welsh Cup	Runners-up
Previous season	← 1980-81
Next season	1982-83 →

The 1981-82 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 55th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing twentieth.

The season saw a two-tier management system at the club with former Wales international Graham Williams as team manager with Richie Morgan, who had been in charge of the team for the last three years, acting as general manager. However the system failed to produce results and, after just eleven league games, the pair were sacked and replaced by Len Ashurst.

Players

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	GK	WAL	Andy Dibble
--	GK	ENG	Peter Grotier
--	GK	ENG	Ron Healey
--	DF	ENG	Gary Bennett
--	DF	WAL	Phil Dwyer
--	DF	WAL	Peter Francombe
--	DF	ENG	Tim Gilbert
--	DF	ENG	Mick Henderson
--	DF	WAL	Dean Holtham
--	DF	WAL	Linden Jones
--	DF	ENG	Jimmy Mullen
--	DF	WAL	Keith Pontin
--	DF	ENG	Colin Sullivan
--	DF	WAL	Rod Thomas
--	MF	ENG	Dave Bennett


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	SCO	John Buchanan
--	MF	WAL	Paul Giles
--	MF	ENG	Steve Grapes
--	MF	WAL	Doug Hatcher
--	MF	WAL	Wayne Hughes
--	MF	WAL	John Lewis
--	MF	WAL	Paul Maddy
--	MF	WAL	Tarki Micallef
--	MF	ENG	Andy Polycarpou
--	MF	ENG	Billy Ronson
--	MF	WAL	Alan Sanders
--	MF	WAL	Peter Sayer
--	FW	ENG	Peter Kitchen
--	FW	ENG	Gary Stevens
--	FW	ENG	Paul Sugrue

Table

		P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Luton Town	42	25	13	4	86	46	+40	88
2	Watford	42	23	11	8	76	42	+34	80
3	Norwich City	42	22	5	15	64	50	+14	71
4	Sheffield Wednesday	42	20	10	12	55	51	+4	70
5	Queens Park Rangers	42	21	6	15	65	43	+22	69
6	Barnsley	42	19	10	13	59	41	+18	67
7	Rotherham United	42	20	7	15	66	54	+12	67
8	Leicester City	42	18	12	12	56	48	+8	66
9	Newcastle United	42	18	8	16	52	50	+2	62
10	Blackburn Rovers	42	16	11	15	47	43	+4	59
11	Oldham Athletic	42	15	14	13	50	51	-1	59
12	Chelsea	42	15	12	15	60	60	+0	57
13	Charlton Athletic	42	13	12	17	50	65	-15	51
14	Cambridge United	42	13	9	20	48	53	-5	48
15	Crystal Palace	42	13	9	20	34	45	-11	48
16	Derby County	42	12	12	18	53	68	-15	48
17	Grimsby Town	42	11	13	18	53	65	-12	46
18	Shrewsbury Town	42	11	13	18	37	57	-20	46
19	Bolton Wanderers	42	13	7	22	39	61	-22	46
20	Cardiff City	42	12	8	22	45	61	-16	44
21	Wrexham	42	11	11	20	40	56	-16	44
22	Orient	42	10	9	23	36	61	-25	39

References

Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-8598-3462-0.
"Football Club History Database - Cardiff City".
Welsh Football Data Archive

Players

Table

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