1959–60 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
1959–60 season
Manager	Bill Jones
Football League Second Division	2nd
FA Cup	3rd round
Welsh Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Derek Tapscott (20); All: Derek Tapscott (21)
Highest home attendance	52,364 v Aston Villa, 16 April 1960
Lowest home attendance	16,231 v Lincoln City, 13 February 1960
Average home league attendance	24,183
	Home colours
	Home colours

The 1959–60 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 33rd season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing second, winning promotion to Division One.

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.


Pos.	Nation	Player
GK	ENG	Ron Nicholls
GK	WAL	Graham Vearncombe
DF	WAL	Colin Baker
DF	SCO	Danny Malloy
DF	SCO	Alec Milne
DF	WAL	Frank Rankmore
DF	WAL	Ron Stitfall
DF	WAL	Derrick Sullivan
MF	WAL	Alan Durban
MF	WAL	Steve Gammon
MF	WAL	Alan Harrington
MF	WAL	Barrie Hole
MF	WAL	Mike Hughes


Pos.	Nation	Player
MF	WAL	Brian Jenkins
MF	ENG	David Lambert
MF	WAL	Graham Moore
MF	SCO	Bob Scott
MF	ENG	Brian Walsh
FW	ENG	Joe Bonson
FW	WAL	Colin Hudson
FW	ENG	Harry Knowles
FW	SCO	John McMillan
FW	RSA	Steve Mokone
FW	WAL	Derek Tapscott
FW	ENG	Johnny Watkins

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Aston Villa (C, P)	42	25	9	8	89	43	2.070	59	Promotion to the First Division
2	Cardiff City (P)	42	23	12	7	90	62	1.452	58	Promotion to the First Division
3	Liverpool	42	20	10	12	90	66	1.364	50
4	Sheffield United	42	19	12	11	68	51	1.333	50
5	Middlesbrough	42	19	10	13	90	64	1.406	48

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

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	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	W	L	D	D
Position			5	5	4	4	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2
Points	2	4	4	5	7	9	11	13	13	15	16	18	20	22	23	25	26	27	28	30	30	32	34	34	36	38	40	41	42	44	46	48	50	51	51	52	52	54	56	56	57	58

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

Fixtures and results

Second Division

22 August 1959 (1959-08-22) 1	Cardiff City	3–2	Liverpool	Cardiff
15:15	Steve Mokone 5' Graham Moore 48' Johnny Watkins 60'	LFC report	38' (o.g.), 42' (o.g.) Danny Malloy	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 23,744 Referee: JW Hunt (Portsmouth)

26 August 1959 (1959-08-26) 2	Cardiff City	2–0	Middlesbrough	Cardiff
18:30	Johnny Watkins 52' Graham Moore 62'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 23,052 Referee: Bill Clements (West Bromwich)

29 August 1959 (1959-08-29) 3	Charlton Athletic	2–1	Cardiff City	London
15:15	John Hewie 83' Eddie Werge 85'		42' Graham Moore	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 18,513 Referee: AE Moore (Norfolk)

2 September 1959 (1959-09-02) 4	Middlesbrough	1–1	Cardiff City	Middlesbrough
	Bill Harris 82' (pen.)		60' Johnny Watkins	Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 29,122 Referee: Len Howarth

5 September 1959 (1959-09-05) 5	Cardiff City	4–2	Bristol City	Cardiff
15:15	Colin Hudson 4', 18' Johnny Watkins 19' Colin Baker 24'		37' John Atyeo 67' Wally Hinshelwood	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 22,545 Referee: Jack Taylor (Wolverhampton)

9 September 1959 (1959-09-09) 6	Derby County	1–2	Cardiff City	Derby
19:00	Ray Swallow 68'		21', 47' Derrick Sullivan	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 17,959 Referee: Ken Dagnall (Blackburn)

12 September 1959 (1959-09-12) 7	Scunthorpe United	1–2	Cardiff City	Scunthorpe
15:15	Jack Haigh 28'		1' Johnny Watkins 42' Graham Moore	Stadium: Old Show Ground Attendance: 10,933 Referee: J Parkinson

16 September 1959 (1959-09-16) 8	Cardiff City	2–0	Derby County	Cardiff
17:45	Derrick Sullivan Colin Baker			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 21,548 Referee: Eric Jennings

19 September 1959 (1959-09-19) 9	Cardiff City	1–4	Rotherham United	Cardiff
15:15	Derrick Sullivan 7'		28' Brian Sawyer 37', 69' Barry Webster 54' (o.g.) Danny Malloy (footballer)	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 24,392 Referee: RH Mann (Worcester)

26 September 1959 (1959-09-26) 10	Lincoln City	2–3	Cardiff City	Lincoln
15:00	John McClelland 21' Roy Chapman		14' Derrick Sullivan 58' Johnny Watkins 71' Alan Harrington	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 8,401 Referee: AW Luty

3 October 1959 (1959-10-03) 11	Hull City	0–0	Cardiff City	Hull
15:00				Stadium: Boothferry Park Attendance: 14,933 Referee: FH Gerrard (Preston)

10 October 1959 (1959-10-10) 12	Cardiff City	5–1	Leyton Orient	Cardiff
15:15	Graham Moore 9', 12' Derek Tapscott 53', 65' Derrick Sullivan 74'		80' Tommy Johnston	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 18,794 Referee: Peter Brandwood (Kidderminster)

17 October 1959 (1959-10-17) 13	Huddersfield Town	0–1	Cardiff City	Huddersfield
			Derek Tapscott	Stadium: Leeds Road Attendance: 18,367

24 October 1959 (1959-10-24) 14	Cardiff City	3–2	Ipswich Town	Cardiff
15:00	Colin Baker 18' Derek Tapscott 34' Derrick Sullivan 35'		36' Colin Lundstrum 62' Jimmy Leadbetter	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 20,233 Referee: GW Thorpe (Swindon)

31 October 1959 (1959-10-31) 15	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Cardiff City	Bristol
	Alfie Biggs 32'		18' Graham Moore	Stadium: Eastville Attendance: 27,630 Referee: J Mitchell

7 November 1959 (1959-11-07) 16	Cardiff City	2–1	Swansea Town	Cardiff
14:45	Derrick Sullivan Joe Bonson		Colin Webster	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 34,881 Referee: Harold Horner (Coventry)

14 November 1959 (1959-11-14) 17	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–2	Cardiff City	Brighton
14:45	Jack Bertolini 60' Bill Curry 88'		70', 82' Joe Bonson	Stadium: Goldstone Ground Attendance: 16,253 Referee: Ken Aston (Ilford)

21 November 1959 (1959-11-21) 18	Cardiff City	4–4	Stoke City	Cardiff
14:30	Derek Tapscott 14' Joe Bonson 28', 61' Steve Gammon 82'		3' Doug Newlands 31', 35' Johnny King 54' Frank Bowyer	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 21,793 Referee: CH Dennis (Ashtead)

28 November 1959 (1959-11-28) 19	Portsmouth	1–1	Cardiff City	Portsmouth
15:00	Ron Saunders		Brian Walsh	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 14,018 Referee: TW Dawes (Norwich)

5 December 1959 (1959-12-05) 20	Cardiff City	2–1	Sunderland	Cardiff
14:30	Johnny Watkins 3' Derek Tapscott 78'		41' Ian Lawther	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 20,016 Referee: Les Hamer (Chorley)

12 December 1959 (1959-12-12) 21	Aston Villa	2–0	Cardiff City	Birmingham
15:00	Jimmy Adam Gerry Hitchens			Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 50,039 Referee: H Webb (Leeds)

19 December 1959 (1959-12-19) 22	Liverpool	0–4	Cardiff City	Liverpool
15:15		LFC report	12' Derek Tapscott 57' Derek Tapscott 34' Johnny Watkins 67' Joe Bonson	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 27,291 Referee: Arthur Hawcroft (Rotherham)
Note: This was Bill Shankly's first game as Liverpool manager

26 December 1959 (1959-12-26) 23	Cardiff City	2–0	Sheffield United	Cardiff
14:30	Joe Bonson 32' Derek Tapscott 63'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 29,515 Referee: GW Pullin

28 December 1959 (1959-12-28) 24	Sheffield United	2–1	Cardiff City	Sheffield
19:00	Gerry Summers 28' Dennis Shiels 43'		17' Derek Tapscott	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 18,590 Referee: AW Sparling (Grimsby)

2 January 1960 (1960-01-02) 25	Cardiff City	5–1	Charlton Athletic	Cardiff
14:30	Colin Baker 40', 65' Derek Tapscott 56' Joe Bonson 58' Brian Walsh 82'		47' Jim Fryatt	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 20,619 Referee: Jim Finney (Hereford)

16 January 1960 (1960-01-16) 26	Bristol City	0–3	Cardiff City	Bristol
15:00			43' Joe Bonson 52' (o.g.) Peter McCall 89' Graham Moore	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 18,184 Referee: Frank Cowen

23 January 1960 (1960-01-23) 27	Cardiff City	4–2	Scunthorpe United	Cardiff
14:45	Johnny Watkins 9' Joe Bonson 16' Derek Tapscott 17' Graham Moore 30'		38' Barrie Thomas 47' Harry Middleton	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 16,759 Referee: Bill Clements (West Bromwich)

30 January 1960 (1960-01-30) 28	Plymouth Argyle	1–1	Cardiff City	Plymouth
15:15	Alec Milne 8' (o.g.)	Plymouth report	80' Derek Tapscott	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 21,923 Referee: David Smith (Stonehouse)

6 February 1960 (1960-02-06) 29	Rotherham United	2–2	Cardiff City	Rotherham
15:00			Derek Tapscott Derek Tapscott	Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 16,525

13 February 1960 (1960-02-13) 30	Cardiff City	6–2	Lincoln City	Cardiff
15:00	Joe Bonson Joe Bonson Johnny Watkins Johnny Watkins Derek Tapscott Brian Walsh ,'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 16,231 Referee: Jim Pickles (Stockport)

20 February 1960 (1960-02-20) 31	Cardiff City	3–2	Hull City	Cardiff
15:00	Johnny Watkins Joe Bonson Joe Bonson			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 21,580 Referee: CH Sant (Crewe)

27 February 1960 (1960-02-27) 32	Leyton Orient	3–4	Cardiff City	London
15:15	Tommy Johnston 10', 28' Terry McDonald 89'		41', 85' Derek Tapscott 52', 70' Joe Bonson	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 22,918 Referee: FH Gerrard (Preston)

5 March 1960 (1960-03-05) 33	Cardiff City	2–1	Huddersfield Town	Cardiff
15:15	Graham Moore 44' Johnny Watkins 65'		21' Chris Balderstone	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 32,733 Referee: Ken Aston (Ilford)

12 March 1960 (1960-03-12) 34	Ipswich Town	1–1	Cardiff City	Ipswich
	John Elsworthy 23'		43' Joe Bonson	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 18,776 Referee: JG Williams

19 March 1960 (1960-03-19) 35	Cardiff City	1–4	Portsmouth	Cardiff
15:15	Derek Tapscott 30'		11' Harry Harris 27' Ron Saunders 40', 47' Ron Newman	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 21,011 Referee: GW Thorpe (Swindon)

26 March 1960 (1960-03-26) 36	Swansea Town	3–3	Cardiff City	Swansea
16:30	Brayley Reynolds 60', 66' Dixie Hale 64'		10' Joe Bonson 32' Graham Moore 52' Brian Walsh	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 24,004 Referee: DW Smith

2 April 1960 (1960-04-02) 37	Cardiff City	1–4	Brighton & Hove Albion	Cardiff
15:15	Derek Tapscott 37'		24', 73' Bill Curry 39' Dennis Gordon 39' Adrian Thorne	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 19,523 Referee: JS McLoughlin (Manchester)

9 April 1960 (1960-04-09) 38	Stoke City	0–1	Cardiff City	Stoke
			52' Johnny Watkins	Stadium: Victoria Ground Attendance: 9,548 Referee: JE Carr (Sheffield)

16 April 1960 (1960-04-16) 39	Cardiff City	1–0	Aston Villa	Cardiff
15:15	Graham Moore 12'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 52,364 Referee: Charles Rogers (Greenford)

19 April 1960 (1960-04-19) 40	Cardiff City	0–1	Plymouth Argyle	Cardiff
18:15			Wilf Carter	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 28,890 Referee: Peter Brandwood (Kidderminster)

23 April 1960 (1960-04-23) 41	Sunderland	1–1	Cardiff City	Sunderland
15:00	Ambrose Fogarty 15'		45' Colin Baker	Stadium: Roker Park Attendance: 20,663 Referee: J Bellwood (Liversedge)

30 April 1960 (1960-04-30) 42	Cardiff City	2–2	Bristol Rovers	Cardiff
15:15	Graham Moore Johnny Watkins		26', 49' Dai Ward	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 17,624 Referee: FH Gerrard (Preston)

FA Cup

9 January 1960 (1960-01-09) Round 3	Cardiff City	0–2	Port Vale	Cardiff
14:15			Stan Steele Cliff Portwood	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 25,500 Referee: George McCabe (Sheffield)

Welsh Cup

20 January 1960 (1960-01-20) Round 5	Cardiff City	5–0	Lovell's Athletic	Cardiff
14:45	Graham Moore Joe Bonson Johnny Watkins Derek Tapscott Derek Tapscott ,'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,500 Referee: L Owen (Blackwood)

25 February 1960 (1960-02-25) Round 6	Swansea Town	1–2	Cardiff City	Swansea
15:00	Brayley Reynolds		Harry Knowles (o.g.) Alan Woods	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 11,000 Referee: RE Smith (Newport)

28 March 1960 (1960-03-28) Semi Final	Bangor City	1–1	Cardiff City	Wrexham
19:15			Graham Moore	Stadium: The Racecourse Attendance: 3,600

25 April 1960 (1960-04-25) Semi Final (Replay)	Bangor City	1–4	Cardiff City	Newport
18:15			Brian Jenkins (pen.) Brian Jenkins Graham Moore Steve Mokone	Stadium: Somerton Park Attendance: 2,500

2 May 1960 (1960-05-02) Final	Cardiff City	1–1	Wrexham	Cardiff
18:30	Brian Jenkins 51'	Wrexham report	73' Ron Harbertson	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,172 Referee: Leo Callaghan (Merthyr Tydfil)

5 May 1960 (1960-05-05) Final Replay	Wrexham	1–0	Cardiff City	Wrexham
18:30	Arfon Griffiths 30'	Wrexham report		Stadium: The Racecourse Attendance: 5,800 Referee: Leo Callaghan (Merthyr Tydfil)

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