1971–72 Cardiff City F.C. season explained

League Result:	19th
League Topscorer:	Brian Clark (21)
Season Topscorer:	Brian Clark (27)
Cup1 Result:	5th round
Cup2 Result:	2nd round
Cup3 Result:	1st round
Cup4 Result:	Runners-up
Average Attendance:	15,539
Highest Attendance:	23,692 (v Birmingham City, 1 April 1972)
Lowest Attendance:	10,268 (v Portsmouth, 1 December 1971)
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Nextseason:	1972–73

The 1971–72 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 45th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing nineteenth.

Players

|-|GK||Jim Eadie||9||0||0||0||2||0||2||0||0||0||13||0||0||0|||-|GK||Bill Irwin||31||0||5||0||0||0||0||0||5||0||41||0||0||0|||-|GK||Frank Parsons||2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||0||0||0|||-|DF||David Carver||36||0||5||1||0||0||0||0||5||0||46||1||3||0|||-|DF||Gary Bell||30||0||5||0||2||0||2||0||4||0||43||0||3||0|||-|DF||Steve Derrett||5||0||0(1)||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||5(1)||0||0||0|||-|DF||Ken Jones||6||0||0||0||2||0||2||0||0||0||10||0||1||0|||-|DF||Richie Morgan||8||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||10||0||0||0|||-|DF||Don Murray||36||0||4||1||2||0||2||0||4||0||48||1||1||0|||-|DF||Freddie Pethard||11||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||12||0||0||0|||-|MF||Alan Couch||3||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||3||0||0||0|||-|MF||Alan Foggon||9(3)||0||4||0||1||1||0(1)||0||2||2||16(4)||3||1||0|||-|MF||Ian Gibson||40(1)||4||5||0||2||1||2||0||4||0||53(1)||5||4||0|||-|MF||Roger Hoy||7||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||8||0||0||0|||-|FW||Billy Kellock||5(1)||0||3||1||0||0||0||0||3||0||11(1)||1||1||0|||-|MF||Peter King||22(1)||4||4||1||0||0||2||0||4||0||32(1)||5||0||0|||-|MF||Leighton Phillips||41||1||5||0||2||0||2||0||5||0||56||1||3||0|||-|MF||Mel Sutton||30(1)||1||1||0||2||0||2||0||3||0||38(1)||1||4||0|||-|MF||Tony Villars||6(1)||0||0(1)||0||0||0||0||0||2||0||8(1)||0||1||0|||-|MF||Bobby Woodruff||34(2)||6||5||2||2||0||2||0||2(1)||1||46(3)||9||0||0|||-|FW||Brian Clark||42||21||5||2||2||1||2||1||5||2||56||28||0||0|||-|FW||John Parsons||5(6)||4||0(1)||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||5(7)||4||1||0|||-|FW||Bryan Rees||0||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0||0|||-|FW||Nigel Rees||10(3)||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1(1)||0||11(4)||0||0||0|||-|FW||Alan Warboys||34(4)||13||2(2)||0||2||0||2||0||4||2||44(6)||15||2||0|||-|}Source. ^[1]

League standings

Results by round

Fixtures and results

Second Division

Source ^[2] ^[3]

Welsh Cup

Bibliography

Book: Hayes , Dean . The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. 2006. 1-85983-462-0.
Book: Shepherd , Richard . The Definitive Cardiff City F.C.. Tony Brown. 2002. 1-899-46817-X.
Book: Crooks , John . Cardiff City Football Club: Official History of the Bluebirds. Yore Publications. 1992. 0-9513321-8-X.
Web site: Football Club History Database – Cardiff City . 30 November 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081230175437/http://www.fchd.info/CARDIFFC.HTM . 30 December 2008 . live .
Welsh Football Data Archive

Notes and References

Web site: All Cardiff City football club players: 1972. 11v11. 25 January 2022.
Web site: Cardiff City football club match record: 1972. 11v11. 25 January 2022.
Web site: Cardiff City 1971-72 results. Cardiff City Forum. 25 January 2022.