Cardiff City 1975–76 football season
The 1975–76 season was Cardiff City F.C. 's 49th season in the Football League . They competed in the 24-team Division Three , then the third tier of English football , finishing second, winning promotion to Division Two on the first attempt after being relegated the previous year.
Manager Jimmy Andrews brought a number of changes to the squad including bringing Brian Clark
back to the club and signing Australian international Adrian Alston .
Players
First team squad. [1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
League standings
Source:
[citation needed ] 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 43 44 45 46 Ground A H A H A H A A H A H A A H H A H H A H A H H A H H A A H A H H A A H A A H A H H A H H A A Result L D W L W D L L W L W L D W D D W W W W L W L D W W L W W L D W D D D W L D W W W W W D D W Position 21 19 15 19 12 13 14 17 14 17 15 16 17 10 12 13 10 7 5 5 7 3 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 5 6 4 5 2 2 2 2 2 2
Source:
[2] A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Fixtures & Results
Source [2] [3]
League Cup
Source [2] [3]
FA Cup
Source [2] [3]
Note - the original first leg of the final, played at Ninian Park on 29 April, was declared to be null and void by the Welsh FA, because the scorer of both Hereford's goals in the 2–2 draw was deemed to be ineligible.[2]
See also
References
Bibliography
Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City . Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0 .
Rothmans Football Yearbook 1976–77 . Queen Anne Press Limited. 1976. ISBN 0362-00259-2 .
Crooks, John (1986). Cardiff City Chronology 1920-86 . John Crooks. ISBN 0-9511984-0-8 .
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 .
National teams
League competitions
Levels 1–4 Levels 5–6 Levels 7–9
Athenian League (One , Two )
Cheshire County League (level 7 only )
Eastern Counties League (level 7 only )
Essex Senior League (level 7 only )
Hellenic League (Premier , One )
Kent League (level 7 only )
Lancashire Combination (level 7 only )
London Spartan League (One , Two )
Midland Football Combination (level 7 only )
Midland League (Premier , One )
Northern League (level 7 only )
South Midlands League (Premier , One )
Sussex County League (One , Two )
United Counties League (Premier , One , Two )
West Midlands (Regional) League (level 7 only )
Western League (level 7 only )
Yorkshire League (One , Two , Three )
Cup competitions
FA cups Football League cups
European competitions