1978–79 Cardiff City F.C. season

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Cardiff City
Season 1978–79
League Football League Second Division
Manager Jimmy Andrews/Richie Morgan
League position 9th
Top goalscorer League: John Buchanan (16)
All: John Buchanan (18)
FA Cup 3rd round
League Cup 1st round
Welsh Cup 5th round
Previous season ← 1977–78
Next season 1979–80 →

The 1978–79 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 52nd season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing ninth.

During the season manager Jimmy Andrews, who had been in charge of the club for just over three years, left the club after a number of poor results and the disappointing hiring of Mickey Burns as a player-coach. Andrews was replaced by Richie Morgan, a former player who had spent his entire professional playing career at the club before retiring in 1977 to joins the backroom staff.

Players

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

No. Position Player
-- England GK Keith Barber
-- Wales GK John Davies
-- England GK Ron Healey
-- Northern Ireland GK Jim Platt
-- Wales DF Bryan Attley
-- Wales DF Phil Dwyer
-- Wales DF Linden Jones
-- Northern Ireland DF Albert Larmour
-- Wales DF Freddie Pethard
-- Wales DF Keith Pontin
-- Wales DF David Roberts
-- England DF Colin Sullivan
-- Wales DF Rod Thomas
-- England DF Paul Went
No. Position Player
-- Scotland MF John Buchanan
-- Scotland MF Gerry Byrne
-- Scotland MF Alan Campbell
-- Wales MF David Giles
-- England MF Steve Grapes
-- England MF Gary Harris
-- Wales MF John Lewis
-- England MF Paul Manns
-- Wales MF Tarki Micallef
-- Wales FW Ray Bishop
-- England FW Mickey Burns
-- England FW Tony Evans
-- England FW Ronnie Moore
-- England FW Gary Stevens

Table

P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Crystal Palace 42 19 19 4 51 24 +27 57
2 Brighton & Hove Albion 42 23 10 9 72 39 +33 56
3 Stoke City 42 20 16 6 58 31 +27 56
4 Sunderland 42 22 11 9 70 44 +26 55
5 West Ham United 42 18 14 10 70 39 +31 50
6 Notts County 42 14 16 12 48 60 -12 44
7 Preston North End 42 12 18 12 59 57 +2 42
8 Newcastle United 42 17 8 17 51 55 -4 42
9 Cardiff City 42 16 10 16 56 70 -14 42
10 Fulham 42 13 15 14 50 47 +3 41
11 Orient 42 15 10 17 51 51 +0 40
12 Cambridge United 42 12 16 14 44 52 -8 40
13 Burnley 42 14 12 16 51 62 -11 40
14 Oldham Athletic 42 13 13 16 52 61 -9 39
15 Wrexham 42 12 14 16 45 42 +3 38
16 Bristol Rovers 42 14 10 18 48 60 -12 38
17 Leicester City 42 10 17 15 43 52 -9 37
18 Luton Town 42 13 10 19 60 57 +3 36
19 Charlton Athletic 42 11 13 18 60 69 -9 35
20 Sheffield United 42 11 12 19 52 69 -17 34
21 Millwall 42 11 10 21 42 61 -19 32
22 Blackburn Rovers 42 10 10 22 41 72 -31 30

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 A H A H A H A H A H A H A A H A H A H A A A H A A H A H A A H A H A H H A H H H H
Result D L L L W L W W L D W L L L L D L D L W L D L W W W W D L L L W D W D W W W D W D W
Position 8 17 22 22 22 22 20 17 19 19 15 17 20 20 21 21 21 21 22 20 20 20 20 20 20 18 18 18 19 19 20 19 19 19 20 18 15 14 13 13 13 8

Last updated: 18 February 2014.
Source: Competitive matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Fixtures & Results

Second Division

League Cup

FA Cup

See also

References

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  • Welsh Football Data Archive
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