1963–64 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
1963–64 season
Manager	George Swindin
Football League Second Division	15th
FA Cup	3rd round
League Cup	2nd round
Welsh Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Ivor Allchurch (12); All: Mel Charles (17)
	Home colours
	Home colours

The 1963–64 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 37th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing fifteenth.

Players

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	GK	WAL	Dilwyn John
--	GK	WAL	Graham Vearncombe
--	DF	WAL	Colin Baker
--	DF	SCO	Alistair Brack
--	DF	WAL	Mel Charles
--	DF	WAL	Graham Coldrick
--	DF	WAL	Trevor Edwards
--	DF	SCO	Alec Milne
--	DF	SCO	Don Murray
--	DF	WAL	Trevor Peck
--	DF	WAL	Peter Rodrigues
--	DF	WAL	Ron Stitfall
--	DF	SCO	Jim Upton
--	MF	ENG	Albert Burns
--	MF	ENG	Bob Collins


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	SCO	Greg Farrell
--	MF	WAL	Steve Gammon
--	MF	WAL	Alan Harrington
--	MF	WAL	Barrie Hole
--	MF	ENG	Peter King
--	MF	WAL	Bernie Lewis
--	MF	WAL	Alan McIntosh
--	MF	ENG	Dick Scott
--	MF	WAL	Phil Watkins
--	MF	ENG	Gareth Williams
--	FW	WAL	Ivor Allchurch
--	FW	WAL	John Charles
--	FW	SCO	Tommy Halliday
--	FW	BER	Dick Mallory
--	FW	WAL	Derek Tapscott

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion or relegation
13	Derby County	42	14	11	17	56	67	0.836	39
14	Swindon Town	42	14	10	18	57	69	0.826	38
15	Cardiff City	42	14	10	18	56	81	0.691	38	Welsh Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1964–65 First round
16	Leyton Orient	42	13	10	19	54	72	0.750	36
17	Norwich City	42	11	13	18	64	80	0.800	35

Source:

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	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	A
Result	W	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	D	D	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	L
Position			1	10	14	11	12	15	15	16	14	11	14	16	14	12	9	10	10	11	13	16	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	17	18	17	17	17	17	17	15	15	15	13	14	15

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

Fixtures and results

Second Division

24 August 1963 (1963-08-24) 1	Cardiff City	3 - 1	Norwich City	Cardiff
15:15	Peter King John Charles Ivor Allchurch			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 21,977

28 August 1963 (1963-08-28) 2	Cardiff City	2 - 2	Manchester City	Cardiff
19:15	Ivor Allchurch John Charles		George Hannah Derek Kevan	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 25,134

30 August 1963 (1963-08-30) 3	Scunthorpe United	1 - 2	Cardiff City	Scunthorpe
			Gareth Williams Derek Tapscott	Stadium: Old Show Ground Attendance: 8,366

4 September 1963 (1963-09-04) 4	Manchester City	4 - 0	Cardiff City	Manchester
19:30	Paul Aimson Paul Aimson Derek Kevan Neil Young			Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 22,138

7 September 1963 (1963-09-07) 5	Cardiff City	1 - 2	Portsmouth	Cardiff
15:15	John Charles			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 17,523

11 September 1963 (1963-09-11) 6	Cardiff City	2 - 1	Bury	Cardiff
19:15	Ivor Allchurch Ivor Allchurch			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 15,855

13 September 1963 (1963-09-13) 7	Rotherham United	1 - 0	Cardiff City	Rotherham
19:15				Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 11,568

17 September 1963 (1963-09-17) 8	Bury	4 - 1	Cardiff City	Bury
			Ivor Allchurch	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 11,918

21 September 1963 (1963-09-21) 9	Cardiff City	0 - 0	Leeds United	Cardiff
15:15				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 16,117

28 September 1963 (1963-09-28) 10	Sunderland	3 - 3	Cardiff City	Sunderland
15:00	,'		Ivor Allchurch Ivor Allchurch Ivor Allchurch	Stadium: Roker Park Attendance: 37,287

2 October 1963 (1963-10-02) 11	Cardiff City	0 - 0	Grimsby Town	Cardiff
19:15				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,657

5 October 1963 (1963-10-05) 12	Cardiff City	1 - 0	Northampton Town	Cardiff
15:15	Mel Charles			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,178

19 October 1963 (1963-10-19) 13	Cardiff City	1 - 1	Swansea Town	Cardiff
15:15	Dick Scott (pen)		Brian Evans	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 21,417

26 October 1963 (1963-10-26) 14	Charlton Athletic	5 - 2	Cardiff City	London
15:00	,'		Alan McIntosh John Charles	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 26,534

2 November 1963 (1963-11-02) 15	Cardiff City	1 - 1	Middlesbrough	Cardiff
15:15	John Charles		Bryan Orritt	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 13,455

9 November 1963 (1963-11-09) 16	Newcastle United	0 - 4	Cardiff City	Newcastle
15:00			Peter King Peter King Ivor Allchurch John Charles	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 38,495

16 November 1963 (1963-11-16) 17	Cardiff City	2 - 1	Huddersfield Town	Cardiff
15:15	Alan McIntosh Colin Baker			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 14,398

23 November 1963 (1963-11-23) 18	Derby County	2 - 1	Cardiff City	Derby
15:00	Mick Hopkinson Phil Waller		John Charles	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 11,852

30 November 1963 (1963-11-30) 19	Cardiff City	3 - 1	Plymouth Argyle	Cardiff
15:15	John Charles John Charles Ivor Allchurch		Dave Corbett	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,193

7 December 1963 (1963-12-07) 20	Southampton	3 - 2	Cardiff City	Southampton
	Terry Paine George Kirby Ian White		John Charles Tommy Halliday	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 17,861

14 December 1963 (1963-12-14) 21	Norwich City	5 - 1	Cardiff City	Norwich
	,'		Tommy Halliday	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 14,130

26 December 1963 (1963-12-26) 22	Cardiff City	0 - 4	Preston North End	Cardiff
15:15				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 18,682

28 December 1963 (1963-12-28) 23	Preston North End	4 - 0	Cardiff City	Preston
				Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 19,458

11 January 1964 (1964-01-11) 24	Portsmouth	5 - 0	Cardiff City	Portsmouth
				Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 12,046

17 January 1964 (1964-01-17) 25	Cardiff City	2 - 1	Rotherham United	Cardiff
19:15	Mel Charles Dick Scott (pen)			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,773

1 February 1964 (1964-02-01) 26	Leeds United	1 - 1	Cardiff City	Leeds
	Albert Johanneson		Mel Charles	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 28,056

8 February 1964 (1964-02-08) 27	Cardiff City	0 - 2	Sunderland	Cardiff
15:15				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 15,600

15 February 1964 (1964-02-15) 28	Northampton Town	2 - 1	Cardiff City	Northampton
			Mel Charles	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 11,871

22 February 1964 (1964-02-22) 29	Cardiff City	2 - 1	Leyton Orient	Cardiff
15:15	Dick Scott (pen) Mel Charles			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,690

29 February 1964 (1964-02-29) 30	Huddersfield Town	2 - 1	Cardiff City	Huddersfield
			Dick Scott	Stadium: Leeds Road Attendance: 10,580

7 March 1964 (1964-03-07) 31	Cardiff City	1 - 1	Charlton Athletic	Cardiff
15:15	John Charles			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,066

20 March 1964 (1964-03-20) 32	Cardiff City	2 - 2	Newcastle United	Cardiff
19:15	Ivor Allchurch Mel Charles		(pen) Ron McGarry Bobby Cummings	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,096

27 March 1964 (1964-03-27) 33	Swindon Town	1 - 2	Cardiff City	Swindon
	Frank Large 33'		49' Peter King 65' Bernie Lewis	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 22,318 Referee: W Clements

28 March 1964 (1964-03-28) 34	Swansea Town	3 - 0	Cardiff City	Swansea
15:15	Derek Draper Brayley Reynolds Brayley Reynolds			Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 18,721

30 March 1964 (1964-03-30) 35	Cardiff City	1 - 0	Swindon Town	Cardiff
15:15	Mel Charles			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 14,033

4 April 1964 (1964-04-04) 36	Cardiff City	2 - 1	Derby County	Cardiff
15:15	Mel Charles Peter King		Gordon Hughes	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,238

8 April 1964 (1964-04-08) 37	Cardiff City	3 - 1	Scunthorpe United	Cardiff
19:15	Greg Farrell Greg Farrell Peter King			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,618

11 April 1964 (1964-04-11) 38	Plymouth Argyle	1 - 1	Cardiff City	Plymouth
15:15	Johnny Williams		Peter King	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 14,993

13 April 1964 (1964-04-13) 39	Leyton Orient	4 - 0	Cardiff City	London
19:30				Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 7,278

15 April 1964 (1964-04-15) 40	Grimsby Town	0 - 2	Cardiff City	Grimsby
19:15			(pen) Dick Scott Mel Charles	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 8,914

18 April 1964 (1964-04-18) 41	Cardiff City	2 - 4	Southampton	Cardiff
15:15	Tony Knapp (og) Gareth Williams		John McGuigan George O'Brien Martin Chivers ,' Martin Chivers	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,727

24 April 1964 (1964-04-24) 42	Middlesbrough	3 - 1	Cardiff City	Middlesbrough
19:00	Ian Gibson Arthur Horsfield ?', ?'		Ivor Allchurch	Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 8,472

League Cup

25 September 1963 (1963-09-25) 2	Cardiff City	2 - 2	Wrexham	Cardiff
19:15	Derek Tapscott Derek Tapscott			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,600

7 October 1963 (1963-10-07) 2 (Replay)	Wrexham	1 - 1	Cardiff City	Wrexham
			Peter King	Stadium: Racecourse Attendance: 11,299

21 October 1963 (1963-10-21) 2 (2nd Replay)	Wrexham	3 - 0	Cardiff City	Wrexham
				Stadium: Racecourse Attendance: 8,838

FA Cup

4 January 1964 (1964-01-04) 3	Cardiff City	0 - 1	Leeds United	Cardiff
15:00			Billy Bremner	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 14,000

Welsh Cup

25 January 1964 (1964-01-25) 5	Ebbw Vale	1 - 6	Cardiff City	Ebbw Vale
			Peter King Peter King Bernie Lewis Bernie Lewis Mel Charles Mel Charles	Stadium: Eugene Cross Park Attendance: 4,000

19 February 1964 (1964-02-19) 6	Cardiff City	3 - 1	Chester	Cardiff
19:15	Barrie Hole Mel Charles Derek Tapscott			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,120

11 March 1964 (1964-03-11) Semi Final	Newport County	2 - 2	Cardiff City	Swansea
19:30			Ivor Allchurch Mel Charles	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 5,200

25 March 1964 (1964-03-25) Semi Final (Replay)	Newport County	0 - 1	Cardiff City	Swansea
19:15			Mel Charles	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 8,400

22 April 1964 (1964-04-22) Final (First Leg)	Bangor City	1 - 0	Cardiff City	Bangor
18:30				Stadium: Farrar Road Attendance: 10,000

29 April 1964 (1964-04-29) Final (Second Leg)	Cardiff City	3 - 1	Bangor City	Cardiff
19:15	Bernie Lewis Ivor Allchurch Mel Charles			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,000

4 May 1964 (1964-05-04) Final (Replay)	Bangor City	0 - 2	Cardiff City	Wrexham
19:15			Peter King Peter King	Stadium: Racecourse Attendance: 10,014

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

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