1935–36 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
1935–36 season
Chairman	Tudor Steer
Manager	Ben Watts-Jones
Division Three South	20th
FA Cup	1st round
Welsh Cup	Quarter Finals
Third Division South Cup	1st round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Reg Keating (10); All: ; Reg Keating (11)
Highest home attendance	18,774 (v Bristol Rovers, 2 September 1935)
Lowest home attendance	3,765 (v Watford, 15 January 1936)
Average home league attendance	9,528
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1934–35 1936–37 →

The 1935–36 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 16th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Three South, then the third tier of English football, finishing 20th.

Season review

Football League Third Division South

Partial league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
18	Southend United	42	13	10	19	61	62	0.984	36
19	Swindon Town	42	14	8	20	64	73	0.877	36
20	Cardiff City	42	13	10	19	60	73	0.822	36
21	Newport County	42	11	9	22	60	111	0.541	31	Re-elected
22	Exeter City	42	8	11	23	59	93	0.634	27	Re-elected

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A
Result	L	D	L	D	D	W	L	D	D	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	L	D	L	L
Position	~	~	19	19	19	12	19	19	19	17	12	16	18	19	17	14	16	20	18	18	19	20	21	17	14	15	18	19	20	20	20	18	15	15	12	15	16	13	13	13	16	20

Source: ^[1]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Players

First team squad.^[1]^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	GK	ENG	Jack Deighton
--	GK	SCO	Jock Leckie
--	GK	WAL	George Poland
--	DF	ENG	Billy Bassett
--	DF	EIR	Jack Everest
--	DF	ENG	Cliff Godfrey
--	DF	WAL	Arthur Granville
--	DF	SCO	Hugh Hearty
--	MF	WAL	Len Attley
--	MF	WAL	Bryn Davies
--	MF	ENG	Wally Jennings
--	MF	ENG	Charles McDonagh


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	FW	ENG	Jack Diamond
--	FW	WAL	Freddie Hill
--	FW	WAL	Wilf Lewis
--	FW	WAL	James McKenzie
--	FW	WAL	Enoch Mort
--	FW	WAL	Reg Pugh
--	FW	WAL	Doug Redwood
--	FW	ENG	Harold Riley
--	FW	ENG	Joe Roberts
--	FW	ENG	Harry Roper
--	FW	ENG	Harold Smith
--	FW	WAL	Daniel J Williams

Fixtures and results

Third Division South

31 August 1935 (1935-08-31) 1	Crystal Palace	3–2	Cardiff City	London
			Harry Riley Freddie Hill	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 16,694

2 September 1935 (1935-09-02) 2	Cardiff City	0–0	Bristol Rovers	Cardiff
				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 18,774

7 September 1935 (1935-09-07) 3	Cardiff City	2–3	Reading	Cardiff
	Robert Done (o.g.) Harry Roper		Tommy Tait Jimmy Liddle Joe McGough	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 16,850

11 September 1935 (1935-09-11) 4	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Cardiff City	Bristol
			Reg Pugh	Stadium: Eastville Attendance: 11,209

14 September 1935 (1935-09-14) 5	Newport County	0–0	Cardiff City	Newport
				Stadium: Somerton Park Attendance: 15,858

16 September 1935 (1935-09-16) 6	Cardiff City	4–1	Clapton Orient	Cardiff
	Harry Roper Harry Riley Freddie Hill Freddie Hill			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,239

21 September 1935 (1935-09-21) 7	Gillingham	3–0	Cardiff City	Gillingham
				Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 5,663

28 September 1935 (1935-09-28) 8	Cardiff City	1–1	Bournemouth	Cardiff
	Harold Smith			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,844

5 October 1935 (1935-10-05) 9	Luton Town	2–2	Cardiff City	Luton
			Jack Diamond Jack Diamond	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 12,288

12 October 1935 (1935-10-12) 10	Cardiff City	3–2	Notts County	Cardiff
	Freddie Hill Jack Diamond George Walker (o.g.)			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,458

19 October 1935 (1935-10-19) 11	Cardiff City	1–0	Coventry City	Cardiff
	Joe Roberts			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 12,239

26 October 1935 (1935-10-26) 12	Swindon Town	2–1	Cardiff City	Swindon
	Jim Parmley (pen.) Jim Parmley 48'		25' Reg Pugh	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,224 Referee: EW Vokes

2 November 1935 (1935-11-02) 13	Cardiff City	0–1	Aldershot	Cardiff
				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,506

9 November 1935 (1935-11-09) 14	Exeter City	2–0	Cardiff City	Exeter
				Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 4,590

16 November 1935 (1935-11-16) 15	Cardiff City	3–1	Millwall	Cardiff
	Joe Roberts Joe Roberts Jack Diamond			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,185

23 November 1935 (1935-11-23) 16	Bristol City	0–2	Cardiff City	Bristol
			Jack Diamond Joe Roberts	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 10,350

7 December 1935 (1935-12-07) 17	Queens Park Rangers	5–1	Cardiff City	London
			Jack Diamond	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 5,048

25 December 1935 (1935-12-25) 18	Southend United	3–1	Cardiff City	Southend
			Jack Everest	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 8,478

26 December 1935 (1935-12-26) 19	Cardiff City	1–1	Southend United	Cardiff
	Jack Diamond			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,574

28 December 1935 (1935-12-28) 20	Cardiff City	1–1	Crystal Palace	Cardiff
	Jack Diamond			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,411

4 January 1936 (1936-01-04) 21	Reading	4–1	Cardiff City	Reading
			Reg Keating	Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 8,713

11 January 1936 (1936-01-11) 22	Torquay United	2–1	Cardiff City	Torquay
			Reg Keating	Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 3,560

15 January 1936 (1936-01-15) 23	Cardiff City	0–2	Watford	Cardiff
				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,765

18 January 1936 (1936-01-18) 24	Cardiff City	2–0	Newport County	Cardiff
	Harold Smith Harry Riley			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,981

25 January 1936 (1936-01-25) 25	Cardiff City	4–0	Gillingham	Cardiff
	Daniel J Williams Daniel J Williams Harry Riley Joe Roberts			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,998

1 February 1936 (1936-02-01) 26	Bournemouth	4–4	Cardiff City	Bournemouth
			Reg Keating Reg Keating Daniel J Williams Reg Pugh	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 7,058

8 February 1936 (1936-02-08) 27	Cardiff City	2–3	Luton Town	Cardiff
	Daniel J Williams Daniel J Williams			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 12,142

15 February 1936 (1936-02-15) 28	Notts County	2–0	Cardiff City	Nottingham
				Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 4,639

22 February 1936 (1936-02-22) 29	Coventry City	5–1	Cardiff City	Coventry
			Jack Everest	Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 11,257

29 February 1936 (1936-02-29) 30	Cardiff City	5–2	Exeter City	Cardiff
	Wilf Lewis Reg Pugh Harold Smith Jack Diamond Daniel J Williams			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,390

7 March 1936 (1936-03-07) 31	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–0	Cardiff City	Brighton
				Stadium: Goldstone Ground Attendance: 8,198

14 March 1936 (1936-03-14) 32	Cardiff City	2–1	Swindon Town	Cardiff
	Reg Keating 3' Reg Keating		Syd Lowry	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,637 Referee: WJ Lewington

18 March 1936 (1936-03-18) 33	Cardiff City	1–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Cardiff
	Daniel J Williams			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,268

21 March 1936 (1936-03-21) 34	Millwall	2–4	Cardiff City	Millwall
			Reg Keating Reg Keating Reg Keating Daniel J Williams	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 11,774

28 March 1936 (1936-03-28) 35	Cardiff City	1–0	Bristol City	Cardiff
	Reg Keating			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,755

4 April 1936 (1936-04-04) 36	Watford	4–0	Cardiff City	Watford
				Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 5,165

10 April 1936 (1936-04-10) 37	Cardiff City	0–0	Northampton Town	Cardiff
				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,302

11 April 1936 (1936-04-11) 38	Cardiff City	3–2	Queens Park Rangers	Cardiff
	Harry Riley Harry Riley Reg Pugh			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,571

13 April 1936 (1936-04-13) 39	Northampton Town	2–0	Cardiff City	Northampton
				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 7,890

18 April 1936 (1936-04-18) 40	Aldershot	1–1	Cardiff City	Aldershot
			Daniel J Williams	Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 4,271

25 April 1936 (1936-04-25) 41	Cardiff City	1–2	Torquay United	Cardiff
	Reg Pugh			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,206

2 May 1936 (1936-05-02) 42	Clapton Orient	2–1	Cardiff City	London
			Freddie Hill	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 5,460

FA Cup

30 November 1935 (1935-11-30) Round 1	Cardiff City	0–3	Dartford	Cardiff
				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,000

Welsh Cup

29 January 1936 (1936-01-29) Round 6	Cardiff City	2–1	Bristol City	Cardiff
	Reg Pugh Reg Keating			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,000

12 March 1936 (1936-03-12) Quarter Final	Rhyl	2–1	Cardiff City	Rhyl
			Reg Pugh	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 7,000

Third Division South Cup

30 September 1935 (1935-09-30) Round 1	Crystal Palace	2–1	Cardiff City	London
			Jack Diamond	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 8,000

Source^[1]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Cardiff City 1935–36 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
^ "All Cardiff City football club players: 1936". 11v11. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
^ "Welsh Cup 1935/36". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

Bibliography

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Crooks, John (1992). Cardiff City Football Club: Official History of the Bluebirds. Yore Publications. ISBN 0-9513321-8-X.
Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
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[results-1] "Cardiff City 1935–36 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

[2] "All Cardiff City football club players: 1936". 11v11. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

[3] "Welsh Cup 1935/36". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

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