1991–92 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
1991–92 season
Owner	Rick Wright
Manager	Eddie May
Football League Fourth Division	9th
FA Cup	1st round
League Cup	1st round
Welsh Cup	Winners
Autoglass Trophy	1st round
Top goalscorer	League: Carl Dale (22); All: Carl Dale & Chris Pike (28)
Highest home attendance	16,030 (v Burnley, 29 February 1992)
Lowest home attendance	2,356 (v Scunthorpe, 2 November 1991)
Average home league attendance	5,665
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1990–91 1992–93 →

The 1991–92 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 65th season in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Four, then the fourth tier of English football, finishing ninth.

Players

First team squad.^[1] 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	Roger Hansbury
--	GK	ENG	Gavin Ward
--	DF	WAL	Gareth Abraham
--	DF	WAL	Lee Baddeley
--	DF	ENG	Gary Bellamy
--	DF	WAL	Andy Gorman
--	DF	ENG	Gerry Harrison
--	DF	WAL	Allan Lewis
--	DF	NIR	Neil Matthews
--	DF	WAL	Jason Perry
--	DF	WAL	Damon Searle
--	DF	ENG	Jamie Unsworth
--	DF	ENG	John Williams
--	MF	ENG	Cliff Carr
--	MF	ENG	Gary Gill


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	GUY	Cohen Griffith
--	MF	ENG	Pat Heard
--	MF	ENG	Mark Jones
--	MF	SCO	Kevin MacDonald
--	MF	NIR	Paul Millar
--	MF	NIR	Paul Ramsey
--	MF	ENG	Eddie Newton
--	FW	WAL	Nathan Blake
--	FW	WAL	Carl Dale
--	FW	ENG	Paul Marriott
--	FW	WAL	Chris Pike
--	FW	ENG	Robin Semark
--	FW	WAL	Cameron Toshack
--	FW	ENG	Alan Walsh

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
7	Barnet^[a]	42	21	6	15	81	61	+20	69	Participated in play-offs
8	Rochdale	42	18	13	11	57	53	+4	67
9	Cardiff City	42	17	15	10	66	53	+13	66	Welsh Cup winners, qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1992–93 First round
10	Lincoln City	42	17	11	14	50	44	+6	62
11	Gillingham	42	15	12	15	63	53	+10	57

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ New club in the league

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	D	W	D	L	D	D	W	L	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	D	L	L	D	D	L	W	D	W	L	W	D
Position	~	~	11	11	15	15	15	12	14	13	12	12	12	12	10	10	7	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	6	5	5	7	6	6	7	8	7	7	7	9	9	9	9	9	9

Source: ^[2]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures and results

Fourth Division

17 August 1991 (1991-08-17) 1	Cardiff City	1–2	Lincoln City	Cardiff
15:00	Chris Pike (pen.)		(pen.) Matt Carmichael Paul Dobson	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,137

24 August 1991 (1991-08-24) 2	Crewe Alexandra	1–1	Cardiff City	Crewe
15:00	Aidan Murphy		Carl Dale	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 3,799

31 August 1991 (1991-08-31) 3	Cardiff City	1–0	Carlisle United	Cardiff
15:00	Mark Jones (pen.)			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,096

4 September 1991 (1991-09-04) 4	Maidstone United	1–1	Cardiff City	Dartford
20:00	Steve Cuggy (pen.)		Carl Dale	Stadium: Watling Street Attendance: 1,019

7 September 1991 (1991-09-07) 5	Cardiff City	1–2	Rochdale	Cardiff
15:00	Chris Pike 64'		41' John Ryan 90' Alan Reeves	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,029 Referee: Paul Durkin (Dorset)

14 September 1991 (1991-09-14) 6	Blackpool	1–1	Cardiff City	Blackpool
15:00	Phil Horner		(o.g.) Mike Davies	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 3,931

18 September 1991 (1991-09-18) 7	Halifax Town	1–1	Cardiff City	Halifax
19:30	Russell Bradley		Carl Dale	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 1,041

21 September 1991 (1991-09-21) 8	Cardiff City	2–1	Scarborough	Cardiff
15:00	Pat Heard Carl Dale		John Ashdjian	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,227

28 September 1991 (1991-09-28) 9	Barnet	3–1	Cardiff City	Chipping Barnet
15:00	Paul Showler Gary Bull Gary Bull (pen.)		Carl Dale	Stadium: Underhill Stadium Attendance: 4,000

5 October 1991 (1991-10-05) 10	Cardiff City	5–0	Wrexham	Cardiff
15:00	Carl Dale Nathan Blake Chris Pike Chris Pike Chris Pike			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,652

19 October 1991 (1991-10-19) 11	Mansfield Town	3–0	Cardiff City	Mansfield
15:00	Greg Fee Steve Wilkinson Steve Charles			Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 3,180

26 October 1991 (1991-10-26) 12	Cardiff City	2–1	Doncaster Rovers	Cardiff
15:00	Chris Pike (pen.) Chris Pike (pen.)		Eddie Gormley	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,591

2 November 1991 (1991-11-02) 13	Cardiff City	2–2	Scunthorpe United	Cardiff
15:00	Carl Dale Chris Pike		David Hill (o.g.) Chris Pike	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,356

5 November 1991 (1991-11-05) 14	Gillingham	0–0	Cardiff City	Gillingham
19:45				Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 2,641

23 November 1991 (1991-11-23) 15	Cardiff City	3–2	Northampton Town	Cardiff
15:00	Roger Gibbins Carl Dale Carl Dale		Jason Burnham Jason Burnham	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,922

30 November 1991 (1991-11-30) 16	Cardiff City	1–0	Rotherham United	Cardiff
15:00	Carl Dale			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,551

14 December 1991 (1991-12-14) 17	York City	1–3	Cardiff City	York
15:00	Tony Canham		Chris Pike Carl Dale Carl Dale	Stadium: Bootham Crescent Attendance: 1,904

26 December 1991 (1991-12-26) 18	Lincoln City	0–0	Cardiff City	Lincoln
15:00				Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 3,162

28 December 1991 (1991-12-28) 19	Carlisle United	2–2	Cardiff City	Carlisle
15:00	Andy Watson Simon Jeffels		Chris Pike (pen.) Paul Ramsey	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 3,080

1 January 1992 (1992-01-01) 20	Cardiff City	0–5	Maidstone United	Cardiff
15:00	John Williams		(pen.) Liburd Henry Robbie Painter Gary Stebbing Bradley Sandeman Mark Smalley	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,023

11 January 1992 (1992-01-11) 21	Cardiff City	1–0	Hereford United	Cardiff
15:00	Carl Dale 90'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,305

18 January 1992 (1992-01-18) 22	Walsall	0–0	Cardiff City	Walsall
15:00				Stadium: Fellows Park Attendance: 3,654

25 January 1992 (1992-01-25) 23	Cardiff City	4–0	Chesterfield	Cardiff
15:00	Chris Pike Chris Pike Carl Dale Nathan Blake			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,131

31 January 1992 (1992-01-31) 24	Cardiff City	3–2	Mansfield Town	Cardiff
19:30	Nathan Blake Chris Pike (pen.) Eddie Newton		Paul McLoughlin Phil Stant	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,201

8 February 1992 (1992-02-08) 25	Doncaster Rovers	1–2	Cardiff City	Doncaster
15:00	Kevin Noteman		Carl Dale (o.g.) Colin Douglas	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 2,094

11 February 1992 (1992-02-11) 26	Rotherham United	1–2	Cardiff City	Rotherham
19:30	Desmond Hazel		Eddie Newton Nathan Blake	Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 3,827

15 February 1992 (1992-02-15) 27	Cardiff City	3–0	York City	Cardiff
15:00	Chris Pike Chris Pike (pen.) Carl Dale			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,067

22 February 1992 (1992-02-22) 28	Hereford United	2–2	Cardiff City	Hereford
	Simon Brain Chris Fry		Paul Ramsey Gerry Harrison	Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 5,691

29 February 1992 (1992-02-29) 29	Cardiff City	0–2	Burnley	Cardiff
15:00			85' Adrian Randall 89' Mike Conroy	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 16,030 Referee: John Martin (Alton, Hampshire)

3 March 1992 (1992-03-03) 30	Cardiff City	2–1	Walsall	Cardiff
19:30	Carl Dale Damon Searle		(o.g.) Jason Perry	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,517

7 March 1992 (1992-03-07) 31	Chesterfield	2–2	Cardiff City	Chesterfield
	Steve Norris Sean Dyche		Eddie Newton Carl Dale	Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 3,803

10 March 1992 (1992-03-10) 32	Cardiff City	2–3	Gillingham	Cardiff
19:30	Cohen Griffith Carl Dale		Richard Green Richard Green David Crown	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,521

14 March 1992 (1992-03-14) 33	Scunthorpe United	1–0	Cardiff City	Scunthorpe
15:00	John Buckley			Stadium: Glanford Park Attendance: 2,766

28 March 1992 (1992-03-28) 34	Northampton Town	0–0	Cardiff City	Northampton
15:00				Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 2,678

31 March 1992 (1992-03-31) 35	Cardiff City	1–1	Blackpool	Cardiff
19:30	Dave Burgess (o.g.)		Dave Bamber	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,430

4 April 1992 (1992-04-04) 36	Rochdale	2–0	Cardiff City	Rochdale
15:00	Alan Reeves 24' Andy Milner 84'			Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 2,650 Referee: Andrew Bennett (Woking)

11 April 1992 (1992-04-11) 37	Cardiff City	4–0	Halifax Town	Cardiff
19:30	Paul Ramsey (pen.) Carl Dale Carl Dale Chris Pike			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,261

14 April 1992 (1992-04-14) 38	Scarborough	2–2	Cardiff City	Scarborough, North Yorkshire
19:30	Ricardo Gabbiadini Chris Curran		Chris Pike Chris Pike	Stadium: Athletic Ground Attendance: 935

20 April 1992 (1992-04-20) 39	Cardiff City	3–1	Barnet	Cardiff
15:00	Chris Pike (pen.) Carl Dale Eddie Newton		Geoff Cooper	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,720

22 April 1992 (1992-04-22) 40	Burnley	3–1	Cardiff City	Burnley
19:30	Robbie Painter 1' Andy Farrell 60' Mike Conroy 63'		29' Nathan Blake	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 12,408 Referee: George Courtney (Spennymoor)

25 April 1992 (1992-04-25) 41	Wrexham	0–3	Cardiff City	Wrexham
15:00			Chris Pike Chris Pike Gary Gill	Stadium: The Racecourse Attendance: 4,002

28 April 1992 (1992-04-28) 42	Cardiff City	1–1	Crewe Alexandra	Cardiff
19:30	Nathan Blake		Steve Macauley	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,523

Source^[2]^[3]

League Cup

21 August 1991 (1991-08-21) Round 1 (First leg)	Cardiff City	3–2	Bournemouth	Cardiff
19:30	Paul Millar Roger Gibbins Damon Searle		Paul Morrell Richard Cooke	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,439 Referee: David Shadwell (West Bromwich)

27 August 1991 (1991-08-27) Round 1 (Second leg)	Bournemouth	4–1 (6–4 agg.)	Cardiff City	Bournemouth
19:45	Andy Jones Andy Jones Jimmy Quinn Alex Watson		(pen.) Mark Jones	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 4,849

FA Cup

16 November 1991 (1991-11-16) Round 1	Swansea City	2–1	Cardiff City	Swansea
15:00	Jimmy Gilligan Mark Harris		Chris Pike	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 9,315

Welsh Cup

29 October 1991 (1991-10-29) Round 3	Cardiff City	3–0	Newport AFC	Cardiff
19:30	Chris Pike Cohen Griffith Carl Dale			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 2,423

7 December 1991 (1991-12-07) Round 4	Cardiff City	3–3	Stourbridge	Cardiff
15:00	Chris Pike Chris Pike Chris Pike (pen.)			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 1,495

17 December 1991 (1991-12-17) Round 4 (Replay)	Stourbridge	1–2	Cardiff City	Stourbridge
19:30			Cohen Griffith Carl Dale	Stadium: War Memorial Athletic Ground Attendance: 1,007

19 February 1992 (1992-02-19) Round 5	Swansea City	0–1	Cardiff City	Swansea
19:30			Chris Pike	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 7,303

24 March 1992 (1992-03-24) Semi Final (First leg)	Cardiff City	0–0	Maesteg Park Athletic	Cardiff
19:30				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,508

18 April 1992 (1992-04-18) Semi Final (Second leg)	Maesteg Park Athletic	0–4 (0–4 agg.)	Cardiff City	Cardiff
15:00			Llewellyn (o.g.) Carl Dale Damon Searle Mark Jones	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,578
Note: Maesteg waived their home advantage and played the game at Ninian Park

7 May 1992 (1992-05-07) Final	Cardiff City	1–0	Hednesford Town	Cardiff
19:30	Carl Dale			Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Howard King (Merthyr Tydfil)

Autoglass Trophy

19 November 1991 (1991-11-19) Preliminary round	Swansea City	0–0	Cardiff City	Swansea
19:30				Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 2,955

10 December 1991 (1991-12-10) Preliminary round	Cardiff City	3–3	Bournemouth	Cardiff
19:30	Carl Dale Carl Dale Chris Pike		Denny Mundee Efan Ekoku Jimmy Quinn	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 1,337 Referee: Gurnham Singh (Wolverhampton)

14 January 1992 (1992-01-14) Round 1	Stoke City	3–0	Cardiff City	Stoke
19:30	Wayne Biggins 31' Wayne Biggins 80' Mark Stein 76'			Stadium: Victoria Ground Attendance: 4,551

References

^ "All Cardiff City football club players: 1992". 11v11. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Cardiff City 1991-92 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
^ "Cardiff City football club match record: 1992". 11v11. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

Bibliography

Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.
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.
Rollin, Jack, ed. (1992). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1992-93. Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 0-7472-7905-5.

"Football Club History Database – Cardiff City". Archived from the original on 30 December 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2008.

Welsh Football Data Archive

[table_note_BAR0.65470701020896-2] New club in the league

[1] "All Cardiff City football club players: 1992". 11v11. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

[results-3] "Cardiff City 1991-92 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

[11v11results-4] "Cardiff City football club match record: 1992". 11v11. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

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