1946–47 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
1946–47 season
Chairman	Sir Herbert Merrett
Manager	Billy McCandless
Division Three South	1st
FA Cup	3rd round
Welsh Cup	5th round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Stan Richards (30); All: ; Stan Richards (30)
Highest home attendance	49,310 (v Bristol City, 7 April 1947)
Lowest home attendance	9,384 (v Mansfield Town, 15 March 1947)
Average home league attendance	28,604
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1938–39 1947–48 →

The 1946–47 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 20th season in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Three South, then the third tier of English football, finishing first and gaining promotion to the Second Division.

Chairman

Sir Herbert Merrett

Manager

Billy McCandless

Division Three South1st

FA Cup3rd round

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Promotion
1	Cardiff City (C, P)	42	30	6	6	93	30	3.100	66	Promotion to the Second Division
2	Queens Park Rangers	42	23	11	8	74	40	1.850	57
3	Bristol City	42	20	11	11	94	56	1.679	51
4	Swindon Town	42	19	11	12	84	73	1.151	49
5	Walsall	42	17	12	13	74	59	1.254	46

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	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H
Result	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position			16	8	7	8	8	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Points	0	0	2	4	6	6	8	10	12	14	16	17	19	21	23	25	27	29	31	33	35	36	38	40	42	44	46	46	48	49	50	50	51	52	54	54	56	58	60	62	64	66

31 August 1946 (1946-08-31) 1	Norwich City	2–1	Cardiff City	Norwich
			Stan Richards	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 20,678

4 September 1946 (1946-09-04) 2	Swindon Town	3–2	Cardiff City	Swindon
	Bill Stephens Bill Stephens Gordon Williams		Bryn Allen Stan Richards	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 14,354

7 September 1946 (1946-09-07) 3	Cardiff City	2–1	Notts County	Cardiff
15:15	Billy James Colin Gibson			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 24,779

1946–47 Cardiff City F.C. season

Season review

Football League Third Division South

Partial league table

Results by round

Players

Fixtures and results

Third Division South

FA Cup

Welsh Cup

See also

References

Bibliography

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9 September 1946 (1946-09-09) 4	Cardiff City	2–0	Bournemouth	Cardiff
	Bryn Allen Billy James			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 19,239

14 September 1946 (1946-09-14) 5	Northampton Town	0–2	Cardiff City	Northampton
			Bryn Allen Bryn Allen	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,853

18 September 1946 (1946-09-18) 6	Bournemouth	2–0	Cardiff City	Bournemouth
18:00				Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 8,926

21 September 1946 (1946-09-21) 7	Cardiff City	2–1	Aldershot	Cardiff
15:15	Billy Baker Roy Clarke			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 22,475

23 September 1946 (1946-09-23) 8	Cardiff City	5–0	Swindon Town	Cardiff
17:50	Stan Richards Bryn Allen Colin Gibson Colin Gibson Colin Gibson			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 19,172

28 September 1946 (1946-09-28) 9	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–4	Cardiff City	Brighton
			Billy Rees Stan Richards Stan Richards Bryn Allen	Stadium: Goldstone Ground Attendance: 13,193 Referee: L Brown

5 October 1946 (1946-10-05) 10	Cardiff City	5–0	Exeter City	Cardiff
15:15	Bryn Allen Stan Richards Stan Richards Billy Baker Roy Clarke			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 27,585

12 October 1946 (1946-10-12) 11	Port Vale	0–4	Cardiff City	Stoke-on-Trent
			Stan Richards Stan Richards Roy Clarke Billy Rees	Stadium: Old Recreation Ground Attendance: 10,724 Referee: AT Ford

19 October 1946 (1946-10-19) 12	Cardiff City	2–2	Queens Park Rangers	Cardiff
15:15	Roy Clarke Stan Richards		Cyril Hatton Fred Durrant	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 44,010

26 October 1946 (1946-10-26) 13	Southend United	0–2	Cardiff City	Southend
15:15			Colin Gibson Billy Rees	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 12,973 Referee: HC Williams

25 December 1946 (1946-12-25) 20	Leyton Orient	0–1	Cardiff City	London
11:30			Billy Rees	Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 12,947

4 January 1947 (1947-01-04) 22	Notts County	1–1	Cardiff City	Nottingham
			Bryn Allen	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 28,450

8 March 1947 (1947-03-08) 28	Bristol Rovers	1–0	Cardiff City	Bristol
	Lance Carr			Stadium: Eastville Attendance: 30,455

22 March 1947 (1947-03-22) 30	Torquay United	0–0	Cardiff City	Torquay
15:30				Stadium: Plainmoor Attendance: 9,352

2 November 1946 (1946-11-02) 14	Cardiff City	4–0	Bristol Rovers	Cardiff
15:00	Stan Richards Stan Richards Bryn Allen Billy Rees			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 28,699

9 November 1946 (1946-11-09) 15	Mansfield Town	1–3	Cardiff City	Mansfield
	Freddie Hogg		Stan Richards Billy Rees Billy Rees	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 9,827 Referee: FS Milner

16 November 1946 (1946-11-16) 16	Cardiff City	1–0	Torquay United	Cardiff
14:45	Billy Rees			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 27,259 Referee: GH Hann (Somerset)

23 November 1946 (1946-11-23) 17	Crystal Palace	1–2	Cardiff City	London
	Bill Naylor		Stan Richards Stan Richards	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 25,296

7 December 1946 (1946-12-07) 18	Walsall	2–3	Cardiff City	Walsall
	Dennis Wilshaw (??)		Bryn Allen Bryn Allen Billy Rees	Stadium: Fellows Park Attendance: 16,386

21 December 1946 (1946-12-21) 19	Ipswich Town	0–1	Cardiff City	Ipswich
14:15			Colin Gibson	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 12,398

28 December 1946 (1946-12-28) 21	Cardiff City	6–1	Norwich City	Cardiff
14:30	Stan Richards Stan Richards Stan Richards Billy Rees Bryn Allen Roy Clarke		Henry Spinks	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 36,285 Referee: HC Williams (Fulham)

18 January 1947 (1947-01-18) 23	Cardiff City	6–2	Northampton Town	Cardiff
14:45	Bryn Allen Bryn Allen Bryn Allen Billy Rees Billy Rees Stan Richards			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 29,426 Referee: TE Northcott (Gloucester)

22 January 1947 (1947-01-22) 24	Cardiff City	3–0	Reading	Cardiff
14:45	Stan Richards Stan Richards Roy Clarke			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 28,534

25 January 1947 (1947-01-25) 25	Aldershot	0–1	Cardiff City	Aldershot
15:00			Stan Richards	Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 7,239 Referee: FJ Lowe

1 February 1947 (1947-02-01) 26	Cardiff City	4–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Cardiff
15:00	Stan Richards Stan Richards Billy Rees Roy Clarke			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 20,533

1 March 1947 (1947-03-01) 27	Cardiff City	3–1	Southend United	Cardiff
15:15	Bryn Allen 5' Roy Clarke 84', 88'		45' Frank Dudley	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 33,698

15 March 1947 (1947-03-15) 29	Cardiff City	5–0	Mansfield Town	Cardiff
15:15	Ken Hollyman Colin Gibson Stan Richards Stan Richards Roy Clarke			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,384 Referee: FS Milner (Wolverhampton)

29 March 1947 (1947-03-29) 31	Cardiff City	0–0	Crystal Palace	Cardiff
15:15				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 24,214 Referee: FJ Lowe (Bath)

4 April 1947 (1947-04-04) 32	Bristol City	2–1	Cardiff City	Bristol
	Don Clark 35' Sammy Collins 54'		73' Billy Rees	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 32,535

5 April 1947 (1947-04-05) 33	Reading	0–0	Cardiff City	Reading
				Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 21,627

7 April 1947 (1947-04-07) 34	Cardiff City	1–1	Bristol City	Cardiff
15:15	Stan Richards 80'		23' Sid Williams	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 49,310

12 April 1947 (1947-04-12) 35	Cardiff City	3–0	Walsall	Cardiff
15:15	Charles Hill Charles Hill Colin Gibson			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 33,195 Referee: WT Strainge (Bristol)

19 April 1947 (1947-04-19) 36	Watford	2–0	Cardiff City	Watford
				Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 20,030

26 April 1947 (1947-04-26) 37	Cardiff City	3–2	Ipswich Town	Cardiff
15:15	Colin Gibson Stan Richards Bryn Allen		Matt O'Mahoney Stan Parker	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 31,219 Referee: Reg Greenwood (Norwood)