1958–59 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
1958–59 season
Manager	Bill Jones
Football League Second Division	9th
FA Cup	4th round
Welsh Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Ron Hewitt (13); All: Ron Hewitt (17)
Highest home attendance	27,146 v Bristol City 27 December 1958
Lowest home attendance	10,374 v Sunderland 22 April 1959
Average home league attendance	17,759
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1957–58 1959–60 →

The 1958–59 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 32nd season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing ninth.

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	Alan Jones
--	GK	WAL	Ken Jones
--	GK	ENG	Ron Nicholls
--	GK	WAL	Graham Vearncombe
--	DF	WAL	Colin Baker
--	DF	ENG	George Bell
--	DF	SCO	Alick Gray
--	DF	SCO	Danny Malloy
--	DF	SCO	Alec Milne
--	DF	WAL	Frank Rankmore
--	DF	WAL	Ron Stitfall
--	DF	WAL	Derrick Sullivan
--	MF	WAL	Steve Gammon
--	MF	WAL	Alan Harrington
--	MF	WAL	Mike Hughes


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	WAL	Brian Jenkins
--	MF	SCO	Ross Menzies
--	MF	WAL	Graham Moore
--	MF	ENG	Cliff Nugent
--	MF	SCO	Bob Scott
--	MF	ENG	Brian Walsh
--	FW	ENG	Joe Bonson
--	FW	ENG	Ron Hewitt
--	FW	ENG	Colin Hudson
--	FW	SCO	George Kelly
--	FW	ENG	Harry Knowles
--	FW	SCO	John McMillan
--	FW	WAL	Brayley Reynolds
--	FW	WAL	Derek Tapscott

League standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts
7	Derby County	42	20	8	14	74	71	1.042	48
8	Charlton Athletic	42	18	7	17	92	90	1.022	43
9	Cardiff City	42	18	7	17	65	65	1.000	43
10	Bristol City	42	17	7	18	74	70	1.057	41
11	Swansea Town	42	16	9	17	79	81	0.975	41

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored

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	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A
Result	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	L	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	D
Position			22	20	13	14	18	18	16	13	9	13	11	9	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	6	7	7	7	8	9	8	8	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	9

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

Fixtures and results

Second Division

23 August 1958 (1958-08-23) 1	Cardiff City	0–1	Barnsley	Cardiff
15:15				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 23,731 Referee: Eric Jennings (Stourbridge)

27 August 1958 (1958-08-27) 2	Huddersfield Town	3–0	Cardiff City	Huddersfield
	Danny Malloy (og) Les Massie Derek Hawksworth			Stadium: Leeds Road Attendance: 13,267

30 August 1958 (1958-08-30) 3	Rotherham United	1–0	Cardiff City	Rotherham
15:00				Stadium: Millmoor Attendance: 11,474

3 September 1958 (1958-09-03) 4	Cardiff City	3–2	Huddersfield Town	Cardiff
18:15	Colin Baker Brian Walsh (pen) Cliff Nugent		Derek Hawksworth (pen) Derek Hawksworth	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 13,078 Referee: Bill Clements (West Bromwich)

6 September 1958 (1958-09-06) 5	Cardiff City	3–1	Sheffield United	Cardiff
15:15	George Kelly George Kelly Brayley Reynolds			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 16,079

8 September 1958 (1958-09-08) 6	Bristol Rovers	2–0	Cardiff City	Bristol
				Stadium: Eastville Attendance: 20,579

13 September 1958 (1958-09-13) 7	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–2	Cardiff City	Brighton
15:15			Ron Hewitt 90' Graham Moore	Stadium: Goldstone Ground Attendance: 26,662

17 September 1958 (1958-09-17) 8	Cardiff City	2–4	Bristol Rovers	Cardiff
18:00	Ron Hewitt Graham Moore			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 14,495

20 September 1958 (1958-09-20) 9	Cardiff City	4–1	Grimsby Town	Cardiff
15:15	Ron Hewitt Ron Hewitt Joe Bonson Brian Jenkins			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 15,646

27 September 1958 (1958-09-27) 10	Liverpool	1–2	Cardiff City	Liverpool
15:15	Alan Banks 5'		28' Joe Bonson 31' Ron Hewitt	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 41,866 Referee: LN Peake (Rotherham)

4 October 1958 (1958-10-04) 11	Cardiff City	3–2	Middlesbrough	Cardiff
15:15	Brian Jenkins Ron Hewitt Brian Walsh		Alan Peacock Brian Phillips	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 20,560 Referee: Ken Collinge (Worcester)

11 October 1958 (1958-10-11) 12	Cardiff City	1–2	Ipswich Town	Cardiff
15:15	Derek Tapscott 13'		64' Doug Millward 71' Ray Crawford	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 20,357 Referee: Ken Dagnall (Blackburn)

25 October 1958 (1958-10-25) 13	Cardiff City	2–1	Stoke City	Cardiff
15:00	Ron Stitfall Derek Tapscott		Johnny King	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 18,359

1 November 1958 (1958-11-01) 14	Derby County	1–3	Cardiff City	Derby
15:00	Geoff Barrowcliffe		Brayley Reynolds (pen) Ron Hewitt Brian Walsh	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 17,532

8 November 1958 (1958-11-08) 15	Cardiff City	3–0	Lincoln City	Cardiff
14:45	Ron Hewitt Brian Jenkins Brian Walsh			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 15,689 Referee: Jack Taylor (Wolverhampton)

15 November 1958 (1958-11-15) 16	Fulham	2–1	Cardiff City	London
14:15			Brian Walsh	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 24,078 Referee: TN Cooper (Lancashire)

22 November 1958 (1958-11-22) 17	Cardiff City	2–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Cardiff
14:45	Brian Jenkins Derek Tapscott			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 20,195

6 December 1958 (1958-12-06) 18	Cardiff City	2–1	Leyton Orient	Cardiff
14:30	Ron Hewitt Ron Hewitt (pen)			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 15,184 Referee: Gilbert Pullin (Bristol)

13 December 1958 (1958-12-13) 19	Sunderland	0–2	Cardiff City	Sunderland
15:00			27' Derek Tapscott 53' Joe Bonson	Stadium: Roker Park Attendance: 30,097 Referee: Ernest Crawford (Doncaster)

18 December 1958 (1958-12-18) 20	Scunthorpe United	1–0	Cardiff City	Scunthorpe
18:45				Stadium: Old Show Ground Attendance: 10,365 Referee: Les Hamer (Horwich)

20 December 1958 (1958-12-20) 21	Barnsley	3–2	Cardiff City	Barnsley
			Ron Hewitt Brian Walsh	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 7,798 Referee: WE Bradbury (Burton on Trent)

26 December 1958 (1958-12-26) 22	Bristol City	2–3	Cardiff City	Bristol
15:00			Joe Bonson Joe Bonson Brian Walsh	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 27,570 Referee: Eric (ET) Jennings (Worcestershire)

27 December 1958 (1958-12-27) 23	Cardiff City	1–0	Bristol City	Cardiff
14:30	Tommy Burden (og)			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 27,146 Referee: RH Chandler (Chester)

3 January 1959 (1959-01-03) 24	Cardiff City	1–0	Rotherham United	Cardiff
14:30	Brayley Reynolds			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 17,115 Referee: Hugh Gerrard (Preston)

31 January 1959 (1959-01-31) 25	Cardiff City	3–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Cardiff
14:45	Brian Jenkins Joe Bonson Derek Tapscott			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 15,891

7 February 1959 (1959-02-07) 26	Grimsby Town	5–1	Cardiff City	Grimsby
15:15			Brayley Reynolds	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 9,969

14 February 1959 (1959-02-14) 27	Cardiff City	3–0	Liverpool	Cardiff
15:15	Derek Tapscott 28' Derek Tapscott 60' Brayley Reynolds 88'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 18,313 Referee: Roger Woan (London)

21 February 1959 (1959-02-21) 28	Middlesbrough	1–1	Cardiff City	Middlesbrough
			Brian Walsh	Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 12,986

28 February 1959 (1959-02-28) 29	Lincoln City	4–2	Cardiff City	Lincoln
15:00			Brayley Reynolds Brian Jenkins	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 8,736

7 March 1959 (1959-03-07) 30	Cardiff City	0–1	Swansea Town	Cardiff
15:15			Mel Nurse	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 24,450 Referee: Alf Bond (Fulham)

14 March 1959 (1959-03-14) 31	Stoke City	0–1	Cardiff City	Stoke
			Ron Hewitt	Stadium: Victoria Ground Attendance: 11,931

21 March 1959 (1959-03-21) 32	Cardiff City	0–0	Derby County	Cardiff
15:15				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 14,011

28 March 1959 (1959-03-28) 33	Ipswich Town	3–3	Cardiff City	Ipswich
15:00	Ted Phillips 52' Ray Crawford 56' Ted Phillips 70'		47' Derek Tapscott 77' (pen) Ron Hewitt 88' Colin Hudson	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 12,159 Referee: Ken Aston (Ilford)

30 March 1959 (1959-03-30) 34	Charlton Athletic	0–0	Cardiff City	London
				Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 16,344

31 March 1959 (1959-03-31) 35	Cardiff City	1–2	Charlton Athletic	Cardiff
15:15	Derrick Sullivan			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 16,045 Referee: Peter Brandwood (Kidderminster)

4 April 1959 (1959-04-04) 36	Cardiff City	1–2	Fulham	Cardiff
15:15	Brian Walsh			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 23,217 Referee: ER Hill (Chester)

11 April 1959 (1959-04-11) 37	Sheffield Wednesday	3–1	Cardiff City	Sheffield
15:00			Derek Tapscott	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 22,665

15 April 1959 (1959-04-15) 38	Swansea Town	1–3	Cardiff City	Swansea
17:15	Colin Webster		George Kelly George Kelly (og) Mel Nurse	Stadium: Vetch Field Attendance: 14,893

18 April 1959 (1959-04-18) 39	Cardiff City	0–2	Scunthorpe United	Cardiff
15:15				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 13,009

22 April 1959 (1959-04-22) 40	Cardiff City	2–1	Sunderland	Cardiff
18:30	Ron Hewitt 19' Brian Walsh 58'		79' John Goodchild	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,374 Referee: Les Hamer (Chorley)

25 April 1959 (1959-04-25) 41	Leyton Orient	3–0	Cardiff City	London
15:15	Eddy Brown 20' Tommy Johnston 55', 57'			Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 11,351 Referee: George McCabe (Sheffield)

27 April 1959 (1959-04-27) 42	Sheffield United	1–1	Cardiff City	Sheffield
18:30	Harry Orr		Derek Tapscott	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 12,733 Referee: WE Bradbury (Burton on Trent)

FA Cup

10 January 1959 (1959-01-10) Round 3	Plymouth Argyle	0–3	Cardiff City	Plymouth
14:15			(pen) Ron Hewitt Brayley Reynolds Joe Bonson	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 36,247 Referee: Alf Bond (Fulham)

24 January 1959 (1959-01-24) Round 4	Norwich City	3–2	Cardiff City	Norwich
14:45	Errol Crossan Terry Bly Terry Bly		Ron Hewitt Joe Bonson	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 38,000 Referee: John Kelly (Chorley, Lancashire)

Welsh Cup

5 February 1959 (1959-02-05) Round 5	Gloucester City	1–1	Cardiff City	Gloucester
			(pen) Ron Hewitt	Stadium: Longlevens Attendance: 5,000

11 February 1959 (1959-02-11) Round 5 (Replay)	Cardiff City	3–0	Gloucester City	Cardiff
14:45	Alec Milne Joe Bonson Colin Hudson			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Harold Williams (Sheffield)

25 February 1959 (1959-02-25) Round 6	Cardiff City	3–1	Rhyl	Cardiff
15:30	Derek Tapscott Brayley Reynolds Harry Knowles			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,000

19 March 1959 (1959-03-19) Semi Final	Wrexham	0–6	Cardiff City	Shrewsbury
16:15			Harry Knowles Harry Knowles Harry Knowles Derek Tapscott Derek Tapscott Ron Hewitt	Stadium: Gay Meadow Attendance: 3,621

30 April 1959 (1959-04-30) Final	Lovell's Athletic	0–2	Cardiff City	Newport
18:30			Colin Hudson Joe Bonson	Stadium: Somerton Park Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Leo Callaghan (Merthyr Tydfil)

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