1933–34 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City

1933–34 season
Chairman	Walter Parker
Manager	Bartley Wilson Ben Watts-Jones (from March 1934)
Division Three South	22nd
FA Cup	1st round
Welsh Cup	Quarter Finals
Third Division South Cup	1st round
Top goalscorer	League: Eli Postin (13) All: Eli Postin Jim Henderson (13)
Highest home attendance	16,175 (v Newport County, 28 October 1933)
Lowest home attendance	2,660 (v Aldershot, 25 April 1934)
Average home league attendance	7,959
Home colours
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The 1933–34 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 15th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Three South, then the third tier of English football, finishing bottom of the division and having to seek re-election.

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	Newport County	42	8	17	17	49	70	0.700	33
19	Bristol City	42	10	13	19	58	85	0.682	33	Welsh Cup winners
20	Torquay United	42	13	7	22	53	93	0.570	33
21	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	42	9	9	24	60	102	0.588	27	Re-elected
22	Cardiff City	42	9	6	27	57	105	0.543	24

Results by round

Players

First team squad. ^{[1] [2]} 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  ENG Bob Adams -- GK  EIR Tom Farquharson -- DF  SCO Bob Calder -- DF  SCO Jack Durkan -- DF  SCO Jack Galbraith -- DF  WAL Enoch Mort -- DF  ENG George Russell -- MF  ENG Leslie Adlam -- MF  SCO John Duthie -- MF  WAL Harold Friend -- MF  WAL Eddie Jenkins -- MF  WAL Ernest Lewis -- MF  SCO Bill Marshalsey -- MF  ENG Peter Molloy

No. Pos. Nation Player -- FW  WAL Ernie Curtis -- FW  SCO Jim Henderson -- FW  SCO Alex Hutchinson -- FW  WAL Freddie Hill -- FW  SCO Les Jones -- FW  ENG Reg Keating -- FW  ENG Tom Maidment -- FW  ENG Ted Marcroft -- FW  WAL Tommy Paget -- FW  WAL Harry Perks -- FW  ENG Eli Postin -- FW  WAL Thomas Rogers -- FW  ENG Joe West

Fixtures and results

Third Division South

FA Cup

Third Division South Cup

Welsh Cup

Source ^{[1] [3]}

References

Bibliography

• Crooks, John (1986). Cardiff City Chronology 1920-86. John Crooks. ISBN 0-9511984-0-8.
• 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.
• Shepherd, Richard (2002). The Definitive Cardiff City F.C. Tony Brown. ISBN 1-899-46817-X.
• Shepherd, Richard (2007). The Cardiff City Miscellany. Pitch Publishing. ISBN 1-9054110-4-9.
• "Football Club History Database – Cardiff City".