1934–35 Cardiff City F.C. season

The 1934–35 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 19th.

Cardiff City
1934–35 season
ChairmanDr Alex Brownle
Tudor Steer
ManagerWales Ben Watts-Jones
Division Three South19th
FA Cup1st round
Welsh CupQuarter Finals
Third Division South Cup1st round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Reg Keating (19)
All:
Reg Keating (19)
Highest home attendance18,608 (v Luton Town, 27 August 1934)
Lowest home attendance5,053 (v Bournemouth, 6 October 1934)
Average home league attendance9,908

Season review

Partial league table
Main article: 1934–35 Football League § Third Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Promotion
17 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 42 15 7 20 54 71 0.761 37
18 Aldershot 42 13 10 19 50 75 0.667 36
19 Cardiff City 42 13 9 20 62 82 0.756 35
20 Gillingham 42 11 13 18 55 75 0.733 35
21 Southend United 42 11 9 22 65 78 0.833 31 Re-elected
Source:

Results by round
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
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ResultWWLLWWLLLWDWLDDDWLLDLLWLDDLDLLWLDLWLWWLLWL
Position~~91085711128991011111299121114161517161617181818181819191919191718191819
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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
-- GK Ireland EIR Tom Farquharson
-- GK Scotland SCO Jock Leckie
-- DF England ENG Billy Bassett
-- DF England ENG Harry Bland
-- DF Ireland EIR Jack Everest
-- DF Scotland SCO Jack Galbraith
-- DF Wales WAL Arthur Granville
-- DF England ENG Edward Lane
-- DF Wales WAL Enoch Mort
-- MF Wales WAL Len Attley
-- MF England ENG Wally Jennings
-- MF England ENG Peter Molloy
-- MF Wales WAL Billy Moore
No. Pos. Nation Player
-- MF Wales WAL Tommy Vaughan
-- FW Wales WAL Syd Fursland
-- FW Wales WAL Phil Griffiths
-- FW Wales WAL Stan Griffiths
-- FW Wales WAL Freddie Hill
-- FW England ENG Billy Jackson
-- FW Wales WAL Glyn Jones
-- FW England ENG Reg Keating
-- FW Wales WAL Wilf Lewis
-- FW Wales WAL Reg Pugh
-- FW England ENG Harold Riley
-- FW England ENG Fred Whitlow

Fixtures and results

Third Division South
25 August 1934 (1934-08-25) 1 Cardiff City 2–1 Charlton Athletic Cardiff
Reg Keating
Harold Riley 		Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 17,193
27 August 1934 (1934-08-27) 2 Cardiff City 1–0 Luton Town Cardiff
Phil Griffiths Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 18,608
1 September 1934 (1934-09-01) 3 Crystal Palace 6–1 Cardiff City London





 Jack Everest Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 17,641
3 September 1934 (1934-09-03) 4 Luton Town 4–0 Cardiff City Luton



 Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 9,392
8 September 1934 (1934-09-08) 5 Cardiff City 2–1 Queens Park Rangers Cardiff
Harold Riley
Reg Keating 		Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 12,663
10 September 1934 (1934-09-10) 6 Cardiff City 2–0 Southend United Cardiff
Harold Riley
Reg Keating 		Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 11,922
15 September 1934 (1934-09-15) 7 Torquay United 5–2 Cardiff City Torquay




 Freddie Hill
Wilf Lewis		 Stadium: Plainmoor
Attendance: 4,309
22 September 1934 (1934-09-22) 8 Cardiff City 1–3 Swindon Town Cardiff
Phil Griffiths 65' 20' Frank Peters
55' Rollo Jack
80' Harry Bowl		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 7,111
Referee: WP Harper
29 September 1934 (1934-09-29) 9 Aldershot 2–0 Cardiff City Aldershot

 Stadium: Recreation Ground
Attendance: 4,996
6 October 1934 (1934-10-06) 10 Cardiff City 2–1 Bournemouth Cardiff
Harold Riley
Billy Bassett 		Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 5,053
13 October 1934 (1934-10-13) 11 Cardiff City 0–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Cardiff
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,957
20 October 1934 (1934-10-20) 12 Watford 1–3 Cardiff City Watford
Freddie Hill
Tommy Vaughan
Tommy Vaughan		 Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 7,844
27 October 1934 (1934-10-27) 13 Cardiff City 3–4 Newport County Cardiff
Freddie Hill
Reg Keating
Tommy Vaughan 		Charlie Whitehouse
Tommy Green
Billy Burgess
Reg Weaver		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 16,131
3 November 1934 (1934-11-03) 14 Reading 1–1 Cardiff City Reading
Reg Keating Stadium: Elm Park
Attendance: 8,272
10 November 1934 (1934-11-10) 15 Cardiff City 2–2 Northampton Town Cardiff
Harold Riley
Freddie Hill
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,378
17 November 1934 (1934-11-17) 16 Millwall 2–2 Cardiff City London

 Reg Pugh
Reg Keating		 Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 11,047
1 December 1934 (1934-12-01) 17 Clapton Orient 0–1 Cardiff City London
Fred Whitlow Stadium: Brisbane Road
Attendance: 8,145
8 December 1934 (1934-12-08) 18 Cardiff City 0–2 Gillingham Cardiff

 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,463
15 December 1934 (1934-12-15) 19 Exeter City 2–1 Cardiff City Exeter

 Reg Pugh Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 3,439
22 December 1934 (1934-12-22) 20 Cardiff City 3–3 Bristol City Cardiff
Harold Riley
Billy Bassett
Reg Keating

Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 7,043
26 December 1934 (1934-12-26) 21 Southend United 2–1 Cardiff City Southend

 Jack Galbraith Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 9,438
29 December 1934 (1934-12-29) 22 Charlton Athletic 3–1 Cardiff City London


 Reg Keating Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 12,101
5 January 1935 (1935-01-05) 23 Cardiff City 2–0 Crystal Palace Cardiff
Ted Owens (og)
Reg Pugh 		Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,648
16 January 1935 (1935-01-16) 24 Cardiff City 2–4 Coventry City Cardiff
Reg Keating
Reg Keating


Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 7,235
19 January 1935 (1935-01-19) 25 Queens Park Rangers 2–2 Cardiff City London

 Freddie Hill
Reg Pugh		 Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 5,548
26 January 1935 (1935-01-26) 26 Cardiff City 1–1 Torquay United Cardiff
Freddie Hill Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,034
2 February 1935 (1935-02-02) 27 Swindon Town 2–1 Cardiff City Swindon
Alan Fowler 30'
Tommy Armstrong 37' (pen)		 45' (pen) Jack Everest Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 6,043
Referee: WP Harper
9 February 1935 (1935-02-09) 28 Cardiff City 1–1 Aldershot Cardiff
Freddie Hill Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 6,563
16 February 1935 (1935-02-16) 29 Bournemouth 3–1 Cardiff City Bournemouth


 (pen) Jack Everest Stadium: Dean Court
Attendance: 4,764
23 February 1935 (1935-02-23) 30 Brighton & Hove Albion 3–1 Cardiff City Brighton


 Reg Pugh Stadium: Goldstone Ground
Attendance: 5,828
2 March 1935 (1935-03-02) 31 Cardiff City 2–1 Watford Cardiff
Harold Riley
Wilf Lewis 		Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 9,247
9 March 1935 (1935-03-09) 32 Newport County 4–0 Cardiff City Newport
Reg Weaver
Reg Weaver
Alfie Clarke
Alfie Clarke 		Stadium: Somerton Park
Attendance: 8,461
16 March 1935 (1935-03-16) 33 Cardiff City 1–1 Reading Cardiff
Stan Griffiths Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 8,684
23 March 1935 (1935-03-23) 34 Northampton Town 3–0 Cardiff City Northampton


 Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 3,476
30 March 1935 (1935-03-30) 35 Cardiff City 3–1 Millwall Cardiff
Wilf Lewis
Wilf Lewis
Len Attley 		Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 7,282
6 April 1935 (1935-04-06) 36 Coventry City 2–0 Cardiff City Coventry

 Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 8,176
13 April 1935 (1935-04-13) 37 Cardiff City 3–0 Clapton Orient Cardiff
Reg Keating
Wilf Lewis
Len Attley 		Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 7,453
19 April 1935 (1935-04-19) 38 Cardiff City 4–1 Bristol Rovers Cardiff
Reg Keating
Reg Keating
Reg Pugh
Freddie Hill 		Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 14,392
20 April 1935 (1935-04-20) 39 Gillingham 1–0 Cardiff City Gillingham
Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 5,820
22 April 1935 (1935-04-22) 40 Bristol Rovers 3–2 Cardiff City Bristol


 Reg Keating
Reg Keating		 Stadium: Eastville
Attendance: 10,222
27 April 1935 (1935-04-27) 41 Cardiff City 5–0 Exeter City Cardiff
Reg Keating
Reg Keating
Reg Keating
Reg Keating
Harry Webb (og)		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 7,016
4 May 1935 (1935-05-04) 42 Bristol City 4–0 Cardiff City Bristol
Albert Banfield
Ernie Brinton
Ted Harston
Leo Loftus 		Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 5,558

FA Cup
24 November 1934 (1934-11-24) Round 1 Cardiff City 1–2 Reading Cardiff
Wilf Lewis
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 16,733

Welsh Cup
13 February 1935 (1935-02-13) Round 6 Cardiff City 3–2 Newport County Cardiff
Harold Riley
Harold Riley
Wilf Lewis 		Tony Bird
Wally Reynolds		 Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 2,000
27 March 1935 (1935-03-27) Quarter Final Cardiff City 2–2 Chester City Cardiff
Johnny Burke (og)
Jack Everest
Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 2,000
10 April 1935 (1935-04-10) Quarter Final (Replay) Chester City 3–0 Cardiff City Chester


 Stadium: Sealand Road
Attendance: 5,000

Third Division South Cup
17 October 1934 (1934-10-17) Round 1 Crystal Palace 3–1 Cardiff City London


 Tommy Vaughan Stadium: Selhurst Park

Source [1] [3]

References
  1. "Cardiff City 1933–34 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  2. "All Cardiff City football club players: 1935". 11v11. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  3. "Welsh Cup 1934/35". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

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.
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