1982–83 Cardiff City F.C. season

Cardiff City
1982–83 season
Chairman	Bob Grogan
Manager	Len Ashurst
Football League Third Division	2nd
FA Cup	2nd round
League Cup	2nd round
Welsh Cup	3rd round
Top goalscorer	League: Jeff Hemmerman (22); All: Jeff Hemmerman (26)
Highest home attendance	15,972 (v Newport, 27 December 1982)
Lowest home attendance	3,813 (v Chesterfield, 7 December 1982)
Average home league attendance	7,730
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1981–82 1983–84 →

The 1982–83 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 56th season in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Three, then the third tier of English football, finishing second and winning promotion to Division Two.

Players

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	SCO	Jim Brown
--	GK	WAL	Andy Dibble
--	GK	ENG	Steve Humphries
--	GK	ENG	Eric Steele
--	GK	WAL	Martin Thomas
--	DF	ENG	Gary Bennett
--	DF	WAL	Paul Bodin
--	DF	WAL	Phil Dwyer
--	DF	WAL	Linden Jones
--	DF	ENG	Jimmy Mullen
--	DF	WAL	Keith Pontin
--	MF	ENG	Dave Bennett


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
--	MF	ENG	Roger Gibbins
--	MF	WAL	Paul Giles
--	MF	WAL	John Lewis
--	MF	WAL	Paul Maddy
--	MF	WAL	Tarki Micallef
--	MF	WAL	Ken Stroud
--	MF	ENG	David Tong
--	FW	ENG	Jeff Hemmerman
--	FW	ENG	Bob Hatton
--	FW	ENG	Godfrey Ingram
--	FW	ENG	Billy Woof

Source. ^[1]

League standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Portsmouth	46	27	10	9	74	41	+33	91	Division Champions, promoted
2	Cardiff City	46	25	11	10	76	50	+26	86	Promoted
3	Huddersfield Town	46	23	13	10	84	49	+35	82	Promoted
4	Newport County	46	23	9	14	76	54	+22	78
5	Oxford United	46	22	12	12	71	53	+18	78

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	D	D	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	D
Position		7		12	7	4	3	3	6	4	2	6	4	3	2	3	5	4		2	4	4	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2		2	3	3	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2

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

Fixtures and results

Third Division

28 August 1982 (1982-08-28) 1	Cardiff City	1–2	Wrexham	Cardiff
15:00	Dave Bennett		19' Ian Arkwright Dixie McNeil	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,018 Referee: Lester Shapter (Paignton)

5 September 1982 (1982-09-05) 2	Millwall	0–4	Cardiff City	London
15:00			3' John Lewis 42' Dave Bennett 52' Dave Bennett 68' Roger Gibbins	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 5,620 Referee: Howard Taylor (Oadby, Leicestershire)

8 September 1982 (1982-09-08) 3	Orient	4–0	Cardiff City	London
20:00	Colin Foster 10' Kevin Godfrey 30' Kevin Godfrey 59' Barry Silkman 70'			Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 2,021 Referee: Martin Bodenham (East Looe)

11 September 1982 (1982-09-11) 4	Cardiff City	3–2	Wigan	Cardiff
15:00	John Lewis 22' Gary Bennett 75' Billy Woof 86'		19' Peter Houghton 43' John Rogers	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,850 Referee: Tom Bune (Sussex)

18 September 1982 (1982-09-18) 5	Walsall	1–2	Cardiff City	Walsall
15:00	Alan Buckley 13' (pen.)		4' Jeff Hemmerman 57' Phil Dwyer	Stadium: Fellows Park Attendance: 3,161 Referee: Brian Hill

25 September 1982 (1982-09-25) 6	Cardiff City	2–0	Sheffield United	Cardiff
15:00	Dave Bennett 23' Jeff Hemmerman 74'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,147 Referee: Leslie Burden (Dorset)

28 September 1982 (1982-09-28) 7	Cardiff City	2–0	Exeter City	Cardiff
19:30	Jeff Hemmerman 9' Jeff Hemmerman 87'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,867 Referee: Alan Seville (Birmingham)

2 October 1982 (1982-10-02) 8	Oxford United	2–2	Cardiff City	Oxford
15:00	Kevin Brock David Fogg 83'		(o.g.) Malcolm Shotton 89' Jimmy Mullen	Stadium: Manor Ground Attendance: 6,018 Referee: Mike Dimblebee (Stevenage)

9 October 1982 (1982-10-09) 9	Bournemouth	3–1	Cardiff City	Bournemouth
15:00	Trevor Morgan 19' Milton Graham 23' Milton Graham 71'		Jeff Hemmerman	Stadium: Dean Court Attendance: 5,818 Referee: Tony Ward (London)

16 October 1982 (1982-10-16) 10	Cardiff City	1–0	Gillingham	Cardiff
15:00	Godfrey Ingram			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,828 Referee: Alan Crickmore (Plymouth)

19 October 1982 (1982-10-19) 11	Cardiff City	1–0	Bradford City	Cardiff
19:30	Gary Bennett 1'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,007 Referee: Derek Lloyd (Worcester)

23 October 1982 (1982-10-23) 12	Huddersfield	4–0	Cardiff City	Huddersfield
15:00	Mark Lillis 28' Mark Lillis 40' Mark Lillis 68' Mark Lillis 71'			Stadium: Leeds Road Attendance: 6,121 Referee: Derek Owen (Bebington, Wirral)

30 October 1982 (1982-10-30) 13	Cardiff City	1–0	Portsmouth	Cardiff
15:00	Jeff Hemmerman 53'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,082 Referee: John Lovatt (Crewe)

3 November 1982 (1982-11-03) 14	Reading	1–2	Cardiff City	Reading
19:30	Lawrie Sanchez 16'		42' Gary Bennett 62' Phil Dwyer	Stadium: Elm Park Attendance: 2,982 Referee: Danny Vickers (Essex)

6 November 1982 (1982-11-06) 15	Cardiff City	3–1	Preston North End	Cardiff
15:00	Jeff Hemmerman 8' Dave Bennett 24' Godfrey Ingram 39'		67' Don O'Riordan	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,546 Referee: Ray Lewis (Great Bookham, Surrey)

13 November 1982 (1982-11-13) 16	Lincoln City	2–1	Cardiff City	Lincoln
15:00	Derek Bell 61' (pen.) Paul Bodin 73' (o.g.)		36' Dave Bennett	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 6,585 Referee: David Richardson (Lancashire)

4 December 1982 (1982-12-04) 17	Doncaster Rovers	2–2	Cardiff City	Doncaster
15:00	Colin Douglas 46' Glynn Snodin 52'		16' Tarki Micallef 63' Jeff Hemmerman	Stadium: Belle Vue Attendance: 3,087 Referee: Peter Tyldesley (Stockport)

7 December 1982 (1982-12-07) 18	Cardiff City	1–1	Chesterfield	Cardiff
15:00	Bob Hatton 3'		73' Martin Henderson	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,813 Referee: Alan Crickmore (Plymouth)

17 December 1982 (1982-12-17) 19	Southend United	1–2	Cardiff City	Southend
19:30	Keith Mercer 74'		Bob Hatton 83' Roger Gibbins	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 3,476 Referee: John Deakin (Bedford)

27 December 1982 (1982-12-27) 20	Cardiff City	3–2	Newport	Cardiff
11:00	Bob Hatton 44' Jeff Hemmerman 80' Jeff Hemmerman		Karl Elsey Nigel Vaughan	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 15,972 Referee: Clive Thomas (Porthcawl)

28 December 1982 (1982-12-28) 21	Plymouth Argyle	2–3	Cardiff City	Plymouth
15:00	Mike Carter 59' John Sims 79'		13' Bob Hatton 43' Gary Bennett 12' John Sims	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 8,631 Referee: Tom Bune (Sussex)

1 January 1983 (1983-01-01) 22	Cardiff City	3–1	Bristol Rovers	Cardiff
15:00	Jeff Hemmerman 34' (pen.) Gary Bennett 41' Jeff Hemmerman 80'		71' Les Bradd	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,698 Referee: Keren Barratt

3 January 1983 (1983-01-03) 23	Brentford	1–3	Cardiff City	London
15:00	Stan Bowles ?' (pen.)		12' Roger Gibbins 45' Jeff Hemmerman 62' Jeff Hemmerman	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 7,602 Referee: Alf Grey (Great Yarmouth)

15 January 1983 (1983-01-15) 24	Wrexham	0–0	Cardiff City	Wrexham
15:00				Stadium: Racecourse Attendance: 3,846 Referee: Ken Baker (Rugby)

22 January 1983 (1983-01-22) 25	Cardiff City	3–1	Walsall	Cardiff
15:00	Gary Bennett Jeff Hemmerman ?' (pen.) Dave Bennett		Ken Beech	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,237 Referee: Colin Downey (Hounslow)

29 January 1983 (1983-01-29) 26	Exeter City	0–2	Cardiff City	Exeter
15:00			52' (pen.) Jeff Hemmerman 63' Bob Hatton	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 4,019 Referee: Alan Robinson (Fareham)

1 February 1983 (1983-02-01) 27	Cardiff City	3–0	Millwall	Cardiff
15:00	Gary Bennett 15' Dave Bennett 57' Jeff Hemmerman			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,643 Referee: Malcolm Heath (Stoke)

5 February 1983 (1983-02-05) 28	Sheffield United	2–0	Cardiff City	Sheffield
15:00	Colin Morris 55' (pen.) Alan Young			Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 11,641 Referee: Joe Worrall (Workington)

12 February 1983 (1983-02-12) 29	Cardiff City	3–0	Oxford United	Cardiff
15:00	Jeff Hemmerman 15' (pen.) Dave Bennett 52' Bob Hatton 53'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,970 Referee: Tony Glasson (Salisbury)

16 February 1983 (1983-02-16) 30	Bradford City	4–2	Cardiff City	Bradford
14:45	Bobby Campbell 29' Bobby Campbell 31' John Black 47' Joe Cooke ??'		79' Phil Dwyer Roger Gibbins	Stadium: Valley Parade Attendance: 3,786 Referee: George Courtney (Spennymoor)

19 February 1983 (1983-02-19) 31	Cardiff City	1–1	Bournemouth	Cardiff
15:00	Roger Gibbins 61'		50' Tom Heffernan	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,878 Referee: Dennis Hedges (Oxford)

26 February 1983 (1983-02-26) 32	Gillingham	2–3	Cardiff City	Gillingham
15:00	Jeff Johnson 1' Billy Lansdowne 45'		4' Roger Gibbins 28' Jeff Hemmerman 77' (pen.) Jeff Hemmerman	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 4,587 Referee: Darryl Reeves (Uxbridge)

1 March 1983 (1983-03-01) 33	Cardiff City	0–0	Reading	Cardiff
19:30				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,173 Referee: Roger Milford (Bristol)

12 March 1983 (1983-03-12) 34	Portsmouth	0–0	Cardiff City	Portsmouth
15:00				Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 24,354 Referee: Leslie Burden (Dorset)

15 March 1983 (1983-03-15) 35	Cardiff City	1–1	Huddersfield	Cardiff
19:45	Bob Hatton 25'		35' David Cowling	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 10,379 Referee: Vic Callow (Solihull)

19 March 1983 (1983-03-19) 36	Preston North End	2–1	Cardiff City	Preston
15:00	Alex Bruce 26' Stephen Elliott 75'		46' Jeff Hemmerman	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 4,608 Referee: Bob Nixon (West Kirby)

26 March 1983 (1983-03-26) 37	Cardiff City	1–0	Lincoln City	Cardiff
15:00	Gary Bennett			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 8,821 Referee: Maurice Robinson (Sutton Colefield)

2 April 1983 (1983-04-02) 38	Cardiff City	0–0	Plymouth Argyle	Cardiff
15:00				Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 7,226 Referee: John Holbrook (Wolverhampton)

4 April 1983 (1983-04-04) 39	Newport	1–0	Cardiff City	Newport
11:00	John Aldridge			Stadium: Somerton Park Attendance: 16,052 Referee: Ray Lewis (Great Bookham, Surrey)

9 April 1983 (1983-04-09) 40	Cardiff City	3–0	Doncaster Rovers	Cardiff
15:00	David Tong 8' Roger Gibbins 16' David Tong 75'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 5,456 Referee: Alan Crickmore (Plymouth)

16 April 1983 (1983-04-16) 41	Wigan	0–0	Cardiff City	Wigan
15:00				Stadium: Springfield Park Attendance: 4,447 Referee: George Tyson (Sunderland)

23 April 1983 (1983-04-23) 42	Cardiff City	4–1	Southend United	Cardiff
15:00	Bob Hatton 20' John Lewis 24' Jeff Hemmerman John Lewis 46'		70' Paul Clark	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 6,141 Referee: Derek Civil (Birmingham)

30 April 1983 (1983-04-30) 43	Chesterfield	0–1	Cardiff City	Chesterfield
			Dave Bennett	Stadium: Saltergate Attendance: 2,799 Referee: Alan Saunders (Newcastle upon Tyne)

2 May 1983 (1983-05-02) 44	Cardiff City	3–1	Brentford	Cardiff
15:00	Jim McNichol ?' (o.g.) Bob Hatton Dave Bennett		Chris Kamara	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 9,112 Referee: Alex Hamil (Wolverhampton)

7 May 1983 (1983-05-07) 45	Cardiff City	2–0	Orient	Cardiff
15:00	Dave Bennett John Lewis			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,480 Referee: Ron Bridges (Deeside)

14 May 1983 (1983-05-14) 46	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Cardiff City	Bristol
15:00	Nicky Platnauer 63'		Roger Gibbins	Stadium: Eastville Attendance: 10,731 Referee: Derek Lloyd (Worcester)

Source ^[2] ^[3]

Milk Cup

31 August 1982 (1982-08-31) Round 1 (First Leg)	Cardiff City	2–1	Hereford United	Cardiff
19:45	Dave Bennett 82' Roger Gibbins 85'		59' Derek Showers	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 1,808 Referee: Stephen Bates (Bristol)

15 September 1982 (1982-09-15) Round 1 (Second Leg)	Hereford United	1–2 (2–4 agg.)	Cardiff City	Hereford
	Mel Pejic 27'		38' Roger Gibbins 67' Jeff Hemmerman	Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 3,301 Referee: J Haigh (Macclesfield)

5 October 1982 (1982-10-05) Round 2 (First Leg)	Arsenal	2–1	Cardiff City	London
19:30	John Hollins 67' Paul Davis 84'		75' Roger Gibbins	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 15,115 Referee: Allan Gunn (Burgess Hill)

26 October 1982 (1982-10-26) Round 2 (Second Leg)	Cardiff City	1–3 (2–5 agg.)	Arsenal	Cardiff
19:45	Jeff Hemmerman 50'		3' Alan Sunderland 26' Tony Woodcock 85' Paul Davis	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 11,632 Referee: Vic Callow (Solihull)

FA Cup

20 November 1982 (1982-11-20) Round 1	Wokingham Town	1–1	Cardiff City	Wokingham
	George Torrance 15'		78' David Tong	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Colin Downey (Hounslow)

23 November 1982 (1982-11-23) Round 1 (Replay)	Cardiff City	3–0	Wokingham Town	Cardiff
19:30	Linden Jones Jeff Hemmerman 55' Godfrey Ingram 65'			Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 3,755 Referee: Colin Downey (Hounslow)

11 December 1982 (1982-12-11) Round 2	Cardiff City	2–3	Weymouth	Cardiff
15:00	Roger Gibbins 28' Jeff Hemmerman 36'		55' Anni Iannone 80' Trevor Finnigan 86' Gerry Pearson	Stadium: Ninian Park Attendance: 4,446 Referee: Brian Hill

Welsh Cup

30 November 1982 (1982-11-30) Round 3	Newport County	1–0	Cardiff City	Newport
19:30	Nigel Vaughan 66'			Stadium: Somerton Park Attendance: 7,800 Referee: Ron Bridges (Deeside)

References

^ "All Cardiff City football club players: 1983". 11v11. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
^ "Cardiff City football club match record: 1983". 11v11. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
^ "Cardiff City 1982-83 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

Bibliography

Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.

Crooks, John (1986). Cardiff City Chronology 1920-86. John Crooks. ISBN 0-9511984-0-8.
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.
"Football Club History Database – Cardiff City". Archived from the original on 30 December 2008. Retrieved 14 December 2008.
Welsh Football Data Archive

[1] "All Cardiff City football club players: 1983". 11v11. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

[11v11results-2] "Cardiff City football club match record: 1983". 11v11. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

[results-3] "Cardiff City 1982-83 results". Cardiff City Forum. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

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