1983–84 Cardiff City F.C. season
# 1983–84 Cardiff City F.C. season

The 1983–84 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 57th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing fifteenth.

Manager Len Ashurst resigned to become Sunderland manager towards the end of the season and his assistant Jimmy Goodfellow and defender Jimmy Mullen were appointed joint caretaker managers for the remainder of the season.

## 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 | Andy Dibble |
| -- | GK | ENG | Gary Plumley |
| -- | DF | ENG | Gary Bennett |
| -- | DF | WAL | Paul Bodin |
| -- | DF | WAL | Phil Dwyer |
| -- | DF | WAL | David Grant |
| -- | DF | WAL | Linden Jones |
| -- | DF | ENG | Jimmy Mullen |
| -- | DF | ENG | Colin Smith |
| -- | MF | SCO | Marshall Burke |
| -- | MF | WAL | Karl Elsey |
| -- | MF | ENG | Russell Heycock |
| -- | MF | ENG | Roger Gibbins |
| -- | MF | WAL | John Lewis |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| -- | MF | WAL | Wayne Matthews |
| -- | MF | ENG | Gordon Owen |
| -- | MF | ENG | David Tong |
| -- | MF | WAL | Nigel Vaughan |
| -- | FW | ENG | Ian Baird |
| -- | FW | ENG | Andy Crawford |
| -- | FW | ENG | Paul Evans |
| -- | FW | ENG | Martin Goldsmith |
| -- | FW | ENG | Jeff Hemmerman |
| -- | FW | ENG | Trevor Lee |
| -- | FW | WAL | Chris Rodon |
| -- | FW | WAL | Chris Townsend |
| -- | FW | ENG | Phil Walker |

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## League standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 53 | 64 | −11 | 57 |
| 14 | Barnsley | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 57 | 53 | +4 | 52 |
| 15 | Cardiff City | 42 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 53 | 66 | −13 | 51 |
| 16 | Portsmouth | 42 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 73 | 64 | +9 | 49 |
| 17 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 41 | 47 | −6 | 49 |

### Results by round

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## Fixtures and results

### Second Division

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