1919–20 Cardiff City F.C. season
# 1919–20 Cardiff City F.C. season

The 1919–20 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 19th season of competitive football and the team's sixth and final one in the Southern Football League. They competed in the 22-team Southern Football League First Division, then the third tier of English football, finishing 4th. For the following season Cardiff were elected to the Football League Second Division following the creation of a new Third Division and the addition of two new places in the Second Division in the Football League.

## Season review

### Southern Football League Division One

**Partial league table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Watford | 42 | 26 | 6 | 10 | 69 | 42 | 1.643 | 58 | Elected to the new Football League Third Division |
| 3 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 69 | 43 | 1.605 | 56 | Elected to the new Football League Third Division |
| 4 | Cardiff City | 42 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 70 | 43 | 1.628 | 53 | Elected to the Football League Second Division |
| 5 | Plymouth Argyle | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 57 | 29 | 1.966 | 50 | Elected to the new Football League Third Division |
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 62 | 50 | 1.240 | 46 | Elected to the new Football League Third Division |

### 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 |
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| Ground | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | W | D | D | W | L | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | D | D | L | D | L | W | L | D | W | D | W |
| Position | | | | | | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 |

## Players

First team squad.

| Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - |
| GK | WAL | Charlie Hewitt |
| GK | ENG | Herbert Kneeshaw |
| DF | ENG | Albert Barnett |
| DF | ENG | Charlie Brittain |
| DF | ENG | Patrick Cassidy |
| DF | ENG | Henry Harvey |
| DF | WAL | Fred Keenor |
| DF | ENG | Edward Layton |
| DF | EIR | Bert Smith |
| MF | ENG | Billy Hardy |
| Pos. | Nation | Player |
| FW | ENG | George Beare |
| FW | ENG | Arthur Cashmore |
| FW | ENG | Joe Clark |
| FW | SCO | Billy Cox |
| FW | WAL | Len Davies |
| FW | ENG | Billy Devlin |
| FW | WAL | Jack Evans |
| FW | ENG | Billy Grimshaw |
| FW | ENG | Len Hopkins |
| FW | ENG | George West |

## Fixtures and results

### Welsh Cup

Source

