1981–82 Cardiff City F.C. season
# 1981–82 Cardiff City F.C. season

The 1981–82 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 55th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division Two, then the second tier of English football, finishing twentieth.

The season saw a two-tier management system at the club with former Wales international Graham Williams as team manager with Richie Morgan, who had been in charge of the team for the last three years, acting as general manager. However the system failed to produce results and, after just eleven league games, the pair were sacked and replaced by Len Ashurst.

## 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 | Peter Grotier |
| -- | GK | ENG | Ron Healey |
| -- | DF | ENG | Gary Bennett |
| -- | DF | WAL | Phil Dwyer |
| -- | DF | WAL | Peter Francombe |
| -- | DF | ENG | Tim Gilbert |
| -- | DF | ENG | Mick Henderson |
| -- | DF | WAL | Dean Holtham |
| -- | DF | WAL | Linden Jones |
| -- | DF | ENG | Jimmy Mullen |
| -- | DF | WAL | Keith Pontin |
| -- | DF | ENG | Colin Sullivan |
| -- | DF | WAL | Rod Thomas |
| -- | MF | ENG | Dave Bennett |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| -- | MF | SCO | John Buchanan |
| -- | MF | WAL | Paul Giles |
| -- | MF | ENG | Steve Grapes |
| -- | MF | WAL | Doug Hatcher |
| -- | MF | WAL | Wayne Hughes |
| -- | MF | WAL | John Lewis |
| -- | MF | WAL | Paul Maddy |
| -- | MF | WAL | Tarki Micallef |
| -- | MF | ENG | Andy Polycarpou |
| -- | MF | ENG | Billy Ronson |
| -- | MF | WAL | Alan Sanders |
| -- | MF | WAL | Peter Sayer |
| -- | FW | ENG | Peter Kitchen |
| -- | FW | ENG | Gary Stevens |
| -- | FW | ENG | Paul Sugrue |

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## League standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 18 | Shrewsbury Town | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 37 | 57 | −20 | 46 | |
| 19 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 39 | 61 | −22 | 46 | |
| 20 | Cardiff City (R) | 42 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 45 | 61 | −16 | 44 | Relegation to the Third Division |
| 21 | Wrexham (R) | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 40 | 56 | −16 | 44 | Relegation to the Third Division |
| 22 | Orient (R) | 42 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 36 | 61 | −25 | 39 | Relegation to the 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 | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | D | L | W | W | D | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | L | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | D | L | L | D | D | L | W | L |
| Position | | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 20 | | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 12 | | 11 | 12 | | 17 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 |

## Fixtures and results

### Second Division

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