1952–53 Cardiff City F.C. season
# 1952–53 Cardiff City F.C. season

The 1952–53 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 26th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division One, then the first tier of English football, finishing twelfth.

## Season review

### Football League First Division

**Partial league table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 78 | 69 | 1.130 | 41 |
| 11 | Aston Villa | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 63 | 61 | 1.033 | 41 |
| 12 | Cardiff City | 42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 54 | 46 | 1.174 | 40 |
| 13 | Middlesbrough | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 70 | 77 | 0.909 | 39 |
| 14 | Bolton Wanderers | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 61 | 69 | 0.884 | 39 |

**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 | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A |
| Result | L | L | W | D | L | L | D | L | W | W | D | L | D | D | W | L | W | W | D | L | D | L | D | D | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | L |
| Position | 18 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 |

### FA Cup

Entering in the third round, Cardiff were eliminated by Football League Third Division North side Halifax Town after a 3–1 defeat.

### Welsh Cup

After a 5–2 victory over Merthyr Tydfil in the fifth round, Cardiff received a bye into the seventh round, advancing to the semi-finals with a 3–2 win over Barry Town. Their campaign came to an end following a 1–0 semi-final defeat to Rhyl.

## 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 | Ron Howells |
| -- | GK | WAL | Graham Vearncombe |
| -- | DF | WAL | Ron Davies |
| -- | DF | WAL | John Frowen |
| -- | DF | WAL | Colin Gale |
| -- | DF | WAL | Ken Hollyman |
| -- | DF | ENG | Jack Mansell |
| -- | DF | ENG | Stan Montgomery |
| -- | DF | ENG | Charles Rutter |
| -- | DF | WAL | Alf Sherwood |
| -- | DF | WAL | Ron Stitfall |
| -- | DF | WAL | Derek Sullivan |
| -- | DF | WAL | Glyn Williams |
| -- | MF | WAL | Billy Baker |
| -- | MF | WAL | Dennis Callan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| -- | MF | WAL | Alan Harrington |
| -- | MF | WAL | Islwyn Jones |
| -- | MF | NIR | Bobby McLaughlin |
| -- | MF | WAL | Wendell Morgan |
| -- | MF | ENG | Cliff Nugent |
| -- | MF | ENG | Mike Tiddy |
| -- | MF | WAL | Roley Williams |
| -- | FW | ENG | Doug Blair |
| -- | FW | ENG | Ken Chisholm |
| -- | FW | WAL | George Edwards |
| -- | FW | ENG | Wilf Grant |
| -- | FW | SCO | George Hazlett |
| -- | FW | ENG | Tommy Northcott |
| -- | FW | WAL | Ken Oakley |
| -- | FW | ENG | Keith Thomas |
