# 1953–54 Cardiff City F.C. season

The 1953–54 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 27th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division One, then the first tier of English football, finishing tenth.
The season would also be the last time the club was managed by Cyril Spiers who, in his second spell at the club, is still Cardiff City's second longest serving manager of all time. His fourteen years at Ninian Park placing him second only to Fred Stewart.

## Season review
### Partial league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 8 | Chelsea | 42 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 74 | 68 | 1.088 | 44 |
| 9 | Charlton Athletic | 42 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 75 | 77 | 0.974 | 44 |
| 10 | Cardiff City | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 51 | 71 | 0.718 | 44 |
| 11 | Preston North End | 42 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 87 | 58 | 1.500 | 43 |
| 12 | Arsenal | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 75 | 73 | 1.027 | 43 |

### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H |
| Result | D | W | L | L | W | D | W | D | W | D | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | D | L | L | L | L | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | D |
| Position | 8 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 |

### FA Cup

After a 3–1 victory over Midland Football League side Peterborough United in the third round, Cardiff were eliminated in round four by Third Division North side Port Vale.

### Welsh Cup

Drawn against Barry Town in their first match, a 1–1 draw lead to a replay with Cardiff advancing after a 4–2 win. After receiving a bye in the sixth round, Cardiff were then drawn against Merthyr Tydfil in the seventh round and advanced to the semi-finals with a 5–3 victory. The club's campaign came to an end in the semi-finals for a consecutive season after a 2–1 defeat to Flint Town United.

## 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 | WAL | Ken Jones |
| -- | GK | WAL | Ron Howells |
| -- | GK | WAL | Graham Vearncombe |
| -- | DF | WAL | Colin Baker |
| -- | 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 | WAL | Harry Parfitt |
| -- | DF | ENG | Charles Rutter |
| -- | DF | WAL | Alf Sherwood |
| -- | DF | WAL | Ron Stitfall |
| -- | DF | WAL | Derrick Sullivan |
| -- | MF | WAL | Billy Baker |
| -- | MF | WAL | Dennis Callan |
| -- | MF | WAL | Alan Harrington |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| -- | MF | WAL | Islwyn Jones |
| -- | MF | NIR | Bobby McLaughlin |
| -- | MF | ENG | Cliff Nugent |
| -- | MF | ENG | Mike Tiddy |
| -- | MF | WAL | Roley Williams |
| -- | MF | WAL | John Lloyd Williams |
| -- | FW | ENG | Doug Blair |
| -- | FW | ENG | Ken Chisholm |
| -- | FW | ENG | Frank Dudley |
| -- | FW | WAL | George Edwards |
| -- | FW | WAL | Trevor Ford |
| -- | FW | ENG | Wilf Grant |
| -- | FW | ENG | Tommy Northcott |
| -- | FW | WAL | Ken Oakley |
| -- | FW | ENG | Johnny Rainford |
| -- | FW | ENG | Brian Rutter |
| -- | FW | WAL | Peter Thomas |
| -- | FW | ENG | Keith Thomas |