# 1955–56 Cardiff City F.C. season

The 1955–56 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 29th season in the Football League. They competed in the 22-team Division One, then the first tier of English football, finishing seventeenth.

## Season review
### League standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts |
| 15 | Everton | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 55 | 69 | 0.797 | 40 |
| 16 | Chelsea | 42 | 14 | 11 | 17 | 64 | 77 | 0.831 | 39 |
| 17 | Cardiff City | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 55 | 69 | 0.797 | 39 |
| 18 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 15 | 7 | 20 | 61 | 71 | 0.859 | 37 |
| 19 | Preston North End | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 73 | 72 | 1.014 | 36 |

### 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 | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H |
| Result | W | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | W | D | L | L | D | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | D | L | L | L | W | D | D | L |
| Position | 5 | 6 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 |

### FA Cup

After beating Leeds United in their first game, Cardiff were eliminated by West Ham United in the fourth round.

### Welsh Cup

Cardiff were drawn against Pembroke Borough in the fifth round for the second time in a row and, after a 2–2 draw, advanced to the sixth round with a 9–0 replay win. Wins over Wrexham and Oswestry Town saw the club reach the final, beating South Wales rivals Swansea Town 3–2, with a brace from Brian Walsh and one goal from John McSeveney winning the trophy for the eighth time in the club's history and their first since 1930.

## 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 | SCO | Danny Malloy |
| -- | DF | ENG | Charles Rutter |
| -- | DF | WAL | Alf Sherwood |
| -- | DF | WAL | Ron Stitfall |
| -- | DF | WAL | Derrick Sullivan |
| -- | MF | WAL | Dennis Callan |
| -- | MF | WAL | Alan Harrington |
| -- | MF | WAL | Islwyn Jones |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| -- | MF | SCO | George McGuckin |
| -- | MF | SCO | John McSeveney |
| -- | MF | ENG | Cliff Nugent |
| -- | MF | ENG | Gordon Nutt |
| -- | MF | WAL | Ken Tucker |
| -- | MF | ENG | Brian Walsh |
| -- | MF | WAL | Roley Williams |
| -- | FW | ENG | Cecil Dixon |
| -- | FW | WAL | Trevor Ford |
| -- | FW | ENG | Gerry Hitchens |
| -- | FW | ENG | Bernard Jones |
| -- | FW | ENG | Harry Kirtley |
| -- | FW | WAL | Neil O'Halloran |
| -- | FW | WAL | Howard Sheppeard |
| -- | FW | ENG | Ron Stockin |