# 1975–76 Cardiff City F.C. season

The 1975–76 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 49th season in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Three, then the third tier of English football, finishing second, winning promotion to Division Two on the first attempt after being relegated the previous year.
Manager Jimmy Andrews brought a number of changes to the squad including bringing Brian Clark back to the club and signing Australian international Adrian Alston.

## Players

First team squad.
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 | ENG | Ron Healey |
| -- | GK | NIR | Bill Irwin |
| -- | DF | WAL | Bryan Attley |
| -- | DF | ENG | Clive Charles |
| -- | DF | WAL | Phil Dwyer |
| -- | DF | WAL | Mike England |
| -- | DF | NIR | Albert Larmour |
| -- | DF | WAL | Richie Morgan |
| -- | DF | WAL | Freddie Pethard |
| -- | MF | ENG | Willie Anderson |
| -- | MF | SCO | John Buchanan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| -- | MF | SCO | Alan Campbell |
| -- | MF | ENG | Joe Durrell |
| -- | MF | WAL | David Giles |
| -- | MF | ENG | Doug Livermore |
| -- | MF | WAL | Gil Reece |
| -- | MF | WAL | Peter Sayer |
| -- | MF | WAL | Tony Villars |
| -- | FW | AUS | Adrian Alston |
| -- | FW | ENG | Brian Clark |
| -- | FW | ENG | Tony Evans |
| -- | FW | WAL | Derek Showers |

## League standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Hereford United (C, P) | 46 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 86 | 55 | 1.564 | 63 | Promotion to the Second Division |
| 2 | Cardiff City (P) | 46 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 69 | 48 | 1.438 | 57 | Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round and promotion to the Second Division |
| 3 | Millwall (P) | 46 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 54 | 43 | 1.256 | 56 | Promotion to the Second Division |
| 4 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 22 | 9 | 15 | 78 | 53 | 1.472 | 53 | |
| 5 | Crystal Palace | 46 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 61 | 46 | 1.326 | 53 | |

### 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 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A |
| Result | L | D | W | L | W | D | L | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | W | L | D | W | D | D | D | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | W |
| Position | 21 | 19 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

## Fixtures & Results
### Third Division

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### League Cup

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### FA Cup

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### Welsh Cup

Note - the original first leg of the final, played at Ninian Park on 29 April, was declared to be null and void by the Welsh FA, because the scorer of both Hereford's goals in the 2–2 draw was deemed to be ineligible.